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Originally Posted by wodin
I spent a couple of years just up the road from Bangor back in the '70s, and recall fondly many an evening happily spent in Ho-Jo's lounge.
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Yes, I stayed at that specific HoJo's a couple of times. I was in Bangor to do some work at the Naval Submarine Base there. This was in the mid-1980s. I'd fly to Bangor Sunday afternoon. Fresh lobster dinner at a semi-posh place in Bangor, I can't recall the name. Then a few days work before flying out.
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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
When I was a wee one, down here it was Stuckey's.
I would read the signs and identify all the pictures. For some reason, I thought lettuce was green coconut.
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Oh, yes Stuckey's. That's more of a Texas and SW US thing as I recall. When I was young my family made a number of intermediate length to long moves: San Francisco Bay Area to Albuquerque, NM. From Alb. back to SF area. SF area to Houston, TX. Houston to Dallas. Dallas back to SF area. Over my age range 5 years old to 16. We (myself, a brother, and two sisters) always wanted to eat lunch at a Stuckey's. Kids like predictability.
There were so many of them right off the Interstates that it was fine with my parents. For nightly lodging it was Travelodge. With the sleep waling bear logo.