I grew up here and I remember .....

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Anonymous wrote:"Surrender Dorothy" spray painted by the beltway

YES, I loved this on the railroad bridge over the Beltway around Kensington - with the Mormon temple in the background.

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We bought cloves in Georgetown at Electromax. Don't know if it's still there.

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Anonymous wrote:The J Gilbert at the intersection of Old Dominion and 123 used to be a Joshua Tree

I loved High's convenience store, parties (even in high school after football games) at Farrell's, my first real date at Winston's at Tysons Corner way before it was remodeled and expanded, Magic Pan at the lower level of Tysons (their crepes were the best).

Anyone remember when Seven Corners had more variety and was a bit nicer than Tysons Corner???

Continental Federal bank where I opened my first savings account

Rumors and Giusti's

And when tysons was one level? And there was bird cage in the mall?

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Anonymous wrote:Morton's Crazy Days- TV commercial

And watching WTTG channel reruns with those funky commercials all summer long. (Old navy knocked them off.)

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Anonymous wrote:when 9th grade was junior high- not middle school or high school

Yes - i went to Western Jr High (now Westland) and it was 7, 8 and 9. And then it split between BCC and Whitman - before the feeder school system.

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Just in case no one else has mentioned it yet...

I remember...

DC SPACE!

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LOVED Surrender Dorothy!

Anyone remember when Landmark Mall was open air?

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Call USA-1000....Then you too can say.... Nobody bothers me!

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Nobody boddas me eeda

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Anyone remember coming home from 9:30 with that distinctive . . . smell . . . on your clothes?

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Anonymous wrote:We bought cloves in Georgetown at Electromax. Don't know if it's still there.

Ha! I bought a fake ID there (to get into Tracks and Fifth Column of course) along with my first bowl.

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Ranger Hal on WTTG TV.

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I remember when Fairfax was the boonies. And when people called 395 "Shirley Highway."

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Anonymous wrote:I remember when Fairfax was the boonies. And when people called 395 "Shirley Highway."

...and when the thought of going out to Dulles Airport was a major road trip!

And hm. I still call it Shirley Highway! I also still call National Airport National Airport...without "Reagan" in front of it!

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one of my favorite stories from the area was when my mom was a girl. They had just moved to a bigger house in the area and my grandmother did not feel like making dinner so my grandfather suggested the "new hamburger joint" down the street.

it was McDonalds