On 2005-02-17 21:12:33 -0500, "Ryan Ginstrom" <ginstrom@hotmail.com> said:

> 
> "Declan Murphy" <declan_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:42144380.80805@hotmail.com...
>> Ryan Ginstrom wrote:
>> 
>>> the Okinawans developed a taste for such things as
>>> bacon, spam and root beer.
>> 
>> Yuck. And to think I used to want to live in Okinawa.
> 
> Agree on the spam, but the bacon and root beer are great.
> 
> There is a chain of fast-food restaurants down here called "A&W." This was
> an American chain, but the last one in the US went out of business 20-odd
> years ago.

Umm, they didn't go out of business. I know of at least 3 in the 
Pittsburgh, PA area.

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