>  JM> coupon I'll stop at Captain D's, part of the Shoney's chain.
 >  JM> We had a AT years and years ago.  I think it was in a shopping
 >  JM> centre that's long gone.

Captain D's going strong here in my area.


 >  It is so obvious that I don't live in the US.      As I can
 > only remember being at Long Johns and I do remember Arther from
 > movies and also TV, and his own show.    Captain D's  ...?????
 > Shoney's ????  Those are new names to me.

Shoney's is a decent place as is Captain D's.  Captain D's is seafood,
Shoney's more of misc burgers and cheap steaks sort of thing.  There's one
near me with a decent reputation for reasonably good food for the price.

 
 > Back to being a reader ... you all are local to each other, and
 > I only blabbed after seeing a familar name in Indiana.

Naw, stick around!

 > Thank you all for the welcome anyhow...and making me feel at home
 > but then when I leave here for my relative's home, it is like
 > home, as they are those type of people, and make it all feel like
 > home ... Oh dear me....I miss my two dead bird day feasts  .

Grin, Canada's is a month before ours which makes sense as it's a harvest
fest sort of thing.  USA standardized the date about 100 years ago I think,
but before that it varied with that year's crops and location.  It was held a
few days after the main crops came in and were stowed for the winter.  It was
actually bigger than Xmas because it would be held when it was still possible
to travel far by buggy, vice winter when the roads would make travel too
difficult.
             xxcarol
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