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I'm laughing because I've been in a nostalgic mood "in real life" all day today. You see, a fast food restaurant, local and national icon, was closed when I drove past it today. I've known for some time changes were to come, but this finality was a sudden twist. The innards were up for auction, a food truck in the parking lot bearing franchise name still selling but nobody seemed to be buying ... I had my first date there at 14 or 15, unbeknownst to my parents, a double date set up by my equally "uncool" friend CJ who met "cool" guys at Jewish religious retreats. I remember parts of it like it was yesterday. The outfit I wore ... my hair painstakingly symmetrical in the Dorothy Hamill do. I even recall the makeup I wore purchased from my school chum since grammar school Marjory, who had become an Avon "lady". No ... I so do NOT pine for those days, but I imagine I feel a little like the Jersey Shore folks who saw their ...