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To: combjelly who wrote (453561)2/2/2009 6:58:11 PM
From: Taro  Respond to of 1574794
 
Changes in society killed their business.

Sure, like 'Victoria Station', people preferred Mac Donald drive ins in their own car rather than hanging around in old railway wagons waiting for their over priced ribs.

Taro



To: combjelly who wrote (453561)2/2/2009 11:15:00 PM
From: tejek  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1574794
 
Uh. Its a racist term from a book:"

Which, unfortunately, led to the demise of the restaurant chain he was talking about. It got its name from the two people who started it, one was named Sam and the other had the nickname of 'Bo'.

Changes in society killed their business.


Oops! I never knew there was a restaurant called Sambo's. When did it close?