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- From: jerryg@jaiser.pail.com (Jerry Gaiser)
- Newsgroups: pnw.general
- Subject: Re: Who Calls The Shots at Powell's Technical Bookstore
- Message-ID: <6NZ7VB4w165w@jaiser.pail.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 08:29:40 PST
- References: <1992Dec21.065345.25768@tc.fluke.COM>
- Organization: Jerry's Attic, Gaston OR
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- moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer) writes:
-
- > I thought admirers and customers of Powell's bookstore in Portland might
- > enjoy this anecdote:
- >
- > I ordered a slew of Powell's gift certificates for friends and relatives in
- > Portland, which they mailed to me (as I live in Seattle), over the phone.
- > When the package containing the gift certificates arrived, I discovered that
- > it also contained (besides several Powell's bookmarks) a business card for
- > Powell's Technical Bookstore, elegantly embossed with the name of the store,
- > address and phone numbers. In the are on the card where the employee's name
- > and title are printed was printed:
- >
- > FUP
- > Store Cat
- >
-
- It's good to see the Fup the store cat is still around. I haven't been into
- their new building, but at their old address she/he used to wander the store
- and sit on the window sills and watch the world go by. Cute kitty.
-
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