Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 08:18:49 -0400 From: Wayne Glowka Subject: Re: pop/green/string beans > Wayne, > >re: "ice house" in your last message. I had forgotten about them! I was at >Randolph for four years and had a friend who lived in San Antonio. She took me >to these places where you could buy cold drinks (including beer). People often >sat in their cars in the parking lot greeting friends and listening to the >music that blared from the loud speaker. Is that the kind of ice house you >mean? > >Bhhudson[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]grove.iup.edu Yes and no. I was too young to go to the real ice house where men drank beer and played dominoes and where curb service was supplied. We went to something that looked for all intents and purposes like a convenience store. But just like Beavis and Butthead (who seem to be modeled on me and my friends) we hung around what we called the ice house, looking for trouble and often finding it. I saw a nice article a couple of years ago in a San Antonio newspaper about famous neighborhood ice houses. They looked like throwbacks to an earlier, more idyllic time. Wayne Glowka Professor of English Director of Research and Graduate Student Services Georgia College Milledgeville, GA 31061 912-453-4222 wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]mail.gac.peachnet.edu