[Vision2020] Drive-Thru Convenience Store?

Craine Kit kcraine at verizon.net
Tue Jun 13 15:43:55 PDT 2006


I remember--it was next to A&W (now Ted's burgers) and they got very  
annoyed at anyone who parked in their drive-through lane.

Kit


On Jun 13, 2006, at 2:17 PM, Carl Westberg wrote:

> As more a note of minor historical interest than anything else,  
> Moscow used to have a drive through dairy/convenience store sort of  
> thingie, in kind of sort of a way.  Does anyone else remember  
> Tomlinson's Dairy, at the corner of North Main and A street?  Or  
> did it ever really exist at all and I'm just hallucinating?   Carl  
> Westberg Jr.
>
>
>> From: Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com>
>> To: deaconjames at verizon.net,        "Kai Eiselein, LatahEagle  
>> Editor" <editor at lataheagle.com>,        Jennifer McFarland  
>> <jmcfarland at latah.id.us>, vision2020 at moscow.com
>> Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Drive-Thru Convenience Store?
>> Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 14:12:06 -0700 (PDT)
>>
>> It seems interesting that a drive thru laundry mat would not  
>> survive  near a college. But I guess it makes sense that a drive- 
>> thru liquor  store would.
>>
>>  Maybe perhaps college kids don't like to spend  the extra money  
>> on paid laundry services because they want to spend it  on beer  
>> instead.
>>
>>  I still think we need a drive thru  convenience store. I had not  
>> even thought about the point that Dan C  brought up about having  
>> to unload all the kids to purchase just one  item, and ending up  
>> buying a bunch more you had not intended. How many  times have you  
>> gone out for just milk and came home with ten items, and  none of  
>> them being the milk?
>>
>>   Best,
>>
>>   _DJA
>>
>> deaconjames at verizon.net wrote:  Kai,
>>
>> When  I lived in Louisiana a few years ago the place was littered  
>> with  drive-thru margarita stands. I especially appreciated the  
>> straw taped  to the side of the styrofoam cup; as long as the  
>> straw remained taped  there, it was not considered an open container.
>>
>> I guess they figure you can't take that lid off the cup...
>>
>> Take care,
>>
>> Deacon
>>
>> =====================
>> From: "Kai Eiselein, LatahEagle Editor"
>> Date: Tue Jun 13 10:22:56 CDT 2006
>> To: Jennifer McFarland ,
>>  'Donovan Arnold' ,
>>  vision2020 at moscow.com
>> Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Drive-Thru Convenience Store?
>>
>> Arizona  has/had drive thru liquor stores, too. Just pull order  
>> your booze,  smokes, pop, candy...whatever and you were on your  
>> way. Lousiana used  to have places called "Daquiri Hut" You'd pull  
>> up, order your favorite  flavor, they'd serve it in a foam cup and  
>> lid with a straw and down the  road you'd go. -----Original  
>> Message-----
>> From:  vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020- 
>> bounces at moscow.com]On   Behalf Of Jennifer McFarland
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 8:03   AM
>> To: 'Donovan Arnold'; vision2020 at moscow.com
>> Subject:  RE: [Vision2020] Drive-Thru Convenience Store?
>>
>>
>> When  I was in 5th grade, my family moved to Ohio for a year of  
>> faculty  exchange. They had drive-thru liquor stores! Not  
>> something I’d advocate  as a cop, but I do think the suds-n-duds  
>> joints are a good idea—if for  no other reason you are in the  
>> perfect place after you spill dark beer  over your white shirt . . .
>>
>> PIO Jennifer L.   McFarland
>> Latah County Sheriff's Office
>> Public   Information Officer
>> PO   Box 8068
>> Moscow, Idaho  83843
>> (208)   882-2216
>> Fax (208) 883-2281
>> http://www.latah.id.us/Dept/Sheriff_Main.htm
>>
>> Truth is the   summit of being; justice is the application of it  
>> to affairs.
>> ***Ralph   Waldo Emerson
>>
>>
>> From:  vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020- 
>> bounces at moscow.com] On Behalf Of Donovan Arnold
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006   00:06
>> To:  vision2020 at moscow.com
>> Subject: [Vision2020] Drive-Thur   Convenience Store?
>>
>> OK,  how come there are drive thru restaurants, coffee huts, photo  
>> huts,  banks, and gas stations, but not a convenience store?
>>
>> Wouldn't  be nice to have a drive thru convenience store instead  
>> of having to go  to Winco to pick up that ONE item? It would be  
>> much quicker to go  through a drive thur and get your coffee,  
>> muffin, and chewing gum then  having to park and shop at a grocery  
>> or convenience store.
>>
>> So why hasn't   anyone build one yet?
>>
>> _DJA
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