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June 8, 2008
Fortsat
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Dansk tekst til venstre |
English text on the right |
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Dagens baghave: |
Backyard of the Day: |
Wall Drug Store, Wall,
Pennington County, South Dakota
Wall Drug Store is located on
the corner of Fifth and Main in Wall, Pennington County, South Dakota.
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Hen på eftermiddagen gik
det vestpå igen, og det varede ikke længe, inden vi
begyndte at se reklameskilte for Wall Drug, hvor vi endte op lige
inden solnedgang.
Bill og Dorothy Hustead
købte den lillebitte materialisthandel i Wall i 1931, men
efter fem år gik forretningen slet ikke rundt, og Bill og
Dorothy overvejede at sælge. Der var simpelthen ingen kunder.
Wall var en lille by med ærlige, men fattige folk, og de mange
biler, der kørte forbi på landevejen, så ingen
grund til at standse og besøge materialisten i Wall. Indtil
1936, da Dorothy fik idéen til at sætte reklameskilte op
langs hovedvejen, der reklamerede med...
Gratis Isvand.
Skiltene var dårligt nok
sat op, før der stod folk i kø for at få gratis
vand. De fleste købte et og andet, når de nu var der
alligevel, og inden året var gået, var der så
travlt, at Bill og Dorothy måtte ansætte otte piger til
at hjælpe til. Og det var bare begyndelsen... |
By midafternoon we were going
west again, and it wasn't long, before we started seeing billboards
for Wall Drug, where we ended up just before sundown.
Bill and Dorothy Hustead bought
the tiny little drug store in Wall in 1931, but after five years
business wasn't good, and Bill and Dorothy were considering selling.
There were just no customers. Wall was a tiny town of honest, but
poor, people, and the many cars that drove by on the highway saw no
reason to stop and visit the drug store in Wall. Until 1936 when
Dorothy had the idea of putting up billboards along the highway, advertising...
Free Ice Water.
The signs had barely been put
up, before people were standing in line for their free water. Most
people bought a little something, since they were there anyway, and
before a year had gone by, Bill and Dorothy had to hire eight girls
to help them out. And that was just the beginning... |
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I dag fylder Wall Drug en hel
husblok. Der er plads til over 500 mennesker i caféen (ikke
dårligt i en by med godt 800 indbyggere). Foruden
materialhandelen er der blandt andet en legeplads og andre
forlystelser, to museer, kunstsamling, en kirke for rejsende og mange
souvenirboder. Og nu om dage har de, på en travl dag, tyve
tusind kunder. |
Today Wall Drug covers an entire
block. There is room for over 500 people in the café (not bad
in a town with just over 800 residents). Aside from the drug store
there are things like a playground and other amusements, two museums,
an art collection, a travelers' chapel, and many souvenir shops. And
now, on a busy day, they have twenty thousand customers. |
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Man må sige Wall Drug er
en oplevelse. Rent personligt er det ikke lige min kæphest, der
er simpelthen for mange mennesker - og de havde ikke engang travlt i
dag! Ham selv er meget mere til hele
circus-atmosfæren, og April... Hun var selvfølgelig
fuldstændig vild med det! Og inspirerende, det er det spil'me! |
I must say that although Wall
Drug is an experience, it isn't really my cup of tea. There are just
too many people - and today wasn't even a busy day! Himself
enjoys the whole carnival considerably more than I do, and The
Spud... well, of course she was just absolutely crazy about it! And
inspiring, well, THAT it sure is! |
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