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Favorite Stores

Now, if I were going to open a store, what would I sell?

Lots of things come to mind.

Candy, books, comics, science fiction memorabilia, or maybe even magic tricks.

But I'm going to go with toys.

I love toy stores, even if I'm a little too big for them. Back when I lived in Boston, I used to like to shop, well not really shop more like browse, at the FAO Schwartz location there, (which, sadly, has been closed down). And I wasn't the only person who made a hobby out of this. I remember once I was there and I saw a group of college age girls. One was in a particularly enthusiastic mood. She said, "I can't wait to have lots of babies, just so for the toys."

At another point, she started talking to one of the staff members. "You have the best job in the world!"

He responded with a polite smile which gave me the feeling that he was holding back a dirty look. I have a feeling that working in such a place is not all it's cracked up to be.

Anyway, as I said before the store is closed which is kind of sad, but when you think about it, so many people would go there and never buy anything. I guess we shouldn't be surprised that it went out of business.