First, though, I needed to stop at WaWa to use the ATM machine. I accidentally pushed the button for the fast cast $10. That would work for the American Legion breakfast, but I needed more for vacation. When I tried to get more, I was denied. I was denied several times. I finally decided I'd go to breakfast and call them after I ate.
As it turned out, they called me three times. Each time, they asked me if I was the one who used the account for that amount of money. I said yes three times on the bench outside of the American Legion. After the third time, I figured I was safe to go in.
Found the entrance along the side of the building. The breakfast was in what looked like a bar area, with tables set up next to it. There were a few people, including a teen boy, but no one I knew. At least the pancakes were good. They were nice and fluffy, with two good-sized sausages. There was orange juice and coffee in the back. I had the orange juice.
Tried WaWa again on the way home. This time, I had no trouble getting money. Don't know what happened before. Treated myself to a tasty but sweet Pink Pineapple smoothie and two Olipop sodas to get change for later.
Headed straight home after that. Watched the tail end of Family Feud and Split Second while I stripped the spring/fall sheets and dumped them in the laundry basket, then put on the lighter-weight summer sheets and took the laundry upstairs. The Split Second episodes were from earlier in the run, when they were still picking three boards to get a car or another prize. The contestants on the second episode were a bit closer than those on the first, but in both cases, they chose the car on the first try.
Switched to my Summertime Gold oldies record set while vacuuming, and then as I went downstairs to put my laundry in the dryer. While this copy is missing an album, there's still enough to enjoy this collection of summer-themed rock songs from the 60's. Among my favorites I listened to today were "The Happening" by the Supremes, "Groovin'" by The Young Rascals, "Lazy Day" by Spanky and Our Gang, "One Fine Day" by the Chiffons, "Dancin' In the Street" and "Love Is Like a Heat Wave" by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, and "Pleasant Valley Sunday" by the Monkees.
Watched Sale of the Century while I took down the spring decorations and put up what very little I have for summer. A pretty blonde was the big winner in the first episode. She picked up the money in the third Instant Bargain, won the game by a wide margin, earned a lovely pearl necklace that would look gorgeous on her, and did well in the bonus round too. The second episode showed off the last big winner on the final week of its run.
I was originally going to do The Price Is Right while resting and putting my clean clothes and sheets away, but they were the same episodes I saw earlier in the week. Went online for a little while before I decided I was too tired. Ended up watching The Persuaders! instead. Danny thinks "Anyone Can Play" when he starts winning big at an English casino. Turns out there's another reason he's winning - Russian spies think he's one of them.
Danny's in trouble again when he recognizes the lovely daughter of a politician accused of being a traitor in "The Old, the New, and the Deadly." Her husband thinks Danny is a blackmailer. So does a French count (Patrick Troughton) who was on the wrong side during World War II and sends his chauffeur after Danny, too.
I was half-way through "The Old, the New, and the Deadly" when a friend who had agreed to take me to pick up Lauren said it was time to go. We dropped off her daughter in Barrington first, then headed to Philadelphia. We did run into some traffic coming from the Shore on the highway and on the Schuylkill Expressway, but nothing really terrible. It had clouded up while I watched The Persuaders! and started to rain a little as she parked across from 30th Street Station.
30th Street Station is currently a mess. When they said they were renovating, I assumed they were finally remodeling the empty stores in the back near Market Street. They're doing those, too, but the entire back area was closed off. They'd opened a temporary Dunkin' Donuts and Hudson Newsstand in front of the scaffolding. The 30th Street entrance was being remodeled, too.
First of all, Lauren's train was later than she claimed. She said 6:35. It was almost 10 minutes late. Second, I had a hard time finding her in the busy building. She finally found me at the 30th Street entrance after going to the bathroom.
Thankfully, we hit even less traffic going home. This time, she went over the Walt Whitman Bridge, past XFinity Live! and a sold-out Citizens Bank Park. This let us out across from the Acme, which also had a fairly full parking lot (and made me glad I wasn't there). We finally got in around 7:30.
It was too late by then to do much of anything but take a shower, have dinner, and watch tonight's Match Game marathon. Unique entrances were the theme of this episode. Gene Rayburn would do anything for a laugh, and that included how he entered the studio. He broke through his doors more than once. Another time in 1976, he came in with Fannie Flagg in a long wavy wig on his arm. In early 1979, he entered running around the studio. There was the episode late in 1973 when he was laying down when the doors opened, and the two times in 1974 he rolled down his steps. He climbed through the entrance in 1978 and "swam" up to it in 1975. He leaped through the doors in the beginning of the episode where Burt Reynolds visited. Everyone made jokes when Gene turned up in bright red shoes during a syndicated episode.
He wasn't the only one who made wild entrances. Brett was late to the set twice in two syndicated episodes; Fannie was late with her the second time. Gary Burghoff chased after him during an entrance early in 1975.
You never know how your favorite star will make their grand entrance! Keep your eyes peeled in this wacky marathon!
Oh, and as we always do on our first day, tomorrow we're going to head to Abbie Road to say "hi" to Bob and check out his store, then head to Audubon Crossings behind the Acme.
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