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| - Was there some secret plan afoot to clean up all the dumpy malls of my youth? I went to grade school not too far from Cloverdale Mall, and it was pretty run-down. Coming back recently, it's been renovated significantly, and is quite pleasant now as far as mid-sized malls go. The mix of stores is about the same as anywhere else, but there's a big Home Hardware and a Metro (formerly Dominion), which are slightly less common.
I was here for a flu shot yesterday, and took my semi-mobile mom; the mix of "customers" was similarly diverse. There were equal parts seniors gamely baring arms as kids freaking out over needles. There was a bit of a lineup, but at least it moved steadily.
Also, the experience seemed to be different depending on which flu-shooter you ended up with. My person gave me the whole rundown on the provenance of this year's blend (it's Australian, Uruguayan, and something else), and wrote down the details on the side-effect sheet as a receipt. My mom didn't get any of that, but she got a bandaid over her arm (I didn't). It all evens out.
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