tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438559177675541367.post2893542573695500742..comments2024-03-28T11:38:44.676-05:00Comments on Phil Are Go!: Centrum Warenhaus - Honeycomb's big. Ja, ja, ja!PhilAreGo@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05719815455502184849noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438559177675541367.post-86606616499512480012015-09-17T05:43:06.692-05:002015-09-17T05:43:06.692-05:00Late comment, but I just saw your post now :) I wa...Late comment, but I just saw your post now :) I was at the Centrum Department Store in Alexanderplatz several times in 1987, 88, and 89. It was stuffed full of things to buy all three times, but the quality was not good for most items, especially of ready-to-wear clothes. A color tv set cost the equivalent of $1500, and VCRs were not for sale, nor were CD's which were then very popular in the West. Underwear was fine, even American soldiers and their wives bought it because it was so cheap, but it was not very fashionable. Centrum was like a very big Kmart, but with much less selection and lower quality. The store was packed with people - constantly - since it was the biggest branch of Centrum in the country. It all seems very long ago now... Tony Skaggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15322532603839420858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438559177675541367.post-27402233491477856492013-11-06T18:00:43.751-06:002013-11-06T18:00:43.751-06:00I visited the Centrum store in 1970 or 71. it was...I visited the Centrum store in 1970 or 71. it was amazing...the men's department had 1 or 2 suit on the rack and 2 or 3 pairs of shoes on display. the women's department had about 3 or 4 dresses on the dress rack. I went to the electronics dept. to check on a camera (Practika Super TL). they had 1 in the whole case and would not show it to me because I was an American GI in uniform. the Vopo's (East German Police) followed me around the whole store. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438559177675541367.post-21326217236510854252011-05-26T12:43:48.119-05:002011-05-26T12:43:48.119-05:00Yes. Blogger's been having some cashsplosions ...Yes. Blogger's been having some cashsplosions in the last week or so. This morning it happened in the middle of making this post. This accounts for the freaky text formatting seen above, which has so far foiled all my attempts to un-freak it.<br /><br />I always assume you're eyes are glued to the PAG, Craig. I'd feel a disturbance in the force if they weren't. Thanks for commenting!PhilAreGo@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05719815455502184849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438559177675541367.post-77524465039444069492011-05-26T12:27:25.397-05:002011-05-26T12:27:25.397-05:00PS:
I haven't been able to post here for a w...PS: <br /><br />I haven't been able to post here for a while, but I've been reading every day.<br /><br />Stupid blogger!Craig F.http://yankeedriver.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438559177675541367.post-77116604131185780882011-05-26T12:26:21.708-05:002011-05-26T12:26:21.708-05:00I stayed in East Germany for a couple of nights, i...I stayed in East Germany for a couple of nights, in one of those gigantic "human compartmentalization collective" buildings.<br /><br />It was like staying in one of those big plastic towers that they used to sell Matchbox cars out of at the drug store.Craig Fhttp://yankeedriver.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com