![]() Southland Ice was incredibly successful and changed their name after World War Two to reflect their hours. Since they were open when the grocery stores were closed, they started selling eggs and milk too. Originally an ice house selling blocks of ice, the store in Dallas, Texas was already open for 16 hours a day. The company’s predecessor, the Southland Ice Company, is largely credited with being the first modern convenience store. If you do a surface level Google search, the answer is pretty straightforward: 7/11. ( Dutch Simba/Flickr) Where there’s a need, someone is going to supply it Today’s Tedium is looking at 24-hour businesses while putting one of New York’s greatest claims to the test. Jokes abound in pop culture about the ability of New Yorkers to get anything they want or need at any time. But when I moved to NYC, I noticed the 24-hour businesses were more extreme. Someone to sell you toilet paper or children’s cough medicine. In virtually every urban-ish center of America, there’s something open. If there’s one aspect of modern life, especially living in New York City, I take for granted most is 24-hour delis and restaurants. Today in Tedium: There is a lot to take for granted about modern society: hours of free/low cost entertainment available at a click or tap, parents that live into their 80s, never having to ask for directions. This time, he wanted to take a late-night theory for a spin. ![]() Hey all, Ernie here with a fresh one from Andrew Egan, who hit us up last month with a story about the shifting nature of sports statistics. ![]()
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