{"id":4511,"date":"2011-11-02T18:27:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-02T18:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=4511"},"modified":"2026-01-15T18:14:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T18:14:02","slug":"thou-shalt-not-change-thy-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=4511","title":{"rendered":"Thou shalt not change thy name….."},"content":{"rendered":"

I was scouting about for another picture in my photo scavenger hunt challenge, when I walked past the old Chicken Deli now re-named People’s Chicken.<\/p>\n

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\nNow Chicken Deli was an institution on Mt. Pleasant for probably more than 30 years.  It used to host “The Climax Jazz Band” and a number of other iconic entertainers. Chicken Deli appealed to people of all ages.  It wasn’t just a young people’s pub – it was a people’s pub.  I never went there, though I am told by friends that on Saturday afternoons, I could bump into people that I knew long before I was married – you know the ones who had never quite given up the bar scene:)<\/p>\n

Well about a year ago Chicken Deli closed for renovations and opened up as People’s Chicken.  In my opinion a lot was lost in the name change.  I started calling it the People’s Republic of Chicken. I don’t know; maybe I just don’t like change.  The place is still busy.  The chef of the old Chicken Deli is part owner. They kept the rooster….what’s not to love.<\/p>\n

I like to compare this name change to naming a yarn store.  I think that you can call a yarn store “Yarn Deli” or “Fibre Deli”; but I’m not sure that you could name a yarn store People’s Yarn or People’s Fibre. I know, if it’s your store, you can name it anything you want. But you would want that name to convey the feeling that you have a wonderful selection of gourmet yarns at great prices and offer very personalized service?<\/p>\n

Something to think about.  Just as an aside, I would also not have chosen the “church” no parking signs. Something more in keeping with theme, would be better, such as, No Roosting or This Coop is Reserved – that’s  if humour is your intent or just keep it simple with “no parking.”<\/p>\n

I am still undecided as to whether I will submit this photo as an example of the item, “sign” on the list.  I will keep my mouth shut about aperture and shutter speed – not giving me a clear image of the rooster. Here is a better photo, if not a little truncated.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd by the way, the sky is not falling.<\/p>\n

Have a great day!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was scouting about for another picture in my photo scavenger hunt challenge, when I walked past the old Chicken Deli now re-named People’s Chicken. Now Chicken Deli was an institution on Mt. Pleasant for probably more than 30 years.  It used to host “The Climax Jazz Band” and a number of other iconic entertainers. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4512,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4511"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4514,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4511\/revisions\/4514"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}