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Wympee's manager Linda Anderson watches over the tiny diner on East Third Street every minute it's open. That's 88 hours a week serving office workers in suits alongside regulars in T-shirts and baseball caps. And she wouldn't have it any other way.

"It's the customers -- if it is wasn't for them, I wouldn't be here," Anderson said. "I have people come in and tell me they haven't been here for 30 or 40 years. Some of them tell me they met their husbands or wives in here."

The landscape around Wympee's -- located in the shadow of downtown Dayton -- has changed dramatically since the burger joint/coffee shop/diner opened in 1938. Auto-parts plants and factories have closed, a baseball stadium and condos have been built. But Wympee's itself has remained frozen in time.

And that's just fine with the regulars.

The building's exterior also remains virtually unchanged since 1938.

"This is the same ceiling that was here in 1952. I know because I cleaned it several times," said 72-year-old Howard Robbins. The suburban Harrison Township resident pointed over to the lunch counter that faces the street. "Same stools, too."

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