Ah yes, remembering those summertimes of youth

[underpants]

I can identify numerous things different that what I remember just in this one photo and yahoo caption.


Kevin Anderson, ten, grimaces as he plays a hand held electronic game while his cousin, Courtney Beecher, 12, peers into the refrigerator inside their RV in the Wal-Mart parking lot in Concord, N.H., in this Aug. 20, 2004, file photo. It was the first time the Andersons had camped at a Wal-Mart. 'It's kind of handy,' said father Ken Anderson. (AP Photo/Concord Monitor, Lori Duff/FILE)

[NuckinFutz]

1. This is just SO wrong...

on SO many levels.

[underpants]

2. (not to pick on the kid, BUT) Kevin what did you do on your vacation?

I sat inside the RV playing videogames and watched the working poor sell crap to the working poor.

[Kathleen04]

3. What??

Why Wal-mart? There has to be an RV camping ground.. and I'm sure they can afford to park there if they could afford the RV.

I'd be indoors playing games if I were "camping" at Wal-mart too.

[underpants]

4. There have been several threads about this recently

I first heard about oh about 3 years ago. I thought it was mostly for the older crowd, apparently not.

Walmart's tend to be located near interstates and highly visited destinations. It is free to park there (no water or sanitation hookups I would guess) so that seems to be why people do it that and the proximity to a Walmart should you need anthing.

[Kathleen04]

9. I can

understand it just as long as Wal-Mart isn't THE destination..

[Theres-a]

5. I have seen these campers

At a walmart here in CT.We used to joke about people camping at walmart.I can't believe they actually were.

[ET Awful]

6. I sense a new profit center for Wal-Mart execs to look into . . .

Long term paid parking :). You could charge a flat fee of $14.95 a day for anyone that stays beyond a 2-4 hour limit for shopping :)

[underpants]

7. Only 2-4 hours? This is Walmart there is just so much to do

We can walk over and look at the crap made in China or the crap made in Korea or the crap made in Thailand........

[Debi]

8. Around the world for $80.00

You too can purchase items made in all the third-world countries by four year-olds and their eight-fingered widowed mothers for under $5.00 per item! Come one come all to the Wal-Mart parking lot!!!

[ET Awful]

10. How DARE you say that!

You left out crap made in Malaysia. :)

[underpants]

11. Aroudn the world in $80

see above.

Yes I forgot Malaysia

[Lilyhoney]

12. It's kind of like vegas,

stay for free, eat cheap and then spend lots of money.