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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:00 AM Original message |
almost all the stores that I shopped at as a kid have disappeared |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
1. Cockroaches survive us all...... n/t |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:05 AM Response to Original message |
2. I remember TG&Y |
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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:05 AM Response to Original message |
3. Of course, in 60 years ... |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:18 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. "we might someday be nostalgic for Walmart." I hope not. n/t |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 03:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
39. another fear of mine |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:05 AM Response to Original message |
4. nope -- they have built a mythic ideology built on cheap america. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:37 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Walmart- like the suburbs it preys on, is built on cheap oil |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
5. I really miss Woolworth's. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:20 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Woolworths came to my mind first as well. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:28 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Woolworth's, Kresges, TG&Y, Rexall Drugs, Montgomery Wards, |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:48 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Ben Franklin, Western Auto, Howard Johnson's, Revco, |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:58 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. McCrory's, WT Grant, JM Fields, Zayre |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 07:50 PM Response to Reply #17 |
42. We still have Ben Franklin out here |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 09:46 AM Response to Reply #10 |
29. Gemco |
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blue_onyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 10:57 AM Response to Reply #10 |
33. I went to Montgomery Wards all the time |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 11:18 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. We found their customer service got really bad too. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:01 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. When they announced they were going out of business |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
38. Me, too. My cousins and I used to start out by street car from the beach |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
7. Probably a lot of them disappeared BECAUSE OF Wal-mart. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
9. The old capitalists being displaced by the new capitalists |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:02 AM Response to Reply #9 |
20. old boss = new boss. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
11. How we used to shop downtown. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:34 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. There are many reasons to return to the old world of |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:38 AM Response to Original message |
14. Growing up in Kentucky, we had Ayr-Way. |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
15. Children's Palace is the one I think of. |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:44 AM Response to Original message |
16. It's survival of the fittest |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:04 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. survival of the most connected & capitalized, you mean. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:57 AM Response to Original message |
18. at one time a&p controlled almost all of the food distribution in america |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:10 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. # 21 US food retailer in 2007, 35th largest US overall retailer 2005. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 08:35 AM Response to Reply #18 |
27. I hadn't seen an A&P in years, but apparently tons of them |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 07:51 PM Response to Reply #27 |
43. Most remaining A&Ps have a different name, like Food Emporium |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:10 AM Response to Original message |
22. Kresge, Woolworth, Rexall, Buster Brown Shoes to name a few. |
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RetiredTrotskyite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:10 AM Response to Original message |
23. I Sure Hope So... |
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Systematic Chaos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:12 AM Response to Original message |
25. I can't begin to tell you how much I miss Zody's! |
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Winnipegosis (233 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 03:56 AM Response to Original message |
26. Ineresting, same here... |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
28. All the good places are gone. I used to love Cherry Cokes in the fancy glass |
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keroro gunsou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 10:37 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. try this: |
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keroro gunsou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
30. i miss |
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Kingofalldems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
32. G C Murphy's |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 11:08 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. I remember that store. n/t |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
34. Ames, Harts, Bargain Barn(Rink's), Arlans, Grants, Woolworths, |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
40. Ah-hah! So you're the one to blame, huh? |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 11:34 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I did what I could do. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
44. Yes Walmart could be gone in out lifetime. Hell they could easily be gone next year |
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