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Djkaplan
| | Posted on Saturday, December 10, 2005 - 04:23 pm: | 
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Oh, man. I love going to the Super Wal-Mart in Phenix City, Alabama. It's the best people show in town.
They got the One-Tooth family, the Gap-Tooth family, the Family of Bad Haircuts, the Clan of the Big Butts, the Mullet Brothers, the Goth-kins, the Blimp vs. Blimp couple, the Wide-Eyed-Scared Guy (with chaperone), the Shiftless family next to the Mennonites, the Luddites, the Ika-Ika-penooboos, and last and least, me, standing in the "10 Items or Less" check-out line.
Why am I the only one that treats that sign as literal and rhetorical? |
Tramp
| | Posted on Saturday, December 10, 2005 - 05:52 pm: |
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you got nothing on the local wal-mart in harriman, ny.
there's an enormous hasidic community next door, and the hasidim fill the place at all hours. they're wild, wacky folks.
they pay no taxes, treat their women like dirt, refuse to speak english, drive brand new escalades, and swarm the social services office every wednesday for their welfare chacks, foodstamps, etc.
oh, yeah- and they vote. many times per person, typically. i won't take it any further than that, so close as i am to teetering on political.
they're like the amish meet gypsies on crank. |
Blake
| | Posted on Saturday, December 10, 2005 - 05:56 pm: |
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Thanks Tramp.  I was channeling Capt. Pete, FB, Court, you and all the other very entertaining and gifted contributors here.
Hey DJ, what category do you suppose we fit? 
Is there a category for when you gotta release some... errr... pressure? I mean sometimes there really is no choice, and so through a closely controled rate of expulsion (so as to avoid emitting that most dreaded of audible biological alarms) you create an invisible cloud of vapor-rich humidified hydrocarbon floating mid-aisle. Inevitably, this occurs just when a nice lady or sweet young thing turns the corner and begins making her way towards that very spot.
Question: Do you vacate forthwith never looking back, or do you seek a hidden vantage point from which to detect the inevitable facial contortions and panicked blue in the face retreat?
WalMart is fun sometimes too.
(Message edited by blake on December 10, 2005) |
Blake
| | Posted on Saturday, December 10, 2005 - 06:09 pm: |
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If you later see the poor hapless victim in the checkout line, and if your eyes should meet, do you turn your gaze shyly away bowing your head in shame, or do you stand tall, beaming to her a big grin while quickly raising your eyebrows up and down in unison (is there a name for that  eyebrow thing we do)? |
Xring
| | Posted on Saturday, December 10, 2005 - 10:22 pm: |
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About the boots: Matterhorns. Very popular with the coal miners around here.
Bought a set of Goretex Bates military boots off of ebay for <$30. Those are my riding boots, as the steel toes in the Matterhorns make it a little hard to shift...and I couldn't justify dropping $160 or whatever they cost now on another set of Matterhorns just for motorcycle riding.
Tried the WM Herman boots this spring, and they aren't bad. Good for dry days.
I try to support different businesses in my community, because I don't want WM to be the only game in town. For some items, they already are. For what's left, I'm willing to spend a little extra, if for no other reason to avoid the crowd and hassle of WM.
A lot of people say they hate Wal-Mart, but most of them still shop there; they complain about high gas prices, but they never walk anywhere. Things won't change until folks start putting their money where their mouth is.
Good luck,
Bill |
Spike
| | Posted on Saturday, December 10, 2005 - 10:28 pm: |
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quote:in the "10 Items or Less" check-out line.
Now that's something I can't stand at wal-mart (and many other places). Our wal-mart's "express" line allows 20 items. Twenty. That's 15 items more than I would get on the average trip to wal-mart and 19 items more than I get when I'm in a hurry. Let's face the facts: there's nothing express about 20 items.
My idea of an express line is 3 item or less, cash in hand, with a cashier who can 10-key and make change quickly. |
Blake
| | Posted on Saturday, December 10, 2005 - 11:16 pm: |
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Gripe, gripe, gripe. Good grief! The whole friggin' world is obviously out to cause you inconvenience. Here's an idea... Try living in Somalia for a year, then come back and gripe to us about the express line at WalMart. |
Tramp
| | Posted on Saturday, December 10, 2005 - 11:21 pm: |
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Matterhorns are likely really popular in WV because they're made by Brown in Penn., next door.
really good boot, an affordable, less-fitted, bulkier knock-off of the Danner Ft. Lewis.
I wore "Fort Louies" in many different countries and climates, and I think they have no equal....that being said, however, I feel the Matterhorn does everything that 99% of it's wearers might require of it, at a much better price point.
Incidentally, the Matterhorns are available in soft-toe, and uninsulated, as well.
Excellent, top-notch motorcycling boot, due to the the waterproof, full-grained leather upper and the kletterlift sole, which ensures a smooth transition between heel and forefoot....an excellent feature for footpegs.... |
Tramp
| | Posted on Sunday, December 11, 2005 - 10:38 am: |
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Blake said:
"Gripe, gripe, gripe. Good grief! The whole friggin' world is obviously out to cause you inconvenience. Here's an idea... Try living in Somalia for a year, then come back and gripe to us about the express line at WalMart."
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THANK YOU.
My mother-in-law used to get up early in the morning on her days off and wait in line for hours for rolls of (alleged) toilet paper, under communism, and when I had free days I started doing the same, until too many locals got pissed off that a foreigner was moving in on their limited supplies. he*l, I may have posted this before, but it was practically a national holiday when one had the privelege of standing for 6 hours to purchase brown, shrivelled apples.
One absolutely heart-breaking moment in my life came when an elderly lady, who'd been waiting all day, with only a half-hour or so left before her turn, watched the last apple leave in someone else's basket. She actually collapsed and wept, as she was going to freeze it to save for her grandson for Christmas a month later.
I get physically sick when I see food thrown out to this day, and my pulse quickens when the incredibly overweight white trash in the chackout line complain about the wait.
(believe me, I helped the old 'babicka' out in her apple quest, my friends back in the states were always fast to put a box together for shipping, and I live near many orchards) |
Johnnylunchbox
| | Posted on Sunday, December 11, 2005 - 11:12 am: |
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Ah so many things to comment on:
Court - agreed on RedWing customer service...not so good. I have the RW Pecos...sort of a cross between a western boot and a wellington. They are awesome, except the toe box need to be repaired and they need resoling. RW states that they can resole it but will not repair the toe box, which will essentially give me a resoled boot that I can't wear.?????
Tramp - love those Danner boots. I got the striker 8" lace ups (with side zipper so you never have to untie them). I've never had a shoe fit so well and so comfortably out of the box.) They're gonna make fine riding boots. Of course I got them on clearance for 100 pesos, while the normal price is 210.
<<<<<Is there a category for when you gotta release some... errr... pressure? I mean sometimes there really is no choice, and so through a closely controled rate of expulsion (so as to avoid emitting that most dreaded of audible biological alarms) you create an invisible cloud of vapor-rich humidified hydrocarbon floating mid-aisle.>>>>
Blake, that is commonly known around these parts as "crop dustin'"
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Spike
| | Posted on Sunday, December 11, 2005 - 09:47 pm: |
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quote:Gripe, gripe, gripe. Good grief! The whole friggin' world is obviously out to cause you inconvenience. Here's an idea... Try living in Somalia for a year, then come back and gripe to us about the express line at WalMart.
Whole world? Seriously Blake, re-read my posts. I started the thread with a single account of wal-mart's dishonesty. Some 3 pages of wal-mart bashing later I make my 2nd post of the thread to comment on Court's guitar buying habits. Another 3 pages of wal-mart bashing later I make my 3rd post to the thread and pass along a link to a deal on a notebook computer. Later that same day I make my 4th post to the thread, which is also my 2nd negative post to the thread, to share wal-mart's back-handed apology for their dishonesty. A few pages later I make my 5th post to the thread to make a positive comment about New Balance shoes. A few more pages later I offer rebuttal to your idea that since other countries have it bad we should never take note of dishonesty here.
The bottom line is that for the first two weeks of this thread I had made as many positive posts as I had made negative posts. If you compile all the negative posts I've made in the thread you'll see that despite pages of wal-mart bashing by others I only addressed 3 issues with wal-mart. The first was the single account of dishonesty. The second was their lack of proper apology. The third was about the express line. Of those three, only one even deals with being inconvenienced. |
Blake
| | Posted on Monday, December 12, 2005 - 01:00 am: |
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Griping is sucky, so is whining. We should all buck the heck up, and please... please let us all learn to laugh at our shortcomings in life. I know the days are short and dark, Winter is fast approaching, but life is good folks. Really! It is! If you doubt it, just ask Hans.
Spike,
Sorry bud, I don't commit tallies of rating for folks posts to memory. I gotta pretty much take each one on its own merits. |
Blake
| | Posted on Monday, December 12, 2005 - 01:02 am: |
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Johnny,
Isn't "crop dusting" when you keep moving, spreading the vapor trail all through the store? Not quite as horrific as the concentrated noxious cloud methinks.  |
Tramp
| | Posted on Monday, December 12, 2005 - 01:07 am: |
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Winter should be viewed as a challnge to get out of the house and find something fun to do while Mom cleans.
I was the fisrt (and so far only) person on the ice on the reservoir near me, today.
Got two nice pickerel in an hour, lost something BIG. (there are huge Chain Pickerel in this reservoir).
Try ice skating, skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, tubing, etc. etc. if you live in a cold region.
he*l, just getting out with a cheap pair of binoculars and maybe a bird guie is more fun than it sounds, and tracking critters is a blast. |
Blake
| | Posted on Monday, December 12, 2005 - 02:26 am: |
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Or you could practice writing...
your name...
you know...
in the snow.
"It's deep too!" |
Rex
| | Posted on Monday, December 12, 2005 - 03:17 am: |
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Walmart is not so bad.
No small businesses left in my small home town in oklahoma...just walmart.
what does everyone do everyday? they go to walmart in the morning, in the afternoon, and at night.
I just got back from visiting family. my favorite time to go to walmart is after midnight.
pretty cheap prices, I have to admit. Grocery items are cheap, cheap dvds, cheap other products. largest grocery chain in the country, and I am in grocery. many people worried about them in the grocery business, and they haven't even got started there, and are already number 1.
problem is whatever you need they have, and cheaper than anywhere else......plus tires, oil changes, etc.
their day is coming....doesn't last forever...
no health benefits
lower pay
no other benefits
their new stores have a lot of overhead. if they ever face down trends in sales, watch out.....just look at kmart, sears, montgomery wards, etc.
rex |
Djkaplan
| | Posted on Monday, December 12, 2005 - 08:54 am: |
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"you got nothing on the local wal-mart in harriman, ny."
Tramp pulls off the unusual trifecta of pissing off Hassidic Jews, Gypsies, and the Amish in just one post.  |
Tramp
| | Posted on Monday, December 12, 2005 - 09:37 am: |
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geez- rereading it I see where the post looks a little too '38 Munchen, which isn't cool.
They bring a unique flair to our wal-mart, is all, I guess. I've worked for many Hasidim and have found them to be, by and large, honest and fast with cash pay. Much like me, they'll do their best to chisel a price (many non-hasidim don't realize that's a cultural practice, not to be confused with cheapness), but once it's agreed upon, they're men of their word, to the man.
I guess there are quite a few Amish who read this site, I think they draw the technology line at water-cooled OHC motorcycles, so they allow Buells in their culture. (OK- so I'm kidding around on that one) .......Anyone remember the news about 10 years ago when a big, grimy motorcycle club was moving cocaine throught the Amish? NOT kidding around about that.
talk about culture shock.
Gypsies? what more can be said that hasn't been already.
For me, I like Gypsies by and large. Once a solid business rapport can be reached with them, they tend to be trustworthy, contrary to the susal hubbub.
I do ALL of my currency exchange and short-term high-yield investments with a notable gypsy crew in Prague. As a result of this ongoing relationship (haven't dealt with them in a few years, but that won't make a difference next time I see them), they've always treated me like family, and I've enjoyed countless hours with them in seamy tenements but also by campfires along riversides partying with them and enjoying their music, consistent of strange flamenco-esque guitar and looooooooooooong-note, quavering violin.
I had a wonderful gypsy girlfriend for soome time, as well.
trust me, there's no vinegar behind my descriptions of these characters. |
Djkaplan
| | Posted on Monday, December 12, 2005 - 11:50 am: |
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I never met a goy I didn't like. |
Vader
| | Posted on Monday, December 12, 2005 - 12:12 pm: |
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If you later see the poor hapless victim in the checkout line, and if your eyes should meet, do you turn your gaze shyly away bowing your head in shame, or do you stand tall, beaming to her a big grin while quickly raising your eyebrows up and down in unison (is there a name for that eyebrow thing we do)?
You do that eyebrow waggle thing, look em square in the eye and say "were you able to figure out what I had for dinner?"
Plus, I like to refer to it as "the floating tea biscuit" |
Tramp
| | Posted on Monday, December 12, 2005 - 12:28 pm: |
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Goyem are overrated, schlemozzel! |
Spike
| | Posted on Monday, December 12, 2005 - 01:55 pm: |
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quote:Spike,
Sorry bud, I don't commit tallies of rating for folks posts to memory. I gotta pretty much take each one on its own merits.
That's understandable, and I honestly appreciate being held accountable for the statements I make. Just try to be cautious with the generalizations. |
Loki
| | Posted on Monday, December 12, 2005 - 02:01 pm: |
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WalMart, the best friday night freak show around. Go figure, I am in there also. |
Blake
| | Posted on Monday, December 12, 2005 - 02:06 pm: |
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Will do.
Anyone who overgeneralizes is a fool! Get it? ![: ]](http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/clipart/proud.gif) |
Oldog
| | Posted on Monday, December 12, 2005 - 02:24 pm: |
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I know that at this time of year its good to share, but leaving one of the vaporuus lovlies in an Isle for some hapless shoper to wade into why thats olofactory terrorisim, |
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