today is a good day. not just because it's now been 8 weeks since AVR,
but also because a new store opened in town. a special store.....it's a
"pirate" wal-mart. we're too small here to support a real one, but one
enterprising entrepreneur decided to open one without going through the
hassle of getting a franchise. i checked it out when it first opened last
month, but was not yet fully stocked.
the sign out front uses the same font and color scheme as wal-mart, but
says "BEST-MART SUPERCENTER." it's pretty common to make an exact
copy of something and change one or two letters in the name so it's no
longer a "copy." plenty of "patasonic" or "panasoric" dvd players to be had.
picked up a flyer....oh, baby, he's even got flyers!!! and they got stuff!!!
imported stuff!!!! now it's only printed in the flyer, doesn't necessarily
mean they actually STOCK the stuff, but still.
example: new restaurant opened where i useta live, several of us fur'ners
decided to try it out. the nice waitress brought us a menu...in english...
and the ordering goes like this:
this looks good, we'll have an order of xxxx.
don't have that.
okay, how 'bout this one, we'll get xxxx.
don't have that.
ummmmm, okay, we'll have the xxxxx.
don't have that.
well, what on the menu DO you have?
oh, we don't have any of that.
no? what do you have?
you have to order from the chinese menu.
and then we noticed....they had stolen the menu from another
restaurant. they didn't serve anything on it, but they had an english
menu for the foreign customers.
ah, but where was i? oh, yes, imported stuff!!
we got budweiser and pabst blue ribbon (ugh), heinekin, koestritzer, bacardi
breezers, san miguel, guinness, asahi, kirin, carlsberg chill, st.roland black,
wine from australia and chile, welches juices. and they got them pony
size metal kegs of KROMBACHER and VALENTINS wheat beer!!!
and there's more!!! they gots olive oil, imported brazilian coffee, dutch
butter cookies, european chocolates, miracle whip, mayonnaise, kikkoman
soy sauce, schwartau jams, french's mustard.
oooh, and the good stuff!!! anchor butter and cheese from new zealand,
fitaki cheese from germany, gouda and edam from holland, suki sunflower
spread, land'o lakes butter. (but reeaaaallly expensive!!)
but also because a new store opened in town. a special store.....it's a
"pirate" wal-mart. we're too small here to support a real one, but one
enterprising entrepreneur decided to open one without going through the
hassle of getting a franchise. i checked it out when it first opened last
month, but was not yet fully stocked.
the sign out front uses the same font and color scheme as wal-mart, but
says "BEST-MART SUPERCENTER." it's pretty common to make an exact
copy of something and change one or two letters in the name so it's no
longer a "copy." plenty of "patasonic" or "panasoric" dvd players to be had.
picked up a flyer....oh, baby, he's even got flyers!!! and they got stuff!!!
imported stuff!!!! now it's only printed in the flyer, doesn't necessarily
mean they actually STOCK the stuff, but still.
example: new restaurant opened where i useta live, several of us fur'ners
decided to try it out. the nice waitress brought us a menu...in english...
and the ordering goes like this:
this looks good, we'll have an order of xxxx.
don't have that.
okay, how 'bout this one, we'll get xxxx.
don't have that.
ummmmm, okay, we'll have the xxxxx.
don't have that.
well, what on the menu DO you have?
oh, we don't have any of that.
no? what do you have?
you have to order from the chinese menu.
and then we noticed....they had stolen the menu from another
restaurant. they didn't serve anything on it, but they had an english
menu for the foreign customers.
ah, but where was i? oh, yes, imported stuff!!
we got budweiser and pabst blue ribbon (ugh), heinekin, koestritzer, bacardi
breezers, san miguel, guinness, asahi, kirin, carlsberg chill, st.roland black,
wine from australia and chile, welches juices. and they got them pony
size metal kegs of KROMBACHER and VALENTINS wheat beer!!!
and there's more!!! they gots olive oil, imported brazilian coffee, dutch
butter cookies, european chocolates, miracle whip, mayonnaise, kikkoman
soy sauce, schwartau jams, french's mustard.
oooh, and the good stuff!!! anchor butter and cheese from new zealand,
fitaki cheese from germany, gouda and edam from holland, suki sunflower
spread, land'o lakes butter. (but reeaaaallly expensive!!)