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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-30-08 09:02 AM
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7. store of last resort... last time I set foot in one was in 2k5
for the most part, I avoid them with extreme prejudice.
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  -I know Wal-Mart is as ubiquitous as McDonalds or Geico commercials.....but I've never been in one. marmar  Nov-30-08 08:45 AM   #0 
  - stopped going when they closed the small one for a big box  Donnachaidh   Nov-30-08 08:52 AM   #1 
  - I go once or twice a week for family groceries mostly.  aikoaiko   Nov-30-08 08:54 AM   #2 
  - I'm guessing over the past 20 years or so  hlthe2b   Nov-30-08 08:55 AM   #3 
  - Other: I went with my mechanic and HE bought 3 quarts of transmission fluid.  MercutioATC   Nov-30-08 09:00 AM   #4 
  - So you've shopped at Wal-Mart in a Six Degrees-of-Kevin Bacon kinda way?  marmar   Nov-30-08 09:01 AM   #5 
     - Yes, but just once...  MercutioATC   Nov-30-08 09:02 AM   # 
  - I never shopped there until...  teach1st   Nov-30-08 09:01 AM   #6 
  - store of last resort... last time I set foot in one was in 2k5  ixion   Nov-30-08 09:02 AM   #7 
  - #2--but since they couldn't pull their commercials for even a lousy 24 hours  rocknation   Nov-30-08 09:02 AM   #8 
  - That is pretty tacky......Their commercials have been nonstop.  marmar   Nov-30-08 09:05 AM   #9 
  - I shopped some back when I still worked at the Post Office, but then  alfredo   Nov-30-08 09:13 AM   #10 
  - When I was down in Tennessee  eilen   Nov-30-08 09:16 AM   #11 
  - My first job out of college was in Syracuse.....and I too liked Wegmans a lot.  marmar   Nov-30-08 09:19 AM   #12 
  - I'm not a huge fan of Walmart,  enlightenment   Nov-30-08 09:44 AM   #17 
  - Yes, I Used to Shop There Regularly  NikolaC   Nov-30-08 09:28 AM   #13 
  - I also shopped there until I learned of their business practices.  CrispyQGirl   Nov-30-08 09:55 AM   #18 
     - It Is A Great Film  NikolaC   Dec-01-08 09:51 AM   #25 
  - most are in poor or middle class becoming poor neighborhoods  28erl   Nov-30-08 09:32 AM   #14 
  - There are only two things that I do at Wal-mart  hendo   Nov-30-08 09:33 AM   #15 
  - I usually shop at Meijer  BreatheOnMe   Nov-30-08 09:36 AM   #16 
  - shopped there twice in my life. Totally avoid the place now.  Liberal_in_LA   Nov-30-08 09:57 AM   #19 
  - I shopped at WalMart in the '80s  ayeshahaqqiqa   Nov-30-08 10:15 AM   #20 
  - How about been in waaaaay too many WMs?  moriah   Nov-30-08 10:58 AM   #21 
  - Once or twice a month  Synicus Maximus   Nov-30-08 11:05 AM   #22 
  - Never been in one ...  Kickin_Donkey   Nov-30-08 12:08 PM   #23 
  - The store gives me the willies. Don't know why. Won't go in one unless its the  K Gardner   Nov-30-08 12:10 PM   #24 
  - They're a good place to take a dump in when you are on a road trip.  tjwash   Dec-01-08 09:53 AM   #26 
  - My state was the last to get a Walmart  cali   Dec-01-08 09:54 AM   #27 
  - this is an interesting poll  Bill McBlueState   Dec-01-08 09:58 AM   #28 
 

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