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Things You Don't See Anymore Part 3

Aw, man! That would go great with one of my hats! :woot:

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Fur Coat shops.


In my area they have all been run out by protesters.

Pimpin ain't easy, but Leroy Shumate helped out where he could for 37 years in downtown Seattle until his closure in April of 2018, not long before his death later that year. Several big name eccentric sorts would visit town just to shop there (Prince being one.)

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Rest In Pimp, Leroy :angel:
 
As a kid I had it's predecessor, the Snowman ice ball machine. View attachment 3653196

My parents had a "Swing Away" hand crank ice crusher like this, they got it from the "Plaid Stamp redemption center" if I recall correctly. They would borrow my "Snowman" because it actually did a better job.

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