Things You Don't See Anymore Part 3

[roccobass]

 

[Richland123]

 

[GonePlaid]

In Miami, this was Walmart B4 Walmart existed. My 'oldies' shopped there every week. Closed in 1976.

 

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[Richland123]

 

[Winslow]

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Pretty gangsta way to send a message to the other horses about what happens if they try to make any trouble.

 

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[zontar]

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[buldog5151bass]

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You can't fool me. I've seen the grill on a Mustang.

 

[GonePlaid]

In Miami, this was Walmart B4 Walmart existed. My 'oldies' shopped there every week. Closed in 1976.
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Thinking back on it, it was more like a flea market concept. 35 departments, each with its own cash registers.

 

[turf3]

Thinking back on it, it was more like a flea market concept. 35 departments, each with its own cash registers.

Didn't large department stores of all types always have registers in each department? (Not all of them, but maybe the majority.) I remember a large vanished middle of such stores (mostly local single-location or two- or three-store local chains) that sold moderate priced goods of moderate quality. Of course the examplar of that was the Sears of the 1960s. They didn't have a huge bank of registers, you paid for stuff in its department.

 

[MonetBass]

There is still a drive in movie theater near my house. The Silver Drive In.

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The Admiral Twin Drive-In here in Tulsa is still going strong. It burned down a few years ago, and they had a fundraiser to help rebuild it. People turned out in droves. That said, there used to be two drive-ins in my hometown of Stillwater, OK. They are long gone.

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They still make those. We bought one for our son when he was in Cub Scouts.

 

[embellisher]

Didn't large department stores of all types always have registers in each department? (Not all of them, but maybe the majority.) I remember a large vanished middle of such stores (mostly local single-location or two- or three-store local chains) that sold moderate priced goods of moderate quality. Of course the examplar of that was the Sears of the 1960s. They didn't have a huge bank of registers, you paid for stuff in its department.

I worked at Kmart back in the eighties. Yes, several of our departments had cash registers. Jewelery, appliances, home center, pharmacy, and garden shop.

 

[Richland123]

 

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[turf3]

I worked at Kmart back in the eighties. Yes, several of our departments had cash registers. Jewelery, appliances, home center, pharmacy, and garden shop.

I'm thinking before that. In our neck of the woods it was Gibson's Discount Centers, Fed Mart, Sterling Jewelers, Medallion, etc. Every area of the country had these kinds of stores.

Of course there were also the more expensive "department" stores: Sanger-Harris, Titche's, Joske's, Dillards, Bealls, etc.

None of these had the big bank of registers at the front of the store that you see today.

 

[roccobass]

The Admiral Twin Drive-In here in Tulsa is still going strong. It burned down a few years ago, and they had a fundraiser to help rebuild it. People turned out in droves. That said, there used to be two drive-ins in my hometown of Stillwater, OK. They are long gone.
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They still make those. We bought one for our son when he was in Cub Scouts.

That’s very cool. I am glad. But I bet it doesn’t cost $2.75 anymore.

 

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[Richland123]