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Yep there was a Gibson's in Louisiana also. First discount store I ever saw.
Surprised no one has mentioned OTASCO(Oaklahoma Tire and Supply)
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use to every small town had a Western Auto.
my dad has an old Revelation double barrel.
Dave
�The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it.� Lou Holtz
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Hayes
Reo
White
Ford Sterling
Ford Louisville
these were all heavy trucks
norm
There is not enough darkness in all the world to put out the light of even one small candle----Robert Alden .
If it wern't entertaining, I wouldn't keep coming back.------the BigSky
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Walgreens is still around, but is not the store of my childhood. Back then our local one had a few shotguns and 22's along with a moderate selection of ammo for the same. I don't recall anything about centerfire rifle/handgun stuff, it wasn't on my radar at the time.
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I put myself through college working at a Western Auto. I commuted a half hour each way to school, routinely carried 18 semester hours, and worked evenings and Saturdays in the WA store for $1.65 an hour. Had to pay dues to the clerks' union, too - the only time in my life I've been in a socialist organization.
Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.
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These since I was born in 45
Packards
Studebaker
Ramblers
Checker Taxi Cabs
Pontiac
Oldsmobile
Mercury
Saturn
Willy Jeeps
Kaiser-Frazer
Leo of the Land of Dyr
NRA FOR LIFE
I MISS SARAH
“In Trump We Trust.” Right????
SOMEBODY please tell TRH that Netanyahu NEVER said "Once we squeeze all we can out of the United States, it can dry up and blow away."
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Campfire 'Bwana
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These since I was born in 45
Packards
Studebaker
Ramblers
Checker Taxi Cabs
Pontiac
Oldsmobile
Mercury
Saturn
Willy Jeeps
Kaiser-Frazer Desoto! Dad had a '55!
Founder
Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
WS
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Mission Macaroni and Cheese in the box.....nothing else comes close to the taste it had.
"By the time you realize your father was a smart man, you have a teenager telling you just how stupid you are."
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a real, small town Barber shop, that used a straight razor around the ears and on the neck.
a small boy could get an earful in there.
Dave
�The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it.� Lou Holtz
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My Marlin 60 .22 semi is stamped
Western Auto "Revelation". Had it
since '64.
--- CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE --- A Magic Time To Be An Illegal In America---
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 Bought a case about a month ago from a hoarder. Now their residing with another hoarder. Their around but difficult to find. GW PS. None for sale.   GW
If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared. MACHIAVELLI
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a real, small town Barber shop, that used a straight razor around the ears and on the neck.
a small boy could get an earful in there. My barber still does it. Massey-Ferguson and Minneapolis Molines were all over my grandpas farm. He would just keep working on them and using the crap out of em! Are they still around?!? Piggly Wiggly. At least in the area where I grew up they're nowhere to be found. Not sure if there are any still around. Our town had a Western Auto and an Otasco (central AR). Both gone. One is a tanning salon. The Otasco is a $ General. Sad
Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other. - Ronald Reagan
For why should my freedom be judged by another man's conscience? - 1 Corinthians 10:29
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a real, small town Barber shop, that used a straight razor around the ears and on the neck.
a small boy could get an earful in there. Yea I remember going to the barber shop.There was always a Calender with scantily clad women hanging on the wall,.I would always look thru the magazines,and find one with a racey cover,hoping to see a tit..
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a real, small town Barber shop, that used a straight razor around the ears and on the neck.
a small boy could get an earful in there. Yea I remember going to the barber shop.There was always a Calender with scantily clad women hanging on the wall,.I would always look thru the magazines,and find one with a racey cover,hoping to see a tit.. Dont miss the barber shop at all! One guy had a prosthetic hand from his time in vietnam, great barber but a little rough on ya, and his partner, good too but you always got a nick or two. Now I go to the mall or strip mall. Aint nothin like having a early 20's girl rub her hooters over your shoulders for 20 minutes 
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Ha! Aunt Jewel and Uncle Alton Carter ran the Piggly Wiggley in Georgetown Texas! My grandmaw's lil sis!
Had a cousin that ran the Western Auto in Pleasanton Texas.
They've all been dead for decades now.
Founder
Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
WS
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The barber I went to a youngster only cut hair one way. High and tight. Whether you wanted that or not.
Piggly wiggly are still around here.
Dave
�The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it.� Lou Holtz
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I'm too young for most of those stores, though we did have two Gibson's stores in the town south of us. Bought some of my first reloading supplies there and my TC White Mountain carbine when they were doing the final close out on guns before they shut down, $288 plowing dollars brought it home.
The thing that upsets me most when I go home is all the farmers who used to let me go hunt and fish just for asking who now lease their stuff out. Nobody had a problem just letting someone go hunt until the damn Texans started coming up and making lease offers. Stupid bastards would have been allowed to hunt for free if they would have just asked. Sadly those days are about gone now.
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Brother,
I have bought Swamp People Mini-Mag HP three times in the last ten days.....
I was getting some schite on Cabelas on Thanksgiving Day (online) and they still had it.
Free Freight......
About 8.50 per hunnerd, which is plenty.
But it's "collectible".....:)
Have Dog
Will Travel
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For those who grew up in TX, Gibson Discount Stores were the best!
They had the largest selection of Guns, Reloading supply's, Fishing Gear, and Archery Equipment EVER!
Not to mention, toys, clothes, automotive, electronics, garden tools, appliances, jewelry, tools, ect........ Loved Gibson's! As a kid, the guys at the sporting goods counter knew when they saw me come in, I'd probably done enough chores, or found enough Coke bottles to cash in for some more .22, or shotgun ammo. They were in MS also. when i was a kid bought my first Old Timer knife from there, from the big counter top display. and fishing stuff. back when Zebco 33 were made here. The one my father took me to had a big fish bowl on the counter. Within the bowl was a wide selection of odds and ends shotgun shells from broken boxes and the like. They were sold by the piece at a rate a kid could afford. I remember digging around to get the blue ones. There's still one in Weatherford,near the courthouse. Yep, It's still stacked to the cieling with guns,ammo,hunting,and fishing stuff. Lots of bow,and bowhunting related stuff too. Mike
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Howard Griffin in Monroe, La., had just about anything a sportsman could want.
Been gone for 40+ years.
And, at Christmas time, they would move the sporting goods out of the way and haul in toys...toys... and more toys. Had special tv commercials for Howard Griffin's Land of Toys.
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