Wall Mart and toy Hummers

Walmart had piles of Radio Control Hummer toys in various configurations a while ago. I take it as a sign that they weren't selling elsewhere and needed to be clearanced

I considered getting one so I could take photos of it next to the Prius in the driveway to contrast with the usual picutres of Hummers next to Prii.

Then I was gonna run over it while making appropriate Monster Truck noises.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tempus\";p=\"51515)</div>

*lol* You do mean running over it *in electric mode* right?

 

I always thought most Americans worshipped at Walmarts. Isn't that why their parking lots are full? : We watched Frontline once more, may have been an update, on Walmart "policies". Just affirmed why we don't shop there. If the price is less for you, someone else is paying the difference. Must feel great to some people to pay less knowing the enslaved made it possible.

 

The 1st 2 times I went in WalMart they didn't have what I wanted so I was not impressed. However, they are the only place I can find the stupid 9" round flourscent lights for my Lights of America ceiling fixture. All the other mfgs apparently use 8" or 10". Even Home Despot, where I BOUGHT it, doesn't carry them. I went across the huge parking lot to WalMart in desperation not expecting to find it there either after my prior experience.

Also, when I wanted to put in a drip watering system, none of the gardening shops nor Home Despot carried 'build your own design' parts. WalMart had a selection of connectors, valves, hose, etc. So I decided they aren't TOTALLY bad.

 

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At least it is 100% clean ;-)

Nah, the parents would complain too much about having to go to the gas station every time the kid drives 200 yards. :lol:
They do recognize the limited "feet per watt" capacity:

My kids have outgrown the hand-me-down pink Barbie Corvette. It only needed a (special of course) 6V battery, the H2 has a 12V. How VERY real world!

 

The peace emoticon, so far. I think the color's okay. Still trying to get it a little rounder, though.

 

ahhhh... OK....

 

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Lowe's carries all components for the Mister drip watering system. It can be purchased from Lowe's online if your local store doesn't have it. I didn't realize that Wal-Mart carried it also, but then I guess I didn't care either..... :roll:

 

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Nice to know. They are building a Lowe's about 1/4 mile as the crow flies behind our house (as soon as they sort out the water runoff lawsuits).

The Wal-Mart is in a huge 'box store' shopping area that turned a main N-S road into a parking lot of it's own at times. The developer made road improvements that were needed to get the area up to the current needs at the time (ie BEFORE they put in all the stores). There are now 5 signals in 0.8 miles. Needless to say, it is a mess with the evening rush hour traffic backing up on to the interstate travel lane. Now the state is talking about spending $0.5 million to make the offramp 3 lanes wide.

Frankly, I think the developer should have been forced to make their own offramp that went only to the shopping center. And since they built on both sides of the main road, they should have an underpass between the two parts instead of two signaled intersections.

I try really hard never to buy anything there.

 

My wife is very non-political. She's been boycotting Walmart for years because of their affect on local small business.

So I started too. That was about a year ago. Since then, I've found out so much about them that I'm glad I did.


Now, if they had the only bulb for my fixture, I'd buy a new fixture.