Attention Wal*Mart Shoppers.......

[Rob]

WalMart in my little town isn't a choice, its a necessity. Its all we have. Ron

Ron,

I remember going into a Safeway store when I was last in Page, but that was 18 years ago. Has that gone also, driven out by Wal-Mart?

Rob

[Jerry]

Ham, one other "good" thing about the "Wally World" (that's what some of the teens call it) super stores is that they are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This makes it a great place for Christmas shopping for those of us that do not want to fight the crowd and the huge parking logjam. Go there at 3AM and, although the are a few diehards (like me) there, it isn't crowded.

Not to sound dumb or anything, but didn't this thread get moved to "Off Topic"?

[Hamish]

To my knowledge we do not have Wal-Mart here in the United Kingdom, but you guys over there are always mentioning the name. I am curious, that's all!

Ham,

Wal-Mart is in the UK, but not under that name. Walmart own ASDA, but ASDA supermarkets in the UK dont look anything like Wal-Marts in the US. If you can imagine one of the large B&Q stores, but with typical supermarket wares plus general goods on the shelves and the B&Q name on the outside peplaced by WAL-MART, you would have a reasonable idea of what a Wal-Mart store looks like.

Rob

Than you for that Rob. It seems I do not get out enough! I do actually "get out", but seldom travel very far from home.

Having said that, I am driving my neighbour up to 'Bluewater' tomorrow. That's the massive out of town shopping centre in Kent, near the Dartford Tunnel - 300 shops and 3 department stores under one huge roof, and parking for 13,000 cars. We go every year before Christmas for a day out - it's a great place for a kilt show-off like me!

[Hamish]

Ham, one other "good" thing about the "Wally World" (that's what some of the teens call it) super stores is that they are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This makes it a great place for Christmas shopping for those of us that do not want to fight the crowd and the huge parking logjam. Go there at 3AM and, although the are a few diehards (like me) there, it isn't crowded.

Not to sound dumb or anything, but didn't this thread get moved to "Off Topic"?

Some of our food supermarkets (Tesco, etc.) are also open 24 hours - but only six days a week. Our Sunday trading laws permit most retail outlets to trade for only six hours on Sundays - usually ten to four.