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Couple Weds Where it All Began: Wal-Mart
Ford Lund and Rae Bauer wanted to wed where it all began -- the Wal-Mart store in Missoula, Montana, where they met and where they work.
They bought the cake and bought their rings there, too.
The 74-year-old groom and 48-year-old bride met as co-workers in the garden department. They wed Saturday on the lawn in front of the store. Their co-workers got a quick break to attend the ceremony.
The wedding photos were taken at the store's portrait studio. There was a small wedding day crisis -- the rings went missing. But the couple quickly borrowed a pair of rings from the jewelry department and carried on.
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| steel driving hammer |
Was Mick Taylor there?
{{{{CA-RACK}}}}}
Rounding 3rd and heading for home Ronnie!
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| Highwire Rob |
If they had done this in the 70's and bought $15 of employee stock out of each pay check till today, they would have a handsome multi-millionaire nest egg aswell! |
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| Joey |
Excellent Howard Carter like find Nanky ..............
" The 74-year-old groom and 48-year-old bride met as co-workers in the garden department "
That is quite an age difference , isn't it ?!?!?!
It is like ................What ?!?!?!?! .......Ah , thirty some years .....or .............................
Developing ..............................
The Jacky ! |
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| gypsy |
Don't knock Wal-Mart. My uncle is the regional vice-president, and is a multi-millionaire. I worked there through high-school and some college, and had quite a lot of money invested in their stock and profit-sharing. I had enough money saved so that I did not have to work while going through OU's radiology program. But I do admit that there sure were some trashy people that worked there. I worked in the photo lab with other college students, so I did not have to wear that janky smock that reads "May I Help You?" |
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| Sir Stonesalot |
I hate Walmart.
They destroyed my little town.
Everything used to be so nice and quaint here. Cool little mom & pop stores that sold this n that. People used to come to our downtown and spend a whole day shopping and eating.
Then Walmart came. Within a year stores started closing. Stores that had been operating here for generations. Stores that were landmarks. Those stores are gone now. No other stores open in their place. Unless you count second hand junk stores.
Our once vibrant downtown is a ghost town. But all those useful empty storefronts do make a good place for all the heroinheads to hang out.
Walmart won't sponsor or give to local charities. I know because I've been involved in several projects that tried to get some help from them. They'll let kids do collections at the entrances, but they can't step one foot in the store...even if it's pouring rain. The only other charities that I know of that they gave anything to were charities that do not keep the donations local. At least our local McDonalds gives back....Walmart just takes. Takes all our money to fuckin' Arkansas.
Gypsy, your Uncle is a ruthless bastard who is bent on the complete domination and dependence of small town America. The day Walmart opened was the day my town started to die. And it has been a very slow and painful death to watch. Like a lingering cancer eating the life out of my town's vital organs.
And their CD selection is for shit.
I would love to take my business elsewhere...but there isn't anywhere else left!!! Unless I want to drive for 40 minutes.
I HATE fucking Walmart. And if I had one of those MOAB bomb thingys...I drop it right on that fucking place.
Walmart = Evil |
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| Sir Stonesalot |
And I'd be glad to show your multi-millionaire Uncle all the broken dreams that got his bank account so swollen.
Like he'd give a shit.
And I'd tell him to his face.
Tell him that the next time he comes to the Lewistown Superstore that I'd LOVE to take him on the grand tour. Show him all the empty storefronts, show him all the vacant houses, show him all the vacant factories. I'd let him talk to the families whose lives Walmart came in and destroyed.
I'm glad that you didn't have to work because your stock did so well. Mike Kalin doesn't work anymore either. His sporting goods store...that his family had been operating for several generatioins...had too close down after Walmart came to town. They wouldn't give him a job. Or how about Tom Haines? He asked around to other employees at Walmart if they were interested in getting union representation. Nothing official, just curiousity. He got fired 2 days later for eating a banana before he paid for it. Well, actually, he hadn't eaten it, he just took a bite of it while waiting in line to pay for it. They wanted to press retail theft charges on him, but our local cops wouldn't write the citation. Walmart then pulled their support of the local Kops for Kids charity.
On second thought...I don't want to meet with your Uncle. I don't even want to breath the same air as him. |
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| telecaster |
quote:
gypsy wrote:
Don't knock Wal-Mart. My uncle is the regional vice-president, and is a multi-millionaire. I worked there through high-school and some college, and had quite a lot of money invested in their stock and profit-sharing. I had enough money saved so that I did not have to work while going through OU's radiology program. But I do admit that there sure were some trashy people that worked there. I worked in the photo lab with other college students, so I did not have to wear that janky smock that reads "May I Help You?"
Walmart rocks. They have made more people rich than any organization or company in history.
gypsy I bet you saw some fun photos working in the lab, eh? |
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| steel driving hammer |
I've always liked the Wal*Mart door greeters!
Can't forget the cheaper prices than what mom and pop charge... |
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| Sir Stonesalot |
Typical SDH horseshit.
I would rather pay more to mom & pop, and have my money stay in town...than give it to Walmart and have the money leave the local economy. My community is small. When you take the kind of revenue out of our local economy like the chunk of change that Wallyworld is taking out of us...it only takes a few years until we HAVE NO ECONOMY!!! They take the money and ship it out. They do NOTHING to support the community. If you think saving a few bucks is worth ruining nice little towns like mine, then you are a bigger ass than I figured.
I'm telling you, Walmart is EVIL to the core. They are preditors, and they are eating the heart out of small town USA. That isn't good for anyone. They think they can buy you off by saving you a couple of dollars. I mean, just look at their TV spots..."If Walmart don't have it, I don't need it."!! WTF?? That is fucking SICK, man. They are trying to fucking brainwash everyone into thinking that we can't do without Walmart. Well, I say, not only can I do without them, I was better off without them.
Well, they ain't gonna buy me quietly. Oh, I know I can't win, but I'll stand there giving them the finger for as long as I can.
Jack Black said in "School Of Rock", "Rock & Roll is about sticking it to the man." Well, Walmart is the man....and I am all for sticking to them. Anyone who ain't blinded by brainwashing can see that. |
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| Phog |
Wal Mart -- The home of cheap, plastic shit. I avoid it like the plague. |
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| gypsy |
SS, I totally agree with you. I hate Wal-Mart. I have some personal stories about Wal-Mart that I would love to share...but I won't.
I was just trying to say that thanks to them, I made a lot of money as a teenager. I think working there also showed me how awful the corporate world can be, and it directly influenced me choosing a profession in the medical field.
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| gypsy |
tele, I did develop some pictures for a regular customer one time that were of his vacation at a nude beach. We were always supposed to throw nudie pictures away...cuz we're in Oklahoma. But, he was a nice guy who came in often...and he told me what the pictures would be of, and I had no problem with it. Of course, the roll of film had some photos of him and his girlfriend nude. No big deal. Well, a few years later, my best friend starts dating some guy, and introduces me to him...and, yep, it's the photo lab customer! So, I saw his member before she ever did. |
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| steel driving hammer |
What I like best is when Wal*Mart shares a parking lot with a Home Depot.
Best combo ever Ronnie!
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| Joey |
" so I did not have to wear that janky smock that reads "May I Help You?" "
I LIKE it when you say , " Janky " !!!!!!!! ..........Do you know that ?!?!?!
Snarky ! |
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| jb |
Wal-Mart , Target, etc..are all the same to me...large warehouses of crap for middle america...They have driven many a mom and pop store out of business....just like Borders and Barnes and Nobles did to independent bookstores...just like Costco and B.J.'s have done to smaller grocery chains....we seem to like bigger and bigger here in the USA(look at SUV sales despite the price of gas)....we enjoy conspicuous consumption and they can't build these places fast enough to satiate our appetites...I remember growing up and visiting my Aunt and Uncles hardware store in Queens...today, Home Depot and Loews have virtually made extint the old fashion hardware store....it is a by gone era and we shall never have the continuity of the small indepenndent stores we had growing up. |
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| steel driving hammer |
All Wal*Mart wants is power more power! Thier gonna bleed the innocent life, their going to do it in the broad day light, they got Mom and Pop in their telespopic sight!
Got to get into a Fyyyyyyyyyyyyyight!
Gonna put the Boot In! BAMM!
Triple Ronnie.
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| Joey |
I only shop at Dillards ....................
I have seen WalMarts from the outside but I have NEVER set foot in one .
Oh , and I also never go to McDonalds ......and you ?
And Now , THIS MOODY BASTARD PRESENTS :
Skee !
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| steel driving hammer |
Your right Joey, KC sure Got some Game this year! |
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| telecaster |
joey Hillary Clinton sure had her nose up Sam Waltons ass for years. Board of Directors, etc.
Maybe she was after his daughter |
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| Joey |
" Maybe she was after his daughter "
Hillary LOVES " Puss Puss " !
The Jacky !
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| Joey |
" Your right Joey, KC sure Got some Game this year! "
My Baby Steelie ........
Kansas City is going all the way to the Super Bowl this year ................Don't believe me ?!?!?!?! Just ask Fiji !
and now , THIS :
Thank You ........................
J. Sea Scroll !
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| nankerphelge |
Oakland has become the latest California community to ban Wal-Mart "Supercenters" that sell discount groceries alongside other bargain goods.
The Oakland City Council voted 7-1 Tuesday night to approve a measure to limit the size of "big-box" grocery stores allowed in the city. The ordinance bars discount retail stores with full-service supermarkets that exceed 100,000 square feet, or about 2.5 acres.
The measure targets Wal-Mart Supercenters -- gigantic shopping centers that average 187,000 square feet, about twice the size of the typical Wal-Mart store.
Since introducing the concept in 1998, the Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer has opened 1,258 Supercenters in 43 states -- but none in California. However, that state figures in Wal-Mart's continuing expansion plans.
Starting next year, Wal-Mart plans to open 40 Supercenters in California over the next four years.
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| Joey |
Nanky .................................
Two words :
" HOWARD CARTER !!!! "
The Jacky !
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| nankerphelge |
Yeah, ya like that one!
Try this one (I bet Tammy Faye'll have more than just mascara running down here face...)
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LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Tammy Faye Messner and Ron Jeremy are among the once and future stars sharing a Hollywood Hills mansion during the second season of the WB's "The Surreal Life."
The former televangelist's wife and the porn king will live in the house and act as hosts for 11 days. They'll have four other roommates: rapper Vanilla Ice, "CHiPs" actor Erik Estrada, former "Baywatch" actress Traci Bingham and "Real World: Las Vegas" cast member Trishelle. They'll also have a celebrity guest move in each week on the reality show, which began shooting Monday.
"We wanted to get worlds colliding, and I think that's what we've achieved," WB alternative chief Keith Cox said, noting that assembling the cast was quite an effort. "It's one of those tricky puzzles.
"You have to start with certain cornerstones, and then build inward. Tammy Faye was actually one of the first people we cast."
Cameras will follow the celebrities around the house and on field trips to show them interacting with everyday folks.
Messner divorced disgraced televangelist Jim Bakker in 1992 while he was serving a fraud sentence involving his Heritage USA theme park in South Carolina. Jeremy has starred in more than 1,600 pornographic movies and directed more than 100 himself.
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| Joey |
Nanky ...........................
Any relation to Debra Messing ?!?!?!
What ?!?!?! Oh , sure ......HERE ya go :
Skee ! |
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| TracyGene |
In my state(Iowa)there is a town called Decorah.WalMart built a SuperWalMart 2 years ago.Some of the city council fought this "tooth and nail".The 195,000 sq.ft.building sat empty while court litigations went on for 1.5 years.Well,Wally had the best lawyers money could buy;guess who won?It will be open Nov.1.Of course WalMart made some token donations to the community.A bribe maybe?There is no stopping them.I confess,I shop there sometimes,but I really miss the mom and pop stores... |
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| nankerphelge |
WASHINGTON � The U.S. government early Thursday morning began conducting a vast sweep for alleged illegal immigrants, Fox News has learned.
The operation targeted employees of companies that conduct cleaning services for Wal-Mart (search), sources said. People currently being picked up by the government are believed to be among the illegal immigrants at 60 different stores in 21 states.
The Wal-Mart chain was built by Sam Walton.
In addition, some Wal-Mart executives are expected to be slapped with grand jury subpoenas as part of this investigation, sources told Fox News. Investigators are looking into whether Wal-Mart executives knew that their contracted cleaning companies may have been hiring illegal immigrants for years.
The individuals picked up in the immigration sweep could face deportation proceedings (search), sources said.
The cleaning companies are suspected of bringing in illegal immigrants from Eastern Europe and elsewhere. As part of their probe, investigators have undercover recorded telephone conversations and meetings they say indicate the extent of the ring, sources said.
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| nankerphelge |
WASHINGTON � Federal officials arrested more than 300 illegal workers at 61 Wal-Mart (search) stores across the country early Thursday morning and searched the Bentonville, Ark., office of one of the retail chain's corporate executives.
The workers arrested were members of cleaning crews which the company hired through a contractor. All were people in the country illegally, said a federal official on condition of anonymity.
The arrests occurred as the workers were finishing their night shift and took place at 61 stores in 21 states.
The arrests stem from a November 1998 investigation done in conjunction with the Pennsylvania attorney general (search)'s office. In that investigation, officials also targeted contractors and subcontractors used by Wal-Mart to clean stores.
Employers are required to check forms known as I-9's, filled out by every new employee, and keep the forms for a specified period of time. An employer can face civil and criminal penalties if the employer knowingly hired illegal immigrants (search) or doesn't comply with the I-9 regulations.
The people arrested were detained at local immigration offices, the official said. If they had no previous criminal record, they were released with notices to appear before immigration judges.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is the world's largest retailer, based in Bentonville, Ark.
Arrests were made in Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.
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| gypsy |
I just read that on MSN, Nanky. I immediately thought of you...and assumed correctly that you'd already have it posted. |
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