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Insert foot
« on: May 28, 2009, 01:46:35 PM »
Our village shop is adequate but hardly overflowing with stock. Newspapers, sweets, milk, a few cans of beans, the occasional loaf.

The guy who runs it is selling. It has been bought and will shortly become a Paki shop. IN conversation with a sceptical fellow local I remarked that this was a good thing. It would be open for longer and would have a much bigger range of stuff. I went on to add that the current owner (a neighbour of mine) had done little with it and clearly couldn't be arsed to work the necessary hours or to restock the place. Good riddance.

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Re: Insert foot
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2009, 01:50:10 PM »
Quote from: Nick on May 28, 2009, 01:46:35 PM
Our village shop is adequate but hardly overflowing with stock. Newspapers, sweets, milk, a few cans of beans, the occasional loaf.

The guy who runs it is selling. It has been bought and will shortly become a Paki shop. IN conversation with a sceptical fellow local I remarked that this was a good thing. It would be open for longer and would have a much bigger range of stuff. I went on to add that the current owner (a neighbour of mine) had done little with it and clearly couldn't be arsed to work the necessary hours or to restock the place. Good riddance.

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You're right tho - Paki shop will be open on Xmas day and everything...  happy088
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« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2009, 02:41:56 PM »
Our village shop was sold out to McColls. They squeezed im more shelves mainly to add alcohol, fitted new tills that require everything to be scanned in when purchased, Withdrew support fot the local primary school (raffle prizes and the like) refused to display and sell the parish magazine, changed the name to 'Booze Busters' with posters advertising cheap beer and alienated the staff and customers by inefficient management.

I'm with your sceptical fellow local on this.
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« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2009, 02:44:16 PM »
Time will tell. The Paki is a one man band. Having spent years in London with Paki shops all over the place I always found them dead useful in those late night munchy panics and suchlike. And the leaseholder is not going to countenance any Booze Buster stuff or whatever
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« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2009, 04:57:41 PM »
What with that and a Curry House next door ~ you'll prolly get a rebate on your Council Tax when the neighbourhood gets valued downward a band.
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« Reply #5 on: May 28, 2009, 05:01:51 PM »
Yes, it brings the village 'ethnic' poulation to as much as, um, 2.


















Stupid fooking word ethnic. Christ, I am ethnic. We all are!!
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Re: Insert foot
« Reply #6 on: May 28, 2009, 05:02:24 PM »
Village shop?  rubschin:

 noooo:  24hr Sainsbury's, Ali's cut price Boozerama, Temple of Bacchus (Cypriot), all night garages, in fact everything at any time.  Shrugs:
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« Reply #7 on: May 28, 2009, 05:03:04 PM »
Not in the country!! We even have an early closing day  evil:
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« Reply #8 on: May 28, 2009, 05:07:35 PM »
There's something that closes for half a day round here, let me think  rubschin:

Ah yes, the teeny local library  ::)  Something to do with them being open on a Saturday.
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« Reply #9 on: May 28, 2009, 05:10:44 PM »
Even the Post Office shuts for half a day  noooo:
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« Reply #10 on: May 28, 2009, 05:20:53 PM »
Cyprus: Half day Wednesday and Saturday, closed Sunday...
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« Reply #11 on: May 28, 2009, 05:34:02 PM »
BM closed most of the time  noooo:

ANyhoo, the new village Paki shop will be open all hours
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Re: Insert foot
« Reply #12 on: May 28, 2009, 05:40:10 PM »
Quote from: Nick on May 28, 2009, 05:34:02 PM
BM closed most of the time  noooo:

ANyhoo, the new village Paki shop will be open all hours
Are you sure it is a Paki shop then...?  rubschin:

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« Reply #13 on: May 28, 2009, 05:45:03 PM »
A prevous owner was, and still is, known as Arkwright because of his extensive stock, endless opening hours and salesmanship. A mate of mine went in to buy a copy of Autocar once. Arkwright asked him why and the guy came out with a second hand Honda Civic that the old boy was flogging! eeek:
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Re: Insert foot
« Reply #14 on: May 28, 2009, 05:46:38 PM »
Quote from: Nick on May 28, 2009, 05:45:03 PM
A prevous owner was, and still is, known as Arkwright because of his extensive stock, endless opening hours and salesmanship. A mate of mine went in to buy a copy of Autocar once. Arkwright asked him why and the guy came out with a second hand Honda Civic that the old boy was flogging! eeek:
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