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[Tanner Lovelace <lovelace AT wayfarer.org>]

Wolfe, Joanna wrote:
> Wal-Mart killed downtown Gettysburg, PA
> Zerfinger's Hardware, which had been in existance over 100 years was
> driven out of business in less than 6 months after Wal-Mart opened.
> Likewise the downtown Pharmacy.
> Sure they're open 24 hours...
> Joanna Wolfe

Same with the East Asheville Hardware Store.  Before
they closed, however, David Wilcox penned this beauty:

http://davidwilcox.com/nonflash/lyricsearch.php?lyricpage=36

My favorite section of the song is this:

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Go to East Asheville Hardware
Before you go to Lowe's

You'll help to keep them open
I'm worried they might close
From the stiff competition
From the national conglomerate
With the full page ad
in the color section of the Sunday paper supplement
and stacks of plastic swimming pools
and seven brands of power tools
and rows and rows of registers
all having nice days
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The mental image the last two lines conjures up amuses me
for some reason. :-)

Cheers,
Tanner
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