Got my chain saw sharpened and bought a frisky Chablis at the same store

[hatredisnotavalue]

yesterday. God I love those small town stores. What was the weirdest two things you have seen offered for sale at a back-country store? Several years ago, we had a store which only stocked guns and wedding cake decorating accessories. Gives new meaning to a shot-gun wedding.

[TrogL]

1. Keys and freeper religious stuff

[UncleSepp]

2. Feed store with an espresso stand

Saw that driving around in western Washington and laughed.

On edit: Um, make that "I saw that while driving around ... the feed store wasn't driving anywhere :-P

[hatredisnotavalue]

3. That beats me:)n/t

[LisaM]

4. How about fishing gear and Christmas trees?

There used to be a place in Seattle called Chubby and Tubby's that did just that. Of course, I don't think there was anything they didn't sell.

There is also a church in Western Washington (North of Mt. Vernon) with an espresso stand next to it.

[Sabriel]

5. "Dude's Guns and Liquor"

I still have a book of matches from it around here somewhere. Northern Wisconsin.

[Gormy Cuss]

6. Oooh! Before I looked at your profile I thought

"sounds like Maine." Then there are those multi-functional home-based businesses, like "Beauty Salon and Small Engine Repair."

I miss the Pine Tree State.
:hi:

[hatredisnotavalue]

19. Hey from Maine

right you are, saw shop was in small central Maine town. I'm paying the bill looking around, there is this really nice wine rack. Crack me right up.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

7. Okay, drink the wine AFTER you saw n/t

[jeff30997]

8. "Got my chain saw sharpened and bought a frisky Chablis..."

Personally I prefer a nice Chianti after the killing.

[NaturalHigh]

9. My friend says that if he can find a liquor store...

that serves biscuits and gravy, he'll never leave.

[jmowreader]

10. Seafood and carpeting

And it's no back-country store, either; the place is called Poor Boys Seafood and Carpeting, and it's one block from the Home Depot I work at.

I asked him once if the seafood made the carpet smell like fish. "Yeah, but it goes away after a while. That's the nice thing about nylon carpet."

Right now he has an extra special sale: three dozen live blue crabs for $24.99. You get 'em, haul 'em home, cook 'em up and go to town. Good eating, although you need three dozen to feed one person--their bodies are about the size of the palm of your hand. My wife hates it when I get these; they clank around in the pot while you're cooking them. "Oh, and honey, don't open the bag in the fridge, dinner's in there and if it bites you you're really gonna be pissed."

[Elidor]

11. A strip joint and oil change shack

The locals dubbed it "Boob and Lube." It recently closed its doors, alas. And I swear I am not making this up. They also sold pizza.

[jmowreader]

12. Why did you let your chain saw get dull?

Sharpening a saw chain is the easiest thing in the world. You need a saw file, which is a thin rattail file.

Start by disconnecting the spark plug. Put your saw on the table and look at the teeth--the cutting edges on top of the bar face away from you; half of them are on the left side of the chain, half on the right.

Put on a pair of leather gloves. Stand on the right side of the saw. Turn the chain until you see the link that's a different color from the others; this is the master link and it's best to start sharpening at that link because you know when you've filed the whole thing. Hold the chain in your left hand, the file in the right, and file each right-facing tooth five strokes, or ten if you've used the saw a few times since you sharpened the chain, or thirty if you've never sharpened it. Just stroke away from you. Move the chain a little after you do each tooth.

When you've filed all the teeth, turn the saw around, stand on the left side of it, put the file in the other hand and file the left-facing teeth.

Do this every time you use the saw and you'll always have a sharp chain.

[hatredisnotavalue]

18. Actually I needed new plugs

because it was starting really hard. I should have said serviced. And actually it is my husband's chain saw and if I learned how to sharpen the blade it would be one more thing that I would have to do that I don't ever want to learn how to do...like lighting the gas grill :0

[ucmike]

13. outside princeton, nj-ice cream and sushi

i never went in. i don't think its there anymore.

we had a local place that closed, "Bad Girls Office Supply and Hair Braiding". they had very little office supplies, but they had a fed ex drop off and fax/copy service. they also had a supply of hair and cosmetics for black women, and they did braiding and weaves in the back.

for some reason they couldn't give a copy of the paperwork for fed ex drop offs, but everything i sent through there arrived safely.

[NNadir]

14. I live in Hopewell. I don't recall this place. Do you recall the name?

[ucmike]

15. no. it was in a strip mall between p'ton and kingston

the mall now houses the amish market. it used to have franks pizza and a go-go bar. i don't get down there much, it might still be there?????

[NNadir]

16. Oh yeah, I know that shopping center. I never went in there much.

I did go to the Amish market once, where they sell carrots and furniture, sort of filling the bill of this thread.

[tuvor]

17. In Vancouver there's an optometrist/bakery.

Hardly small-town!

Oh yeah, there's also a camera store that also sells wigs.

[MadHound]

20. Not neccessarily weird, but definetly scary

A local hunting shop had a sign in its window advertising "LIQUOR, GUNS AND AMMO". Even made Letterman long ago. Very, very scary.

[Cannikin]

21. In AR you get movie rental, billiards and live bait

[BikeWriter]

22. There's an all purpose store in Alvin, Texas...

They have a food counter at one end, a supermarket, hardware, and a feed store on the other end, complete with baby chicks and ducklings.