I buy stuff locally, even when its easier or cheaper online, because if I dont, there wont be a local merchant to buy from one day. Id rather keep those dollars in town, & I try to spend my $$$ with locally owned & operated places. Theres a hardware store I like, not a Lowes or H/Depot, but a locally owned place. You cant get IN that place & make 20 feet before someone is asking how they can help.. a bit mo spendy, but Ill pay a premium to keep jobs & $$$$ in the community. The Big $$$ leaves to go to the owners of Lowes. of course, the employees checks stay in town, paying rent, buying gas & burgers, etc, so, I still appreciate the big box guyys, I just like the Indy owned more.

And it is probably what keeps this little town going by paying taxes.


Did that little town spring up around a Wal-Mart? Or did that little town have stores that used to provide the merchandise now available at Wal_Mart , because there are no other stores around?

You mite be shocked, saddened, dismayed to hear this, but its not at all uncommon for townships to waive the taxes for a big business to come in, for several years, I guess so they can still make a profit while they undercut the locally owned & operated businesses & drive them out.

I shop locally owned & operated as much as I can. Bikes, hardware,, whatever. If I can fibnd a local merchant to supply my needs, not associated with any chain, Ill go there more often than not. Even IF I can get what I need cheaper at a chain,,

i've got three helmets, it all depends oh what type of ride i'm doing. winter full face all the way. bouncing around town in the heat a half helmet or a open faced with what ever eye shield i think will work best for the ride.
i never riide without. it was years ago, my wife bought me a gn 400 and i promised i would alway where, i walk of work on one of the first nights and right on the superslab in front of the mall a bus took out a rider, made quite impression on me.  
i really learned how to ride in the navy all over the south pacific, and never wore a helmet.

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 12/24/10 at 00:18:13:


I change from XL to 2XL depending on when I last got a haircut.

I look at walking in a store & using their inventory to allow you to go shop online & save $$$ as theft. Aint right, & aint gonna last, either. Better support those local places & keep your own community as healthy economically as you can. I buy online. I have a Smith torch & all thats available around here is Victor parts.  I buy stuff I cant get locally or the only suppliers are people I dont like. OR, if the $$$ difference is just too much to walk away from.