View Full Version : Glad it's Closed
Little-ole-me
06-19-2008, 04:41 PM
Im glad to see that the nasy ole Shell Station across from MugShots has been closed. after reading how dirty and bad it was,I think it was time. maybe they will tear it down and build something nice there.:clap:
Bahlk
06-19-2008, 04:43 PM
I believe they are remodeling and will reopen.
Mike'sGirl
06-19-2008, 04:49 PM
The last time I went in there I was spoken to....um...inappropriately. Best way I can describe it. The place seemed to draw an undesirable crowd for some reason.
itsmyopinion
06-19-2008, 05:55 PM
:laugh: HaHa a few years ago I was going out for drinks with the girls and we stopped there to fill up. There were some guys outside the store selling their rap cd's for like $5. I guess you could say I've got some "ass"ets that they were attracted to from behind - and they begged me to appear in their music video. If only they knew that just because you've got the tools doesn't mean you know how to use them - I can't shake it for the life of me! I had to give them a fake number to get them to leave me alone!!!! :laugh:
Rainey
06-19-2008, 05:58 PM
:laugh: HaHa a few years ago I was going out for drinks with the girls and we stopped there to fill up. There were some guys outside the store selling their rap cd's for like $5. I guess you could say I've got some "ass"ets that they were attracted to from behind - and they begged me to star in their music video. If only they knew that just because you've got the tools doesn't mean you know how to use them - I can't shake it for the life of me! I had to give them a fake number to get them to leave me alone!!!! :laugh:
I'm sure they wanted you for a video, and I'm pretty sure it probably could have some music in it. However, I don't think most people would call it a music video :)
itsmyopinion
06-19-2008, 06:01 PM
I'm sure they wanted you for a video, and I'm pretty sure it probably could have some music in it. However, I don't think most people would call it a music video :)
Well - darn, I should have looked into it then... :-D :kekeke:
Rainey
06-19-2008, 06:03 PM
Well - darn, I should have looked into it then... :-D :kekeke:
Haha. :clap:
TheKing
06-19-2008, 06:25 PM
:laugh: HaHa a few years ago I was going out for drinks with the girls and we stopped there to fill up. There were some guys outside the store selling their rap cd's for like $5. I guess you could say I've got some "ass"ets that they were attracted to from behind - and they begged me to appear in their music video. If only they knew that just because you've got the tools doesn't mean you know how to use them - I can't shake it for the life of me! I had to give them a fake number to get them to leave me alone!!!! :laugh:
thats basically announcing to the forum that you have a nice butt
pictures or it doesnt exist
kevin
06-19-2008, 06:33 PM
I believe they are remodeling and will reopen.
They were bought by Jr.Food Mart .Jr Food mart had that building years ago now they want it back I quess?
wilebill
06-19-2008, 06:37 PM
They were bought by Jr.Food Mart .Jr Food mart had that building years ago now they want it back I quess?I hope you're right because that place has turned into a rat hole that attracts big two-legged rats. Hopefully JFM will put a halt to that.
kevin
06-19-2008, 07:45 PM
The manager of one of the Jr Food's told me yesterday that they had bought that store. I like doing Business with JFM but they aren't the greatest on keeping their stores clean and safe. Sure would beat that drug den in that old store.
queenrey
06-19-2008, 09:03 PM
i want to know how jr food mart can afford anything. their prices are so high they have lost alot of business b/c of high prices and alot of their clientel. alot of people will not even shop at jr food mart b/c of some of their locations. just wondering
I won't be stopping in there when they reopen either. I just don't feel that particular corner is a safe location. There were always people lurking on the sides of the store and that is not a safe feeling for ladies like me. It always made me feel like they needed a security guard there. Someone was always running some type of business off the one side of that store, be it selling jewelry out of the trunk, car detailing or c.d.s. Just wasn't like a real business parking lot ought to be.
R1ZOOM
06-20-2008, 10:32 AM
I won't be stopping in there when they reopen either. I just don't feel that particular corner is a safe location. There were always people lurking on the sides of the store and that is not a safe feeling for ladies like me. It always made me feel like they needed a security guard there. Someone was always running some type of business off the one side of that store, be it selling jewelry out of the trunk, car detailing or c.d.s. Just wasn't like a real business parking lot ought to be.
I pulled someone over in their parking lot one time and the owner or manager or somebody comes strolling out with a big handgun holstered to his hip and started a conversation with me when I was done. He kinda startled me at first, and he almost got drawn down on, but I saw his shirt and everything identifying that he worked at the store. From that point on I've never walked into that store unarmed. I realized that night what a bunch of thugs there were hanging around in that parking lot and general area.
That place was a cesspool. They should torch it and start fresh.
CircusRide
06-20-2008, 11:52 AM
Grocery store feet.....that's the first thing that comes to mind with that place....grocery store feet
carsalesguy
06-20-2008, 12:24 PM
i'll be ok if it is a texaco like the other jr. food marts-
but i agree- it needs to come down and start anew. if it's new the rats won't be attracted.
it's turning bad across the street at the minit mart i've noticed-
timforjesus
06-20-2008, 12:49 PM
eventually the rats are going to come back... it all depends on who they hire to run the place too...
politically incorrect
06-20-2008, 01:02 PM
Does it really matter what is there and who runs it? Isn't the problem really from the surrounding apartments and housing? If thugs live around there, then the thugs will still be there, regardless of the name on the sign.
Does it really matter what is there and who runs it? Isn't the problem really from the surrounding apartments and housing? If thugs live around there, then the thugs will still be there, regardless of the name on the sign.
That's got something to do with it but a lot has to do with how much crap the manager/owner will let go on...
timforjesus
06-20-2008, 01:49 PM
it was decent at the Exxon across the street... but look where it's at... at least it's somewhat clean...
but whatever you build on 4th street, particularly in that particular area, no matter how nice it looks is destined for wreck and ruin within a couple of years...
what that new shell needs is a manager with an iron fist... and even they wear down....
MSfire1
06-20-2008, 11:57 PM
That's the problem anywhere. The people have to stand up and demand respect and some level of morol behavior. Many times people want to blast the cops for not keeping areas safe but that responsiblity rest on the shouders of the people as much as it does on the cops. We have allowed these types of negative activities to continue until they reach a point of normalcy. The only way to prevent the further decline is to stop giving ground to thugs and corruption. A perfect example is when I worked on East Hardy St. we would see kids 8-12 years old walking the streets at 1-3 AM. Only concerned parents will make a change in that not strecthed thin cops.
The Rod
06-21-2008, 12:08 AM
I completely agree that it's up to parents. I worked for 5 years in an "underprivileged" elementary school, and was providing therapy and social services for these very needy children, and it was impossible to get hold of parents and if you were able to contact them, you always were made to feel like your call or visit was an inconvenience. It's a shame when a stranger/teacher/therapist wants more for a child than his/her own parent. Heartbreaking--but made me work even harder to make a difference in their lives. :clap:
Rainey
06-21-2008, 11:49 AM
I completely agree that it's up to parents. I worked for 5 years in an "underprivileged" elementary school, and was providing therapy and social services for these very needy children, and it was impossible to get hold of parents and if you were able to contact them, you always were made to feel like your call or visit was an inconvenience. It's a shame when a stranger/teacher/therapist wants more for a child than his/her own parent. Heartbreaking--but made me work even harder to make a difference in their lives. :clap:
A very noble attitude, and I wished all people involved in education felt this way.
Well besides the riff raff that hangs around the place, it is hell to get in and out of most of the time with traffic.
kuntrykruzin1
06-24-2008, 04:41 PM
:laugh: HaHa a few years ago I was going out for drinks with the girls and we stopped there to fill up. There were some guys outside the store selling their rap cd's for like $5. I guess you could say I've got some "ass"ets that they were attracted to from behind - and they begged me to appear in their music video. If only they knew that just because you've got the tools doesn't mean you know how to use them - I can't shake it for the life of me! I had to give them a fake number to get them to leave me alone!!!! :laugh:
so your the reason some rap group kept calling me. had to change my number.:kekeke:
itsmyopinion
06-24-2008, 05:04 PM
so your the reason some rap group kept calling me. had to change my number.:kekeke:
:ohnoes: :ohnoes: I never thought you'd figure it out...
You mean you weren't interested? It seemed right up your alley... :smt023
kuntrykruzin1
06-24-2008, 05:06 PM
:ohnoes: :ohnoes: I never thought you'd figure it out...
You mean you weren't interested? It seemed right up your alley... :smt023
i tried but they said i couldnt make it clap so the was not down with it.
Rainey
06-24-2008, 05:06 PM
Well besides the riff raff that hangs around the place, it is hell to get in and out of most of the time with traffic.
Yeah, being on a corner of an intersection sucks sometimes.
politically incorrect
06-24-2008, 06:04 PM
I noticed today that the Catfish Corner across the street has also closed.
kevin
06-24-2008, 06:07 PM
Yeah PI I they didn't do a lot of Business. I took someone there once they liked it but as we were there a gun shot rang out and later we heard someone had been shot 300 yards from there. I miss Petal more and more everyday!
cdodson
06-27-2008, 03:01 PM
The next thing that they need to do is to bulldoze The Oaks Apartments next to Mugshots...no offense to any tenants that may read this.
damnyank
06-27-2008, 05:28 PM
The next thing that they need to do is to bulldoze The Oaks Apartments next to Mugshots...no offense to any tenants that may read this.
Are they the ones that look like an old motel across the street from the Tobacoo place/mini strip mall? If so - I agree!
itsmyopinion
06-27-2008, 05:31 PM
sure are - i think it WAS a hotel - had to be!
kevin
06-27-2008, 05:49 PM
It was Years ago.
damnyank
06-27-2008, 06:04 PM
Yup - bulldoze! I get tired of looking at those sheets of plywood covering the windows that face 4th!
USMgrad08
06-27-2008, 09:49 PM
Well, the place was a dump...but i kind of miss it. Where else can i go for the "coldest beer allowed by law". They also sold individual cigarettes out of the pack... which seems very sanitary. As sketchy as the place seemed, the people that worked there were nicer than most gas station employees.
It sucks the Jr Food is taking over though. Their cigarette prices are ridiculous.
wilebill
06-27-2008, 11:07 PM
It sucks the Jr Food is taking over though. Their cigarette prices are ridiculous.
Yeah, but luckily the Exxon across the street has pretty decent prices.
carsalesguy
06-27-2008, 11:11 PM
walgreens is still the cheapest
Desert Donkey
06-28-2008, 10:23 AM
Part of the problem at the Ghetto Shell was the scurvy collection of low-life scum wandering out from Eagle's Nest Apartments, right behind there.
I live in Mark VI, which is just up the street from there, but fortunately for us, this complex is literally full of Cops and Soldiers, so wandering thugggz don't get much of a welcome if they make their way in here.
I've run a couple of "independent publication distributors" off my doorstep in the last few years, but I think my apartment has gotten a reputation for being inhabited by one mean-spirited, unfriendly SOB, because I haven't seen one of those little bastards in a while.
My favorites are the ones who mechanically repeat the sales pitch while craning their necks to see around you and "case" your home for valuables. A good phrase to use at that point is: "HEY, YOU! WTF YOU LOOKING AT, HUH? YOU WANNA ROB MY PLACE OR SOMETHING, HUH? GTF OFF MY DOORSTEP BEFORE I BEAT YOUR GD ASS." Make sure to use your "outdoor voice", something along the lines of the one R. Lee Ermey used as Senior Drill instructor Gunnery Sgt. Hartman in "Full Metal Jacket." I learned how to use that vocal style at Ft. Knox, kentucky, and it definitely comes in handy for running off dirtbags and lowlifes. Most of them don't seem to know what to think when a regular person stands up to them; it's like their world just turns upside down, because the laws of Political "Correctness" dictate that regular people must bow down to our progressive crackhead overlords and beg forgiveness for millions of years of white capitalist oppression.
itsmyopinion
06-28-2008, 12:02 PM
walgreens is still the cheapest
really?
bobcat14
06-30-2008, 01:07 PM
didn't know they closed, probably best. Hopefully it can change for the better
rosco6
07-04-2008, 02:46 AM
yeah, i really love seeing vacant buildings when i'm driving to class...
swamp man
07-04-2008, 11:54 AM
Does it really matter what is there and who runs it? Isn't the problem really from the surrounding apartments and housing? If thugs live around there, then the thugs will still be there, regardless of the name on the sign.
Dang.....I thought the thread would go on forever without anyone seeing the obvious...
I got to know the guy running the place pretty well, he's a real decent fella', and did what he could to keep the place a scum-free as possible. Yep, he carried a piece (a damned nice Kimber .45 with a trigger job), but given the circumstances, what reasonable person wouldn't? He didn't own the store, but rented it to run a business out of.
Flat-out, the neighborhood just sucks. The idea that a sparkly, shiny new store will be any different is just......err.......stupid.
What they DO need is new fuel pumps/tanks, since most of them weren't operating for quite a while befor the place closed. Again, not the fault of the dude running the place, but of the owners of the property.
It always struck me as kinda' odd that the store across the road had such a strong police presence, while the store in question never seemed to have a cop in sight.
wilebill
07-04-2008, 05:40 PM
It always struck me as kinda' odd that the store across the road had such a strong police presence, while the store in question never seemed to have a cop in sight.
The store across the street hires a security person. That was the problem with the old Shell store, they didn't have any security and obviously didn't care what sort of trashy people loitered around outside and hassled people going in and out.
Rainey
07-04-2008, 07:37 PM
The store across the street hires a security person. That was the problem with the old Shell store, they didn't have any security and obviously didn't care what sort of trashy people loitered around outside and hassled people going in and out.
Agreed.
Back when I was in college (which was not that long ago) the guy that was always there(the Shell station) would sell people I know beer on Sunday if they gave him 20 bucks. Not smart but he would deliver it to the car. I just always wondered why they did not just buy extra Saturday night:smt102.
kevin
07-05-2008, 10:55 PM
Back when I was in college (which was not that long ago) the guy that was always there(the Shell station) would sell people I know beer on Sunday if they gave him 20 bucks. Not smart but he would deliver it to the car. I just always wondered why they did not just buy extra Saturday night:smt102.
He got the best of them cause Selling Beer on Sunday's has been legal for a LONG time in the Burg! They must have been minors?:smt102
hendrixfreak70
07-05-2008, 10:56 PM
Uh oh... banneeeeddd!!!! Lol!
poohbear
07-06-2008, 12:24 AM
i want to know how jr food mart can afford anything. their prices are so high they have lost alot of business b/c of high prices and alot of their clientel. alot of people will not even shop at jr food mart b/c of some of their locations. just wondering
True, but then again, not many convenience stores have a reputation for value pricing.
Oh lord I feel dumb you just made me realize that is what was going on. Duh he was 20:bowrofl:. I forgot they just don't sell the good stuff on Sunday. Oh and I know for sure Walmart does not sell on Sunday because I tried unless they changed that. Don't have to worry about any of that anymore since I live in another state.
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