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How come we don't have any 7-11's???

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by HectikG81, Aug 22, 2003.

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  1. HectikG81

    HectikG81 Member

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    THEIR SLURPEES ROCK...

    I remember we used to have them back in the 80's... But what happened?
     
    #1 HectikG81, Aug 22, 2003
  2. MadMax

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    i thought 7-11 got bought out...i know u'tote'm got bought by circle K...but not sure exactly what became of 7-11
     
    #2 MadMax, Aug 22, 2003
  3. MoBalls

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    aaah, those were good days, running to 7-11 after playing ball and getting a slurpee......I thought they all turned into Stop & Go's...?????
     
    #3 MoBalls, Aug 22, 2003
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    Ahh, we get to enjoy here in Dallas. Greaaaaaaaaaat SLURRRRPIES!
     
    #4 Rockets34Legend, Aug 22, 2003
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    pgabriel Educated Negro

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    #5 pgabriel, Aug 22, 2003
  6. MadMax

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    yeah...but you have to live there with those miserable people. ;)
     
    #6 MadMax, Aug 22, 2003
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    Heck, we don't even have Stop N Go stores any more around my town. They're all Stop N Shop or Step N Go or some other r****d name...

    We used to have Little Chief stores too, but I guess that name was offensive or something...

    forget slurpees, I want a damn Slush Puppie!

    [​IMG]
     
    #7 A-Train, Aug 22, 2003
  8. Timing

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    I grew up in the poor neighborhood, we only had a Utotem. :( ;)
     
    #8 Timing, Aug 22, 2003
  9. MadMax

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    the mean streets of West Houston... ;)
     
    #9 MadMax, Aug 22, 2003
  10. MoBalls

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    The 7-Eleven I used to go to is now a Little Buddy...no more slurpee's...just beer,gas and p*rn
     
    #10 MoBalls, Aug 22, 2003
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    Geez. It took a year and I assume hundreds (maybe thousands)of hours of manpower to come up with the slurpee texture using artificial sweetners. I didn't know it would be that complicated. I thought a slurpee was just frozen drink that is blended finely.
     
    #11 SoSoDef76, Aug 22, 2003
  12. Rocketman95

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    Exactly.

    8 days.
     
    #12 Rocketman95, Aug 22, 2003
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    "You tell 'em, Utotem!"

    I used to ride my bike to one by Gulfgate and get a grape soda. I can't remember what the stuff was called right now, but it was gooood!
     
    #13 Deckard, Aug 22, 2003
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    I haven't met any miserable people yet. It's so much cleaner, friendlier, and more modern here than Houston.
     
    #14 Rockets34Legend, Aug 22, 2003
  15. Timing

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    Okay, ya got me on that one. :eek:
     
    #15 Timing, Aug 22, 2003
  16. Rockets2K

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    7-11s got bought out by Stop and Go, which then got bought out by Diamond Shamrock.

    Diamond Shamrock still has some of their stores with Stop & Go on them, but they are redoing them to be purely Diamond Shamrocks.

    It's s shame, I loved 7-11s.
    Same deal with Taco Bueno, we used to have them around here and their food rocked! Taco Hell killed them tho..:(
     
    #16 Rockets2K, Aug 22, 2003
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    You live next to Heaven? :D
     
    #17 LonghornFan, Aug 22, 2003
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    Ah...7-11's...They do rock...

    They have them here in Albuquerque...
     
    #18 rrj_gamz, Aug 22, 2003
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    The 7-11 Corporation (which was called The Southland Corporation until recently) went into bankruptcy in the 1980s and shut a bunch of stores all over the place. The company still exists, but they've not returned to a lot of places they left during the lean years. I believe a Japanese company owns the whole shebang.

    Back in Amarillo, we had Toot N' Totum (actually, they still have them there).
     
    #19 mrpaige, Aug 22, 2003
  20. Rockets2K

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    So, that would mean that Stop & Go didnt buy 7-11 out, they just bought their physical locations that they were going to shut down anyway?

    makes sense, I assumed they had bought out 7-11 because one week they were 7-11, then the next time you looked, they were Stop & Go.
     
    #20 Rockets2K, Aug 22, 2003
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