"State Stores" - an OP I wrote in 1997. Still completely accurate.
Submitted by arendt on Fri, 10/27/2017 - 5:44pmTeaser for visibility:
Twenty years ago we used to mock the Communists for their dreary
"State Electrical Goods Store #12". Now we go to dreary category
killer stores like Home Depot, which make the old Russian
stuff look mom-and-pop size.
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