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[Amerigo Vespucci]

[Kali]

1. pretty much nailed it

[NYC_SKP]

2. Alpine, California: The Alpine Adventurer Bookstore (and vintage clothing store)

2357 Alpine Blvd Alpine CA, 91901

[Amerigo Vespucci]

3. That's the source? NO WAY!

We Californian entrepreneurs are prompt and courteous, always arriving early and working late!

[cliffordu]

6. I think I rode my fucking bike past there once.....

[NYC_SKP]

8. If you didn't, then you damn well should!

Ya bastid!

[MiddleFingerMom]

4. I'm not that anal.

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Retentive. I'm not that anal retentive.
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[pacalo]

5. "If we are closed, just shove your money under the door."

[quakerboy]

7. I believe

that more of the world should be that way. We grow far far too time oriented, and I think it stunts our lives.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

9. There is a place like that in Campbell CA...

...the signs on the door aren't quite as blatant, but it is a retro toy / memorabilia store, and the message is basically "I run the store by myself and am usually here between "X - X," but I may not be, so thanks in advance for your understanding and patience."

I've gone there several times during "normal business hours" to check the store out. She's never been there when I've been there.

[dixiegrrrrl]

10. That attitude is endemic as most locally owned places in my town.

Very unpredictable hours.
The whole attitude of this area was demonstrated during a city hall election when one candidate announced she was too busy at her OTHER job to campaign for the part-time City job she wanted but would appreciate our understanding and our vote.
She got neither.
However, she did get 25 votes, which was 10 more than the trailing candidate, who was arrested the day before the election for stealing 400 pounds of shelled pecans from the back porch of .....the sheriff's mother.