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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: theking on May 11, 2021, 09:02:28 PM
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..campaign run against Obama got mixed with this little town per Steven Colbert.
Anyways, not much Chinese counterfeited stuff to see after this happened a few weeks ago:
http://www.pebhmong.com/forum/index.php/topic,406261.msg4996754.html#msg4996754 (http://www.pebhmong.com/forum/index.php/topic,406261.msg4996754.html#msg4996754)
I was also curious because 100k plus people converge into this little town of 3k population one weekend a month during First Monday Trade Days so thought I check it out to scratch my itch O0...
Parking and crossing over to the flea market:
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Lots of purse, handbag, and wallet but none bear the names of Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Hermes, Burberry, ...probably due to the recent bust ???:
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Here are some of the things I don't usually see at other flea markets I've visited starting with scooter rentals at each of the entrances. I can see why because the shopping area covers 450 acres:
(https://i.imgur.com/A4N5qTr.jpg)
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Shopping cart rental:
(https://i.imgur.com/qS7PzFS.jpg)
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All White all the time and definitely Trump country:
(https://i.imgur.com/shRVMWj.jpg)
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We brought our own wagon in case the little one needs it due to the 450 acres factor:
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Anyways back to things I don't normally see at the other flea markets I've been to:
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Lots of nice handcrafted stuff O0:
(https://i.imgur.com/04iRrzg.jpg)
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(https://i.imgur.com/BIhRRd1.jpg)
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It is redneck territory so guns, ammo, knives and fishing gear galore ;D:
(https://i.imgur.com/wYP9WJg.jpg)
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Also don't normally see this at the other flea markets but I get it because Christianity and church are huge in this area:
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This guy didn't even rent a space like the above, he just carry this Bible and walk back and forth on the sidewalk preaching through his clip-on mega microphone:
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These guys still can't get over the Trump loss and is vowing to come back even stronger in 2024 to TAKE BACK AMERICA.. ;D:
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I've rented cars for less than this in the last few years with our corporate rate ;D:
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It's such a red-neck area that seems like 80 percent of the autos I saw were trucks and the only "Jap" auto they like is Toyota truck ???:
(https://i.imgur.com/Z8KS1yc.jpg)
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There were several vendors that were selling these too so it must be big in the area ???:
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Nice to see old school ice cream as well as eat it O0:
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Out of the whole time there, we saw 2 other Asian shoppers (Korean?):
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2 Asian run vendors (Chinese?):
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This mixed couple:
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This mixed couple and their children:
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The rest were pretty much White... ;D ;D ;D
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Live chicken:
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These were pretty cool too... 8)
Speaker and art combination, sounds pretty good too:
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Wooden cutting board shaped like kitchen tools:
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Good stuff! If I didn’t live I cal, I would walk away with a few rifles, handguns plus ammo and some chickens. The food sections must be quite a sight?
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Good stuff! If I didn’t live I cal, I would walk away with a few rifles, handguns plus ammo and some chickens. The food sections must be quite a sight?
Thanks! O0
The food is scattered through out the flea market both indoor and outdoor because it's so big and it's mostly American food with a few Mexican food and one Asian food vendor. If you've gone to a county or state fair, the food scene is similar to it and similar prices too i.e., 10 bucks for my turkey leg. The baby girl and I got American food and the wife had some Mexican food. It's good but not much to brag about because we had them several times in the past.
They are "Red Neck" and proud of it.. ;D ;D ;D:
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Speaking of guns and ammo, here some more samples. Unlike California, the money for gun transaction is so easy there ;D:
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You can tell they really love their guns and the 2nd Amendment rights.. ;D O0:
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This was the ONLY unicorn vendor that requires mask out of the thousands there ;D:
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And yeah, they love their BBQ and smokers very much so if you're a Vegan, you're out of luck ;D:
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Very laid back town, this is their live music entertainment:
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I asked my daughter to see if she wants to be a Cowgirl and she said no. Guess she'll be a city girl in the future ??? ;D:
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Glad I stopped by to scratch my itch. My rule of thumb is do what you want to do in life before you can't do it anymore. That flea market is clean, has no entrance fee but does have a parking fee of $5 and yes tons of people visiting from out of town (100k plus) so be able to handle crowd especially White crowd because it's all White all the time ;) ;D. Good place to just exercise with all the steps to cover 450 acres 8):
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Yes, White folks take photos too ;D:
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Glad I stopped by to scratch my itch. My rule of thumb is do what you want to do in life before you can't do it anymore. That flea market is clean, has no entrance fee but does have a parking fee of $5 and yes tons of people visiting from out of town (100k plus) so be able to handle crowd especially White crowd because it's all White all the time ;) ;D. Good place to just exercise with all the steps to cover 450 acres 8):
That’s huge!! Would you stop by again?
Agree with your rule of thumb. My cousins be telling me to restrict my mom from traveling pre-covid since she’s old and I always told them that if she is still strong enough to travel, I’m going to let her do what she wants before she can’t anymore.
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I get anxiety going to these flea markets.
For starters, I would like to support a struggling business and some vendors may not get any customers all day and there you go, looking through their stuff and not buying anything. It just breaks my heart. I just can't buy for the sake of buying to help support too ya know? There are too many of you starving vendors out there.
Plus, this next one has got to be a reason behind my anxiety. When I was just a kid, I saw how my dad be price bargaining at the flea market. So daddy gave me $5 to go buy some stuff. I tried to bargain for this one item and as a newbie doing it, my tone of voice was not all that too demanding or strong so the vendor's owners were all laughing at my azz. After that day, it just builds my character even further and I took sales and marketing jobs while doing lots of training on the power of sales and how to get people to listen to you and buy stuff from you. It is like, give me anything and I will sell it.
But anyways, I was tormented by these curry dudes and they all took turns laughing at my azz. Try to clown a kid and you may have created a monster by shaping his life. He may want to revenge his frustration. Thus why I get flashbacks and anxiety when I stroll through them flea markets. I'll low ball you on purpose so you can laugh at me and see what I'll do to ya. In sales, they say that you can't sell to another sale's person thus why when I help someone buy's a brand new car, them sales guy are fearful of me. I'll even tell them what their intentions are and to them, that is really frighten them. Even the finance manager can't even sell me them floor mats.
anyways, I'm thinking about hitting our local flea market to go find them curry dudes that embarrassed me when I was younger. :idiot2:
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That’s huge!! Would you stop by again?
Agree with your rule of thumb. My cousins be telling me to restrict my mom from traveling pre-covid since she’s old and I always told them that if she is still strong enough to travel, I’m going to let her do what she wants before she can’t anymore.
Now that I've scratched the itch, probably not. Except for the things I've shared, it's pretty much like the other flea markets I've gone to. Also vendors must've paid a high overhead in terms of space and booth rentals because it wasn't much of a bargain when I compared its' prices to the other flea markets I've been to for similar things.
Life is short and only a one time shot so gotta enjoy living it and live to to the fullest. O0
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I get anxiety going to these flea markets.
For starters, I would like to support a struggling business and some vendors may not get any customers all day and there you go, looking through their stuff and not buying anything. It just breaks my heart. I just can't buy for the sake of buying to help support too ya know? There are too many of you starving vendors out there.
Plus, this next one has got to be a reason behind my anxiety. When I was just a kid, I saw how my dad be price bargaining at the flea market. So daddy gave me $5 to go buy some stuff. I tried to bargain for this one item and as a newbie doing it, my tone of voice was not all that too demanding or strong so the vendor's owners were all laughing at my azz. After that day, it just builds my character even further and I took sales and marketing jobs while doing lots of training on the power of sales and how to get people to listen to you and buy stuff from you. It is like, give me anything and I will sell it.
But anyways, I was tormented by these curry dudes and they all took turns laughing at my azz. Try to clown a kid and you may have created a monster by shaping his life. He may want to revenge his frustration. Thus why I get flashbacks and anxiety when I stroll through them flea markets. I'll low ball you on purpose so you can laugh at me and see what I'll do to ya. In sales, they say that you can't sell to another sale's person thus why when I help someone buy's a brand new car, them sales guy are fearful of me. I'll even tell them what their intentions are and to them, that is really frighten them. Even the finance manager can't even sell me them floor mats.
anyways, I'm thinking about hitting our local flea market to go find them curry dudes that embarrassed me when I was younger. :idiot2:
Funny story ;D.
They did say that Indians, Chinese, and Jews are like one, two and three in regards to being cheap and trying to out bargain the other... ;D