I am inventing this term, because, increasingly, the drainpipe form of saggy pants has begun to remind me of the hanging folds of flesh that very large mammals, such as elephants and rhinos, seem to have.]]>
I am inventing this term, because, increasingly, the drainpipe form of saggy pants has begun to remind me of the hanging folds of flesh that very large mammals, such as elephants and rhinos, seem to have.]]>
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A general store is often no more than a shack with a veranda, peeling paint and a flat gable sign. This humble piece of vernacular architecture is sometimes found in Canada and Australia, but at its heart it is American. The general store, nostalgically fictionalized as Ike Godsey’s in the Waltons or Oleson’s Mercantile in Little House on the Prairie is part of America’s soul that has been eroded, in the real world, by strip malls and Walmarts. Here is a collection of just a few of our favorites. Drill through on the links to explore some of the great finds on sites like Flic]]>
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