Looks like it's grocery day for the trailer wolves. Let's see how it goes...
MAE: "I wanna ride in the cart, too!"
WOLFMOM: "You're big enough to walk"
MAE (imploring): "Yeah, but I don't like to walk on this floor---it's too cold!"
LUPE (ironically): Aw, is the floor too cold for her royal highness; shall we roll out her red carpet?"
MAE: "MOM!"
WOLFMOM (annoyed): "Don't antagonize your sister, Lupe"
MAE (mockingly, at Lupe) "Yeah, don't 'annna-gize' your sister, Lupe---tsk, tsk!"
LUPE: "Nah!"
The joys of parenthood, creating precious memories to last a lifetime. :3
Pencil...
The featured pencil is a vintage ad pencil for Big Star Market. I don't usually feature ad pencils unless the pencil is extremely old, branded, and/or has a special ferrule or barrel shape. This pencil is, effectively, 'just a pencil ' (I cannot even be sure of how old it is).
That said, this pencil is kinda advertising something nostalgic for me. I say 'kinda' because the 'Big Star' promoted by this pencil is not representing the 'Big Star' chain I grew up with, but rather a franchise of the same name.
Close enough either way. ^^
According to Wikipedia,
"The Big Star stores were self-service supermarket operations which began to replace the small full-service stores Pender's had operated up to that point. By the late 1940s the entire company had rebranded under the Colonial Stores name. The Big Star name was revived around 1968 for a new discount chain owned by Colonial; eventually all stores were closed or converted to the Big Star name. Grand Union purchased the chain in 1978. The North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia stores were sold to Harris Teeter in 1988, while the Georgia stores were sold in 1992, with most of the Atlanta locations going to A&P. These stores were heavily remodeled, but eventually sold to Publix in 1999. Stores currently operating under the Big Star name in places like Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Tennessee, were part of a franchise operation that was never directly connected to the Big Star chain proper"
-Wikipedia (as quoted 09/15/2022)
For reference, this is the 'Big Star' I grew up with---in fact, the building shown here IS the very same that I shopped in: https://sta.sh/024v04ea0f8k
That image was taken from a news report, regarding a snowstorm we faced in the late 1980s. That Big Star became a Harris-Teeter sometime in the early 1990s, and today ...I think it's closed. :p The strip mall the store was attached to was on the property of a larger mall ...which is being, or has been, torn down to make room for luxury apartments few in the area could afford to live in. :(
I don't live anywhere near there anymore, so I dunno what the area looks like today.
Returning to the original topic, yes, I was allowed to be pushed around in the shopping cart back when my 'Big Star' was a thing (a big, red shopping basket it was)! :D
On a side, just for fun, I researched the 'Big Star' this pencil may be referring to (one from Covington TN) ...it's not there anymore. ^^ The closest I could find on Google Maps shows up as a 'Big Star', but the street view shows it as a 'Superlo Foods': https://sta.sh/01qdu2r9igee
I wrote to Superlo to see if anything they had to say would confirm the Wikipedia article. This was Superlo's response,
"Marten, Big Star was an ad group you could belong too. If you joined you added Big Star to your name and got the ad and the deals for your store that the whole group got. You got the group advertising benefit. At the time, most Big Star’s were supplied by Malone and Hyde. Hyde is the father of Pitt Hyde, whom founded Auto Zone. The program is not a franchise but works similar to one. In Memphis at one time there might have been 20-30 Big Stars but they were all owned by several different people. We were Stepherson’s Big Star, but there was also Cooper’s Big Star and Dan Allen’s Big Star. There is still a Stimpson’s Big Star in West Memphis, AR. We dropped the name in 1993. Sincerely JR"
Damn, Wolfmom in the bottom-left looked as if she was about to tear older bro a big one lol.
Poor momma... if she doesn't have her hands full with the duo that can't walk... she has to deal with the ones that can. Even though teasing is involved here, I would risk all that if I was able to grow up with a sibling. Being a single child SUCKS. :3
Damn, Wolfmom in the bottom-left looked as if she was about to tear older bro a big one lol. Poor m
Oh, you'll be around for a long time. I'm sure the good Lord won't take you before you bring us this "lovely" family. You could probably make a spinoff series on this family alone lol. The dynamic is strong with this one. ;3
Oh, you'll be around for a long time. I'm sure the good Lord won't take you before you bring us this
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You stare, with your great eyes, but even eyes as great as yours have not beheld the sight of the Irish elk, for the last of them died many thousands of years ago. :3
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Who on earth writes history in pencil? A quill pen is far more appropriate. For if we can erase and change history as we set fit, then what is left? Chip, you are no Qin Shi Huang; let the past stand unmolested in all its flaws and glory.
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To be clear are we talking history books for reading or monuments for worship? There is a reason the bible does not forbid the creation of other written words, yet is very clear on the destruction of idols.
To be clear are we talking history books for reading or monuments for worship? There is a reason the
Old joke: A sales representative stops at a small manufacturing plant. He presents a box of cigars to the manager as a gift. “No, thanks" says the plant manager. "I tried smoking a cigar once, but I didn't like it".
The sales rep shows his display case and then, hoping to clinch a sale, offers to take the manager out for a round of drinks.
"No, thanks" the plant manager replies. "You know, I tried alcohol once, but didn't like it.”
Then the salesman glances out the office window and sees a golf course.
"I suppose you play golf" says the salesman. "I'd like to invite you to be a guest at my club".
"That's kind of you, but no, thanks" the manager says. "I played golf once, but I didn't like it".
Just then a young man enters the office.
"Let me introduce my son, Mike" says the plant manager.
"Let me guess" the salesman replies "An only child?"
Old joke: A sales representative stops at a small manufacturing plant. He presents a box of cigars t
I don't think I've seen a lot of parents putting their kids in the cart seats much any more. Not sure why but they're mostly used as extra storage for food stuffs. Cute little comic as well. Love seeing you do them, they always give me a smile. ;D
I seem to recall seeing "Red Star" pencils around at one point. The stores weren't in my area but I guess the pencils wanted to see the world and migrated all over the place. I might even have one somewhere in my vast collection of art stuffs. Pencils DO like to travel that's for damn sure. :D
I don't think I've seen a lot of parents putting their kids in the cart seats much any more. Not sur
Here we have some baskets with extensions that look like race cars (they even have little, functionless steering wheels) for the toddles to ride in. :3
Pencils do make their way around, at the expense of others. I have pencils from all over the world---my latest acquisitions have come from Yugoslavia. :3
KNIFE may have a Big Star pencil ...If only KNIFE had a White Star (that I'd probably buy, if given the chance).
Here we have some baskets with extensions that look like race cars (they even have little, functionl
I don't think I've ever seen a BIG Star pencil...and a WHITE Star pencil would be VERY soggy and smell of mildew or mold but it would be a Titanic find! *WINK* ;D
I don't think I've ever seen a BIG Star pencil...and a WHITE Star pencil would be VERY soggy and sme
honestly though I can see the mom's point, not because she's big enough to walk on her own but because that cart would be pretty fully and looks like it's gonna be pretty full as it is
I'd tell her to wear shoes or sandals but honestly that family as cute as they are? It looks like the mama already is having enough trouble getting the kids to fully dress! XD
Maybe your lioness might find their lack of shirts as a result of global warming too?
honestly though I can see the mom's point, not because she's big enough to walk on her own but becau
How cute! But I don't get the ending... why are they so happy? Not the mood I'd expect right after a pair of siblings teased and gave themselves away, hahaha
How cute! But I don't get the ending... why are they so happy? Not the mood I'd expect right after a
Cubs are like that; Mae likes having opportunity to repeat what her mom says to Lupe (gives her a sense of power). Lupe knows he can redeem himself later---Mae's given him an excuse to, and she'll be the recipient of it. ^^
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Hello. I'm attempting to draw for the first time in my life. And I'm practicing with these drawings, with Mae in particular.
This is just so cute and simple, yet well done, that I feel it's ideal to begin practicing. This is precisely the kind of style I would like to achieve on my own. I will be able to share the results in the future if you're OK with that :D
Hello. I'm attempting to draw for the first time in my life. And I'm practicing with these drawings,
You're better off drawing your own characters. Additionally, you'll achieve nothing but pick up bad art habits if you reference my work. Better to find reference material from someone who knows how to draw.
You're better off drawing your own characters. Additionally, you'll achieve nothing but pick up bad
I better learn to draw before I create characters of my own. And don't be so modest, you do know how to draw! I think you're good enough for me, in any case, haha.
I better learn to draw before I create characters of my own. And don't be so modest, you do know how
