Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
I stared at this for a long time before I realised that you actually mean "Dollar Generals" (i.e. plural not possessive) and that it's not referring to cheap army personnel but to some local store that I'd never heard of (I live a sheltered life on this Greek island).
Anyway, for me it's a no. I've never heard of an armed robbery here. If there ever were such a thing, the family and friends of the store would dig up their guns and go a-huntin.
See, it happened again! You misspelt "misled". As Q once intimated, spelling matters. If you don't communicate accurately then you can't expect everyone to understand your intended meaning.
Ok, I was nice before because I enjoyed your comment and I don't like being rude! I admit I'm not great at grammar and spelling. I'm not ashamed because I'm smart in other ways. We all have our strengths and weaknesses. Apparently your weakness is trying to shame others because they don't meat your standards. Seriously you aren't any better than people hiding behind keyboards on Facebook calling out everyone's mistakes. This will be my last discussion with you. Very sad because I enjoyed hearing about the differences in Greece compared to America. Don't bother correcting me again because that will be the last time. That block option is there for a reason. Honestly, I come to General Chat because most people are very nice and it's wonderful talking to people about nothing knowing we all believe in a common goal. If you don't what "Bless your heart means" look it up. I'm from the south and we say what's on our minds probably much like the rest of my fellow American's just with southern twang. First thing I tell people is I'm like Scarlett O'Hara I can be your friend or a bitch it's up to you. Goodbye 👋🏻
Lord I sound like a looney bird. I replied to your comment "Exactly, us Carolina girls gotta stick together." Sorry I got you confused with suzyq (or something like that). Guess I can't read either🤦🏻♀️
Exactly, us Carolina girls gotta stick together.
😀 I'm doing that more and more myself. Some comments (replies) to my post I shake my head and keep scrolling. Not easy for a natural born loud mouth person that questions everything. If anyone has been reading my posts for a while they will know grammar isn't my strong suit. I'm crafty (artsy) and never was interested in school.
OMG that's hilarious. I'm the worst when it comes to proper grammar. It's nice to know there's some place in the world that doesn't have armed robbery. I'm 56 and it's always been common in USA but it's getting worse. Hopefully will get better as North Carolina government just made stricter laws against criminals.
Thank the good lord you don't have Dollar General or any other stores like it. These big chain stores have put the little local stores out of business.
Have you noticed that Dollar General keeps rural America going?! There are so many. We counted 4 on our short road trip the other day. It’s almost strange. They pop those yellow buildings up in corn fields and pastures.
Edit to say we have two in my rural Midwest town and there’s only 4 stop lights in town! 😂
I have noticed that and it is convenient to be in the middle of nowhere and I get what I need with out driving thirty minutes. Heck I'm three minutes from DG. I'm ten minutes from grocery store in town but the time you drive both ways that's twenty minutes. I can't ever go in the store and get just one thing. That's the female in me. So they are very convenient when you need something to finish a meal or cleaning supplies. I hated it when I learned we were getting one. Boycotted it for at least nine months. Then my daughter shows me the stuff she's buying I went in. They are cheaper but I don't shop DG anymore because everything smells like laundry detergent. The food taste like it. Last straw was when I got to the bottom of the ice cream container and smelled laundry detergent. I read it might be a chemical they use in shipping to prevent bugs. Also read they pack everything together. IDK what's true but I'm not eating anything from that store.
Interesting you say that....I could smell Dollar General while I was reading your comment. 🤔
We have Euro shops that now sell Chinese tat for 2 Euros (inflation). (Tat is a colloquial English word for junk, rubbish, etc.) Nobody would rob them unless they wanted a lot of coins and had a cart to carry it away.
Thanks for the explanation. I love learning how things work in other countries. My first thought was a tattoo because we say tat for short. America is king of slang (not bragging) and it changes from region to region. Dollar General is what we call a Dollar store even though you can't find anything for a dollar. Goes back to these type stores in mid 1900s to 1970s. Some were called five & dime ( 50 cents & ten cents), they were probably the first dollar store types. The content has changed over the years but it's like a mini grocery store plus party supply, kids toys etc. Everything in America is cheap Chinese stuff even expensive things is cheap Chinese. Our government sold us out decades ago. I can remember when everything in your house was American Made. Now we are a country with empty warehouses and most people don't have a clue how to do manual labor. These dollar stores probably have a lot of cash because many people of lower income don't have bank accounts for one reason or another. One store robbery they took cash and cigarettes. They will sell those cigarettes at half the price and people will buy them never asked why they are cheap.