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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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
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.