I'm pretty sure this is the caseYou see a lot of 'village stores' and 'general stores' in little villages
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Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration,
Fri 12 Aug 2011, 11:49,
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There's the Old Camden Stores tooit probably doesn't predate America but it's pretty old
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emvee cruor deo cruoris,
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