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[wickedflea]

What do you call quickie marts? I always called them superettes, because in the town I grew up in there's a bunch of them all owned by one guy, and they're all called Northgate Superette or Green Oaks Superette or whatever. But several years ago I became aware that most people don't call them that, so it might just be a Starkville thing. Now I have to stop and think what to call it so people will know what I'm talking about. I guess I usually say "quick stop."

Speaking of that, I miss superettes. In the South, I always drove everywhere, and I used to stop in superettes at least a couple of times a day to get Cokes or smokes or Screw magazines or whatever. Oh yeah, and fucking BEER like a madman when I still drank. But up here I drive much less, get gas at the supermarket, and bring back several cartons of cigarettes from home when I go, so I never have to go. And if I have to get something quick, I usually stop in at a CVS or Walgreen's for some reason. Yep, I miss the B-Quik beat.

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[4hour-ramona.livejournal.com]

where i grew up, the technical term was convenience store, but we all called them stop-n-go's. even the places with other names like "mini mart" and "super america" were stop-n-go's.
that is, untili moved to minneapolis where there's only one stop-n-go, so everything was an "s.a." because there are usually super americas on every corner. unless it's a texaco. bleeeeeeeee!