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Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on February 06, 2019, 10:37:42 PMQuote from: texaskdog on February 06, 2019, 10:03:19 PMIn Minnesota SuperAmerica bought 7-11 so they have many instances of being across the street from each other. I associate this with Holiday more than SA. North Branch for some reason has *three* of them; two east of I-35 which are across the street from each other, and one on the west side. Duluth has two Holidays roughly flanking the corner where I-35 ends.In WI there are places where Kwik Trips co-exist on the same corner, likely where a new larger store was built to supplement an smaller, older unit and the two units coexist together.I used to work for Holiday, that is funny. It's actually genius to get people going in both directions without making them cross the street.
Quote from: texaskdog on February 06, 2019, 10:03:19 PMIn Minnesota SuperAmerica bought 7-11 so they have many instances of being across the street from each other. I associate this with Holiday more than SA. North Branch for some reason has *three* of them; two east of I-35 which are across the street from each other, and one on the west side. Duluth has two Holidays roughly flanking the corner where I-35 ends.In WI there are places where Kwik Trips co-exist on the same corner, likely where a new larger store was built to supplement an smaller, older unit and the two units coexist together.
In Minnesota SuperAmerica bought 7-11 so they have many instances of being across the street from each other.
Quote from: noelbotevera on February 06, 2019, 11:26:24 PMQuote from: Rothman on February 06, 2019, 10:57:14 PMGot to be places where you see mattress stores near each other.That really narrows it down. I hope you don't mean the whole United States.In all seriousness, this constriction isn't true in my town, though a close but no cigar case exists; here is a former Sheetz's location. Assuming it is still a Sheetz (and it was prior to 2015 or so), way off into the distance you can barely see the other Sheetz. It's past an overpass and I can make out (what seems to be) a red column from the GSV.I do mean the whole United States. Now that I mean that, what catastrophe were you fearing?
Quote from: Rothman on February 06, 2019, 10:57:14 PMGot to be places where you see mattress stores near each other.That really narrows it down. I hope you don't mean the whole United States.In all seriousness, this constriction isn't true in my town, though a close but no cigar case exists; here is a former Sheetz's location. Assuming it is still a Sheetz (and it was prior to 2015 or so), way off into the distance you can barely see the other Sheetz. It's past an overpass and I can make out (what seems to be) a red column from the GSV.
Got to be places where you see mattress stores near each other.
Quote from: Rothman on February 07, 2019, 08:09:14 AMQuote from: noelbotevera on February 06, 2019, 11:26:24 PMQuote from: Rothman on February 06, 2019, 10:57:14 PMGot to be places where you see mattress stores near each other.That really narrows it down. I hope you don't mean the whole United States.In all seriousness, this constriction isn't true in my town, though a close but no cigar case exists; here is a former Sheetz's location. Assuming it is still a Sheetz (and it was prior to 2015 or so), way off into the distance you can barely see the other Sheetz. It's past an overpass and I can make out (what seems to be) a red column from the GSV.I do mean the whole United States. Now that I mean that, what catastrophe were you fearing?The day that mattress stores take over the world. Before you know it, it'll be total anarchy as people can only shop at mattress stores.
Quote from: noelbotevera on February 07, 2019, 03:31:45 PMQuote from: Rothman on February 07, 2019, 08:09:14 AMQuote from: noelbotevera on February 06, 2019, 11:26:24 PMQuote from: Rothman on February 06, 2019, 10:57:14 PMGot to be places where you see mattress stores near each other.That really narrows it down. I hope you don't mean the whole United States.In all seriousness, this constriction isn't true in my town, though a close but no cigar case exists; here is a former Sheetz's location. Assuming it is still a Sheetz (and it was prior to 2015 or so), way off into the distance you can barely see the other Sheetz. It's past an overpass and I can make out (what seems to be) a red column from the GSV.I do mean the whole United States. Now that I mean that, what catastrophe were you fearing?The day that mattress stores take over the world. Before you know it, it'll be total anarchy as people can only shop at mattress stores.I believe you are referring to the Franchise Wars. People in 2032 San-Angeles could only eat at Taco Bell, good luck figuring out how to use the three seashells.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on February 07, 2019, 03:52:56 PMQuote from: noelbotevera on February 07, 2019, 03:31:45 PMQuote from: Rothman on February 07, 2019, 08:09:14 AMQuote from: noelbotevera on February 06, 2019, 11:26:24 PMQuote from: Rothman on February 06, 2019, 10:57:14 PMGot to be places where you see mattress stores near each other.That really narrows it down. I hope you don't mean the whole United States.In all seriousness, this constriction isn't true in my town, though a close but no cigar case exists; here is a former Sheetz's location. Assuming it is still a Sheetz (and it was prior to 2015 or so), way off into the distance you can barely see the other Sheetz. It's past an overpass and I can make out (what seems to be) a red column from the GSV.I do mean the whole United States. Now that I mean that, what catastrophe were you fearing?The day that mattress stores take over the world. Before you know it, it'll be total anarchy as people can only shop at mattress stores.I believe you are referring to the Franchise Wars. People in 2032 San-Angeles could only eat at Taco Bell, good luck figuring out how to use the three seashells. Greetings and salutations!
Be well Brandon!
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on February 07, 2019, 04:36:57 PMBe well Brandon!You are fined five credits for violations of the Verbal Morality Statute.
Quote from: kphoger on February 07, 2019, 04:50:13 PMQuote from: Max Rockatansky on February 07, 2019, 04:36:57 PMBe well Brandon!You are fined five credits for violations of the Verbal Morality Statute.Good, I couldn’t figure out how to use the seashells and needed some toilet paper.
I've seen two of the same gas station brand right across the street from each other. However I see this situation where each one is intended to serve one direction of traffic. I cannot understand why one would put two of the same restaurant (for example) right next to each other.
Honorable mention: Fair Oaks Mall in Fairfax has two Macy’s stores (Macyses?).
Honorable mention: Fair Oaks Mall in Fairfax has two Macy’s stores (Macyses?). You can’t see one from the other, but two of the same department store in the same mall feels like it fits the spirit of this thread.
Quote from: 1995hoo on February 07, 2019, 08:40:50 AMHonorable mention: Fair Oaks Mall in Fairfax has two Macy’s stores (Macyses?).Macii Frankly, we don't get to use the -ii ending enough as a plural, though I suppose it depends on the root word's origin.I don't think you can have plural of a possessive; ownership is noted first by the company's name, which is the purpose of the apostrophe-s. Possessive of multiple items would still be apostrophe-s, I suppose, so "Macy's stores" would be grammatically correct.Then again, it's proper noun, so it can really be whatever they want to call a plural. People used to wonder what the plural of "Lexus" was (Lexuses or Lexii?) when I worked there, and the answer was indeterminate...likely the -es was correct, and -ii just sounded different. We had no formal word from Toyota on the matter, so it was a little bit of fun conversation.
Quote from: formulanone on February 08, 2019, 09:46:32 AMQuote from: 1995hoo on February 07, 2019, 08:40:50 AMHonorable mention: Fair Oaks Mall in Fairfax has two Macy’s stores (Macyses?).Macii Frankly, we don't get to use the -ii ending enough as a plural, though I suppose it depends on the root word's origin.I don't think you can have plural of a possessive; ownership is noted first by the company's name, which is the purpose of the apostrophe-s. Possessive of multiple items would still be apostrophe-s, I suppose, so "Macy's stores" would be grammatically correct.Then again, it's proper noun, so it can really be whatever they want to call a plural. People used to wonder what the plural of "Lexus" was (Lexuses or Lexii?) when I worked there, and the answer was indeterminate...likely the -es was correct, and -ii just sounded different. We had no formal word from Toyota on the matter, so it was a little bit of fun conversation.-ii can only be a plural of -ius.
Quote from: 1 on February 08, 2019, 10:06:52 AMQuote from: formulanone on February 08, 2019, 09:46:32 AMQuote from: 1995hoo on February 07, 2019, 08:40:50 AMHonorable mention: Fair Oaks Mall in Fairfax has two Macy’s stores (Macyses?).Macii Frankly, we don't get to use the -ii ending enough as a plural, though I suppose it depends on the root word's origin.I don't think you can have plural of a possessive; ownership is noted first by the company's name, which is the purpose of the apostrophe-s. Possessive of multiple items would still be apostrophe-s, I suppose, so "Macy's stores" would be grammatically correct.Then again, it's proper noun, so it can really be whatever they want to call a plural. People used to wonder what the plural of "Lexus" was (Lexuses or Lexii?) when I worked there, and the answer was indeterminate...likely the -es was correct, and -ii just sounded different. We had no formal word from Toyota on the matter, so it was a little bit of fun conversation.-ii can only be a plural of -ius.Neither cactus nor rhombus end in -ius but their plurals end in -ii
Quote from: 1995hoo on February 07, 2019, 08:40:50 AMHonorable mention: Fair Oaks Mall in Fairfax has two Macy’s stores (Macyses?). You can’t see one from the other, but two of the same department store in the same mall feels like it fits the spirit of this thread.That's rare and surprising; in most cases where that happened (I'm assuming Fair Oaks used to have a Macy's and a Hecht's, and one is a former Hecht's), Macy's would close one of the two stores.
Quote from: cabiness42 on February 08, 2019, 11:21:39 AMQuote from: 1 on February 08, 2019, 10:06:52 AMQuote from: formulanone on February 08, 2019, 09:46:32 AMQuote from: 1995hoo on February 07, 2019, 08:40:50 AMHonorable mention: Fair Oaks Mall in Fairfax has two Macy’s stores (Macyses?).Macii Frankly, we don't get to use the -ii ending enough as a plural, though I suppose it depends on the root word's origin.I don't think you can have plural of a possessive; ownership is noted first by the company's name, which is the purpose of the apostrophe-s. Possessive of multiple items would still be apostrophe-s, I suppose, so "Macy's stores" would be grammatically correct.Then again, it's proper noun, so it can really be whatever they want to call a plural. People used to wonder what the plural of "Lexus" was (Lexuses or Lexii?) when I worked there, and the answer was indeterminate...likely the -es was correct, and -ii just sounded different. We had no formal word from Toyota on the matter, so it was a little bit of fun conversation.-ii can only be a plural of -ius.Neither cactus nor rhombus end in -ius but their plurals end in -iiCacti, rhombi. The rule is us → i. Radius becomes radii because the i in radius is unchanged, and then the us becomes a second i. Cactus and rhombus don't have an i to keep.(3dus → 3di has already been discussed in another thread.)
Near my neighborhood there are two Shell stations more or less diagonally across Franconia Road from each other and you can easily see one from the other: https://goo.gl/maps/x4JBJdskn1C2 (Both are too expensive compared to the other Shell a mile to the east.)Honorable mention: Fair Oaks Mall in Fairfax has two Macy’s stores (Macyses?). You can’t see one from the other, but two of the same department store in the same mall feels like it fits the spirit of this thread.
(3dus → 3di has already been discussed in another thread.)
I saw two identical gas stations of the same brand on Highway 50 in Kenosha last weekend - I guess they reasoned they had enough customers traveling in both directions that the two stations wouldn't cannibalize each other.