What the hell is going on at WalMart?

[VegasDawg13]

and the Cookie company was awesome. just FYI the cookie company is still in Metro, and its still the tits.

I've often wondered if my reverence for that cookie store was simply nostalgia or if it really was better than all the other mall cookie stores.

 

[vhdawg]

Actually, you have to worry about tendon lacerations as much or more than that.

Just ask Bill Goldberg.

 

[JoMo MoJo]

Growing up, going to the Metro Center was indeed like a vacation. We would eat at Krystal, cruise the mall, and head over to Service Merchandise. I loved that place.

That went to crap, and Northpark was the new best place ever. That area is quickly following the same trend.

Awwwwwwww ****. Forgot all about Service Mechandise. Got my Atari 2600 from SM. Still remember it rolling down their conveyer belt. Also, still have a small cardboard box full of crumbled concrete that they sold as a piece of the Berlin Wall.

 

[UnmutemeHadad]

Growing up, going to the Metro Center was indeed like a vacation. We would eat at Krystal, cruise the mall, and head over to Service Merchandise. I loved that place.

That went to crap, and Northpark was the new best place ever. That area is quickly following the same trend.

Same here. Used to go to service merchandise to get baseball gloves and bats.

 

[512taylor]

Awwwwwwww ****. Forgot all about Service Mechandise. Got my Atari 2600 from SM. Still remember it rolling down their conveyer belt. Also, still have a small cardboard box full of crumbled concrete that they sold as a piece of the Berlin Wall.

We might need to recycle that concrete to build another wall.

 

[Junction John]

Were you the kid I used to dominate in Joust?

This list is too funny. We had to have bumped into each other in the 80's.

 

[Junction John]

HE'S BACK!!! We've been waiting on your input on this topic.**

 

[KurtRambis4]

I used to go to

the movie theatre at MetroCenter when I was really young.

They only played 2-3 different movies.

One of them was "Honey I Shrunk the Kids."

I must've seen that movie 15 times as a 5 year-old.

 

[johnson86-1]

From reading elsewhere, apparently the two white dudes trying to unlock the door and breaking the window, were there to repossess that car from the girl! And she wasn’t having any of that!!

Hope they throw her *** in jail for felony destruction of property and don't just treat it like a credit issue.

But the repo men are probably going to catch some **** too. If the dead beat is in the damn car, you just have to walk away.

 

[hdogg]

Were you the kid I used to dominate in Joust?

This list is too funny. We had to have bumped into each other in the 80's.

You probably saw me playing Dragons Lair. I was awesome back in my day - and yes I DID slay that dragon many times. It was about the only thing I was good at

 

[QuadrupleOption]

Were you the kid I used to dominate in Joust?

This list is too funny. We had to have bumped into each other in the 80's.

I bet a lot of us bumped into each other a time or two. I spent many days of wasted youth at the food court in Metro, the Diamond Jim's, the two(!) book stores, and the various toy stores in that place. Used to go over to Service Merchandise too, played Putt Putt, went to the Camelot music there on the corner when I was a teenager. Good times.

I used to work at the Metro theater in the early 90's, right as it started going down the tubes. We got some interesting folks in there for sure.

I tell my kids about growing up running around Jackson and they look at me like I've grown a second head. But that's just because they don't have to leave the house for anything now.

 

[JoMo MoJo]

Still to this day the second best water park I have ever been to was Waterland at the intersection of 51 and I-55. Most people born after 1990 have no idea that Jackson used to be a hell of a fun city. It had everything a young adult could want as far as entertainment and job opportunities go.

 

[JoMo MoJo]

One would have been Waldenbooks. I can’t think of the other. Maybe Books-a-Million? I also loved The Tinder Box. My dad smoked pipes and we would always go there and get him new tobacco to try. I think it was pretty close to Circus World because you could smell it from the toy store. There’s actually YouTube videos where some dude is walking around Metrocenter with a huge video camera back in its hay day. They were from England and they were here visiting relatives and even they were in awe oh how nice and big it was.

 

[tatedog]

One would have been Waldenbooks. I can’t think of the other. Maybe Books-a-Million? I also loved The Tinder Box. My dad smoked pipes and we would always go there and get him new tobacco to try. I think it was pretty close to Circus World because you could smell it from the toy store. There’s actually YouTube videos where some dude is walking around Metrocenter with a huge video camera back in its hay day. They were from England and they were here visiting relatives and even they were in awe oh how nice and big it was.

B. Dalton might have been the other big book chain back then. Pretty mind blowing that a mall would ever support two bookstores nowadays.

eta: Hickory Farms and Chick-fil-A free samples for a little hor d'oeuvres while reading.

 

[tatedog]

Were you the kid I used to dominate in Joust?

This list is too funny. We had to have bumped into each other in the 80's.

Was never a Joust fan, but odds are we were in there together at some time. Gauntlet (the Elf) was my all time favorite. No telling how much money I dropped in that stupid game.

 

[Junction John]

My other favorite was some kung fu game, but I can never remember the name. I'm walking down the street, some street thugs walk up, I kick his ***, on to the next one... If anyone knows this game, let me know. I might go buy that game just to show my son how badass I used to be.

I could still walk into Diamond Jim's and tell you where it was located in the back.

Between Diamond Jim's in Metrocenter, and Time Out in Tupelo, there's no telling how much coin I dropped back then. My dad could probably tell me.

 

[tatedog]

My other favorite was some kung fu game, but I can never remember the name. I'm walking down the street, some street thugs walk up, I kick his ***, on to the next one... If anyone knows this game, let me know. I might go buy that game just to show my son how badass I used to be.

I could still walk into Diamond Jim's and tell you where it was located in the back.

Between Diamond Jim's in Metrocenter, and Time Out in Tupelo, there's no telling how much coin I dropped back then. My dad could probably tell me.

In our childhood it was the premise of a video game, now it's the premise of Metrocenter.

 

[jethreauxdawg]

I forgot about service merchandise. My mom would take me to the one in Memphis. I remember a neon light above the toy section. I couldn't read, but it drew me in just like a bug zapper. We'd hit the door, mom would go shop, and I'd run straight to that sign and play with all the toys. Good times.

 

[MarkDallas]

We used to eat at the El Chico on the west side of the mall EVERY TIME we went to Jackson. That's the first place I ate off the adult menu.

Somebody mentioned the mini golf place... The also had go carts with a "slick track." I thought I was Bobby Allison out there.

 

[turkish]

And there’s the El Chico reference I’ve been waiting on. Nice!

 

[tatedog]

And there’s the El Chico reference I’ve been waiting on. Nice!

Whole different side of town (Meadowbrook) but who else remembers El Burrito and Pasquale's Pizza? Loved em. Think I was like 14 or 15 when the family who operated them retired and shut down. I was crushed.

 

[Willow Grove Dawg]

The Seinfeld "Shrinkage Episode" is quiet possibly the greatest single episode in sit-com history

 

[Shamoan]

Sack-n-save

 

[patdog]

Love the Pasquale's hot roast beef sandwich. The one in Laurel is still open.

 

[Mulligan.sixpack]

Whole different side of town (Meadowbrook) but who else remembers El Burrito and Pasquale's Pizza? Loved em. Think I was like 14 or 15 when the family who operated them retired and shut down. I was crushed.

Loved El Burrito and Pasquales! Always thought it was crazy that the 2 completely different restaurants had an open doorway between the 2 and were owned by the same family. EB had the best sopapilla dessert! Nowhere else makes it like they did. How bout some ice cream from Seale Lily down the street? Or stop in at the Cherokee with the ole man while he has a beer and I a cheeseburger! Good times!

 

[benatmsu]

Bet a classmate $5 he couldn't chug a bottle of salsa at that El Chico once.
Best $5 i had spent to that point in my life.

We used to eat at the El Chico on the west side of the mall EVERY TIME we went to Jackson. That's the first place I ate off the adult menu.

Somebody mentioned the mini golf place... The also had go carts with a "slick track." I thought I was Bobby Allison out there.

 

[tatedog]

So right about that dessert. I've found a few that are good, but nothing will ever beat that one. Same for many of the items on their menu. They had some amazing sauces too. Loved to eat at EB and get a pizza to take home.

 

[5049]

Growing up, going to the Metro Center was indeed like a vacation. We would eat at Krystal, cruise the mall, and head over to Service Merchandise. I loved that place.

That went to crap, and Northpark was the new best place ever. That area is quickly following the same trend.

Northpark was to me, like Metrocenter was to a lot of these guys in this thread, good times

 

[vhdawg]

B. Dalton might have been the other big book chain back then. Pretty mind blowing that a mall would ever support two bookstores nowadays.

eta: Hickory Farms and Chick-fil-A free samples for a little hor d'oeuvres while reading.

It was Bookland. Bookland was upper level on the McRae's end, while Waldenbooks was lower level on the Sears side, closer to center court. I think Northpark might've had a B. Dalton.

 

[5049]

This area is the DMZ now, totally out of control. I am not sure why the hell Walmart remains open, I swear it’s becuase they want to protect other Walmart’s in the area. Those crazy 17ers are gonna shop/steal/loot somewhere, why not just let em have this one. JoMo, you are correct, this place was awesome in the late 70’s thru 80’s. The metro center was the 8th wonder of the world......I grew up about 5 miles from there.

The decline of South Jackson was incredible to behold (i don't mean this like I enjoyed it, it was just amazing how quickly it happened). I know some folks that grew up down there, they were all over Mcdowell Road. It's like a third world country now

Is Hillcrest even still there? Terry and Byram had some good baseball teams back in the day too. Forest Hill and Wingfield were also decent at one point

 

[tatedog]

It was Bookland. Bookland was upper level on the McRae's end, while Waldenbooks was lower level on the Sears side, closer to center court. I think Northpark might've had a B. Dalton.

That sounds right. B Dalton was Northpark. Kudos for remembering the name of that store, geez.

 

[Arloguthrie]

No harm, no foul.

The driver in a viral video in which a car was driven repeatedly into the barricades at a Jackson Walmart has been identified.
Jackson Police Department spokesman Sgt. Roderick Holmes said Sedric Gardner, 31, was the driver of the vehicle in the video.
Holmes said Sunday night "there was some type of agreement over this particular vehicle between two parties, and they started to disagree about it."
Holmes said the original owner of the car wanted it back, so Gardner allegedly decided he would give it back when he was done altering the appearance of it.
"The person in possession of the car didn’t see eye to eye with them, so they made the decision that if they were going to get the car back, they’d get it back damaged," he said.
Walmart declined to press charges, Holmes said, because there was very little damage to the barricades. Gardner was arrested and had prior fines, but he was not charged in the incident, since it is essentially a civil situation.

https://www.clarionledger.com/story...121002/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

I feel like if there's not a law against repeatedly ramming your vehicle into a barricade in front of a crowded store, perhaps there should be.

 

[QuadrupleOption]

My other favorite was some kung fu game, but I can never remember the name. I'm walking down the street, some street thugs walk up, I kick his ***, on to the next one... If anyone knows this game, let me know. I might go buy that game just to show my son how badass I used to be.

I could still walk into Diamond Jim's and tell you where it was located in the back.

Between Diamond Jim's in Metrocenter, and Time Out in Tupelo, there's no telling how much coin I dropped back then. My dad could probably tell me.

Are you thinking about Double Dragon by any chance?

 

[tatedog]

https://www.clarionledger.com/story...121002/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

I feel like if there's not a law against repeatedly ramming your vehicle into a barricade in front of a crowded store, perhaps there should be.

I get that the contractual dispute between parties is a civil matter, but once your civil matter starts ramming itself into a third party's private property (and potentially endangering others), you'd think it would be criminal.

 

[Lawdawg.sixpack]

Not in Jackson - there's no room at the jail. It's already full with misdemeanor marijuana possessors...

/It's absolutely astounding that this guy gets charged with nothing.

 

[Junction John]

Why YES I AM. Thanks for that walk (and fight) down memory lane.

I thought I remembered more flipping, but that's it. Well done.

 

[vhdawg]

The decline of South Jackson was incredible to behold (i don't mean this like I enjoyed it, it was just amazing how quickly it happened). I know some folks that grew up down there, they were all over Mcdowell Road. It's like a third world country now

Is Hillcrest even still there? Terry and Byram had some good baseball teams back in the day too. Forest Hill and Wingfield were also decent at one point

Hillcrest is still there, though I don't know how big it is. A previous administration there apparently just didn't fundraise for a couple of years, and I heard it got very close to shutting down. What's funny is one of my HCS classmates is a very successful broker of multimillion dollar real estate in Manhattan. He could probably keep the place open himself.

I was down in SoJack in December and went sightseeing. Things I learned are that you can no longer drive the length of McDowell Road....the Caney Creek bridge by the Jitney is closed and won't be open again for probably a year. Also the building that housed Bobby's Cut Above is GONE (Bobby himself passed away a few years ago). However, the Roses on Terry Road is still kicking, and if you need to buy overpriced blank cassette or VCR tapes, they're your hookup.

 

[Dawgpile]

The also had go carts with a "slick track." I thought I was Bobby Allison out there.

LOVED that track. It was a must-do every time we went there!

 

[fieldcorporal]

Ah man, I'd forgotten.

Service Merchandise for Christmas shopping, then Widow Watson's for drinks and dinner.

And Wilson's/LeFleurs on the north side of town...

 

[o_LandDawg]

A smothered chimichanga for main course the sopapilla for dessert. I was a chunk of a kid largely in part to El burrito.