Emphasis mine.
Are you sure about OAS doing fine?
I ask because I've been going there for a very long time and my perception is that I see fewer customers in the place than ever before. I like the prices, don't mind the attitude and can hang around in there for hours just browsing but I just can't get past the notion that there's a whole lot less folk in the shop at any given instance than I've ever noticed before. Add to that that the owner has a habit of getting into pissing contests with vendors (CZ to mention just one) and the fire marshall and one wonders...
Do you know how many years I have been hearing of Fred's demise and impending bankruptcy?? I mean seriously ... If I had a nickel for everytime someone told me "this is it for the old man, he's on his last leg ... no way they'll be there in the next 6 months" I'd be a wealthy woman.
Sure, his time is gonna come, just like it will for all of us, but if there was ever a man whose time will come ON HIS OWN TERMS, it is Fred Baker. Well, him and Harry out at Banner ... I adore both those old guys! They just don't make men like that anymore ... And the world is a worse off place for it.
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