Wife-Beaters

[D. Tillery]

A local close-out warehouse store got in trouble for running this add for a style of undershirt sometimes called "wife-beaters"

Darn the luck they ran out of my size.

[s4son]

Personally I find "3 colored skivvies" offensive. But maybe I'm overly sensitive.



Scott F.

[Chip]

scott,, must be ya sensitive , tender side coming out

[asianflava]

heh heh

That's what we call them. When you watch "Cops" the dude is usually wearing one when there is a domestic disturbance call.

[TomS]

That looks like a Building 19 ad. Am I right?

My kids have been calling them wife-beaters for so long that I don't remember what they're supposed to be called.

[Steve_Cox]

That looks like a Building 19 ad. Am I right?

My kids have been calling them wife-beaters for so long that I don't remember what they're supposed to be called.

Here in Geezer Land we never called em that.... But I checked with the 27 yr old and he said even Calvin Klein has wifebeaters.... kids just call em beaters now... http://www.wife-beaters.com/shirts.html

[D. Tillery]

Tom, Yes Building 19! That place is great. I have even found Harbour Freight Closeouts in there even cheaper than at HF. You never know what they are going to have so you just have to browse every couple of weeks. The owner is this Crazy Eddy type of character. He had to make a public apology for that ad.

Steve, that site is great. I can't decide which stain I want for my extra $1.

[TomS]

Tom, Yes Building 19! That place is great. I have even found Harbour Freight Closeouts in there even cheaper than at HF. You never know what they are going to have so you just have to browse every couple of weeks. The owner is this Crazy Eddy type of character. He had to make a public apology for that ad.

Steve, that site is great. I can't decide which stain I want for my extra $1.

We've got Bld. 19's up here in Mass. too. I know the charachter you're talking about, Jerry Ellis. Ellis bought out Spag's in Shrewsbury a couple of years ago.

Spag's was an institution up here in Central Mass. It was owned by a guy named, Anthony "Spag" Borgatti. Everybody, and I mean EVERYBODY in the area shopped at Spags. Spags was the original discount warehouse store. I remember going there as a kid. The place was always packed. There were "no bags at Spag's", no credit cards either, and God help you if they caught you shoplifting.

Spag was respected as much for his values and contributions to the community as his business success. When the State relaxed the Blue Laws, allowing retail stores to open Sundays, Spag resisted. He believed his employees deserved at least one day off to spend with their families. One time, my in-laws, discovered they had been undercharged for a purchase. They brought the item and the register tape back to the store so they could pay the proper amount. The discrepancy was small, less than $30. A couple of days later, Spag sent a guy out to their house a couple-hundered dollars of free merchandise. That's the kind of guy Spag was.

Eventually, competition from the big box stores forced Spag's to finally accept credit cards and open on Sundays. Spag and his wife died several years ago. His daughters took over the business. They couldn't keep the likes of Wal-Mart and BJ's wholesale club at bay forever.

Jerry Ellis, who always admired Spag, bought the store and tried to run it as a separate entity, "Spag's 19". However that didn't work out, the competition was just too feirce. Now Spag's is just another Building 19.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spag's

[D. Tillery]

I guess that explains the private label cereal he carries, Jerryo's "Breakfast of Cheapskates". It has a photo of his grandkids, I think, in iceskating tutus on the front. I haven't been brave enough to try it.

He's gotta be making a killing because he sure doesn't spend much on overhead or dental plans for his employees.

I'd rather shop there every day of the week than fight a WalFart.