a different random thought

[Tiamat]

My son wanted to go to the army navy store to buy new khaki's.  I remember these stores being surplus stores. They were cool. They were funky.  This was not an army/navy surplus store. This was a full on store devoted to new "military" gear.  I know most of you won't find this surprising. But I've never been in there. They did have a bit of old gear in the back, but basically it was a military "blackbirds" or "REI".  Kind of made me sad.

Are you talking about the store on Crater lake avenue right near Vilas and 62? Some of their stuff is used. I have bought some shirts from there.


But yeah the days of REAL military surplus cheap stuff have been gone for years.

Yes.  That's the place. To it's credit it doesn't even have the word "surplus" in the name. Nowadays with survivalists, psudo military, militia types, re enactors, and just plain old "I'm such a bad ass" types, it's a thriving business. the "surplus" seems to be an afterthought, and not much of one at that.