Empire Store Closed

Post by **Sham** » Mon May 18, 2009 12:13 pm

EMPIRE, GATEWAY TO GERLACH

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wedeliver · Post by **wedeliver** » Mon May 18, 2009 4:41 pm

mykidsdaddy wrote:Somewhere
in the middle of
Nowhere

Hey, nice font size and color. I like it.

We sometimes tell people that where we are, Tionesta, Ca. is the "edge of nowhere" while Gerlach and Emipire are the middle of nowhere"

by the way, there is a "sign painter" living in Gerlach, works at joes as a bartender. I think he has done all the Black Rock City signs for the last several years. He is British and I think his name might be Gary.

mykidsdaddy · Post by **mykidsdaddy** » Mon May 18, 2009 6:23 pm

Thanks! I will ask about Gary! Someone here must know him.

LostinReno · Post by **LostinReno** » Mon May 18, 2009 7:06 pm

Shambala wrote:EMPIRE, GATEWAY TO GERLACH

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I don't know if anybody remembers the bill boards several years ago on I-80 between Reno and Winnemucca.
Some that I remember were,
Winnemucca....city of paved streets.
Winnemucca....over 50 billion people have never been there
Winnemucca....a whole lot of miles away from Tokyo, etc.

You could do something similar on the way to Empire.

Empire...we sleep 50 weeks of the year.
Empire...still Washoe county.
Empire...at least it's not Denio!

Ok, those are pretty lame, but you get the jist!

mykidsdaddy · Post by **mykidsdaddy** » Mon May 18, 2009 9:14 pm

Have you ever seen the bilboard for Battle Mountain??? "The Armpit of America"

I would't even think of something that tacky!Sorry..but once you live here (OK...I haven't been here that long) the smallness, remoteness, simpleness kinda grows on you. AND...the quiet... shhhhh
Yesterday and the day before, two Pronghorn Antelope were grazing about 75 yards from the front of the store!

BAS · Post by **BAS** » Mon May 18, 2009 11:05 pm

"Empire-- right square in the middle of Empire!"

"Empire-- we have a STORE!"

"Empire-- just like New York, only completely different!"

"Empire, stop in, we don't bite (intentionally)"

(This would be much easier if one of the past-times this friend of mine and I engage in while driving somewhere were NOT making up slogans to drive people AWAY from a town/other area! Such as "Empire-- just keep moving...")

Post by **Sham** » Tue May 19, 2009 1:44 am

EMPIRE STORE
open 24 hours
(not consecutively)

LostinReno · Post by **LostinReno** » Tue May 19, 2009 9:05 am

mykidsdaddy wrote:Have you ever seen the bilboard for Battle Mountain??? "The Armpit of America"

And all these years I thought the Armpit of America was Fresno!

(my apologies to any Fresnoites out there)

I've managed to miss that one, for some reason when driving that direction, it's usually dark by the time we get to Battle Mountain.
That's awesome that you have antelope that close. We sometimes get the wild horses down at the park a few blocks away in the winter.

Lockwoodlady · Post by **Lockwoodlady** » Tue May 19, 2009 10:58 am

Empire
Gateway to the
Playa

Bounce530 · Post by **Bounce530** » Tue May 19, 2009 12:37 pm

Welcome to Empire
Now go home.

Its an old one, but seems kind of fitting, if you think about it.

BAS · Post by **BAS** » Tue May 19, 2009 1:06 pm

Empire
Gateway to
Empire

(Okay, I am still too burned out to try to come up with anything!

)

Sail Man · Post by **Sail Man** » Tue May 19, 2009 1:50 pm

wedeliver wrote:
ygmir wrote:....
I can do anything.......all it takes is time and money...........
Can you piss "UP" without using your hands?

I can piss in the U.P. Upper Peninsula of Mich. without using my hands

Sail Man · Post by **Sail Man** » Tue May 19, 2009 1:55 pm

Empire Store

Home of the World famous Gas Cap Museum

Post by **Sham** » Tue May 19, 2009 2:59 pm

Sail Man wrote:Empire Store

Home of the World famous Gas Cap Museum

would this be the world's largest collection of pilfered gas caps?

dragonfly Jafe · Post by **dragonfly Jafe** » Tue May 19, 2009 4:27 pm

Sail Man wrote:
wedeliver wrote:
ygmir wrote:....
I can do anything.......all it takes is time and money...........
Can you piss "UP" without using your hands?
I can piss in the U.P. Upper Peninsula of Mich. without using my hands

maybe so, but I bet you cannot piss in BOTH the U.P. and L.P. at the same time (with or without your hands...)

ibdave · Post by **ibdave** » Tue May 19, 2009 6:04 pm

EMPIRE STORE
NO KNOWN CURE

oneeyeddick · Post by **oneeyeddick** » Tue May 19, 2009 6:13 pm

Sail Man wrote:Empire Store

Home of the World famous Gas Cap Museum

For the record, the store had nothing to do with that, it was merely the Dude running the gas station during the burn days.

I am not dropping any names here, but the locals know who he is..........

Post by **Sham** » Tue May 19, 2009 6:13 pm

THE EMPIRE (store)
STRIKES BACK!

oneeyeddick · Post by **oneeyeddick** » Tue May 19, 2009 6:19 pm

OOOOOOOoooooo !!!

I like it !!!

Now ya gotta replace shrek with Darth Vader...........

Post by **Sham** » Tue May 19, 2009 7:44 pm

Empire: We're More Than Gypsum.
(not really)

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Tue May 19, 2009 9:32 pm

LostinReno wrote:
mykidsdaddy wrote:Have you ever seen the bilboard for Battle Mountain??? "The Armpit of America"
And all these years I thought the Armpit of America was Fresno! :shock: :lol:

I don't know about you, but my America has too armpits. No legpits.

oneeyeddick · Post by **oneeyeddick** » Tue May 19, 2009 9:37 pm

mykidsdaddy · Post by **mykidsdaddy** » Tue May 19, 2009 10:14 pm

Damn...you guys have been busy with the ideas! Keep it going! I may see the "sign to be" in your jestings! I, on the other hand, have been busy working around here pulling weeds. And there is definitely NO shortage of weeds around here. Shit loads of Honeydews too! Honeydew this and Honeydew that! That's allright...it looks better every single day!

mykidsdaddy · Post by **mykidsdaddy** » Tue May 19, 2009 10:31 pm

Post by **Sham** » Wed May 20, 2009 1:21 am

theCryptofishist wrote: I don't know about you, but my America has too armpits.

I have armpits two!

Oldguy · Post by **Oldguy** » Wed May 20, 2009 12:46 pm

I got this e-mail from sacramento-announce, I'm simply passing it along to any lurkers who may not be tied in to the system:
_____________________
Hey there playa lovers,

Black Rock Rendezvous, May 22-25
Cassidy Mine, Black Rock Desert, Gerlach Nevada

This is your last reminder to pack up the car this Friday and head
for Gerlach for a little early season dust!

It's a weekend of fun, education, exploration, giving back, dancing
and more at the 5th annual Black Rock Rendezvous.

Advance tickets are still available online through this Thursday.
Tickets are inexpensive and include select meals, happy hour, kids
camp, pot luck (bring a lil somethin'), dutch oven cookoff, general
tours, fireworks, cowboy poetry, history and lore, live music
featuring Drinking With Clowns and Frame of Mind, souvenir cup + beer.

Get all the details for this leave-no-trace camping event online at
www.blackrockrendezvous.org.

Participating and contributing organizations & groups: Friends of
Black Rock High Rock, Nevada Outdoor School, Friends of NV
Wilderness, Controlled Burn, Americorps, Aeropac, Oregon California
Trails Association, Tahoe Fire Dancers, Frame of Mind, Drinking With
Clowns, Stoney Holiday, Burning Man, Earth Guardians, Desert
Survivors, Leon Flick Cowboy Poetry, Historian and Author Chuck Dodd,
Disco Dorje and the Green Leprechaun, Nevada Commission on Tourism,
Bureau of Land Management, Old Iveson Ranch, Soldier Meadows Ranch,
Great Basin Brewery, Buckbean Brewing Co, Black Rock Pizza, Cabela's,
Mark Fore & Strike, Scolari's, Twig & Turtle, Doug Keister Photography.

Special thanks to the countless others who are contributing to make
this great event happen!

See you in Gerlach,

Friends of Black Rock
www.blackrockdesert.org
www.blackrockrendezvous.org

ibdave · Post by **ibdave** » Wed May 20, 2009 5:31 pm

mykidsdaddy wrote:Damn...you guys have been busy with the ideas! Keep it going! I may see the "sign to be" in your jestings! I, on the other hand, have been busy working around here pulling weeds. And there is definitely NO shortage of weeds around here. Shit loads of Honeydews too! Honeydew this and Honeydew that! That's allright...it looks better every single day!

So, the winning sign idea gets free Pepsi for life??? Is that what your telling me/us???

mykidsdaddy · Post by **mykidsdaddy** » Wed May 20, 2009 5:41 pm

That is Pepsi Free...not Free Pepsi!!!

oneeyeddick · Post by **oneeyeddick** » Wed May 20, 2009 8:40 pm

that would be right up Dave'e alley, as he prefers diet Pepsi anyhow.

ibdave · Post by **ibdave** » Wed May 20, 2009 9:31 pm

oneeyeddick wrote:that would be right up Dave'e alley, as he prefers diet Pepsi anyhow.

Yes I do, but not paying for it is even better.....