tc61380
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posted on November 15, 2000 08:52:18 PM new
This is the name of a money order I just received today...i almost thought it was a practical joke, until I saw travelers express was the issuer...
By the way who is travelers express? I've received many money orders issued by them...
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jmjones6061
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posted on November 15, 2000 09:44:07 PM new
I can't answer the traveler's express question, but Kum 'n Go around here is the new name of all the old 7-11's. I guess not real new about 3-4 years old.
It kind of gives us all a chuckle too.
Jane
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mzalez
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posted on November 15, 2000 09:49:40 PM new
Uuuhhhh, never mind.
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thedewey
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posted on November 15, 2000 10:52:30 PM new
We've got a gas station/convenience store here called "Fuelin' Around". The first time I saw the sign, I did a double-take. It's kinda cute though! 
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luculent
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posted on November 15, 2000 11:00:53 PM new
Yep, Kum and Go is the name of convenience stores. I get my gas there and my coffee.
They're owned by the Krause-Gentle Corporation in Des Moines Iowa.
When I lived in Nebraska, we had a
Gas 'n Grub on the corner.
Lucy
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CAgrrl
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posted on November 16, 2000 01:52:22 AM new
ROTFLMAO!!!!
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Joanne
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posted on November 16, 2000 04:10:53 AM new
ROFLMAO!!! And I thought our "Nice 'n Easy" stores had bad names LOLOLOL!!!
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Meya
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posted on November 16, 2000 04:14:35 AM new
I don't think I'd be buying coffee from a store with that name. 
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acooze
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posted on November 16, 2000 05:06:12 AM new
I always found Publix to be a strange name with unfavorable alternatives. 
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TOLEART
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posted on November 16, 2000 05:12:50 AM new
And i the South, you buy your grits at "Piggley-Wiggley".
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busybiddy
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posted on November 16, 2000 05:21:09 AM new
Last year, I received a money order from customer in Oklahoma that was from Kum and Go. I, too, thought it was a joke. I was too embarrased to ask on this board about the legitimacy of the name so I searched the internet and found it really existed.
My husband and I really laughed about that one. It reminded me of a client I had when I used to "work." They were The Lover Agency and they were located on Everhard Rd. They are an insurance agency but boy, I bet they got a lot of snickers!
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pacoferrone
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posted on November 16, 2000 05:51:41 AM new
Kum and Go is what happens after you are Fuelin Around.....in most cases anyway
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number47
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posted on November 16, 2000 06:02:01 AM new
Several years ago there was a law firm in Manhattan: Lipschitz and Fahrts.
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silkmoth
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posted on November 16, 2000 06:41:53 AM new
I wonder if the Krause/Gentle Corporation of Des Moines is the parent of Krause Publishing of Des Moines, former publisher of eBay Magazine?
If so, the name of the convenience store chain takes on a double irony.
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not SilkMoth anywhere but here
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abingdoncomputers
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posted on November 16, 2000 06:52:39 AM new
At one time I lived a few blocks from the office of Holley, Allen, and Klutzz Dental Associates.
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avaloncourt
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posted on November 16, 2000 06:57:29 AM new
I thought Kum and Go was a sister corporation to PayPal with the parent corporation being, Dump and Run. According to their corporate filing, the law firm representing them is Screwum, Cheatum and Lye.
One a more serious note... ok, not anywhere near serious but very truthful... The Buffalo, NY area must be full of slightly demented advertising agencies assisting start-up corporations with names to help their corporate image. Honestly, from yellow page listings from the Buffalo area phone directories...
Heading: Funeral Directors
Listings:
Amigone Funeral Home Inc
Bury & Roberts Funeral Home
Cremation Centers (this one sounds like it may have a drive-thru with flashing neon that says "open 24 hours."
Exodus Gardens Funeral Home
Urban Brothers Funeral Home (Is their motto, "Where drive by shootings are our specialty"?)
Urban-Amigone Funeral Home (I think with this one they car-jack the hearse on the way to the cemetary.)
and, drum roll please...
Coffin Brothers Mortuary.
[ edited by avaloncourt on Nov 16, 2000 08:56 AM ]
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nefish
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posted on November 16, 2000 07:00:58 AM new
LOL! I live in Nebraska and there's one of these convenience stores in my town. I could not believe it either when we first moved here!
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Brooklynguy-07
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posted on November 16, 2000 08:24:44 AM new
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mzalez
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posted on November 16, 2000 02:32:09 PM new
This thread is getting really interesting! Hee hee!
Restaurant near my hometown in Vernon, NY: Squat and Gobble
My sister had a professor at U. of Buffalo called Dr. Dipshitz. He asked the students to call him Dr. Dip.
Names we've collected from the newspaper:
Jock and Ball Unite in Marriage
Obituary for Harry Weiner. 2 weeks later there was an obituary for Harry Beaver. I thought I was going to die when I read that second one.
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RainyBear
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posted on November 16, 2000 02:42:33 PM new
Perhaps the Kum & Go chain is owned by the same parent company as In-N-Out Burger?
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