bFlat...I can well imagine how much your loyal customers hate to see you go. I mourn the passing of every locally-owned store that gave personal service. The Walmart in my small town was fought tooth and nail, lawsuits, petitions, local indigenous Indians got involved because altho WM wasn't paving Paradise to put up their parking lot, they were paving over sacred Indian burial grounds. All to no avail.

Your post is very close to being a song in itself...and a good one. Please write it.