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Posted on 8/8/26 at 3:24 pm to gumbo2176
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Perret's is still operating on Williams Blvd. in Kenner
Big part of my childhood was Claude cutting my hair then going to Perret’s to get camping gear
Posted on 8/8/26 at 3:26 pm to Spankum
Used to love going to those. Rare. I know I saw one somewhere in east texas
Posted on 8/8/26 at 3:26 pm to gumbo2176
Neat fact!
Posted on 8/8/26 at 3:30 pm to LSUFanHouston
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Big part of my childhood was Claude cutting my hair then going to Perret’s to get camping gear
I've still got a 3 gallon cast iron pot with lid and a couple machetes I got from Perret's 20+ years ago.
Those machetes have cut down lots of weeds and that pot has cooked many gumbos and jambalayas since then.
I've also still got a pair of Army boots I use when riding my motorcycle.
This post was edited on 8/8/26 at 3:33 pm
Posted on 8/8/26 at 3:32 pm to Spankum
Academy started as military surplus store in SA
Posted on 8/8/26 at 3:38 pm to TechBullDawg
There was one in Austin way before SA, like in the 50s. It was right under 35 just north of downtown. We would drive up to just shop there before there was one in SA.
Posted on 8/8/26 at 3:59 pm to Spankum
There’s one near the former site of Scuttlebutt (RIP in peace) on the Service Road in Slidell. I went in there once about 15 years ago and it was mostly cop tactical gear then.
Posted on 8/8/26 at 4:04 pm to Spankum
For the Lar-porators it's all online. 20yr old stuff is that crap camo pattern from mid 2000's I think. I have bought some rucks and dump pouches. They are handy at an outdoor range you can run around at.
Posted on 8/8/26 at 4:08 pm to Spankum
I had 5 almost brand new uniforms from the 1990s. Summer and winter Army BDUs. Nobody wants that shite, lol. I had them packed away in my attic. I threw all that stuff away a few months ago. Those old camouflage uniforms look like shite compared to what’s available now.
Posted on 8/8/26 at 4:31 pm to Spankum
There used to be one in downtown Covington before it became all high end restaurants and bars down there.
As a kid, my buddy had a surplus M1 Carbine. We would go in there on a Saturday with five or six dollars and buy a bunch of .30 cal ammo (WWII and Korea surplus) and then go shoot turtles and snakes at his farm pond all afternoon. No idea when that place closed, I was off to LSU by that point.
As a kid, my buddy had a surplus M1 Carbine. We would go in there on a Saturday with five or six dollars and buy a bunch of .30 cal ammo (WWII and Korea surplus) and then go shoot turtles and snakes at his farm pond all afternoon. No idea when that place closed, I was off to LSU by that point.
Posted on 8/8/26 at 4:34 pm to jbgleason
quote:why shoot harnless turrles?
We would go in there on a Saturday with five or six dollars and buy a bunch of .30 cal ammo (WWII and Korea surplus) and then go shoot turtles and snakes at his farm pond all afternoon
I like turtles
Posted on 8/8/26 at 4:43 pm to IAmNERD
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They have all moved online.
This.
I use GovPlanet.com they auction military stuff. I have some old military 125kw generators on my farm
You can get some great deals on there since it’s no reserve
Posted on 8/8/26 at 4:46 pm to deltaland
Best one I've been to was in Lampasas, down the road from Ft Hood
This post was edited on 8/8/26 at 4:50 pm
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