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1. Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 26-Nov-2022 10:10:38 UTC Bernie

   It's surprising that these tiny grocery stores still exist in my mom's neighborhood.
   #italy #florence

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 26-Nov-2022 10:14:47 UTC Bernie

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     She prefers shopping here than walking a couple more blocks to the supermarket.

     The shopkeepers remember what she usually buys.
     #italy #firenze

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 26-Nov-2022 10:18:30 UTC Bernie

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     • MarvinFreeman

     @MarvinFreeman These stores don't seem to have a lot of business, I wonder what's their monthly income and costs...

   • MarvinFreeman (marvinfreeman@mastodon.online)'s status on Saturday, 26-Nov-2022 10:18:32 UTC MarvinFreeman

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     @codewiz I thought the same thing when I saw all the groceries and bodegas in Brooklyn. Made me wonder whether most people in the world would, like me and you, find the large number of stores surprising or whether it's their normal l

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 26-Nov-2022 10:36:56 UTC Bernie

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     Atony hardware store and "mesticheria"... which doesn't have a direct equivalent in English.

   • Peter Bjørn ☯️🌗 (neglesaks@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 26-Nov-2022 10:45:18 UTC Peter Bjørn ☯️🌗

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     @codewiz Pane fresca, grazie!

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 26-Nov-2022 10:46:52 UTC Bernie

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     Turns out "mesticheria" is a Tuscan word for small shops selling detergents, home maintenance tools, etc.

     The term derives from the Latin "mixtus", therefore it's a "miscellaneous store".
     https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/mesticheria
     #italy #firenze

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 26-Nov-2022 10:47:28 UTC Bernie

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     • Patrick Georgi
     • MarvinFreeman

     @patrick @MarvinFreeman Indeed.

   • Patrick Georgi (patrick@georgi.family)'s status on Saturday, 26-Nov-2022 10:47:31 UTC Patrick Georgi

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     • MarvinFreeman
     @codewiz @MarvinFreeman They probably own the place (and probably for generations), at least that's how the tiny shops in my area can survive.
   • Peter Bjørn ☯️🌗 (neglesaks@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 26-Nov-2022 10:48:46 UTC Peter Bjørn ☯️🌗

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     @codewiz Miscateria! I love it!

   • tumper (tkenben@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 26-Nov-2022 11:28:21 UTC tumper

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     @codewiz Is that kind of like a drugstore, like Walgreens?