New Bass Pro Shop opens today

[HoosierDon]

It seems to me that some people forget when Johnny Morris and Sam Walton and others were smaller than Plapps is now. Maybe in fifty years Plapps will be the big dog on the block. Don't you guys remember what "Free Enterprise" is all about?? My business never grew to run with the big boys but you can bet your backside that that was my goal. Some of us achieve the "American Dream" and others just stand around and nip at their heals. For one I love BPS and always have. I have never found anything but very helpful clerks. The guys at the reel counters especially are helpful. My grandmother had a saying, 'If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all'. And if a grown man can't get around a pushy guy trying to sell a weekend get-a-way then so sad. Its called just walking away. Ooops, I've violated Grandma's saying........nuff said.

[mattplapp]

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Nov-27-05 AT 00:08AM (EST)[/font][p]If you read a little farther, you'll see I said exactly what you said as far as the "American Dream" idea. I don't disagree with you at all on that part of the equation. It's a great country where a mom and pop can grow into a gigantic company.

But that doesn't make everything the big guys do right. Trust me, it's been hard to pass on my thoughts, ideas and theries to our employees as we've grown from 3 to 30 in the last 3 1/2 years, imagine how out of wack that would get in 50 years and 30,000 people.

Matt