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From: Squashme on 21 May 2010 17:06 On 21 May, 19:55, JNugent <J...(a)noparticularplacetogo.com> wrote: > Squashme wrote: > > JNugent <J...(a)noparticularplacetogo.com> wrote: > >> Dave Plowman wrote: > >>> JNugent <J...(a)noparticularplacetogo.com> wrote: > >>>>> They do it because the sites are cheaper and people are stupid. > >>>> People are stupid to appreciate convenience, speed, choice, low > >>>> (compared to corner shops) prices, easy free parking and a general > >>>> atmosphere of welcome, are they? > >>> It's you who seem to be comparing to a 'corner shop', not me. > >> The corner shop reference was to the competition on prices which has only > >> come about since the advent of the (real) supermarket. Corner shops always > >> charged (and still do if they can get away with it), full RRP. > > And why do you think that might be? > > Does it matter? You seem to find it worth stating, and seem to be suggesting either greed or incompetence. I wondered which you thought that it was.
From: Dave Plowman on 21 May 2010 10:52 In article <ht65v8$1vj$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, mileburner <mileburner(a)btinternet.com> wrote: > It usually manifests itself in the notion "I have to drive to work, as > it's the only way I can get there" or "I live in the country and I > cannot get around by any other means". What these people seem to > overlook is that they could work somewhere else, or live somewhere > else. Plenty who have access to good PT still drive everywhere. Even although it takes longer and is less convenient. They like the security of their little padded cell as opposed to mixing with fellow members of the human race. But there's nothing new in that. -- *When she saw her first strands of grey hair, she thought she'd dye* Dave Plowman dave(a)davesound.co.uk London SW 12
From: The Medway Handyman on 21 May 2010 18:20 Squashme wrote: > On 21 May, 09:26, ChelseaTractorMan <mr.c.trac...(a)hotmail.co.uk> > wrote: >> On Thu, 20 May 2010 11:43:36 -0700 (PDT), Squashme >> >> <squas...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> What would that be, for corner shops, and why can't corner shops do >>> it now? They have been around for a long time, after all. >> >> you cannot carry the variety if you only have a few hundred >> customers, corner shops are now places you nip out for the stuff you >> forgot, a paper or a bottle of wine and a lottery ticket. >> -- > > How many meals can you eat? How much "variety" do you need? It's not > necessarily an improved diet. You clearly don't understand the difference between a 'need' and a 'want'. -- Dave - intelligent enough to realise that a push bike is a kid's toy, not a viable form of transport.
From: The Medway Handyman on 21 May 2010 18:22 Squashme wrote: > On 21 May, 16:00, JNugent <J...(a)noparticularplacetogo.com> wrote: >> Squashme wrote: >>> ChelseaTractorMan <mr.c.trac...(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: >>>> Squashme <squas...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> What would that be, for corner shops, and why can't corner shops >>>>> do it now? They have been around for a long time, after all. >>>> you cannot carry the variety if you only have a few hundred >>>> customers, corner shops are now places you nip out for the stuff >>>> you forgot, a paper or a bottle of wine and a lottery ticket. >>> How many meals can you eat? How much "variety" do you need? It's not >>> necessarily an improved diet. >> >> And you know best as to what other should and should not be eating, >> eh? > > I probably know better than much of the population, and I'd guess that > you do too, unless you believe that people have a human right to > choose to be obese. A variety in diet doesn't necessarily make you obese. -- Dave - intelligent enough to realise that a push bike is a kid's toy, not a viable form of transport.
From: The Medway Handyman on 21 May 2010 18:24
Squashme wrote: > On 20 May, 20:00, "Brimstone" <brimst...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> "The Medway Handyman" <davidl...(a)no-spam-blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in >> messagenews:gifJn.13599$3a4.2626(a)newsfe30.ams2... >> >>> I'm more efficient at giving the customer what they want. Corner >>> shops aren't. >> >> If someone can walk to their corner shop to buy a few items and >> carry them >> home why would they drive to a supermarket? > > "A man who, beyond the age of 26, finds himself in a corner shop can > count himself as a failure." (To mangle a quote attributed to > Thatcher). "A man who, beyond the age of 26, finds himself riding a push bike can count himself as a failure." (To mangle a quote attributed to Squashme). -- Dave - intelligent enough to realise that a push bike is a kid's toy, not a viable form of transport. |