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From: JNugent on 21 May 2010 19:39 Squashme wrote: > 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. I don't think it's either of those. Not that it matters what it is.
From: Doug on 22 May 2010 01:15 On 20 May, 07:00, Guy Cuthbertson <gu...(a)nothing.invalid> wrote: > Mr Hammond, who drives a Jaguar, Which says it all. Here we have a motorist MP in a motorist dominated parliament in a motorist dominated country turning a blind eye to all the harm and nuisance caused by motorists and letting them off lightly, as do the cops and the courts. -- UK Radical Campaigns. http://www.zing.icom43.net A driving licence is a licence to kill.
From: Derek C on 22 May 2010 03:40 On 22 May, 06:15, Doug <jag...(a)riseup.net> wrote: > On 20 May, 07:00, Guy Cuthbertson <gu...(a)nothing.invalid> wrote: > > > Mr Hammond, who drives a Jaguar, > > Which says it all. > > Here we have a motorist MP in a motorist dominated parliament in a > motorist dominated country turning a blind eye to all the harm and > nuisance caused by motorists and letting them off lightly, as do the > cops and the courts. > Not half as lightly as dangerous, red light jumping, footpath riding cyclists, who stand a very good chance of getting away with these offences altogether, due to their lack of registration plates. Derek C
From: Squashme on 22 May 2010 04:25 On 22 May, 00:35, "The Medway Handyman" <davidl...(a)no-spam- blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > Squashme wrote: > > On 21 May, 23:24, "The Medway Handyman" <davidl...(a)no-spam- > > blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > >> 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. > > > Norman Tebbit: "I grew up in the '30s with an unemployed father. He > > didn't riot. He got on his bike and looked for work, and he kept > > looking 'til he found it." > > Indeed - in 1930. Its now 2010. > > > > > Dave - stupid enough to think that a push bike is a kid's toy and to > > go on and on and on and on on and on and on and on and on and on and > > on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and > > on and on repeating it, because it got a laugh once. > > Nice to know that my sig is striking home. I'll use it again, it's just so > true. > Please don't ever change.
From: JNugent on 22 May 2010 05:14
Doug wrote: > Guy Cuthbertson <gu...(a)nothing.invalid> wrote: >> Mr Hammond, who drives a Jaguar, > Here we have a motorist MP in a motorist dominated parliament in a > motorist dominated country turning a blind eye to all the harm and > nuisance caused by motorists and letting them off lightly, as do the > cops and the courts. Not fond of democracy, then? |