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From: ChelseaTractorMan on 21 May 2010 02:35 On Fri, 21 May 2010 00:26:06 +0100, JNugent <JN(a)noparticularplacetogo.com> wrote: >How close is "close by"? places where transport infrastructure is in place and adjacent, preferably in, centres of population. Not 20 miles down a motorway. -- Mike. .. . Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine.
From: ChelseaTractorMan on 21 May 2010 02:39 On Thu, 20 May 2010 18:05:22 +0100, JNugent <JN(a)noparticularplacetogo.com> wrote: >Bluewater, rather like its older "twin", Lakeside, doesn't actually sell >groceries. wrong, I go to the John Lewis food Hall there (Waitrose in all but name) >For that reason both Lakeside and Bluewater are analagous to an old-fashioned >city centre (catering for what geographers call "high-order shopping"), >rather than to inner-suburban high streets ("low-order shopping" - especially >groceries etc). wrong, they are not in centres of population like a city centre, they are not at the hub of the PT network, you have to drive there. I've tried Bluewater PT, it stops before the cimema complex closes. -- Mike. .. . Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine.
From: Brimstone on 21 May 2010 03:18 "JNugent" <JN(a)noparticularplacetogo.com> wrote in message news:zvOdnbAnROkSWWjWnZ2dnUVZ8mGdnZ2d(a)pipex.net... > Dave Plowman wrote: > >> JNugent <JN(a)noparticularplacetogo.com> wrote: > > [in response to:] >>>> I have a decent size Waitrose and Sainsbury within walking distance - >>>> both on the high street. There's no real reason they have to be 'out >>>> of town'. > >>> Yes, there is. >>> They are more convenient, in more ways, to more people, on the edge of >>> town than they are in the centre or in the inner suburbs. > >> I'm sure it is if you love driving miles for groceries. > >>> That's why they do it. > >> 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? What is convenient about having to drive miles to buy a few groceries?
From: Squashme on 21 May 2010 03:19 On 21 May, 07:52, Adrian <toomany2...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > "GT" <a...(a)b.c> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: > > >> I have a decent size Waitrose and Sainsbury within walking distance - > >> both on the high street. There's no real reason they have to be 'out of > >> town'. > > Not everyone has such a time-free life as you, popping over to > > supermarket every couple of days for 1 'carry's worth of food? I > > certainly don't. I like to go once a week or once a fortnight and stock > > up on the heavy things, then carry it home in the boot of my car. > > Isn't that what internet ordering/home delivery's for? But is that really manly?
From: Brimstone on 21 May 2010 03:26
"Squashme" <squashme(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:63ee0d51-007d-4391-a15c-9ae3942e880b(a)o15g2000vbb.googlegroups.com... > On 21 May, 07:52, Adrian <toomany2...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> "GT" <a...(a)b.c> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >> >> >> I have a decent size Waitrose and Sainsbury within walking distance - >> >> both on the high street. There's no real reason they have to be 'out >> >> of >> >> town'. >> > Not everyone has such a time-free life as you, popping over to >> > supermarket every couple of days for 1 'carry's worth of food? I >> > certainly don't. I like to go once a week or once a fortnight and stock >> > up on the heavy things, then carry it home in the boot of my car. >> >> Isn't that what internet ordering/home delivery's for? > > But is that really manly? Is going shopping for groceries manly in any way? Isn't it one of the reasons that so many men keep a little woman? |