Daz Madrigal
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Post by Daz Madrigal on Nov 14, 2006 11:57:35 GMT
Everyone who doesn't post within the week will be given an automatic ban.
Your Host, Daz
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Post by E.D. Wivens on Nov 14, 2006 13:24:30 GMT
I wondered what you had to do to get banned around here.
It’s much easier in some places.
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mimi
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Post by mimi on Nov 14, 2006 15:57:14 GMT
Oh, you're a hard man, Daz.
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Post by Pink Betty on Nov 14, 2006 20:17:52 GMT
be careful what you wish for Daz....  |
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Daz Madrigal
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Post by Daz Madrigal on Nov 14, 2006 22:41:26 GMT
Letters!
I remember those!..nowadays I just get bills and dental appointments. Someone ventured the opinion that it won't be long before everyones buying stuff off the internet and shopping will slowly become redundant apart from a few specialist items. Not a good move really.
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Post by Pink Betty on Nov 15, 2006 8:40:19 GMT
I think there will always be a place for shops because browsing is less efficient on the internet - you can't touch and smell (yet).
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Post by gus2 on Nov 15, 2006 9:22:55 GMT
I think there will always be a place for shops because browsing is less efficient on the internet - you can't touch and smell (yet). Lets hope you are right. At St Pancras station there seemed to be dozens of people handing out newspapers for free that I had never heard of and they all carried a story about supermarket shopping on the internet and what a fiasco it is. Maybe you have all read about it, I only landed back here yesterday evening. gus |
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sandywinder
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Post by sandywinder on Nov 15, 2006 10:20:30 GMT
If its such a fiasco why are the numbers of people doing it growing so quickly? And I have not heard of this fiasco taking place.
No doubt the people giving away these newspapers (probably because they aren't worth buying) have some kind of political motive. Nah, couldn't be, could it?
Perhaps a link would be helpful if anybody could provide it.
I must say it hasn't taken the old cove long to start off where he finished.
By the way, Gus I think you can get your oats on the internet nowadays.
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Post by gus2 on Nov 15, 2006 10:32:44 GMT
If its such a fiasco why are the numbers of people doing it growing so quickly? And I have not heard of this fiasco taking place. No doubt the people giving away these newspapers (probably because they aren't worth buying) have some kind of political motive. Nah, couldn't be, could it? Perhaps a link would be helpful if anybody could provide it. I must say it hasn't taken the old cove long to start off where he finished. By the way, Gus I think you can get your oats on the internet nowadays. No really, I have no axe to grind, one was called if I recall The London Paper another which i believe is already established was the Metro and also another that i have forgotten the name of. It was a report into supermarket internet shopping and none of the big boys Tesco et al came up to scratch.They failed in the delivery times, failed in the fact that items that could be purchased in store where not available online etc etc. I have no particular love of supermarkets, but in this case i really have no axe to grind. Oats on the internet, whatever can you mean  gus |
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Post by mathilde on Nov 15, 2006 12:11:32 GMT
Welcome home Gussie.  Sandy's been fretting for you, but he's too shy to say so himself.  |
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Daz Madrigal
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Post by Daz Madrigal on Nov 15, 2006 12:17:10 GMT
I think there will always be a place for shops because browsing is less efficient on the internet - you can't touch and smell (yet). Well according to Todays Times you could well be right (in France at least, I can't see it happening in this hole  )..... Although Mr Chirac has performed many about-turns during a tortuous career, he has been steadfast in his determination to halt the decline of village stores and urban corner shops, announcing tax cuts yesterday for “micro-businesses”. His campaign may at last be paying off, thanks largely to the immigrant families who are now the guardians of this particular aspect of Frenchness.
After falling from 125,000 to 28,500 between 1970 and 2000, the number of grocers in France has stabilised and appears to be rising again as Moroccan, Algerian and Tunisian families invest in what Mr Fatih describes as a “business with a future”.
Mr Fatih hopes that his store in Courbevoie, south of Paris — called Épicerie Faty because he says the name sounds more French and “not like an Arab corner shop” with a ‘y’ — will be the first of many. “I have three children and I want to buy shops for them when they are older,” he said. “Who knows where it could lead? After all, McDonald’s started this way.”
In an illustration of Mr Fatih’s optimism, the first trade fair for French grocers opened this week at the Paris Exhibition Centre. Called Épiciers Expo and organised by Metro France, the country’s leading wholesaler, it featured four model stores.
There was the rural shop, with chocolates and crisps by the entrance and washing powder and wine inside; the urban shop, with mustard, biscuits and beer; the late-night store, where the shelves are narrow and high to reduce the risk of theft; and the up-market grocer, which stocks champagne and bottled sorrel.
Despite the computerised cash-tills, which were also on display, the models were designed to convey the old-fashioned image highlighted by l’épicerie in the film Amélie.
Like Mr Chirac, customers are attached to traditional stores, according to Pascal Gayrard, the managing director of Metro France. These are viewed as a mark of the bustling inner cities and living rural communities that set France apart from Anglo- Saxon culture. But a glance at the visitors to the exhibition showed how such shops depend upon North African immigrants for their survival |
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Daz Madrigal
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Post by Daz Madrigal on Nov 15, 2006 12:21:09 GMT
If its such a fiasco why are the numbers of people doing it growing so quickly? And I have not heard of this fiasco taking place. No doubt the people giving away these newspapers (probably because they aren't worth buying) have some kind of political motive. Nah, couldn't be, could it? Perhaps a link would be helpful if anybody could provide it. I must say it hasn't taken the old cove long to start off where he finished. By the way, Gus I think you can get your oats on the internet nowadays. No really, I have no axe to grind, one was called if I recall The London Paper another which i believe is already established was the Metro and also another that i have forgotten the name of. It was a report into supermarket internet shopping and none of the big boys Tesco et al came up to scratch.They failed in the delivery times, failed in the fact that items that could be purchased in store where not available online etc etc. I have no particular love of supermarkets, but in this case i really have no axe to grind. Oats on the internet, whatever can you mean gus Its okay now - thanks to the EU we'll be able to buy goods at half-price. I can't wait  ...I'm not sure how its done, presumably they'll be bought en masse and sold from here. Theres bound to be a downside somewhere. |
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Post by gus2 on Nov 15, 2006 18:14:59 GMT
Welcome home Gussie. Sandy's been fretting for you, but he's too shy to say so himself. 'Tis true i know, the poor chap has been led astray by right wing elements and I gently bring him back to the One True Path. He is grateful i am sure. gus |
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sandywinder
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Post by sandywinder on Nov 16, 2006 9:29:45 GMT
Who knows where it could lead? After all, McDonald’s started this way. I thought they started with having a farm. |
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Post by gus2 on Nov 16, 2006 10:47:52 GMT
Who knows where it could lead? After all, McDonald’s started this way. I thought they started with having a farm. ;D Was that not Old Macdonald, i think this is his son. gus |
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