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My Trip To Barnes & Nobles
me | Ditter

Posted on 05/19/2004 7:50:14 PM PDT by Ditter

Tonight at Barnes & Nobels I got angry! I went to buy Dick Morris's new book Rewriting History. When I entered the store the table facing the front door was covered with all the new anti-Bush books, too many to mention. I looked all the way around the table expecting to find Morris on the back side. His book wasn't there.

I went to the nearest cash register & asked the lady where I might find Rewriting History (I am starting to smolder). She checked the computer and then informed me it was all the way across the store on the back wall.

I asked her why it was that the anti-Bush books slapped me in the face when I came in, but I had to ask for help to find Morris's book. She frowned and then said "I wish I knew, I just do what I am told". I told her I would like to ask the manager that question and she said "I wish you would, let me call him". She was grinning from ear to ear.

In a few minutes the manager showed up and after I asked him my question he blushed and stammered for a minute. Then he apologized several times and said he would make sure, from now on, that the front table would be "fair and balanced".

Then he added that the pro Bush books sold better anyway and they should be up front, like he didn't even know that they weren't.


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To: Ditter

Actually, I was thinking more along the lines of Reno/Carson City. Just not Vegas.


161 posted on 08/27/2004 7:27:24 PM PDT by writer33 (Try this link: http://www.whiskeycreekpress.com/books/electivedecisions.shtml)
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To: Maigrey

lol. I was in Costco and I strategically placed a novel with the title, "Divine Evil", on top of a pile of Clinton's books.


162 posted on 08/27/2004 7:32:13 PM PDT by carmody
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To: writer33

I have been to Reno once. Once was enough. Sleazy. Like old Las Vegas. Whats wrong with northern AZ or NM?


163 posted on 08/27/2004 7:32:46 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: Maigrey
Me too. I go into our local Krogers, and reverse the xlinton books.

Meanwhile, screw Barnes and Noble, and Amazon, and buy your books through the Conservative Book Club or search engine.

164 posted on 08/27/2004 7:32:58 PM PDT by oldtimer
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To: Ditter

I lived in New Mexico. Farmington for a year. Yeah, I agree with you on Reno, but Carson City is completely different. I spent a week down there.

There's a long story behind the choosing of that place. Mostly, because my mother-n-law wants to go there, and I'm sick of the Socialist Republic of Washington. Nevada is inherently more conservative. So is Arizona, though.


165 posted on 08/27/2004 7:43:00 PM PDT by writer33 (Try this link: http://www.whiskeycreekpress.com/books/electivedecisions.shtml)
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To: writer33

Best of luck with your choice of a new home.


166 posted on 08/27/2004 7:45:14 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: Maigrey

I really like taking the omnipresent "My Life" by Bill and moving it from nonfiction to fiction.


167 posted on 08/27/2004 7:45:35 PM PDT by Mercat
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To: Ditter

Thank you. Even if it comes from a Houstonian. Talk about zoos. :) Hehe!


168 posted on 08/27/2004 7:46:39 PM PDT by writer33 (Try this link: http://www.whiskeycreekpress.com/books/electivedecisions.shtml)
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To: Ditter

That is exellent!


169 posted on 08/27/2004 7:47:14 PM PDT by The Mayor (God gives grace for this life and glory in the life to come.)
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To: writer33

I'll ignore that.


170 posted on 08/27/2004 7:53:15 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: BunnySlippers

Loved your tagline.
Do you know anyone who could photoshop
Kerry and Te-reZ-ah's faces onto Boris and Natasha's
bodies?


171 posted on 08/27/2004 7:59:51 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: writer33
One other question: Is there a Xenaheavy?

My -lyte is the kind of -lyte that's in "acolyte." I'm definitely larger heavier than Ms. Lawless!
172 posted on 08/27/2004 8:02:10 PM PDT by Xenalyte (Gimme a dollar.)
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To: Ditter; Xenalyte

It should say, "Welcome to Zouston." :) Hehehe! Just kidding!


173 posted on 08/27/2004 8:02:26 PM PDT by writer33 (Try this link: http://www.whiskeycreekpress.com/books/electivedecisions.shtml)
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To: Ditter
Then he added that the pro Bush books sold better anyway and they should be up front

If pro-Bush books sell better, why in the world are they hiding them from the customers?

174 posted on 08/27/2004 8:03:19 PM PDT by wai-ming
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To: Xenalyte

I figured you were like a diet Xena. But I thought I'd throw you a humorous question.


175 posted on 08/27/2004 8:08:21 PM PDT by writer33 (Try this link: http://www.whiskeycreekpress.com/books/electivedecisions.shtml)
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To: McGavin999

Anything can come from Amazon. I know a woman who is from some town 20 miles out of Reno who works at a distribution facility the size of 15 soccer fields.
Amazon has it together.


176 posted on 08/27/2004 8:26:49 PM PDT by Iberian
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