Sometimes finding that obscure tome is only part of the experience.
Posted on 10/04/2007 1:52:15 PM PDT by Lorianne
Interesting, for another example; people have all but forgotten the extensive roadside motel and restaurant chains that catered to black customers in the South in the Bad Old Days of segregation.
My record label is doing well! I do all of my sales online.
If someone said “vinyl is dead, nobody buys records” I wouldn’t even be able to take them seriously!
http://electrophonicrecords.com
“By the Blood of Saint Menses” I think I’ll rat about in the cupboard right now for one.
As long as they sell cheap malt liquor and tequila rose, neighborhood liquor stores will never go out. The ones in my neighborhood are thriving. Low income neighborhoods will always have liquor stores and public swimming pools
Liquor stores are being replaced by 24 hour gas stations that sell booze and drive through beverage shops. I realize there are still plenty of them around in certain areas, but their days are numbered.
I didn’t know that tequila rose sold well in low income areas. That stuff isn’t cheap.
A ice code fo-D a cote fo-D5...that what I’m talkin bout. :)
Liquor stores are still around. They’re getting a little punched up by grocery stores that are improving their selection, but in the end it’s always the liquor store that’s the best place to go for booze experimentation. Find a friend whose really into microbrew beer or premium hard liquor, guarantee they know of half a dozen in your city (unless of course you’re in a small town, then you maybe have 1 or 2). Sure they aren’t the old style neighborhood liquor store, but that’s a good thing, those places with their floors that hadn’t been mopped in 10 years and windows that had been completely covered for 20 helped perpetuate the “den of iniquity” image of drinking. The new style “good place to buy good stuff” liquor store is here to stay, the new and improved American palate means that while any particular premium booze might cycle out of fashion there’s always going to be one that’s bringing in the money.
Liquor stores will stay in business as long as state laws bar the competition. They certainly aren’t going away in Texas where gas stations, grocery stores et al aren’t legally allowed to sell liquor, and limited solely to the sale of beer and wine in those municipalities that have legalized it.
I find my shopping is narrowing down to about 6 stores.
-A big electronics retailer
-my favorite clothing shop.. clothes that are tough enough to not breakdown when I wear them:).
-Walmart
-Hardware, car parts, home depot type store
-Grocery store
-Drug store
For example electronics. I’ve tried buying at rinky-dink little stores, but its always a hassle if like something breaks. On the other hand the ‘big box’, just hand you a replacement part no questions, and very importantly no waiting.
Walmart: No one wants to drive to 20 stores all over town, when they can drive to one store and get what they want. Its not even about price for me. And time is a big issue in our time pressed society.. plus rising fuel costs quickly eat away at any price advantage gained from driving around.
SKI RESORTS (Global Warming)
Kodak has finally come around to digital photography, since they invented it and then shelved it for a while. Some of their recent cameras are great (one new one just announced serves up 12 megapixels, (that's a lot for a $250 buck camera). For some inexplicable reason, their cameras do not get good ratings in the digital camera mags, but mine produces excellent images under many lighting conditions.
Another new Kodak product line that looks very promising is their new all-in-one color printer (three models). I bought one and it is super. The color quality of photos from the printer are superior to any previous prints made on competitive printers. The best thing is their inks are less than half what I pay for HP printer inks.
It's too soon to write Kodak off. It's a personal thing since I worked for that great company for 36 years.
Here is another one for the list.. Local computer shops.
Who would buy from some small-time store when you can get the same for less at a big box electronics store. And a much better warranty, and no questions asked replacement if something goes wrong.
This wicked computer I have now, I walked in to the store. Within 15 minutes I was carrying my new computer out to the car. Compare that to a small shop that orders it for you, and it arrives in two weeks.
A travel agent is no longer needed to book your plane ticket or for you to call the airline. Once again, the internet swallowed them up.
I read Kodak moved its digital camera R&D to the land of the rising sun. Where basically all the expertise and all the other players are centered in that industry.
Thats interesting about the printer, I didn’t even know they had a printer lineup!
I think its a tough business in digital cameras because there are so many players. It will be interesting to see if we see some consolidation in the coming years. For a company with a great brand name like Kodak I wonder if it would be an attractive merger opportunity.
The printers are available at Best Buy as well as online at Kodak. I am very pleased with the quality and low ink prices after years of frustration with other printers. I can’t imagine Kodak merging and perhaps losing an amazing 127-year brand ID, but it could happen. Kodak now has some pretty questionable management practices, such as their pro-homo stance, among others.
What will muslims use to save money for their kids bomber belts?
That’s a good idea, I think. That law should be nationwide and probably even apply to adult magazines and such.
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