On Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:25:22 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

-->On Sun 11 Oct 2009 07:18:08a, blake murphy told us...
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-->> On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:36:54 -0400, Dave Smith wrote:
-->>
-->>> Dan Abel wrote:
-->>>
-->>>>
-->>>> Seems like your typical US business practice. Buy out your
-->>>> competition, milk the product for what it's worth, and then close it
-->>>> down. Now you've got the whole market, but just need to print one
-->>>> magazine, and have one set of staff. You can choose the best staff
-->>>> from each, and ditch the rest. What's not to like about this, if you
-->>>> are just looking for money?
-->>>
-->>> That's pretty much the way things work. The ironic thing about it is
-->>> that the businessmen who do that preach about free enterprise and the
-->>> need for competition to make operations things efficient and keep
-->>> prices down. Then they buy up the competition to keep their prices
-->>> high.
-->>
-->> y'all didn't tell me that *modern bride* also bit the dust in this
-->> bloodletting. that's a real blow.
-->>
-->> your pal,
-->> blake
-->>
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-->OMG, Blake, however will you plan your wedding? :-))


I hear he turns heads in his strapless which is decorated with the finest
Swarowsky crystals, and made from the finest organza fabric.

Just saying, I heard it somewhere ;o)