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

> On Sun 11 Oct 2009 07:18:08a, blake murphy told us...
>
>> 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
>>
>
> OMG, Blake, however will you plan your wedding? :-))

there will be a cash bar (with a suitable kickback) at the service, but i
haven't gotten any further than that.

your pal,
blake