On Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:48:01 -0500, SCP wrote:

> 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? :-))
>
> 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)

i'm said to be quite fetching in my camisole.

your pal,
blake