"blake murphy" > wrote in message
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> 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.
>

I can attest to this. Wowsa.