On Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:37:33 -0400, "cybercat" >
wrote:

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>"blake murphy" > wrote in message
. ..
>> 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.
>
I didn't know you could actually *see* with a whale mask on. Huh.

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