On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 14:56:49 -0800, "Max Hauser"
> wrote:

> It was known (on and off the Usenet, rightly or wrongly) as a
> southern-California chain. (I may be beating a dead horse here ...)

LOL! Yes, you are beating a dead horse, because in my part
of the world there WAS a TJs and I didn't have a clue it
wasn't the only one in existance. Didn't care either. Very
simply, I liked it a lot and wished I didn't have to cross
the Golden Gate Bridge and drive for 20 minutes more to get
to the store.

sf