On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 16:37:18 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
> wrote:

>"blake murphy" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:42:33 -0400, Dave Smith
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>blake murphy wrote:
>>>>
>>>> >What can I say, other than to repeat that I have three of them within 3
>>>> >miles of me, and I live in a small town. If I go into the city there
>>>> >are
>>>> >several more. Come to think of it, those three butcher shops are closer
>>>> >than the nearest grocery store. For some reason, most people just
>>>> >don't
>>>> >bother going to the local butcher and just get their meat from the
>>>> >grocery
>>>> >store. Bear in mind that I was responding to Ward's claim that most
>>>> >people
>>>> >have to travel 300 miles to find a butcher shop. That is just plain
>>>> >ludicrous.
>>>>
>>>> people live in different places, dave. they're not all the same as
>>>> the place you live.
>>>
>>>
>>>I guess I have to say it again. I live in a small town and have three
>>>butcher shops within 3 miles, and lots more in the nearby cities and
>>>towns.
>>>So I have a little trouble with the claim that "most people" have to go
>>>300
>>>miles or more to find one.
>>
>> i guess i have to say it again. people live in different places,
>> dave. they're not all the same as the place you live.
>>
>> did ward really say 'most people' have to drive 300 miles?
>>
>> your pal,
>> blake
>
>His exact words:
>
>"The closest "dedicated butcher" is probably 300 miles from where I
>live. Most people also are in that predicament.
>
>It probably would be easier to find a millinery shop."
>
well, o.k. then.

but that has nothing to do with both parties saying, essentially, 'but
these are the conditions where i live. therefore you must be wrong.'
this is not the only thread in which this has occurred, and dave is
not the only poster that does this. it's silly.

your pal,
blake