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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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Now I ask you - why does the town of Putnam need one big corporate
supported coffee, muffin/pastry/donut shop per 766 people?

Seriously.


Over staffed police department?

Eisboch

Corporate America gone amok...
 

Eisboch wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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Now I ask you - why does the town of Putnam need one big corporate
supported coffee, muffin/pastry/donut shop per 766 people?

Seriously.


Over staffed police department?

Eisboch

My god you yankees eat a lot of donuts. Here in Tallahassee (roughly
200,000 people), we have only a single Krispy Kreme and the two Dunkin
Donuts places closed. I preferred Dunkin and will not eat Krispy kreme.

Corporate America gone amok...
 

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Eisboch wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...


Now I ask you - why does the town of Putnam need one big corporate
supported coffee, muffin/pastry/donut shop per 766 people?

Seriously.


Over staffed police department?

Eisboch

My god you yankees eat a lot of donuts. Here in Tallahassee (roughly
200,000 people), we have only a single Krispy Kreme and the two Dunkin
Donuts places closed. I preferred Dunkin and will not eat Krispy kreme.


http://tinyurl.com/v2a3z

Corporate America gone amok...
 

Frogwatch wrote:
My god you yankees eat a lot of donuts. Here in Tallahassee (roughly
200,000 people), we have only a single Krispy Kreme and the two Dunkin
Donuts places closed. I preferred Dunkin and will not eat Krispy kreme.


What, you don't like deep fried sugar?

I happen to like Krispy Kreme and also Dunkin Donuts, as
long as the people working there aren't cretins. For a long
time it seemed I had some kind of jinx that every doughnut
store I went in was staffed by the 'differently abled.'

And I was kicking myself for missing out on the Krispy
Kreme's stock IPO. It's since tanked, of course.

DSK

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"DSK" wrote in message news:vAc0h.27208

And I was kicking myself for missing out on the Krispy Kreme's stock IPO.
It's since tanked, of course.

Of course. It was destined. They were selling empty air. ANYONE can make
donuts that are yummy when they are fresh and warm. KK's had the additional
distinction of being sickening once they cooled down! Plus, they enhanced
their business model by selling what was probably the world's worst coffee.

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Eisboch wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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Now I ask you - why does the town of Putnam need one big corporate
supported coffee, muffin/pastry/donut shop per 766 people?

Seriously.


Over staffed police department?

Eisboch

My god you yankees eat a lot of donuts. Here in Tallahassee (roughly
200,000 people), we have only a single Krispy Kreme and the two Dunkin
Donuts places closed. I preferred Dunkin and will not eat Krispy kreme.


http://tinyurl.com/v2a3z

I prefer Dunkin doughnut but I quit going there because their doughnuts
tasted like an ashtray. They have a coffe shop (people smoke) where they
store their doughnuts (uncovered). They have since gone out of business,
too late for the state law banning smoking in places that serve food to have
an effect on my eating habits.

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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 09:35:08 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

On 10/27/2006 9:23 AM, Jeff Rigby wrote:
" JimH" not telling you @ pffftt.com wrote in message
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"Frogwatch" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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Now I ask you - why does the town of Putnam need one big corporate
supported coffee, muffin/pastry/donut shop per 766 people?

Seriously.

Over staffed police department?

Eisboch
My god you yankees eat a lot of donuts. Here in Tallahassee (roughly
200,000 people), we have only a single Krispy Kreme and the two Dunkin
Donuts places closed. I preferred Dunkin and will not eat Krispy
kreme.

http://tinyurl.com/v2a3z

I prefer Dunkin doughnut but I quit going there because their doughnuts
tasted like an ashtray. They have a coffe shop (people smoke) where
they
store their doughnuts (uncovered). They have since gone out of
business,
too late for the state law banning smoking in places that serve food to
have
an effect on my eating habits.


Fortunately in Maryland most restaurants have banned smoking. One diner
we visit up in Annapolis has a smoking section, but it literally is
behind glass doors that seal tightly.

We have a nice Italian restaurant in our area that used to allow smokers
in one section, but the owner listened to complaints, shut down the
smoking section and then re-decorated it to get rid of the stench.

There's nothing worse than trying to enjoy a meal and encountering the
stench created by smokers and their filthy habit.

Talk about tyranny of the minority.

~~ sheesh ~~

Oddly, I feel the same way about loud, obnoxious drunks in
restaurants. I think we ought to ban the sales of alcohol in all
restaurants.

Think of the lives that would save. It would help rid the world of
drinkers and their brain addling, liver killing, drunken driving
addiction.

You need a DA who'll charge people with murder instead of vehicular homicide
or whatever 2nd rate crime they throw at drunks. In the end, the murder
charge won't stick, but it scares the bejeezus out of the drunk, and they'll
end up pleading to something slightly less, and still do LOTS of time. It
worked nicely on a woman near here, who killed two people when she got onto
a dark highway going the wrong way. She's doing 20-something years.

After the trial, jury members said they were fascinated by the DA's premise
because the defendant claimed to watch x amount of TV each week, for a
certain number of years, she was exposed to more than enough public service
ads about DWI. With this in mind, he said he fully intended to kill when she
put the keys in the ignition. One juror was iffy about it, so rather than
risk letting the bitch walk, the plea bargain happened.

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Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 09:35:08 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

On 10/27/2006 9:23 AM, Jeff Rigby wrote:
" JimH" not telling you @ pffftt.com wrote in message
...
"Frogwatch" wrote in message
ps.com...
Eisboch wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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Now I ask you - why does the town of Putnam need one big corporate
supported coffee, muffin/pastry/donut shop per 766 people?

Seriously.

Over staffed police department?

Eisboch
My god you yankees eat a lot of donuts. Here in Tallahassee (roughly
200,000 people), we have only a single Krispy Kreme and the two Dunkin
Donuts places closed. I preferred Dunkin and will not eat Krispy kreme.

http://tinyurl.com/v2a3z

I prefer Dunkin doughnut but I quit going there because their doughnuts
tasted like an ashtray. They have a coffe shop (people smoke) where they
store their doughnuts (uncovered). They have since gone out of business,
too late for the state law banning smoking in places that serve food to have
an effect on my eating habits.


Fortunately in Maryland most restaurants have banned smoking. One diner
we visit up in Annapolis has a smoking section, but it literally is
behind glass doors that seal tightly.

We have a nice Italian restaurant in our area that used to allow smokers
in one section, but the owner listened to complaints, shut down the
smoking section and then re-decorated it to get rid of the stench.

There's nothing worse than trying to enjoy a meal and encountering the
stench created by smokers and their filthy habit.

Talk about tyranny of the minority.

~~ sheesh ~~

Oddly, I feel the same way about loud, obnoxious drunks in
restaurants. I think we ought to ban the sales of alcohol in all
restaurants.

Think of the lives that would save. It would help rid the world of
drinkers and their brain addling, liver killing, drunken driving
addiction.
--

Yet you condone that nasty, vile smoke that causes cancer, tumors,
nasty breath, gum disease, etc? Smoking HAS to be the nastiest habit
there is. I agree with you about drunk people, to an extent. But, not
all people who drink, or even all who are drunk, are obnoxious. All
smokers, however, stink up the whole place with their filthy habit.

Corporate America gone amok...
 

There's nothing worse than trying to enjoy a meal and encountering the
stench created by smokers and their filthy habit.


Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
Talk about tyranny of the minority.

~~ sheesh ~~


Actually, smokers are in the minority nowadays. And I don't
see why you call it "tyranny" that non-smokers don't want to
be given lung cancer & emphysema for the sake of your
nicotine addiction. Not to mention that the employees of
places that allow smoking can be exposed to several packs
worth a day.


Oddly, I feel the same way about loud, obnoxious drunks in
restaurants.

Or loud obnoxious drunks anywhere. IMHO people who get
obnoxiously drunk should be pushed face down in a ditch,
shot, and left there as an example to others.

Probably wouldn't take long to solve this societal problem.


I think we ought to ban the sales of alcohol in all
restaurants.


Just to be safe let's ban everything!

DSK

Corporate America gone amok...
 

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 09:35:08 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

On 10/27/2006 9:23 AM, Jeff Rigby wrote:
" JimH" not telling you @ pffftt.com wrote in message
...
"Frogwatch" wrote in message
ps.com...
Eisboch wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...

Now I ask you - why does the town of Putnam need one big corporate
supported coffee, muffin/pastry/donut shop per 766 people?

Seriously.

Over staffed police department?

Eisboch
My god you yankees eat a lot of donuts. Here in Tallahassee (roughly
200,000 people), we have only a single Krispy Kreme and the two Dunkin
Donuts places closed. I preferred Dunkin and will not eat Krispy
kreme.

http://tinyurl.com/v2a3z

I prefer Dunkin doughnut but I quit going there because their doughnuts
tasted like an ashtray. They have a coffe shop (people smoke) where
they
store their doughnuts (uncovered). They have since gone out of
business,
too late for the state law banning smoking in places that serve food to
have
an effect on my eating habits.


Fortunately in Maryland most restaurants have banned smoking. One diner
we visit up in Annapolis has a smoking section, but it literally is
behind glass doors that seal tightly.

We have a nice Italian restaurant in our area that used to allow smokers
in one section, but the owner listened to complaints, shut down the
smoking section and then re-decorated it to get rid of the stench.

There's nothing worse than trying to enjoy a meal and encountering the
stench created by smokers and their filthy habit.

Talk about tyranny of the minority.

~~ sheesh ~~

Oddly, I feel the same way about loud, obnoxious drunks in
restaurants. I think we ought to ban the sales of alcohol in all
restaurants.


I enjoy a glass or 2 of wine with my meal when eating out, as does my wife.
Sometime I have a couple of beers instead, depending on the meal. Your
attitude on this is "I don't drink and no one else should!" You are also
basing your opinion on the actions of a few yet imposing your restriction on
everyone.

And as you know, it will never happen.


Think of the lives that would save. It would help rid the world of
drinkers and their brain addling, liver killing, drunken driving
addiction.
--

"What the hell's the deal with this newsgroup...
is there a computer terminal in the day room of
some looney bin somewhere?"

Bilgeman - circa 2004


I hope you don't light up those stinky cigars inside restaurants or other
buildings. ;-)