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03-30-2008, 09:26 AM
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#19426
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Zootown
Posts: 426
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Walmart is an evil corporate empire that has cost quite a few small businesses in this town their shops. Even the little bit larger businesses. There are no grocery stores in town anymore, just Walmart and Albertsons. Sad, sad stuff.
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03-30-2008, 09:29 AM
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#19427
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: a sneeze away from San Francisco
Posts: 2,144
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And don't get me started on Starbucks. They knocked my favorite little independant coffee shop right out.
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Originally Posted by Joker_in_the_Pack
At some point, you need to look yourself in the mirror and realize that what other people did to you does not define you as a person. You and your actions define who you are as a person. It's up to you to be a good person, in spite of all the evil you've faced. In fact, it should be because of the evil you see that it's good you do. Be the change you want in the world. Next time someone tells me that they're an asshole because they've had a bad life, I'm stabbing them in the eye with a spork.
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03-30-2008, 09:31 AM
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#19428
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Zootown
Posts: 426
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We had a Starf.cks in town for all of, one winter. They are no more, and thankfully, the Beta, and Rawhide Coffeehouses are still in business. The Beta is my place of residence, but Rawhide isn't too bad. Beta is just a bunch of climbers, vagabonds, musicians, and general deviants of society. It is a grand place.
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03-30-2008, 10:04 AM
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#19429
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: a sneeze away from San Francisco
Posts: 2,144
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That sounds awesome! I live in Yuppy-land, so there are Starshmucks everywhere! Luckily the local Peet's still has that coffee-house feel.
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Originally Posted by Joker_in_the_Pack
At some point, you need to look yourself in the mirror and realize that what other people did to you does not define you as a person. You and your actions define who you are as a person. It's up to you to be a good person, in spite of all the evil you've faced. In fact, it should be because of the evil you see that it's good you do. Be the change you want in the world. Next time someone tells me that they're an asshole because they've had a bad life, I'm stabbing them in the eye with a spork.
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03-30-2008, 10:41 AM
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#19430
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: 750 mi north of AZ equivalent to Derry, Maine
Posts: 673
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My little town just got a Wal-mart, and a Starbucks, within two months of each other. We've gotten an Anytime Express Gym, a Movie Gallery, Taco Bell, Burger King, and they are currently building a KFC. We just got Auto Zone, too. All this has been in the last six months.
Kinda scary really. What is funny, is that while all these new businesses are coming into town,the brand new strip mall attached to the one local grocery store has stayed empty, for the last year and a half. There is another new strip mall that was built a year ago on the other side of town, good looking building, the kind that would house decent restaurants and maybe a couple boutique shops, but it has stayed empty, too.
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"Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with catsup." - unknown
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(shouts) WHY CAN'T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG??!!?
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Originally Posted by Beneath the Shadows
Because some people are dicks. And not everyone else is gay.
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03-30-2008, 10:43 AM
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#19431
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Minnesota, USA
Posts: 4,448
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It is. We've had a Wal-Mart for 6-7 years and the local business sector has suffered really bad. I support my local businesses by buying from them.
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Remember, short controlled bursts.
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03-30-2008, 10:46 AM
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#19432
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: 750 mi north of AZ equivalent to Derry, Maine
Posts: 673
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We just got a Lowes, too about three months before the Wal-Mart opened up. I hate to see what is going to happen to the local lumberyard and hardware store.
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"Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with catsup." - unknown
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(shouts) WHY CAN'T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG??!!?
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Originally Posted by Beneath the Shadows
Because some people are dicks. And not everyone else is gay.
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03-30-2008, 10:48 AM
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#19433
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Minnesota, USA
Posts: 4,448
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Yeah, I know, same thing happened here. Globalization sucks.
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03-30-2008, 10:55 AM
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#19434
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: elsewhere
Posts: 2,015
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Originally Posted by raggedyanne
And don't get me started on Starbucks. They knocked my favorite little independant coffee shop right out.
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*mouthes silently and flaps arm* They did that to my town too! Two coffee shops have closed down cuz Starfucks opened right across the street from them. I don't drink coffee, but I've heard from trusted sources (aka, ones that don't care about looking cool by carrying a Starbucks coffee cup around) that their coffee sucks. And their food sucks too. Their brownies are dry and weak and taste like powder.
Gah!
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Twinkle, twinkle, little bat
How I wonder where you're at.
Up above the world you fly
Like a tea-tray in the sky.
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03-30-2008, 11:02 AM
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#19435
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Minnesota, USA
Posts: 4,448
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Yup. Local things are better. I've learned that the hard way. Support your local businesses!!
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03-30-2008, 12:05 PM
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#19436
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Zootown
Posts: 426
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People buy Starf,ucks because of the name. Their stuff really does suck, I would rather be drinking ammonia and battery acid. It would be less painful.
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03-30-2008, 12:20 PM
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#19437
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: elsewhere
Posts: 2,015
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That kind of thing pisses me off. Why follow someone who has no taste in coffee?
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Twinkle, twinkle, little bat
How I wonder where you're at.
Up above the world you fly
Like a tea-tray in the sky.
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03-30-2008, 12:28 PM
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#19438
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Florida
Posts: 423
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The only independently owned coffee shop I know of is owned by my 7th grade Language Arts teacher, in Tarpon. It's called Lighthouse Coffee, she brought my class some blended ice coffee drink one day, because we had the highest test average that grading period. (Thanks to this kid Mike and myself)
It was yummy!
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03-30-2008, 12:30 PM
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#19439
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: elsewhere
Posts: 2,015
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In Canada there are the standard Tim Hortonses, and then there's Yuppie Starbucks, and then there's Second Cup, which is apparently better than Starbucks, but isn't as popular cuz it doesn't have that damn logo...
Hmmm... I've lost my grapes.
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Twinkle, twinkle, little bat
How I wonder where you're at.
Up above the world you fly
Like a tea-tray in the sky.
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03-30-2008, 12:32 PM
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#19440
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Florida
Posts: 423
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Originally Posted by LaBelleDameSansMerci
*mouthes silently and flaps arm* They did that to my town too! Two coffee shops have closed down cuz Starfucks opened right across the street from them. I don't drink coffee, but I've heard from trusted sources (aka, ones that don't care about looking cool by carrying a Starbucks coffee cup around) that their coffee sucks. And their food sucks too. Their brownies are dry and weak and taste like powder.
Gah!
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Truth be told, though, their caramel, vanilla, and mocha frapacuinos are really good, if not slightly addictive. I'd have no idea about their hot coffees or food personally.
My dad says that their hot coffees suck, and he's a hot coffee expert.
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03-30-2008, 12:59 PM
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#19441
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Earth.
Posts: 8,001
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I love Starbucks. Who cares if it's a big company, the coffee is great.
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03-30-2008, 01:07 PM
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#19442
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: In the Desert
Posts: 4,270
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Yeah, big companies rock*opens up a big mac container, and finds that they didn't add tomatoes*..........Maybe not...... GOTHRA*Gothra appears before Duane, he jumps into her bra, and they head toward McDonalds* FIRE DA GOTH BEAM!!!!*Gothra destroyed the McDonalds with a beam of light, and they flew off*
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03-30-2008, 01:09 PM
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#19443
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: a sneeze away from San Francisco
Posts: 2,144
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Originally Posted by LaBelleDameSansMerci
In Canada there are the standard Tim Hortonses, and then there's Yuppie Starbucks, and then there's Second Cup, which is apparently better than Starbucks, but isn't as popular cuz it doesn't have that damn logo...
Hmmm... I've lost my grapes.
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One of the few independant coffee shops around that's managed to hang on is Doctor Insomniac's. Pretty good coffee and awesome brownies. And I sometimes settle for Starbucks if I'm out with friends or in an airport, but their coffee isn't that great.
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Originally Posted by Joker_in_the_Pack
At some point, you need to look yourself in the mirror and realize that what other people did to you does not define you as a person. You and your actions define who you are as a person. It's up to you to be a good person, in spite of all the evil you've faced. In fact, it should be because of the evil you see that it's good you do. Be the change you want in the world. Next time someone tells me that they're an asshole because they've had a bad life, I'm stabbing them in the eye with a spork.
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03-30-2008, 01:10 PM
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#19444
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 3,360
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What the fuck is with you and these weird descriptive posts?
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03-30-2008, 01:13 PM
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#19445
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: a sneeze away from San Francisco
Posts: 2,144
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? Looks around. Ducks. Barely misses airborne pie attack.
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Originally Posted by Joker_in_the_Pack
At some point, you need to look yourself in the mirror and realize that what other people did to you does not define you as a person. You and your actions define who you are as a person. It's up to you to be a good person, in spite of all the evil you've faced. In fact, it should be because of the evil you see that it's good you do. Be the change you want in the world. Next time someone tells me that they're an asshole because they've had a bad life, I'm stabbing them in the eye with a spork.
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03-30-2008, 01:16 PM
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#19446
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: In the Desert
Posts: 4,270
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Originally Posted by Mir
What the fuck is with you and these weird descriptive posts?
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Who, me???????
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03-30-2008, 01:18 PM
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#19447
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: a sneeze away from San Francisco
Posts: 2,144
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It seems our egos lead us to think that. I bet Mir is laughing at our confusion while drinking his frappucino.
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Originally Posted by Joker_in_the_Pack
At some point, you need to look yourself in the mirror and realize that what other people did to you does not define you as a person. You and your actions define who you are as a person. It's up to you to be a good person, in spite of all the evil you've faced. In fact, it should be because of the evil you see that it's good you do. Be the change you want in the world. Next time someone tells me that they're an asshole because they've had a bad life, I'm stabbing them in the eye with a spork.
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03-30-2008, 01:19 PM
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#19448
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: In the Desert
Posts: 4,270
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*Turns to his ego, and punches it* This is all your fault*The ego punches back, and a huge fight stars*
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03-30-2008, 01:19 PM
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#19449
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: a sneeze away from San Francisco
Posts: 2,144
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Ooh! Ego:3 Duane:-1
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Originally Posted by Joker_in_the_Pack
At some point, you need to look yourself in the mirror and realize that what other people did to you does not define you as a person. You and your actions define who you are as a person. It's up to you to be a good person, in spite of all the evil you've faced. In fact, it should be because of the evil you see that it's good you do. Be the change you want in the world. Next time someone tells me that they're an asshole because they've had a bad life, I'm stabbing them in the eye with a spork.
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03-30-2008, 01:22 PM
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#19450
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: In the Desert
Posts: 4,270
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*Duane throws the ego into a blender, and presses purree* Mess with the best, die like the rest!
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