-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Stewart Stremler wrote: > customer there, instead of a consumer). I think the only grocery stores > left in town are the chains... we'll see how the town changes in the > next few years, I guess.
Having spent the last three months in an under-developed country where there exist no real chains or big brands (no McDonalds, no Starbucks, no Wal-Mart) you eventually come to appreciate the upside of some of these establishments: I often wish for at least stable quality and a certain level of professionalism that so many mom and pop shops lack. The only chain there is KFC. And I must admit, it is sometimes nice to take a break from eating pho from a little table two feet off the ground while sitting on rickety little plastic kindergarden chairs in front of someones home converted into a sidewalk restaurant and go into KFC and know exactly what to expect and get it the exact same way every time. The chicken tastes just like here in the US and it tastes good. And for a pretty reasonable price too. So while I am often quite hard on the big corporate giants who are dominating our economy and our government they do have their uses. As usual, the best path is probably somewhere in between the extremes. - -- Tracy R Reed http://ultraviolet.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCpA6/9PIYKZYVAq0RAmdKAJ9DR3bfTdkQA45AwoQhnAqmvgkatQCfV3Kq 1hf7swPFCoI1oUriUfFlyrw= =l4ic -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
