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On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 02:12:06 GMT, Dee D. Flint wrote:
So you're saying we should go to "Ma's Diner" for the sole purpose of keeping them in business?? I don't think so. There are/were several "Ma's Diner" level establishments that we patronize(d) for just that reason. Some of them didn't survive, but that wasn't because we didn't go there. OTOH, there are several "successful" enterprises that we just wouldn't patronize - Wal-Mart leads that list. -- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon |
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"Phil Kane" wrote in message .net... On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 02:12:06 GMT, Dee D. Flint wrote: So you're saying we should go to "Ma's Diner" for the sole purpose of keeping them in business?? I don't think so. There are/were several "Ma's Diner" level establishments that we patronize(d) for just that reason. Some of them didn't survive, but that wasn't because we didn't go there. OTOH, there are several "successful" enterprises that we just wouldn't patronize - Wal-Mart leads that list. I would go if they had a product I wanted but see no reason to do so if they are not selling the products that I want. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE |
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On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 01:08:51 GMT, Dee D. Flint wrote:
OTOH, there are several "successful" enterprises that we just wouldn't patronize - Wal-Mart leads that list. I would go if they had a product I wanted but see no reason to do so if they are not selling the products that I want. We do not shop there because we do not like their business attitudes in specific areas - hiring folks desperate for a job but only for 19 hours a week not to exceed two years' tenure, thereby avoiding paying much above minimum wage and granting no employee benefits, certain shenanigans about forced unpaid hours (subject of several lawsuits across the country), and trashing the local merchants and moving on whenever they pleased, leaving disaster in their wake. Our choice. -- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon |
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Phil Kane wrote:
On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 01:08:51 GMT, Dee D. Flint wrote: OTOH, there are several "successful" enterprises that we just wouldn't patronize - Wal-Mart leads that list. I would go if they had a product I wanted but see no reason to do so if they are not selling the products that I want. We do not shop there because we do not like their business attitudes in specific areas - hiring folks desperate for a job but only for 19 hours a week not to exceed two years' tenure, thereby avoiding paying much above minimum wage and granting no employee benefits, certain shenanigans about forced unpaid hours (subject of several lawsuits across the country), and trashing the local merchants and moving on whenever they pleased, leaving disaster in their wake. Our choice. Don't forget they hire illegal aliens to do some of the work..... Oh hey! that ws one of the original OT parts of this thread. Here we go full circle! - Mike KB3EIA - |
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In article , "Phil Kane"
writes: On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 01:08:51 GMT, Dee D. Flint wrote: OTOH, there are several "successful" enterprises that we just wouldn't patronize - Wal-Mart leads that list. I would go if they had a product I wanted but see no reason to do so if they are not selling the products that I want. We do not shop there because we do not like their business attitudes in specific areas - hiring folks desperate for a job but only for 19 hours a week not to exceed two years' tenure, thereby avoiding paying much above minimum wage and granting no employee benefits, certain shenanigans about forced unpaid hours (subject of several lawsuits across the country), and trashing the local merchants and moving on whenever they pleased, leaving disaster in their wake. Our choice. Exactly. That's what I call behaving like a "customer" rather than a "consumer". 73 de Jim, N2EY |
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"Phil Kane" wrote:
From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon Hey, when did you move to Oregon, Phil? You were in SF the last time we talked, weren't you? If so, you move more then we do. Dwight Stewart (W5NET) http://www.qsl.net/w5net/ |
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On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 12:08:16 GMT, Dwight Stewart wrote:
"Phil Kane" wrote: From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon Hey, when did you move to Oregon, Phil? You were in SF the last time we talked, weren't you? If so, you move more then we do. September 1999 - four years ago. Last major move before that was to the SF area in 1967. -- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane |
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"Phil Kane" wrote:
Dwight Stewart wrote: Hey, when did you move to Oregon, Phil? You were in SF the last time we talked, weren't you? If so, you move more then we do. September 1999 - four years ago. Last major move before that was to the SF area in 1967. Well, I know we've talked more recently than four years ago. I guess I just didn't know about the move. Anyway, we considered moving to the Grants Pass/Medford/Ashland area a few years ago, or perhaps even Coos Bay (in other words, the Southwestern part of the State). In fact, we may still do so - it's on the short list of possible places to move. I was in Sacramento in 1967. Dwight Stewart (W5NET) http://www.qsl.net/w5net/ |
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