Starbucks closing 600 more stores

and tax marketing and war marketing and then flip flop on campain financing....what next?????

And still he can't let go. Has anyone ever made a more persuasive case against himself?

Amen, Roger

Good idea prayer does help....

Greedo: [Speaking in Rodianese] Going somewhere, Solo?
Han Solo: Yes, Greedo. As a matter of fact, I was just going to see your boss. Tell Jabba that I've got the money.
Greedo: It's too late. You should have paid him when you had the chance. Jabba's put a price on your head, so large that every bounty hunter in the galaxy will be looking for you. I'm lucky I found you first.
Han Solo: Yeah, but this time I got the money.
Greedo: If you give it to me, I might forget I found you.
Han Solo: I don't have it with me, tell Jabba--
Greedo: Jabba's through with you! He has no time for smugglers who drop their shipments at the first sign of an Imperial cruiser.
Han Solo: Even I get boarded sometimes, do you think I had a choice?
Greedo: You can tell that to Jabba. He may only take your ship.
Han Solo: Over my dead body.
Greedo: That's the idea. I've been looking forward to this for a long time.
Han Solo: Yes, I'll bet you have. [shoots Greedo]

"Six pints of bitter," said Ford Prefect to the barman of the Horse and Groom. "And quickly please, the world's about to end."


Frank: The man is not normal?
Hawkeye: What's normal, Frank?
Frank: Normal is everybody doing the same thing.
Trapper: What about individuality?
Frank: Well, individuality is fine--as long as we all do it together.

[shoots Greedo]

That's right - Han shot first, bitches!

even I know that

This thread is like a train wreck. My morbid curiosity won't let me look away even though it makes me sick. I say enough blood on the tracks. Agree to disagree. Goods eats to all , where ever you may find them. Remember what opinions are like?

This thread is like a train wreck. My morbid curiosity won't let me look away even though it makes me sick. I say enough blood on the tracks. Agree to disagree. Goods eats to all , where ever you may find them. Remember what opinions are like?

Have to agree on this. I've begun to suspect that Robert & Roger are the same person having a never ending debate with himself(ves). Maybe we can all chip in and get them a room. Or else two tickets to Westworld. Robert as Yul Brenner. Roger as ... whoever that long forgotten actor was. Elliot Gould? Starsky?

Is that the one in the Target Store?

No, Westport and Hubbards Lane. Also closing is Poplar Level at Hess (the store my girlfriend works for). Believe what you will about Starbucks, the loss of jobs DO hit home with foodies in this town - we're going from dual income to one. We're just hoping they make good on their comittment to relocate as many staff as possible.

Not sure if this post even matters anymore, with the direction the thread has taken, but what the hell.

[Robin Garr]

Not sure if this post even matters anymore, with the direction the thread has taken, but what the hell.

It matters, Bret. Thanks for posting. It bugs me as much as anyone else when a thread goes crazy, and ultimately I can lock a thread, but I try not to be any more authoritarian that I gotta ...

The shoes have got to be bloody, and the feet have got to be sore about kicking this one around. NEXT?

Not sure if this post even matters anymore, with the direction the thread has taken, but what the hell.

It matters, Bret. Thanks for posting. It bugs me as much as anyone else when a thread goes crazy, and ultimately I can lock a thread, but I try not to be any more authoritarian that I gotta ...

Why lock or delete? When Robert gets involved, we have the most posts. If everyone just ignored him, it would end. I think it says as much about everybody else as it does about Robert. Often they are more entertaining then most threads. I don't believe Robert is devious enough to be a deliberate troll. It just ends up working that way.

Who Me......

Also closing is Poplar Level at Hess (the store my girlfriend works for).

That one hasn't been open long. Bummer.

No, Westport and Hubbards Lane.

Wow, I haven't even seen this one yet. Is it in the strip center with the Kroger store?

It has been very clear for some time that they were really starting to cannibalize themselves and margins were shrinking as a result. Too many stock options floating around the ol' HQ, I suppose.