On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:42:31 +0200, Tihomir <tgrebena@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
>Instead of taking 32 puffs of smoke, Jef. spoketh upon us:
>
>>"...if you had a beef with a department store, for instance, you could
>>always go to another department store: '**** you, Macy's I'm going to
>>Gimbels!' "
>>"You couldn't say: '**** you, Phone Company! I'm going to the ...uh...
other
>>phone company...' "
>>' Yeah, schmuck? *WHAT* other phone company?'
>>"Man; you get too hot with the Phone Company and they'll **** *you*,
Jim!
>>You'll wind up with a piece of string and a couple of tin cans: 'Hello?
>>Hello...?' "
>
>Home appliances? There used to be dozens of manufacturers to choose
>from. All with their original ideas and designs. All made in Europe.
>Now there is only Electrolux, who bought out every other major company
>in Europe.
>Cars? German Volkswagen bought Audi, bought Spanish Seat, bought Czech
>Skoda and so on. Peugeot bought Citroen, Talbot...
>
>Globalisation everywhere. But do we really understand what it brings.
>
>The best joke is this: whatever brand of computer or computer part you
>buy, it is all made in the same neighborhood. You can't buy a
>motherboard made in Germany. Or a DVD drive from the UK. There is, for
>example, a large, huge, plant for manufacturing motherboards, which
>are sold to half a dozen companies who stick their stickers on them
>and sell them under different names.
>
>I am getting carried away, but honestly, every day we have less real
>choice. But that is not the real problem.
>The real problem is that we think we do.
Go to the cereal aisle at your local grocery store. Better yet, take
a child to the cereal aisle.
Sue - ducking
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