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« on: 13 December 2011, 02:01 PM » |
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I have learned never to ridicule any man's opinion, however strange it may seem - ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE - Like fúck I have.
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Henrik Teigan
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« Reply #1 on: 13 December 2011, 02:13 PM » |
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High Streets, retail parks and shopping centres are very stressful at this time of year. I think it is a shame that there are so many empty shops, up to a point, but the days of stores run by local people are long gone, ravaged by an onslaught of international capitalism, led by Tesco.
Your average high street consists of the same shops in every town. Mobile phone shops, HMV, Next, McDonalds, Burtons etc. I don't care about any of these companies struggling.
Businesses get the competition they deserve.
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Natasha Whittam
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« Reply #2 on: 13 December 2011, 03:03 PM » |
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High Streets, retail parks and shopping centres are very stressful at this time of year. I think it is a shame that there are so many empty shops, up to a point, but the days of stores run by local people are long gone, ravaged by an onslaught of international capitalism, led by Tesco.
Your average high street consists of the same shops in every town. Mobile phone shops, HMV, Next, McDonalds, Burtons etc. I don't care about any of these companies struggling.
Businesses get the competition they deserve.
Your English has improved in the space of a few hours. Congrats on the hard work. |
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Fair play to you then if you're willing to share your knickers with a willy.
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Henrik Teigan
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« Reply #3 on: 13 December 2011, 03:19 PM » |
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Many years since I wrote my home page, has improved a lot since then, sorry for the copy and pest.
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« Reply #4 on: 13 December 2011, 03:26 PM » |
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The scottish high street is booming.
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« Reply #5 on: 13 December 2011, 07:44 PM » |
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Bury town centre is booming - rather go to Bury, than Bolton, to shop nowadays
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Gloria Stitz
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« Reply #6 on: 13 December 2011, 08:56 PM » |
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Amazon is just brilliant. Its cheaper than the shops, delivery (which is quick) is free on most items, theres more choice, theres no endless queues to pay....its a tool I find almost too nifty to be true.
Bollocks to the British High Street.
Thanks for reading,
Gloria.
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« Reply #7 on: 13 December 2011, 09:15 PM » |
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I much prefer internet shopping. No parking charges, no miserable shop assistants, saves on time and petrol money.
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« Reply #8 on: 13 December 2011, 10:11 PM » |
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I much prefer internet shopping. No parking charges, no miserable shop assistants, saves on time and petrol money.
Agreed. You dont get stuck behind some old gimmer whos got all day to shop while you're trying to pick something up and get some scran in half an hour |
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« Reply #9 on: 13 December 2011, 10:12 PM » |
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Many years since I wrote my home page, has improved a lot since then, sorry for the copy and pest.
Do you have any updated photos to go with your new found mastery of the Engrish langage ? The only reason I ask is because your current avatar gives the impression you are sat on a courgette. |
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Natasha Whittam
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« Reply #10 on: 13 December 2011, 10:58 PM » |
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Amazon is just brilliant. Its cheaper than the shops, delivery (which is quick) is free on most items, theres more choice, theres no endless queues to pay....its a tool I find almost too nifty to be true.
Agree with that 100%. Amazon really seem to have upped their despatch and delivery times this year. |
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Fair play to you then if you're willing to share your knickers with a willy.
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« Reply #11 on: 13 December 2011, 11:25 PM » |
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Yes Amazon is really something else, you wouldn't dream of going to buy something from WHSmith's or Waterstones any more because Amazon is far cheaper.
I think big cities and nice towns/small attractive cities still do well in terms of High Streets, its the shitty little towns that are not pleasant that are hugely in decline and no one goes to anymore and yet they still make people pay to park in these god forsaken places.
But it is a worry when you think of how many jobs retail accounted for, so many jobs have gone because of this and yet the population is increasing and people are having to work longer, it is a problem.
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Malcolm "Mr Bolton" Everett: Bolton's biggest fan
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« Reply #12 on: 14 December 2011, 10:38 AM » |
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It's the greedy bloody councils charging small businesses exorbitant business rates and making them sign five year leases that has caused the problem. Plus, charging people to park when they go shopping is a bloody disgrace.
What happened to public toilets ? At one time, every town centre had one, now they are rarer than rocking horse shíte.
Serves the swines right for ruining our towns with their bloody greed.
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