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Cloth Ears

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flamenco

...is a sheerly stunning way to exist. The candle lit within doth smoulder then combust in the incandescent moment of passion that is flamenco.

Who could resist?

Are we here?

Cloth ;0)

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 13 2006 19:46:30

Ron.M

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From: Scotland

RE: flamenco (in reply to Cloth Ears)

quote:

...is a sheerly stunning way to exist. The candle lit within doth smoulder then combust in the incandescent moment of passion that is flamenco.

Who could resist?

Are we here?

Well, in comparison to this....

quote:

Where I live there is a Walgreens convenience store on ever street corner, a big well-lit drugstore where you can buy about anyting you need, including stuffed animal Reindeer that sing and dance when you press their paws.

I suppose Flamenco does seem rather intense and meaningful... LOL!

(I know what you're saying amigo!....just kidding!

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cheers

Ron

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 13 2006 19:54:49

Miguel de Maria

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From: Phoenix, AZ

RE: flamenco (in reply to Cloth Ears)

Ron,
you liked that about the Walgreens, didn't you? would you like to hear more?

Every Walgreens looks exactly the same and has the exact same products. They also strive to have the same layout inside. There are some really nice things about that, of course. For example, if I am in a big hurry and need to get a new nail file or Hard As Nails, I know that it's going to be on the left hand side right after I walk in past the two electric doors and past the liquor section if this particular Walgreens has one.

I also know that if I need to get some photos developed that on the right past the two cashiers there will be one, right next to the cameras and past that will be the frozen foods and drinks and snacks.

You can get almost anything you need at a Walgreens--Geri-curl, school supplies, cheap local souvenier trinkets, teeny bopper magazines, Elvis' greatest hits CDs, Bob Marley's greatest hits that aren't on his real greatest hits album, shampoo, and of course bandages and medicines. In fact, the best thing about Walgreens is that there is a fairly large section for medicine and things to soothe aches and pains and wraps and all that.

Also, you can pick up a prescription at any Walgreens you want, although you may have to phone ahead. This would be convenient if say I was visiting my parents-in-law (yeah right) in Seattle and needed to get my daily dose of Lipitor.

Walgreens used to have a fairly lucrative food service business in the store, one of the things they were known for, but at a certain point ditched it and decided to go for margin/customer. In other words, convenience. Sure you can get about anything at a Walgreens but it is pretty expensive. They pay whatever they need to get the prime corner real estate and charge high prices. It has served them well, as they are one of the top 11 companies in the US in terms of sustained stock growth.

That being said, I hate them and only go there when I have to pick up some medicine.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 13 2006 20:23:13

Ron.M

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RE: flamenco (in reply to Miguel de Maria)

LOL!
Mike...you are a good writer.
Amongst my favourite writers of all time have been American...from Mark Twain to James Thurber.
They have a way of expressing the American Dream in the most satirical terms.
I heard a really funny program on the radio a while back about this guy trying to find a job as a chef in New York...I think it was called "Kitchen Confidential"...and all the experiences he had there.
One of the bits that made me laugh was when the Apartment Rental Agency lady, showed him "around" his one room apartment exclaiming the "features" including the curtain hiding the cooker etc.
And the restaurant owner's "real" views on their customers...

It used to be we were 20 years behind the States here, then 10, now about 5 or less!

I actually have seen the Reindeer you are talking about!
And little laughing Santas and Talking Christmas Trees...

Where there's a buck to be made amigo...geography holds no bounds..LOL!

cheers

Ron

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 13 2006 20:53:45

Escribano

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From: England, living in Italy

RE: flamenco (in reply to Ron.M)

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exclaiming the "features" including the curtain hiding the cooker etc.

Once, an apartment with no kitchen was said to have a New York kitchen as New Yorkers typically eat out so much, they didn't need one.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 13 2006 21:05:53

Ryan002

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Joined: Oct. 18 2005
From: Singapore

RE: flamenco (in reply to Cloth Ears)

"I'm lost in the supermarket
I can no longer shop happily
I came in here for the special offer
Guranteed personality"
- Lost in the Supermarket, The Clash

All this talk of Walgreens reminded me that I used to really love that song. I suspect its based off an American poem I read long ago, with the same theme, that involved Walt Whitman in some form. Tell me what it is if you know it.

The image I have in my mind of flamenco now is that guy from Once Upon a Time in California smashing up Walgreens with a Bulerias in the background. The destruction of measured and stifling conformity with the heedless destruction of naked passion. Now that would be muy flamenco.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 20 2006 17:16:35

Escribano

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From: England, living in Italy

RE: flamenco (in reply to Ryan002)

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The image I have in my mind of flamenco now is that guy from Once Upon a Time in California smashing up Walgreens with a Bulerias in the background. The destruction of measured and stifling conformity with the heedless destruction of naked passion

I'd probably stay home tonight