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								by gpackin  Sun May 04, 2008 8:43 pm 
			
			
			
			
			For many products isn't the store brand the sensible choice?
			
			
									
									
						 
		 
				
		
		 
	 
				
		
		
			
				
																			
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								by moonwolf021  Mon May 05, 2008 3:50 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Isn't buying locally even better?
			
			
									
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								by mccormack44  Mon May 05, 2008 4:22 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Is there a conflict between buying a store brand and buying locally?
			
			
									
									
						 
		 
				
		
		 
	 
				
		
		
			
				
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								by gpackin  Tue May 06, 2008 7:56 am 
			
			
			
			
			Wouldn't it depend on whether or not the product you are buying can be produced locally?
			
			
									
									
						 
		 
				
		
		 
	 
				
		
		
			
				
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								by sweetharleygirl  Tue May 06, 2008 11:09 am 
			
			
			
			
			What if it's cheaper to order it than to buy locally?
			
			
									
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								by kapil111  Wed May 07, 2008 5:41 am 
			
			
			
			
			What if it isn't ?
			
			
									
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								by gpackin  Wed May 07, 2008 8:15 am 
			
			
			
			
			Are you willing to wait for it to be shipped to you if you order it?
			
			
									
									
						 
		 
				
		
		 
	 
				
		
		
			
				
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								by sweetharleygirl  Wed May 07, 2008 9:24 am 
			
			
			
			
			Wouldn't you, if it was cheaper?
			
			
									
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								by gpackin  Wed May 07, 2008 9:26 am 
			
			
			
			
			I'm impatient, aren't you?
			
			
									
									
						 
		 
				
		
		 
	 
				
		
		
			
				
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								by voralfred  Wed May 07, 2008 9:33 am 
			
			
			
			
			Would you say you are more impatient than I am?
			
			
									
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								by mccormack44  Wed May 07, 2008 4:21 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Doesn't the degree of impatience depend upon the degree of desire for the product?
			
			
									
									
						 
		 
				
		
		 
	 
				
		
		
			
				
																			
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								by moonwolf021  Wed May 07, 2008 11:38 pm 
			
			
			
			
			What if you have no patience but also no desire for the product?
			
			
									
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								by gpackin  Thu May 08, 2008 9:37 am 
			
			
			
			
			So why would you be shopping?
			
			
									
									
						 
		 
				
		
		 
	 
				
		
		
			
				
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								by voralfred  Thu May 08, 2008 11:08 am 
			
			
			
			
			Can't one be impatient even if one is not shopping?
			
			
									
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								by sweetharleygirl  Fri May 09, 2008 11:50 am 
			
			
			
			
			Isn't it anti productive to be impatient?
			
			
									
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								by voralfred  Fri May 09, 2008 11:55 am 
			
			
			
			
			Should productivity dictate one's behaviour? (behavior?)
			
			
									
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								by mccormack44  Fri May 09, 2008 5:59 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Do you truly worry as to whether you are using British or US spelling?
			
			
									
									
						 
		 
				
		
		 
	 
				
		
		
			
				
																			
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								by moonwolf021  Fri May 09, 2008 8:15 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Isn't the British way cooler though? I like the added 'u', don't you?
			
			
									
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								by gpackin  Fri May 09, 2008 10:19 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Would you agree that the British have some funny sounding names for things?
			
			
									
									
						 
		 
				
		
		 
	 
				
		
		
			
				
																			
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								by Echus Cthulhu Mythos  Fri May 09, 2008 10:29 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Who the hell thinks up names like Stoke-on-Trent?
			
			
									
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								by moonwolf021  Fri May 09, 2008 11:26 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Awesome people?
			
			
									
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								by Echus Cthulhu Mythos  Sat May 10, 2008 6:12 am 
			
			
			
			
			How does that make them awesome?
			
			
									
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								by sweetharleygirl  Sat May 10, 2008 9:38 am 
			
			
			
			
			Isn't the fact that their so imaginative with names reason enough to be awesome?
			
			
									
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								by laurie  Sat May 10, 2008 8:09 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Was it an imaginative person who named Ipswich... or someone with a severe speech impediment?
			
			
									
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								by mccormack44  Sat May 10, 2008 9:37 pm 
			
			
			
			
			 Were you intending to make me laugh out loud?