Actions from tilemanandsonMovable Type Pro 5.22011-12-27T14:59:38Zhttp://www.antipope.org/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=feed&_type=actions&blog_id=1&id=469Commented on The coming retail apocalypse: some axioms in Charlie's Diarytag:www.antipope.org,2011:/charlie/blog-static//1.3360#2333702011-12-27T14:59:38Ztilemanandson
isn't there a 4c - offer a very bespoke/ niche/ unique service / product ( says the freelance Roman tile specialist)?
I was also wondering if there is a trend towards more economic literacy and self employment so that people can put a cost to there time? so you can go for an informed choice based on convenince, simplicity and speed as opposed to spending time shopping around.
I am reminded of our attempt to book a family holiday (me wifr and toddler) to visit relatives in canada. usually book online but with a 2 year old in tow we went to the village travel agents. the coop was useless - the agent just did what we had done and trawl the web, whilst we were there, and found nothing cheaper and recommended via san fransisco with a 6 hr stop over - so practicle with a toddler! the other shop, not a main chain, phoned up the airlines and got everything sorted for us for less and with proper insurance (which paid!). guess where we go and trust, and where we dont bother to go nowadays
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Commented on Post-oil ... in Charlie's Diarytag:www.antipope.org,2011:/charlie/blog-static//1.3289#2052702011-09-20T16:31:35Ztilemanandson
I wonder about how plastic price will be effected by increasing cost of oil and then the knock on effects of changes in manufacturing and use of plastics
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Commented on The season of snark in Charlie's Diarytag:www.antipope.org,2010:/charlie/blog-static//1.3090#660912010-11-19T23:21:47Ztilemanandson
As ever a very interesting thread.I used to be a really staunch (British) republican until the idea of president Thatcher (or latterly Tebbit, Blair etc...)struck me like a cold shower - given how few checks and balanceswe in the uk have on our executive i would feel that changing the top without changing the underlying structures is more important ( c.f. how undemocratic the model for mayors being imposed on local authorities are (ref:Doncaster;london) the day that cameron has appointed 54 new members of the house of lords - based on celebrity and how much they have bribed our main politicalparties - when he wants to remove 50 members of the legislature is to me a much more immediate affront to what ought to be a democratic system.
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