On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:56:46 -0800, VainGlorious
wrote:
>On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:35:04 +0100, UC wrote:
>
>>Paul Dwerryhouse wrote:
>>> UC writes:
>>>
>>>> ...at the end, we've the usual city downtowns: H&M, FootLocker,
>>>> Calzedonia, Starbucks, McDonalds, etc.
>>>
>>> Who goes travelling to visit those places? (Aside, of course, from the moron
>>> whose goal is to visit every Starbucks on the planet...)
>>
>>Starbucks in Vienna are full of Americans, and Vienna is a world famous
>>city for typical viennese-style coffeehouses. Just as an example.
>
>You're doubtlessly correct.
>
>But I've been to Vienna a few times and I've never visited, nor can I
>remember seeing, a Starbucks. If I did see one, it would get the same
>dismissive sneer I give them here in the US. \
Even, I presume, if it were full fo Viennese,
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