Big store filled with lots of overpriced stuff and things you can get online for much less...I hear they are going out of business..
Here's an idea...set up a desk in Borders for buying and selling used DVD's, CD'S, and books. Call in Borders Exchange...Yes, I know, the internet already has this market in Ebay and Amazon...but sometimes you need or want something on the same day! My house is filled with used discs I would love to trade for new and used stuff...just an idea...and, oh...they need to hire more cashiers! The line was a block long on Sunday. They also need a separate desk for order pick-ups.
Tricky Little Devils
Watch Out for Monkeys!
Tuesday 30 November 2010
Sunday 28 November 2010
San Francisco then and now....& the Wine Country...
Okay..well the blog has gotten off to a slow start, but it is time to step it up a bit...
Left Hong Kong last week and flew to San Francisco...On Loretta's List was a few days in the wine country and a day in down town San Francisco. I used to live in SF in the 80's...thought it was the coolest city on earth...it still is a cool city, but now when I talk to the younger generation (20-somethings) they think Asia has all the cool places...
A thought..when I was a kid, the US cites were clean modern and had all the newest technology...Apple and Microsoft were still operating in garages and fine dining didn't include eating with chopsticks and ordering raw fish...Now as I look around California, the cities are falling apart, the traffic is slow, the bridges are always backed up...the cable cars are old and not efficient and it costs $5...yes $5 USD to ride a mile or two on the cable car and $6 USD to cross the Golden Gate...In Hong Kong, the trains are clean, run on time and can criss-cross the island in just minutes...all for less, far less, than just one US dollar. WOW! And...our taxes in the US are more than double Hong Kong taxes! Think we get what we pay for???
Still...the wine was better in California....
Left Hong Kong last week and flew to San Francisco...On Loretta's List was a few days in the wine country and a day in down town San Francisco. I used to live in SF in the 80's...thought it was the coolest city on earth...it still is a cool city, but now when I talk to the younger generation (20-somethings) they think Asia has all the cool places...
A thought..when I was a kid, the US cites were clean modern and had all the newest technology...Apple and Microsoft were still operating in garages and fine dining didn't include eating with chopsticks and ordering raw fish...Now as I look around California, the cities are falling apart, the traffic is slow, the bridges are always backed up...the cable cars are old and not efficient and it costs $5...yes $5 USD to ride a mile or two on the cable car and $6 USD to cross the Golden Gate...In Hong Kong, the trains are clean, run on time and can criss-cross the island in just minutes...all for less, far less, than just one US dollar. WOW! And...our taxes in the US are more than double Hong Kong taxes! Think we get what we pay for???
Still...the wine was better in California....
Sunday 14 November 2010
Movie Theaters!
Went to a movie in Central Hong Kong. Clean theater, comfortable leather seats, and good popcorn!
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