Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site loral.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcc6!loral!jlh From: jlh@loral.UUCP (Walter Mitty) Newsgroups: net.singles,net.consumers Subject: Re: Commercial ventures Message-ID: <638@loral.UUCP> Date: Fri, 9-Nov-84 13:59:22 EST Article-I.D.: loral.638 Posted: Fri Nov 9 13:59:22 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 10-Nov-84 20:53:48 EST References: <118@ur-cvsvax.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: at the end of the pointed finger Lines: 47 Xref: dcdwest net.singles:2730 net.consumers:1414 > I am interested, as part of my continuing effort to come up with money > making schemes, in polling the opinion of the populace at large as to the > following ideas: > 1) Since the Gipper is bound to win the election today (meaning, in the > larger sense, that the economy is doomed to experience a profound recession > by about this time next year) what about the creation and marketing of > bumperstickers and/or buttons with the slogan: "Don't Blame Me; I Voted for > Mondale". Moreover, I would advertise the fact that > 50 % of the profit on each sale would be donated to a > campaign fund to elect a Democrat in 1988, to offset the huge and somewhat > unfair bankroll the Republicans get from the Conservative world at large. > Up your nose with a rubber hose, garlic breath. Oh, this isn't flame??? Then lets change that to 'I disagree with your assessment of Reagon and Mondale". > 2) Ten years ago, if you drove along the roadsides of America about the > only type of fastfood one could find were greasy hamburgers/cheeseburgers a > la Burger King & McDonalds. Since then, however, the tastes of the American > eating public have changed dramatically, and it is not uncommon to find > quickie Mexican rest., and other "exotic" rest., depending on the part of > the country your in. What about fast Chinese? I don't know of any national > chains. The restaurants I'm thinking of would specialize in one type of > food in particular- something the Chinese call "dim sum". These are various > types of bite size morsels that one can find in Chinatowns accross the > country (things like pork buns, steamed dumplings, etc.) They can be cheap, > being sold for around 30 to 75 cents apiece (depending on size) are > generally not greasy, can be frozen for delivery accross country, come in a > large number of varieties, and are very different from what one can > generally find on a roadside now. > Here in San Diego there are several independant mom and pop type restruants that specialize in Vietnamese, Chinese, Polynesian, and Filipino foods. The ones I've tried range from good to excellant, and the prices are VERY reasonable (how does $2.95 for an excellant all-you-can-eat vietnamese dinner sound?). Naturally, these are run by Vietnamese, Chinese, etc type people and I really doubt they will ever join together into a large chain. This is due mainly to the fact that these are family run operations, with them probably paying themselves less than minimum wage. Thats the only way I can see they keep prices so low, as the food itself must cost about what I pay for the dinner, let alone rent, electricity, taxes, and all those other things needed to run a restruant (sp?). > Looking forward to hearing your thoughts; G. Sclar > {seismo!rochester!cvsvax!gary} Now that you heard them, do you regret waiting???