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Author: Knight Of The RoadKnight Of The Road Date: Jul 26, 2008 12:34
Can I just pin you down on this question I have been asking you for ages,
but which you don't seem to want to answer?
Goods are delivered to your local supermarket- the one where *you* shop- by
motorists using motor vehicles. These motor vehicles are among the most
gas-guzzling on the road- mine averages less than 8 mpg.
Do you approve or disapprove of your groceries being delivered by motorists,
and if you disapprove would you kindly explain how do you think 200-300
tonnes of food should be delivered to your supermarket each day?
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Author: zaaxzaax Date: Jul 26, 2008 14:29
Knight Of The Road wrote:
> Can I just pin you down on this question I have been asking you for
> ages, but which you don't seem to want to answer?
>
> Goods are delivered to your local supermarket- the one where you
> shop- by motorists using motor vehicles. These motor vehicles are
> among the most gas-guzzling on the road- mine averages less than 8
> mpg.
>
> Do you approve or disapprove of your groceries being delivered by
> motorists, and if you disapprove would you kindly explain how do you
> think 200-300 tonnes of food should be delivered to your supermarket
> each day?
By bus. They used to take parcels but for some reason they have stopped.
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Author: johannesjohannes Date: Jul 27, 2008 00:57
Knight Of The Road wrote:
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> Can I just pin you down on this question I have been asking you for ages,
> but which you don't seem to want to answer?
>
> Goods are delivered to your local supermarket- the one where *you* shop- by
> motorists using motor vehicles. These motor vehicles are among the most
> gas-guzzling on the road- mine averages less than 8 mpg.
>
> Do you approve or disapprove of your groceries being delivered by motorists,
> and if you disapprove would you kindly explain how do you think 200-300
> tonnes of food should be delivered to your supermarket each day?
As it used to be, by horse and carriage...
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Author: BrimstoneBrimstone Date: Jul 27, 2008 01:05
johannes wrote:
> Knight Of The Road wrote:
>>
>> Can I just pin you down on this question I have been asking you for
>> ages, but which you don't seem to want to answer?
>>
>> Goods are delivered to your local supermarket- the one where *you*
>> shop- by motorists using motor vehicles. These motor vehicles are
>> among the most gas-guzzling on the road- mine averages less than 8
>> mpg.
>>
>> Do you approve or disapprove of your groceries being delivered by
>> motorists, and if you disapprove would you kindly explain how do you
>> think 200-300 tonnes of food should be delivered to your supermarket
>> each day?
>
> As it used to be, by horse and carriage...
Carriages were not (routinely at least) used for the movement of goods and
supermarkets did not exist in the horsedrawn era.
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Author: Knight Of The RoadKnight Of The Road Date: Jul 27, 2008 01:11
"johannes" siz368568508efitter.com> wrote
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> As it used to be, by horse and carriage...
No- according to Doug, these would be "slave animals".
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Author: johannesjohannes Date: Jul 27, 2008 01:16
Brimstone wrote:
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> johannes wrote:
>> Knight Of The Road wrote:
>>>
>>> Can I just pin you down on this question I have been asking you for
>>> ages, but which you don't seem to want to answer?
>>>
>>> Goods are delivered to your local supermarket- the one where *you*
>>> shop- by motorists using motor vehicles. These motor vehicles are
>>> among the most gas-guzzling on the road- mine averages less than 8
>>> mpg.
>>>
>>> Do you approve or disapprove of your groceries being delivered by
>>> motorists, and if you disapprove would you kindly explain how do you
>>> think 200-300 tonnes of food should be delivered to your supermarket
>>> each day?
>>
>> As it used to be, by horse and carriage...
> ...
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Author: Peter HillPeter Hill Date: Jul 27, 2008 03:28
On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 09:16:59 +0100, johannes
siz368568508efitter.com> wrote:
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>Brimstone wrote:
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>> johannes wrote:
>>> Knight Of The Road wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Can I just pin you down on this question I have been asking you for
>>>> ages, but which you don't seem to want...
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Author: BrimstoneBrimstone Date: Jul 27, 2008 03:34
Peter Hill wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 09:16:59 +0100, johannes
> siz368568508efitter.com> wrote:
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>> Brimstone wrote:
>>>
>>> johannes wrote:
>>>> Knight Of The Road wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Can I just pin you down on this question I have been asking you
>>>>> for ages, but which you don't seem to want to answer?
>>>>>
>>>>> Goods are delivered to your local supermarket- the one where *you*
>>>>> shop- by motorists using motor vehicles. These motor vehicles are
>>>>> among the most gas-guzzling on the road- mine averages less than 8
>>>>> mpg.
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you approve or disapprove of your groceries being delivered by ...
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Date: Jul 27, 2008 04:16
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> I was 'tongue-in-cheek'. But it is amazing how technology reacts to
> necessity,
> e.g. the canal transport system was highly developed for transporting goods
> from the Midlands to London.
And is still considered by those in the know as the most environmentally
efficient way to transport goods across country, it may be slower then road
or rail but it's starting to find favour again with high bulk items where
time in transit is not overly important (paper, metal goods).
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Date: Jul 27, 2008 04:24
johannes siz368568508efitter.com> wrote:
> e.g. the canal transport system was highly developed for transporting goods
> from the Midlands to London.
It was also an economic failure and was supplanted by rail long before
the shareholders saw a return on their investment.
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