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From: Kurt Ullman on 29 May 2010 12:16
In article <htrdc8$5ar$1(a)news.albasani.net>, Shaun <sosies(a)double.net>
wrote:

> Kinda' like the the major networks not carrying a story about a house
> fire in your town. Your local station runs it over and over...the rest
> of us don't care...

You obviously care enuff to post on it twice. (Maybe three times)?

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From: sbt on 29 May 2010 12:31
In article <htrdc8$5ar$1(a)news.albasani.net>, Shaun <sosies(a)double.net>
wrote:

> Jolly Roger wrote:
> > In article <htr1ed$ir8$2(a)news.albasani.net>, Shaun <sosies(a)double.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> The Translucent Amoebae wrote:
> >>> Spokane Washington is finally getting an Apple Store...
> >>> Prior to this; The nearest one was about 300 miles away...!
> >>>
> >>
> >> ...and people elsewhere in the country, or overseas, care about this
> >> because......
> >
> > Granted this news group is for discussion of Mac system issues, which
> > doesn't seem to encompass Apple store opening locations; so it's
> > probably a little off-topic here. That said, I'm also pretty sure this
> > news group isn't limited *at all* by geographic location. So there very
> > well may be others here who are interested.
> >
>
> The only people who would be remotely interested in this local story are
> the folks who live in Spokane.
>
> Kinda' like the the major networks not carrying a story about a house
> fire in your town. Your local station runs it over and over...the rest
> of us don't care...

Actually, since there isn't a store in northern Idaho or western
Montana, this is also of interest to folks from about 160 miles west of
Spokane to about 300 miles east and probably 200 miles north or south.
Having moved to this area from the Silicon Valley, going from a
plethora of Apple Stores within 20 miles to none within 300 miles was a
major system(ic) shock. Having talked to Mac owners from Montana,
Idaho, eastern Oregon, eastern British Columbia, and Alberta, there are
a lot of Mac owners who had it even worse than I.

From that perspective, opening an Apple Store in downtown Spokane makes
service and availabillity a lot better for a wide geographic area. In
case any others from this fairly wide and previously unserved
geographic area is concerned, the rumoredd address is 710 W. Main (the
old Eddie Bauer facility).

Now, if only Trader Joe's, In-n-Out Burger, El Pollo Loco, and a few
other chains would appear here, our outlook on the economy would be
even more positive :)

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Spenser
From: Jolly Roger on 29 May 2010 12:57
In article <1jj95vv.izv8vbt9jb5aN%mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com>,
mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com (Mike Rosenberg) wrote:

> Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote:
>
> > Granted this news group is for discussion of Mac system issues, which
> > doesn't seem to encompass Apple store opening locations; so it's
> > probably a little off-topic here. That said, I'm also pretty sure this
> > news group isn't limited *at all* by geographic location. So there very
> > well may be others here who are interested.
>
> Specifically in an Apple Store in Spokane, WA? Seriously, JR?

Yes, seriously. Is it really that hard to imagine that someone having
relatives that live there, or in the act of planning a trip there, might
want to know that Apple is opening a store there?

Note that I personally feel that strongly about it either way. I'm just
saying...

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From: Jolly Roger on 29 May 2010 13:03
In article <htrdc8$5ar$1(a)news.albasani.net>, Shaun <sosies(a)double.net>
wrote:

> Jolly Roger wrote:
> > In article <htr1ed$ir8$2(a)news.albasani.net>, Shaun <sosies(a)double.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> The Translucent Amoebae wrote:
> >>> Spokane Washington is finally getting an Apple Store...
> >>> Prior to this; The nearest one was about 300 miles away...!
> >>
> >> ...and people elsewhere in the country, or overseas, care about this
> >> because......
> >
> > Granted this news group is for discussion of Mac system issues, which
> > doesn't seem to encompass Apple store opening locations; so it's
> > probably a little off-topic here. That said, I'm also pretty sure this
> > news group isn't limited *at all* by geographic location. So there very
> > well may be others here who are interested.
>
> The only people who would be remotely interested in this local story are
> the folks who live in Spokane.

Let me get this straight. You would have me believe someone with
relatives who live there, or someone planning a trip there, or someone
with a friend there who has been waiting for a local store to make a Mac
purchase, or any of the plethora of other possible reasons - none of
those people would be remotely interested in such news, right?
Riiiight. Let's try not to be so inconsiderate. While the post was
certainly off-topic in this particular news group, it's almost certainly
of interest to some people who may read these news groups. That
shouldn't be a very hard concept to grasp for most people.

> Kinda' like the the major networks not carrying a story about a house
> fire in your town. Your local station runs it over and over...the rest
> of us don't care...

Then ignore the post. Jesus. You're making this out to be much more than
need be. It's not like anyone is forcing you to read it - or is there
something we don't know about you? : )

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JR
From: Warren Oates on 29 May 2010 13:19
In article <htrdc8$5ar$1(a)news.albasani.net>, Shaun <sosies(a)double.net>
wrote:

> Kinda' like the the major networks not carrying a story about a house
> fire in your town. Your local station runs it over and over...the rest
> of us don't care...

We used to joke about narrow-minded Ontario provincialism: the headline
reads "Scarborough Man Dies in New York Nuclear Holocaust."

Of course, the Scarborough man would pronounce it "nukulur."
--
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