0n (29 Jan 06) BOB KLAHN wrote to CINDY HAGLUND...

 BK> ...

 CH>  Choices are overwhelming for anyone. Remember the days
 CH>  where when you went to buy tooth paste or a can of diced
 CH>  tomatoes? heh... now there's like oh five or ten varieties
 CH>  of EVERYTHING. Yikes. Hand it to industry to go overboard
 CH>  with an otherwise good idea (more variety.)

 BK>  Used to be there were 5 or 10 brands of toothpaste. Now there
 BK>  are 5 or 10 variations for each brand.

 Yep. I like the tarter control paste. My dentist and previous
dentist have botht old me when asked that yes whiteners do tend to
weaken the enamel of teeth (thus render them more pronte to cavities)
AND paste is more effective for cleaning than gel.

But those whitner brightners and gels will sell as long as people buy
them.

The idea of choice/varity has run amok. Things are being sold / built
just for the sake of selling wether they are actually needed or not.

Ya know this is funny. Here in NE Texas it gets cold yes but seldome
below 45F. Few people here heavy coat shere. Some people wear shorts
no matter how chilly it is.

Our bigger clothing stores have TONS of wonderfully warm coats.. oh
they're awesome! Fleece lined flannel etc everything. But nobody here
but me and my hubby as far as I can tell seems to be wearing them. I
war a fleece jacket out of doors most days.

Anyway. There's anothe item gone amok. Go into Old Navy. I don't know
about other parts of the country but I have never seen so many flip
flps in my life as in this store. There's enough flip flops in tehre
to foot all of India I dare say!


I just wonder if they ever really SELL all of them. They're cheap
rubber deals, different colors, three sizes.

Cindy

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