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The Top 12 Brands Likely to Disappear
Seeking Alpha ^ | 4/25/2009

Posted on 04/25/2009 12:53:20 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: SeekAndFind
United Air Lines...

Can't happen a minute too soon.

United Airlines Delenda Est.

21 posted on 04/25/2009 1:19:51 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Perdogg

The first leg of a two-leg sequence gets to the hub late, the flight you’re supposed to connect with leaves on time, without you.

United Airlines Delenda Est.


22 posted on 04/25/2009 1:21:33 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: DuncanWaring

Well, I guess that’s why I cannot stand US Air - Never ontime and cancels flights without telling customers.


23 posted on 04/25/2009 1:23:08 PM PDT by Perdogg (University of North Carolina - 2009 NCAA basketball champs)
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To: SeekAndFind

I have no idea where my dad will get his clothes if Eddie Bauer goes out of business.

I’m glad Crocs will be gone. Worst fad ever.


24 posted on 04/25/2009 1:26:25 PM PDT by Mr. Blonde (You ever thought about being weird for a living?)
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To: Perdogg
US Air never ontime - I've run into that too.

I was also on one of their flights when they ran out of ice ... didn't matter to me, as I already had my drink, but how hard is it to put enough ice on the darned airplane.

I barely made my connection on that flight, too. And the folks on the ground at the transfer point had no interest in helping transferring passengers find their connecting flight.

US Air Delenda Est, too.

25 posted on 04/25/2009 1:28:20 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: DuncanWaring

Ha!

Cato the Elder would be pleased.


26 posted on 04/25/2009 1:36:25 PM PDT by El Sordo
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To: SeekAndFind
5. Esquire Magazine :

For all its liberalism, Esquire's recent "How to be a man" issue was a gem from cover to cover.

27 posted on 04/25/2009 1:36:45 PM PDT by FreepShop1 (www.FreepShop.com)
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To: SeekAndFind
5. Esquire Magazine :

For all its liberalism, Esquire's recent "How to be a man" issue was a gem from cover to cover.

28 posted on 04/25/2009 1:36:46 PM PDT by FreepShop1 (www.FreepShop.com)
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To: Perdogg

The worst was being locked in a plane at O’Hare for over four hours, no food, no water, no nothing. When I complained to the stewardess that my legs were becoming numb, she very loudly said “Maam, have you been drinking?”, making sure that every passenger could hear her. (it was nine in the morning.....I had NOT been drinking)

I never really found out why there were more than a dozen planes stacked up waiting to take off. I finally heard that O’Hare allows United to overbook their departures and that waits like that were the norm.

My legs are still rather messed up. I will never ever fly through O’Hare again.


29 posted on 04/25/2009 1:39:13 PM PDT by EggsAckley ("There's an Ethiopian in the fuel supply." W.C Fields)
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To: Snoopers-868th

“Blackie-O”?!?!?! That’s LOL politically incorrect!


30 posted on 04/25/2009 1:39:50 PM PDT by HelenChicago
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To: Hardastarboard
When your entire business model is based on a fashion fad that involves cheap ugly shoes, hey - how long did you expect it to last?

I disagree. Crocs are fantastic. The problem was the kock-offs. My kids all have fake Crocs, gotten for between $2 and $10, while the name-brand Crocs were $30-45. They must have had a crappy copyright/patent law firm, because those knock-offs were available less than a year after Crocs came out.

31 posted on 04/25/2009 1:40:47 PM PDT by FreepShop1 (www.FreepShop.com)
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To: Perdogg

They’ll go on welfare and be happy about it.


32 posted on 04/25/2009 1:42:03 PM PDT by deannadurbin
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To: EggsAckley

I haven’t flown since 2000. It’s not good for my blood pressure.


33 posted on 04/25/2009 1:43:11 PM PDT by deannadurbin
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To: Aria
Not Architectural Digest!

I’ve loved that forever although it got a little minimalist for me.

Just think of it as the ultimate minimalism.

34 posted on 04/25/2009 1:46:02 PM PDT by SlowBoat407 (To those crying racism: Sometimes it's not about you.)
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To: SeekAndFind
My favorite MOPAR. 1964 PLYMOUTH 426 HEMI


35 posted on 04/25/2009 1:47:37 PM PDT by kellynla (Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
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To: Snoopers-868th

Blackie O!

Now that’s FUNNY!


36 posted on 04/25/2009 1:48:22 PM PDT by Aria ( "The US republic will endure until Congress discovers it can bribe the public with the people's $.")
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To: SeekAndFind

I’ll miss Borders and Old Navy if they go. I used to shop at the original Borders store in Ann Arbor in my college days - back when there was just one. These days I like them for their interesting selection of DVD’s. I shop at Old Navy for my teenage sons, and for fun stuff for myself. Lots of simple things in cheerful colors for summertime. Oh well.


37 posted on 04/25/2009 1:50:51 PM PDT by Think free or die (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money - M.Thatcher)
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To: HelenChicago

It is politically correct. Afterall they say she is another Jackie-O but since there can be only 1 Jackie-O, Blackie-O fit her perfectly to give her promoters so seek.


38 posted on 04/25/2009 1:50:57 PM PDT by Snoopers-868th
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To: FreepShop1
those knock-offs were available less than a year after Crocs came out.

I believe that the same thing happened with boat shoes when they were popular - the cheap knock offs came shortly after.

39 posted on 04/25/2009 2:04:50 PM PDT by Hardastarboard (I long for the days when advertisers didn't constantly ask about the health of my genital organs.)
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To: SeekAndFind
AIG: The once-venerable insurance giant...

I can think of a handful of adjectives to apply to AIG. 'Venerable' isn't one of them.

If the Feds would simply ket the market work, AIG's toxic assets would have already ceased to be a problem.

40 posted on 04/25/2009 2:05:02 PM PDT by stevem
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