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Posted: Jul 8, 2014 - 11:37am
Proclivities wrote: I think those gluten-free, raw kale, vegan cupcakes were doomed to fail - even in L.A. Remember the Great Muffin Fad from a while ago? By the Y2K, people were saying "they're just cupcakes!" So along came the cupcake fad and next thing you know, they're making them healthy That would be a muffin.

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Posted: Jul 8, 2014 - 11:34am
mutepoint wrote: Oh by the way, in the comments on the article, a guy blames Obama

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Posted: Jul 8, 2014 - 11:33am
ScottFromWyoming wrote: Well if you like cupcakes you better go get one quick because I think Los Angeles is a pretty much bigger metro and it just did a faceplant ;-) I think those gluten-free, raw kale, vegan cupcakes were doomed to fail - even in L.A.

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Posted: Jul 8, 2014 - 11:30am
mutepoint wrote: It works in a bigger metro, like here. Checking online, it seems we have at least four indie cupcake outlets. Still a niche market IMO, and a risky one at that. Well if you like cupcakes you better go get one quick because I think Los Angeles is a pretty much bigger metro and it just did a faceplant ;-)

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Posted: Jul 8, 2014 - 11:29am
p4jkafla wrote: Also, no barriers to entry for well entrenched competitors (like, for example, Starbucks). Anyone who invested in this is a schmuck of the first order. Exactly. And when the fad's over, SBux can eliminate cupcakes and no one will notice.

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Posted: Jul 8, 2014 - 11:20am
ScottFromWyoming wrote: I just think the number of times any one person would consider making a special trip someplace for a cupcake would be somewhere under 10, and that's for someone who really raves about great cupcakes. Also, no barriers to entry for well entrenched competitors (like, for example, Starbucks). Anyone who invested in this is a schmuck of the first order.

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Posted: Jul 8, 2014 - 11:17am
ScottFromWyoming wrote: I just think the number of times any one person would consider making a special trip someplace for a cupcake would be somewhere under 10, and that's for someone who really raves about great cupcakes. Yeah, when you can make a dozen for the price of one or two...Wait, what?

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Posted: Jul 8, 2014 - 11:10am
mutepoint wrote: Trendy trends eventually trend downward. Seems to be a risky business at any rate - fickle consumer, economic downturn risk, evil retail landlords, ever-rising costs. Etc. I just think the number of times any one person would consider making a special trip someplace for a cupcake would be somewhere under 10, and that's for someone who really raves about great cupcakes.

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Posted: Jul 8, 2014 - 10:24am
Cupcake chain bankrupt.

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Posted: Dec 30, 2013 - 8:29am
DaveInVA wrote: Except once a year when all the bridges get washed out except the 120 y/o railroad bridge. Which proves they only make the bridges to last a year so they can get paid to rebuild them each time. Ah yes, monsoon season.

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Posted: Dec 30, 2013 - 8:09am
Steve wrote: Rain is such a big event in Phoenix that the local TV news crews do on-the-scene reports showing raindrops in puddles. Except once a year when all the bridges get washed out except the 120 y/o railroad bridge. Which proves they only make the bridges to last a year so they can get paid to rebuild them each time.

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Posted: Dec 30, 2013 - 8:00am
Proclivities wrote: Rain is such a big event in Phoenix that the local TV news crews do on-the-scene reports showing raindrops in puddles.

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Posted: Dec 30, 2013 - 7:55am

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Posted: Jul 2, 2012 - 11:20am
Proclivities wrote: I shipped a spare DVD player to a friend in Australia, a few years back, and that's what it looked like when it got there. Not just the box, but the DVD player too.

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Posted: Jul 2, 2012 - 11:15am
ScottFromWyoming wrote: But it says "handle with care." Why? Yes, couldn't it say something like "This is a throwable box" or something like that?

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Posted: Jul 2, 2012 - 10:59am
Proclivities wrote: But it says "handle with care." Why?

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Posted: Jul 2, 2012 - 10:48am

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Posted: Oct 5, 2011 - 4:31pm
How did I not know about this until tonight, when a friend of mine is selling her tickets to the local show on Saturday? As many fans of that film that reside here—-was it talked about, ever? I must've been absent that day.

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Posted: Feb 27, 2011 - 12:51pm
Talalala wrote: Excellent! It will be just me tho'... no cute husband and 2 year old. :) you can borrow our kids - they love having visitors

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Posted: Feb 27, 2011 - 12:50pm
MrsHobieJoe wrote: OK- you can have a bed if you'd rather- the sofa tends to host too much lego for real comfort Excellent! It will be just me tho'... no cute husband and 2 year old. :)

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