singgeihot

Originally posted by johnwu at 2005-6-24 04:33 AM:" W8 a6 P+ F. j6 T& W/ |' \

4 I9 z9 M8 p# A7 R4 r  Z, h+ ~$ \canteen only...
6 u) t& H" Z/ \" c0 E, E4 g! O: Utall latte... about $3.50+ tax USD lar

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6 B! Q9 d9 J/ Hthat's expensive.... : h4 t, j& o/ Q7 n& h0 P
i thought they might make it cheaper there in the emerald city.

vivienna

Originally posted by singgeihot at 2005-6-24 04:34 AM:2 B8 m4 m8 V5 x; j- L. w6 w9 N
I never really like starbucks. they...

. d% R( Z' ?7 D8 b9 awhat other chains are they referring to? Seattle, Delifrance?

johnwu

Originally posted by singgeihot at 2005-6-24 04:34 AM:# ~6 R) j4 p3 q' P( a5 v* n" x( l
I never really like starbucks. they...

; b. W& w. |; I3 dmyabe that's why people are so addited to it

singgeihot

Originally posted by johnwu at 2005-6-24 04:34 AM:+ Q8 P! h7 s9 Y) O% n, X9 S

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; f2 ]! B3 S* p: U. Y9 C. NIt depends on how much RMB rose.

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9 |! S, |, w) h8 {- [2 j" LThey can let it rise by a little (claiming that it takes time to reform the existing system) to ease some of the pressures from the US government or to shut some congressmen up for a little while.

johnwu

Originally posted by vivienna at 2005-6-24 04:36 AM:1 j+ m7 _1 s7 S8 I, i- _' f  T
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what other chains are they referring to? Seattle, Delifrance?

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I think Delifrance is only HK base?  n' t2 _4 e9 I

; h/ g1 `* ?4 D# T" ?There were seattle best coffee (now own by starbuck, I think) and Tully

singgeihot

Originally posted by vivienna at 2005-6-24 04:36 AM:
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( d/ ~& e4 i6 ?  l/ d9 ?what other chains are they referring to? Seattle, Delifrance?

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) l1 D, q& Q3 [6 f4 QI can't remember, but starbucks was tested along with chains on the east coasts (Canada & US)

johnwu

Originally posted by singgeihot at 2005-6-24 04:38 AM:
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They can let it rise by a little (claiming that it takes time to reform the existing system) to ease some of the pressures from the US government or to shut some congressmen up for a little while.

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If it raise too much, it's bad for everybody.

singgeihot

Originally posted by johnwu at 2005-6-24 04:37 AM:2 t% P: E7 A& f9 y. @  v8 S' b

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$ N% o1 E% n6 L4 E  h4 |. {- `Addiction is bad. I hope we're not addicted to 26FUN. I'm starting not to come here this often.

vivienna

Originally posted by johnwu at 2005-6-24 04:39 AM:( q- ?  |. C5 W4 N. m  V
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I think Delifrance is only HK base?0 A7 T1 I* c- ]4 @  J+ p' }. X
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There were seattle best coffee (now own by starbuck, I think) and Tully

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hey, there is delifrance in Oz. i dont know about other countries though.

vivienna

oh and gloria jeans too