My radioshack > food because you can get your essentials(non-edible) that you need for around the house.. say batteries, and etc.
(Edit) Is also larger company then home depot. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> The Home Depot is the world's largest home improvement retailer and second largest retailer in the United States, behind Walmart.
But now I see why your name is Depot...because you're obsessed with a hardware store. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> I wouldn't say I'm obsessed - I gave them 2 years of my life and they're a terrific company to work for. I also own a small piece of HD. Know that "hardware store" is grossly innacurate ... home improvement warehouse is a much better description.
I hate fake body part women... and she is one of the worst.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Be that as it <i>may</i>, Angelina Jolie was on <a href='http://people.aol.com/people/articles/0,19736,1046248_1054061,00.html' target='_blank'>PEOPLE's 50 Most Beautiful People List</a>, which is good enough for me, not to mention she's a stone fox. [/clarifications]
Super-duper changeup here: Jose Cuervo tequila > Mariachi brand, but the worm goes with it!
<img src='http://www.colawp.com/topics/1999/0300b.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /> PET multiusable bottles > your silly one way throw away stuff!
<!--QuoteBegin-Pithlit+Jul 10 2005, 10:29 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Pithlit @ Jul 10 2005, 10:29 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> PET multiusable bottles > your silly one way throw away stuff! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Isn't that more of a step backwards, as we all know the benefits of recycling?
I love how you really don't know much about retail depot. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin-www.radioshackcorporation.com+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (www.radioshackcorporation.com)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Fort Worth, Texas-based RadioShack Corporation (NYSE: RSH) is the nation's most trusted consumer electronics specialty retailer and a growing provider of business-to-business retail support services. The company operates a vast network of sales channels, including: nearly 7,000 company-owned and dealer stores; almost 100 RadioShack locations in Mexico; and over 600 Sprint and SAM'S CLUB wireless kiosks. RadioShack's knowledgeable and helpful sales associates deliver convenient product and service solutions within five minutes of where 94 percent of all Americans either live or work. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Twas a nice try though... <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Blue frozen margaritas are most definately the best. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin-Cyndane+Jul 10 2005, 10:51 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cyndane @ Jul 10 2005, 10:51 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I love how you really don't know much about retail depot. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin-www.radioshackcorporation.com+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (www.radioshackcorporation.com)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Fort Worth, Texas-based RadioShack Corporation (NYSE: RSH) is the nation's most trusted consumer electronics specialty retailer and a growing provider of business-to-business retail support services. The company operates a vast network of sales channels, including: nearly 7,000 company-owned and dealer stores; almost 100 RadioShack locations in Mexico; and over 600 Sprint and SAM'S CLUB wireless kiosks. RadioShack's knowledgeable and helpful sales associates deliver convenient product and service solutions within five minutes of where 94 percent of all Americans either live or work. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Twas a nice try though...
Blue frozen margaritas are most definately the best. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Unfortunately (for Radio Shack) retail rankings are not determined by the number of stores they operate. No one can dispute Radio Shack has more stores. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Glad we agree on the frozen margaritas. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> Only top shelf for me though, and I LOVE the Mexican food that normally follows. You have good taste...
<!--QuoteBegin-Cyndane+Jul 10 2005, 11:00 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cyndane @ Jul 10 2005, 11:00 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->If you are talking about gross profit... home depot is number 3, not number 2. :-)<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Actually sales are the standard most use to rank retailers. In this respect, for a published report in 2004:<ul><li>1. Wal-Mart had 2003 sales of $258.68 billion </li><li><span style='color:yellow'>2.</span> Home Depot had 2003 sales of $64.82 billion </li></ul><!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Triversity's annual ranking of the Top 100 Retailers in the United States in STORES magazine, once again places Wal-Mart far ahead of the competition with a sales volume four times that of <span style='color:yellow'>2nd ranked </span>Home Depot. Kroger, Costco, and Target round out the top five in this year’s ranking. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Just dew the dew ... <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> America's favorite citrus soda FTW! <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
[off topic but fun nonetheless] <!--QuoteBegin-Top retailers+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Top retailers)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> There was little shuffling among the Top 10 retailers, with Arkansas-based Wal-Mart heading the list again as the nation's largest retailer with 2000 sales of $193.3 billion, a 15.9 percent increase over the previous year. However, Wal-Mart eased its rapid-fire pace of new store openings from a 13.5 percent increase in 1999 to a 4.9 percent increase in 2000.
Food retailer Kroger retained its #2 position by growing its chain strength +5.0 percent through acquisitions of small local chains and store clusters sold off by regional competitors. Home Depot moved up to #3 with stepped up offerings in carpet and major appliances, forcing Sears, Roebuck and Company to drop a notch to #4. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
[off topic but fun nonetheless] <!--QuoteBegin-Top retailers+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Top retailers)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> There was little shuffling among the Top 10 retailers, with Arkansas-based Wal-Mart heading the list again as the nation's largest retailer with 2000 sales of $193.3 billion, a 15.9 percent increase over the previous year. However, Wal-Mart eased its rapid-fire pace of new store openings from a 13.5 percent increase in 1999 to a 4.9 percent increase in 2000.
Food retailer Kroger retained its #2 position by growing its chain strength +5.0 percent through acquisitions of small local chains and store clusters sold off by regional competitors. Home Depot moved up to #3 with stepped up offerings in carpet and major appliances, forcing Sears, Roebuck and Company to drop a notch to #4. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> <a href='http://retailindustry.about.com/library/weekly/01/aa010705a.htm' target='_blank'>Top retailers 2004</a><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Although impressive, you seem to have used a dated source. From <a href='http://www.stores.org/archives/2005/07/cover.asp' target='_blank'>Triversity Top 100 Retailers List</a> dated July 2005, <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Wal-Mart is far and away the leader, with volume four times that of <span style='color:yellow'>runner-up Home Depot</span>, followed by Kroger, Costco and Target, the latter having sold off its Marshall Field’s and Mervyn’s divisions since last year’s ranking. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Back on topic, scuba diving > Bacta total body binge for sheer entertainment value.
* edit - my bad, forgot to post the image * <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Some one beat me it was to do with the alcahole.. scubas best in that case.. <img src='http://www.submarine.co.mp/wallpaper/submarine_640.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
I think the beatles would have been a more ingenious choice. I'm actually quite bored with this thread by now. All these tangents kill the fun - along with the fact NO ONE decides to use creative links to new pictures.
OMG, a bigger submarine - how ingenious, a 6 year old could have thought of that. OMG, a bigger gun - a monkey could have done it. OMG, a nuclear bomb - a demented US general could have imagined it.
But now, we'll go in another circle and it will be a torpedo, or an AEGIS cruiser or a bigger submarine or a space ship "submarine of the sky" or something as easily predictable...
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I'm just saying 6John was going overboard.
<!--QuoteBegin-Cyndane Jul 9 2005+ 11:47 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cyndane Jul 9 2005 @ 11:47 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->
I had to do this...
My radioshack > food because you can get your essentials(non-edible) that you need for around the house.. say batteries, and etc.
(Edit)
Is also larger company then home depot. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The Home Depot is the world's largest home improvement retailer and second largest retailer in the United States, behind Walmart.
<!--QuoteBegin-UltimaGecko Jul 9 2005+ 11:51 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (UltimaGecko Jul 9 2005 @ 11:51 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->
But now I see why your name is Depot...because you're obsessed with a hardware store. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I wouldn't say I'm obsessed - I gave them 2 years of my life and they're a terrific company to work for. I also own a small piece of HD. Know that "hardware store" is grossly innacurate ... home improvement warehouse is a much better description.
<!--QuoteBegin-Cyndane Jul 10 2005+ 12:05 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cyndane Jul 10 2005 @ 12:05 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->
I hate fake body part women... and she is one of the worst.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Be that as it <i>may</i>, Angelina Jolie was on <a href='http://people.aol.com/people/articles/0,19736,1046248_1054061,00.html' target='_blank'>PEOPLE's 50 Most Beautiful People List</a>, which is good enough for me, not to mention she's a stone fox. [/clarifications]
Super-duper changeup here: Jose Cuervo tequila > Mariachi brand, but the worm goes with it!
<img src='http://www.celebratebig.com/mexico2/tequilajosecuervobarrels.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
vodka > tequila
But what is this thread but personal opinion anyways ...
Real men drink scotch, high dollar aged scotch...
<img src='http://www.scc.org.sg/padang/2005_04/Chivas%20Regal%20Night-W.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
*edit for better pictar*
<img src='http://www.red-wine.biz/pics/generalkalashnikov.gif' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
<!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
About 3 minutes to late ... soz. <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Americans beat any alcohol, moonshine!!! Also known as white lighting around here...
*Weve got some Shhhh!*
Americans beat any alcohol, moonshine!!! Also known as white lighting around here...
*Weve got some Shhhh!* <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
yeah that stuff BURNS
blow me
<img src='http://www.hi-cone.com/images/Dasani-6pk-bottles.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
<span style='color:yellow'>*note* brand names to be excluded - Dasani is only an example</span>
PET multiusable bottles > your silly one way throw away stuff!
Isn't that more of a step backwards, as we all know the benefits of recycling?
IceTea (even instant one) rocks these days when it's hot.
<img src='http://www.displayit-info.com/food/images/drinks/2380.JPG' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
<!--QuoteBegin-www.radioshackcorporation.com+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (www.radioshackcorporation.com)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->
Fort Worth, Texas-based RadioShack Corporation (NYSE: RSH) is the nation's most trusted consumer electronics specialty retailer and a growing provider of business-to-business retail support services. The company operates a vast network of sales channels, including: nearly 7,000 company-owned and dealer stores; almost 100 RadioShack locations in Mexico; and over 600 Sprint and SAM'S CLUB wireless kiosks. RadioShack's knowledgeable and helpful sales associates deliver convenient product and service solutions within five minutes of where 94 percent of all Americans either live or work.
<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Twas a nice try though... <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<img src='http://www.cocktailguiden.dk/images/blue_margarita_300.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
Blue frozen margaritas are most definately the best. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin-www.radioshackcorporation.com+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (www.radioshackcorporation.com)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->
Fort Worth, Texas-based RadioShack Corporation (NYSE: RSH) is the nation's most trusted consumer electronics specialty retailer and a growing provider of business-to-business retail support services. The company operates a vast network of sales channels, including: nearly 7,000 company-owned and dealer stores; almost 100 RadioShack locations in Mexico; and over 600 Sprint and SAM'S CLUB wireless kiosks. RadioShack's knowledgeable and helpful sales associates deliver convenient product and service solutions within five minutes of where 94 percent of all Americans either live or work.
<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Twas a nice try though...
Blue frozen margaritas are most definately the best. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Unfortunately (for Radio Shack) retail rankings are not determined by the number of stores they operate. No one can dispute Radio Shack has more stores. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Glad we agree on the frozen margaritas. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> Only top shelf for me though, and I LOVE the Mexican food that normally follows. You have good taste...
Actually sales are the standard most use to rank retailers. In this respect, for a published report in 2004:<ul><li>1. Wal-Mart had 2003 sales of $258.68 billion
</li><li><span style='color:yellow'>2.</span> Home Depot had 2003 sales of $64.82 billion
</li></ul><!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Triversity's annual ranking of the Top 100 Retailers in the United States in STORES magazine, once again places Wal-Mart far ahead of the competition with a sales volume four times that of <span style='color:yellow'>2nd ranked </span>Home Depot. Kroger, Costco, and Target round out the top five in this year’s ranking. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Just dew the dew ... <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> America's favorite citrus soda FTW! <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<img src='http://www.richardrosenman.com/gallery/mountain_dew3.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
Surge pwns Mt Dew.
[off topic but fun nonetheless] <!--QuoteBegin-Top retailers+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Top retailers)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->
There was little shuffling among the Top 10 retailers, with Arkansas-based Wal-Mart heading the list again as the nation's largest retailer with 2000 sales of $193.3 billion, a 15.9 percent increase over the previous year. However, Wal-Mart eased its rapid-fire pace of new store openings from a 13.5 percent increase in 1999 to a 4.9 percent increase in 2000.
Food retailer Kroger retained its #2 position by growing its chain strength +5.0 percent through acquisitions of small local chains and store clusters sold off by regional competitors. Home Depot moved up to #3 with stepped up offerings in carpet and major appliances, forcing Sears, Roebuck and Company to drop a notch to #4.
<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<a href='http://retailindustry.about.com/library/weekly/01/aa010705a.htm' target='_blank'>Top retailers 2004</a>
<!--c1--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>CODE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='CODE'><!--ec1-->
1 Wal-Mart 35 Saks 69 Penn Traffic
2 Kroger 36 Kohl's 70 The Pantry
3 Home Depot 37 CompUSA 71 Pep Boys
4 Sears 38 Nordstrom 72 Stater Bros.
5 Kmart 39 OfficeMax 73 Bed Bath & Beyond
6 Albertson's 40 Intimate Brands 74 Harris-Teeter
7 Target 41 BJ's Wholesale 75 Belks
8 JCPenney 42 RadioShack 76 Heilig-Meyers
9 Costco 43 Menard 77 Michaels Stores
10 Safeway 44 Dollar General 78 Footstar
11 Ahold USA 45 AutoZone 79 Burlington Coat
12 Walgreen 46 Barnes & Noble 80 PETsMART
13 CVS 47 Shaw's 81 Value City
14 Lowe's 48 Giant Eagle 82 Advance Auto
15 Federated 49 Venator Group 83 Schnuck Markets
16 Best Buy 50 Longs Drug 84 Weis Markets
17 Publix 51 Ames 85 Grand Union
18 Rite Aid 52 Pathmark 86 Ingles Markets
19 May Dept. Stores 53 Spiegel 87 Marsh Supermarkets
20 Winn-Dixie 54 Hy-Vee 88 Berkshire Retail
21 Gap 55 QVC 89 Smart & Final
22 Circuit City 56 ShopKo Stores 90 Whole Foods
23 Delhaize America 57 Spartan Stores 91 Williams-Sonoma
24 Office Depot 58 Consolidated 92 DFS Group
25 Toys "R" Us 59 Fleming Retail 93 DeMoulas
26 Meijer 60 Borders Group 94 84 Lumber
27 Staples 61 Family Dollar 95 Zale
28 A&P 62 Raley's 96 Dollar Tree
29 Limited 63 Payless ShoeSource 97 Tiffany
30 TJX 64 Neiman Marcus 98 Casey's General
31 SuperValu Retail 65 Wegman's 99 Charming Shoppes
32 Dillard's 66 Amazon.com 100 Talbots
33 7-Eleven 67 Montgomery Ward
34 H.E.B. 68 Ross Stores
<!--c2--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--ec2-->
Bacta... Luke Skywalker loves the stuff so much he went on a total body binge
Surge pwns Mt Dew.
[off topic but fun nonetheless] <!--QuoteBegin-Top retailers+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Top retailers)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->
There was little shuffling among the Top 10 retailers, with Arkansas-based Wal-Mart heading the list again as the nation's largest retailer with 2000 sales of $193.3 billion, a 15.9 percent increase over the previous year. However, Wal-Mart eased its rapid-fire pace of new store openings from a 13.5 percent increase in 1999 to a 4.9 percent increase in 2000.
Food retailer Kroger retained its #2 position by growing its chain strength +5.0 percent through acquisitions of small local chains and store clusters sold off by regional competitors. Home Depot moved up to #3 with stepped up offerings in carpet and major appliances, forcing Sears, Roebuck and Company to drop a notch to #4.
<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<a href='http://retailindustry.about.com/library/weekly/01/aa010705a.htm' target='_blank'>Top retailers 2004</a><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Although impressive, you seem to have used a dated source. From <a href='http://www.stores.org/archives/2005/07/cover.asp' target='_blank'>Triversity Top 100 Retailers List</a> dated July 2005,
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Wal-Mart is far and away the leader, with volume four times that of <span style='color:yellow'>runner-up Home Depot</span>, followed by Kroger, Costco and Target, the latter having sold off its Marshall Field’s and Mervyn’s divisions since last year’s ranking. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Back on topic, scuba diving > Bacta total body binge for sheer entertainment value.
<img src='http://www.marmarisinfo.com/sightseeing/resim/diving/scuba.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
* edit - my bad, forgot to post the image * <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<img src='http://science.widener.edu/svb/molecule/jpeg/h2o.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
in that case..
<img src='http://www.submarine.co.mp/wallpaper/submarine_640.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
Faster stronger deeper
<img src='http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/ohio/images/ohio2.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
CRUISER!!!
OMG, a bigger submarine - how ingenious, a 6 year old could have thought of that.
OMG, a bigger gun - a monkey could have done it.
OMG, a nuclear bomb - a demented US general could have imagined it.
But now, we'll go in another circle and it will be a torpedo, or an AEGIS cruiser or a bigger submarine or a space ship "submarine of the sky" or something as easily predictable...
Your right under that did it hurt?