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Skriven 2014-02-10 06:38:00 av Dave Drum (73338.cooking)
   Kommentar till text 9684 av JIM WELLER (1:123/140)
Ärende: Tracking Sales
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JIM WELLER Said to DAVE DRUM about Tracking Sales

JW>  DD> I still miss the long-defunct downtown area of my town
JW>  DD> But you're going to have to head for the outskirts
JW>  DD> for all your other shopping and/or a movie. My (former) city
JW>  DD> fathers and their owners have a lot to answer for. 

JW> This has been a common trend, along with suburbs, just about
JW> everywhere since the 50s, not just in your town.  Only a handful of
JW> "great cities" still have vibrant down town cores.

And a whole gaggle of mid-sized cities still have a viable and 
attractive "downtown" area. Cities I visit with regularity - like 
Jacksonville, IL (23K), Macomb, IL (22k + University students), Keokuk 
and Ft. Madison, IA (14K ea), Decatur, IL (76k), Peoria, IL (116k), etc.

Springfield is the only one around here that has killed off its downtown 
area - along with all hint of "smokestack" industry. We used to make 
earth-moving and road building machinery (Allis Chalmers/FIAT-Allis), 
automotive repair equipment (Weaver Manufacturing), Electric meters and 
electronic instruments (Sangamo Electric), Pillsbury Mills (box mixes 
and test kitchen), Illinois Watch Co., Brown Shoes, etc.

The only industry we have is Bunn-O-Matic and Con-Tech (plastic pipe) 
and those are located outside the city limits.

Our major employers are state gummint, insurance companies and medical 
complexes. IOW - mostly paper shuffling.

Oh, yeah - the *other* major industry is tourism - the ghost of Abraham 
Lincoln generates major pazuzas for the Springfield economy.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Downtown Fudge Pie
 Categories: Desserts, Chocolate
      Yield: 7 servings

      2 oz (2 squares) unsweetened
           - chocolate
      2 lg Eggs; beaten
    1/2 c  Butter
      1 c  Sugar
    1/4 c  Flour
      1 ts Vanilla

  Melt the chocolate in a bowl, in the microwave.

  Add butter while the chocolate is still hot, until melted
  and mixed.

  Add the sugar, flour, eggs and vanilla, stirring with a
  whisk until well blended.

  Pour into a buttered pie pan, preferably glass.

  Bake at 350øF/175øC for 30 minutes, or until a straw comes
  out clean.

  NOTES: While steering with one hand, driving in downtown
  Washington, DC traffic, I took this down from a recipe
  heard on the car radio, thus the name. The rest of the
  name speaks for itself. -- Bob

  From: http://www.food.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

MMMMM

ENJOY!!!

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