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VoodooNYC wrote: [quote=Obamanut]Funny, for someone who claims to not enjoy reading what I write, you sure have replied to enough of it. :^o

Now why don't we get this thread back to the original topic of Park Slope supermarkets, shall we?

Eh, not interested. And you invaded a thread that I had been posting on, typically I do avoid you. You've actually become really boring. It was mildly entertaining in the beginning. Now it's just dumb. And boring. Maybe start posting as a "neuvo" "park" "sloper" to get everyone really riled up about the "old" "timers" ? Actually it gives me great comfort that you are so miserable in your "life". Nighty night.

Sorry, it wasn't an invitation to converse with me, but rather an invitation for you to focus on someone else. I apologize for the misunderstanding.

As for my "misery," I know it's difficult for you to imagine, but my portrayal of a persona on an online message board encompasses maybe 5% of the actual real life "me." But then again, if your image of me being "miserable" is how you rationalize a guy like me away, then by all means have at it, because remember--thanks to your kind, my real life "misery" increases in value to the tune of a cool mil every five years or so. Goodness, how ever will I go on like this?

BigGuy wrote: I'm a big fan of the shepherd's pie and the mince & cheese.

Shepherd's pie and the curry veg is a good (and slightly more healthy) meal. One pie doesn't quite cut it for supper.

Does anyone actually take Obamanut seriously!!!

I do not take him seriously.

Obamanut wrote: [quote=muggle] I can't understand why Amish can rent those gigantic spaces all over Manhattan - they own the Zeytuna place in the financial district, Zeytins on Bryant Park, and others - and yet charge lower prices than Union Market. Can the rents be higher in Park Slope than in Manhattan, so the merchants charge more? I picked up a French bread at one of those last week - it was $1.99 - the same thing costs $2.39 here in the Slope. Meats at Union Market are insanely expensive, IMO.

I know it's baffling, but what you've got to realize is that's part of the whole appeal of these places. Places like "Union Market" charge exorbitant prices for pedestrian goods on purpose.

If you haven't noticed, nuevo-Park Slopers take great joy in overpaying for run-of-the-mill products and services as long as the atmosphere in which they're shopping is sufficiently pretentious--rent, kids clothing, and ESPECIALLY groceries. In fact, if given a choice between a regular grocery store charging regular prices and a 'pretentious' store charging two dollars more for the very same item, nuevo-Slopers will pointedly flock to the overpriced one. That is why "Union Market" has such a following in this "affluent" area.

The irony is that the supermarkets in the Upper East Side, which is where all the REAL money is in this city, offer much more reasonable prices on groceries, because the people there are actually smart and frugal about where they shop and refuse to overpay for anything (which is probably how their families became so rich to begin with).

what a bunch of overgeneralizsed baloney!!!!!!!!!!

Doldrums, agreed. If what Obamanut wrote was true, D'Agostinos would still be here.

ljnd wrote: Doldrums, agreed. If what Obamanut wrote was true, D'Agostinos would still be here.

D'Agostino's went under because they catered to the 'original' Park Slope yuppie crowd of the 1980's and 90's, who were really more like displaced Manhattanites than anything else. That's why D'Agostino's was basically nothing more than an UWS (at that time) grocery store plopped down into Park Slope. In fact, D'Agostino's came from Manhattan to begin with. Originally there were none in Brooklyn, and if I'm not mistaken, 7th Ave was the first and last location in BK.

Anyway, as the original working business yuppies were gradually replaced by our current, hyper-self-important, frump-leisure-yuppie population, D'Agostino's lost its customer base because it simply wasn't pretentious enough in the right way. It was more of a "BMW-and-designer-clothing-wearer" overpriced and pretentious than a "Subaru-station-wagon-and-Tibetan-babysling-wearer" pretentious. Believe it or not, there's a big difference.

So there you have your explanation of why D'Agostino's didn't last and "Union Market" is now the king.

"Show me where the new large and reasonably priced supermarkets are opening and thriving in Park Slope."


i heard that the key food on 7th is doing better business than they've done in years.

and tonight, in front of me in line was a woman with a whole envelope of coupons.

and a $1000 purse.

LongTimeSloper wrote: for crying out loud! you are a f'ing piece of work, always screeching the same darned tune!

Look at both Key Food stores, they both do a thriving business as does the Pathmark you love.

Not worth the energy, LTS. Obamanut is out of touch and has no idea what is going on in NY these days, that tens of thousands of people are losing their jobs on a daily basis and therefore need to save money everywhere they can.

We've already established that he's a trustfunder and drinks PBR while waiting to inherit a rent controlled building from his Mom.

belzjm wrote: "Show me where the new large and reasonably priced supermarkets are opening and thriving in Park Slope."


i heard that the key food on 7th is doing better business than they've done in years.

and tonight, in front of me in line was a woman with a whole envelope of coupons.

and a $1000 purse.

Nuevo-Slope Subaru station-wagon-drivers and Tibetan babysling-carriers don't use or buy "$1000 purses" (despite the fact that they can afford them more than just about anyone). They sneer and roll their eyes at things like that. Try again.

VoodooNYC wrote: HA! I love the way the Onut addresses the fact that he's a trustfunder waiting to inherit a family building he did absolutely nothing to earn. Meaning, not at all.

You got me alright; all those years I spent as a kid running around the plush and safe streets of 1980's and early 90's Park Slope with kids who are now dead or in jail, the one thought that kept crossing my mind was how lucky and privileged I was. I wouldn't dare put my meager life experience up against those hardscrabble, no-nonsense go-getters who currently fill the brownstones of this neighborhood, who grew up under such hard circumstances and worked tooth and nail for what they have. I mean, you can just look in these people's eyes and see what hard lives they've had.

Anyway, though, this thread is about (a) empty store space in Park Slope; and (b) what sorts of business we would or wouldn't like to see in that store space. How about diverting your energy to the topic at hand instead of me for a change.

VoodooNYC wrote:

Actually, this thread is all about ONut and rants against "neuvo" slopers as is every thread you post on. How about diverting your energy to an intelligent dialogue for a change. Dude, you're a troll.

The only one I see here focusing on me (as opposed to what I am saying about the topic) is you, as usual.:roll: If I'm such a troll then ignore me. Or even better, how about being an adult and accepting the fact that everyone doesn't agree with your point of view.

Now, GETTING BACK TO THE TOPIC...

Unfortunately, no one on this board wants to debate any topic with you. You will, however, find people who think your troll observations are obnoxious and want to rail at you. Have fun with that. I'm done with you, Nut. Enjoy your inheritance.

veets wrote: ech.. another Hijacked Obanut thread that I will not post to any more.

Trust fund or not let us remember he told us that every 4 years or so he earns his OWN one Million dollars! Yeah sure.

and he has to beat off the ladies with a stick


(yes, I said "beat off" and "stick" in the same sentence!)

Are we now discussing masturbation? Because any topic would be better than Onut