these are all excellent points mystry... i worked for a service station one time... we used to only carry skoal, copenhagen... a customer could walk in and say "cope" or "skoal"... easy to serve him/her... now days we have avout 50 varieties of chew... when i cashier on Fri i have to ask the guy what color the can is... can't read them all that fast, only doing that one day a week and i can't memorize exactly where each can is located on the rack... same w/cigs... slows the customer down, creates a line for others to stand and wait in... time is money they say...

i wish for simpler times myself... still, change is inevitable...

as the planet becomes more populated, more diverse, niche's arise... somehow we try to satisfy everyone and in the noisy confusion there is still very basic things to remember... be good to each other, strive to be happy... enjoy the here and now... tomorrow it could be worse...