In article . com,
Steve wrote:

On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:41:01 +0000, Lazarus Cooke
wrote:

- A beautifully made espresso in Italy costs around thirty or forty
cents - one of the reasons why Starbucks don't exist there.

I hate to bear the bad news, but in September when my wife and I were
driving into Rome on the A-12...there it was! An effin' Starbucks. We
saw another downtown. Tragedia, tragedia.

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Lazarus