From: lobby.dosser.mapson@verizon.net   
      
   "David Loftus"  wrote:   
      
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   > Lobby Dosser wrote:   
   >> "David Loftus"  wrote:   
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   >> > No need to look down on them because others may perhaps do some   
   >> > things better than they do NOW.   
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   >> Rock Creek Tavern was doing a Wholw Lot better before it was   
   >> Assimilated. A number of places were better before they were   
   >> Assimilated.   
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   > "Doing better" in what sense?   
      
   Better atmosphere.   
      
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   > Were they brewing their own microbrews, or just selling the name   
   > brands and the produce of other breweries?   
      
   I don't drink much, so I don't really know about the beer.   
      
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   > I doubt McMenamin's forced them to shut down and/or sell. It's not the   
   > fault of the McM Bros if the owners of the Rock Creek were not making   
   > it financially, or were just tired and wanted to move on.   
      
   I suspect they were not forced, but chains do have a tendency to make   
   things tougher on the Independents.   
      
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   > I don't know the facts of the matter, but I question your readiness to   
   > think and speak the worst of people with perhaps no greater knowledge   
   > of the matter and potentially extraneous reasons.   
      
   They are a Chain, and they look and act like a Chain. Chains breed   
   mediocrity.   
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   > David Loftus   
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