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   J.Pascal to William Vetter   
   Re: Does this click?   
   09 Sep 14 13:22:35   
   
   From: julie@pascal.org   
      
   On Tuesday, September 9, 2014 1:59:22 PM UTC-6, William Vetter wrote:   
   > On Tuesday, September 9, 2014 6:01:02 AM UTC-4, Jymesion wrote:   
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   > > "No, no, this is real. There's a factory and everything. They import   
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   > > canned vegetables from China, peel off the labels, slap on new ones,   
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   > > and ship nationwide. I'm scheduled to go out there next month for the   
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   > > groundbreaking of a new building."   
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   > Maybe you should go to an Oriental grocery and see how expensive the canned   
   vegetables and condiments are.  Really, if you took the labels off, you'd   
   decrease the value by 1/4th.   
      
   The labels have to comply to US laws on what has to be on them. Sometimes   
   there's just a sticker added. I always figured that they put those labels on   
   originally but it makes sense that at least some product would get relabeled   
   here.   
      
   -Julie   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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