Hackneyed, trite, banal, are all expressions that come to mind when I hear this expression in media or in a book. Come to think of it what is all this business with mom and pop anyway?
Perhaps harkening to old tales when the social units actually consisted of this arrangement some stories made sense. But to use in the context of Facebook and like investing it reeks of stale incongruous ideas.
For starters there is over 50% divorce rate in the US with more and more people going the way of the singularity. There is no preponderence of mom and pop and if there was its dwindling.
What about the mom and mom or pop and pop arrangements? What about the mom and test tubes? What about the steps (mom and pop)? What about the more than one of each? I tell you there is just no truth in reporting these days. What about those with criminal intents or a skewed bent? Some have hit the low road and abandoned the offsprings of the mom and pop?
I think 'pop goes the weasel' makes more sense don't you?
Cool cat the Japanese are Tokyo at dusk My second visit to this land of the rising sun after almost a decade. Back then clearly I was wet behind the ears product manager and likely didn’t pay attention to all (efficient) things Japanese. But today I did and of course continue to be impressed. It is as much the obvious stuff like on time travel that is both clean and comfortable and all that which makes it possible. The impressive landmark and landscapes that these humans have put together despite their cramped (or because of it) surroundings and precarious geological conditions could amaze a novice architect among us. But it’s also the little things that someone had to think about which have a phenomenal impact on day to day lives that make the Japanese stand apart. Below are few random examples- 1. Providing a very fine machined wooden toothpick in every packet of wooden chopsticks. The said chapsticks are simply set on the To Go counter of any food vendor/ convenience store wher...
Singularly disturbing, the sociology...
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