Comments for Brian Kenneth Swain

Comment on OTD Log – 1.30.10 by BKS

BKS — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:50:13 +0000

The Nina was originally called the Santa Clara. As for the other two, I don’t know off-hand, but I’m sure it will come up at some point in the ten billion pages of preparatory reading I am currently in the midst of.

Comment on OTD Log – 1.30.10 by Mary M Carlisle

Mary M Carlisle — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 03:43:29 +0000

Oh recorder of Columbus’s history – what were the original names of the three ships he took to the new world?

Comment on OTD Log – 1.28.10 by Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:09:32 +0000

Awesome, keep me updated!

Comment on The Swain Diet by BKS

BKS — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:23:23 +0000

Guess it depends on which store and which book. I do know that many are highly marked down, besides which having a member card can lower the price still further. Of course competing with Amazon forces them to do this. Indeed, many of these stores claim that the only actual margin they make these days is on the Starbucks or other concessions that are there, i.e. not on book sales.

Comment on The Swain Diet by Marc B Davis

Marc B Davis — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:30:50 +0000

Regarding footnote [5]: You may be understating the discount offered by Big Box Stores. It’s more like 50%-70%.