Black Friday

pinecone70 · 11-27-2009, 06:49 AM

Anyone going out in search of good deals? Is it worth it? Heh. I glanced through a Gander Mountain ad yesterday, seems like all the stores are on that sales technique. All 'Black Friday' means to me is strong coffee, so far...I worked in retail a while back and this did not really exist then (I can't imagine getting caught up in those crowds!)

oscarmayer · 11-27-2009, 06:55 AM

why fight the crowds, this x-mas is going to look better than last years but still down from what they need or want. the nearer it gets to x-mas the better the deals will get

Terry_P · 11-27-2009, 07:19 AM

Going to pay real estate taxes and get an oil change in my wifes car. We are in the full blown get ready to head south mode.

Lori Mick · 11-27-2009, 07:20 AM

i do my shopping on monday or tuesday evenings after work during the dinner hour....no crowds and the deals are still there!

Today....I stay away from the malls

Double D · 11-27-2009, 07:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Lori Mick

i do my shopping on monday or tuesday evenings after work during the dinner hour....no crowds and the deals are still there!

Today....I stay away from the malls

+1

red14 · 11-27-2009, 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Terry_P

Going to pay real estate taxes and get an oil change in my wifes car. We are in the full blown get ready to head south mode.

No shopping today, I don't like people shopping, rude, and smelly.

Terry, where you going?

PharmrJohn · 11-27-2009, 07:31 AM

I was going to this year as 1.) I have the day off and 2.) I normally get up at 4AM anyway. My family, last night, talked me out of it. Told me I could either find it this weekend during reasonable hours or online at probably a better price. Fine with me. I just got up....so I got to sleep in (till 0530---Woo Hoo!)

Terry_P · 11-27-2009, 07:39 AM

Red:

Southeast Texas to an RV Park run by Kleberg County called Seawind. This will be our 5th year there and is the only park I have ever found with a skeet range on one end. You have to love Texas. I also have access to land to hunt deer and another piece for hog hunting so I'm a happy camper.

We went to the Florida Keys for two years and they started selling RV Parks (including ours) in the real estate boom down there and throwing out the hated RV'ers so we headed west. They never built the condo's and still have an RV park at Knights Key but we will stick with TX.

red14 · 11-27-2009, 07:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Terry_P

Red:

Southeast Texas to an RV Park run by Kleberg County called Seawind. This will be our 5th year there and is the only park I have ever found with a skeet range on one end. You have to love Texas. I also have access to land to hunt deer and another piece for hog hunting so I'm a happy camper.

We went to the Florida Keys for two years and they started selling RV Parks (including ours) in the real estate boom down there and throwing out the hated RV'ers so we headed west. They never built the condo's and still have an RV park at Knights Key but we will stick with TX.

Sounds like great fun! Key West loses, you win. I know some good people in Key West, liberals, but they are all right. Make some fine Key Lime Pie!!!!

Bubblehead · 11-27-2009, 09:27 AM

Internet shopping and great UPS service. I also hate crowds.

dianalv · 11-27-2009, 09:33 AM

I have to buy coffee and dog food, and that's as much shopping as I'm doing today! According to the news, nutty people spent the night standing in line to be the first ones in. That's just crazy. Lot's of deals to be had on more than just this day. Don't want to deal with frantic people willing to spend the night freezing in a parking lot.

Back to the drawing board for me today.

red14 · 11-27-2009, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by dianalv

I have to buy coffee and dog food, and that's as much shopping as I'm doing today! According to the news, nutty people spent the night standing in line to be the first ones in. That's just crazy. Lot's of deals to be had on more than just this day. Don't want to deal with frantic people willing to spend the night freezing in a parking lot.

Back to the drawing board for me today.

What/who are you drawing?

dianalv · 11-27-2009, 09:57 AM

Same thing I've been drawing. Portrait of three people.

red14 · 11-27-2009, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by dianalv

Same thing I've been drawing. Portrait of three people.

Must be nice to enjoy what you do for money.

To really excell at something, has to give you stisfaction

My best attributes are, at best, average.

Bobitis · 11-27-2009, 12:36 PM

Everyday crowds are bad enough when it comes to attitude.

I wish everyone would just boycot gift giving altogether.
Specially cards. 10 cents to print, and costs 3.50.

What a bunch of whores.

Can't we just say what we feel any more?

Why is a gift required for any occasion?

I think all holidays should just implode.
If you wanna give a gift, make one. It will be cherished for a lifetime, and has no warranty expiration.

Bah Humbug!

red14 · 11-27-2009, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Bobitis

Everyday crowds are bad enough when it comes to attitude.

I wish everyone would just boycot gift giving altogether.
Specially cards. 10 cents to print, and costs 3.50.

What a bunch of whores.

Can't we just say what we feel any more?

Why is a gift required for any occasion?

I think all holidays should just implode.
If you wanna give a gift, make one. It will be cherished for a lifetime, and has no warranty expiration.

Bah Humbug!

We always get our grandson to make cards for his relatives and ours. We get poster paper, crayons, paint, whatever he needs. He writes what he wants to, draws what he wants. I think it's better than buying something.

Lori Mick · 11-27-2009, 01:32 PM

you are a brave soul, john!

red14 · 11-27-2009, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Lori Mick

you are a brave soul, john!

Lori, I know you are not cooking, tonight. But, are you going to be cooking?

What are you wearing? wink wink, nudge nudge.

PharmrJohn · 11-27-2009, 02:43 PM

say no more say no more......

Lori Mick · 11-27-2009, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by red14

Lori, I know you are not cooking, tonight. But, are you going to be cooking?

What are you wearing? wink wink, nudge nudge.

Well I was wearing something hot....but then he called all bummed out....his truck broke down the other day and he was trying all morning to fix it....but we'll see what happens.... I might take a ride and go to his town instead...
he's gonna try and get it fixed first.

Terry_P · 11-27-2009, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by red14

Sounds like great fun! Key West loses, you win. I know some good people in Key West, liberals, but they are all right. Make some fine Key Lime Pie!!!!

We used to go to Knights Key which was right at the 7 Mile bridge in Marathon. In Islamorada they used to have a Cuban restaurant called "Manny and Isseys". I actually read about them in a book on fishing by Ted Williams as he used to go there for the cuban sandwiches in the 70's. They were good but the Key Lime Pies they used to make were absolute perfection. They picked their own limes and then topped the pie with a meringue. They sold pieces or whole pies for only about $10-12. Our last year down there they retired and sold out. It was a deep, deep tramatic event.

pinecone70 · 11-27-2009, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Bobitis

I wish everyone would just boycot gift giving altogether. Specially cards. 10 cents to print, and costs 3.50.

What a bunch of whores.

Yes, bravo. Greeting cards are an annoyance, expensive, overly chatty and pointless.

pinecone70 · 11-27-2009, 07:04 PM

Heh.

I spent Black Friday at Monticello.....Fabulous.

red14 · 11-27-2009, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by pinecone70

Heh.

I spent Black Friday at Monticello.....Fabulous.

Jefferson's digs? Awesome, real history there.

pinecone70 · 11-27-2009, 07:13 PM

It was great, and I feel that going there right now was a very good experience for me.

11-27-2009, 06:49 AM	#1
pinecone70 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Minnesota Gal! Posts: 4,730	Black Friday Anyone going out in search of good deals? Is it worth it? Heh. I glanced through a Gander Mountain ad yesterday, seems like all the stores are on that sales technique. All 'Black Friday' means to me is strong coffee, so far...I worked in retail a while back and this did not really exist then (I can't imagine getting caught up in those crowds!) __________________ _____________________________________________ "Miss Scarlet, in the library...with a revolver...." -->

11-27-2009, 06:55 AM	#2
oscarmayer Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Contributor Posts: 2,387	Re: Black Friday why fight the crowds, this x-mas is going to look better than last years but still down from what they need or want. the nearer it gets to x-mas the better the deals will get

11-27-2009, 07:19 AM	#3
Terry_P Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: NH Posts: 2,513	Re: Black Friday Going to pay real estate taxes and get an oil change in my wifes car. We are in the full blown get ready to head south mode. __________________ NRA and NAHC Life "Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms." -Aristotle

11-27-2009, 07:20 AM	#4
Lori Mick Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Stuck in Upstate NY for a while Posts: 2,374	Re: Black Friday i do my shopping on monday or tuesday evenings after work during the dinner hour....no crowds and the deals are still there! Today....I stay away from the malls __________________ It's a Brand New Day! Make it an awesome one! "No one outside myself can rule me inwardly. Knowing this I become wholly free."

11-27-2009, 07:31 AM	#7
PharmrJohn Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Western Washington Posts: 975	Re: Black Friday I was going to this year as 1.) I have the day off and 2.) I normally get up at 4AM anyway. My family, last night, talked me out of it. Told me I could either find it this weekend during reasonable hours or online at probably a better price. Fine with me. I just got up....so I got to sleep in (till 0530---Woo Hoo!) __________________ Life is a State of Mind.

11-27-2009, 07:39 AM	#8
Terry_P Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: NH Posts: 2,513	Re: Black Friday Red: Southeast Texas to an RV Park run by Kleberg County called Seawind. This will be our 5th year there and is the only park I have ever found with a skeet range on one end. You have to love Texas. I also have access to land to hunt deer and another piece for hog hunting so I'm a happy camper. We went to the Florida Keys for two years and they started selling RV Parks (including ours) in the real estate boom down there and throwing out the hated RV'ers so we headed west. They never built the condo's and still have an RV park at Knights Key but we will stick with TX. __________________ NRA and NAHC Life "Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms." -Aristotle

11-27-2009, 09:27 AM	#10
Bubblehead V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Pioneer, CA Posts: 480	Re: Black Friday Internet shopping and great UPS service. I also hate crowds. __________________ There are only two types of ships: Submarines and Targets.

11-27-2009, 09:33 AM	#11
dianalv Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada Posts: 1,160	Re: Black Friday I have to buy coffee and dog food, and that's as much shopping as I'm doing today! According to the news, nutty people spent the night standing in line to be the first ones in. That's just crazy. Lot's of deals to be had on more than just this day. Don't want to deal with frantic people willing to spend the night freezing in a parking lot. Back to the drawing board for me today.

11-27-2009, 09:57 AM	#13
dianalv Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada Posts: 1,160	Re: Black Friday Same thing I've been drawing. Portrait of three people.

11-27-2009, 12:36 PM	#15
Bobitis Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 6,612	Re: Black Friday Everyday crowds are bad enough when it comes to attitude. I wish everyone would just boycot gift giving altogether. Specially cards. 10 cents to print, and costs 3.50. What a bunch of whores. Can't we just say what we feel any more? Why is a gift required for any occasion? I think all holidays should just implode. If you wanna give a gift, make one. It will be cherished for a lifetime, and has no warranty expiration. Bah Humbug! __________________ ^.^ A point in every direction is the same as having no point at all

11-27-2009, 01:32 PM	#17
Lori Mick Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Stuck in Upstate NY for a while Posts: 2,374	Re: Black Friday you are a brave soul, john! __________________ It's a Brand New Day! Make it an awesome one! "No one outside myself can rule me inwardly. Knowing this I become wholly free."

11-27-2009, 02:43 PM	#19
PharmrJohn Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Western Washington Posts: 975	Re: Black Friday say no more say no more...... __________________ Life is a State of Mind.

11-27-2009, 07:04 PM	#23
pinecone70 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Minnesota Gal! Posts: 4,730	Re: Black Friday Heh. I spent Black Friday at Monticello.....Fabulous. __________________ _____________________________________________ "Miss Scarlet, in the library...with a revolver...."

11-27-2009, 07:13 PM	#25
pinecone70 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Minnesota Gal! Posts: 4,730	Re: Black Friday It was great, and I feel that going there right now was a very good experience for me. __________________ _____________________________________________ "Miss Scarlet, in the library...with a revolver...."