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I wonder . . .
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November 24, 2012 - Black Friday
Just a little bit of craziness as the official Christmas shopping season begins here in the U.S.(on the day after Thanksgiving).
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Good for them. Gotta keep the Chinese economy booming.
I'm going to try as much as possible to spend my money at local small businesses and through Etsy type sellers. |
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Marketeers have realized many, many people are nearly broke.
So by getting the $ on this uber-hyped shopping day, they get what little there is, and any stores that wait for X-mas are S.O.L. |
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erika
Join Date: Apr 2006
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i literally forgot yesterday was black friday - and didn't know at all that it was the burlington town christmas tree lighting - so i went shopping, i ended up having to fight through the christmas tree watching crowd. Coulda been worse. After all, all I needed from downtown was some mouthwash, some nail polish topcoat, and some soap (and i ended up also getting a few LPs and a cigarette case and some tea). the mall wasn't really too crowded even.
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Junior Master Dwellar
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Location: Northern California
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Today was shop small business day. A great idea for the rest of the season.
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Werepandas - lurking in your shadows
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Black Friday? I didn't see that many African-Americans.
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still says videotape
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How we look from away: The BBC websites top 3 stories for the good ole USA this morning.
1) US shoppers mob Black Friday sales- weird lead but accurate Americans are weird about spending 2) Dallas to go on without Hagman- not culturally relevant to Americans but for a British view of America probably relevant 3) UK calls for US lead on Mid-East- unfortunate but true, nothing gets done without waste of American dollars, but imposing British imperial outlook on USA is supported mostly by Borderlanders, Southerners, and Beltway types.
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Sarge, Check in Section 4 under "Defoe"
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