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L Verge · (This post was last modified: 11-29-2013 11:41 AM by L Verge.)

That was just his excuse for getting out of going to Black Friday sales with Mary... Christmas used to be about "no room at the inn;" now it's about "no room at the mall."

Gene C · (This post was last modified: 11-29-2013 12:01 PM by Gene C.)

I hear at Wal Mart they call it "Black and Blue" Friday

Be sure to take advantage of Roger's "Black Friday Special".
Renew your membership in the forum for only half price. That's today only. If it's past 12 noon where you are this offer has already expired. Better luck next year Shy

Eva Elisabeth · 11-30-2013, 07:39 AM

May I ask, why do you call this Friday "Black Friday"? I've never heard that expression in another context than referring to the breakdown of the stock exchange in 1869. (But that was in September, and I really can't draw a line between Thanksgiving and the stock exchange crash.)

Rob Wick · 11-30-2013, 08:51 AM

Eva,

Black Friday is the day that businesses start getting their books "in the black" and not "in the red." Many retailers do as much as 40 percent of their gross sales during the holiday season.

Best
Rob

Eva Elisabeth · 11-30-2013, 09:03 AM

Thanks, Rob!

Linda Anderson · 11-30-2013, 12:32 PM

And Cyber Monday is the first Monday after Thanksgiving when you can get great deals online.

LincolnMan · 12-05-2013, 11:22 AM

Name the female actress that played Mrs. Lincoln in a film, has a Confederate ancestor, and also has a connection to Stonewall Jackson. Too easy, I know.

Rob Wick · 12-05-2013, 02:03 PM

Mary Tyler Moore.

Best
Rob

LincolnMan · 12-05-2013, 02:05 PM

Very good Rob. Hope things are okay with and the family.

Rob Wick · 12-05-2013, 02:52 PM

Thanks Bill. Not much change right now.

Best
Rob

Eva Elisabeth · 12-17-2013, 09:49 AM

Well, I doubt this one will need long...
Whose last words were the following:
"Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees"?

BettyO · 12-17-2013, 10:11 AM

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

Eva Elisabeth · 12-17-2013, 11:43 AM

Brilliant, Betty! It was him.
Well, I'd probably think differently if I was suffering from pneumonia, but at the very moment I'd rather go with Diogenes of Sinope, who, asked for his desires, replied to Alexander the Great: "Stand a little out of my sunshine" - if there only WAS any sunshine (it's just dark- darker - the darkest)!

Betty, you win some light from our shopping center - and could, please, someone enlighten me as for what a Yankee candle is???

BettyO · (This post was last modified: 12-17-2013 12:11 PM by BettyO.)

Thanks, Eva!

Ahhhh -- Yankee Candles?! We sell them in our shop! They are the best and have nothing to do with the War between the States! They are so named because they come from New England - they burn for years without burning down!

L Verge · 12-17-2013, 12:17 PM

And, depending on the "flavor" you choose, make your house smell wonderful.