I was never a fan of Black Friday shopping madness. Here are some good reasons why:
1. “I saw an elderly woman steal an ice cream maker out of a man in a wheelchair’s electric cart.”
2. “When I worked at Walmart, we had a fight break out over a bike. Fists were thrown and there was some blood. Eventually, one guy got ahold of it and managed to get away from the crowd. He rode the bike out of the store (without paying).”
3. “Someone punched a security guard in the face because they thought he was a customer skipping to the front of the line. He was just walking in the door to start his shift.”
4. “I watched a woman collapse in hysterics into my manager’s arms because we didn’t have the exact model of cooler she wanted.”
7. “One of our male customers hit another male customer upside the head with a Crock-Pot. What were they fighting over? The Crock-Pot. Both customers had to be dragged out of the store by police.”
8. “They tore down our mall’s door. Again.”
9. “There was a sale — $1 for towels or something. This guy jumped into the towel bin and literally growled at anyone who tried to get a towel. He claimed them all.”
10. “Beanie Babies. They would toss the Beanie Babies from a bin on a table. People were vultures after these things. I was about 9 and an old lady grabbed a cat out of my hand. I stomped on her foot and stole it back. I was so proud.”
Some stories have been edited for length and clarity from Reddit.
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I was listening to one of my podcasts today and the host gave out the info that the BF deals are usually for the lowest quality merchandise. He was pulling from his time at Best Buy and some other retailer. He did note that the best time to go grocery shopping was on BF, and some good deals on the “it’s not Thanksgiving any more” food items.
Y’all stay safe and sane. And away from the stores today.
37 Shannon
This may be the greatest Brahma team ever.
At the half:
Bellville 44
Silsbee 0
Silsbee, who has been averaging 430 yards per game, has penetrated the 50 yard line only three times.
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This Tablet Magazine article was linked on ACE. This is a taste of what is coming to the rest of us in all walks of life. Be ready to do what you must to stand for the truth and live to fight another day . . . . . .or not, if that is your calling.
I managed to put the wire wheel on an angle grinder to 2 chairs today, one got primed and painted (rattle can) and the other will have to wait until tomorrow. I need to buy 2 more wire wheels, about 2 chairs is all they last and I have 3 more to do. A sandblaster is a better way to… Read more »
I am predicting Dolly Parton and Keith Richards are going to get married in the year 2053.
#30
I’d be in the falling out crowd. That line sounds like it was perfectly time.
Texpat
#29
Whoohoo. I have been in those type of discussion and when you throw in modern day politics it is even better.
The Democrats were protesting and the conservative guys were falling out the pews laughing.
27 Squawk
You should have seen the uproar in the shul one Shabbat when I asked this question during the Torah portion discussion with the Rabbi:
So when all these corrupt, evil tribes were lurking around persecuting the Jews on the way to the Promised Land – the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canannites and the Democrats….
I think I just set myself back a week or two on knee recovery. /frustrated It seems I shouldn’t use my right leg to push the shovel in to the dirt. WARNING! So I backed off. Then, a few moments later, I had to step back to regain my balance and both side of my knee went off. So, it’s… Read more »
Note to self: tuba players haul big heavy pieces of metal around for fun.
BTW Jesus said: Matthew 24:37-39 37 But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, 39 And knew not until the flood came, and… Read more »
Hamas in the Bible Did you know that Hamas appears by name in Scripture? It’s right there in the Book of Genesis!
And if you needed a reason for your morning cuppa joe… Following in vitro testing with human cells, and a human trial involving 64 participants who were given a SARS-CoV-2 “pseudovirus,” the researchers concluded that drinking coffee every day appears to help prevent infection from all common covid variants and — get this — drinking coffee also seems to reduce the severity of… Read more »
Then – the growing Eric Adams destruction. Speak out against the administration, and the weaponized DOJ will fall upon you with both feet. The latest – a 30 year old sexual abuse charge. That’s right. 30 years old. Sound familiar? …You’ll recall, I’m sure, that President Trump was also recently sued in New York in a similar dusty, antique ‘sexual… Read more »
And the insanity has invaded Ireland. I’ve always wanted to visit there, but I guess visiting anywhere now involves all kinds of personal protective gear and small arms: Mostly-peaceful Irish protestors took to the streets of Dublin yesterday, setting several buses and cars on fire, launching fireworks at cops, and so forth. According to the Washington Post’s fair, even-handed description,… Read more »
There’s a string of reports of bad things being done by Biden and Obama appointees, which should concern us not just because these folks are bad news, but that they passed security screens by those administrations. If they vetted folks at all. Oh, wait – they did. They vetted for left wing orthodoxy. Not for child porn or other stuff.… Read more »
SPOOKED ☙ Friday, November 23, 2023 ☙ C&C NEWS Today’s roundup includes: Politico regrets that democrats are forced to keep using Twitter against their wills; great news from the Netherlands as another “far right extremist” wins national elections; three interesting arrests of: a DoD official, a State Department official, and a Gaza hospital administrator; first temporary cease-fire in Gaza begins;… Read more »
Death of the west. brought to you by the joined@thehipparties, propagandist press of the west and the Soros and Klaus Scwabbers doublvue vee ef. ve vill vestroy vyour vuntry vand cuvulture vand vou vill vlike vit. voh vand vue vill veet zee vugs vtoo. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/irish-people-are-being-attacked-anti-immigrant-riots-erupt-after-dublin-stabbing-spree to not want anymore 3rd world so called immigrants in your country, millions who are… Read more »
Here’s something to fatigue your compassion.. In his new book, Steinacher reminds us that the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), as the Swiss-based organization was formally titled, deferred to the German Red Cross throughout the 1930s, when Hitler’s concentration camp system was first put into operation. Already “deeply Nazified,” the German Red Cross assured the ICRC that “the… Read more »
22 Squawk
This is nothing but a sly, not even clever, scam to get people to give money to struggling, leftist psychologists who can’t make their car payments.
Does the article come with one of those disclaimers like “Sponsored Ad” ?
In other words…
New maladies must be found to feed the need for more, and more exotic victims.
Forget Post Traumatic Syndrome. That is so last century. You may be suffering from “Compassion Fatigue”. Today, however, he often uses the term “compassion fatigue” to refer to the emotional and physical exhaustion that sometimes afflicts people who are exposed to others’ trauma. (CIRCUMCISED) Figley’s early work, on how ordinary people can be infected by the trauma of others, is… Read more »
I didn’t even think about today being my trash day. I need to check to see if we’re still on schedule. I compost a lot of my kitchen waste, so there’s not a lot of messy stuff in my trash can. If I miss a week, it’s no biggie. Plans for today: I’ve already done my rosary work (trying to… Read more »
Well, I just heard the trash truck come by, so I was glad I got almost a normal amount in my barrel at the curb. I was surprised by how few barrels had been put out on my block when I went out with a few more bags of trash an hour ago.
A chilly Good Morning to all us Hambone Fans. I was feeling nice and warm until I got out of bed. I turned the heat up but was still cold. Didn’t help that I went outside to feed Billy and then walked down the driveway to pitch in some more bags into the CoH trash barrel. At least Billy doesn’t… Read more »
This commentator is giving this International Red Cross spokeswoman in Geneva a real horse whipping on I-24 channel in Israel. She is a perfect example of a bureaucrat who can talk endlessly and and say absolutely nothing.
I only cook my turkeys using the internal temperature method – 175° in the breast. I ignore the time method. When it’s done inside, it’s done. I have the probe feature in the oven and I also double check it with the fancy meat thermometer Shannon gave me. My turkeys with the brining marinade overnight always turn out perfectly moist.
#7 Super Dave,
Right you are, today is the start of Christmas season shopping frenzy. Hope it will be a good one for the merchants in Texas. For some other states in the country sadly that might not be the case.
In honor of black Friday I will be posting wearing only my patriotic speedo and wife beater t-shirt while smoking a fine Cuban cigar..
Hamsters, good morning after turkey day. Hope everyone who dined on turkey and all the fixings or other fare had a good time with friends and/or kinfolk sharing the company and goodies. And now the fridge is snoozing with the leftovers stacked inside, just waiting for somebody in the household to get hungry again. We had a chilly 43 this… Read more »
#13 Shannon, here is one from last summer.
Super Dave
Please post a link to a photo of your house and front yard again. I want to show it to someone.
And he always chooses a 19-20 pounder.
Yesterday, son Ted served up the best turkey I’ve ever eaten. He doesn’t do anything special, though he does cook it in a baking bag. He says that over the years he learned that most people overcook the bird. “When it’s done, it’s done. I’m not trying for a beautifully browned, magazine-photo finish. Once I figured that out, my breast… Read more »
FWIW; I usually get a ~14 Lb bird but the store had real small turkeys down to 9 Lbs? and big ones, about 20 Lbs so I got one that was 16.7 Lbs. The smallest turkey I’ve seen in a stores is usually about 12 Lbs but I saw a report on TV that said due to the cold spring… Read more »
6 Super Dave I’ve had the same experience with that brining recipe. I’ve been using it for many years, but yesterday my turkey was a little off. It wasn’t the same flavor and the texture was stringy and a little weird. Nobody complained, but they didn’t eat as much of it either. I had never cooked a 25 lb turkey… Read more »
In other health news, my excessive carbohydrate binge yesterday felt nearly fatal last night. I love good food and like to cook, but I’m not a big eater in terms of volume. Normally, I am a one meal a day and a protein snack person. We had all kinds of potatoes and gravies, biscuits, etc. Egads.
OK I guess it’s officially Christmas season now you can decorate the tree. 😉
Texpat, if you missed it I posted this last night;
Oh and Texpat, sister-in-law asked me how I managed to cook the turkey so moist and that is was the best she’s had.
Turkey turned out real good, better than last year. Falling off the bone tender.
GJT, glad to hear the news on your Stepdad and now you can have your Thanksgiving Holiday.
My Mac N Cheese keeps my kids coming back also.
Mornin’ Gang
3 GJT
Wow, that is quite a story. Your stepfather sounds like a strong, tough guy.
May he live to 120 years.
They found the cause of our dad’s internal bleeding. He was in a really bad car accident in 1990, I believe, where he suffered several ruptures in his guts, which I remember it taking them forever to figure out and repair, I didn’t remember anything about his esophagus but evidently, they had to put some kind of bands around it.… Read more »
Today is our Thanksgiving meal, youngest son and his galfriend and three neighbor friends coming. Frying the bird, the rest is standard fare my wife does a great job at. Her cardiac mac and cheese keeps the son coming lol.
yo uncklus
happy post thanksgiving day.