Comments on: Once in a Lifetime http://american-family.org/2007/11/24/once-in-a-lifetime/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:46:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: PinkDevora http://american-family.org/2007/11/24/once-in-a-lifetime/comment-page-1/#comment-60469 PinkDevora Wed, 28 Nov 2007 02:40:40 +0000 http://american-family.org/2007/11/24/once-in-a-lifetime/#comment-60469 That's nuts. I don't know if I would have been as dedicated as you. Every once in a while a whisp of a thought floats thru my mind on Thanksgiving Eve, saying "maybe I should go to tonight...." and then I laugh and move on. There was a 15 mile backup on the highway for cars trying to get into the parking lots. So happy I didn't try. That’s nuts. I don’t know if I would have been as dedicated as you.

Every once in a while a whisp of a thought floats thru my mind on Thanksgiving Eve, saying “maybe I should go to tonight….” and then I laugh and move on.

There was a 15 mile backup on the highway for cars trying to get into the parking lots. So happy I didn’t try.

]]> By: Suzette http://american-family.org/2007/11/24/once-in-a-lifetime/comment-page-1/#comment-60188 Suzette Sun, 25 Nov 2007 00:10:32 +0000 http://american-family.org/2007/11/24/once-in-a-lifetime/#comment-60188 Well, that's the thing about Black Friday. A good many of those clogging the roads, parking lots and shops are responding to a calculated opportunity to get a good price on stuff for themselves. Seriously, how many families are going to wake up on Christmas morning to find a new 42" HDTV under the tree? The serious Christmas listers who are genuinely ticking off gift items on their lists are the ones who are out at 4am corralling DVDs, toys and 2-for-1 ladies' slippers. Online shopping is the way to go, before during and after B.F., otherwise its just naked consumerism done to the tune of "Jingle Bells". Well, that’s the thing about Black Friday. A good many of those clogging the roads, parking lots and shops are responding to a calculated opportunity to get a good price on stuff for themselves. Seriously, how many families are going to wake up on Christmas morning to find a new 42″ HDTV under the tree? The serious Christmas listers who are genuinely ticking off gift items on their lists are the ones who are out at 4am corralling DVDs, toys and 2-for-1 ladies’ slippers. Online shopping is the way to go, before during and after B.F., otherwise its just naked consumerism done to the tune of “Jingle Bells”.

]]> By: Shelba http://american-family.org/2007/11/24/once-in-a-lifetime/comment-page-1/#comment-60173 Shelba Sat, 24 Nov 2007 19:46:02 +0000 http://american-family.org/2007/11/24/once-in-a-lifetime/#comment-60173 Holy. Crap. My hat is off to you, because I am not that brave. Holy. Crap. My hat is off to you, because I am not that brave.

]]> By: Susan http://american-family.org/2007/11/24/once-in-a-lifetime/comment-page-1/#comment-60166 Susan Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:05:30 +0000 http://american-family.org/2007/11/24/once-in-a-lifetime/#comment-60166 Wow. All I can say is, better you than I, girlfriend. I loved reading about this experience but I could/would not have done this for anything. Wow. All I can say is, better you than I, girlfriend. I loved reading about this experience but I could/would not have done this for anything.

]]> By: gawdess http://american-family.org/2007/11/24/once-in-a-lifetime/comment-page-1/#comment-60164 gawdess Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:27:31 +0000 http://american-family.org/2007/11/24/once-in-a-lifetime/#comment-60164 Oh. My. God. The spectacle of it all. It sounds like something from the Coliseum in ancient Rome. Despite the fact that I virtuously celebrated Buy Nothing Day yesterday - a part of me is in utter awe of the people who would participate in this kind of thing. We honestly don't have that kind of thing in Canada. It was interesting to hear that they marked up prices on items first. Hah! What an experience. I am almost jealous. But not quite. Oh. My. God.
The spectacle of it all.
It sounds like something from the Coliseum in ancient Rome.
Despite the fact that I virtuously celebrated Buy Nothing Day yesterday – a part of me is in utter awe of the people who would participate in this kind of thing.
We honestly don’t have that kind of thing in Canada. It was interesting to hear that they marked up prices on items first. Hah!
What an experience. I am almost jealous.
But not quite.

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