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|    Daryl Stout to JOE MACKEY    |
|    Holiday discounts (was: R    |
|    22 Jul 21 12:41:00    |
      TZUTC: -0500       MSGID: 1278.fidonet-memories@1:19/33 255ef1b5       REPLY: 1:135/392 ad602fc0       PID: Synchronet 3.19a-Win32 master/02297d1a2 Jul 13 2021 MSC 1928       TID: SBBSecho 3.14-Win32 master/02297d1a2 Jul 13 2021 MSC 1928       BBSID: TBOLT       CHRS: ASCII 1       Joe,               JM> Sort of like when I was visiting people around the country a couple        JM> of years ago and my tail lights disappeared down the road. :)               Fish and Visitors Stink after 3 days - Benjamin Franklin.               JM> And not just Christmas stuff, but every holiday.        JM> I like to hit the stores the day after Halloween, Easter, etc and        JM> stock up on the discounted candy.               Happy Hallowthanksmasnewyearvalentinpatrickeastermemorialindependencelabor        columbus Day.               The good news is that we've compressed all the major holidays into one        day...much to the dismay of government workers, bankers, etc. The bad news       is that putting all that on one line for a tagline is too long, even for       MultiMail.               JM> I once temped for a local bookstore (in addition to books they had        JM> all sorts of office supplies, etc). It was around Christmas.        JM> Instead of marking down the leftovers they were collected after        JM> we returned from Christmas day, stacked on pallets and moved to a        JM> second floor store room, and unsold Valentine's Day candy was brought        JM> down to replace it, that had been sitting there since                I'll bet it's expired by now. So much for putting your heart into your        work. :P              Daryl              ... Make a long story short?? That's what Reader's Digest does.       === MultiMail/Win v0.52       --- SBBSecho 3.14-Win32        * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (1:19/33)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 14/0 18/200 19/25 33 38 50 90/1 105/81 106/101 633       SEEN-BY: 106/987 120/340 123/131 124/5014 5016 129/305 130/803 154/10       SEEN-BY: 203/0 221/0 226/30 227/114 702 229/101 424 426 428 452 700       SEEN-BY: 229/981 1016 1017 240/1120 2100 5138 5411 5824 5832 5853       SEEN-BY: 249/206 307 317 400 261/38 280/464 5003 282/1038 288/100       SEEN-BY: 292/854 301/1 310/31 317/3 320/219 322/757 342/200 387/25       SEEN-BY: 387/26 396/45 423/120 633/280 712/848 770/1 2452/250 2454/119       PATH: 19/33 396/45 280/464 240/5832 229/426           |
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