On Friday, November 27, 2020 at 5:11:06 AM UTC-6, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Thursday, November 26, 2020 at 5:43:10 PM UTC-5, wrote:
> > On Thursday, November 26, 2020 at 8:54:05 AM UTC-6, wrote:
> > > It is Black Friday's Eve, and I am appropriately thinking about purchasing material possessions at bargain prices.
> > > You never get too old for one of these:
> > > https://www.harborfreight.com/bigfoo...gon-60570.html
> > >
> > > --Bryan
> > I buy NOTHING on Black Friday!
> >
> > Nor respond to any advertisements!
> >
> > John Kuthe...
> Well, aren't you righteous.
>
> Black Friday sales simply never offer anything I want.
>
> After the crowds dissipate today, I'll probably go to Home Despot with the
> list of things I'm out of:
> Contractor bags
> Rosin paper
> Stabil
> 2-cycle mix
> Garden hose valve
> Rope

I bought my wagon, a nice bright flashlight that was also super discounted
($3.99) while I was at Harbor Freight anyway, and some 30 packs of AA and
AAA alkaline batteries at Menard's. That was it. I also bought myself a StL
Cardinals shirt that was clearance ($10.25, originally $39.99) but that had
nothing to do with Black Friday.

Our big expense this weekend is plumbing. We've had a few minor issues
that we've been waiting until Covid was under control before having a
person who doesn't live here in our house, but the kitchen faucet started
leaking badly, so we're getting everything done in one visit. The guy doesn't
work weekends, but will be here 9 am Monday. We've filled up lots of jugs
of water for toilet flushing and hand washing, and will have the water turned
off, only turning it on for showering and to refill the jugs.

The reason that we need to shut off all the water is because the shutoff
valve under the kitchen sink is defective, and if we shut off the water there,
it leaks out of the valve, so that's also getting replaced. I might also use this
as an opportunity to replace the basement toilet with a more efficient one.

The plumber lives on a street near where I went to high school, and I
wondered why that street name rang a bell, and then I remembered that I
think that I used to buy weed from a guy who lived on that street back in
1976. It was all leaf, no buds or stems, from Michoachan, not all that
potent, but no stems or seeds made for great rolled joints.
>
> Cindy Hamilton

--Bryan