The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[Goofyernmost]

Black Friday is usually the day retail stores turn losses into profits. According to one theory since the 1980s. No idea if that's true. It's really the whole month now to keep violence down.

Edit: According to the history channel, it's fake news.

It kinda is. The Christmas season is when profits are made, but you have to have a pretty big group of people coming in between Black Friday and Christmas to make up what it cost to do Black Friday. It does help clear out some items that normally wouldn't sell real well by dropping the prices close to the ground. But, it has turned out that those losses are so big on the really wanted items that it gets to be impossible to make up.

Retail traditionally work on a 30 percent mark-up. 20% of which is to cover all costs, utilities, payroll and other misc. expenses. If you knock just 25% off a product you have pretty much killed yourself because wholesalers do not have any black Friday sales for retailers. I notice a decline in interest in recent year primarily because of internet shopping, But the retailers are usually hoping it fizzles away.

Most of the items are big ticket and a large portion are things that customers didn't intend to buy for Christmas, but wanted to take advantage of the cut prices while they were there. That cut into what they planned to spend for Christmas and definitely caused fewer sales for regular items sold at retail prices throughout the year thus hurting the stores even more.

 

[Goofyernmost]

Speaking of Crab Cakes, this has nothing to do with them. I watched a Modern Marvels show today on the building of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. What a project. I wonder if anyone would even attempt such a thing today. I went across it back in the 80's on a vacation to Virginia Beach. Quite an engineering masterpiece.

 

[Figgy1]

Already finished my Christmas shopping ya slacker.

I had to wait for this week for a video game to be released, still have 2 sewing projects left and a couple of stocking stuffers so yup slacker

 

[93boomer]

We're supposed to shop for other people?

 

[93boomer]

Already finished my Christmas shopping ya slacker.

But, but you put your Christmas tree up and bought presents like a month ago?
The rest of us have just started thinking about it. I just bought gift cards yesterday.

 

[93boomer]

or turned into fabulous crab cakes. There was a place in the Inner Harbor(long gone, fabulous food carpy management) that made the best ones I ever had. There was also a place in Annapolis that was almost as good

I love me some crab cakes!!

 

[MinnieM123]

But, but you put your Christmas tree up and bought presents like a month ago?
The rest of us have just started thinking about it. I just bought gift cards yesterday.

No rush -- plenty of time -- it's about 2 months away. I'm not concerned.

 

[Figgy1]

No rush -- plenty of time -- it's about 2 months away. I'm not concerned.

6 weeks Time to get you calculator new batteries

 

[MinnieM123]

6 weeks Time to get you calculator new batteries

Meh. 6 weeks, or 2 months -- same thing.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

That stuff is basically celery salt with some spices and color.

 

[MinnieM123]

@donaldtoo , or anyone else interested -- Mecum Car Auction, Las Vegas today and tomorrow. (Motortrend TV 12-8 PM, EASTERN time)

Mecum Auctions | The World's Largest Collector Car Auctions

Mecum Auctions leads live auctions of collector cars, antique motorcycles, vintage tractors, and Road Art memorabilia across the US.

www.mecum.com

 

[Cesar R M]

or turned into fabulous crab cakes. There was a place in the Inner Harbor(long gone, fabulous food carpy management) that made the best ones I ever had. There was also a place in Annapolis that was almost as good

or fried crab taquitos with sauce <3

 

[Cesar R M]

I had to wait for this week for a video game to be released, still have 2 sewing projects left and a couple of stocking stuffers so yup slacker

Modern Warfare 3?

 

[StarWarsGirl]

or turned into fabulous crab cakes. There was a place in the Inner Harbor(long gone, fabulous food carpy management) that made the best ones I ever had. There was also a place in Annapolis that was almost as good

Any local place here is going to have good crab cakes, MD crab soup, etc. And it's usually the places that have "tavern" in the name or that look like they're holes-in-the-wall that have the best stuff.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

or fried crab taquitos with sauce <3

We do crab quesadillas here.

 

[donaldtoo]

Late with this today, but…

 

[donaldtoo]

@donaldtoo , or anyone else interested -- Mecum Car Auction, Las Vegas today and tomorrow. (Motortrend TV 12-8 PM, EASTERN time)

Mecum Auctions | The World's Largest Collector Car Auctions

Mecum Auctions leads live auctions of collector cars, antique motorcycles, vintage tractors, and Road Art memorabilia across the US.

www.mecum.com

Currently watching, thanks, Minnie…!!!

 

[wdwfan4ver]

Sweet potatoes with brown sugar or smeared with cinnamon butter and I eat the raw skin also.

As far as me, the Sweet potatoes with brown sugar is something, I haven't had in years for Thanksgiving. They are something my dad's parents did for Thanksgiving, but is some my parent's do.

My parents make sweet potato casserole for Thanksgiving instead since dad found an online recipe 18 to 22 years ago. The sweet potato casserole has marshmallows and they use a slower cooker to cook it.

 

[Figgy1]

Mdoern Warfare 3?

I could tell you but then I'd have to kill you

 

[Cesar R M]

So.. finally tried my instant pot with some pork with tomatillo sauce <3
Surprised how fast it was and how soft it left the meat.