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11-26-2016, 10:12 PM
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I just couldn't stop myself. Today was take your daughter-in-law to Al's Orchids Saturday. She wanted to go on Black Friday but the family had other plans.
She had a great time, bought three orchids. Al had a table of 50% off plants and I found a Neofinetia falcata "Oonami Seikai" I couldn't pass up. It has I believe 8 fans and beautiful roots. It has bloomed so it may be awhile before I see any flowers, I don't mind at all.
Now I really must stop buying.
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11-26-2016, 10:17 PM
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That's great! For the both of you's!
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11-26-2016, 10:30 PM
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It really was great! I always enjoy the short trip to visit Al's and spend time in his greenhouse. This is my first Neofinetia so I'm excited to have it.
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11-26-2016, 10:51 PM
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You're gonna love it!
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11-27-2016, 12:26 PM
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I stayed home and off the computer. So I got not one thing to show.
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11-27-2016, 12:41 PM
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I stayed home and off the computer. So I got not one thing to show.
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I tried to do that, I really did, but the kids were home and ordering like crazy and the temptation got me. 
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11-27-2016, 01:02 PM
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I stayed home and off the computer. So I got not one thing to show.
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 I am so proud of you!!
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11-28-2016, 01:04 AM
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I just got no more room ! It takes me 3 hours now just to water what I have and I don't have room for any more  |
11-28-2016, 02:03 PM
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To me, Black Friday means I am a prisoner in my own home. If I want to take the car to go somewhere I can expect a 30-40 minute delay just to leave my BLOCK!!!!!
My wife goes to the two malls around our apartment building and takes advantage, but I hate it all. I think it should be illegal to force minimum wage workers to go to work late Thursday night. Forcing them to work until the next morning. Thanksgiving isn't even a holiday anymore, not when people are working that night. The greed these stores have know no bounds. At least wait until 6AM the next day! How can you go away and reunite with family if you are expected to work that same night. My father was told to go to work or lose his job for Thanksgiving. Doing what, you ask, selling pretzels at the rest stop by his area of I-95. They could not come visit and we could not afford the plane tickets to go to them. I mean, who needs pretzels on thanksgiving??? Can we please just go back to the days when the only people working on these very important holidays were the Police, Fire Dept, etc....Sorry, just blowing off some steam.
Well, I for one, stayed home and slept off my turkey.
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11-28-2016, 02:38 PM
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Sorry you couldn't see your family on Thanksgiving. I don't go to stores on holidays. I don't want to make people work on holidays. Of course, when I was a starving student, I LOVED working holidays and I'd take other people's shifts.
It's the customer who makes people work on holidays.
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