Black Friday
“Since when did Black Friday become part of the Thanksgiving tradition?” Spence says.
“Goes way back,” says Admin. “Squanto had a trading post and he marked down everything the day after that first feast. Governor Bradford had no clue everything had been marked up a few weeks before.”
“So nothing changes?”
“You said it.”
Welcome Luna & Maggie, Jackson (first Xmas-themed pic this year).
Tags: Black Friday, Governor Bradford, Squanto, Thanksgiving
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9:12 am on November 29th, 2013
Why is it called “Black Friday”?
Good morning all.
9:16 am on November 29th, 2013
Good Morning!! Hope everybody had a great Thanksgiving! Don’t forget Snowhook’s auction. I just sent Rio a few bids.
9:23 am on November 29th, 2013
Yawn!…snort!…Where’s my cawfee?…Bids!?? I better get on over to Auction Central….wheeze!
9:25 am on November 29th, 2013
Good morning all. We here may limit our Black Friday shopping to some on line purchases. Ancient Aliens from History Shop and a half price dining coupon from a local restaurant. Barb doesn’t like to stand in line for door busters with 1,000 other people.
Dinner yesterday was excellent. Turkey was fresh and locally and humanely raised by a family member. Barb thanked his spirit when they said the blessing.
Lots of good things on the auction site.
9:36 am on November 29th, 2013
Good morning, All! Mom and Pop both have to work today. They almost never both work on Black Friday, thought they never ever shop then either.
Bee, it is called Black Friday because that is when the Retail stores hope to begin to show a profit for the year…thereby be out of the “Red” and in the “Black” in accountant lingo.
9:38 am on November 29th, 2013
HRH, B, Good Morning!
en.wkipedia.org
Explains Black Friday . I thought it was interesting.
And then CYBER MONDAY! Yeep!
Hope your thanksgiving was a good one!
9:40 am on November 29th, 2013
Black Friday is the day when retail stores hope to go out of the red in their account books.
Resting today so we can go to an Illumination Night at a village near us.
OTAS & GLAD leave today. š
9:47 am on November 29th, 2013
Thanks everyone. Think I’ll stay in my easy chair today.
9:48 am on November 29th, 2013
HEY ! Someone outbid us us us !
Did you see there is a new LUNA in FOC?
Welcome, new Luna and also new Maggie! and Jackson who is making us excercise our necks.
We think we know which item Melanie wants/wanted. heh!
9:49 am on November 29th, 2013
Pop did some siber-shopping last night. At least that is what he told us he was doing. But the goofball used Mom’s Paypal account so she got the receipt in her email, and she said she now knows what she will find in her stocking !!!! Heh Heh Heh!
9:51 am on November 29th, 2013
Good morning, everyone! Black Friday, sheesh, marketing ploy. Today is a good day to bundle up, eat leftover-turkey sandwiches and be thankful we didn’t explode yesterday š
Whatever y’all do today, have fun,it’s Friday. Oh, Pookey doesn’t like snow. What an opinionated pooch!
10:11 am on November 29th, 2013
Auction!…If you do not want to shop outside your home, remember the Snowhook Auction is still in full force…snort!snort!…Hey, where’s my breakfast?…grunt!
10:17 am on November 29th, 2013
HOH, how’s the weather down south?
YSAS is blaming the cold weather on me. I told him what two different sites said the day before the NYC folk came to visit. Now there is a stiff wind and a twenty degree differential from what was predicted.
Life in the Hills.
O’Howlers, I bet you do know what I wanted. If you get it,I have some Pacific water and Hill Stream water I’ll trade you!
10:45 am on November 29th, 2013
Melanie: Still 32 in VA and 38 in Chattanooga. Going to be a blistering 45 in Carroll Co. VA today with sun (whoo hoo, ditch the long johns). Yesterday’s celebrations sound like a nice time was had by all.
10:59 am on November 29th, 2013
Melanie, Mom was not in on that bidding war, but Pop was in the beginning. We don’t think he is still in it. But then again, who knows? He doesn’t share his secrets with lowly Huskies.
11:25 am on November 29th, 2013
Black Friday…A day to stay home and not go anywhere.
I would suggest a link to the auction site be posted every day on the blog. We want to make bidding as easy as possible for people, dogs, and kats.
11:32 am on November 29th, 2013
Greetings!
Woke up this morning to Belle Starr in between Grizz and me (what an opportunity for double tummies), and Masquers slumbering peacefully by my side. I believe there was lots of kool jazz played after I went to bed. Masquers is keeping Grizz on his toes.
Today, Masquers and Belle Starr will help Grizz and me finish up what is left of our Thanksgiving dinner. Belle Starr and I will do some on-line shopping for sparkly things.
11:33 am on November 29th, 2013
And people like mom whose memory is as long as her tail!
11:33 am on November 29th, 2013
We like Siber’s suggestion and would like to make an additional suggestion. Can the email address be made into a hyperlink so that people do not have to cut/paste (not real easy from iPaws), and can just click on it.
11:37 am on November 29th, 2013
OHs: How is Fern doing today?
I have been doing Christmas cards over the past few days, and I came across the card I got from youse last year. What a nice picture of the ‘rents and of youse. You Howelers are very photogenic!
11:58 am on November 29th, 2013
Auction!….snort!…I suggest you add the link as a Favorite and then you will always have it close at paw…sniff!
http://snowhookkennelholidayauction.blogspot.com/
12:01 pm on November 29th, 2013
Bids!….Because you are sending your bid to an email address, I do not know of a way to make that a link that will magically open your email accounts and paste the address into a new message…grump!…If someone knows how to do this, then I am up for suggestions…sniff!
Suggestion!…Add this email address to your contact list then it will also be close at paw…grunt!
mynewbid@gmail.com
12:09 pm on November 29th, 2013
Rio: Here is a large dish of kawfee with an even larger slice if pumpkin pie on the side.
12:27 pm on November 29th, 2013
Food!…It’s about time!…snort!…I was beginning to think no one cared about the pug behind the curtain at Auction Central…grunt!
12:36 pm on November 29th, 2013
Rio, We have that email address very handy in our Contacts List. But we are thinking more about the New Blood/Money we are trying to attract. Let’s make it easier for them if possible.
12:40 pm on November 29th, 2013
If there is one thing I’ve learned that a pug who is hungry and thirsty—practically wasting away—can be a grumpy pug.
Rio: Thank you for posting the link for the auction.
If could be wrong, but if I remember correctly, back in the early days of our auctions, the email as a hyperlink didn’t work for everyone so we defaulted to cut and paste.
Wose: Luna thinks she may need to supervise your online shopping with Belle Starr like she did last year. Belle Starr has a budget that doesn’t always match her sparkly tastes.
12:41 pm on November 29th, 2013
Fellow Sibers, I agree
And I’m not sayng who but some of us may not know how to add to favorites or cut and paste. Let’s make it easy for lurkers and dummies.
12:43 pm on November 29th, 2013
Howlers!…I’ve talked to upper management about upgrading to something better than Ralph….sniff!…But they say at this time the budget will not allow it…grunt!…So if you want to donate a new and improved machine that could easily be installed at Auction Central, that would indeed be a Christmas blessing…wheeze!
12:55 pm on November 29th, 2013
SiberH!…Take a look at this and let me know if you understand it…grunt!
http://chetthedog.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/SiberH_instructions.docx
1:01 pm on November 29th, 2013
Newbies!… Oh, and all the new bidders seem to be doing very well..snort!… They read the directions and follow the rules….sniff!
1:05 pm on November 29th, 2013
SiberH!…Check your SDD….grunt!
1:13 pm on November 29th, 2013
Rio, I opened it and it was in Greek or White Russian, I think, so, no, I didn’t understand it.
Thank you for trying. I honestly have a system during the auctions that works for me. My internet server remembers a lot of things. Dog bless them.
Fantastic! We have new bidders.
1:17 pm on November 29th, 2013
Rio: Please tell me if one of the new bidders is Belle Starr. She is convinced Alice is up for bid. For the record, she is not allowed to bid on anything.
1:20 pm on November 29th, 2013
Rio, Checked and responded.
1:46 pm on November 29th, 2013
Ooops, too late. Belle Starr just might have bid on an auction item while my back was turned. We are both having so much fun looking on-line for sparkly things.
And we have kool jazz courtesy of Masquers and Grizz to listen to.
1:49 pm on November 29th, 2013
Snowbella: Please tell mama Luna that we are only looking at sale items, so we can mange our budget. I do not want the eye from mama Luna, and on top of that, the evil eye Grizz is giving me.
1:55 pm on November 29th, 2013
Alice!…I have received numerous bids on Alice but I had to turn them away because the description clearly states that the Kat is not Involved….heh!heh!
1:56 pm on November 29th, 2013
Alice!…I have received numerous bids on Alice but I had to turn them away. The description on Item #7 clearly states that the Kat is Not Involved….heh!heh!
1:58 pm on November 29th, 2013
Dawson!….Almost a Double D Dawson, but the second post is the real post…sniff!
2:02 pm on November 29th, 2013
Some tears and sniffles when OTAS & GLAD left. YSAS & LLL have gone to have lunch down the hill. They are meeting a friend from Lawyer’s school!
ZoĆ« and I are watching another Miss Fisher’s.
Need to rest for tonight.
2:36 pm on November 29th, 2013
For your canine friends, beer bones are a good hostess gift. Even when you have four legs, you don’t want to show up empty pawed.
Our bowls were in the dishwasher this morning, so we had Cheese Ale for breakfast. Now that’s what I’m talking about. Glad dad was on feeding duty, mom probably could have figured out how to use the chinet bowls, and we would have had kibble~ meh
2:53 pm on November 29th, 2013
HEY! Auction folks!
We aren’t sure we are doing this right. Is there just one page of auction items?
3:08 pm on November 29th, 2013
Oh, no. Our Lady is hanging her head in shame. She checked the list once and checked it twice and still managed to forget two very special auction items. She is, er, negotiating with Ralph right now to add the items. Our money is on her. She has a crowbar. Ralph just has rust.
3:27 pm on November 29th, 2013
Added! Ralph and his rust is no match for our Lady. She added two items to the auction that she overlooked—bad mama! The newly added items are at the bottom of the auction page. Yeep!
3:42 pm on November 29th, 2013
The two added auction items are beautiful!
Belle Starr, You have to see the bling on the little bear.
3:48 pm on November 29th, 2013
Gah!….Who has been in Auction Central disrupting my routine?…grunt!….They spilt my beer all over my papers and what-nots…sniff!…Thieves! It had to be them…grump!
3:48 pm on November 29th, 2013
SiberH: Do you like sparkles like I like sparkles? We must be twins.
3:54 pm on November 29th, 2013
Rio: We love us some what-nots soaked in beer.
4:01 pm on November 29th, 2013
Belle Starr, No, I do not like sparklees. I am a rugged guy. I thought of you immediately when I saw the little bear.
We can still be twins.
4:12 pm on November 29th, 2013
SiberH: I think of myself anytime I see something sparkly. I can’t help it. I want to be rugged like my twin, I just need to get my pink sparkly back pack first.
4:19 pm on November 29th, 2013
Lurker!…L. Lurker check your SDD asap!…sniff!
4:25 pm on November 29th, 2013
Getting ready to go out in the cold.
4:51 pm on November 29th, 2013
Fern the chicken is moving around! A lot!!!! She is practicing climbing in and out of her little box filled with shavings. Mom tells us she has been moving around her crate all afternoon, and was even part way out of the crate, but her feet won’t quite lift that high yet.
4:58 pm on November 29th, 2013
Fern: Do you belong to Team Sparkle or Team Rugged?
5:05 pm on November 29th, 2013
Belly, My mama says i am a one-woman team named TENACITY.
5:11 pm on November 29th, 2013
Strike that. I want to be on Nana’s team.
5:13 pm on November 29th, 2013
Is it time to move Fern back out with the other girls?
Going over to check the auction status.
5:21 pm on November 29th, 2013
Three cheers for Team Tenacity!
5:24 pm on November 29th, 2013
Barb, I might be going out to the yard with my home girls tomorrow!!! But Mama says I may still have to sleep in the house tomorrow night.
5:59 pm on November 29th, 2013
Mom informed us that Pookey has been a very picky eater on the trip so today mom bought her chicken tenders and, as a test, a Slim Jim. No fair, no fair, no fair!
(Pookey here) It may not be fair, but it is delish!
6:14 pm on November 29th, 2013
Checkpoint Update
Elim checkpoint has been fully funded by Wookie and Teddy Rough Rider! Teddy will share his energy and enthusiasm with the Snowhook Team while Wookie will add his clear-headed knowledge and experience. Thanks guys! See you on the trail.
Elim: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Bx8_vYcKNA
6:22 pm on November 29th, 2013
Melanie: I know how you feel when one of your guys leaves. I had a hard time yesterday when I called the sisters and they all had family with them. Waaaah!
Today I am making sausage stuffing for comfort food. Yum.
I have to go look at the forgotten auction items.
6:27 pm on November 29th, 2013
Don’t go look, Dawson. They’re not all that hood. Go eat your stuffing.
6:29 pm on November 29th, 2013
Not all that good either.
6:29 pm on November 29th, 2013
Eat more stuffing.
6:37 pm on November 29th, 2013
Sammie!…Is that a diversion tactic I detect?….snort!
6:48 pm on November 29th, 2013
Princess Sam: You know I love, love, love those bears Amalia crafts!
6:53 pm on November 29th, 2013
Nice photography and scenery in the Elim video.
7:01 pm on November 29th, 2013
Canadian Black Friday Activities: Eating sausage stuffing, watching news clips of crazy Americans fighting, getting trampled and getting arrested while shopping. Oh and. if you’re a Chet the Dog Plunderer, checking out the Snowhook Kennels Auction.
7:02 pm on November 29th, 2013
Dawson: Sausage stuffing is better than any other!
7:07 pm on November 29th, 2013
I have a question regarding the auction. If one bidder wins #7 and another bidder wins #9, how will Alice Johnson be split? Do we have to yell heads or tails?
7:07 pm on November 29th, 2013
Dawson: I think we are bidding on the same item. Heh!
7:42 pm on November 29th, 2013
Good times with Belle Starr at Rose and Grizz’s pad Kool jazz & the Snowhook auction.
7:52 pm on November 29th, 2013
Music!….The musical harmonies at the Auction are great!…snort!…Keep it up Maskers and Grizzly-Rose!…heh!heh!…I have my little tv turned on here at Auction Central and I am kicking back watching “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1″…wheeze!…I have never seen this one before. I hope they show the second part this weekend….chuffle!
8:07 pm on November 29th, 2013
Rio: I think they are showing Deathly Hallows Part 2 tomorrow night on ABCFamily.
8:14 pm on November 29th, 2013
Oh dear, is it my ipad or is the auction site down?
8:23 pm on November 29th, 2013
UP!…No the Auction page is still Up!Up!UP! till tomorrow at 5:00pm my time…sniff!….Which is 7:00pm EST…grunt!
8:24 pm on November 29th, 2013
Sam: I can get onto the auction site.
8:24 pm on November 29th, 2013
Stover!…I am wondering how much they are cutting out of the movie because the advertisements go on forever and ever…wheeze!
8:40 pm on November 29th, 2013
I see there are bids on Alice but I must remind you that it says specifically the she is not up for sale. Please read the small print. No cats will be divided for you strange non-reading bidders.
Besides, she is a very demanding cat.
I had to up one of my bids.
8:40 pm on November 29th, 2013
Rio: ABCFamily actually includes scenes that were not in the theater version. I don’t think there are many of those in either of the Hallows. You’re getting the entire movie for each part. (The original films were only two to two and a half hours long as far as I remember.)
8:41 pm on November 29th, 2013
Staff!…You are a bidding genius…heh!heh!
8:42 pm on November 29th, 2013
Stover!….Koooool!..wooooo!
8:42 pm on November 29th, 2013
Greetings from the “End of the Show Day and Do My Feet Hurt” suite at the hotel.
The show is going pretty good, but dang, we wish all our customers were in a bidding war with youse guys. Who knew such a tiny bear would bring out such fierce bidders.
So glad it’s all for SNOWHOOK!
8:52 pm on November 29th, 2013
Golinka!….I’ve hardly ever seen the likes of it before, except for the Authors naming wars…heh!….Could you please plan on donating little bitty Bears in every Snowhook Auction?…chuffle!
9:05 pm on November 29th, 2013
We had a lovely time at the Illumination. Hope to get some pictures up when I get upstairs in my nice warm bed. IT WAS FREEZING!
I had on a long sleeve shirt, two sweatshirts, two pair of pants, warm socks and boots, my winter coat, my Snowhook gator, SK Hat and my SK gloves. Burr.
I took some pictures and a video of a duet playing guitar and the saw.
I am now trying to warm up. I kicked up the heat and I’ve got some things to do and I’m head upstairs!
I wonder if I can get a remote for my mattress warmer?
9:07 pm on November 29th, 2013
Rio – we will promise to donate at least one bear, bitty, midi or maxi to every Snowhook auction from now on.
9:12 pm on November 29th, 2013
So Staff, are you saying I must win both #7 and #9 to get Alice?
9:13 pm on November 29th, 2013
Rio: The scene that was just on–in the tent when they felt the “heart” in the locket–was not in the theater version.
9:19 pm on November 29th, 2013
Oh Kat…tsk tsk tsk.
Besides which Alice has certain concerns about your intentions.
9:21 pm on November 29th, 2013
I can attest to Dawson’s sadness after the phone call yesterday. She got all choked up and sniffy and then she hung up. When she found out I wasn’t making the wild rice and sausage stuffing she had to make her own. sniff sniff.
We missed you Dawson. E’s sister and her niece played TIK with us but E creamed us. As usual. Grrrrrr.
9:25 pm on November 29th, 2013
Checkpoint Update
A generous Plunderer has started up a checkpoint in memory of Kirby T Penworthy the third!
That makes three checkpoints open for donations:
Unalakleet for BearSpiritDog and Masquers;
Galena for Herd of Hounds and;
To be Announced for Kirby T. Penworthy the third!
One more $50. matching donation available!
9:31 pm on November 29th, 2013
Dawson!….You forgot to mention how much is still needed to fully fund each of the checkpoints…grunt!…Can you enlighten us please?…wheeze!
Stover!…Very Kooool!…heh!heh!
9:41 pm on November 29th, 2013
Golinka!…I am holding you to that Unbreakable Vow…heh!heh!…I may or may not be watching too much Harry Potter today….wheeze!
9:43 pm on November 29th, 2013
Rio: Still need $150. each to fully fund the 3 checkpoints. We accept any size donations. No amount is too small!
9:52 pm on November 29th, 2013
Awesome: Please check your SDD the third.
9:53 pm on November 29th, 2013
Dawson!….Auction Central has sent you a notification regarding your last bid possibly…sniff!…Please check your SDD…grunt!
9:54 pm on November 29th, 2013
Wow!…A Double Dawson SDD Request…..snort!snort!…I’ve never seen that happen before…heh!heh!…History in the making folks!
9:55 pm on November 29th, 2013
Rio: Like Sammie we are having trouble accessing the auction through internet company but can access it from the link you posted. A gllitch?
9:55 pm on November 29th, 2013
Do T&G know what happens if one breaks an Unbreakable Vow?
9:58 pm on November 29th, 2013
Stover!…I believe she is destined to make little bears for the rest of her life non-stop, right?…heh!
Potter!…Yeeeep!…Big Snake!…gasp!
9:58 pm on November 29th, 2013
Dawson, SDD from me.
10:07 pm on November 29th, 2013
LOL!
10:09 pm on November 29th, 2013
Whew, in a nice warm bed. Going to shut my eyes soon. Here is part if the Illumination. It is a walking bridge across the river.
10:10 pm on November 29th, 2013
Certain knives, cyber weekend, BOGO. Just for your info. Don’t want to be a pest.
10:11 pm on November 29th, 2013
Rio – a promise is a promise. There will be a FireHawk Bear offered to every auction. It is possible that one may look like a Pug…..
But there will be bears.
And now – there will be pillows. Gotta go lay down so we can do this all again tomorrow morning.
G’night all.
10:13 pm on November 29th, 2013
Macy!….I have not forgotten you!…snort!….All my paws are busy right now, but I will be back checking out Rick’s Shop very soon!…snort!
10:14 pm on November 29th, 2013
The videos have not made their way to the iPad yet, but here is a still of the musicians.
10:16 pm on November 29th, 2013
Going to check out the auction and then the back of my eyelids.
10:18 pm on November 29th, 2013
Melanie!…For an ice-cube you are staying up pretty late…heh!heh!
10:18 pm on November 29th, 2013
Dawson please check your SDD you wild rice and sausage stuffing junkie. heh
10:33 pm on November 29th, 2013
Wow. I have just received a donation to the booty fund. I wasn’t going to start it yet and compete with the Auction, but I guess I will accept donations if you feel the need.
Send notice of any donations to me and I will keep track for Rebecca and AJ. They do need to know soon so they can order and get a discount.
I will think up some prizes.
Staff
10:36 pm on November 29th, 2013
Meanwhile
SHAKE YOUR BOOTY FOR 2014!!!
10:36 pm on November 29th, 2013
Staff!….Another pair of your Chicken Potholders would be an awesome gift…snorkel!
10:36 pm on November 29th, 2013
Jeepers!
I’m done with the sausage stuffing and onto the chocolate ice cream but it is melting with all these urgent messages I’m getting.
10:37 pm on November 29th, 2013
Photo!…That photo always makes me guffaw! right out loud…snort!
10:38 pm on November 29th, 2013
Leaping!…It also makes me want to give some bootie to the Bootie fund….guffle!
10:46 pm on November 29th, 2013
Well if you do Rio I will catch it in the morning.
Nighty noodle you guys.
(((yawn)))
10:47 pm on November 29th, 2013
ummm I do have some more of the chicken fabric with me. pondering….
10:48 pm on November 29th, 2013
Staff!….Yes!…snort!
11:02 pm on November 29th, 2013
Checkpoint Update
The Galena checkpoint is now fully funded! This is in honor of the Herd of Hounds, past and present (all 10 of them).
Galena: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/05/30/stunning-pics-of-massive-30-mile-ice-jam-that-lifted-alaska-homes-off-foundations/
Galena residents Plunder On.
New donations have also been received for BearSpiritDog & Masquers Unalaklett checkpoint and for Kirby’s TBA checkpoint but my eyelids are closing so they won’t be added to the index cards until tomorrow.
Thanks for your Plunderer generosity.
Go Snowhook!
11:25 pm on November 29th, 2013
My Lady is overcome with the generosity of all youse. Can she ever express her gratitude in words that matches the way she feels? No. She made a promise to AJ to do everything in her power to get the team to the starting line and you have helped her keep that promise. Sniff.