Re: [Az-Geocaching] RE: It's THAT season - Corrections!

I sympathize with Sprocket! a couple of years ago, Nancy and I
looked at each other just as we were about to start the Holiday
rush and said, "what if we just didn't do ANYTHING this year? No
lights, no tree, no gifts? what would that be like? would we
care?
We found out we didn't! we also found out we were much less
stressed than before, didn't spend a lot of money that we didn't
have, and didn't face possible injury getting lights off the
roof.
It works for us, but we don't have kids (except the furry kind),
and I know that definitely makes a difference, most people
couldn't do it because of that.

--mozartman



----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Casteel" <bcasteel1@cox.net>
To: <listserv@azgeocaching.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 12:30 AM
Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] RE: It's THAT season - Corrections!


> You must have read the story about the woman who was knocked
unconscious and
> trampled on for a $29 DVD player. She wasn't pushing, but was
knocked to
> the ground by some jerk(s) who thought $5 was worth more than a
person's
> safety. I saw something a few years ago that could have been
that exact
> situation at a Walmart not far from where I used to work.
Sure, I wanted to
> grab some of the deals, but wouldn't charge anyone for that
benefit. The
> gaggle of women who gathered just opposite the doors, ignoring
the 500
> standing in LINE literally charged the store and knocked people
down in the
> process. Clearly seeing that injury wasn't worth a few bucks,
I waited
> patiently with the other people, made my way in the store and
casually
> meandered through until I found everything I came for, and some
things I
> didn't. That was the first and only Black Friday shopping I'll
ever do.
>
> Brian
> Team A.I.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott Sparks" <scottsparks1@mchsi.com>
> To: <listserv@azgeocaching.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 3:21 PM
> Subject: [Az-Geocaching] RE: It's THAT season - Corrections!
>
>
> > Just a minute, people.
> >
> > I never threatened anybody and had no intentions of doing
so. (Perhaps
> > the smilies I included in my message didn''t show up on
everyone's mail
> > reader.) I simply implied that I would never consider killing
myself.
> > And as for the Christmas blues, it ain't about the shopping.
I shop
> > and buy gifts for my friends and family. What irritates me
are the
> > people that think it's more important to get that last
cabbage patch
> > doll for their spoiled kid or to snag that perfect parking
spot than it
> > is to be courteous to their fellow man with a simple smile
and a hello,
> > thank-you or please or to give another driver the
right-of-way at an
> > intersection. I have nothing against Christmas-- I love
Christmas.
> > It's the ''dog-eat-dog'' attitude that people adopt during
this time
> > that really gets under my skin.
> >
> > A professor I once had summed it up well with an old adage:
> >
> > ''It's not the ups and downs in life that get to you. It's
the little
> > jerks.''
> >
> > -- Sprocket
> >
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