tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5385418418066719739.post9058555208187869498..comments2017-06-22T14:25:26.722-04:00Comments on My Back Pages: Thoughts On Thanksgiving- Part IOld jarheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352950909511401450noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5385418418066719739.post-58550509272057737502012-11-21T19:10:28.056-05:002012-11-21T19:10:28.056-05:00The good old five and dime would never open on a S...The good old five and dime would never open on a Sunday unless you were desperate and the local cops called the owner. Same with the pharmacy or grocery store but we always seemed to have enough at hand. Doctors paid house calls, too, even on holidays but - most of all - it was so nice to just 'hear' the quiet outside 'cause everything was closed. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02353802356136485158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5385418418066719739.post-11211238974274679182012-11-21T17:37:48.103-05:002012-11-21T17:37:48.103-05:00The same to you, hon. My remarks were against the ...The same to you, hon. My remarks were against the corporations that have lost their humanity, not against business owners. I remember back when I worked for a couple of small businesses in the mid '70s. Those men were really good to us around the holidays; as good as their limited budgets would allow. There was never any talk about opening up; rather, the talk turned to getting us off the job early on the day before. Times have changed, I'm afraid. We must all keep the memory alive, so that, hopefully one day, the pendulum will swing back the other way. Enjoy your Thanksgiving, Patty. I am working on Part II of my Thanksgiving Blog. If I work it out, I will publish it later on tonight.Old jarheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17352950909511401450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5385418418066719739.post-21490879206982520912012-11-20T20:22:56.518-05:002012-11-20T20:22:56.518-05:00A lot of supermarkets will be open, for a limited ...A lot of supermarkets will be open, for a limited time, on Thanksgiving. I have mixed emotions on that, feeling for the employees but thinking as well of those people who might be working multiple jobs and have limited time to pull a family dinner together. <br /><br />I agree with you, John. Reading your words took me back to holidays where, if something was forgotten from the shopping list, you did without; there was no running out to any store! Those days, well, they seemed sacred and I imagined the world moving a little slower as families everywhere gathered together.<br /><br />As business owners, my husband and I have never, ever, opened on any holiday, even through these last few difficult economic years. No purchase is that important, that much of a saving, to mandate shopping on Thanksgiving. Don't even get me started on the Black Friday insanity where less than 24 hours after giving thanks, people are on lines, trying to kill each other, and over what? A flat screen television that will be cheaper the day after Christmas than it was the day after Thanksgiving?<br /><br />I've said this to you before, John...I weep for the future of our children and grandchildren. My hope is that they hold onto the values with which they were raised and cherish what family really means.<br /><br />Thanksgiving Blessings to you and your beautiful family!Pattyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00983686239033756332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5385418418066719739.post-13145819745992907232012-11-20T20:21:02.233-05:002012-11-20T20:21:02.233-05:00To your comment, all I can add is, don't I kno...To your comment, all I can add is, don't I know it. It get's very lonely when your family is gone.Old jarheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17352950909511401450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5385418418066719739.post-8735998486929809742012-11-20T19:00:56.118-05:002012-11-20T19:00:56.118-05:00Its time we get back to what is really important i...Its time we get back to what is really important in life, and let me tell you its NOT the money, the job or the sales.<br /><br />Today we seem to take for granted that there is always tomorrow, and tomorrow is not what matters because tomorrow may not come for some. Love your family, spend time with them, give them this one day. <br /><br />Celebrate or don't celebrate the holiday, but allow those that choose to do so do it with their family. Because as I know all to well, that family will not be there some day, and like me, you will all be saddened by the loss of your loved ones even more so on these days. Whitehawk Restauranthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08581686006756260491noreply@blogger.com