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| Author: | Elmhurst Steve [ Mon Oct 21, 2013 11:27 am ] |
| Post subject: | Sweetest Day |
It was this past Saturday, in case you were not aware. In past years, it was a date that got mention on the radio (flowers, nightwear, candy, etc.) as well as in commercials on TV. But this year, it seemed to go without mention. None that I heard anyway. Is it a date that will be fading away, due to indifference (many see it as valentines day-the sequel) or did others notice mention of the date that I somehow missed? I saw mention of the date only on the internet. I took my wife out for a movie (Captain Phillips-pretty good) and dinner at Stoney River (very good as usual) in Deer Park. But it would have been easy to miss. |
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| Author: | spanky [ Mon Oct 21, 2013 11:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Sweetest Day |
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| Author: | RFDC [ Mon Oct 21, 2013 11:53 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Sweetest Day |
 Not a holiday recognized in Missouri. Never heard anything about it once I moved away from the Chicagoland. Glad for that, we don't need any more hallmark holidays |
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| Author: | Elmhurst Steve [ Mon Oct 21, 2013 11:59 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Sweetest Day |
RFDC wrote: :lol: Not a holiday recognized in Missouri. Never heard anything about it once I moved away from the Chicagoland. Glad for that, we don't need any more hallmark holidays That's what I thought about it as well and perhaps the money companies were spending on advertising for products aimed at Sweetest Day sales were actually losing money on the advertising VS the additional revenue gained. |
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| Author: | redskingreg [ Mon Oct 21, 2013 12:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Sweetest Day |
My GF and I went to a comedy club. She paid for dinner. |
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| Author: | Frank Coztansa [ Mon Oct 21, 2013 12:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Sweetest Day |
I would think by the time you get to your second and third marriage, Sweetest Day would kind of lose its luster. |
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| Author: | Elmhurst Steve [ Mon Oct 21, 2013 12:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Sweetest Day |
redskingreg wrote: My GF and I went to a comedy club. She paid for dinner. For those not familiar, this is in reference to a discussion that took place some time ago, in which I took issue with the fact that redskingreg allowed his girlfriend to pay for his meal as well as her own when they went out to dinner with friends. The comment did make me laugh when I saw it, so well played....
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| Author: | Elmhurst Steve [ Mon Oct 21, 2013 12:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Sweetest Day |
Frank Coztansa wrote: I would think by the time you get to your second and third marriage, Sweetest Day would kind of lose its luster. Wrong. But at least you are thinking! Also, it's only my second marriage. I may have had more than one ceremony to celebrate it, but it still only counts as a single marriage. |
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| Author: | Curious Hair [ Mon Oct 21, 2013 12:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Sweetest Day |
RFDC wrote: :lol: Not a holiday recognized in Missouri. Never heard anything about it once I moved away from the Chicagoland. Glad for that, we don't need any more hallmark holidays You'd think a Hallmark holiday would be recognized in Missouri inasmuch as Hallmark is based in Kansas City. |
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| Author: | Hatchetman [ Mon Oct 21, 2013 12:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Sweetest Day |
my grandparents used to reference it. I thought it was Sweediss Day, whatever the hell that was, I didn't know. |
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| Author: | rogers park bryan [ Mon Oct 21, 2013 12:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Sweetest Day |
Hatchetman wrote: my grandparents used to reference it. I thought it was Sweediss Day, whatever the hell that was, I didn't know. You're weird I wanna party with you, cowboy |
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| Author: | Curious Hair [ Mon Oct 21, 2013 12:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Sweetest Day |
Also, the premise of this thread seems to be "nobody is talking about a nascent holiday of flimsy value but I took my wife to a steakhouse for it anyway." |
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| Author: | badrogue17 [ Mon Oct 21, 2013 1:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Sweetest Day |
Elmhurst Steve wrote: It was this past Saturday, in case you were not aware. In past years, it was a date that got mention on the radio (flowers, nightwear, candy, etc.) as well as in commercials on TV. But this year, it seemed to go without mention. None that I heard anyway. Is it a date that will be fading away, due to indifference (many see it as valentines day-the sequel) or did others notice mention of the date that I somehow missed? Hard to believe you'd take a date to a movie where several black dudes get shot and killed.
I saw mention of the date only on the internet. I took my wife out for a movie (Captain Phillips-pretty good) and dinner at Stoney River (very good as usual) in Deer Park. But it would have been easy to miss. |
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| Author: | Elmhurst Steve [ Mon Oct 21, 2013 1:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Sweetest Day |
Curious Hair wrote: Also, the premise of this thread seems to be "nobody is talking about a nascent holiday of flimsy value but I took my wife to a steakhouse for it anyway." Once I was aware of it being this past Saturday, I thought it appropriate to take measures to observe the day. But afterwards, is struck me as odd that there seemed to have been no real mention of the date on the radio/TV as I remember there being in previous years. |
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| Author: | Elmhurst Steve [ Mon Oct 21, 2013 1:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Sweetest Day |
badrogue17 wrote: Elmhurst Steve wrote: It was this past Saturday, in case you were not aware. In past years, it was a date that got mention on the radio (flowers, nightwear, candy, etc.) as well as in commercials on TV. But this year, it seemed to go without mention. None that I heard anyway. Is it a date that will be fading away, due to indifference (many see it as valentines day-the sequel) or did others notice mention of the date that I somehow missed? Hard to believe you'd take a date to a movie where several black dudes get shot and killed.I saw mention of the date only on the internet. I took my wife out for a movie (Captain Phillips-pretty good) and dinner at Stoney River (very good as usual) in Deer Park. But it would have been easy to miss. I had not thought about that aspect of the movie at all  . But it was a worthwhile movie.
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| Author: | Darkside [ Mon Oct 21, 2013 9:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Sweetest Day |
Sweetest Day is for the corporations to take advantage of the feeble minded dolts who do what they're told to by calendars with Hallmark Holidays on them. Dolts like, for example, Steve. If you need a corporate manufactured "holiday" to show your wife or horse you love her you're doing it wrong every other day. |
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| Author: | Dr. Kenneth Noisewater [ Mon Oct 21, 2013 9:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Sweetest Day |
I must be doing it wrong because I do need a corporate manufactured holiday to tell my horse I love her. |
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| Author: | Chus [ Mon Oct 21, 2013 9:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Sweetest Day |
Darkside wrote: Sweetest Day is for the corporations to take advantage of the feeble minded dolts who do what they're told to by calendars with Hallmark Holidays on them. Dolts like, for example, Steve. If you need a corporate manufactured "holiday" to show your wife or horse you love her you're doing it wrong every other day. 
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