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Deminpenn

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2. Was out and about the past couple of days

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Nov 30, 2025, 04:20 AM

Sunday

Was surprised the local WalMart parking lot wasn't packed either day. Asked one of the workers who told me there was a line of 4 or 5 dozen people waiting for the doors to open on Friday, but then it petered out. There were shoppers on both days when I went, but the store wasn't packed. Later went to the local mall and the same thing, there were shoppers, but not the kind of crowds one normally expects on the days after Thanksgiving. Aldi was about the same, but I noticed they'd aleady sold a good chunk of their seasonal xmas items.

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