Shouldn't every Friday be "Black Friday"

[Invoice]

 

[5K Qs]

A couple of inky items this week: a Klaas Black Angus sodbuster jr model and a Rough Rider sowbelly stockman that has black stonewash blades and smooth black horn covers (just ignore the copper cladding):

- GT

 

[Chui]

Late arrival, sorry, was out all day yesterday

 

[Pt-Luso]

 

[Chui]

Black coffee, dark chocolate, dark Ebony…

 

[Will Power]

Here, people are up in arms about this Black Friday nonsense as several firms have been unmasked as having put up their prices just before this imported event only to 'lower' them by making faux offers of reductions Not surprising ...

Black and Micarta are timeless though

 

[Chui]

Here, people are up in arms about this Black Friday nonsense as several firms have been unmasked as having put up their prices just before this imported event only to 'lower' them by making faux offers of reductions Not surprising ...

Will….!

How could you possibly say such a thing about lovely retail people, especially the onliners

 

[jmh33]

 

[Old Hunter]

Even in strong light this Case 63047 is midnight black (with an ever-so-slight hint of plum).

 

[SteveC]

 

[DaleS]

African Blackwood

 

[Will Power]

Will….!

How could you possibly say such a thing about lovely retail people, especially the onliners

Yeah well...never known my place, never wanted to either

 

[unclekurty]

Keown Pruner.

 

[Hoffmajo89]

Can’t miss posting on actual Black Friday!

Black Box, Black Micarta, Ebony, and Cocobolo that’s gone dark.

 

[5K Qs]

I'm not carrying a black-handled knife this week. But I did pull this Victorinox folding paring knife out of a kitchen drawer to cut a Marie Callender razzzleberry pie my wife baked yesterday!

- GT

 

[5K Qs]

Here, people are up in arms about this Black Friday nonsense as several firms have been unmasked as having put up their prices just before this imported event only to 'lower' them by making faux offers of reductions Not surprising ...

That's interesting, Will, and as you indicate, not surprising. Some relevant data I'm quoting from a daily email called "The Morning" sent out by the New York Times:

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BLACK FRIDAY DEALS​

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You’re going to be bombarded with sales today. Many of them are balderdash.
According to Wirecutter, most Black Friday deals are overhyped discounts on mediocre products. What gives? Well, retailers often manipulate the manufacturer’s suggested retail price, or M.S.R.P., to exaggerate discounts, especially during Black Friday. Wirecutter journalists track prices all year so they can compare today’s “deal” prices against what you would pay normally, without price manipulation.
They have already scrutinized nearly 185,000 supposed Black Friday discounts, and only about 1,700 — that’s less than 1 percent — have gotten the seal of approval.
- GT

 

[kamagong]

 

[DaveHS]

 

[DaveHS]

Many of them are balderdash.

Excellent vocabulary word. And good advice!

 

[5K Qs]

Excellent vocabulary word. And good advice!

Thanks, Dave.
I've known the meaning of "balderdash" for a long time, but today was the first time I ever looked up its etymology. The sources I read suggested that if a definitive etymology of "balderdash" is presented, it's probably balderdash!

- GT