Good point, Colleen...! :-) When people get depressed, they shop or eat or redocorate. Or, I suppose they get stroned or just sleep... :-) But you`re right, that food items likely will be a strong seller this year.

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Craig Landes
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Defining the undefinable. "There are 10 kinds of people in the world---those who understand binary numbers and those who don`t." - Unknown

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stroned???  Good, I hope they don`t just eat cake. 

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Colleen Dougherty Bronstein Designs
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The term "stoned," first used in the Old Testament, refers to the habit of desert shepherds and nomadic tribes in using LSD, a common food at the time. Being a peaceful and quiet people, they approached antisocial behaviors from a pharmaceutical perspective. When we read in the Bible that someone was "stoned" in the public places, it means they all got together, smoked a bong, and took LSD.

It was only during the Dark Ages that people became less educated and accidentally took the meaning to be "throwing stones from the castle wall." That led to many people being killed, many others having significant head wounds and broken bones, and other such unpleasantness.

Following the discovery of the Dead Sea scrolls, modern anthropologists and historians were able to reconstruct the original meaning of the word. That`s why you don`t see people being hit with castle walls so much, these days. We also have a more accurate understanding of such things as Elijah being taken to the heavens in a blazing chariot.


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Craig Landes
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Defining the undefinable. "There are 10 kinds of people in the world---those who understand binary numbers and those who don`t." - Unknown

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Hm...."stroned." I see that yup, indeed I did use the Indonesian spelling of the word. My bad...! Chalk it up to jet lag, having just flown back from the Far East where I was doing a lecture on the uses of elixers and powders during the Middle Ages.

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Craig Landes
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Defining the undefinable. "There are 10 kinds of people in the world---those who understand binary numbers and those who don`t." - Unknown

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Colleen Dougherty Bronstein Designs
Sun Safe Designer Clothing
http://www.sunsafedesignerclothing.com
http://www.bronsteinartwork.com

Great topic Janie!  Since I  just launched last year at this time, my sales are certainly up from last year, but down from projections.  The season has just started, so I`m not too worried.  My husband and I also do the real estate thing on the side, so that`s dealt us a little kick in the pants, but nothing we can`t "muddle through".  I`m an eternal optimist and personally I think it`s a GREAT time to be a small start-up.  Starting out in this economy, you`ve got to be lean and mean from the beginning.  Just imagine how efficient and profitable we will all be once the cycle of peaks and valleys is "peaking" again.

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Leslie
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Charmed Life Products LLC
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Around Chicago, I see that Linens & Things is going out of business, and yesterday we passed Tweeter`s (hi-fi audio and video retail) is closing.

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Craig Landes
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Defining the undefinable. "There are 10 kinds of people in the world---those who understand binary numbers and those who don`t." - Unknown

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