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Going Out of Business!!

By Jimmy Johnson


Do you do something like this in your home? In reality, I set the electric blanket on “2” for the cats; I’m a cheap so-in-so. Speaking of money, I’m going to get rid of some things beginning tomorrow. No, we’re not going out of business, but we’re having a clearance sale in the spirit of “The Victory Shop.” In the town where I grew up, “The Victory Shop” was a small clothing store that was continually going out of business. Year in and year out, permanent signs announced “Closing our Doors! Everything Must Go!” It might still be there for all I know. But back to our business. See the banner at the bottom of this page that says, “T Shirts?” Well, it’s about to be gone, along with the shirts themselves. Don’t buy one today! They’re going on sale tomorrow. Not all sizes and colors will be available: it is a clearance sale. Also, in cooperation with “Faraway Places” of Iuka, Mississippi, ten pieces of professionally framed original art from last Saturday’s art show will be made available. Come early for our door-buster specials.

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27 responses to “Going Out of Business!!”

  1. emb Avatar
    emb

    Jackie: I/we have used them year-round for 3 decades. Peace,

  2. TruckerRon Avatar

    I’ve never slept under an electric blanket. I have slept on an electric mattress pad which my company provided.

    https://www.amazon.com/Mattress-Electrowarmth-Non-Fitted-T36-Campers/dp/B001122SZQ

  3. David in Austin Avatar
    David in Austin

    Jackie, your comment yesterday about paying multi subscriptions for go comics… Use the same Go Comics ID on the different devices. The login isn’t device specific.

  4. JACKQULINE MONIES Avatar
    JACKQULINE MONIES

    I am extremely hot natured. Ghost would possibly concur. Mostly I sleep on top of it all. In short pajamas or less. The house is extremely well insulated and warm except where I have huge Windows in back sunroom without shutters or drapes.

    It has warmed up to 30 degrees here but sunny.

  5. emb Avatar
    emb

    It has not warmed up 30F here. Peace,

  6. Steve on the Isle of Wight Avatar

    Ours only goes UP to 3.
    (Can you get one that goes up to 11?)

  7. Bookworm Avatar
    Bookworm

    JJ, you said “so-in-so”. I don’t think I have ever seen it written down, but I always assumed I was saying “so-AND-so”. Neither really makes any sense to me — wonder where it came from.

  8. curmudgeonly ex-professor Avatar
    curmudgeonly ex-professor

    I thought that, too, Bookworm.

  9. JACKQULINE MONIES Avatar
    JACKQULINE MONIES

    I think Jimmy may have been verbally dictating his blog. If he said “so and so” aloud as we southerners pronounce it then it comes out “so-n-so” and spell check wrote it as “so-in-so.”

  10. Charlotte in NH Avatar
    Charlotte in NH

    I noticed it too. Curious to see what the definitive answer may be — or even if there is one.

  11. Sandy Combs Avatar
    Sandy Combs

    Oh no! I better buy a bunch of shirts. The Ludwig shirt is the best shirt I’ve ever owned. I have three.

  12. Steve from Royal Oak, MI Avatar

    I used to get emails or maybe it was a Facebook site with “Embarrassing Auto-correct Moments”. Some of them were hilarious!

    I had one that was really bad to my daughter that I read before I hit send. I laughed out load. The young woman working next to me asked me what was so funny and since she was a good egg, I showed it to her and explained that it was going to my daughter. She laughed and said that was the type of thing that she would get from her Dad. I always had a great relationship with her as I respected her sense of humor.

  13. JACKQULINE MONIES Avatar
    JACKQULINE MONIES

    I assumed some of the words were predicated by words commonly spelled and used by those younger than I.

    Perhaps I will just let some of more “interesting ” ones go on and post.

  14. JACKQULINE MONIES Avatar
    JACKQULINE MONIES

    Just had incredibly healthy lunch of chicken salad on whole grain bread accompanied by an avocado spinach and kale smoothie which I love. It’s sweet, not savory.

    Off to plastic surgery open house.

  15. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    Steve from Royal Oak, MI: try website Damn You Autocorrect. Some on there have made me laugh till I cried. But don’ t read them at work as lot of foul language.

  16. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    Forecast low for tonight is 20. Brrr.

  17. TruckerRon Avatar

    Whether dot com is predicting lows here of 10F for tonight, then 13, 9, 7, 16, and 19 for the next few nights. Time to break out the thermal blankets!

  18. emb Avatar
    emb

    Perspective: Bemidji 10 day forecast.

    https://weather.com/weather/tenday/l/56601:4:US

    Looks like that -8F on the solstice is the first below 0 prediction. That’s not bad.

    Peace,

  19. Rick Drury Avatar
    Rick Drury

    Speaking of art, any update on when the 2016 Kickstarter rewards might be sent? Asking for a friend 🙂

  20. Jackie Monies Avatar
    Jackie Monies

    Am all registered at Galleria Arlo and Janis waiting the big reveal at midnight.

    I may be over anticipating?

  21. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    21 degrees on my front porch this morning. Glad i work indoors.