I have lots of hopes and wants but no spare cash as I'm trying to save as much as I can to get a place of my own... not that I expect much to happen this side of X-mas.  It's just not a good time of year for renting and it's not likely to pick up until Feb, March next year, though I hope to find somewhere before then.

As for PC components, I'd love a 12 core Intel Xeon, matching mobo, 64gb of RAM and a couple of 1TB SSDs to go in my Thermaltake Level 10, if I were cahed up and in the market on Black Friday 2014.

Not asking for much, just 6 grand's worth, give or take.

If your feet aren't bleeding and you are aren't freezing outside a mall and you haven't had something ripped out of your hands, it's not really Black Friday shopping

None of that for me... crooks hips mean I'm not on my feet long enough for them to bleed; I don't feel the cold that much; if somebody ripped something out of my hands I'd snap them off at the knees and take it back after a few well placed kicks to the groin, etc.  I hate rude shoppers almost as much as I hate bankers.

This one time, when I was a single dad with 2 small kids, this woman tried to snatch a packet of disposable nappies that was on sale out of my hands... yeah, right. We jostled over it for a while and when I felt her pulling harder I just let go, she fell flat on her arse and lost her grip on the packet. I then went over, picked it up and proceeded to the checkout.

Another time a woman rammed me with her shopping trolley and demanded I hand over the last remaining tin of coffee that was on sale for half price.  I refused so she tried to rammed me again, so I sidestepped and she knocked over an end display of peaches in jars, leaving her with a rather large bill for the damage.  So really, it doesn't pay to be rude, arrogant or unreasonably demanding whilst out shopping... especially not with a grumpy old starkers who's been on his feet way too long in the supermarket.

One thing I wouldn't mind coming way down in price on Black Friday [yes, we get it here in Oz, too] is a HP 23" touchscreen monitor.  I had a play with one in Officeworks and quite liked it, being very responsive and appealing to the eye as well.  It also has built-in sound that's quite reasonable as well, given the size of the speakers.  It was $350 at the time, but if I could snap one up for around $270ish or less I'd be rather tempted.

Oh well.  [e digicons]:'([/e]

If that's this Friday...I'll be standing [probably] in the rain....at Phillip Island watching a bunch of V8 Supercars go round and round....

Jafo

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If that's this Friday...I'll be standing [probably] in the rain....at Phillip Island watching a bunch of V8 Supercars go round and round....

Hehe, rather you than me... for both the standing and the rain bits.  If I watch any V8 Supercars this weekend, I'll be getting wet on the inside...  like with a few beers while I'm thinking about you getting wet on the outside.

starkers

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Quoting Jafo,

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If that's this Friday...I'll be standing [probably] in the rain....at Phillip Island watching a bunch of V8 Supercars go round and round....

Hehe, rather you than me... for both the standing and the rain bits.  If I watch any V8 Supercars this weekend, I'll be getting wet on the inside...  like with a few beers while I'm thinking about you getting wet on the outside.

You finally admit that you are all wet? 

Oh please. It's not a proper Black Friday until someone dies.

Preferably  someone ELSe.  

Nah, it has to be a whole bunch of people... like bankers seeking bargains; purlioning politicians filling their own pockets; advertisers who caused regular prices to be so high anyway, and little old ladies who ram you with shopping trollies and leave you battered and bruised all over.

Oh, its all a swindle!

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=it%27s+all+a+swindle+song&FORM=VIRE3#view=detail&mid=5B88061C0E9A38D420DD5B88061C0E9A38D420DD

Probably!!!!  By the time they reduce the 500% markup by 10%, yup, people think they're getting a bargain.