Comments on: A Dark and Lonely Black Friday

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:30:31 +0000

What? You don’t care for a little extra Arsenic in your water?

By: AKC

AKC — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:27:34 +0000

Humm, isn’t Fernley the town in NV that was in the news a few years back for a huge cancer cluster?

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:31:14 +0000

We’ll have to ask the boss, I just work here.

By: Hitekhomeless (jenn)

Hitekhomeless (jenn) — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:03:16 +0000

You haven’t gotten an electric bill yet, have you? I am curious what it ended up being over there.

By: Hitekhomeless (jenn)

Hitekhomeless (jenn) — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:01:58 +0000

How was the volume today Bobbie? I got back in tomorrow night. I am hoping that there’s lots to do!

By: Bobbie Chapman

Bobbie Chapman — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:37:01 +0000

According to wikipedia Black Friday is “More recently, merchants and the media have used it instead to refer to the beginning of the period in which retailers go from being in the red (i.e., posting a loss on the books) to being in the black (i.e., turning a profit).

Here in Coffeyville, KS, both day and night shifts worked 7 hours instead of 11 hour shift. Starting today (Friday) we go back to 10 hour shifts – at least for now – as with everything at amazon.com things can/will change again soon….but that is a big part of their success….they can and do change things very quickly. Yes, as you can tell I am a fan of amazon.com and yes I am a workamper working for them through Express Pro.

Bobbie

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:38:54 +0000

I believe it! Though I wonder if it was ever really worth $290… The neighborhood we walk often feels like a ghost town with foreclosures on every block. And, a local realty sign touts houses to be had for $95,000. Though again – no offense to anyone who might actually like it here – but I wonder if you’d get your money’s worth with those either.

Thanks for the comment!

By: Henry

Henry — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:56:05 +0000

NBC had an article on Fernley. Tom Borkaw on his highway 50 series stopped there. He interviewed a firemen who had just bought his first house there. He paid $130,000 for a foreclosed house that had sold for $290,000 a couple of years ago.