"Sheldon" > wrote:

>Now that's just plain silly... I'd much rather shop from the comfort of
>home and get *exactly* what I want rather than brave the hordes at the
>maul and still have to settle... and shipping is always less costly
>than driving an automobile. I can shop hundreds of stores on my PC
>before you even get to one maul, and other than groceries I've yet to
>find a lower price for anything at a brick and mortar store than I can
>find on the net.
>
>Sheldon
>
Actually Sheldon, I hit the "maul" at 7 am on the second day (I wake
up at 4 or 5 am even on days off!) and I don't think I saw more than 5
customers besides me. They cleaned the place out on day 1. Don't get
me wrong, I buy a fair amount of stuff over the internet, but with the
health probs I don't get out much lately - we were visiting friends
overnight and I got up, headed for their local maul all by myself and
had a lot of fun. Picked up some other "necessities", broke my diet
with a junk breakfast, and had a good time. So this time, I
considered the experience of getting out and messing around by myself
worth more than saving a few bucks to have it delivered. BTW, I
thought I was going to get pulled over for DUI - my driving skills
aren't back up to par yet. I looked into my formerly empty mirror to
find a county cop on my ass. He followed me a while and gave up.