Black Friday I thought it was 15th April 1921?

[ericmark]

I see the adverts for Black Friday and remember being taught at school about Black Friday and how the liberal David Lloyd George fought the Unions and until Red Friday in 1925 the Unions were suppressed.

I know in USA there tax year does not run 5th April to 5th April so they had sales linked to their tax system, but this clearly has nothing to do with sales in the UK which were typically in January which would after Christmas be a lean month.

So what is the adverts all about?

 

[EFLImpudence]

Just promotion copying the US without having the holiday.

 

[Mottie]

Just a nod to the BLM movement.

 

[Ihavenojob]

All Fridays matter.

 

[Trazor]

All Fridays matter.

What about those on the 13th.

 

[EFLImpudence]

What about those on the 13th.

That's just unlucky.

 

[ReganAndCarter]

Just another US import to get you to buy more shoite. As if you needed any more shoite with Xmas coming up!

 

[ericmark]

What about those on the 13th.

It was a Friday 13th which ended my working life as my hand was recycled in Heathrow Airport, so yes I do nothing on Friday 13th now, I am also against recycling. But it was the Union who fought my case, and got my compensation for me, and I see Unions as a very good organisation, and to mask the fight to get Union recognition by naming some non related event with same name as those events which stopped the working man being exploited is in my mind wrong, as said in the UK Black Friday is 15th April 1921.

 

[Vinty]

It was a Friday 13th which ended my working life as my hand was recycled in Heathrow Airport, so yes I do nothing on Friday 13th now, I am also against recycling. But it was the Union who fought my case, and got my compensation for me, and I see Unions as a very good organisation, and to mask the fight to get Union recognition by naming some non related event with same name as those events which stopped the working man being exploited is in my mind wrong, as said in the UK Black Friday is 15th April 1921.

Some Unions are better than others, i joined a Union once and it was a waste of money.
I had an accident at work and went to the Union asking for advice, they gave me the runaround for 12 months be before telling me that i had no chance of compensation.

A mate advised me to go a Lawyer who specialised in workplace accidents.
When i went to the Lawyer he simply asked me was my accident logged in the firms accident book, i said yes, he said leave it with him, within 6 months i had an offer of 1000's in compensation.
While i support the basic concept of a Union, some are corrupt.

 

[diy_fun_uk]

Just another US import to get you to buy more shoite. As if you needed any more shoite with Xmas coming up!

What gets me is the way single day events get extended. Retailers doing 'Black Friday Events' that last for a week or more, pre-Black Friday deals, post Black Friday deals.

Don't get me started on Christmas, a one day event that's spread out one way or another from October!

 

[diy_fun_uk]

Some Unions are better than others, i joined a Union once and it was a waste of money.
I had an accident at work and went to the Union asking for advice, they gave me the runaround for 12 months be before telling me that i had no chance of compensation.

A mate advised me to go a Lawyer who specialised in workplace accidents.
When i went to the Lawyer he simply asked me was my accident logged in the firms accident book, i said yes, he said leave it with him, within 6 months i had an offer of 1000's in compensation.
While i support the basic concept of a Union, some are corrupt.

Don't have the teeth they used to. Some will argue that's a good thing, others won't.

 

[ReganAndCarter]

What gets me is the way single day events get extended. Retailers doing 'Black Friday Events' that last for a week or more, pre-Black Friday deals, post Black Friday deals.

Don't get me started on Christmas, a one day event that's spread out one way or another from October!

Don't get me started on Easter. Eggs will be on sale from January. All very desperate!

Trouble is, for many Brits spending and the buzz it gives them is pretty much all they have in their lives. Take that away and they have very little left. We're not citizens or subjects any more - just consumers programmed to await the next 'must-have, essential', piece of technojunk or whatever they're desperate to sell us.

 

[ericmark]

We have passed 1984, be careful the thought police may get you.

 

[diy_fun_uk]

Don't get me started on Easter. Eggs will be on sale from January. All very desperate!

Trouble is, for many Brits spending and the buzz it gives them is pretty much all they have in their lives. Take that away and they have very little left. We're not citizens or subjects any more - just consumers programmed to await the next 'must-have, essential', piece of technojunk or whatever they're desperate to sell us.

Very good point. I often joke it's a good job not everyone's like me, as I'm only a consumer when I absolutely need to be.

 

[ericmark]

No I consume far more food to what I require, and will soon need a different set of scales that don't say over load when I weigh myself.

As to home brew limiting factor is supply of PEP bottles to re-cycle by filling with beer. The Welsh law on alcohol sales has resulted in a marked increase in the alcohol consumed, I did buy Morrson's cans at 90p for 4, but when it went in Wales to £1.74 for 4, I returned to home brew, drink the same amount, but at 5% ABV instead of 2% ABV clearly that is what the Welsh government wants with their tax. OK trip to England still stock up with 4 for 90p.