http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Black Friday early this year? en Tue, 19 May 2026 17:49:20 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18374#post-266866 Fri, 17 Nov 2017 13:05:25 +0000 jonty 266866@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think retailers have realised that paying for lots of server capacity just to handle one self-inflicted traffic spike in November is a bit silly, so they've tried to spread it a bit more this year. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18374#post-266863 Fri, 17 Nov 2017 12:52:44 +0000 unhurt 266863@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have a The Housemartins earworm now and I'm not happy about it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18374#post-266855 Fri, 17 Nov 2017 12:33:44 +0000 crowriver 266855@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I liked Hull last time I visited. It's Real. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18374#post-266849 Fri, 17 Nov 2017 10:54:33 +0000 chdot 266849@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.hull2017.co.uk/discover/" rel="nofollow">https://www.hull2017.co.uk/discover/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18374#post-266847 Fri, 17 Nov 2017 10:40:41 +0000 I were right about that saddle 266847@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"London 0 Hull 4"</p> <p>Paul Heaton - not a man who'll ever send tanks into George Square. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18374#post-266831 Fri, 17 Nov 2017 09:41:52 +0000 steveo 266831@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"When you are going through Hull, keep going"<br /> W. Churchill. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18374#post-266829 Fri, 17 Nov 2017 09:18:46 +0000 I were right about that saddle 266829@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Black Wednesday was real. I was in Hull. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18374#post-266827 Fri, 17 Nov 2017 09:00:22 +0000 Min 266827@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I am having nothing to do with it whenever it starts. Since last year it seemed to go on for about a month, it meant I saved money before Christmas as I couldn't buy anything for ages. Result! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18374#post-266825 Fri, 17 Nov 2017 08:36:42 +0000 Frenchy 266825@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanksgiving is the fourth Thursday in November, which won't always be the last Thursday.</p> <p>Which, of course, makes Black Friday a totally real thing and not at all a marketing ploy. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18374#post-266823 Fri, 17 Nov 2017 08:08:04 +0000 gembo 266823@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Did Black Friday not use to be last Friday of November? You would think it was a marketing ploy rather than a real thing </p>