Posted by tweeny90655 on December 14, 2008, 7:35 pm
> SoCalMike wrote:
> > Evelyn Leeper wrote:
> I just pick up a few at the hardware store, another few at the liquor
> store, the clothing store, the Chinese grocery.
How many do you need? No one gives em free around here - hasn't the
downturn hit your area yet?
Posted by Dave Garland on December 14, 2008, 8:55 pm
tweeny90655@mypacks.net wrote:
>> I just pick up a few at the hardware store, another few at the liquor
>> store, the clothing store, the Chinese grocery.
>
> How many do you need? No one gives em free around here - hasn't the
> downturn hit your area yet?
I end up with more than I need. This year so far I've got 1 from the
college (I haven't looked to see if they got Thanksgiving on the right
day next year, they were a week off this year), a Norman Rockwell from
my insurance agent, a couple that I picked up at Ace Hardware (an Ace
promo item, I'd bet most Ace Hardwares had them), and a spiral bound
fold-up desk calendar from the Chinese grocery (last year they had
very nice large wall calendars, not this year alas). And I'll
probably get a CD-case style desk calendar from an artist friend for
Christmas (she sells them). There will be a few more should I need
them, I'm sure. I haven't stopped by the work clothes store or the
liquor store, both usually have calendars, and the Red Cross will
probably give me one when I donate blood.
I'd imagine there's a fair amount of lead time on printed goods like
that, and they were ordered before the market collapsed.
Dave
Posted by Macuser on December 15, 2008, 1:43 pm
The local Chinese takeout offered me a free calendar, but it was the rollup
kind with a picture of a fat Buddah. I politely declined. .99 cent stores
often sell calendars and organizers. Just don't be too fussy about the
pictures you want to see.
--
http://cashcuddler.com
"Thrift is sexy."
Posted by tweeny90655 on December 14, 2008, 7:31 pm
> The year 2009 is a non-leap-year starting on a Thursday. The most
> recent identical year was 1998 if you want to recycle an old calendar.
> If not, you can, as you can any year, use May of the previous year for
> January. Then about mid- to late January you can get a new calendar at
> a half or a quarter of what they cost now.
> (Frankly, we bought quite a few calendars we really like--mathematics,
> movies, etc.--and now re-use them as the appropriate years come up. The
> one problem, for us anyway, is that the Jewish holidays are completely
> wrong on them.)
> --
> Evelyn C. Leeper
> Be braver. You cannot cross a chasm in two small jumps.
You must not be on the charity sucker lists. I must have 6 or 7
calendars already. No way could I use an old one - many notes written
thereon.
Posted by Seerialmom on December 15, 2008, 3:19 pm
> The year 2009 is a non-leap-year starting on a Thursday. The most
> recent identical year was 1998 if you want to recycle an old calendar.
> If not, you can, as you can any year, use May of the previous year for
> January. Then about mid- to late January you can get a new calendar at
> a half or a quarter of what they cost now.
> (Frankly, we bought quite a few calendars we really like--mathematics,
> movies, etc.--and now re-use them as the appropriate years come up. The
> one problem, for us anyway, is that the Jewish holidays are completely
> wrong on them.)
> --
> Evelyn C. Leeper
> Be braver. You cannot cross a chasm in two small jumps.
You could also "make" a calendar with those slots to slide the dates
into and never have to buy another calendar again?
http://www.craftefamily.com/craft/perpetual_calendar.asp
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> > Evelyn Leeper wrote:
> I just pick up a few at the hardware store, another few at the liquor
> store, the clothing store, the Chinese grocery.