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[bobf <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

I just finished planting 3 sixpacks of bushbean plants that I bought at our 
best local Nursery, yesterday afternoon.  Also, planted sveral yellow, red, 
and green bell sweet peppers (4 " pots).  I have used up most of my garden 
spaces, already and haven't even got my box of seed from gurneys.  I intend 
to plant quite a few okra, and I will plant it all from seed.

To digress, though.  When I went to the nursery , yersterday, things seemed 
strange, out and about.  The city and traffic was busy , as usal, but, thwe 
stores were "dead".

Now, maybe it is because I rarely go to shopping centers or department stores 
or really much of anykind of store other than hardware/outdoor or book 
stores; but;

 I had ordered a few really good 'internet only' tool deals from Sears and 
had to do a local merchandise pick-up.  The Sears is in a typical large-city 
shopping center with many other stores, big and moderate size.

  I walked all the way thru the Saers to the Merchandise pic-up and there was 
only 'one' other customer in the entire store.  The parking lot in front of 
the Sears was basically empty.  Most of the other stores in that shopping 
center looked the same  way.  Now, the Costco that anchored the3 end cotrner 
of the center looked busy as usal; but nothing else.

Maybe this is typical for a Friday afternoon ?  I don't know.  But, Sears 
would have been better off to Shut the doors, and most of the other stores 
looked the same.

I went from Sears to my nursery, a few city blocks away, and it was jammed 
packed.  Now, the vast majority of pweople were buying flowers and shrubs and 
other ornamentals, but more people than normal were hanging out in the 
vegetable section.  

One man's anecdotal Friday afternoon.  The city is busy, but retail looks 
very slow.

Anyway, this post might show up immediately or in three hours, but I'm 
finished planting for this am.............

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