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11-19-2007, 01:42 PM
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Protect the Worlds Reefs
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Florida
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O/T Lowes calls christmas trees "family trees" this year
When will it end? Why can't it still be "Merry Christmas and why can't we still have "christmas Trees? I am all for change, but not this kind.
http://mediaserver2.afa.net/twb2007/lowescatalog.pdf
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Last edited by Waynesworld; 11-19-2007 at 01:59 PM.
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11-19-2007, 02:58 PM
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Salty Supply TRT Sponsor
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Orlando, Florida
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next thing you know they will rid of "in god we trust"..
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11-19-2007, 03:09 PM
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SHARK
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: DFW, Texas
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i know i dont see how people can find christmas tree or merry christmas
never mind i dont want to get started but anyways have a happy turkeyday
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11-19-2007, 03:18 PM
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Protect the Worlds Reefs
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Florida
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lol- Happy turkeyday. " In someone we trust"... crazyness.
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11-19-2007, 08:26 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Jacksonville
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Are you kidding me?
I find that worth picketing or protesting or something.
Absolutely insane.
I'm not getting my CHRISTMAS tree from Lowe's and I'm going to encourage everyone I know to do the same.
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11-19-2007, 08:31 PM
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Montis 'R Us
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Chuck Co, Mo
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I bought paint there last night. Wish I hadn't 
Too bad I already opened it.
Oooo! I do have one 5 gallon can that isn't opened! Looks like they are getting it back! I'll go to Home Depot!
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I can see by todays discussion that there seems to be a gray area between the real world and fantasyland!
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11-19-2007, 09:11 PM
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Carpe Noctem
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Western Colorado
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You can be merry or gone... I don't care which, but It's Christmas to me and it always will be  And sorry to plug a club forum again...
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11-19-2007, 09:18 PM
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Protect the Worlds Reefs
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Florida
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Im with you. It's Christmas and always will be. Its Merry Christmas. I checked google, And There was something about Lowes making apoligies and stating it was a mistake or bad markting. I will see if I can find the post. Go figure.
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11-19-2007, 09:50 PM
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Shinigami-sama
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Jax, Fl.
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<============== Buttons lip!
Agree with ^
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11-20-2007, 07:58 AM
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Country Living
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Ontario, Canada
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My thought is .... how many of our ancestors would roll over in their graves from all these "changes" these days.
On a side note: I still love the "upside down" tree.
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11-20-2007, 11:18 AM
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Protect the Worlds Reefs
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Florida
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Exactly. Its called voices speaking up! No way a large marketing department would miss such mistakes. At any rate, I am glad they are addressing it.
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11-20-2007, 04:56 PM
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Landshark
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Jax Beach
Posts: 604
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This is why this year I am just setting up a large metal pole in my living room and instead of presents we will have feats of strength. It will be a "Festivus for the rest of us!"
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11-20-2007, 06:15 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Green Cove Springs, Florida
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Well I can't speak for everyone else, but even my store had to change our signs last year from Merry Christmas to Celebrate the Season. Was too many incidents between customers that didn't celebrate Christmas and those that did. There was actually alot of folks offended by our Merry Christmas signs, and then last year when we switched, just as many offended that we didn't have our Merry Christmas signs up.
Goes to show you that you can't make everyone happy and even when you try to adapt it causes those that were happy to get pissed off.
Alot of companies are going with policies such as these because it seems the country is getting to "sue" happy. Heck it wasn't even two weeks ago I was listening to 88.1 The Promise christian station in my store and it offended a customer because "Amazing Grace" was playing........
geeze...
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11-20-2007, 10:33 PM
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Rob's Reef Owner
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Orange Park, FL
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PC sissies, even Target is saying Merry Christmas this year.
Over 95% of Americans celebrate Christmas. I think that is a high enough majority that we should be afraid of not being polite.
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