Is it me or is every single brick-and-mortar "Oriental Rugs" store a) going out of business or b) having a 70% off sale?
I shit you not, every single one I drive by, whether it's Kaoud Oriental Rugs, J. Namnoun, or Safavieh, they all have sales or going out of business signs in their windows.
I have never gone into one of these stores, but I can imagine the supply far exceeds the demand for imported rugs in this economy. They all have wesbites (well, most do) but they offer absolutely no information about the pricing. That's how they suck you in to the physical stores, I guess. It hasn't worked on me.
I'm guessing they offer more than the typical ugly-ass Oriental rug design that we all think of when we hear those two words together, but still, how the hell can a store operate selling only rugs?!?
I might stop in the next time I pass one, which seems to be every day, just to see what they're all about. But only if they're offering at least 70% off prices.
Friday, October 28, 2011
A&E TV
I was up the other night watching television in bed - yes, I can do that again now that Nolan has his own room to sleep in and Lindsay and I no longer have to creep around our bedroom.
Anyway, I was flipping though the channels (because Lindsay was asleep already) and stopped on "American Hoggers" - a show I had never even heard of. Captivating television.
It's a family-owned, family-operated boar capturing business. It takes place down in Texas, where wild, feral boars often run rampant, causing chaos and terrorizing farms and families.
Apparently, Jerry, the patriarch of this hogging brood, is a legend in the hog hunting game. He could also be a stand in for ZZ Top. His son Robert is 28 and can often be heard yelling at the old man, who seems to be a bit nuts. Jerry also has his 23-year-old daughter Krystal "Pistol" in on the capturing as well. They travel all over the Lone Star State hunting and trapping these hogs, using several dogs who wear flak-jackets to protect them from the wild hogs. FYI, the dogs (Walker Hounds, the best trapping dogs out there) lay into these hogs when they catch them. Jerry's wife, Kathie, packs the coolers for the trips. And a friend of the family, Leah Penick, travels with them because she's an accomplished horsewoman, whatever that means.
The best part was the closed captioning on the bottom of the screen while the old man spoke, which was imperative because I couldn't understand a word he said. OK, maybe that's a bit dramatic, but it was funny as shit hearing some of the slang and terminology he uses when referring to hogs.
Wednesday nights at 10/9C on A&E you can catch "American Hoggers" - I promise you, if you're a fan of the new wave of reality television - family reality - you will not want to miss this one.
Trust me.
Anyway, I was flipping though the channels (because Lindsay was asleep already) and stopped on "American Hoggers" - a show I had never even heard of. Captivating television.
It's a family-owned, family-operated boar capturing business. It takes place down in Texas, where wild, feral boars often run rampant, causing chaos and terrorizing farms and families.
Apparently, Jerry, the patriarch of this hogging brood, is a legend in the hog hunting game. He could also be a stand in for ZZ Top. His son Robert is 28 and can often be heard yelling at the old man, who seems to be a bit nuts. Jerry also has his 23-year-old daughter Krystal "Pistol" in on the capturing as well. They travel all over the Lone Star State hunting and trapping these hogs, using several dogs who wear flak-jackets to protect them from the wild hogs. FYI, the dogs (Walker Hounds, the best trapping dogs out there) lay into these hogs when they catch them. Jerry's wife, Kathie, packs the coolers for the trips. And a friend of the family, Leah Penick, travels with them because she's an accomplished horsewoman, whatever that means.
The best part was the closed captioning on the bottom of the screen while the old man spoke, which was imperative because I couldn't understand a word he said. OK, maybe that's a bit dramatic, but it was funny as shit hearing some of the slang and terminology he uses when referring to hogs.
Wednesday nights at 10/9C on A&E you can catch "American Hoggers" - I promise you, if you're a fan of the new wave of reality television - family reality - you will not want to miss this one.
Trust me.
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