DHurtig
11-29-2013, 11:34 AM
Well, thanks to a 3 hour nap after lunch yesterday, here I am staring at the ceiling at 3:30 this morning. Couldn't get back to sleep, so put a pot of coffee on and jumped in the shower. I'm clean and dressed and coffee's done, so now what? Hey!!! Cabela's opens at 5 this morning and I'll bet they've got some 22 ammo today. I remember the daughter saying there are gift cards and prizes for the first 600 people in line. Don't think there's anyway there will be 600 people in line when I get there about 4:30. Boy was I wrong!! Parking lot is about full and they're parking in the fields on both sides. Get lucky and find a spot in the lot, but it's on the far corner from where the line is.
Well I get in line and visit with the people around me. We trade stories about going to the big sidewalk sale at the store down in Sydney NE. After a bit Santa comes along passing out candy canes and hand warmers. A bit later there is a gal passing out coffee and hot chocolate. About 15 minutes before the store opens comes a guy handing out the gift cards. He only has maybe a couple dozen after I get one. Boy I got in just under the wire. Wasn't sure how to open it in the dark. I thought maybe you had to wait til the check-out to open it or it would be void. Couple in front of me opened theirs and they were for $10 each. Well I got mine pried open and " Woohoo it's a $100 gift card!"
Well, I head straight for where the 22 ammo normally is and there's none there. Some one said it's out in the main aisle on a table. I work my way over about 30 feet to the main aisle and the whole place is literally shoulder to shoulder. Get up to the table and all they have is the bulk packs of 300 in the Winchester wooden box. I grab two and move on. Thought I'd grab some ammo for stocking stuffers for my son and son in law. Couldn't find what I wanted so now what? Reloading supplies!! Hmmm, no powder to speak of. No brass I can use. No J words that interest me. Ooooh, look primers. Grabbed a brick of small pistol and a brick of small rifle.
Oh my God!!! Look at the check out line. Daughter is out at sales and the wife wants to leave for work at 6, so I need to be home to watch my grand daughter. Well the line is moving much faster than I expected. They've got employees directing traffic and two people working each register. Get to the check out and it's a limit of one on the 22 ammo. Oh well I'll get all this for free. Clerk tells me congratulations on the hundred dollar gift card and hands it back to me with almost $8 credit on it. All right , I'm out the door and home by 5 minutes to 6.
Man!!! 2 bricks of primers and 300 rounds of 22 ammo for free and all before 6 AM. Could the day get any better?
Well I get in line and visit with the people around me. We trade stories about going to the big sidewalk sale at the store down in Sydney NE. After a bit Santa comes along passing out candy canes and hand warmers. A bit later there is a gal passing out coffee and hot chocolate. About 15 minutes before the store opens comes a guy handing out the gift cards. He only has maybe a couple dozen after I get one. Boy I got in just under the wire. Wasn't sure how to open it in the dark. I thought maybe you had to wait til the check-out to open it or it would be void. Couple in front of me opened theirs and they were for $10 each. Well I got mine pried open and " Woohoo it's a $100 gift card!"
Well, I head straight for where the 22 ammo normally is and there's none there. Some one said it's out in the main aisle on a table. I work my way over about 30 feet to the main aisle and the whole place is literally shoulder to shoulder. Get up to the table and all they have is the bulk packs of 300 in the Winchester wooden box. I grab two and move on. Thought I'd grab some ammo for stocking stuffers for my son and son in law. Couldn't find what I wanted so now what? Reloading supplies!! Hmmm, no powder to speak of. No brass I can use. No J words that interest me. Ooooh, look primers. Grabbed a brick of small pistol and a brick of small rifle.
Oh my God!!! Look at the check out line. Daughter is out at sales and the wife wants to leave for work at 6, so I need to be home to watch my grand daughter. Well the line is moving much faster than I expected. They've got employees directing traffic and two people working each register. Get to the check out and it's a limit of one on the 22 ammo. Oh well I'll get all this for free. Clerk tells me congratulations on the hundred dollar gift card and hands it back to me with almost $8 credit on it. All right , I'm out the door and home by 5 minutes to 6.
Man!!! 2 bricks of primers and 300 rounds of 22 ammo for free and all before 6 AM. Could the day get any better?