By Walt Hickey Summer With many spending the summer close to home, Americans are spending lots more than usual on stuff like patio furniture and outdoor toys. Sales of accessories needed for the use of RVs are up, including a 42 percent increase in hitch sales and a 31 percent increase in RV antifreeze, signaling people are getting more mileage out of their campers. Acon, which sells trampolines, saw a 120 percent increase in sales. NPD Group measured a 47 percent rise in water toy sales and 81 percent rise in playground equipment sales, not to mention the surge in lumber and home improvement sales for around-the-house work. All told,
That story about the paddlefish just made me angry--in fact, I wanted to go out and gill someone!
(ducks and runs for the exit)