Daydream Believers
Posted on July 15, 2011 - Filed Under Business, Finances, Life, management, This Country, This Town | Leave a Comment
Small business owners and entrepreneurs are pretty much daydreamers – and wanna-be-heroes – so the spouse said. This week – we received in the post a magazine from CFIB and on its cover are three men – in sunglasses looking like heroes and that got me thinking – it’s true isn’t it – that we [...]
Read More..>>Summer Road Trips
Posted on July 11, 2011 - Filed Under Business, Finances, Life, shopping, Travel | Leave a Comment
Our extended family was down from Ontario for a visit with their RV – and they were down in Hectanooga at their lodge last weekend. This is a new RV that they had bought last year when rv financing was at its best rate – I too was tempted to get one – but because [...]
Read More..>>Becoming Your Own Boss
Posted on April 2, 2011 - Filed Under Amused, Business, Finances, management, This Town | Leave a Comment
Everyone thinks that becoming your own boss is the greatest thing – but little did they know that there is a lot more to it – then just what meets the eye. I didn’t grow up with a golden spoon in my mouth – I started with nothing – well not nothing – I have [...]
Read More..>>Helping A Tourist
Posted on March 19, 2011 - Filed Under Business, Finances, Internet, management, This Town | Leave a Comment
We don’t get many tourist in this town no more – since the NDP decided not to fund the ferry from USA – Maine to Yarmouth – but once in a while we still get some – from across Canada. Today, a tourist from Moncton came into our store to ask if we can set [...]
Read More..>>More Storage For Behind The Store
Posted on February 11, 2011 - Filed Under Business, Finances, Technology | Leave a Comment
We found some cabinet hardware from a long time ago – when we first opened our store and is currently in the missed of building more storage cabinets for storing stuff behind the counter to make things a little neater for me. It had been a pretty steady month of people selling stuff at the [...]
Read More..>>The Car That Don’t Cost Us Any Money
Posted on January 26, 2011 - Filed Under Amused, Business, Electronics, Finances, Life, This Town | Leave a Comment
I grew up in this town – unfortunately, the wife does not – so she does not comprehend why people behaved or say the things they do. When we first opened the store – an employee said to our customers that our car that we had bought from Ford – didn’t cost us any money [...]
Read More..>>No Ferry For Yarmouth For 2011
Posted on December 29, 2010 - Filed Under Business, Finances, Ranting, This Country, This Town, Travel | Leave a Comment
Although we were not directly affected by the loss of the ferry last year – we still feel lost and defeated with the news as soon as we got into the store today. Mr. Churchill announced on Facebook that there will be no ferry for 2011 – because no one had a sustainable plan nor [...]
Read More..>>Credit Card For Business
Posted on December 9, 2010 - Filed Under Business, Finances, management | Leave a Comment
When I first started the business – no local bank would give me or my business a business credit card ! but 11 years later – every local bank – and even those not in the vicinity wants to give me one – now how ironic is that? So what does a business credit card [...]
Read More..>>Sign of Improving Times?
Posted on May 25, 2010 - Filed Under Finances, Honesty | Leave a Comment
It must be a sign of an improving economy. Lately, on a weekly basis, there’s credit card applications showing up in the mail again. Offers for free credit reports. Offers to increase the limit on existing credit cards. But no! I don’t want any more cards, they’re evil! They [...]
Read More..>>Summer Ain’t Gonna Be Fun For Some Ppl
Posted on March 19, 2010 - Filed Under Business, Finances, Life, This Country, This Town | 2 Comments
So i hear 4 different ferries are interested in running for Yarmouth and USA – for the year 2011 – but what about 2010 i asked. Well, the customer/s replied – it’s a lost cause right now – sad. Devastating for some i’m sure and for us – we are going to be [...]
Read More..>>One way to reduce a Mortgage Payment
Posted on January 4, 2010 - Filed Under Finances, Insurance, Life | Leave a Comment
One thing you may be able to do to reduce your mortgage payment a little is to get your own term life insurance plan to cover the cost of the mortgage. I think I’m currently paying $33 a month for life insurance as part of my mortgage payment. But even though the mortgage [...]
Read More..>>Finding Money in Real Estate
Posted on October 27, 2008 - Filed Under Finances | Leave a Comment
There’s money in real estate, but like anything these days it’s getting harder to find. I know we’re not in a recession, not yet at least, but things are tight all around for just about everyone. There’s hope for some though, especially mortgage & real estate professionals. In these times of falling [...]
Read More..>>Finding Deals Online
Posted on October 26, 2008 - Filed Under Finances, Internet, shopping | Leave a Comment
Finding good deals online can be easy if you know where to look. www.ExtraDime.com is one of those places where you can find great information on things like banking bonuses, credit card offers or even discounts on clothing. You can browse the ExtraDime forums with the help of their colorful icons, it’s easy [...]
Read More..>>Snap Dollars Actually Pays!
Posted on October 25, 2008 - Filed Under Finances, Internet, Marketing | Leave a Comment
Another check that’s been a long time coming, Snap Dollars advertises that you can get paid to read emails. It’s true, but at 3 to 5 cents per email it can take a very long time to save up the $40 minimum payout amount. You get a $5 bonus just for signing up [...]
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