New Main Door Sign
Posted on March 18, 2012 - Filed Under Amused, building, Business, This Town | Leave a Comment
So after going back and forth with L & N sign – Cameron, we’ve decided that this is probably what we will be using for our new sign for the store. Why a new sign? well, because it’s about time to get a new sign so that it will show more clearly to the people [...]
Read More..>>MicroAge AT Data System Closing Its Door
Posted on March 16, 2012 - Filed Under Business, Finances, Ranting, This Country, This Town | Leave a Comment
We learned today from another business owner downtown that MicroAge AT Data is closing its door for good at the end of the month. 30 yrs in business and its closing its door – very sad indeed. MicroAge and us have different clientele and we do – do different things. So to see them closing [...]
Read More..>>New Door
Posted on March 15, 2012 - Filed Under Business, This Town | Leave a Comment
So we got our new door like a week or so ago – but wait a minute – I hear you say – why is the green door that sticks and doesn’t wanna open still there. Ahhhhh…! that’s because it still isn’t quite finished yet. We still haven’t gotten the lock knob inside the door [...]
Read More..>>Businesses On Main Street
Posted on March 10, 2012 - Filed Under Business, Life, Ranting, This Country, This Town | Leave a Comment
So Home Sweet Home is closed and it’s building is up for sale – tough times for them I heard too – Le’s Fashion near Toots has also moved to do her sewing from home I heard. Goodies is also not going to go back to it’s old location and another building on John Street [...]
Read More..>>Investment
Posted on March 3, 2012 - Filed Under building, Finances, management, Marketing, This Town | Leave a Comment
I figured I should get some friends from Asia to come invest in this town. Why? because even without the ferry – and tourist – there is still potential in this town. There is so much land here that one can put up steel buildings for factories to come in or different kind of industry [...]
Read More..>>Qigong & Yoga
Posted on March 1, 2012 - Filed Under Business, Health, This Town | Leave a Comment
Yes, I just learned that there is a Qigong class and a Yoga class in town for all those who wants to live healthy, stay healthy, lose some weight in the meantime. It’s on Wednesdays mornings at the Miriam Center right across the St Ambrose Church – at Albert Street – you know where you [...]
Read More..>>Buying & Selling Musical Instruments
Posted on February 24, 2012 - Filed Under Health, Music, This Town | Leave a Comment
We have people trying to sell all sorts of musical instruments to us – for the last 11 – 12 years – and each time I have to turn them away because I myself don’t have a wide knowledge of any musical instrument. If you give us a piano – the spouse is able to [...]
Read More..>>A $10K Error In Judgement
Posted on February 23, 2012 - Filed Under Amused, Finances, Honesty, This Country, This Town | 1 Comment
So he said it was an error in judgement – but where I come from – it’s called Criminal Breach of Trust. Former MLA Richard Hulbert is said to be pleading guilty after 2 years – since he resigned after it came to light that the $8000 generator that was in his backyard – wasn’t [...]
Read More..>>Another Store Closes On Main Street
Posted on February 6, 2012 - Filed Under Business, Ranting, This Country, This Town | Leave a Comment
Yes! I just read it on the Vanguard that Home Sweet Home – the store that sells Benjamin Moore paints is closing its door at the end of the month. We don’t really know the owners that well and haven’t spoken to them since last year I think – so this comes as a surprise [...]
Read More..>>Frank Anderson Wants His $170K pension
Posted on February 4, 2012 - Filed Under Amused, Finances, Honesty, Ranting, Spam/Scam, This Country, This Town | Leave a Comment
picture from Shelburne County Today
A year and a half ago – Shelburne County Today had asked Frank Anderson about the money that went missing? And for the person who was the head of SWSDA and left it with a debt of $2.3 million and many of this money belongs to locally owned company for work [...]
Selling Your Stuff @ Our Store
Posted on February 2, 2012 - Filed Under Business, Ranting, This Town | Leave a Comment
I had an interesting conversation about someone who had sold the store something not too long ago – but to be honest – so many people come in with their goods – I can’t even remember who it was who sold me stuff till I look at my record. Anyhow, buddy sold me a old [...]
Read More..>>More Wait For Movies On NetFlix
Posted on January 27, 2012 - Filed Under Business, DVD, Entertainment, This Town | Leave a Comment
The LA Times had an article on their online newspaper yesterday and i thought I should let you all know that if you are thinking of signing up Netflix because of its cheap prices on movies and shows – you have to wait and extra 28 days after already waiting 56 days before you can [...]
Read More..>>Jeep For Cheap
Posted on January 24, 2012 - Filed Under Business, review, shopping, This Country, This Town | Leave a Comment
We get all kinds of things come into our store but the other day, a customer came in to ask if we would buy their old Jeep – at a very good price too he said. He was in a hurry to get money for his mother was ill and he wanted to go up [...]
Read More..>>Money Tree From Customer
Posted on January 24, 2012 - Filed Under Business, Health, Life, This Country, This Town | Leave a Comment
Yesterday was Chinese New Year for me – and like usual – we had a reunion dinner with good friends at the New Century Restaurant and as usual, we gave out many red packets ” small chinese envelopes with lucky money” to all the children there and of course the staff of New Century like [...]
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