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 [...]
Read More..>>No Ferry For 2012
Posted on September 8, 2011 - Filed Under Business, Ranting, This Country, This Town | 2 Comments
“The most recent update I received . . . is that it doesn’t seem there’s going to be a ferry for next year,” said Churchill.
This was on Chronicle Herald this morning – and as you can see – we will not have a ferry for next year – so tourism will be even worst next [...]
Exhibition Week
Posted on August 6, 2011 - Filed Under Entertainment, kids, This Country, This Town | Leave a Comment
So it was exhibition week this week – and it ends tonight – have you gone to the ex yet? No we don’t go to the ex – because it’s too ex – and with a kid who won’t even go on anything that is moving except for an escalator – there wasn’t really any [...]
Read More..>>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..>>Attracting Customers To Come Downtown
Posted on May 16, 2011 - Filed Under Amused, Business, shopping, This Country, This Town, Travel | Leave a Comment
As you all know – downtown business are already having a hard time attracting people to come downtown to shop. Unlike in Japan where they have the street closed on the weekend in Harajuku where anyone and everyone can dress up in whatever ways they want – so people – from locals to tourists flocked [...]
Read More..>>Sorry, It’s Not Yours
Posted on May 11, 2011 - Filed Under Business, Electronics, Entertainment, gadgets, Honesty, sellers, thieves, This Country, This Town | Leave a Comment
We buy and sell used electronics and gadgets – and most likely – we will have a 32gb ipod touch or a Sony turntable at one point at our store – because things comes and goes pretty quickly here – well some. But it is also most likely not yours either – why? in [...]
Read More..>>Skin Specialist
Posted on May 4, 2011 - Filed Under Business, Health, This Country, This Town | 1 Comment
A customer who just got back from the city with the spouse’s chinese food – told us about this skin specialist his kid was seeing for body acne and how expensive it was just to see the doctor. Not the cost of seeing the doctor but the trip up to the city and staying for [...]
Read More..>>The Next Move For This Town
Posted on March 2, 2011 - Filed Under Business, kids, Life, school, shopping, This Country, This Town | 1 Comment
So I just saw on the CJLS website that Mr Pais said no – to the $100K that the MLA requested for setting up the new RDA for this end of the town – a flat no – I heard. So what’s next for this town? I supposed the next time the town needs an [...]
Read More..>>Local MLA Visits Local Business
Posted on January 31, 2011 - Filed Under Business, Honesty, This Country, This Town | Leave a Comment
Yesterday evening just before we closed for supper we had a surprise visit from our local MLA, Zach Churchill. Everyone in this town knows Zach right? Well, if you don’t know who he is you better get your act together because Mr. Churchill will be going down in history in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Not only [...]
Read More..>>Shopping Downtown
Posted on January 23, 2011 - Filed Under Business, Marketing, This Country, This Town | Leave a Comment
Since we are a downtown business – we try to only support our downtown businesses too. If I needed a shoe – I would go to Runner’s Attic – now only if they didn’t have the thing we need then we would patronize some other stores – and even go online – like the addidas [...]
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..>>HST Going Back Up
Posted on May 28, 2010 - Filed Under Business, Ranting, This Country | 1 Comment
I wish this government could make up it’s mind, set a sales tax rate and stick with it. The HST here used to be 15%. Then they got generous and dropped the GST portion by 1% so the HST was 14% for a little while. Then they dropped GST again so it [...]
Read More..>>Stupid Laws
Posted on April 22, 2010 - Filed Under Business, Ranting, This Country | Leave a Comment
So quick poll here, if you rent a video game or movie and then never return it, is it considered theft? Apparently not according to the RCMP, it’s something to do with civil contract laws and needs to be taken to small claims court. Now if you sell that thing you stole rented [...]
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