This town never fails to amaze me..!! the ppl who runs this town.. is even more amazing..! How can the ppl of this town not be concerned about the council approving of getting a loan of close to $5 Million.. for a building that houses .. 13 ppl to work in it..?? Are they crazy..?? or are they insulting the intelligence of the ppl of this town..??
A Casino In Yarmouth
Yup.. rumor has it that we are getting a Casino in this town..?? As if we need another place to get the people to spend all their welfare money on gambling..??? As if it is not bad enough.. .that they could go to the reserved to play the slot machines 24hrs a day. As if it is not enough.. to bounce check, steal, cheat and beg, and borrow to feed those addiction..!
What the hell is this town thinking..?? Oh wait a min..! this town prolly doesn’t think at all..! it’s all about what the “top” ppl wants..?? what say do we have.. if it was true..?? I fear for the town.. i fear for my daughter..!
In Service
What is In-Service..?? yer probably wondering..! well.. In-Service is so often heard in this town of ours.. because it means.. the kids donch have to go to school.. for either the teachers.. have got some meetings on.. or they have to do marking..??!!?? What luxury eh..?? In all my life in school.. from primary to secondary .. to pre-university.. right up to University.. i donch believe . .we have had anything call in service.
Last year alone.. the kids didn’t have to go to school for in-service for like days..! unbelievable amount of time off for the kids.. that at times.. i wonder how are they gonna cope.. with finishing the year’s syllabus. I’ll have to ask Janice from HunnyBunz.. if they have in-service now in school. Or maybe.. i should check with our customer who is a teacher in one of the schools.. to see what this in-service is all about.
I worry.. because .. when Chloe goes to school.. what is it gonna be like. Already education is so different from what i was used to.. back home.. i foresee my kid not being challenged enough.. when she is at school. If so.. how is she gonna survive the hard knocks .. when she starts working..??
Annoying Traditon
A fleet of cars just passed by our store… and all horning happily away..! This happens almost every Saturday.. when you find some suckers getting hitched..! Yes.. they get into the car.. from the church to wherever they are gonna have the reception.. and they horn away. At first i found it cute.. but after 7 yrs.. i find it really annoying.. especially if you have a sick spouse.. and a fussy brat.. who insist on camping in the store.
What annoys you .. where you are living..??
PB & Cold
PB ain’t feeling good..! he has a cold..! what a bummer eh..?? we know for sure.. that we are all gonna get it.. too..! you know how it is.. chain reaction thingie.
Plus Keegan is outta town this weekend..! Muahahahah!! see it always happens when we donch have help. And plus.. we have to work the whole day..! poor PB…!! The price of being the BOSS..??!!??
And i’ve noticed.. that PB is always the one catching something first.. and then passing it around to us. But then PB is the one that gets close to the customers all the time.. so you know how it is lah..!
Cough & Cold Medication not for young children
Ok.. mummies and daddies, grammies and grampies out there.. listen up..!
DO NOT..! give your young children cough and cold medication as the products pose serious health risks.. US Health Officials said.
“children under the age of two should not use decongestants and those under age six should not be given antihistamine medicines.”
The FDA wants warning labels to be added to prescription and over-the-counter cough and cold medicines, cautioning parents about potential overdose risks for toddlers. So why is cough and cold medication relentlessly marketed when it’s not safe or effective? So what do one use.. if cough and cold medication is not safe..?? Doctors advised parents to give their children lots of fluids and wait out the course of the cold in place of giving children cold medicines. Children under two might suffer serious adverse side-effects if given cough and cold medicine.
Ok.. no more cough and cold medication for our Chloe..!
Tourism AGAIN..!
I write things close to my heart.. because it affects the business alot. It also affects if we are going to continue to stay in Yarmouth, and invest in this town. This morning on local news.. they wrote a small piece about the Provincial tourism official getting a earful last nite. But what is their action plan.. besides changing the stupid name on the brochure..?? (like it would ever helped..???!!??)
Business has been hurting downtown.. big time.. with Walmart and the expansion of Superstore and some other various specialty stores that sprung up on us.. during the last few years. Even we were not spared.. with Movie Gallery trying very hard to undercut us.. downtown merchants.
My question is ONLY ONE.. ! What is the action plan here..?? No more HOT AIR please..!
Geez..!! It’s the Doctor’s Turn
As if they donch make enough..??!!!?? Now the doctors here in Nova Scotia.. wants more money or go on strike too..??? Local news reported that rural intensive care units in Nova Scotia may be without doctors for the next week or so. Until the doctors get a better deal with the provincial department..!!
I donch understand this..! i know the doctors are paid good here.. and just to entice them to come to Nova Scotia.. they have so many packages.. for them.. and their family. And you would think that morally the doctors wouldn’t go on strike right..??
Town On Tourism
I wrote about the Tourism Session scheduled this month and it was held today. We didn’t even planned to attend because we knew from the start that it is gonna come to naught. As i am typing this right now, there is a group of teenagers making so much din opposite our store and watcha gonna do about it..?? No one cares.. and no one is willing to take a step forward to look at the real problems downtown is facing.
Customers who attended the meeting said that there was no outcome.. and the mayor didn’t wait for the meeting to be over.. and slipped out the back door. NICE..! i think all those that depends on tourism to keep them afloat .. should prolly forget about the idea. A new president was elected too.. for the ppl who organized the Seafest here annually. I suspect he was elected because he was the one in charge of the bike rally that we had during summer. It was a success for the most part but i can assure you, we didn’t make a cent out of those bikers who came to town. So did it helped us. Absolutely no..! I just hope that the rest of the town did benefit from it though.
Something needs to be done for a major turnaround. By building a new municipality building for $4 – 5 million bucks just ain’t gonna do it. While you enjoy the new building a few year down the road, we can kiss downtown goodbye.
Some Ppl Just Are Not Cut Out
Voluntary Work or Charitable Work is not for everyone.. i just realized it today. A guy walked into our store today.. and dropped a file with some papers in it and said.. to us.. “I volunteered to do this today..!” and expects us to donate something..?? He didn’t say.. what chartable organization he is doing this for.. or how the donation will be used. Nothing at all..! And he didn’t even further elaborate.. ! So we absolutely donch know .. what the charity is for ..??
Some ppl just shouldn’t be doing voluntary work.. or collecting charitable donations.