The story of my life, wherein I jump from one minor crisis to another. If it isn’t an oven that is trying to attract the fire department, or a garbage can that doesn’t empty properly because the huge whollops of foam rubber have expanded to fill available space, it’s something else. Each day brings another adventure, and I like it that way. I g uess.
posted in economy | Comments Off on Almost fits | 282 words
The provincial government announced their budget this afternoon. As I like to call it, the prediction of pain. A voice, with a litany. Read the rest of this entry »
posted in economy, politics | Comments Off on My wallet is lighter, pennies at a time | 268 words
According to one reference on citations, the phrase “A penny spar’d is twice got” was recorded back in 1640. Ben Franklin paraphrased well: “A penny saved is a penny earned“. Somewhere along the way, I learned that if “I see a penny and pick it up, then all that day I’ll have good luck“. Combine the three, and my growing collection of maple leaf coinage makes good sense; common sense, if you’ll excuse the pun.
posted in economy | Comments Off on More pennies for my collection | 509 words
Strange times for those in the middle class of this country. The recognition that pay scales don’t equate with effort is starting to unravel the edges of the blanket. Or in simple terms, who took the money and left for parts unknown?
posted in economy | Comments Off on Funny how the money is missing | 301 words
How much smoother things are going to be around here, now that I have a new sander! And in a world that seems to favour inflation, my thanks to Sabrina (the associate at the hardware emporium), who listened to our needs and then recommended the cheapest model on the rack. How often does that happen?
posted in economy | Comments Off on Measure carefully to avoid inflationary meatballs | 270 words
For those in retail, knowing what your competition is up to is primordial. For the consumer, figuring out what comprises competition is very important difficult. A case in point.
posted in economy | Comments Off on Seeking some effective, but generic, syrup | 267 words
Odd situation this evening; I found myself complaining about a discriminatory price at Future Shop. Under some pressure from the kids about preparation of our annual tax returns (I’m a procrastinator that gave birth to keeners), I decided to pay the other tax. Yes, here in Canada we have to purchase the software to communicate with our masters government. As a fine musical group once lamented, “Just another brick in the wall”.
posted in economy | Comments Off on The price does matter | 271 words
Have you noticed how our world has ventured onto the thin ice known as JIT (Just In Time)? At any given time, we’re all only a matter of days away from the kind of hardship one used to associate with disaster.
posted in economy | Comments Off on Days away from local hard times | 334 words
All it requires is a single warm night for winter to be over. That is, according to retail marketing experts. My own calendar has some leeway.
posted in economy, Wx | Comments Off on Warm weather signals an end to economic winter | 296 words
The next time the checkout assistant at Wallie’s asks “Did you find everything you were looking for today?”, try to imagine this shopping list (as seen in the headlines from CBC this afternoon).
posted in economy | Comments Off on Priceless tags | 323 words
