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Glad your daughter arrived safe and sound @hollydolly. What a relief, huh? Enjoy your time with one another!
Thanks PB... what a tale she had to tell about her travels.. .. but she did get home safely, and the funny thing is that she drove through 3 countries, and didn't get into a traffic jam until she got on the motorway around 30 miles from here after she'd got off the euro tunnel..typical!...and it was torrential rain!!
 

@hollydolly Your daughter and yourself will be glued together.
So happy for both of you.
Bless you , but no that will not happen.:D. we're 2 very independent people, her especially. ..but it's very comforting for her to be back and for the moment, close by... until she buys her forever home wherever that may be, but at least it will be in this country
 
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A phone for my wife..
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I recently installed a new furnace in my warehouse. The old furnace was still good but I needed larger BTU's, (built in '10), so with the old furnace there and still fully functional I gave it to a person that I deliver meals to, that needed a furnace rather than a heater. However, the cost to have it installed was greater than she could afford. SO I went out and bought the black pipe, furnace duct, filter box, etc to install it in her home. I just got it installed and it really heats her house nice. She is very nice lady that never ever said she needed help. Everything was, oh it's fine. It took a bit to convince her to let me give it to her, let alone install it. While I installed it this morning, she made me a home made apple pie. I can't wait to try it! I have been delivering meals to her for four years.
I have an inspector on the way to approve the furnace before I leave and in the mean time, we are playing Gin Rummy, she is 86. I think she cheats at cards! This is the fourth game and I have yet to win the first.
 
Wow! So I've begun my holiday baking and realized I'll be running out of slivered almonds and walnuts. Yesterday at 2:13 PM (just checked the confirming email for the time stamp), I ordered 4 lbs of each from a nut distributor about 20 miles away, used no-rush service because I have enough to last me for at least a week.

At 7:30 AM my doorbell rang - it was my mailman deliving my package before he started his route.

Can't imagine when I would have gotten it if I'd paid for expedited shipping!!!
 
I got Jasmine bird a couple of crinkly paper toys which she loves. Many birds must love this toy because they limit how many you can buy of them per month. You can only get 3. I also got Jasmine a package of other toys and she has shown a lot of interest in one of them so far. And I got her a mirrored perch--she loves it! I've heard from other bird people on FB Groups that their budgies love the mirrors too.

Got some Get Naked Organic Dog Treats and Suzy likes them a lot. They are also good for the teeth as they are chew sticks. I've gotten 3 different ones and she likes them all.

Last week I bought myself a foot warmer. It's like a heating pad but also has an additional layer to slip your feet in between the 2 layers. It works well and will be great if and when the temperatures plummet like they do at times here--I'm talking down below 20 F. I know we've gone down to 0 and below in the past. The floor here gets extremely cold and my feet can't take it with having diabetes so the foot warmer will very much come in handy.
 
:D:D:D:D Of course you did, Holly! I'd have expected nothing less. :D:D:D:D

In all seriousness, I'm sorry to hear about your department store chain. I know it can feel like losing an old and treasured friend.
Tis true.. especially this one, we've known it all our lives as did our parents and grandparents , but because the current owner also owns 8 other smaller store chains which are all very popular fashion ladies & men stores, they've gone into administration too.. leaving very little for us to shop for on the high street of any quality unless it's extremely high end....further to that this is just the thin end of a very thick wedge of department and independent stores who have crashed and burned figurative speaking since March in the UK... hundreds of thousands of retail workers now looking for work...
 
A lot of retailers are suffering terribly, particularly specialty stores and apparel shops.

A quick primer:
Most manufacturers of girls and ladies' apparel have four seasons for which they create lines: Spring (big), Summer - sometimes known as Spring II (less so), Fall (biggest, by far), and Holiday (dressy clothing so lower numbers, but still significant).

Spring ships in December so Spring 2020 was still healthy. Summer ships in Feb/March so it barely hit the store floors when Covid closures started. Fall was virtually non-existent. Holiday promises to be disastrous (who needs dressy holiday clothing when there are no parties or gatherings to attend?) and Spring will probably also die on the vine.

Higher end apparel retailers and manufacturers are going to be filing for bankruptcy in droves by the time this is over. It's hard to imagine how small bridal shops and formal clothing stores will ride this out.
 


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