You know it’s hard to find help when Walmart is raising their entire payscale for the second time in two years. The bottom of the scale has gone from 11 dollars an hour to 14 dollars as of March something. The last raise cost us our profit sharing. I wonder what we are going toContinue reading “Walmart raising wages again”
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Countdown to bouncedown
In exactly 50 days, give or take a few minutes, the Australian Football League will start its regular season. In AFL they start the game by bouncing the oval ball in the center square.
Here today, gone tomorrow
There is a mix of rain and snow with just enough snow to stick to the ground. With a high of 45 tomorrow it will be gone by tomorrow afternoon. The drought situation will not get any better, but at least it won’t get any worse.
Sears: The Coffeyville Urinal of Retail.
It is little wonder Sears is slowly going out of business. They can’t figure out what you want if you sat up and begged them. The snowblower story I posted yesterday turns out to be worse than I thought. I went to the Sears Hometown Store in Indy today. I got a new push mowerContinue reading “Sears: The Coffeyville Urinal of Retail.”
( Sears) Hometown Blues
I thought I could snag a lawnmower at the local Sears Hometown store’s going out of business sale. The sign said open at 8:30. I got there a little after that and the store was closed. I though I saw a couple of lawnmowers in the window, but I couldn’t tell because they were behindContinue reading “( Sears) Hometown Blues”
Persephone Days gone at last.
After today there will be at least ten hours of daylight left. Plants can grow again until mid November at my latitude just above 37 degrees north. Ymmv.
End of Persephone Days
Persephone days are all but gone. Here is the latest pictures of my pepper plants.
Hometown Store closing down
In small towns across the United States, Sears had a bunch of independently owned Hometown Stores. Last month Sears announced they would all close by the end of February. Since Independence has a Hometown Store, I guess I should see if they have any tools or lawn and garden equipment at a decent price. ConsideringContinue reading “Hometown Store closing down”
Spring is coming
The first sign of spring is the seed catalogs that come around Christmas time. The second sign is when garden supplies pop on the shelves at Wally World. They arrived yesterday.
Tournament Week
It is high school basketball tournament week in Kansas and Oklahoma this week. For the first time Altoona-Midway is hosting a basketball tournament. The Milburn Apt tournament is named after the most famous person from the area, an Air Force pilot who became the first person to fly Mach 3. He did so for lessContinue reading “Tournament Week”
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