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The Folk You Meet At Times
When I lived in a Rural area of Ontario in the 70's got to know a number of the Local Folk. People that had lived there most of their Lives went through the Depression and made do any way they could. Met some very fascinating folk while there. Used t...
Summer Memories
In 1955 my parents bought a Cottage up at Brock's Beach Ontario approx 7 miles from Wasaga Beach. Took a few years renovating it they converted it into a Winterized Home .When my sister and I started school we would spend the full summers there. Leav...
Are you ready for the Lock Down if it happens?
Looks like Ontario is going to Lock Down as of Dec 24 at 12:01 AM. Will know at 1 PM today. Decided to finish off my Grocery shopping this morning. We have not really had lines up at our stores for months but the line up was growing fast today. They ...
A Successful Christmas Gift Wise for my Other Half. In Her Good Books Which is Always A Good Thing
Just gave my other half her Christmas Gifts for this year. And it was a success! Got the right things for her. I am thrilled with her reaction. This year she started collecting Small Vintage Canadian Peanut Butter Pails. Is fascinated with them . Not...
The Good Old Days....Or How It Used to Be!!
From the pages of OUR CANADA - May/June 2005The Rural Mailman: You could set your clock by him. “The man who delivered the mail to our farm in eastern Ontario in the '20s & '30s was a perfect example of what we called a baling-wire mechanic—he figure...
Resolved! Ottawa Area Comic Book Shop burglarized- Selling on eBay?
Myths, Legends & HeroesDecember 14 at 2:18 PM · Wonderful to come in on my day off to this idiot’s handywork from a smash and grab from early this morning. Items taken were some wall books - early Eternals #1,2,3,4, Man Bat #1, 2001 a Space Odyssey #...
Fun at the Post Office
Took my packages to the PO today, since I had a present and a shipment that had to go Expedited.Arrived as the PO truck did for the SECOND (at least) 3pm pickup. There was a truck leaving as I arrived.I was number nine in line (two clerks- it's usual...
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I got published-- again
I just received my copy of Stellar Evolutions, an anthology of the best stories from Polar Borealis, a Canadian science fiction and fantasy online magazine, and my story "October 1954"was one of those chosen. And I got paid for both publications. I a...
Resolved! NTE USA BOARD GONE AT LAST !!!
I was a Canadian member who used to read the daily musings of NTE USA members.And that board has now gone private for invited members only.I think it just as well become it had become a hotbed of old, prejudiced, digusting persons.Does anybody know i...
Maybe this is why my AZ book hasn't been delivered yet
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/amazon-packages-superstore-ottawa-1.5818678?fbclid=IwAR0sM3cI7nEwv804X5vAnn4vZWX3fpMnI8SXTSIx9E0R8OvAN-EY8PVOOXI "Ottawa police told CBC Friday they got a call about a delivery van that was stolen in Centretown a...
All Canadian sellers getting ripped off by ebay
Hey ebay, Canadians are tired of your company making us pay the paypal fees for the tax money that you automatically take off when the buyer pays ,if you want your US tax money bill the buyer,or you pay your fees. As the Law Society of Canada says th...
Super. My Amazon delivery guy has my vase?
Intelcom? Since Ebay tracking doesn't tell me anything once my package enters customs, it took a while to find that my Amazon delivery guy has the vase I bought for my wife. I'm used to seeing Purolator, Canada Post or some other person in uniform de...
Canada may be the first nation to do it...
From the horse's mouth... https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/guaranteed-basic-income-priorities-liberals-1.5721943 From the horse itself...since 2014 https://liberal.ca/policy-resolutions/100-priority-resolution-creating-basic-annual-income-designed-im...
Big Brother Canada Post
Greetings fellow Canadian Ebayers!Today I went to the post office to sent a couple of parcels out and I was told that from now on is compulsory to put all the information, mine and the addressee, into Canada Post website, including the content and va...
500
Finally purple star! Though feedback #500 is actually from my recent purchase, not a sale. Purple is my favourite colour so I'm happy to stay in purple forever. This took what, 10+ years? Pretty sure I won't get to the next star which I think is red,...
Funny Or Strange Phone Calls One Has Received
In the 1970's I lived in a rural community a few hours north east of Toronto. I worked for a Residential Treatment Centre for High Risk Children. This organization had 12 different homes in the area and each had 8 to 12 children in them. Each home ha...
The Return Conundrum
For your viewing ummm pleasure? Or the things that make a shopper say hmmm? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/marketplace-amazon-returns-1.5753714 Full Episode:https://gem.cbc.ca/media/marketplace/season-48/episode-1/38e815a-0133f7c424e Season 48 Episod...
Just to brighten the day...
https://youtu.be/xYIUFEQeh3g
You know you are from a past age when
you enter a elevator and you are given instructions how to use the Emergency Telephone I live in a large Apartment/Office complex that used to be a Clock Manufacturing Plant. The Building is close to 100 years old A beautiful complex the majority of ...
Selling at Times and Things That Happen *Chuckle
When selling items you often get folk who question what you are doing why you are selling an item why you have a certain price on something etc. All legitimate questions Part of selling folk need to ask these questions at times to get a better unders...
USPS Postal Inspectors.
Well, well, well.Guess who arrested Steve Bannon? https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2020/08/20/postal-service-police-bannon/?fbclid=IwAR139-Z1SGB7SJKClBoUynoDQP4ZU3sIYtG-VrJbKoF1CM30z8lWiOYijR0
The trickle down effect the USPS will have on eBay.
The USPS has become Weaponized, Politicized, and is now being Manipulated by a Small handful of Operatives. Let alone the ramifications to eBay that the dismantlement and current chaos of the USPS will have on itself, the effects to the entire USA ec...
US Postal Service, USPS ....... Then and Now.....
The US Postal Service…. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/07/postal-service-investigation-dejoy/ Shipping to the US will become more difficult with the new actions of the executive of the USPS. A major shuffle of USPS executives has occ...
Health officials announce ‘presumptive’ case of coronavirus in Toronto
https://globalnews.ca/news/6462626/coronavirus-toronto-hospital/ I'm not here to spread panic, but I would strongly advise everybody, be it the Wuhan virus or the common cold/flu virus, the BEST way to protect yourselves and your loved ones is freque...
New Load More Discussions tab
Anyone else not appreciating the new LOAD MORE DISCUSSION modification? It was mentioned on dot com as being a major PiTA. I'm starting to agree. Maybe something that didn't really need to be changed? It's annoying on a PC. Might even be worse using ...
Trump Is Undercutting Postal System Ahead of Voting: NEW YORK TIMES
Mail Delays Fuel Concern Trump Is Undercutting Postal System Ahead of VotingThe president’s long campaign against the Postal Service is intersecting with his assault on mail-in voting amid concerns that he has politicized oversight of the agency. ---...
Is your local postal depot doing anything uniquely different because of Covid 19?
Is your local depot/drop-off point doing anything creative right now because of Covid 19? Are you still signing for packages for pickups? There are reports on dot com of folks having to drop off packages in main concourses in high traffic areas. No s...
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