While this is more America-focused, I think it’ll resonate with Canadians too: Everything You Remember And Miss About Sears. The Xmas Sears Catalogue was one of my favourite things about the entire year!
You best, most interesting tips are encouraged.
https://www.azfamily.com/2023/05/23/kari-lake-signature-verifications-claim-rejected-by-judge/
Kari Lake loses her case for the 2nd time. Filing dropped today.
I told you it would be a nothingburger. Don’t bother arguing unless you actually read the ruling.
Oh F off.
I take it you didn’t bother to read the filing?
Your ignorance and support of the democrat fraud is disgusting.
Thomas
I second that motion…with a PUleeze… F off.
Vote early. Vote often.
You never read it Allan. Quit Pretending.
Bud Light is having some sales difficulties.
https://pjmedia.com/culture/robert-spencer/2023/05/18/panic-at-anheuser-busch-one-beer-vendor-is-paying-people-to-drink-bud-light-n1696463
Sears was the Analog Amazon!
Everything could be ordered through the catalog, even a house (building package), guns made by CIL or Cooey, ammo, fishing boats and motors…
Christmas wish book was the best catalogue ever, as a kid. Grandma kept all the old catalogues in the basement, the ones that managed to escape outhouse duty anyways. One could go back through the years like a time machine, see the old fashions and products being offered..
The tool section was my favourite, the Sears in university mall in Seattle was 3 FLOORS, The entire 3rd floor was just tools, they had a separate catalogue just for tools. In the USA, their Craftsman catalogue was like snap-on up here.. Everything in the tool catalogue was stocked in that store..
The Sears by SAIT in Calgary was also well stocked. There was a very knowledgeable lady that ran the tool department in Medicine Hat, she would see you coming with a broken tool in your hand and had the replacement for it by the time you made it to the counter. Never asked for a receipt, or cared that the tool was abused, excellent service!
Many fond memories of Sears!
Zon,
It was my go to store. We got anything there from baby’s clothes to tools. Many of my ancestors had Sears as their main “trading centre”. They may have wondered to the wrong side of the cabal’s path…
Zon,
Those were the days when the customer was always right and customer service was what got you repeat business. That reminded me of a typical situation when it comes to what is called customer service today. Do enjoy the story.
LET QDM TELL YOU A STORY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz8Ba_WDGFY
It always amazed me that Sears, with all the necessary structure in place, did not become like Amazon. They dropped the ball.
Not possible. The catalogue business was destroyed by the cost of printing and mailing of the catalogues. This was a time long before internet and email.
OK, I will say wrong. They did not take advantage of the computer advancements. They did not move from the old to the new even though they had the complete physical set up to do so. They overlapped what you are saying destroyed their business.
I miss the polar ice caps:
https://electroverse.info/australia-year-round-snow-rare-may-snow-hits-kashmir-frosts-europe-surprise-geomagnetic-storm/
In 2003, I commissioned Sears to redo the roof of our newly bought house. One of the reasons we went with Sears was the myth of “too big too fail”. Oh boy…
And before that one, the Eaton’s catalogue.
The Eaton’s Christmas catalogue was our favourite. My sisters and I would circle our favourite toys hoping Santa would bring at least one of them.
Several years ago we were in a used book store in Parry Sound. My SIL found and bought an old Eaton’s catalogue and brought it back to the cottage. Oh, the fun and laughs we all had flipping through those pages.
AK, agreed. Old catalogues for sale on Ebay range from $30 to over $200 each. What’s also interesting is that looking through the old catalogues, the products for sale were of better quality than what’s on offer today. Outsourcing everything to China has resulted in the cheapening of everything – toys, clothing, household goods.
You guys are such liers! You KNOW you waited all year to check out the lingerie spread… 😉
Here Harrison Ford defends the use of de-ageing CGI technology to make him look younger in the new Disney film Indians Jones 5:
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/harrison-ford-de-age-indiana-jones-5-b2343187.html
Mr. Ford received $25-million for starring in the film. With the hugely expensive reshoots after November, 2022 (to make the film less politically correct), observers expect that Disney will lose lots-of-dough on the movie.
From Israel Ministry of Health. Number of people under 50 with no comorbidities dying of C19? Zero.
No healthy people under 50 died from C19.
Another vaccine is recommended by the FDA, only one, this time: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/05/here-we-go-fda-now-recommends-that-healthy/
Back up in the bush in NW Ontario after hunting turkeys in SWO. I got a Boone and Crockett 25 lb’r.
My hunting spot at St Thomas is now the site of the VW battery plant. They have cleared the bush and it looks like a table top (over 1000 acres). This is good farm land typically produces corn at 250 bu. Now it will produce batteries for EV’s.
Wonder if any of the betting sites have odds on when the white elephant battery plant will become profitable?
I had to move over to Simcoe to get a turkey – few birds in St Thomas.
It’s float plane time now for the next month.
LG
What’s the over/under on the special rapporteur’s doings?
Is he going to call for a public inquiry or go with the nothing burger?
What a sham.
The case against Sucharit Bhakdi in Germany represents another travesty of justice. I was hopeful that post- pandemic people would become more aware of the damage done by government mandates. No such luck, and the ongoing corruption of governments covering their wrong doing and the compromised courts are among the reasons. The quiet- spoken, honest and admirable Dr. Bhakdi is a victim in this upside down world:
https://doctors4covidethics.org/timeline-of-the-events/
Nazism was a natural state for Germans. They were autocratic before and autocratic after. Under the Nazis they just perfected their natural state. Always have jailed people for their opinions, always will. Hail victory!
Bhakdi has just been acquitted. Very good news. It is shameful that he was ever charged.
https://www.2ndsmartestguyintheworld.com/p/breaking-prof-sucharit-bhakdi-stood
Former Global News director testifies that Global lied to us about covid and the vaccines.
https://twitter.com/michaelpsenger/status/1660856504751194112
Runkle of the Bailey speech: Provinces [SK & AB] Versus The Federal Government on Gun Bans
https://rumble.com/v2p7p13-provinces-versus-the-federal-government-on-gun-bans.html
Ottawa announces revamp of trusted-traveller program to speed up airport lines
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/ottawa-announces-revamp-of-trusted-traveller-program-to-speed-up-airport-lines-1.6409415
Or as Shiny Pony might say…
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/9abf6330b8f8215267e40c314f9d8b7f7945eb4234faeff051d5baac11cac392.jpg?w=600&h=361
So they’re going back to the original operation. Before the BS pandemic there were separate lines.
Now everyone goes through the same portal from different lines, NEXUS & Priority, business class and then the rest. All into the same security portal where they continue to clean my laptop on just about every trip requiring waiting while the understaffed security takes forever on the not “pre-cleared” or intelligent enough to read signs or pack properly.
This gov’t couldn’t run a lemonade stand.
Trudeau uses ‘manners legs’ on trip to South Korea to make himself ‘shorter’
https://archive.is/QWQIS#selection-2841.4-2841.80
How about just expanding the program to murderers and those who assault children?
Growing number of Canadians welcome euthanasia on demand for non-medical reasons
https://thepostmillennial.com/growing-number-of-canadians-welcome-euthanasia-on-demand-for-non-medical-reasons
White Supremacism is running rampant!
Suspect in White House gate U-Haul crash identified as Sai Varshith Kandula
https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-suspect-in-white-house-gate-u-haul-crash-identified-as-sai-varshith-kandula
LA Dodgers apologize to group of ‘Drag Nuns’ dedicated to mocking Catholics, reinvite them to Pride Night to accept award
https://thepostmillennial.com/la-dodgers-apologize-to-group-of-drag-nuns-dedicated-to-mocking-catholics-reinvite-them-to-pride-night-to-accept-award
San Francisco names nation’s first ever ‘drag laureate’ with $55,000 stipend
https://thepostmillennial.com/san-francisco-names-nations-first-ever-drag-laureate-with-55000-stipend
Teen arrested after shooting fireworks at Halton police
https://tnc.news/2023/05/23/teen-arrested-halton/
Is the government going to do anything about this teacher who is clearly intolerant of other cultures?
Mississauga school plagued by violence – do woke boards care?
https://tnc.news/2023/05/23/levy-mississauga-school-violence/
BONOKOSKI: Canada’s housing minister owns two rental properties
https://tnc.news/2023/05/21/bonokoski-canadas-housing-minister/
Anglophobia, Christophobia Trudeau’s Secret To Success
https://capforcanada.com/anglophobia-christophobia-trudeaus-secret-to-success/
I voted today in Alberta. What effing moron by the name of Danielle Smith thought vote counting machines were a good idea. How fkcuing stupid are these Conservatives?
I’m sure Shiny Pony will invite them all here.
One Of The World’s Most Dangerous Volcanoes Threatening To Erupt
https://www.dailywire.com/news/one-of-the-worlds-most-dangerous-volcanoes-threatening-to-erupt
Shipment Of Explosive Chemical Mysteriously Disappears
https://www.dailywire.com/news/shipment-of-explosive-chemical-mysteriously-disappears
Today in History: Jihad Unleashed on Malta
https://pjmedia.com/columns/raymond-ibrahim/2023/05/18/today-in-history-jihad-unleashed-on-malta-n1696442
Islamist Appointed to School Board Human Relations and Diversity Committees
https://www.frontpagemag.com/islamist-appointed-to-school-board-human-relations-and-diversity-committees/
Discredited But Massively Wealthy SPLC Working with Corrupt FBI
https://www.frontpagemag.com/discredited-but-massively-wealthy-splc-working-with-corrupt-fbi/
And today the Liberals announced funding for a Chinese Canadian culture museum in BC
https://twitter.com/pablorodriguez/status/1661103035500617728
I don’t know if Trudeau, Mao, and Xi will be featured, or if there will be a Chinese police station on the premises.