Score one to the retailer

Score one to the retailer

Remember all the moaning and groaning I’ve done in recent times about businesses who give you a discount offer but then have a ridiculous expiry date on it? Good! So, it was great to receive this offer from Winx Wheels, a bicycle store. Subject: A reminder from our...
How the wheel has turned!

How the wheel has turned!

Amazing isn’t it? It seems like just the other day when no trader wanted to accept cash or, if they did, they accepted it with carefully gloved hands… at a distance and masked at that! And a year or two before that no trader wanted a credit card for small amounts....
Make it easy

Make it easy

So, there we were, somewhere or other, busting for something to eat and drink! We staggered into an establishment that appeared to be a cafe, asked for a menu, and received the greyish paper with the black print attached. Talk about difficult to read (and it appears...
Another Commercial

Another Commercial

I love looking at commercials from yesteryear and here’s a 1970‘s Continental Airlines commercial featuring a guy called Buster Crabbe (more about him later). I travelled first class on Continental in the eighties ,and can assure you it was nothing like the commercial...