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Songbird76

Songbird76

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John park hopper said:
Oh happy day --we have heat again, the new system is great (should be for 7K) I had to take the hot water heater out as the air handler and hot water heater were both under the stairs. Will be doing that after I have my coffee --can''t do anything without that first.
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Well I'm glad it's fixed!! Sorry it was such an ordeal and so expensive!
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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Tuvalu said:
So sweet of you to ask, @MinnieM123! We celebrated with them a week early (a blessing in disguise as Woody became ill on Christmas Eve) and both girls were so adorable, patient and grateful with gift unwrapping. Lots of Frozen themed presents, as that is their current favorite.

And they were very excited to learn they get to go back to WDW in February for Gramma Tu’s birthday (assuming it is safe and everyone is well.) 🥰
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Awww....poor Woody! Is he feeling better now? Crossing my fingers for February....I need more TRs to read to keep my spirits up!
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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Tony the Tigger said:
Trying to find a pet friendly hotel “in the sticks” for Thursday night to get an antsy pooch away from the booms, and just order take-out.

Looking so far at Sebring (2.5 hour drive) and Naples (1.5 hour drive but might not be quiet.)
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Good luck! All but category 1 fireworks are banned here this year, but it doesn't seem to be stopping people. Someone in our neighborhood was shooting off the big ones last night. I hope you find someplace quiet!
 
Mr Ferret 75

Mr Ferret 75

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MinnieM123 said:
Hey, @Trapper Wolf , or Mr. Ferret, or Ken Adams, or whatever one of your multiples is today -- how did the Christmas sales go at work? I'm assuming the foot traffic might have been a bit less this year, but hope that the business did well. :)
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We have had a strange year work wise. We were closed from April to early Juneish as we are non essential. We managed to trade during some of that time by phone/email and doorstep delivery to the customer.
Once we re-opened with slight restrictions it all went a bit mental. As nobody could travel most people have been upgrading/fixing their cars (and houses). So we struggled to keep up with demand. A lot of people bought some sort of watercraft during the lockdown (canoe, paddle board etc). So we have had a bumper year on roof racks and carriers, as we can get supply. December has been slower than the rest of the year but still ok. We are somewhat behind on the year but not as bad as we thought we were going to be. Having no restrictions on island has helped the local economy (other than tourism) greatly.
Hopefully next year will bring some changes to travel but at the way things look currently I don't see a relaxing of our strict 14/21 day quarantine border restrictions any time soon.
But we were able to celebrate Christmas and New year's Eve with anyone we wanted and all the pubs clubs are open as normal so can't complain too loudly.
 
MinnieM123

MinnieM123

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Trapper Wolf said:
We have had a strange year work wise. We were closed from April to early Juneish as we are non essential. We managed to trade during some of that time by phone/email and doorstep delivery to the customer.
Once we re-opened with slight restrictions it all went a bit mental. As nobody could travel most people have been upgrading/fixing their cars (and houses). So we struggled to keep up with demand. A lot of people bought some sort of watercraft during the lockdown (canoe, paddle board etc). So we have had a bumper year on roof racks and carriers, as we can get supply. December has been slower than the rest of the year but still ok. We are somewhat behind on the year but not as bad as we thought we were going to be. Having no restrictions on island has helped the local economy (other than tourism) greatly.
Hopefully next year will bring some changes to travel but at the way things look currently I don't see a relaxing of our strict 14/21 day quarantine border restrictions any time soon.
But we were able to celebrate Christmas and New year's Eve with anyone we wanted and all the pubs clubs are open as normal so can't complain too loudly.
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There were so many unexpected changes for businesses in 2020, and that included yours. Glad to hear that creativity in the ways you conducted business, kept you afloat.

Really happy to hear that (since your island's virus cases are so low), that all the locals could out and enjoy the holiday festivities at the bars and clubs. :)

Sending along best wishes to you and Donna, for 2021. ❤️
 
MinnieM123

MinnieM123

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Tony the Tigger said:
Trying to find a pet friendly hotel “in the sticks” for Thursday night to get an antsy pooch away from the booms, and just order take-out.

Looking so far at Sebring (2.5 hour drive) and Naples (1.5 hour drive but might not be quiet.)
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That mini getaway sounds like fun.

Heard the other day that ALL fireworks displays are cancelled. (There might be a few people that set off some of their own anyway, but it's not a major thing around here. That tends to be more of a summer thing.)
 
Figgy1

Figgy1

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MinnieM123 said:
There were so many unexpected changes for businesses in 2020, and that included yours. Glad to hear that creativity in the ways you conducted business, kept you afloat.

Really happy to hear that (since your island's virus cases are so low), that all the locals could out and enjoy the holiday festivities at the bars and clubs. :)

Sending along best wishes to you and Donna, for 2021. ❤️
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