Uh-Oh, lockdown again...

The state is on lockdown again.
Can't service the route?
Fear not, even if the lockdown were to go on for years,
and businesses survive, I'll adapt donations one way or another.

   

They're Baaack....

Does anyone else notice the crazy drivers? 

Was it always that way, or are folks crazy once let out of lockdowns? 

There are people honking, speeding, flashing lights, swerving, peeling out... 

Have only seen 2 people run red lights, otherwise, fairly sane, just can't figure out what they're thinking when I almost always meet up with them at the next red light, weird... 

Proverbs 6:6

I chose this business not only because it is a cash business, 

helps the critters, and is easy to manage, but also because it is flexible. 

No thanks to Wuhan virus, looters, or fear itself, the route still runs, and always will. 

I have a new Proverb to share; 

My Ideal; 

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: 

Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, 

Provideth her meat in the summer, 

and gathereth her food in the harvest. 

KJV

My Reality; 

How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

Till Monday when I go back to work :-)

What's Next..? The Heat..!

It's the hottest 80 degrees I can remember in a long time!
If it's only The Heat that's the next virus, I'm prepared, I hope!

What's Next?

The pandemic hurt businesses,
Then looters hurt businesses,
What else will be brought up to hurt businesses and why?

I made $10

I made $10! Sort of...
Since I'd placed the box just before the virus hit, by the time the one auto store re-opened,
the owner had cleaned off all the desks, thrown away all the coffee, even the filters and packs,
and it had included my charity box, gone.
The manager gave me $10 which I thought was decent considering...

Toys for Tots

I purchased over 500 1" tiny toys that fit into vending machines, should last for awhile. 

 

  Aren't they cute? They have little necklaces inside them.
    I hope everyone is doing well and can get back to work soon.

Shhh, some places opening up...

Not gonna lie, I'll miss the open roads,
Trees in the distance incredibly deep green, skies so bright blue, it hurts the eyes.
Literally, wide open freeway lanes, space, breathing room, gone,
I already won't miss traffic, crazy people, or pollution.

What can ya do, stop populating? Not going to happen.
Do your best and godspeed, so to speak...

Lockdowns

Since I worry about my locations and how they are doing, I have begun visiting my route, 2 at a time.
One store I opened the door with 2 customers at the counter and about 3 other customers nearby, all who turned to look at me at the same time.
 All were wearing face-masks covering their entire face, a few wore glasses over them, and even tho we were in the midst of a world-wide pandemic, those masks turning to look at me resembled a colorized episode of The Twilight Zone. I asked the desk-clerk if I could come in and she nodded her head since I couldn't hear her thru THOSE CREEPY MASKS..! 
 Another store was closed but had the door propped open while they worked and I was allowed to check on a machine quickly.
 As a side-note, and may I be so bold, but if it's true that the 'bird flu' had come from China, and the 'swine flu' had also come from China, and the current pandemic was originally to be blamed not on an infected bat, but on an injected bat, may I please say, hopefully for the last time;
  STOP BLAMING THE ANIMALS.
     Thanku. 

Business Plan

I have signed up with a company to help sell enuf books to pay the rent. Lol.
I love books, and I need to pay the rent.
Some way, we are going to splice those 2 things together and make it work.
I have been selling books since November, 2000.

Living in California, I was constantly at book signings.
I would attend popular classes and get the teachers to sign their books, which sold like mad.
This was right at the beginning of the internet, when eBay was just blowing up.

Since I sold the books for the sole purpose of meeting authors and seeing the world,
I actually paid the rent selling VHS tapes.
Around the same time that eBay was starting up, one still had to wait for movies to
come out on VHS tapes, and we had to wait months after it left the theaters.
Once the movies came out on VHS, they were expensive and rare.
After waiting for prices to come down, one had only to grab a few with a small markup.
Still discovering the internet, the VHS movies were gold.

It actually took a few years for VHS tapes to fade into DVDs.
By then, it was obvious where it was going, and VHS nor DVDs paid the rent,
so I gave up on them, but I never ever gave up on books.

I cannot forget finding gems in dusty book stores, 1st editions, misprints,
out-of-print, rare and just plain fun and interesting editions of books.

Owning a Kindle myself, I can see that the fanciest Kindle in the world still hasn't been able to replace books with messy notes, non-electric pages, doodles, pics, and sharing, so here I am with the best memories in the world, places I have travelled, and the world of books continues regardless...

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