The Times They Are A Changin'

I said on here the other day that we were treading water a little but things have moved on since then. Firstly we've got the most important job done and we have booked a party night at the Floral Hall on the promenade. We've got in for Friday 11 December and by all accounts it should be a good night with an Abba tribute band, a disco and entertainment from 8pm until 1am.There's a three course Christmas dinner thrown in as well.



Then there's the problem of the empty office. It started to feel like the Marie Celeste in here a few times lately while we were waiting for Craig to decide on his future on the road as a salesman. He's made his decision and on Monday he will be back here with us on his sales desk duties. We'll all be pleased to welcome him back. Not everyone loves being out selling but at least Craig has had the chance to give it a try. It's not all been bad for him.There have been some good times too.Now we've got to decide what to do with the sales team.



The Instanta Pool Tournament is progressing well. I just watched the match between Northern Sales Manager Peter Brindle (taking shot above) and store man Phil Joce. It was level pegging until I turned up and put Peter off by taking this photo. After that Phil potted every ball and is through to the semi final. (Sorry Pete).



On the business side the 1500lcd is selling like hot cakes and we are struggling to keep up with demand. I know that they are great but why not be green and think about the CT2000 with the ECO mode that allows you to set the water level lower during quiet periods? Just a thought.



I just took delivery of a lawn aerator and scarifier and will be having a go at using it this weekend. For the last few years we've used Green Thumb to come and do this for us but they hiked the price up this year by so much that it made more sense to buy our own machine. A classic case of price sensitivity in market economics.If they had held last year's prices they would still have the business.

We're playing Manchester united on Sunday. I somehow don't think it will be as easy as this game. The Brazilian side Viana needed to score nine goals in the last nine minutes in order to gain promotion on goal difference. Impossible.....of course!