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I haven't put anything up for a while, but this morning's events got me going.  It started with an email from a lady in the UK wanting to know where her Amazon order for two bowler hats was.  At first I thought it was a phishing attempt, but I decided to reply stating that we'd never sold on Amazon, only through our own website and that my wife doesn't make men's hats.  She replied that 'there must be more than one AB Hats' and thanked me for the note.

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This has been out for a few days, but I just found some of the details.  Reason I'm posting this is that we've been using a 'dial-pay' merchant account for years, but NOT on a smart phone.  We've been planning on getting one and moving to Square - which is certainly more cost effective save for the data charges.  Best I can figure we'll save a bit, but it'll be much more convenient. 

My bio includes over fifty years in IT and data communications, so this article kind of waves a red…

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Sometimes things just happen and your left with no way to commit to shows when they want money six months out.  My wife and I have two different mediums and both of us have a reasonable amount of inventory - not great, but workable.  Day after Christmas, we found water leaking through the ceiling in our kitchen pantry.  This became a completely unbudgeted total bathroom renovation (that means I'm doing most of it!).  Just before Christmas, my wife began experiencing hip pains that have become… Continue

One of the two wood turning clubs I belong to likes to have booths at local events to promote the club. This was their second time at this two day one nearby that was held near a somewhat rural town about ten miles from the club's 'home', a moderate sized city in the Mid-Atlantic area. (I really don't want to be more specific than this.)



This 'craft' event had about sixty five 'vendors'. At least five or six were commercial or political. Another ten were obvious buy/sell, with another… Continue