[78-L] First eBay problem

[David Lennick]

On 12/28/2010 11:37 PM, Steven C. Barr wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Lennick"<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>> That's like the little bastard who delivers (sometimes) the local paper
>> three
>> times a week, which is of interest only for the store flyers. When one's
>> missing, he says "Kids must have stolen it."
>>
> I'm guessing you refer to "Oshawa This Week" which is the closest thing
> we have to a "local paper"...?! Best way to guarantee delivery is to pay
> the carrier (I don't). You can also call them (I have before) and ask to
> have a copy of the paper for a specified date delivered! Since the paper
> is a "freebie," there is NOT a lot of attention paid to its delivery...?!
> You
> can also pick up a (sadly flyer-less) copy of OTW in several "downtown"
> locations.
>
> Steven C. Basrr
>
He gets paid..he makes sure of that. Never the same day, not even always the 
correct week. This one's a real winner. But I need the flyers (and the 
occasional 2 for 1 coupons for Dines, which serves up the best homemade 
cheeseburger I've had in ages..and having worked in Oshawa back in the 70s, I 
know from Dines). He's also supposed to leave a page of coupons, which requires 
us to ask every time (and if my wife pays, she forgets to ask). This kid will 
probably grow up to be very rich if somebody doesn't loosen the wheels on his 
skateboard first. Yeah, I think he's really Bart Simpson.

This local rant isn't totally off topic. Oshawa This Week reprinted the article 
about my King Cole Trio CD from the Toronto Star, and last week published that 
interesting article about Gayla Peevey's Hippopotamnus song. But as a local 
paper, it's great for sports news and pictures of fires but has absolutely no 
movie listings, probably because the theatres are all parts of chains for which 
the Toronto papers say "call the local theatre".

dl