The View From the Window

Owning a store in the middle of a downtown business district really gives you a sense of what is going on in your town.

I spent a few hours today standing in front of my store window, and had plenty of time to just watch and observe. The people of Alta Coma, at least the ones I saw, seemed to be in such a hurry! While nobody was buying typewriters, they were keeping the district busy with their patronage of the yogurt shop, the stationery store, and the Wal-Mart across the street.

It was the first nice day we've had in a few weeks here, weather-wise, so I spent the afternoon sitting in my favorite lawn chair outside the front of the store. I noticed that there were some leaves in the doorway, so I swept those all up, then kind of sprayed the entire front walk with cement cleaner. What a difference! It looks great.

On a business note, the 2008 IBM Selectrics are finally in stock, despite my objections to the IBM distributor. I simply have no more room for the new inventory. And while they were able to hold them in their warehouse for a couple of months, they said they can't do that anymore because they were out of room too. I find that hard to believe, since my typewriter store is probably WAY smaller than the IBM distributor's warehouse, but that's the way it goes.

So the upshot is that I need to clear out the old inventory, PRONTO! You can choose from the models from 2005 - 2008 now, and as a "bonus" for this month only (April), I will do a "buy-one-get-one-for-half-price" deal on both black and red ink ribbons with the purchase of any IBM or Smith-Corona. Call or come on by, we're open all day!