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   Hello Charles!   
      
   ** On Saturday 30.01.21 - 19:10, Charles Pierson wrote to All:   
      
    CP> A short while ago I shared a video somewhere in the BBS   
    CP> world featuring my brother..   
      
    CP> As an update on his endeavors.. Friday, the shop was sold   
    CP> out in 6 hours.   
      
   That's good and bad!  :/  Good that people were interested in     
   supporting the shop, but bad that the shop couldn't do business     
   over the weekend (which is what I assumed happend since they     
   sold out of everything on Friday.)   
      
    CP> That's something positive I see that can hapoen with social   
    CP> media.   
      
   Yes.. it's like the modern megahorn of the century.   
      
    CP> Even with the struggles he is having during the ongoing   
    CP> restrictions due to covid, he's highlighting fellow   
    CP> businesses to promote them as well.   
      
   A kind of lethargy has settled in my town, and people are simply     
   not shopping for things they do not deem to be essential.   
      
   There is a shoe shop right across the street from me. They     
   decided to go dark on Dec 26, and actually lock up. I can see     
   some deliveries arrive from time to time, but they don't     
   entertain the public.  I don't see why they couldn't allow a few     
   people at a time.   
      
   After all the years of just getting by with the old shoes and     
   boots that I do have, this would have been ideal to shop for     
   something new.   
      
   Dedicated clothing stores are pretty much all closed and non-    
   functional.   
      
   Banks only allow a handful of people inside, or they insist on     
   "by appointment" only.   I believe I wrote about a recent     
   experience I had with my bank around mid-January.   
      
   But.. I have achieved a bit of an upswing in "special orders",     
   so that keeps me juggling my options.   
      
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