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Yes....well......manic Wednesday again but peace reigns now!


Quite mild today but dampish - no good for putting washing out :-(


Had everyone for tea tonight and have just finished washing up.....strange how OH has a 'go-slow' spell at this time isn't it???



I took a prescription into Tesco today and the lady at the counter called me back and handed me two plastic duffel type bags??? Apparently they were full of freebies........when I got home I found they each contained: a bottle of vitamin detox water; a large dispenser for cleaning contact lenses; information on lowering your cholesterol and a box of WellWoman tablets...?????????

I kept the water and the rest I gave to my son to take home and distribute accordingly.

C

OH is due back late tomorrow afternoon (ca 5 pm at the airport) ....... we may have major snow tomorrow, tomorrow evening, or Friday :-0

He arrives back just 2 hours after he left Manchester :-D

Actually ......... that means it is a 10 hour flight from there.



His email said that everything went well yesterday ................ 300+ people at the service, family and close friends at the Crematorium ............. then a big wake at their favourite pub on the outside of town. It's a lovely place, in a very old building, and overlooking woods and water.



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C


she must have thought you needed help :-)

We're waiting to see what happens with our grocery store and pharmacy.

Safeway has got permission to redevelop its rather large site.

From having grocery store with pharmacy and liquor store, and above ground parking ................ we will be getting 3 apartment towers, 2 or 3 lower apartment blocks and townhouse combinations. The grocery store and liquor store will be moved to the front of the site (close to the main road). Parking will be underground.

We're in the "waiting for construction to begin" phase ........... trees and hedging on 2 sides of one corner have already been cut down.

Safeway and the liquor store are hanging on as long as they can before they have to close down.

The pharmacy section is believed to have taken over a small empty shop across the main road. The liquor store is believed to have taken over a much bigger empty store one block away ................ but no-one is admitting to this!

The grocery section will go for the 18 months to 3 years that construction of the new store is expected to take. We have to find somewhere else to shop for that length of time. It means a much longer drive ....... and of course, makes it that much more difficult for me when OH goes away.

There are lots of elderly, disabled, young mums, and people who do not have cars in the area ..... so it is going to be a huge disruption


And of course ....... Safeway has to hope that we all come back to buy groceries from them when they re-open



At least the necessary pharmacy and liquor store are still going to be available :-D



Oh yes ......... it seems that the main access to the new grocery store, underground parking etc will be via the lane behind the block of small shops to the north of the site. Which is where my coffee shop is.

Those small business owners are worried ................ a lot of their business comes from people dropping in when they go to Safeway.


Will the construction workers pop in for coffees, lunch, second-hand books, fresh fish or sushi, insurance, etc etc???



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OOhh - that sounds like a lot of disruption Sylvia - I do so hate it when things have to change.

Hope your favourite coffee shop will not have to disappear <3

Dea x

Well, I am going to be snuggly warm tomorrow (I hope) !

The 'men' have been today and insulated my loft and put in cavity wall insulation!

They drilled hundreds of holes in all my outside walls and filled them with insulating woolly stuff!

That should keep me warm through the rest of the winter :-)

Dea x

That's great, Dea


Insulation should make a big difference to your warmth.

so glad that you have had it done



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Glad everything went as well as it could have done for OH Sylvs! - I am sure that he will be pleased to be home again with you tomorrow!

Dea Xxx

The coffee shop owner IS worried about the next year or so ..... whether she can continue to make enough money to pay her bills, etc. They are making more lunch and early dinner type meals ............. home-made soups, chili, steak pies, etc etc ..... so that may help them.


It is a lot of disruption, and not one I'm looking forward to.



The site was identified a couple of years ago as one of about 10 sites suitable for potential development IF that development included lower rent apartments .... something that is desperately needed in Vancouver.


But like all developers ..... the architect has fitted in the minimum number of such apartments ........... all the rest will go at "market prices".

I don't know whether any of them will be for sale .......... probably!


Also, it does have the potential to completely change the character of the area ............... most of the buildings along the main road for about a mile or so, are what we call low rise ......... single or 2 storey buildings.


You can just see the gleam in the eyes of those landowners ......... let's get together 3 or 4 or 10 buildings in a row, then redevelop with higher buildings, with apartment on the upper floors and shops at ground level.



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It's such a shame that I didn't know you a few years ago when I visited Vancouver - It would have been very nice to meet up !

Dea Xxx

Glad things went ok Sylvs. It will be good to have him home with you again - even if he has to ski up the road :-D



I think you will have to start a petition and carry a placard stating


SAVE MY COFFEE SHOP!!


I NEED MY SOYA LATTES!!


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OOOhh - You are feeling 'forceful' then Cynths ???

Dea Xxx :-D

As Ginns would confirm - 'assertive', NOT 'aggressive' !

I have always had trouble with 'the fine line' between the two!! :-D ;-)

Dea Xxx

:-D :-D :-D :-D :-D


Dea ..... that would have been fun!!

Perhaps, when you come over in the next year or so we can all make an effort and book into a hotel somewhere for an evening ?

Dea Xxx

Time for bed methinks........night all.

Nite nite Cynths!

Dea Xxx

Good idea, Dea :-D :-D

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33,800


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