REI Traverse Trekking Poles Review
Gotta be honest: I used to think people who used these things were dumb. I mean...look at'em.... But when one of my friends loan me his set ...
Trekking Poles
Gotta be honest: I used to think people who used these things were dumb. I mean...look at'em.... But when one of my friends loan me his set ...
Many tarp tent users of the Golite Shangri-La 3, Shangri-La 4, Hex 3 or the Black Diamond MegaLight and MegaMid have to rely on a single strong ...
BLUE RIVER — Plenty of McKenzie Highway travelers have driven past Christmas Treasures, the red and green store east of Blue River, and wondered how a business like that can survive way out here.
Even if the store is mobbed in November and December, what carries it through the rest of the year?
The answer is technology. The cozy, cabinlike store — which has more than 20 decorated trees, and carvings and collectibles on every shelf — sells a lot of ornaments to walk-in customers. But the vast bulk of its revenues come from Internet sales, said Pat Dibala, who with his wife, Nancy Wood, has owned the business for 19 years.
“You never know when a lady is going to come in and buy $1,000 worth of carvings, but it happens more online than it does in the store,” Dibala said.
While half a dozen shoppers browsed in the showroom 10 days before Christmas, a six-person crew in a warehouse in back took orders and packaged merchandise to be shipped to customers across the nation — and in some cases, the globe.
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THE NORTH POLE, BUT WITHOUT ELVES Dibala has designs on the extras, however. Next year, He plans to brighten up the 160-foot-tall Douglas fir tree outside the store, which he claims is the world's tallest lighted tree. The producers of a reality TV show recently asked Dibala to appear ... |
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Holidays mean family time for ballplayers "The kids aren't allowed to touch him, and supposedly every night the elf flies back to North Pole to report on what he's seen. My kid goes crazy every morning trying to find him." At least a couple of the players contacted, pitchers Weaver of ... |