DEAR DIARY .......

[Jacksparrow]

In unexpectedly received an e-card wishing me a Happy Easter. I'd like to thank the sender very much and return the good wishes.

[Jacksparrow]

It's official. May is out and it is OK to cast a clout(weather permitting of course)

[Placido]

The may isn't oot round here so there'll be no cloot-casting down oor way, thank you very much.

[Willpar]

Blimey, here I am just past 9pm on a Sunday and there is a knock on the door. Suet balls I ordered on Friday have duly arrived.

[Placido]

If any section of society has gained from Covid, it's online shopping. Not just food but everything.

[Willpar]

Online shopping have probably not been this busy ever. And helping out the economy more than people realize.

[Jacksparrow]

There was a time not that long ago I swore I'd never succumb to the lure of on-line shopping even though I am no big fan of trudging around the shops. after series of disappointments from various local suppliers I have found myself drawn in to the on-line shopping web. There is seldom a time when I can't get whatever I want delivered to my door within a couple of days. The choice is infinite and the prices usually competitive. The other point is that I like I can read other peoples opinions of a product I like the look of and draw on their conclusions to help make my mind up. I sometimes browse the website of a supplier then go to the shop to make the actual purchase. It saves the old legs and shortens the period of time I waste looking around.
On-line shopping is with us forever and the trick for the High Street shops is to have a foot in both camps.

[Willpar]

I think you are right jacksparrow. I must confess though, that I have not been in my city centre, shopping, for 14 years. I only do grocery shopping in person now adays. But I think that during the lockdown, thousands of people have probably tried online shopping for the very first time. And found just how easy and convenient t is. Getting those people back into the shops, could be a tough nut to crack. But yes I agree, people with shops need to look into two outlets for their goods, their shop and the internet.

[Placido]

Thing is, I reckon most High Street shops order online the goods that they sell ! It works both ways.
I'm a huge fan of online shopping, it's the only way I get stuff nowadays. Not a fan of trailing around half a dozen shops just to get a new t-shirt .
And I agree that the "Reviews" are an invaluable source of information which influences whether to buy or not to buy a particular item. That vital tool applies to food just as much as, say, a book or a new frying pan .

My strategy is to begin the hunt with Amazon and continue from that baseline, armed with the info I glean from there. But it's hard to beat Amazon for delivery time. Ordered at 8pm on a Tuesday (before the virus was ever dreamed of) and delivered early on the Thursday morning. I mean, what more can you ask for ??

(Appreciate your honesty re your change of heart, Jacksparrow, on this fascinating subject.)

[Placido]

Right now - it used to be called "Whitsun" - 30 years ago, we were on the Isle of Skye in a self-catering pine lodge. I got talking to the lady who was in charge of the complex about eagles, and she said quite matter-of-factly that they got loads of eagles. She turned to a fence and said that the eagles sat on the fence and watched her hang out the washing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lost for words .....