The Creek’s Running Dry
On the farm, a few years back, we had a creek with a swimming hole, and all the kids down the County Road would bring their friends who were out visiting from the City.We didn’t worry about chlorine in the water, lifeguards on duty, the “deep end”,
no inner tubes, no running, stay off the diving board, nor any of those important safety rules and regs they have in Municipalities today. But we survived.
The Ag man came around every so often to see how the crops were doing, and the seed rep would drop in to make sure everything was growing the way it should. Nowadays, we get all these nice government people from the milk board, the beef board, the grain board, HHS, OSHA, The labor board, the IRS, The EPA, and the federal Ag Dept…..
all giving us advice on how to farm. I don’t know back then how we ever made it thru a
summer without them.
It’s sort of like that at our little store in the Mountains now.
When we started out in the 50′s, the Mayor would come by every Spring to wish us well,
and our state senator would drop by for a chat every six years.
But yesterday we had the building
inspector checking the size of the front door for wheelchair access,
(It’s the new door we put in 14 years ago) the Town Clerk was here last week, checking on our Licence to Operate
(the price goes up every year) and the labor department, a couple of weeks ago. (to make sure our employees are
getting their mandatory two coffee breaks per day)
The Health Department was here, (Thank goodness we clean the toilet twice a week) the IRS (no comment)
The State Treasury (Check the sales tax collection, tax records, and licence)
and of all people the fire inspector (We had a fire in our block last Fall)
We hadn’t seen him in four and a half years. (He is the Mayors brother)
And it’s only July!
With all those great Government people coming to help us out in the summer,
I wonder how we ever got along without them.
But there is more help coming…
We try to hire healthy students for the summer, but now we are told they may
not be so healthy so we are going to have to buy them health care.
We don’t know how much it is going to cost,
but we have been assured that this will help reduce the national deficit.
The tax help we got a few years back is being taken away ’cause
I guess we don’t pay “our fair share”. (Those Bush Tax Cuts for the Rich)
Sales tax is going up again,
so we have to collect more to keep all this wonderful Government
help coming to our store. Local property taxes are going up again
so we can stay smart and safe and pay the annual increases in salaries
to all those hard working government employees, and save their jobs.
(The store property taxes have almost tippled in 12 years.)
Our monthly unemployment contibutions and Workmans Comp are going up again.
The water bill just jumped 19%, the electicity bill is up 12% over last year,
the Post office stopped delivering mail (we now have a box down the street),
and now to add insult to injury, the Feds are going to “measure our carbon footprint”
(we heat with that nasty natural gas don’t you know) so we can “pay our fair share”
and “save the planet”.
We are going up to the farm to visit for a few days.
It will be a real bummer if the creek has run dry!
Fall at The Copper Penny
Summer is over, holidays finished, kids back to school, and Dad is safely back at his job. But Mom is worn out and ready for a vacation of her own. This is a phenomenon that occurs each year, and continues until the kids have left the house, and mom and dad can go on a REAL vacation.
We at The Copper Penny love the Fall, with the changing of the leaves, the bugling of the elk, and the cooler days and nights in the mountains. The summer rush is over, many Seniors and Europeans, along with professionals and single couples descend on Estes Park, now that the kids are back to school. We get a chance to chat with many new visitors, to reminisce with vacationing repeaters, and learn new and interesting things happening all over the USA, Canada, Australia and Europe. It is an interesting time.
This year, we saw a decrease in the number of visitors in our little town in the Colorado Rockies, and find a lot of people worried about the future of our great country. Many have friends out of work, many have homes with upside down mortgages, and many have an uneasy feeling that things are not going right in our country.
The reality this Fall is the uncertainty that exists in the country: Where are we going – our growing national debt – what are our politicians doing – and where is the economy headed?
There is no doubt that the people wanted political change last year…but change to what? Is it going to be a Merry Christmas or a Winter of Discontent?
We in our family feel strongly that it is a time for prayer for guidance. Prayer was invoked by the founding fathers, especially in a time of strife, our Creator is the anchor in our constitution, and a strong faith is expounded upon in the federalist papers. Add that to the fact that Americans are an amazing and resilient, and for the most part, God fearing and God loving people.
May God Bless America once again.
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The New Penny Up and Running!
The Copper Penny previewed its brand new website today with great Specials, Sales of 20% to 35% Off , and a plethora of New Products in an image filled, fast presentation that features a great new “Rewards & Bonus System”.
Keeping you as a customer is important to us and we feel it is necessary to reward your loyalty with a bonus system. In other words, we really want you to come back to The Copper Penny.
So, when you fill in your birth date when you register, we will automatically reward you with a 20% off certificate on your Birthday, that can be used at any time in the future.
The bonus point system is simple: You get 10 points for every $10 of product you purchase today that you can use towards your next next purchase in our web store. The points voucher is awarded to your account when the product you ordered is shipped.
Word of mouth is the best way to get new customers. If you recommend this website to five friends we will give you a $10.00 voucher to use in any future purchase after you place your order today. Just fill in the “friends” area in your account registration.
Take a look at our new site: We are on the new Apache 5 Server which gives you streaming media for our CD’s and Videos, fast page turnover, and complete information on sizes, colors, combinations and features to give you total product information. For your convenience, you can shop by “Gift Idea” or “Product Category”. Specials, Featured Items, and New Products are highlighted on the Home page.
The Copper Penny has celebrated it’s 60th anniversary in 2010 with a brand new web site to replace the old one. We hope you like it! We are a family-owned and operated business, and this is a family oriented store. We take a great deal of pride in our friendly staff and our record of courteous service.
Don’t miss the “Buy America” feature on the new site. Many of our products are made in the USA and Canada, and all are backed up by both manufacturer’s warranties, as well as our 30 day money back guarantee.
We hope that some day you will come and visit our beautiful valley in the Colorado Rockies. Of course, it would be great if you dropped into the store and said “Hi”. We sure would enjoy meeting you!
Rising From The Ashes
Perhaps you may have missed it, being how we are way up in the heart of the Colorado Rockies, but the first big snowfall up here last Fall was followed by the biggest fire in Estes Park history.
The Copper Penny was almost devoured, but for the heroic men of our great Estes Park Volunteer Fire Department, along with engines from, Loveland, Longmont, and Fort Collins.
Since the fire in October last year, the clean-up and the rebuilding started, we got a new roof on our building just after Christmas, and through the winter we have rebuilt The Penny.
New merchandise is arriving daily, and the staff is getting ready for a grand re-opening in another couple of weeks. You can follow The Copper Blogg
It is ironic that the Copper Penny celebrates its 60th Anniversary this year and here we are, starting all over again, with a brand new store, new merchandise, a few different people, but in the exact same location as 60 years ago!
This year, we have added some new and exciting lines, including McCall’s Country Canning Candles, the scents of which you will die for! Classic of the month is “Chocolate and Berries”. My favorites are Cherries Jubilee and Fresh Country Apple. Oh, shades of grandma’s house.
We brought two new web sites on stream last year, www.CoasterSales.com/ and www.ChamiliaGifts.com/. The first contains a complete list of popular Thirstystone products, including the University and College designs, as well as the new “Carsters”. Chamilia is dedicated to allowing you to design your own necklaces and bracelets with individual beads and charms, including an exclusive licenced Disney line.
Last week we introduced www.BarlowSales.com/ featuring the full line of great products for men, including their much vaunted “Barlow Knife” collection. Ladies, if you need a place to shop for your man, check out the beautifully engraved pocket and penknives, the assortment of sports and wildlife designs on traditional belt buckles and moneyclips, and the really neat cherry wood Valet Boxes.
For more updated information on our re-opening, please read our latest feeds at http://www.thepenny.com/thepenny.rss or pull up our web site, www.ThePenny.com/ for time and details .
Wants a heads up? Join our following on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/bobcyndi
Perhaps you may have missed it, being how we are way up in the heart of the Colorado Rockies, but the first big snowfall up here last Fall was followed by the biggest fire in Estes Park history.
We lost a major portion of our downtown business section.
The Copper Penny was almost devoured, but for the heroic men of our great Estes Park Volunteer Fire Department, along with engines from, Loveland, Longmont, and Fort Collins.
Since the fire in October last year, the clean-up and the rebuilding started, we got a new roof on our building just after Christmas, and through the winter we have rebuilt The Copper Penny.
This week, new merchandise is arriving daily, and the staff is getting ready for a grand re-opening in another couple of weeks. You can follow us on The Copper Blogg.
It is ironic that the Copper Penny celebrates its 60th Anniversary this year and here we are, starting all over again, with a brand new store, new merchandise, a few different people, but in the exact same location as 60 years ago!
For updated information on our re-opening, please read our latest feeds at:
http://www.thepenny.com/thepenny.rss,
or our Copper Blogg at:
http://thepenny.wordpress.com/
for time and details.
Want a heads up? Join our following on Twitter at:
“http://www.twitter.com/bobcyndi”
Gosh, Where did it go?
Can you believe that ‘09 is gone? Almost one full year of progressive rule under our “historic” new President, and less than 300 days before the next “historic” election of Congress! I don’t know about you, but I can hardly wait until voting day. It will almost be like celebrating two Christmases in 2010.
Talking about Christmas, wasn’t it historic for Congress to pass the new health care bill on the eve of the celebration of the baby Jesus. The new bill allows for unfettered access to abortion for all women in America, (including partial birth abortion) and now you and I get to pay for over a million abortions a year with our tax dollars. Now, wasn’t that something to celebrate this Christmas eve?
But this new Obama health care bill is almost magical… it covers 30 million more Americans with health care, doesn’t raise the deficit or the Nation’s debt, and doesn’t cost us taxpayers a dime in new taxes. Amazing! You might call this a stroke of “Black Magic”. (a little humor there!)
The AARP commented on their website: “… Senate Democrats pieced together a delicate consensus that required changes in the bill: dropping a government-run public insurance option, which is still in the House bill; scrapping a Medicare buy-in provision for people 55 to 64 years old… ” and lamented the fact that the final bill may not fully cover abortions.
So let me see now. The group that supposedly represents millions of seniors in this country is disappointed that illegals are not getting free health care coverage, (although we will still pay for them in the emergency rooms across the country) disappointed that another 30 million people ages 55 to 65 won’t be allowed into the Medicare system, (even though Medicare will go flat broke in another five to seven years) and complain that a million or more American women may have to pay the costs of their own abortions. (even though many are now provided free of charge through government funded clinics, including Planned Parenthood, the biggest abortion mill in the world)
The one thing AARP omitted (I’m sure it was just an over site) is that nearly $460 billion (That’s Billion with a B) will be stripped from Medicare over the next ten years. Now it’s funny that they don’t mention that, and I wonder why? Could it be that their shoddy “Medigap Insurance” will soon be offered as a replacement for “Medicare Advantage”? Just at slightly higher premiums of course, but AARP is sure looking out for us seniors are they not? This will now guarantee rationed health care, and end up shortening the lives of many Americans who will not get proper care in the late stages of their lives. But to quote one of our esteemed politicians…”that’s just life’s lottery!”.
I can hardly wait for Cap and Trade (the bogus new energy bill that’s based on Global Warming, or now it’s called “Climate Change” because the planet has not increased, but decreased slightly in temperature in the last ten years) and the new Immigration Legislation (Amnesty Bill) coming this Spring. All those new “Green” jobs that are going to be created, all those new wind farms dotting the landscapes across this great country of ours (but not in Massachusetts near old Ted Kennedy’s place) the solar systems that don’t “solar” or do anything at night or on rainy days (I guess we don’t need heat or light at night!) And all the new electric cars that are going to be plugged in to all those shiny new windmills, or maybe have solar panels built into the roof of each vehicle…but we could only drive in the daytime because, remember, it doesn’t “solar” during the night.
And citizenship for all those illegals: (oops…undocumented) Is it not ironic that the first black president will now preside over a new class of slaves who will work for $5.00 an hour and do all those things that red-blooded proud Americans won’t do! But there is hope my frinds, as soon as they are documented, then they can all join the SEIU and negotiate for $20 an hour, and isn’t America wonderful, the land of milk, honey, … and a totally corrupt Government! …At least for another 300 days.
Oh, and by the way, have a really great New Year!
