After days of warning that Friday would see a massive snow "event" in the Isle of Man, it all came to nothing. Sure there's been some in the hills but that's to be expected and few areas have had a dusting but for most of us Friday was just another breezy day.
As I wasn't snowed in I took a stroll along Strand Street looking for signs of the retail malaise that is meant to be blighting high streets up and down the UK. I didn't notice much apart from around The Strand Centre which hosts the majority of empty shops in Douglas. I don't think holding an urban dance demonstration on a Saturday morning is going to bring thronging crowds in. HMV had a healthy crowd of browsers, no doubt some like me hoping for a liquidation bargain. I didn't see much although the Quentin Tarantino box set for £12 was good value. What I did notice is quite a few people from work going about their retail thing. It was pay day yesterday after all.
On a lighter note today I used both poultry shears and a meat cleaver. Quite pleased with myself for that. I now have a nicely quartered chicken.
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