Jeff and I had a nice roast beef dinner tonight...it's way too busy to go into Calgary for dinner and then drive all the way back home...besides, Jeff is on the road first thing tomorrow morning cause he has an appointment in Olds about the "Wonder Stapler" and I have an appointment myself at 8am...mine is with the dentist, however...I am getting the first part of my crown done tomorrow and the next part will be in 2 weeks...Any guesses on where my Ralphybucks went??? Yup, to the dentist...
Now you might be wondering why the heck Jeff is driving 2.5 hours to meet with Olds college about a silly little stapler...well this all started last year in April when we went to New Orleans for the US College Show...this is where college buyers go and see what is available to sell in their retail outlets...imprinted items, pens, pencils and everything under the sun with their logos on them...we were there repping some of Jeff's lines (Top Flight and Four Point for imprinted notebooks and binders in all the Canadian post-secondary schools, Dot Mfg for desk accessories, and Redi-tag which is a self stick note (not Post-its but very similiar)...anyways, we were looking around at some of the other venders and our eye was caught by the huge booth with 3 different sizes of staplers and nothing else...we tried it and were in love instantly...the power of a staple gun with 1 finger through 25 sheets of paper...you really have to see it and try it to get why its so amazing, right Dad??? As it turned out, they were just about to go in search of a Canadian rep and we have an agency with sub-agents all over Canada and Jeffs Dad (Hi Bob..teehee..) had a warehouse outside Vancouver where he is the Canadian distributer for a few other lines...needless to say, we are the Canadian distributer for this little stapler...We have a sea can of them on their way in and are waiting for orders from the big box stores (wal-mart, zellers, etc) and are getting it listed in all the major office suppliers catalogues for 2007...I know, I didnt think I would end up being so excited about a stapler either, but it really is cool...
so thats what Jeff has been doing the past few months..Its off to beddy-bye for me cause I have an appointment with my dentist...too bad its not Les' Dougie Houser dentist...my dentist is kinda old and very married...his wife is one of the hygenists at the office...
wish me luck!
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Heather...holding someone's t-shirts hostage at a rock concert is very funny! I don't have to go because you didn't get me anything!!! That is the good news! Have fun Joe!
Gotta like a hot dentist! And doctor too!
oh....did I forget to mention...your 3 tops will be waiting with Dads shirts....
opps...i guess you have to come out to play to...
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Can someone please explain to me what are Ralphybucks? Just curious....
ralphybucks is the nick-name to the one time provincial energy rebates...ralph klein is the premiere and they were named after him...
hey who couldnt use 400 extra after the holidays...
Thanks for the explanation Heather!
I was reading about your Wonder Stapler. It sounds great. I am an office supply junkie. I always loved back to school time when I was a kid because of all the fun supplies I got. It was better than Christmas!
My friends laugh at me. I can spend hours in Staples and I get excited over office supply catalogues...lol. Well, at least I am predictable. Some things never change.
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