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pillows
PILLOWS When I started making the Wiggy bags in S.C. I trained operators to sew Lamilite using the fallout from cutting bags. I had them make pillows. They were various shapes and sizes, and I put them with each sleeping bag I sold. When I relocated to Grand Junction Kok made a pattern, so all pillows were [...]
soaked sleeping bag
ANOTHER WET WIGGY SLEEPING BAG EXPERIENCE I have owned a Wiggy's bag for over a decade and can tell you it is the best bag for any adventure, I even backpacked with it. While on a 2017 sheep hunt in the Yukon one of our pack horses tipped over in a slough and soaked everything in [...]
LARRY BIRD WAS THE GOAT OF BASKETBALL
IF YOU FIND THIS VIDEO YOU WILL LEARN WHY LARRY BIRD WAS THE GRETEST OF ALL TIME. THERE ARE MANY MORE VIDEOS OF HIM AS WELL AS PLAYERS WHO SAID AS MUCH. I HAVE WATCHED BASKETBALL SINCE 1947 WHEN I SAW BOB COUSY AND EVERYONE ELSE. I PUT BILL RUSSEL AND MAGIC JOHNSON JUST BELOW HIM AND ALL [...]
Price Reductions
For all the years that I have been in business, I have learned to pay attention to the economy. I have seen many times over the years in the past how it has fluctuated from good to bad. Generally, the process has lasted 6 to 8 months. We are now in the beginning of a bad [...]
Canada suspends many tariffs
CANADA SUSPENDS TARIFFS (Bloomberg) -- Canada has effectively suspended almost all of its retaliatory tariffs on US products, tamping down inflation risks and improving its growth.“ It’s a very strategic approach from a new prime minister to really say, ‘We’re not going to have a retaliation,’” Tony Stillo, Oxford’s director of Canada economics, said in an [...]
quotes
INTERESTING COMMENTS PERTAINING TO POLITICIANS The oldest one I could find is from Plato. “Those who are too smart to engage in politics punished by being governed by those who are dumber.” Even back then we see things haven’t changed. Carl Sandberg “A politician should have three hats. One for throwing in [...]
DO YOU KNOW?
DID YOU KNOW? I did some research this morning to educate myself on the tariffs [taxes, import duties] an importer pays to the US government when a shipment arrives of what was ordered. The tariff [taxes, import duties] I found is 2% to 20% worldwide with China being 20% prior to the announcement of the new tariffs [...]
ARTICLE REPRINTED FROM BLOOMBERG BUSINESS WEEK
US Border Towns Are Being Ravaged by Canada’s Furious Boycott Economically dependent on their northern neighbor, business owners in Washington state are laying off employees and shutting their doors. By Thomas Seal May 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM UTC Save Translate Listen 6:54 Canada’s boycott of all things American has caused the US measurable pain. Airline bookings from Canada to its southern neighbor have dipped [...]
good news
SOME GOOD NEWS On Saturday Kok and I were reviewing materials in our warehouse for a large order we had received for the military. What I learned that day was that we had a substantial amount of black Supplex, way more than I thought we had. As a result of the find I have lowered the prices of [...]
Cold Weather Parkas
The situation that is unfolding at this time with respect to outerwear imports, specifically parkas for cold weather wear, has led me to bring back the Barren Grounds Parka made with both whatever we have left of Ducksback material and our inventory of Supplex. In addition, I am now offering the Antarctic parka in Supplex as [...]