by Fiddlerdave » Fri 03 Apr 2009, 06:43:04
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('SeaGypsy', 'T')he things you can't get here are surprising. People think everythings cheap; but you can make a mint selling balloons here if you get them from China via USA or Australia. Same with fancy (fake) jewelery from China.
But if you try to get it direct from China it's much harder to arrange. Weird but true.
That issue of local availability of toys and food has always fascinated me after some friends who traveled in England some decades ago happened to be carrying popcorn, and cooked some in a pub. Few people had seen it, and they reported that watchng staid middle-aged English gentlemen with a cane and a hat hopping around in the bar, arms tight against their sides, both feet together, imitating the popcorn by saying "pop" "pop" "pop" as they hopped, was priceless.
They made huge numbers of friends..
Stockpile a little odd stuff for your area, just for fun.