Hiding in plain sight....Author: jawapro
Date: Wed 03/12/2008 08:49 AM
Why did no one tell me this was here?
I went to the local Cashworks 2nd hand shop yesterday during lunch to buy another fan. My house has a tendancy to get very hot if it's sunny - and with 4 extra geeks and at least 4 extra computers - it's only going to be worse. So I decided to be nice and get an extra fan for them (I'm keeping the one that's currently pointed at my computer desk).
After collecting the fan, I found myself on a street I don't normally travel on (in fact I might not have driven it since I moved here) and decided to find my way back from here.
So I headed along the street next to the Mall. I've often been halfway down here to go to the chickenfeed.
On one side was a camping shop, and the other side was a shop with statues of lions and things in the window. I thought - they look like the ones in Pearts in Launceston - and I looked up and saw the shop sign.
I think I would have fallen over if I hadn't been sitting down.
There's a Pearts in Devonport!
Where did that come from? How long has it been here? Is it as good as the one in Launceston?
Pearts is a little like Chickenfeed, but with lots more souvenirs and statues and things. They also sell pretty nice model cars.
But the reason Pearts is so cool is watches.
Cheap watches. I think 90% of my watches have come from Pearts. You don't worry if they break if they only cost $20 to start with. I have broken watches a couple of times - including smashing them into laptops (while wearing them) by accident.
Pearts also replaces batteries in watches. The cheapest and easiest way to get batteries replaced in Launceston.
And probably in Devonport too!
The really embaressing thing is that I went to the chickenfeed in that same street to try and find watch batteries last time my watch died. If only I'd looked all the way to the end.
I thought Pearts was a one-off - but maybe there are shops all over the place. You never know where they might be hiding.
Now - if only I could stumble accross an EB in Devonport....
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