Saturday, January 05, 2008

The first post of 2008!

Happy New Year, everyone! (a few days late...) I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and are now counting down the days to boating season! It will be here before we know it! (It really will...) As you can imagine, there isn't much happening around the dock these days. I do see some of our local fishermen -- especially on a day like today. WOW! Makes me long for spring already! It's 60-something, partly cloudy, and tomorrow is supposed to be even warmer! We had better enjoy this weather while we can... winter is coming.

We'll continue to maintain our winter hours through the end of February. You can (almost always) catch someone at the dock from 8 to 10 a.m. -- and often later in the day. We were closed on Christmas Eve, Christmas day, NYE, and NYday. And if we're planning to be closed any days in the next couple months I'll try to give you plenty of notice.

We, at PCM, are already gearing up for the 2008 boating season -- we've ordered new t-shirts and hats, and we'll be ordering bait and tackle soon. If there is something you'd like to see us carry this spring and summer, please don't hesitate to make a suggestion! Whether it's tackle, food, boating accessories, or (I'm sure we're not all giving up these vices for the new year) beer and tobacco products... I'm definitely open to new ideas!

Here's an interesting little tidbit for you before I go... A couple months ago I glanced at our customer accounts to see where you all call home! I discovered that 1/3 of you live in Pontiac/Ozark County; 1/3 live in the St. Louis area (including the 'burbs on the Illinois side); and 1/3 are from towns all across Missouri (i.e. Ava, Mansfield, Hartville, Mountain Grove, Springfield, Cape Girardeau etc.) And eight of you are from states other than Missouri or Illinois, including Arkansas, Iowa and Colorado.

Have a great afternoon!

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