tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34905394.comments2022-11-28T10:29:56.331+00:00Unicorn Tree Books BlogUnicorntreebooksBosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10379548766413689151noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34905394.post-53808387463917531492011-12-15T20:24:38.942+00:002011-12-15T20:24:38.942+00:00Sadly no big mirrors in the shop so I'll have ...Sadly no big mirrors in the shop so I'll have to miss out on being the front of camera big star and just stay the voice over artist ;)UnicorntreebooksBosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10379548766413689151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34905394.post-67802131729131086162011-12-15T19:17:01.794+00:002011-12-15T19:17:01.794+00:00Drifting in ... you do it in front of a mirror :-)...Drifting in ... you do it in front of a mirror :-)Matt Wardmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04326720801362744582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34905394.post-35742047813102203132011-11-18T09:54:00.616+00:002011-11-18T09:54:00.616+00:00Lol Phil, as its the chief bookseller behind the c...Lol Phil, as its the chief bookseller behind the camera that's probably not going to happen in part 3 ;)UnicorntreebooksBosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10379548766413689151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34905394.post-44217243856577043872011-11-17T17:54:21.343+00:002011-11-17T17:54:21.343+00:00Love it! Simply wonderful: thank you. Looking forw...Love it! Simply wonderful: thank you. Looking forward to part 3 where we see the Chief Bookseller in action :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34905394.post-8586006732411207932011-10-22T15:06:22.221+01:002011-10-22T15:06:22.221+01:00Buying direct from us is actually better, but we u...Buying direct from us is actually better, but we understand convenience and are happy to have happy customers and recieve a little less to do it ;-)UnicorntreebooksBosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10379548766413689151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34905394.post-71851228999664163212011-10-22T11:57:43.661+01:002011-10-22T11:57:43.661+01:00Hmmm... so which is better for you: ordering direc...Hmmm... so which is better for you: ordering direct from you, or via your Hive shop online?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34905394.post-54388488385512743682011-08-13T13:50:07.683+01:002011-08-13T13:50:07.683+01:00Photos, m'dear, photos :)Photos, m'dear, photos :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34905394.post-82070198540830953382011-01-26T15:32:28.790+00:002011-01-26T15:32:28.790+00:00Lol - I know the BOOK is a great tool isn't it...Lol - I know the BOOK is a great tool isn't it, a delight to any gadget geeks arsenal!UnicorntreebooksBosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10379548766413689151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34905394.post-70683489568977856652011-01-26T13:02:08.590+00:002011-01-26T13:02:08.590+00:00Yay, I want one!!
*looks around and realises he&#...Yay, I want one!!<br /><br />*looks around and realises he's got hundreds*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34905394.post-70334684669717391892010-11-15T23:42:25.306+00:002010-11-15T23:42:25.306+00:00Hi! I think you might be interested in a book give...Hi! I think you might be interested in a book giveaway on I'm hosting on my blog for a great children's book from the UK called "A Buffalope's Tale." You should check it out at amandarosetew.blogspot.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01493641302620149370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34905394.post-92177495351136865942010-06-19T09:27:10.498+01:002010-06-19T09:27:10.498+01:00I try :0) in fact many tell me I am nothing if not...I try :0) in fact many tell me I am nothing if not trying :0*melaniehttp://www.lincolnchristianbookshop.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34905394.post-21060837865721717562010-06-19T08:00:10.115+01:002010-06-19T08:00:10.115+01:00Good to see you making the most of this :)Good to see you making the most of this :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34905394.post-62098306860788203242009-12-02T15:52:36.503+00:002009-12-02T15:52:36.503+00:00Why not charge £1-£5 (voluntary) for your chosen c...Why not charge £1-£5 (voluntary) for your chosen charity...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34905394.post-79605277891259072192009-10-26T22:19:54.956+00:002009-10-26T22:19:54.956+00:00Wow I didn't realise you did so much in your s...Wow I didn't realise you did so much in your shop, great that you are thinking out of the box and getting the local community involved.<br />Will have to drop in and say hello on SaturdayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34905394.post-72028715504312527632009-07-12T17:09:13.734+01:002009-07-12T17:09:13.734+01:00Thanks Melanie - yes, I'd discovered that but ...Thanks Melanie - yes, I'd discovered that but not everyone will...<br /><br />I take your point about leaving it as it is as a reminder, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34905394.post-81353532904679748592009-07-12T16:57:24.458+01:002009-07-12T16:57:24.458+01:00Phil,
to see the comments all you need to do is h...Phil, <br />to see the comments all you need to do is highlight the text, it was always there as I never undo anything I have done - all I am willing to do is blend it into the background and not make it so obvious - but nothing done can be undone and so this too will remain as a reminder of things as well.<br />But like I say for all the details then just highlight the text and it will all magically reappear as plain as it ever was.<br />Things cannot be hidden in the light or in the dark - all things become clear in the end.<br />Cheers<br />Melanieunicorntreebooksbossnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34905394.post-9309322881947560482009-07-06T16:48:11.582+01:002009-07-06T16:48:11.582+01:00Hi Melanie - maybe time to reinstate sans crossing...Hi Melanie - maybe time to reinstate sans crossings-out? You can't seriously believe old Brewhead Snotblast is really gonna come after you now, surely?<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />PhilAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34905394.post-23373896922891411782009-04-15T20:16:00.000+01:002009-04-15T20:16:00.000+01:00Your wish is my command! it's done.Your wish is my command! it's done.UnicorntreebooksBosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10379548766413689151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34905394.post-80304599799937637322009-04-14T20:16:00.000+01:002009-04-14T20:16:00.000+01:00Hey - don't torment us: scan the page or something...Hey - don't torment us: scan the page or something, O Famous One :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34905394.post-39579315948512421332009-04-05T05:03:00.000+01:002009-04-05T05:03:00.000+01:00Pax,Don't get me wrong, I don't see a fault with t...Pax,<BR/><BR/>Don't get me wrong, I don't see a fault with them trying to save their business, this is a necessary thing to do - and if the sales aren't there to support the shop or area and the jobs aren't there and redundancies necessary then fair go.<BR/><BR/>Heck Pax, you know full well in our previous employment I had to make that hard decision and actually make staff redundant 3 times over the years in my shop, so I understand fully the needs of the fiscal line - but I sure as heck never got rid of staff who needed their jobs and replaced them with volunteers while pretending to be 100% Charity!<BR/>That would not be a Charitable Act now would it! <BR/><BR/>Lets be honest about the word Charity and its root meaning - we are both theologically trained and knowledgeable people. <BR/>If this was a secular or non-christian 'charity' or business I would still be dubious of their ethics, but for a Christian Charity to act in what seems to me to be a less than reputable or honest way, well for me that's just not right and I consider it my biblically ascribed duty to point this out and challenge it.<BR/>I did it with my own employers, both of the s's, despite the hardships and heartache that caused and I can't do any other here either. Sorry.<BR/><BR/>But it is as far as I am concerned and to my way of thinking objectionable, unethical and uncharitable to cut staff, ie make redundancies and cause hardship to those people and immediately canvas for volunteers to fill those staffs places. <BR/>I am surprised it doesn't contravene or run afoul of redundancy legislation, I wonder if any of those staff were in USDAW what they would think of such actions - though one supposes being 100% Charity they can get away with it, as some leeway is afforded in how charities can operate I believe.<BR/><BR/>You mention our previous employers, well what WO/IBS-STL/Biblica have just done is to do exactly what SSG wanted to do and started to try for, I have the correspondence from when I argued against it then as morally and ethically wrong and I will do so here as well.<BR/>At this stage I am unsure where the difference is between the actions and the ethics behind it.<BR/><BR/>The same goes with claiming 100% Charity when it is a commercial business the same as most of the other Christian Bookshops out there, a lot of businesses in the christian trade are registered charities or committed not for profit businesses. and yes a lot of them use volunteers to enable them to trade, but then they always have - it's not been a case of laying off paid staff and replacing them with unpaid and then trying to justify their actions by loudly proclaiming 100% Charity! These businesses are all just as much 100% Charity and therefore should badge up accordingly!<BR/><BR/>Indeed some really are very much more 100% Charity, such as CLC Bookshops (http://www.clc.org.uk/vacancies.htm) which I guess is also the most comparable model to IBS-STL/WO/Biblica, in terms of having both shops, wholesale and international components. <BR/>But the difference between the two is one really has operated more as a Charity and the other has and does, it would seem, operate more on a commercial enterprise model that just happens to be a registered charity.<BR/>After all CLC UK doesn't pay it's staff asking them to self fund and volunteer from the get go so that as much of their proceeds as possible really go to funding the charitable aims - now that is 100% charity and yet they aren't the ones making the splash - in fact they make a point of stating in their CLC international news that 'Part of what CLC does is a business and we do like to make a profit! However the “Bottom Line” by which we must measure ourselves is the impact that takes place in people’s lives'. It is explained elsewhere that the profit they make is then fed back into new missions and initiatives, as I am sure does any charity and not for profit etc.<BR/>But the difference is that's honest to a T and totally unmisleading, check out the credentials and see it for yourself.<BR/><BR/>So sorry Pax, can't fully agree with you on this one, it's a matter of scale, statement and apparent honesty. <BR/>Yes fine make the hard decisions, if the business isn't working and you have to make staff redundant then fine do it -if you really have to! but don't make out to be 'good' and charitable about it, few things worse than false piety to my reckoning.<BR/>Let's not forget that's livelihoods there that just got sacrificed, and you know there is that old adage, umm how does it go? Oh I know, Charity begins at Home!<BR/><BR/>Pax, Pax Vobiscum, and ever the best,<BR/>UTBUnicorntreebooksBosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10379548766413689151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34905394.post-81417722893950464582009-04-05T03:08:00.000+01:002009-04-05T03:08:00.000+01:00OK, so what's the best option:a.) see that your bu...OK, so what's the best option:<BR/>a.) see that your business is struggling and do nothing;<BR/>or<BR/>b.) take difficult decisions, fully aware of the pain they will cause to some staff members to allow the business a good chance of surviving and preverving the jobs of the majority?<BR/><BR/>You and I were both working for a charity that took option a.) and look at the horror that ensued.<BR/><BR/>Personally, despite the issues it raises I am grateful that option b.) has been taken quickly. It is an appropriate response to a difficult situation.<BR/><BR/>Pax Vobiscum (can't work out how to leave a comment other than by hitting 'anonymous')Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34905394.post-69945071758908759622009-03-25T09:14:00.000+00:002009-03-25T09:14:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34905394.post-78851613691403750862009-01-29T21:43:00.000+00:002009-01-29T21:43:00.000+00:00Hello: I came across your site, and hoped you migh...Hello: <BR/>I came across your site, and hoped you might be interested in my Christ-based book. I'm a college English professor and ordained deacon who has authored a soon-to-be released book called Teach and Reach for Classroom Miracles! Lessons on Teaching with Love. It's being published through CSS/Faithwalk Publishing and aimed primarily at teachers, youth leaders, and others who have the opportunity to empower others through love. If you are interested, you may visit my site at wendybyard.com. <BR/>Thank you for letting me share.<BR/>God bless!<BR/>Wendy ByardAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34905394.post-87591026084128424802008-11-07T21:06:00.000+00:002008-11-07T21:06:00.000+00:00PS: Where are all the customers????? :)PS: Where are all the customers????? :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34905394.post-48398973867492166822008-11-07T21:00:00.000+00:002008-11-07T21:00:00.000+00:00Likewise: suitably impressed! Having just blogged ...Likewise: suitably impressed! Having just blogged Leicester's anniversary, I'm sorry I missed yours back in August - but maybe you or the minions would like to write us a report or just some random thoughts & reflections anyway for the SPCK/SSG and UKCBD blogs, please? <BR/><BR/>Keep up the good work and here's wishing you & the minions a fantastic Christmas!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com