Let me set the scene. We're sat in the lounge, MTM is in an armchair on his laptop doing the weekly online grocery shop. I'm on the sofa working on my iPad.
MTM: "Do we need butter?"
Me: "Yes"
.... tap tap tap
MTM: (holding up the scrap of paper on which I note things we've run out of) "What is cinnamon powder? Do you mean GROUND cinnamon?"
Me: "Ah yes!" (both laugh) "I was in a hurry when I wrote that, we've got cinnamon STICKS but I forgot what the word was. GROUND is what I meant!"
.... tap tap tap.
MTM closes laptop "Done". He gets up and sits beside me on the sofa, he notices I'm on Etsy. "Whatcha doin'? Isn't that the site of all things calamitous and bedevilled in Sue-World?"
"It is, my love, but Our Man In Havanna (actually a talented jeweller on the East Coast) is feeding me info about my US Etsy search positions. Intelligence tells me, despite holding up well in the rest of the world, my listings there have indeed fallen off a cliff. Just as thing-of-evil (in Sue-World) Josh Silverman threatened But I think I may be able to beat him at his own game. I have a cunning plan .... mwahhh haaa haaaa!"
"So you're staying with Etsy."
"Only for the time being ... but I HAVEN'T given in, I'm NOT offering fake free shipping."
"Of course, don't let the Bar Stewards powder you down".
