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I've been working on it for a month or so, starting with the premise: "People are lazy, stupid, greedy idiots", generalizing it to a few industries, then working out how I might exploit that to my advantage.
Gathering data, surreptitiously, walk-through's and making notes, trying to be unobtrusive, if the theory proves itself I can arrange disguises, to be more discrete, will have to because I'll be upping the idiots game.
And, today, a quick review of the data. And I might - just might - be right. And there's the thrill when you discover something that you'd predicted, verified, and the payoff - well, it could be good, great even, but I'll only get a couple of chances...
So, for the moment, enjoy the theory, the possibility that I just might be right, tomorrow or the day after I'll have to make the trip to verify it, then maybe take it to the highway, fingers-crossed...
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Link: Witch Bottles on Wikipedia
In America: https://archive.archaeology.org/online/features/halloween/witch_bottle.html
Via The Museum of London: https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/discover/sorcery-display-witch-bottles
Instructions via Sabbat Box: https://www.sabbatbox.com/blogs/sabbat-box-blog/what-is-a-witch-bottle
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Spotted this around the corner from Oso Negro in Nelson - The Thingery. A lending library for things. I've thought of the same for Calgary, for any suburb where you have the endless repetition of leafblowers, snowblowers, rakes, shovels, commonly used garden tools - who's common usage might amount to 4 or 5 outings per year - makes more sense than everyone in the neighborhood filling up their garages with the same, mostly unused tools.
But in Nelson someone had the bright idea and it gets done.
Link: www.thethingery.com
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Now this is something that occurred to me, what with our increasing liberalness around Marijuana and the Opioid epidemic, is that safe injection sites should offer free drugs. Treating addiction as a crime clearly does not work, however our criminalization of it has the effect of creating a culture of crime that accompanies it. Canada, as a country, could purchase heroin from second and third world suppliers at pennies per dose - given the costs associated with safe injection sites (needles, nurses, staff, rent, etc) this would be the smallest expense associated with our tolerance of addiction, and would ensure that addicts received quality "medication". Benefits to this would include - lack of crime surrounding both the dealing and trafficking of drugs (how are you going to sell crap drugs when quality drugs are available for free), a decline in overdoses and an incredible reduction in crime related to addicts attempting to subsidize their habit.
Upon the slightest consideration the only objection to this is a "moral" one, in which addiction is perceived as a moral failing or weakness and not an illness - which is clearly wrong - and by changing our thinking we can improve the quality of life for everyone living both with addicts, addictions and in the cities in general. Treating addiction as an illness is the first step towards curing it, and any costs associated with "Free Drugs" will be recovered a hundred fold by the associated reduction in crime.
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Visiting an old graveyard and I noticed the salt cellars placed on the graves.
Intrigued, I googled it, no relevant results, the answer is in the image above - the three symbols of the Doukhobor faith are a pitcher of water, a loaf of bread and cellar of salt. Naturally, as graveyard offerings go, only the salt remains...