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Somewhere along the line I clicked on this and, having done so once have been continually fed posts from this subreddit.
OP posts a photo, asking "what is this bug", it's been found on their body, sofa, clothes, in their bed, on the carpet...
You already know. 99/100 it's a bedbug. Bad news and everyone gives condolences and advice as to how to best fumigate the place.
Sometimes it's a spider or cute weevil or creepy centipede, but - otherwise, it's always a bedbug.
So, this time OP posts a video of a tiny little bug dancing in the palm of (presuming 'her' from avatar and username) hand, asking "What is this bug? Found a couple of them on me..."
And this time it's a crab louse.
Hilarity in the comments ensues.
It doesn't help that Crab Lice are considered a species on the verge of becoming endangered...
Link: https://journals.lww.com/stdjournal/fulltext/2014/06000/pubic_lice__an_endangered_species_.8.aspx
Suggestions range from declaring OP's bush a "Protected Area" to ... well, sound strategies for removal, provided it's not breaking any laws.
Anyways, funniest thread I've read in a while...
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Bloody Hell.
I first noticed it Tuesday. By Friday the left side of my face was swollen beyond recognition.
I have an appointment, cleaning, at the dentist, the next couple weeks or so, but this won't make it.
I head down for an emergency visit.
Dentist closed until Monday.
Now - I mean, there's been troubles, for sure, with my teeth, and I've been a trooper at ignoring every warning sign, but now, now, it's getting to be a bit much.
I mean, wasn't it just 3 months ago the last visit? And every visit brings the next one closer. I'm not ready for this old age and misery.
Friday, woke to no internet, and I'm scheduled to volunteer but instead lay on the sofa, in misery, waiting for the Shaw Guy to come and fix it.
By the end of the day, no Shaw Guy, no better, and so I'm off to emergency, the Nelson General, a 3 hour wait for a prescription I knew I would get, fill prescription, begin.
Today, same old, moon pie face and it gets worse as the day progresses...
I'm sure, certain it will get better, but in the interim it's wait it out...
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Growing up every town had one.
And always, without fail, the most dismal, decrepit and depressing bar or hotel around. Even when I was young.
The Calgary Location, open from 1912 until 2008, when - being a cornerstone of the cities drug and murder trade, was finally closed down.
View Gallery: Calgary Cecil Hotel
Then there was the Edmonton Cecil Hotel, which apparently opened in 1906, and closed in 2003 due to building and health code violations.
Video: Remembering the Edmonton Cecil Hotel
Then there was the Cecil Hotel in Lethbridge which first appears in my searches for 1953 (but probably built before and rebranded later as a Cecil Hotel); demolished in 2002
Link: Photo Lethbridge Cecil Hotel
And the Medicine Hat Cecil Hotel, which opened in 1912 and is still open, the bar at least, the building around is said to be crumbling down.
Of course, there was a Moose Jaw Cecil Hotel as well, opening in 1907 and burning down in 1975. A brief history here.
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This list could grow formidably long. I guess the question is - Who in the hell was Cecil? I mean - I have yet to come across a congruent reason why so many of the hotels were named after this one - enigmatic? person...
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Thrift shop, today pricing a huge array of old film Cameras. Pentax, Canon AE-1, Olympus, Nikon, big lenses, all sorts of stuff that if I didn't actually work there I'd be picking up and wanting to buy.
I discovered the usefulness of google lens today as well, and it proved a handy aid in ballparking the prices. I'm going to have to use that more often.
But - by far the best was the discovery of this little gem:
Now, I mean, an old polaroid, and they really only had one use. But, highlight the cord on the camera and you can tell people it's "...because it swings!!!...".
Uh-huh. It ain't the camera that's swinging, lemme tell you...
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Sometimes - albeit rarely, Reddit is an amazing place.
Above, see antique photo of Travelling Merkin Salesman.
Who seems to be wearing one upon his chin as a sort of endorsement, or badge of the trade.
Now - these all are far too bushy for my taste - were I to come across one of these in real life I'd definitely flee in horror - but, something about the trade amuses me and I can't quite put my finger on it...
Imagine, after a hard day of fitting merkins coming home to your wife - "Honey, I'm bushed".
I mean, between the start of the day and the end of the day the many adventures of the travelling merkin salesman. Which I'm sure in every way beats a day in the life of James Bond, I'm sorry.
I most definitely missed my calling.
And - somewhere in this furry mess there has to be a Netflix movie or miniseries...
Oh, and it's very definitely still a thing (I've never seen one in the wild, others must have), but I'll let you do your own google searches and - note the abundance of festive and seasonally themed merkins.