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She's gone to Vancouver for a few days and wants me to check on her curling iron, she think's she's left it on....
It isn't. But burning the place down would cure a lot of her worries...
She's used up every single utensil in the place and piled them in the sink. And every dish, mug, glass, pot, pan, cake-tin, all of it.
Remove the dishes, the bottom of the sink is covered in a one inch layer of bio-hazardous scum. To do the dishes I first have to clean the sink. And - wow, it's something.
Sink done I roll up my sleeves and start the dishes....
It takes 5 tubs of blackened water and a full bottle of dish detergent before I can see her stovetop, counter-top, and I'll share with you the view...
The dishes. But a lot higher than this, I left my phone charging and so missed the "overall" picture.
Out of curiosity I open the fridge...
I mean, this is that level of CRAZY
And then there's this. I'm going to have to ask about it...we're not allowed pets, is this her idea of a snack?
Another few sinks full of filth and refuse and I'm done. This is the kind of stuff the landlord would walk into and Social Services would help you out. The other rooms, bedroom, bathroom, hall, they're all the same, but take out the rotting garbage, food, expired and otherwise, the rest is her problem. This is right on the level of Stormy Texas. I suspect there's a lot of Kootenay places like this...
It makes me feel a little teensy-weensy bit better about my place...
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I think I almost have it...
Link: CLOVER TIPPING V4
Now, soliciting ChatGPT for ideas on how to bring this to market, it has a few, but I liked this statement:
C) UX Experiment / Research Product (underrated path)
Given your interest in misused science / behavioral language, this might actually fit you well.
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I mean, where is he/she? In any other world they'd be trotted out on the media, interviewed by CNN, FOX News, Netflix would have already bought the movie rights.
And Nada. Not a word.
This is appearing about as real as a certain sniped-ear assassination attempt...
Of course, it's all play-acting unless you're dead on the ground in Iran, Gaza or Palestine.
I've grown so increasingly skeptical of the "News" that I've stopped paying attention. Which can only be a good thing.
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Now, nothing says "Predatory Tipping" more than a CLOVER POS that's been set to 18-20-25%, or as I have even seen 20-25-30%. Supposedly it enriches the waiters while infuriating the customers.
So, taking a few liberties and created a CLOVER POS system that rewards the customer. Sort of. A new slant on the Predatory Tipping angle...
Check it out here: Clover I
and Version II here: Clover II
and Version III here: Clover III
I'm thinking I'm on to something, and if Clover is interested in talking I'm sure we can make this a reality...
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This is a genre on YouTube, Tik-Tok, etc, of people sharing their prospecting adventures and advice online.
So - consider this a review of some of them; while many of them make a good living doing this many of them have found the real gold in monetizing their adventures by selling them to the masses. And - hey, they're having fun, and getting paid to do it, which beats my life at the moment, and I'm finding myself looking at too many of these lately as the prospects of me immediately getting a car diminish and as the weather outside gets nicer and nicer...
First - there are the "Personality Prospectors" - people like Dan Hurd, The Crystal Collector, Jeff Williams. Dan Hurd is Canadian, has a few claims for various things like Ocean Picture Stone and Gold, he's largely about the oversized "Well Hello There...", he's less about finding new stuff than digging up stuff he knows is there, recording his adventures, and monetizing his finds. I watched him a few years ago when he was still a teacher, since when he's managed to build up a big enough YouTube following to sell merch and quit his day job. He's now living the dream and frequently gets invited onto other claims to document their work and keep such trifling finds as they allow.
The Crystal Collector again relies on his personality and has a big enough presence that he gets invited to all the fee-dig sites - I imagine for free, in exchange for the publicity he provides them. Again, not what I'd consider a prospector.
And Jeff Williams, a prospector & geologist who seems to find pretty good stuff and gives you good tips on geology while your out looking for Gold. And again, with an annoying personality (Probably more a "Schtick" to sell you on his channel, he's got prizes for new subscribers and paid subscription options...).
Then there are the other ones. Pioneer Pauly from the Island, who is less-personality more finding-the-gold, which is more to my taste. Of note he recently got invited to New Zealand to go looking for gold via Helicopter and finds some on some remote creeks in the mountains. He has some luck.
There's Chris Ralph, also very experienced and learned who gives good tips, maps, etc to study, and displays his finds, many of which are not inconsequential. He's not just limited to gold, his geology background has him giving tips on diamonds, sapphires, and a great many other things of interest.
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So for those not able or willing to go to the field this is the next best thing. Watching Pioneer Pauly in New Zealand, remote areas, the size of the gold he's finding, and I check, BC is about three times the size of New Zealand, with a similar population largely concentrated on the coast, remote areas that haven't seen a footprint in decades, and I'm thinking "It's here...it's here", and there are the Tasmanian prospectors, pulling zircons and sapphires out of the rivers, and I haven't even touched Australia, Australia, it's very own prospecting blog, and now getting sunny outside and I have to sell some shit and get a car, jeep, soon, soon...