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Sunday Market at Meadow Creek
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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Almost an hour North of Kaslo. I'm curious, in absence of garage sales, and there's much here to be curious about, the road is empty, there's nobody...
There's a lot of Sunday Markets here. Every community has one. I'm curious, not hopeful, just curious...
Bullshit. A couple of buskers playing badly to an audience of none. A very few stalls, nothing, a 40 minute drive for diddly, no-one here could sell their stuff - all of it - and hope to make a hundred dollars, I settle on a couple of expensive croissants - spinach and feta, chocolate, and that's it, the day is done, return to work.
Cryptocurrencies
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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Curious as to what alternatives there are to BitCoin and Ethereum, the two main cryptocurrencies that are priced somewhat out of my league, and so I'm doing a little research.
Is it worth investment? Will it survive? Proof of robot work, the calculation of lengthy and intensive - and, on the surface, meaningless problems (larger and larger prime numbers, for example), investment capital, the future belongs to those who own the most machines, or robots, and this is the sign of the Armageddon...
There's a coin for every flavour - 9 alone that pandered to those interested in porn - groincoin, sexcoin, wankcoin, etc, most of which have failed. There's Potcoin - to facilitate the buying of pots I'm guessing, and there's quite a few others - many of which can, at the moment, be bought into for fractions of the cent. Low initial investment with the possibility of great returns - however unlikely it beats the lottery, and while I've never been known to make a good investment it just might be time to start...
Links: Wikipedia on Cryptocurrencies
Not without their perils: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/mbjyk4/heres-how-traders-lost-millions-in-the-first-ethereum-flash-crash
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The Gentlemans' Barber
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Time for a haircut, head on down Vernon St. to the Gentleman's Barber.
A few chairs, retro old house, furnished with old postcards and photographs, retro barber accessories, it's the Gentleman's Barber.
He's good, it's not just the haircut, I could care less, but it's the lost Art of Conversation, he's Cold-Reading, raves about the Tobacconist in Edmonton, The Burlington, cuing a memory I thought I'd long forgotten, "You been?" he asks, we talk of the homelessness on Baker Street, the local reaction, they'll tolerate the vagrancy but start accosting the local youth with bad drugs and the local vigilantes will form a posse and help you out of town, other things, the many and varied topics of indifferent conversation, it's the Gentleman's Barbers...
Bluejay
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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Thought it was a squirrel...had seen it, a couple of times, on the stump, rolling in his good fortune, pumpkin seeds, walnuts, cashews, peanuts, occasional sundried cranberries or raisins.
But the forest is a competitive place, and the squirrel was usurped by a charming (pair) of blue jays.
After a couple of perplexed days of checking the guest house he found me on the lawn in front of my tents, now he (?) follows me about, begging for more nuts whenever he finds me. His partner, furtive, always a bit back in the shadows watching, there's a family, nest, no doubt, further back into the trees, but I've noticed he's clever, varies his route back every time...
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