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...In which I get conned into staying for the holiday rush...
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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Packed for three days and ending up here for a couple of weeks...helping out at the restaurant over the holidays.
A con job, they're not so busy, but I needed new winter tires on the jeep, other expenses, the money, however trifling, is desperately needed. A single night in the jeep, -26, I swallow my pride and find a couch..."yeah, I'll keep it warm for you...just this once...don't ask me again...".
This year, the worst ever in memory, ...but it's something. I'll resume blogging whenI'm back in the Kootenays with a computer, it's impossible on the phone, all in all I'm rather liking this abstinence from technology...
Snow
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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And the first snowfall, below the highway, flurries, figures, I've a three or four day visit to Calgary, visit son, daughter, do some banking, and you could predict the weather would plan accordingly...
Snow, more, flurries, the passes, inaccessible without chains or better winter tires, via the ferry I'll only have to do the Crowsnest Pass, that's never too bad.
But the two or three nights in the back of the jeep (shoulda cleaned it, really), well, Calgary's now due for minus 20-26.
Like so many things I console myself, it'll be an adventure...
Brother XII, Nanaimo, & 6 Million in Gold Coins
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A rather curious lost-treasure tale, courtesy of Atlas Obscura, with a "local" twist.
Link: http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-happened-to-this-cult-leaders-lost-treasure
Probably nothing to it, but you never know...
Bucket filled with 1.6 Million in Gold Flakes
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Of course, half the trick of finding treasure is recognizing it when you find it. Apparently a rather astute New Yorker noticed an unattended Loomis Truck and made off with a bucket containing 86 Lbs of Gold Flakes. I've a new hero...
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