Axe Wound
And, chopping wood, impossibly fine splinters, the landlord can't seem to start a fire, needs finer and finer kindling, and so what happens?
I chop the entire heel of my palm off...a bloody mess. Quickly reposition it, tape it on, for the next few days I can't shower until it crusts and scabs, and even when I do the amputated heel wants to peel off.
After a couple of weeks it started to look better.
A few more weeks, better still, it appears as if it's reattached at the top...
And finally, now more or less completely restored. Although it feels a bit odd, crinkly, like I'm feeling it through a piece of wet cardboard. To be expected. But I didn't lose it - which I thought was certain, it grafted completely back on, which is proof you don't need stitches for trivial things. Although at the time, with all the blood and nerves laid bare it didn't look that trivial, I gotta say...
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Ymir - May 28 - Garage Sales
I'm up bright and early, bright and squirrelly, off to the garage sales in Ymir. The whole town, the ad stated, starting at 8:00 AM, I'm on the road at 7:15. The morning, beautiful, not a cloud in the sky, not a ripple on the lake, the mountains perfectly reflected. This is paradise.
And, Ymir, 8:00 AM on the dot, park, get out and walk, it's that small, not a single garage sale, walk further, did I get the date wrong? But no, there are other people circling as perplexed as I am, walking, walking, finally...
Sporting goods. Count on sporting goods wherever you are in the valley. Fishing equip, $5.00 for tackle, rod & line, I buy, the chef at work could use, if ever he gets a day off. I could use, but I have back in Calgary in the locker, and there will be no fishing license until I've paid off a few bills. Then, fish, watch out...
A silver Mexican money clip, heavy, with the Aztec Calender depicting the end of days and a turquoise dancing figure inset, $2.00, I'll sell it on.
And now I'm out of garage sales, this girl, she's apologizing for the town, apparently they had a bit of a shin-dig last night in anticipation of all the money they'd be making on Garage Sale Day, everyone over-imbibed, ha-ha, looks like they counted their eggs before they hatched...or got them to market...
Wander around the town, take some pictures. Locals pop their heads out to tell me: "There's no garage sale here...".
(Above, Ymir Church, Hotel & Schoolhouse)
Most of the houses in Ymir ramshackle assemblages of motor homes, school buses, trailers, with built on makeshift tarpaper shacks covered in tarps, definitely it's own little hippy world, a stark contrast to the houses of Kaslo, say, which if you ever go exploring will pleasantly charm and surprise you.
But then I found this:
Which I love. Small garage sale, she's apologetic, husband probably went a little hard at the town party last night, hasn't got his stuff out yet, but I get a singing bowl for $5.00, good deal.
Then - onward and homeward, spot a bear beside the road...
Then Oso for a coffee, and home. Not a great morning's garage sales, but a great morning.
Driving through Nelson, down by the water, I should have gotten closer, how early is it? No, pretty sure I'm sober by now, just another day in the Koots...
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The Nelson Credit Union
$100 Deposit, $25.00 Membership Fee, I'm a new member. As a new member I immediately attempted to vote against the membership fee and the $100.00 deposit, to no avail. Apparently they don't check with your other banks, I think I'm in pretty good standing at the ATB, although my account is rather empty, but first steps...got a job, got a bank account, now all I need is a place to live and I'll be set. Closer to town would be ideal, in town would be perfect (but a bit of a drive to work, work, however, is only a necessity until I find the gold, which is nearer and nearer every day...)...
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HIndsight
is 20/20 vision. I'm, of course far sighted, and frequently miss what's right under my nose. Like the chance to buy real estate in Old Glenora in the mid 80's, and again in Calgary in the early 90's. My fortune would be made. And, of course, my failure to invest in Bitcoin - I remember reading about it when it first came out, thought it was a curious idea, but didn't stump up the cash. If I had I'd be worth Millions...
Bitcoin's big rally pushes prices to record highs
Monday marks the seven-year anniversary of Bitcoin Pizza Day – the moment a programmer named Laszlo Hanyecz spent 10,000 bitcoin on two Papa John's pizzas.
More important than the episode being widely recognized as the first transaction using the cryptocurrency is what it tells us about the bitcoin rally that saw it break through the $2,100 and $2,200 marks on Monday.
Bitcoin was trading as high as $2,251.61 midday Monday, hitting a fresh record high, after first powering through the $2,000 barrier over the weekend, according to CoinDesk data.
On May 22, 2010, Hanyecz asked a fellow enthusiast on a bitcoin forum to accept 10,000 bitcoin for two Papa John's Pizzas. At the time, Hanyecz believed that the coins he had "mined" on his computer were worth around 0.003 cents each.
Bitcoin mining involves solving a complex mathematical solution with the miner being rewarded in bitcoin. This is how Hanyecz got his initial coins.
The cryptocurrency has many doubters as it continues to be associated with criminal activity, but it has still seen a stunning rally. Here are two facts, on Bitcoin Pizza Day, however, that highlight this:
- While being worth $30 at the time, Hanyecz pizzas would now cost $22.5 million at current bitcoin prices.
- If you bought $100 of bitcoin at the 0.003 cent price on May 22, 2010, you'd now be sitting on around $75 million.
Link: http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/22/bitcoin-price-hits-fresh-record-high-above-2100.html
AND, Somebody even more miserable than I: https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2017/05/i-threw-away-4-8-million-in-bitcoin/
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