Fossicking
A rather good video that describes the importance of fossil collecting before they degrade and are lost to history forever.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB6XfHstJPs&t=6s
A more intelligent approach to preserving shared heritage and resources than the Government of Alberta currently employs.
"A fossil on the surface, in this type of environment, may only have 3 or 4 years until it's dust. If you don't collect it, no one will ever collect it."
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Happy Hour
It's happy hour in Nelson, I've been a meaning to go for some several months now....
Buck-a-shuck Oysters. Half price appetizers and soups. $5.00 highballs, wine, beer and Caesars.
I've been waiting for this my entire life....
The Patio, overlooking the lake.
2 dozen oysters, the layer dip, the Tuna Stack...
The oysters, a bit mild, but excellent. The Caesars, well, it's got alcohol, doesn't it?
The layer dip, good, cheesy, the tuna, not so, frozen, not ideal.
I'd applied here, resting-bitch-face manager had pretended well, not well enough, I'm not working here but I'm glad, this is a far better hangout than it would be a workplace. I gotta plan to spend some night in town and come here and do some real damage when I don't have to drive...
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...gonna open my own restaurant...
New waiter, R#4 likes him, he's nice enough, but I'd say "a bit sketchy". He's staying at the shelter in Nelson, takes the bus to work - not a lot of help, given the restaurant closes later than the bus schedule will allow, and to show up and not do the formidable side duties - sweeping, mopping, cleaning - etc. seems a bit of a cheat.
So I volunteer to give him a ride back to Nelson, and he's telling me about his plans to open a restaurant. He's got it all figured out, has friends he's gonna hire, knows the menu, the suppliers, has a business model by which he can work only 3 days a week...
...and I'm thinking that maybe buddy you should be worried about finding a place to live, a reliable means of transportation, it seems obvious, but that's the furthest thing from his mind, he's worrying about linen and cutlery...
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The night before payday...
And every single one of 'em in the kitchen is coming to me for an advance...not one has a nickel to their name, not enough to buy a pack of cigarettes, bottle of vodka, Chef, the 2 assistants, they're penniless. They've been working here, 8, 12 weeks. Every payday it's the same. I raise an eyebrow, ask one of the younger ones if they don't save anything, "Nope", pretty matter-of-fact, it's payday to payday and when the summer's over if they have enough for a bus ticket it'll be off to look for the next job...
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