I just want to know if Denny can finally give a straight answer about what kind of money.
ArtieShaw
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It is. And coins are small enough and common enough to be found/stolen/bought and easily carried off as loot.
Plenty of ancient coins were "re-distributed" to the west in the last 20 years from Afghanistan and Iraq. I knew a guy from work who had a small collection he bought while serving.
I also happened to be visiting a local coin shop and overheard an unintentionally funny conversation about loot.
Rando: I have a 'German flag' that I'm interested in selling. Clerk: Those are pretty common, so we probably can't give you much. Rando: It's an OLD 'German flag'. Clerk: Look, I'm guessing it's the Nazi one? Those are super common because every soldier brought one back as a souvenir.
If it's not already apparent, I like coins. And if I were a common soldier wrapped up in a war, I would absolutely pick up any interesting spare change I came across. Wouldn't murder anyone for it, but if it looked abandoned? Absolutely.
I like bats well enough, and that may be an alarmingly small woman. But this does set off my "oh hell no" alarm.
I'd say the same about a rabbit.
I'm with you on the stress of travel and family holidays. Like, I'm paying for the priveldge of flying 1500 miles across 3 time zones into the middle of nowhere in dead winter and we're (checks notes) eating Thanksgiving dinner at a Golden Corral? Oh, and you're all aggressively crazy 80% of the time. Cool.
To be honest, it might actually be a better time for me if they gave me side-quests to accomplish instead of asking me to join in on the weird family activities or expecting me to entertain them.
Anyway, I've learned to say no to all of that, but it's hard. It should be easier with the in-laws, but it's not. They can successfully guilt my husband and then I have to be the one who says no to him.
I do have one practical bit of advice. For what it's worth.
Do you have any young nieces or nephews that could help with these projects? It might be more fun for you if you could do some mentoring with them while on the job. Even if they can't physically help with lifting or whatnot, you could explain some of the concepts. I'm remembering - My dad taught me how to rewire a lamp when I was about 10 or 12 and it's both a useful life skill and a reasonably fond memory. Of course he was mainly just sick and tired of rewiring the old electric lamps that my mother kept buying at flea markets. Now that I think of it, it's pretty much the same deal with how I learned soldering. And mixing/pouring concrete for post footers. (And see? here I am bragging about my mad skillz /s)
I'm serious, though. It cold be a win - win if the kids are amenable. It nurtures both learning and relationships. And if the kids have the know-how, your skills may be in less demand next year. You might be promoted to job site supervisor rather than random unpaid labor. ;)
Same. Grab a couple of wheat thins and dig in!
existence could only ever be excused by its concept being a make-a-wish request from a now-dead six year old. Alas, there are no dead six year olds to blame for that monstrosity.
Brutal but accurate
It's a pretty accurate transcription of the line's delivery.
Generally described as "the Citizen Kane of bad movies." The lead actor, who non-coincidentally wrote and directed it, is a man of mystery, delusion, and apparent brain damage after one or more car accidents. He has competing desires for fame and a compulsive privacy regarding his past life and current location. He is inexplicably wealthy, after getting his start in California selling toy birds (Oiseau [Wiseau]) on the San Francisco waterfront.
His real name and national origin were matters of speculation for about a decade, but if you were to guess "a transylvanian got hit by a Paris bus and then moved to Louisiana and losing his shit" it would be close to the mark (Oh hai, Mark).
Watch the movie for what it is. If you need to delve deeper, read "The Disaster Artist" which is the (ghostwritten) memoir of his co-star and sometimes roommate. (The guy who played Mark)
Years ago someone on Reddit tracked down parts of his birthplace and history.
Having moved to Canada as a 23 y-o with a valuable (NAFTA approved) skill set that got me a quick but temporary work visa. Hahahahaha. No.
At the time, the process for landed immigrant status took 2 years and $1,500 in 1996 money (neither of which I had to spare).
My best advice is to look at the official immigration website. If you feel like there's some special loophole, consult an immigration lawyer from Canada. It will be worth the money, even if they can simply spell out the reasons why you shouldn't waste your time.
Also - good luck finding housing in Canada. It was bad in 1996 and hasn't gotten better.
Not that I know of, although he does seem almost aggressively nice? Surely he's hiding something.
Since you mentioned the possibility - I've never had an actual Foley encounter, but one time while at a restaurant in TO in the early 2000s we were pretty sure we spotted Dave Foley in full Kathy costume at the next table. I'm sure it wasn't him, but sometimes we talk about that time "we saw Dave Foley's mom" at the restaurant down the street.
I'd be sadder to encounter Kevin on a bad day
I'd say that he was fine in News Radio, but that was an incredibly one-note character. Seemed harmless compared to Andy Dick.
My, how the turntables.
I wonder what Russian propaganda or piles of cocaine Dave Foley is up to these days.
Well that explains some things. About a decade ago I had a coworker who raved about Honeycrisps - both for their deliciousness and their high cost. Locally, their price now is about on par with gala or fuji so I've been actively wondering about that.