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Investing in digital assets , just started blogging about me , my life , ups and downs ... LIFE......

3 minute read plus 2 short videos , total length about 6 min including videos

There are many reasons I’m excited about VeChain, Vet as it’s come to be known. One of these reasons is Playtable. Before we get into that, first what is VeChain? It’s not a technical blog, This is my view on VeChain, what I think about it and in my own words, a description on Playtable.

VeChain is a Digital Asset created by Sunny Lu, Remember the name Sunny Lu it will come up later on in this article. Vet is a blockchain that keeps a detailed description of the supply chain on the blockchain. So detailed it includes info on a product from the production line to delivery. Why is this good you ask? It increases transparency on products, imagine being able to scan pairs of shoes and finding info where they were made, products used, who made the materials ect. Also it will help prevent fraud. A block chain preventing fraud ? But how ?? You find a bag you want to buy, a Louis Vuitton hand bag on line, meet the person and scan the bag. It tells you if it’s real or a Knock off. Supply chain tracking can be a huge business, so many things can be tracked. Food, parts, vaccines, medicine, clothes, shoes, Walmart is looking at VeChain for its supply chain as well. Vet is a real sleeping giant . Here is a 1 min video demo of what VeChain can do

https://youtu.be/Y4Qs6ukkRVY

2 VECHAIN PARTNERSHIPS that have me exited 🤗

PWC

Have you heard of Price Waterhouse Coopers??PWC has a very extensive client list. When I think of the extensive list my mind says go buy more Vet. Price Water house provides there audit services more than 400 company’s on the Fortune 500 list. More than 80% of the worlds most successful companies use PWC services. WIth a potential to have 80% of the worlds top companies using Vet, PWC will begin to Offer VeChain blockchain to it’s customers. Some of which are 3M, Ford Motor Company, IBM Computers, Cisco, Dell computers. The list just goes on and on. VeChain will give these companies and more product verification and traceability... Wow, have you left to go buy Vet yet ?

LVMH

What is LVMH ? Moet Hennessy-Louis Vuitton, yes Louis Vuitton and it’s 60 parent companies, that’s what. Some of the brands under this large umbrella are Dom Pérignon, Dior, Givenchy, Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs and TAG Heuer among others. There revenue in 2019 was almost 60 billion dollars, the amount of products LVMH could have on the supply chain is staggering

Who used to be Chief Information Officer(CIO) ? Well, none other, than Sunny Lu . Have you bought VET yet ?? Well if not, you might after this......

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I GIVE YOU

Ray Hatoyama just got on the advisory board for the Playtable team as of May 17 2020, Yes that’s right, yesterday. Ray has an extensive back ground in so pretty big companies. He was Ex-Pokémon advisor, Ex-Hello Kitty CEO and director of LINE and Mitsubishi.

Board games are and always will be huge business any where in the world. Who doesn’t love playing board games, there are so many choices out there but only one PLAYTABLE They were recently was voted one of the top tech toy of 2020. Playtable, simply put, is a giant tablet. 24 inches to be exact that you play games on. All your gameplay, characters, mods ect is stored on the blockchain It’s just over 25 lbs , so it’s not a like a traditional tablet. Physical game pieces can interact with the games, so anything interactive with the game board can move or be controlled by the game. Example roll dice on the board and the game knows what you rolled and your move. If you or your kids ever played Skylanders, when I first seen Playtable it reminded me of Skylanders, sort of. Skylanders had different figures with different power’s that you place on a docking station, so to speak, it reads which character you changed to and you become that character. Very cool game and my kids loved it !

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After yesterday’s post I wanted to lighten the mood a bit, I needed to lighten it more than anything.... so I’m going to talk about our 3 cats, well 4 sort of, that we currently have. We have had a lot of animals, I mean who can’t resist a wagging tail of a puppy or purring hum of a little kitten snuggled in under my chin. One of the great benefits of Animals, they have the ability to lower blood pressure and make a persons over all well being better.

Now before we got it under control, at one time I think we had 3 litters of cats at once for a total of 25 cats . When we moved in and there was a previous cat, a pregnant kitty, and another showed up out of the blue and of course pregnant too. The one was living under our old crooked garden shed, which I fixed that problem and just built a new one 👇🏻.

Well our mama Cat She had kittens. Then those kittens, had kittens. Slowly it was a slippery slope, that very fast could, DID get out of control.

“We were one cat shy of crazy”

With the litters and watching her give birth the kids were so excited. It was a wonderful experience for our kids to see this at a young age, they both still talk of it fondly. We found homes for some and we kept some as well . Our furry babies, We would try to get them spayed and neutered the ones we decided to keep as to not be irresponsible. Yes living on an acreage we need a couple mousers forsure we do or we would soon be over run by mice. This was all new to us, we were learning as we went, it was a hell of a learning curve . Since we gave away to family and friends and other good homes who wanted a kitty, it is still nice to beable to visit them all. It seems every time we got them spayed or neutered they would vanish? But some of them come back for visits .......

Horton – he roams the wild, and loves it. Comes home to say hi and get some love every few months. He always smells like a ladies perfume, well fed and happy, which leads me to believe he has a family that loves him. He came home just before winter and his ear was oozing puss. It was infected, so off to our vet we went. We kept him inside for a week while he healed and we cleaned his wounds. He just came for a visit a week ago stayed for two days then on his way he went, I think we are his AirBnb vacation property 😂

Other than Horton who visits from time to time we have three now, only two go outside during the day and then wait at the door to be let back inside at bed time. If they aren’t at the door it just takes a holler “ KITKAT ... OSCAR ... BEDTIME!! “ they come squawking, meowing and running towards the door from where ever they curled up for a nap 💤

DUFFY OR DUFF

Now this one has stole a large part of my heart, a very special place in my heart, we rescued him from my wife’s client who were going to give him to the SPCA. As soon as we got him something was off ? He had a howel to his meow, a real funny sound and he is LOUD We found this out when we made popcorn, draw the curtains and sit down to watch a good movie, a real suspenseful movie. Duff out of the blue would meow so loud we all would jump. Well, he is deaf. So he can’t hear himself, he has no clue he is loud... He cuddles and snuggles like no other cat I’ve had. He also has a super power, Duff can jump really far and really high ... from our kitchen Island to our dining table is about 10’ and he jumps from the island to the table no problem. He is strictly indoors as he would not have survival skills needed to stay outside. Fitting he’s sleeping in a Cat-opoly box 😋 .... He’s getting older now and soon it will be his time to go 😢

KITKAT

You probably notice her from the mama pics in the beginning . She is our matriarch of our cat family, the momma to so many. She is now retired now from her mama days. Now hunts for fun, loves catching mice, our house is mice free thanks to her. Kit, for short, loves sleeping in patio furniture out on our deck, relaxing and absorbing the suns rays. She is the mother to our next cat. All 3 cats love to sleep and snuggle together but only one can sleep with the dogs

OSCAR

A very sweet cat who thinks he is a dog. Out of all 3 that we have now, he is the only one allowed to sleep with the pack of dogs. Julie will not allow the other two into sleep with them at all. He is pretty lazy and can be seen sleeping in trees, if you look close. Oscar and Duff are really good buds, they often find the smallest little crevices in the house and curl up together. Kitkat and Oscar roam the country side together, I’ve seen them running along together chasing birds many times ...

From the top – Charlie, Oscar, Stan, Harper

Duff and Oskar

This was just a brief introduction to our cat’s, animals make life so much better, lower stress, lowered heart rate, reduce tension and change your mood. I love or little fur family so much 💗

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Good song but ... WELL ACTUALLY, THERE WERE NO SIGNS

This is a hard one to write , I thought about doing it in a later story but wanted to get it out today. I hope it makes sense and not just a ramble .. truthful it helps me process what happened to write ... The phone rings, before I notice who’s calling I already know it’s bad. No one calls you at 330 am to say anything good or to talk about your day. Normally I get a broken pipe and restoration calls over night, 🚨emergency calls🚨Well not entirely true, I had an aunt that would drink a bit too much and do some random calling. But this was not that, still processing what’s happening, my eyes crusted over from the pollen filled air from the day before of cutting trees , I grab my phone “hello” I grunt out while clearing my throat. A voice on the other line sounds stressed and panicked “Hey it’s John” this was a call from a sub trade at work. He says “there is no real good way to tell you this, Grant killed him self last night ...I realize At the time I was playing Monopoly with my family last night, He killed him self ....... Instantly like my veins filled with coffee I’m up and awake.

I JUST CAN BELIEVE IT, it still seems like a dream..... maybe it’s just a nightmare... please wake me up

He was the owner of the company, that was a sub trade for 20 years. Great guy, Always up beat and cheerful. Grant had a wife, a couple of kids ages 3 & 5. You would never know that he was suffering inside, his outside was a gleeful, happy go lucky guy. But inside . He had really bad anxiety and I’ve known this for 15 years out of the 20, as one day he opened up and explained to me his anxiety. Back then he had turned down some work, which he never does. I was bugging him “what’s up man, you never turn down money” We got to talking and I still remember like it was yesterday, his words as his lip quivered and he rubbed his knuckles panicked, he was just to wound up from stress, work and life. He said (or very close to this)

“my mind just gets so panicked and frantically, I search for a solution but, there is no solution I can see, all I see is more problems, so my stress jumps a notch, I don’t think straight, it jumps another notch ... I’m not sure what happens when I run out of notches”

I feel for the people left behind, his wife, his kids, family, friends ... everyone... I feel for Grant as I wish I could have known things were bad. I would have done anything to be able to go back and maybe call him, go for a few beers and talk. I had no idea. Like I said his outward appearance was not one of sadness, fear and anxiety.

So today, just like any other day, Reach out to people you know just to say hello, ask how are doing? Check in with them. Unsure times are very hard on everyone, let alone someone suffering in silence with anxiety. And if you suffer from anxiety,

“Why didn’t you tell anyone”

“No one asked .....”

Be the one to ask, it could make a difference in someone’s life.....

Just know that anything is fixable in your life, your kids, wife, family, friends, coworkers all love you and care about you. No problem is permanent, anything if repairable .....well almost anything .....something is permanent, something you can’t undo.

PLEASE KNOW YOU ARE LOVED, PEOPLE CARE ABOUT YOU AND WHAT EVER IS MAKING YOU STRESSED ITS OK. THIS WILL PASS AND BETTER DAYS AHEAD.

Below are some links that may help you or some one you care about.

Suicide Prevention Life Line (USA)

https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/chat/

Crisis Service Canada ❤️

https://www.crisisservicescanada.ca/en/

Suicide Warning Signs ❤️

https://www.bridgestorecovery.com/blog/5-warning-signs-of-suicidal-behavior-that-are-easy-to-miss/

Thank you for reading and say a prayer for Grant, his wife and children. And check in on a few people that you haven’t heard from in awhile...... I know I am

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The Edmonton Oilers were playing on the 100 inch TV. Some were watching, some playing buck hunter. Guys drinking and having fun. The dimly lit Sports Bar was goin to see a show, not just the Oilers hockey. I was out with friends for a stag party, I didn’t know the groom but was a friend of the best man. We were drinking and having fun, watching the Oilers beat the Avalanche 3-1 in the first intermission. I happen to notice the table next to us was a couple of guys around the age of 20, I was only 27 myself, not giving anymore thought to it than that. Our table having a good time, ordered some appetizers and a round of gladiators. Gladiators are a glass with about 2” of orange juice in it, you take a shot glsss of Amaretto , drop the glass in the OJ and shoot back the whole drink. Very good, try one !

“Hey waitress grab us another round” one of the guys hollered from the Neighboring table. “Will do be right back” Nancy, our waitress says. Nancy has to be just turned 18, real cute and innocent. She comes back drops off the drinks and the one young punk with his hat turned backwards smacks her ass and says “thanks babe” she chuckled while saying “hey hey watch the merchandise” flips her hair and laughs. At first I ponder to myself ...that’s strange ? Why did he smack her ass ?! I think she seemed pretty calm, maybe know each other? Boyfriend and girlfriend maybe?? We continue watching the game, Oilers doing really well. Big old George Laraque had a good fight, they are up 5-3 going into the 3rd.

Again this guy at the next table smacks her ass “thanks sweet ass” he says. Now she looks to be getting visibility annoyed from this. So now I have to ask her, she drops their drinks off and I wave her over. I say “Can we get another round and I’ll get a water too please.... do you know those guys ? I just seen him smack you on the butt a few times. Are you ok ?” She bends down and says quietly “No, no I’m not ... I don’t know those guys, they come in every once and a while and the guy in the hat is an asshole to all the girls”. So now I feel I need to say something, that’s not ok. But I don’t want to be rude or start a fight, haven’t fought since my bouncing days, about 6-7 years and I’m rusty forsure.

The game is now over, Oilers win 6-4. We ordered more nachos and sitting there joking with the new groom how his life is over, this will be the last time we see him ... you know , guys being guys stuff, giving him a real hard time. When my table neighbor orders a beer, now I’m watching for when Nancy comes back this guy better not touch her. Well he smacks her on the ass again .... I lean over and say politely, I thought “ Hey guys have some respect, stop smacking her ass please “ Mr. Ball cap says “why ? What are you going to do about it old man ?”

OLD MAN ?!? I’m in my twenties maybe 7-8 years older that you ? Old man, what the hell . I kinda smile and laugh “you don’t wanna know what I’ll do” He stand up shrugs his shoulders and says “come on old man, make me stop” ok ... ok .... HOLD ON why ? Why did he have to say that? I stand up and start walking over, Still no intention to fight, place my hand on the table, lean in and say “ guys just stop please she doesn’t like it”. That’s when I get cracked in the head with a beer bottle. Blood and beer trickling down my face, across my nose and drop to the table. Well now it’s on like Donkey Kong. It ends with a broken table, Mr. Ball cap on the floor unconscious, his friends holding him. The waitress comes over and tells me “get outta here cops are coming and THANK YOU SO MUCH “ she gives me a huge hug and a squeeze I could feel it in my toes.

The cops came and everyone was asked questions no one said they knew my name or anything . Nancy told the cops that he was touching the staff and I intervened and stopped him. Mr.Ball cap was taken off in an ambulance.

So, That’s what an old man will do,

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PS : I don’t condone fighting ..... anymore 😉. I was a young, dumb, punk and thought I was tough.

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Did you know there was maintenance going on with out your knowledge? I hope not, it’s not a coil update but and something I did. I tried to do it sneaky so hope no one noticed 😉

WELL ITS ALL COMPLETED

While I’ve had a coil subscription for many months just to support XRP and some creators, it’s been 1 month today since I posted my first Coil Article, 720 hours, 43200 minutes, 2592000 seconds. The last number will be my XRP to USD balance one day, I hope 🙏🏼. The first month, well it was incredible. I’ve learned a lot and still have SO far to go, never stop learning. Keep learning, keep growing. I’ve met lots of new people that I would call friends, read more than I ever thought I would in my life. Also written more, Than I ever thought I would!

As I typed that first article, my blood was pumping adrenaline fueled madness to my finger tips. But as I typed on my IPhone, my gleefully typing fingers turned to fear. Yes, I typed it in fear. In fear no one would want to hear my rambles. In fear I’d make a mistake or error in grammar. In fear I’d be ridiculed by others, social media, lets face it is more often then not a vicious place, I typed in fear of what? In fear, well, that I’d fail. I was fighting a mind full of voices just like Gollum in Lord of the rings. My worst fears was all I could render in my mind.

But I stepped out from my comfort zone, from behind my computer and put a face to XRPGORD. Not just a bald Avatar in support of Michael B, I was a bald Avatar spewing his life, thoughts and ramblings into a blog. Also in support of Michael B , So I hit send... and waited, waited and waited it felt like a year went by, and then all the overwhelming love and support from seasoned veterans of Coil it was incredible. I’m not going to lie, I was really shocked and taken back by everyone’s eagerness to help. I want to do a special mention to Patty and Michael. With everything going on in their life right now, I can ask a question and both are so pleased to help and lend advice. They are a power couple 💪🏻 . Truly Everyone in the Coil community has been great, helpful and awesome! So thank you to you all for all the help and support. They were open arms and welcoming me to Coil.

Before I get on and tell you about my maintenance or construction as I call it, a couple of my blogs that I liked this month. One a description about how I feel about blogging which has givin me a therapeutic outlet , the other is my favourite one ... have a look if you haven’t already and then on yo the big reveal !

1- An article about how coil and writing makes me feel called A MAN POSSESSED , it has made me feel alive and My blood pumping.

2- My favourite article has been yes I stttttttttuter MOTHERF@CKER , it was a hard article to write. Only had 11 upvotes but Being so open about my stuttering but it felt good and I really enjoyed writing it, so it’s my Fav of the month. I didn’t Say yours, I said mine .

What’s new? You will see, and it’s only for subscribers

So how I came upon this repair, fix, what ever you want to call it .... I’ve been addicted and reading a lot of Coil blogs. Interested in people’s beginnings I’d scroll all the way to a bloggers first blog read it and I’d want to read there second blog. But as soon as I click out of the blog I go right to the top of there page again. Then I’d have to scroll through to the bottom and read there second blog. It shouldn’t frustrate me but, it was. Sometimes I’d loose my place in blogs like if it was a 4 part blog, I would have to search through all there blogs to find the corresponding 4 blogs 😡 All this scrolling, back and forth, back and forth had me thinking of a fix. A repair of sorts.

So since my life is always being under construction, I am a carpenter after all. I decided to do some construction 🚧 It was to my little section of coil, my blogs. I’ve been slowly doing maintenance or construction for about a week and some of you might have noticed, if you did thank you for not saying anything ❤️ This self inflicted Coil upgrade, as I call it, allows subscribers to jump to a previous blog or next blog of mine. Also a few blogs have a few parts to them so you can jump to the next blog in that series, seamlessly and effortlessly with out being bumped , pushed and shoved to the top of my page . The big reveal ! Check it out👇🏻

Pretty simple, Located at the end of everyone of my blogs in the subscriber section, I’ve added these “buttons” to help you navigate my blogs. Seems like such a minor thing but, it’s about the little things I’m I right?

Thanks for reading ❤️ , until the next one

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Virginia Jane , but she went by Jane. Recently Michael B had a Throwback Thursday I loved all his pictures and I wanted to track down some for Mother’s Day, it took some doing but, glad I did. This is always a tough time of year for me, a really tough time this year I’m not sure why? But feels harder this year. This year on Oct 27 will pass another year of her passing. She passed on from lung cancer that reached late Stage 4 by the time it was caught. Misdiagnosed for a couple of years, they thought it was Lupus. Appointments got canceled by the doctors and weren’t rescheduled. Everyone dropped the ball. I feel if my mom had a better advocate, like Patty B is for Michael, then maybe, just maybe she might be around.

To those of you that have lost your moms, I feel your pain everyday. It’s like a void deep in my soul, a void that can’t be filled by anything. To those of you that still have your mother, can call them and hear there voice I say this. Stop reading, call them , tell them you love them. I’ll wait here for you to come back. Nothing is more important than this .. Go, GO, I SAID

From left to right my older sister Tracy, Mom, Dad and yep that cute little bugger looking for birds is little Gordie

So did you call her ? Don’t give me the “what are you talking about? You're mother, that’s who! I hope so.. in the blink of an eye it can all be gone. One day things are good, the next you are counting days ..... Well I’m a very positive person and so was my mom so I’m going to share some of her positivity and mine, also some photos from my youth which were, like I said, not fun to track down but so glad I did. I asked family from all over Canada if they had some pictures and they all came though even my sister Tracy ❤️

JEFFERY AND JASON, My older brothers I never met and truthfully I never would have, if they were healthy. My Mom had my Sister, then she had two beautiful twin baby boys. Sadly those boys, Jeffery and Jason, passed away shortly after they were born prematurely. Advancement have came along way and if J & J were born today they would have most likely lived ..... A year later she was blessed with a baby boy, Me. She always told me “ if they would have lived I wouldn’t have you Gordie” which is true because my parents would of had 1 girl and 2 boys. She said that would have been enough of a handful. My mom always had a very positive outlook. This loss though hurt to her inter core, her inter core of her sole.

My Mom and Aunt Winnie. In this pic my mom, in her early 60’s already had cancer and stopped colouring her hair and my aunt Winnie was in her 90’s. They look like they could be sisters. They certainly shoped at the same clothing store

CANCER may have killed her, but it didn’t change her attitude about life. When she had cancer she was glad that this was how she would pass, not glad I guess but, thankful is a better word. She could of had a sudden heart attack or passed suddenly away in her sleep with little to know pain. Life is about opportunities, this gave her the opportunity to say goodbye, say how much she loves us and how happy she was for everything she had in her life .... She got the time to see her friends and family, plan her estate. Most importantly spend time with her children and grand kids. She had that extra time. Extra time that is priceless at thy time in your life. Again, not grateful for cancer , She was grateful for the opportunity to say her goodbyes. This makes me think that I do hope I get the opportunity to say my goodbyes and see the people I love one more time before I dye, just like she did. I tell people all the time how I feel about them, you just never know. In such a negative world, try to think positive. If life gives me lemons then I’m making lemonade for all my friends and family ❤️

Im going to share a quote my mom shared with me and said fairly often to me :

“Life is about opportunity’s, you have and opportunity to have a positive life or a negative one.... I choose positive, how about you”

Me too Mom, me too

My Mom and Dad on thier wedding

My sister, Mom and I

My Mom and my Aunt Bonnie, both passed away from lung cancer. Bonnie passed away just before my mom by about 6 mths

My Moms Parents, My Grand parents

So today I’m thankful that my Grandma, Nelly, had my mom,Jane, so my mom could have me. The women in our lives are so important. Today is there day and let’s celebrate them. Whether they are watching us from heaven or watching us as the drive by in there car to social distance let’s say a prayer for the things we are thankful for and god bless the women in our lives.

Thank you for reading, until the next one ❤️

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Wait? What, is that a clown up there 👆🏻. Better check out this past blog to make sure your up to date. Also I want to mention that Coil is not affiliated in this give away at all, in anyway or form. XRP are from my own personal stash 😋. In the spirit of Forest Gump .... That’s all I’ll say about that 👇🏻

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Late one night while the world is asleep...........

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The 2 head lights shinning out into a dark, black

hole only lit by the occasional street light . A enderver to cut grass, one I’ve seen before. It

started with a gentle hum from my John Deere

the almost peaceful hum could rock a baby into

a sleep and it has, this big baby. The tractor has

nightly been down these exact same, grassy

drivin paths a thousand times, it could probably

almost drive itself. One night, My John Deere

roaring down the grass. I’m riding along on my

Deere minding my own business cutting grass. If it’s all timed right I would finish the mowing right as the sun rises from it’s rest. Then I can do the edging with the weed Wacker and be at work for 7 am as a Carpenter. Riding along when .....

A bright light shines down upon me. I think this is it aliens are here, please no probing! They are here to learn about earth from the grass cutting carpenter. Well aliens your not going to learn much from this guy. The light hovers over me, I put my hand up to block the light in an attempt to see what the is. It’s a helicopter, a police helicopter. I wave and continue to do my thing.

Around twenty minutes later I get paid a visit by Edmonton’s finest, the black and white comes flying into the parking lot, lights flashing red and blue and screeches to a hault, so I stop the lawntractor. A man opens his driver door and says “get off the mower sir, hands up and walk this way slowly” I’m very stunned at police taking an interest in my job, maybe he’s here to help, lots to do he could weed the flower beds for me?? “officer I’m just cutting grass” I tell him. He says it firmly now “Slowly walk this way with your hands up” Well I don’t feel like being shot at 3 am for doing my job so I dismount the mower, hands up I slowly proceed towards the officer. I notice the passenger door open and a second police office gets out, I’m thinking oh man this can’t be good ... So I’m about 5’ away, the head lights from his car are blinding me just like the suspected Alien space craft. “Stop right there, don’t move” the officer says and slowly walks over, “What are you doing?!!” The officer asks me. I’m shocked he asked me this ? I mean what the hell does it look like ??? “That’s exactly what I want to ask you? I’m cutting grass” I say. So get this he actually asks me “are you supposed to do this ? Do they know your cutting the grass ?”

I could not believe what I heard from his lips? I wanted to say no officer I’m cutting the grass to be nice but, I don’t “yes officer, I have the contract to do the maintenance at all the locations” “ do you have the contract on you ?” He asks. “at home” I reply. He pauses and ponders his thoughts, Looks at the second officer with his hand on his holstered weapon of choice before he says “I could arrest you for trespassing, but I won’t, carry a copy of the contract in your truck just to clear this up in case another officer asks you” “ok I will officer” he gets my drivers license, vehicle information and both get in his car, flicks the lights off and drives away. Never was I ever stopped or asked this again by police ? Stunned and shocked I get back on my tractor. Why would he stop me and ask me am I supposed to be cutting the grass ? What the Hell? LMAO ... I get back on my John Deere, Fire it up and finished my cutting.

I was telling my friend at work about it later that morning, him and I are still good friends to this day. He is from Jamaica, you know what his response was in his thick accent he says “shit mon , just another Friday for us” god I think I died laughing 😂😂😂

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Bankhead ? I know what your thinking... What the heck is that? Where the heck is that ? BANKHEAD?!? ... Well it’s a ghost town, literally, abandoned in 1922. I know what yur thinking HOW CAN A GHOST TOWN BE A LOVE STORY??? . Well bare with me, soon you will find out. Located in Banff, Alberta -Canada. Banff became a National Park in the year 1885, cover’s approximately 6500 square kilometres. Banff has so much beauty, people from across the world in there youth, come to work in Banff. People come from all over to visit Banff, so much to see and do ... One of my favourite hikes, an easy one to do, is Peyto lake. You’ve never heard of that either I’m sure but look at this pic from last winter. Un-edited. Blue. Gorgeous water. 👇🏻CHECK OUT BANFF!

When XRP moons on my list is travelling to Ghost towns, through out Canada and the USA. I find them very interesting, what happened, why did it end up a ghost town? Why weren’t they viably as a town? I find them so fascinating. Aside from the beautiful pictures of ruins, ruins of once glorious structures and buildings. Ghost towns tell a story, here’s one only a few hours south of me.

Well located in Banff a town that was but no more, The year was 1903 a small coal mining town in the early twentieth century in Banff National Park. The Mine was located at Cascade Mountain, which still gets many visitors to this day. While bank head sleeps hidden away, as people hike on by. My Girlfriend at the time, now my wife, found an old church on a hike one day and that’s where we got married but first a little Bankhead past....

The mine opened in 1903 and employed 200-300 people. The Canadian Pacific Railway ran the town, The town of Bank head was split into two areas, Mine site and residential area . The residential area was just like any other. It included an hotel, pool hall, of course saloons complete with a place to tie up your horse, a restaurant, stores and shops, a boarding house for single men, over 100 homes once existed and a cute little church. In 1922 the labor strikes were everywhere across the country and the mine closed, and never reopened. Notices were placed all over Bankhead, The notices made It clear that the staff of Bankhead “Mines would not be required and cease coal operations” Well there you have it, the fate of this 20 year town was sealed, 1930 and Banff National Park forbid mining and forestry... that was the final nail in an otherwise sealed shut coffin. I could find no concrete reasons why for the closure, although it was stated that mining there had not been profitable also the coal was very crumbly and not good for the CPR. The Mine produced 600 tons of coal a day. I think, my opinion, the real reason was there had been a strike at the mine just two short months before this announcement. Since the strike, the mines closed and remained closed forever. But the remainder of that town still exists nearly 100 years later.

A mound of coal still sits today, getting reclaimed by nature. Rhubarb grows everywhere in Bankhead, it can be seen all over your hikes, even growing in the coal.

Trains that would haul coal from the mines

The People of Bankhead, located in the middle of nowhere at the time, must have been panicked. A small town of a little over a 1000 people was erased from the map. Now a hidden ghost town, hidden amongst the spruce trees. Bankhead also had a church built in 1908, Bankhead holy trinity chrurch, this church when in use seen many weddings. It was the only church in Bankhead, after the town’s demise the church was sawn in half. Loaded onto railway flat cars and relocated to Calgary where it was reassembled and continued in operation until 1962.

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What remained after Bankhead church was dismantled was a foundation, a solid thick concrete foundation, it survived anything this world threw at it. Just like the foundation from this church still stands 117 year later, Lee and I have built a foundation over 4 decades of being in each other’s lives. A foundation that stood the test of time, just like ours. A foundation that recently formed into a marriage. Bankhead Holy Trinity Church would see one more wedding.....

❤️ MY OWN ❤️

The steps and foundation to the church, we got married at the top of the steps with 20 friends and family there

Had to put a goofy picture, Griffin every time we try and take a nice picture he does this 😂 ... he has my sense of humour I think. You’ll notice the picture in my hand, it’s of my mom. She was there in spirt. She knew Lee from being friends for years, she loved Lee. And would have been so happy.

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