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Ferraro Foods, Rossland: The Sandwich
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And this, a shoutout to the best grocery store in the Kootenay's, Ferraro Foods. A proper Italian Superstore with prices and selection that easily beat Save-On, Safeway and the Real Canadian Superstore.
But today I'm just in for a sandwich. Their sandwiches, a variety, cold cuts, mortadella, I go for the "Beef Dip". All are priced at $13.99. And after about 3-4 minutes when they're done making it I'm left with a 5 pound monstrosity in my hand.
I'm not kidding. It's loaded, a side of AuJus, double, triple the size of a Subway sub, 5X the meat, healthier vegetables, I'm going to be making my way there again soon...
You couldn't even buy the bun for that at Kootenay Coop, let-alone the meat and vegetables. 5 Stars, Ferraro Foods.
Kash Patel - The Plot Against the King
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I saw this on Facebook and thought it was just AI generated slop. But, no, even AI couldn't make this shit up.
It turns out Kash Patel's promotion to head of the FBI might have been in part due to his literary interests, for example his children's book "The Plot Against the King"; which to share the summary:
"Kash Patel partners with Beacon of Freedom Publishing House, an imprint of BRAVE Books, to bring a fantastical retelling of Hillary's horrible plot against Trump to the whole family. Full of fake heralds and keeper Komey's spying slugs, this is a story of daring and danger. But never fear! ..."
We live in the worst of all possible timelines, where the most insane things are not only true and current but continually promise more inanity to come.
On that note, I haven't published a single kids book. So - while I'm calling him out who's the real asshole here?
Anyways, you can buy it here: https://www.amazon.ca/Plot-Against-King-Kash-Patel/dp/1955550123
Or just settle for a review here: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/07/trump-fbi-pick-kash-patel-childrens-books
Unknown Tool
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This was a Balfour beach find, I thought with all the rain to find something, only to find that the lake is so high there's very little beach to be explored. Nonetheless I found this, which while showing clear signs of work and shaping and wear does not inform me as to it's purpose. Perhaps a hide scraper?
Anyways, very out of place and matched none of the other rocks in shape or material. I'll add it to the box of artifacts...
Weekend Adventures
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And the weekend, finally, Saturday and Sunday off and I've access to a vehicle.
First things first. A few adventures on unexplored FSR's, to places thus far unseen. "Prospecting". Some great views, but - as far as the FSR Roadside prospecting goes no great discoveries.
The best, this, the waterfall:
I hadn't consulted the claims maps so this, tempting as it is, I'll have to let it go.
Then on to another spot, where I had a fine pegmatite underway, some smoky quartz, black tourmaline, mica of good crystal shape and habit.
This road, I'd been up, what? 3 years ago? Before the car troubles. Bloody hell. Anyways, this road, halfway up it's been deactivated. I mean - seriously.
And deactivation takes no time up here at all.
I make it to the destination, but I'm going to have to stop this, before I become a "Marty Supreme", before I ruin a friendship with another lost vehicle in the bush....
The pegmatite, I explore, break rocks, a few more tiny aquamarine crystals, some gemmy garnets, a few I don't recognize. Like the glistening red crystals, which could be garnet but the shape and lustre seem off...
I get my USB microscope out and examine at the library (because my MacBook Air does not recognize it). Still uncertain, and annoyed that the USB microscope doesn't allow levels of Zoom.
Images below:
It only strikes me that it has an unusual lustre and doesn't by crystal habit appear to be garnet or anything else I'm familiar with.
The aquamarines, max 1 cm, they aren't worth the photographing.
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Sunday, to pan for gold, on the creeks feeding Sheep Creek behind Salmo.
First, visit the mine:
It has, of course, seen better days. From here off to dip a pan in a few of the tributaries, attempt a few more FSR, most of which have been deactivated. The exposures of rock, basalts, heavily metamorphosed granites, quartzites, quartz, all bedded together, turned black, yellow, orange & red with minerals, bedded at 90 degree angles, this is the stuff they were mining, this is where the gold is...
All roads up this mountain are overgrown again, there is no way to the top save abandoning the vehicle and going on a 12 KM bushwack.
Find a few other FSR heading south, explore them, more of the same rock, this rock, intriguing, holds promise but I would need to check the claims, the hard-rock ones, the ore needs be dug and crushed but you can see the glistening pyrites, the dark veins of galena, silver...
Ore carts, still suspended...
An unknown grave high up the mountainside. A child? Recent? and if so, what with the pick-axe?
And so it concludes the day...great ground, but need a means to access. And the gold, well, the creeks being largely claimed means it's inaccessible, so review the MTO and see if any of the hard-rock options are open (I doubt); there is still treasure to be found but whether it will reward the work...
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