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Afternoon Msbeepbeep. Sorry I missed you first hand.
 

Thar she comes. Not much for us this time. Little rain and some wind. But my son lives around Pensacola. A little different story. He hasn’t gotten the adjuster from 2 hurricanes ago yet. Fences and trees still down.
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Arg... must get horizontal.

G night Tnet Crew.
 

I had the garage floors cut yesterday, and managed to get the blocks out, and dug the trench. Got the floor drain in and pipe hooked it up to the Big O that goes around the building.

Started on the other side and the saw didn't reach the depth of the concrete. Still about a good 1/2" or more but the wire screen runs through it.
Managed to break three cubes out, and each one weighing 125-135 lbs.
Problem is the cut runs back the the centre of the room on an angle so they're slightly wedged shape.
Been trying to get a jackhammer this afternoon and managed to locate one that the excavator buddy has one.
I asked if I could rent it-heck I sent him another text saying I'd gladly rent him also.
Wedging chisels in with a sledge hammer for 4 hrs isn't fun. Getting too darn old for this type of abuse.
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Good morning folks
 

Morning AARC and Dave
 

rook3434 said:
That is a US cent.? You didn’t show the other side.
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Hi Rook, I assume you're talking about the 1825 - 1833 Canada 'To Facilitate Trade' Halfpenny Token?
This coin features a 'sloop' on the reverse side.

"The Sloop Tokens appear after 1825, some being openly antedated to evade the law of 1825 against private tokens. The law was openly ignored in Upper Canada, who were secure in their relative isolation from the commercial and political centre of Lower Canada. At the time, the sloop was the chief means of transportation on the Great Lakes and far more reliable than any form of land transport. Rev. Henry Scadding said this sloop was a portrayal of the packet "Duke of Richmond", owned by a man named Oates.

In addition to issuing banknotes, some banks as well as merchants began to issue trade tokens. Although they had no legal status, they were accepted as currency on a local basis. The tokens were mainly imported from England. The banks in Lower Canada cooperated in issuing tokens to improve their reliability. One of the tokens they produced had the arms of Montreal on one side, and an image of a habitant on the other. These tokens were nicknamed "Papineaus", named after Louis-Joseph Papineau, who was the leader of the 1837 rebellion in Lower Canada and who was well-known for wearing habitant clothing almost as uniform. These tokens are more commonly known today as Habitant tokens.

The two major fur-trading companies, the Hudson Bay Company and the North West Company also issued trade tokens, which were used in their extensive trading networks. The Hudson Bay Company tokens were based on the "Made beaver" pelts which had been used as a medium of exchange. During the mid-19th century, there was a policy disagreement between the British and the colonial governments. The British wanted all the colonies to continue to use sterling, to facilitate trade within the Empire. The Canadian colonies, both in the east and British Columbia, increasingly favoured linking their currencies to the US dollar, given the strong local trade links. Eventually, the local trade won out and the Canadian colonies migrated to currencies linked to the US dollar.”
 

Good morning ARC, Dave, Rook, Rusty
 

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