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I am sure you deserve more money. If you have extra responsibilities, you should get paid extra also. The worst that can happen is you stay at the same rate, but at least you know you tried to get more. For all you know they are terrified you may leave for more money as now they are getting a great worker for a pittance.

Yeah, maarsen is Dutch. The lower case m is from when I first joined and I typed it in wrong, liked the look and kept it.

Didn't the Vikings who landed in North America refer to a heavily forested area as Markland?

Sometimes the dogs of the Dow are dogs for a reason. In the long run it does seem to work, mostly.

The best investing is boring investing. Buy blue chip dividend stocks when they are beaten down and then hold them forever. If you like that little frisson in investing, check the insider buying and selling and copy them.

I have seen this before and I almost jumped out of my skin.

I went on an Agatha Christie back in the 70s and being a young lad, i wasn't aware that I was supposed to try and guess the identity of the murderer before the end of the book. I did realize, eventually, that this was the game that one was supposed to do but I found that if I did the enjoyment of the book went way down. Now if the book, or show, is not really grabbing my interest, then I can detach and try to solve the puzzle before the ending. Netflix had The Father Brown mysteries which my wife and I watched and I realized that without fail the nth person introduced at the beginning of the show was always the felon. I am using 'n' as I do not want to give away the number.

What about those who spell it Spenser?

I misunderstood. My faith in you is undiminished.

I am surprised that someone as well read as you doesn't know the great Canadian mystery writer Ross MacDonald. He wrote the Lew Archer series of mystery novels that are considered some of the best ever written.

Why would the police complain about legalization of cannabis? Here in Canada they were for it as it relieved them of work that meant nothing in the long run.

We keep her hair shorter than that as she does smell when she gets wet. She will swim occasionally but prefers to just wade.

She likes to wade in Georgian Bay as long as the waves are not too big.

My dog is a black Puli. I have had her now for over 10 years and I find her photogenic except for the fact that when her hair is long it is hard to tell which end is which. Here is an example of the breed. https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.1zTHL17dCCzC-OvgAgx22wHaE8%26pid%3DApi&f=1

Didn't some obscure Dutch painter try and fail to make a living trying to paint in Provence? We can't forget the Dutch. they turn up everywhere.

Thanks for the recommendations. I will look out for Sir Nigel.

As a Canadian Richard (I prefer Rick) I have never come across it either.

Well I must say I do love good historical fiction. I, Claudius is still up there as one of my favorites. Arthur Conan Doyle was pretty hit and miss as I liked The White Company, but later efforts were meh to awful. The Flashman series makes any list along with Aubrey and Maturin, and Hornblower. Any other recommendations besides the usual suspects would be appreciated.

The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation. Pierre Elliot Trudeau

I have a waited this long. I have been reasonable, not once uttering bad words about Harlan Ellison. Dammit I am excited though, whatever size it is.

"He's from the shallow end of the gene pool." A supervisor I knew explaining the difference between two brothers.

Where to start? All my life I have rebelled against authority. For my punishment I have become one. Albert Einstein Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain. Schiller Of course my signature quote also.

I could write a book full of stories about trying to get my kids to sleep, There is even a chapter on dealing with monsters under the bed. When fighting the monster, don't make the sound effects too real.

We know where else that mouth then wants to go.

Hand in pocket? When I was young we called that playing pocket pool.