The Remarkable Fools Letter

The Remarkable Fools Letter

On a wealth of destitution

and leaving them wanting more!

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Jim Dalling
Nov 20, 2025
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I think the greatest mystery I have yet to solve is the quest for money.

Money and me? We have a pretty shitty relationship.

I mean, I love money, but money doesn’t seem to like me.

I blame paperwork.

I love tour guide work but out here in Nova Scotia, it is seasonal employment indeed.

With that in mind, I’ve been musing as to how I can maximize my earnings during a very short tourist season.

One approach is to guide multi day tours.

These bad boys would see this fool on a bus for twelve days in a row.

Sleeping in a hotel.

Twelve hours of duty, twelve days straight.

With a bus full of strangers?

I’m not so sure.

On one hand? There’s the cash. The cash in twelve days would be pretty sweet. Do that six times over the summer? I”d be set for the year.

BUT

Who am I within this little world?

Who do I want to be?

On the excursion tours that I lead, all I do is crack jokes. Well, that’s all I want to do. There is other stuff Adult stuff like making sure no one drowns, bleeds out or just plain keels over.

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