## Look at this guy. ![image](https://img.esteem.ws/assuk4liph.jpg) *Photo cred: @thedamus himself* ### This ⬆️ is one of the jolliest pictures I have ever seen.

##### If you have been following along the last few months, you might remember @thedamus and I are engaged in a fun little game of one-ups-manship. The ups are ever so slight each time. Let’s have a quick review of the timeline. ☺️ # 📆 ⏳🕜🕢🕖 ### Six Months Ago ##### As a result of [THIS](https://steemit.com/steemsilvergold/@dfinney/old-dirty-bars) post @thedamus (who was filled with mirth and merriment) nominated me into the #steemsilvergold community and gifted me lead tier membership to the community’s voting bot for a month. Super unexpected. Super generous. He plays the role of community pirate, but is really the biggest softy on steemit. ☺️
![image](https://img.esteem.ws/mcjz9f8a4o.jpg)
#### Well, I wasn’t going to let this kindness pass unanswered. # 📆 ⏳🕜🕢🕖 ### Five Months Ago ##### As a thank you for the gift of #ssg membership, I sent @thedamus a little silver round. None other than Canada’s Wayne Gretzky! Check out the post [HERE](https://steemit.com/steemsilvergold/@thedamus/holy-mackeral-howling-wolves-and-hellya-dfinney) ![image](https://img.esteem.ws/7a6tuwqoof.jpg) *Wayne* ##### As an aside, not only did this gift make us “even”, but it also led to this serendipitous interaction.
![image](https://img.esteem.ws/lpl0utvlnv.jpg) ⬆️*This right here is the very first moment of making a new friend(which can be damn hard to do as a grownup). So thanks to @thedamus I am part of a funky Steemit community and I met someone who would later become one of my fave steemit buddies. Even with Wayne to even things out, I was still indebted to @thedamus.*
# 📆 ⏳🕜🕢🕖 ### Three Months Ago ##### Well, if you know @thedamus you know a couple of things. 1. He likes to have fun. 2. He is super generous. 3. He doesn’t know the word ***even***. 😄 ##### Of course he sent a response to my thank you gift. If you’d like to see the whole post about it, click [HERE](https://steemit.com/steemsilvergold/@dfinney/an-cross-boarder-battle-of-baby-ups). His gift to me, a 1.5oz Royal Canadian Mint ***artic fox***. In typical @thedamus style he ups the ante from 1oz to 1.5. 😄 ![image](https://img.esteem.ws/80z7a3yozn.jpg) # 📆 ⏳🕜🕢🕖 ### A Little Less Than Three Months Ago ##### Before @thedamus had launched his last volley, I already had a silver bullet in the chamber and set to deploy. My answer to his gift was swift. I had found something that seemed the perfect gift (especially considering our locations and nationalities). [HERE](https://steemit.com/steemsilvergold/@thedamus/mail-call-and-a-solid-one-upping) is the post about the ***TWO OUNCES*** of silver I sent @thedamus’s way. ![image](https://img.esteem.ws/uqwd3rh19h.jpg) *Peace Arch is a monument designed by Sam Hill that sits directly on the US/Canada border.* ##### I must have done well with this gift. @thedamus seemed pleased and to my pleasure he was temporarily stumped in coming up with a reply. 😃
![image](https://img.esteem.ws/dcqc5ykf6m.jpg) # 📆 ⏳🕜🕢🕖 ### Yesterday ![image](https://img.esteem.ws/sc1w1mfk4r.jpg) ##### Yesterday I received a parcel in my mail from @thedamus! Always exciting and I was eager to get into the thing. Let’s have a peek. ![image](https://img.esteem.ws/kxh9nr2nas.jpg) *First a postcard! I collect postcards and love Vancouver.* ![image](https://img.esteem.ws/911nzpucnl.jpg) *As always a lovely and clever note.* 🐺 🐻 ![image](https://img.esteem.ws/vje5jom93u.jpg) *Ingenious packaging to throw off the customs agents! I also LOVE this CD.* **SIDE NOTE** Here is video I took last year at the Guns n Roses concert at the Gorge Amphitheater! 9/3/2017 - Gorge Amphitheater: George, WA *Welcome to the Jungle*. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dHbxvhtK0pM #### And now for the goods. ☺️ ## **TWO COINS!!!** ##### @thedamus just initiated the **perfect** baby up. In response to me sending him one 2oz round, he sent me TWO coins totally 2.25oz of .9999 silver. Well played @thedamus! ##### First up, a 1.5oz Royal Canadian Mint .9999 pure grizzly! Look at it roar! Issued in 2017, this coin has an $8 face value. ![image](https://img.esteem.ws/0o50ui8jt2.jpg) ##### Next coin comes in at 0.75oz! Also .9999 pure, this 2016 $2 coin features two wolves howling at the moon! I love RCM coins, and these are two wonderful additions to my stack. ![image](https://img.esteem.ws/x9ix9u94ot.jpg) # Thank you so much @thedamus! #### I appreciate these gifts and you!

### Now I have a **LITTLE** confession to make. 😬 # . . . # . . . # . . . #### I have been pondering my return move for awhile. # 🤔 💭 #### And I had an idea. A great idea. But it was going to take helpers to execute. ### And the helpers... well they’ve turned a baby big idea into an irresistible **BIG** idea. # It is going to be **EPIC** 🤗

### It is going to take a little time, but the next move is going to blow your mind. 🤯 # 😃😁😃😍😃😁😃

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