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I find myself tagging Crazyheart, as in @crazyheart would love some music. Make it a down east kitchen party, or a prairie social.

We played "Ticket to Ride" tonight, as my family was here. I'll leave it out in case anyone wants a game.

**waves at @StevieG . So good to hear the story of your stole and walking stick.
Dang that crazyheart. She gets us even after she is gone.

A toast to CH.
 
It is good to see you Stevie G.

Our cousin and I were standing together at a Wake for another relative when she remarked: "it's too bad we only get together as a family at a time like this."
It seems that Wunder Café 2 mirrors real life. It takes a funeral to bring us together.

I miss you and WC 2, Stevie G.
 
I'll bring an old-fashioned cookie to the wake, but one that I still make every Christmas: Ice-box cookies. Crazyheart might have liked the fact that my family likes them best as cold, rolled up dough in the fridge...pre-cooked...
 
Trying to remember.....I think I emailed the picture to myself and then downsized with the slider that popped up. Save it and use it.
 
Mrs.Anteater said:
My son got a text from his dad that he is giving up his appartment ( in Banff) and moving to the Philippines, but possibly going to LA before in December. He is sending five boxes to the Philippines. He has been talking about doing this for two years. We don’t have much information. There is some Philippina who he might have met when on vacation two years ago to whm he has sent money before for a “;food truck business”- but this somehow didn’t work out. ThePhillipina suddenly changed her last name to his last name on her facebook page a few months ago.
My ex is going to be 61. The year before vacationing in the Phillipines, he was in Italy and came back and said he was going to move to Italy. It always were just ideas. Now he is actually giving up his appartment.
My son said he had talked about “ becoming a paparazzi” to make money- that’s where the LA destination might come from.

My ex always needed people to help him, when we immigrated to Canada, I was the one who did all the paperwork, or it wouldn’t have happened.
I am worried he might now have a more serious condition with regards to mental health, or he is just being taken advantage of by someone who thinks he might be a sugar daddy. He can’t plan, so he doesn’t have a lot of money, so the sugar daddy thing will not work out.
I am not sure what to tell my son. I said he should call him and ask him all those open questions, like what he is going to live on, an address, health insurance, visa status, how he will keep contact with him.
I wonder, what my son could do if it sounds he is really having serious delusions ( which he never had before, he only had stupid ideas). But the paparazzi idea sounds so far off, that I wonder if there is something more going on.....
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So, yesterday, his niece from Germany messaged me, that his mother is so worried, she hasn’t spoken to him for 1.5 yrs, only got brief text messages. Junior has not been able to reach him by phone either, we think he doesn’t have one anymore.
So Junior contacted a former coworker through facebook, who contacted a present coworker and we learned that he is still working, but does not have an appartment anymore and hangs out at Subways. He looks bad- like a homeless person. I am sure Banff is pretty cold this time around. The Philipina girlfriend has suddenly changed her last name on facebook back to her own.
He works night shifts, so he is not out in the cold at night, but with not washing himself or his clothes, I can’t see him holding this job much longer. He has been in Banff for 13 years, I am afraid he has burned all the bridges with people who helped him by now.
Anybody knows what the quality of Mental Health services would be in Banff? If he came here, it would be pretty much useless for him, besides that he wouldn’t have a valid NS healthcard.
 
It must be hard to hear those pieces of news. Sounds like he is holding his own at the moment. I would imagine there are outreach services for people in Banff who are homeless. The staff at Subway may be in touch with them, recognizing his frequent & extended presence. There are a few fast food places in my community where outreach staff drop in at regular times each week with bus tickets, food vouchers, addictions & health service info etc.
 
Adult mental health in Alberta (provincially you keep your old health insurance for 3 months and then qualify where you are ie AB to NS).
There are mental health workers in Banff and Canmore (Canmore being a bigger town just east of Banff) It is outside Park Gates and some people live there and commute to Banff. I had a friend-a social worker-who worked out of canmore.

One way to reach out is to contact the United church in Banff (Rundle Memorial) and see if they could check on him and refer him to services. They run a thrift store and should know aboout services in town. The catch is that he has to want services or get bad enough that he is a danger to himself or others-and then he can be involuntarily committed (to a psych ward) for stabilization.

He could be showering at the pool, if he wanted.
 
Tabitha said:
Adult mental health in Alberta (provincially you keep your old health insurance for 3 months and then qualify where you are ie AB to NS).
There are mental health workers in Banff and Canmore (Canmore being a bigger town just east of Banff) It is outside Park Gates and some people live there and commute to Banff. I had a friend-a social worker-who worked out of canmore.

One way to reach out is to contact the United church in Banff (Rundle Memorial) and see if they could check on him and refer him to services. They run a thrift store and should know aboout services in town. The catch is that he has to want services or get bad enough that he is a danger to himself or others-and then he can be involuntarily committed (to a psych ward) for stabilization.

He could be showering at the pool, if he wanted.
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Do you think they would actually go looking for someone? He is not United church ( though that probably would not matter, if they do). He had the Catholic church help him when he got there 13 yrs ago and my thought would be that they likely had enough of him back then.
 
Mrs.Anteater said:
Do you think they would actually go looking for someone? He is not United church ( though that probably would not matter, if they do). He had the Catholic church help him when he got there 13 yrs ago and my thought would be that they likely had enough of him back then.
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There is 211 for the province. They might be able to help you out a bit, the Calgary number includes Banff (different service area heading, but the 2 use the same number) - Contact Us - 211 Alberta

For the Edmonton region they do ask people to call 211 if they see someone in the cold. It offers many other services too, so hopefully they can do something for him or at least give you better contacts.
 
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