On gifts for Mother's day from kids

So far as I can tell, gifts for Mother's Day from kids are not much of a custom here. Most kids don't have enough money of their own, especially since their parents don't have enough. I know the local National Book Store does carry Mother's Day cards. I'm not sure what my kids would think if I gave them some money and told them to go shopping for their mothers. It would require a lot of coordination. Maybe next year. I'm still trying to get oriented myself, and too many projects have required immediate attention. I've got a lot more books to write, for one thing.

On discount office supplies

If you want to buy some land here and they don't have one of those special titles guaranteed by the government, then there's always a chance of a problem. These special titles here go back to 1903 but only a part of the land here has them. In other places, people just pay the taxes and retain control. But you never know what can happen. I've seen strange situations in the US, so here it can be even stranger. You could buy and have relatives appear out of the blue with claims to the property, able to hire crooked lawyers to squeeze you in court. So buying real estate here is not like getting discount office supplies. Plus, if you don't retain close control or occupy the land, squatters may do it, and once established they have the legal right to remain. It's a scam often done by organized criminals.

On creatine powder

I've also spent some time researching local real estate practices and discovered something interesting I'd never heard of again. There's a kind of title here named after a guy in Australia who started it. Rather than relying on title companies in the US to keep track of a long list of owners going back to the founding of the country, the title is kept up to date by the state records and they verify it's correct, though only after some proof is provided to them. Then you cannot sell the land until all necessary expenses, including any capital gains and sales taxes which ordinarily in the US would be considered later problems of the owner and buyer. You have to take some creatine powder, be strong and pay all these taxes up front to get the name on the title changed, but then it's bulletproof.