Posted: Apr 05, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: April 5 Ali Neustaedter, left, and Lachlan McCurdy, right, each have their own unique pandemic projects to help pass time.(Submitted by Ali Neustaedter and Lachlan McCurdy) With more time on their hands thanks to repetitive lockdowns and the monotony of virtual school, some Ottawa teens have decided to get creative with pandemic projects. For 14-year-old Lachlan McCurdy, it all started last September with a Pokemon card. "Quarantine was feeling very, very dry," he said. "Like nothing was happening." McCurdy turned to TikTok, where he came across a video of someone who'd traded their way up to a house starting with a red paper clip — a social experiment that's been going on in various forms for more than a decade.