Qld 14 - NSW 6 at half time in the Women's State of Origin being played in Townsville tonight.
💵🥳
Queensland has to win by more than eight to not just win game two but also take the series.
Can they do it? The second half is just beginning... 🤔
Yea was trying to follow the scoring at work, It was looking good for them at half time but ended up losing the game but winning the series! This is great for Queensland Rugby and all who support it! I read this article after the game > https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/state-of-origin/blues-win-the-battle-qld-wins-the-war-as-hosts-claim-womens-origin-glory-despite-game-2-loss/news-story/0054554fc476d4a553aa113bcbe2f798Its all very positive for the womens game with record numbers of spectators. North Queensland lived up to its reputation as a rugby league heartland, shattering
the crowd attendance record for a Women’s State of Origin match with 18,275 at
Queensland Country Bank Stadium to witness the spectacle. Overall its been a fantastic series for the Maroons but an equally dissapointing one for the Blues! |
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@Strongkored: Struff seems the better value for me against countryman, watched Zverev at RG when he bowed out and wasn't impressed, he does seem to benefit from his lanky figure and maybe an advantage on grass? Aaand, Tsitsi does it again (or doesn't do it again). cryptofrka mentioned elsewhere that he isn't to be trusted on grass, but it's a meek, meek outing from him anyway. Actually had the gall to pick him for a finalist elsewhere on BSFL (you guys who're active here but not there keen on that?) but fortunately for me, him losing didn't matter for me. So much for trying to be smart. Beginning to think it might be wise to put a few quid here and there against Alcaraz and Djoko now... Tsitsipas - ah man are you still betting on him? he is waay too unpredictible.
Alcaraz is playing Lehecka shortly today, he is actually looking quite good on grass so far at Queens and its mostly top seeded players left, Fritz, Rune, Norrie, Musetti and de Minaur who has nearly beaten Schwartzman so there are still a few contenders for the title. Musetti plays Rune tomorrow, really hope he can beat the Dane. |
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It was Michael Saylor who made me aware of the fact that Gold is not as scarce as I would
have previously thought.
Its kind of like the demand drives supply. As demand increases and new technology is
developed new Gold reserves are found and its able to be extracted.
Gold is used in applications such as the Space industry, medical and electronics as well
as decorative.
Bitcoin is deflationary, coins get permanently locked and forgotten through human error and
of course it has a cap of 21,000,000.
Slowly but surely people are and will realise this advantage Bitcoin has.
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Congrats to you Queenslander Rugby Fans!! Great win by Queensland in the second test
blowing NSW out of the park 32-6
I totally missed it - I would have and should have put a bet on Queensland . . .
NRL - Round 17
I'll make a few bets I think, Warriors to beat the Dragons @ 1.44
Eels to beat the Dolphins @ 1.44
Broncos to beat the Titals @ 1.36
Re: the Eels, amazing how they all of a sudden from last week are in the top 8, I said it before
they will probably reach the GF after such a torrid start to the season.
Great to see the Broncos on top also, and hopefully they can remain there after R17
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I am auctioning 2 lots of Polymerbit notes
LOT 1 - 1/10 Serial# A277 This was limited to 1000 notes and was the first note but not the first project
produced by Polymerbit. Supplied with Hologram and dedicated holder 
LOT 2 - Mystery Note No.1 Serial# A191 I'm not sure how many of these were printed but they marked a new era of Polymerbit
design with new paper and special UV accents
I never got a hologram with the mystery note - not sure if they were supplied with them or not?? 
STARTING BID PER LOT: 0.0005MINIMUM BID INCREMENT PER LOT: 0.0002BTC>>Bids limited to 4 decimal places please<< END TIME: Monday June 26th, 2023, 19:00 GMTSniping: Any bid per lot made in last 5 minutes will extend the auction 5 minutes beyond the ending time for each lot Payment: Bitcoin BTC Postage: By Registered mail only ~$10 but to be determined |
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I see that some people are vehemently against this, I see it as more the merrier.
Even if they are not good investment products for people, at a surface glance it shows others that Bitcoin can be a good investment.
Some people don't agree with BTC being investment but rather it should always be used for trade or something else that is more of an individual view.
I am a firm believer in not your keys not your coins, but and this is a big important *but* there are many people that don't have a clue about technology don't have a clue about investing and a host of other things. They could be brilliant pilot or and amazing auto mechanic or any of hundreds of other occupations, yet they could barely get to Chase to do their online banking. For them, having to explain how to them do it properly is probably more daunting than figuring out how to remove your own appendix.
With products like this, all they have to do it put in some money and click buy.
-Dave
I would probably be of the same thinking as yourself. With a Bitcoin ETF being a possible investment tool it can mean an easier route into Bitcoin investing for people who otherwise wouldnt or dont want to have to learn all the technicalities of owning it outright. There will always be pure Bitcoiners and some who like and ETF fund are prepared to HODL long term. So yea "the more the merrier" |
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On this Summer Solstice I would like to wish you a belated HAPPY BIRTHDAY mr. Cash!
Its great to have a semiOff-gridder and someone with a vast life experience knocking around
the BCT Boards, you represent the diverse group of regular posters here on the forum.
🎂
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berrettini retired from Queen's Club Championship! The former winner of Wimbledon has not been able to play this tournament. Bad news for him and all supporters. It seems the player has hit a loong streak of defeat and retirements. Now he is at 34 place in ATP (last place was 21th). I think this an interesting data for all gamblers. First of all, he is now in bad shape so it's could be interested bet against him. Secondly, when he will come back to play as usual, this can be a bargain chance... But... we don't know "when"... so let's wait. Interesting fact  (like we have seen with Tsitsi)... he starts to play bad after he has get officially linked to "Melissa Satta" a famous italian starlet. over at Queens - Murray will be playing de Minaur today, thats a tough draw for him but I think the markets really dont know, the odds are even really, 1.86 to 1.88... I think I will make a bet on Murray, he is playing in good form ATM. Tiafoe also plays today in an easy enough draw against Van de Zandschulp, he should win this one at 1.45. Both were disappointing. Andy Murray who had been with his consecutive wins have lost to de Minaur 6-3 6-1 in a much easier way, kind of one sided game. The young player of Australia have defeated Andy Murray during the Monte Carlo Masters in the same way. Tiafoe have made it a winning match against Van de Zandschulp 6-2 6-4. Tiafoe to play against his home country player Korda in the group of 16. Winning the match makes him reach the quarter finals where the competence will be at its best. Yea Queens is a big step up from Challenger level, which is where Murray is currently at, luckily I didnt bet on him today. I did bet on Tiafoe though, it was an easy enough win today for him, van de Zandschulp is really not performing well this year. Tiafoe should beat Korda tomorrow even though Korda is building his performance but I think he still has a bit more to go. |
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World economic depression would as everyone has stated affect Bitcoin, nothing would
escape a depression but it wouldnt spell the end of Bitcoin despite what fudsters would say
As finances would become affected there would be a high chance of people having to
liquidate Bitcoin and other assets in order to mitigate the affects of a recession, as an
example of an instance that would affect Bitcoin.
I would like to think that Bitcoin would recover quickly and possibly quicker than anything else...
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berrettini retired from Queen's Club Championship! The former winner of Wimbledon has not been able to play this tournament. Bad news for him and all supporters. It seems the player has hit a loong streak of defeat and retirements. Now he is at 34 place in ATP (last place was 21th). I think this an interesting data for all gamblers. First of all, he is now in bad shape so it's could be interested bet against him. Secondly, when he will come back to play as usual, this can be a bargain chance... But... we don't know "when"... so let's wait. Interesting fact (like we have seen with Tsitsi)... he starts to play bad after he has get officially linked to "Melissa Satta" a famous italian starlet. So is Berrettini still recovering from injury, os is just not fit or is he massively distracted with . . . other things?
over at Queens - Murray will be playing de Minaur today, thats a tough draw for him but I think the markets really dont know, the odds are even really, 1.86 to 1.88... I think I will make a bet on Murray, he is playing in good form ATM. Tiafoe also plays today in an easy enough draw against Van de Zandschulp, he should win this one at 1.45. |
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Nice collection and welcome to the forum!
I assume these are just a flavour of the collection. Those Silver Dollars are probably
the pick of what you have posted and that Austro-Hungarian imperial coin too.
As for the Euro coins they would have to be uncirculated with low mintage to be worth
more than their face value, there were just so many minted through the years, with
some years of various countries being lower mintages than others. Coins from the Vatican
and countries like Monaco or San Marino are always good.
Generally speaking old Silver and Gold coins will be the ones getting the most attention.
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My best friend is a farmer and has officially been tested to have an IQ of 149!
High IQ is not a necessity but its important to have people who have a high rank,
Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, Nikola Tesla, Isaac Newton and maybe
Satoshi Nakamoto had all high IQ and look what they have contributed to our
lives but could they cook well, or create their own clothes or create beautiful
artworks? probably not.
Everyone has a talent high IQ or not and not everyone can do everything to a high
standard even if they know the theory.
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Congratulations to Andy Murray on winning the tournament in Nottingham! Andy Murray won the Nottingham Open for back-to-back grass-court titles to maintain a perfect Wimbledon build-up.
A week after victory in the Surbiton Trophy, the 36-year-old hoisted more silverware with a 6-4 6-4 victory over France's Arthur Cazaux in Nottingham.Source: https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/65943406It's great to see that Andy Murray, after so many injuries and after not playing for so long, is not giving up and is still trying to play at the highest level. After this victory, he will enter the top 40 tennis players in the world. His biggest prize will be a performance at the upcoming Wimbledon, although his chances of a big result at Wimbledon are probably very small. I wonder how long we will see tennis masters like him or Nadal on the court. Much expected win. This have helped him move few ranks high on the world tennis rank list. Young players are dominating the court and it is really hard for him to win more matches. However his thoughts and staying positive at this age with much of injuries and recovery breaks shows his love to tennis. A good win and congratulations. I'm not sure how it happened, but it was said that the kids of Andy Murray have come to the match to give him a father's day support and wishing him the same. Really great!!! Yes great win by Andy and he got it done in 2 sets as well. If you aren sure how it happened, Andy has found some tournaments which align with his level of tennis and capabilities and thats Challenger level. I think he said somewhere very recently that all he wants is to win tournaments and has realised that its not going to happen on the ATP circuit. Some people are talking him up a bit for Wimbledon because he has won bact to back Challenger titles but he need favourable draws to get through the rounds. |
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Rugby UnionTOP 14 FINAL - Toulouse 29 - 26 La Rochele With jst a few minutes to go and Toulouse trailing La Rochelle 22 - 26 Romain Ntamack scores a try on the 78th minute and converts to take the lead with next to no time for La Rochelle to score. From 8.26 on this youtube video you can see the try, brilliant individual try beating the La Rochelle defense > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PazJHlmEa38Pity for La Rochelle and our bets Timelord! not to complete the double 
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So, my Stuttgart prediction worked and there will be a Tiafoe v Struff final. Against all odds, I think Struff is going to win the title. I won't be betting on this match though, it should be pretty close and it's a risky bet.
Great performance from Struff so far this year. In Madrid he was surprisingly in the final and had a good performance against Alcarez. And also in this tournament in Stuttgart he came back many times and deserved to reach the final. I also think it will be a close match against Tiafoe. Yes, it will be close, Tiafoe is slight favourite I guess from being seeded in 3rd spot but my bet is on Struff @ 1.97 based obviously on his performance and being the "home player". Over at Nottingham, Murray already has the first set playing Casaux, he should win this really. It must be a treat for these challenger players to be playing a multi GS winner and former #1! |
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More than a week has gone past without a single vote or comment having been made, so it's time to call it for option two 2: Turn imgur images into links - 51 (54.8%) Time to lock the thread as there are other threads which canvas the topics being discussed here. I think that is probably the best solution even if it isn't the one I voted for. Mostly, I don't want to download any software and I don't think it makes sense for end users to do anything. The amount of man hours that would be wasted by so many people each having to individually solve this issue would be a shocking waste of time. Sure, having the images just transferred to talkimg would be the best solution for end users, but it would require trusting another service not to do the same thing as imgur. Replacing with links seems to be the least time consuming solution that would also not add additional points of failure. I'll be glad when it's done. I voted for this option purely because it seems like the best solution and it means there will be no need anyone to back track through all their links to fix the errors which would indeed be such a waste of time. Personally if I had used IMGUR in the past I wouldnt even bother going back to fix the errors and I'm sure there are others who would feel te same. The benefit I see with talkimg.com is that it was created by an active user of the Forum ( joker_josue ) specifically for the Forum to use and is relying on what I would call meager donations to maintain the website, but is not asking for any other payment in kind for their services to actually run the site. Already there is an "unofficial" support person ( TryNinja ) who created a script to assist port images URL's in posts. While that might not be everyone's cup of tea trusting scripts it's help which again has been done without being asked, or paid for.
Kudos to both I say.
Absolutely, this is really the best solution and option for hosting images going forward. The fact that it is run by active members 2 of the forum is a massive benefit. |
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Anyone interested in purchasing from the remaining number of copies can now avail
of the discounted rates I am offering in order to clear these last number of books.
$14 $10 per book + postage
Discounted Postage (with tracking)
1 book – EU $10 $8 | USA, Canada, India & Pakistan $12 $10 | South America, New Zealand & Australia $14 $12
2 books – EU $12 $9 | USA, Canada, India & Pakistan $15 $12.50 | South America, New Zealand & Australia $18 $14
Also as above you will get a ticket for a raffle for the test printed book and with every sale
comes some limited edition stickers!
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These stickers are going to be rare. I wonder how many people actually took advantage of their offer. Probably very little
...and how many of those didnt peel and stick them as they were intended? So no doubt these will come up again in an auction/raffle thread in the future here in the Collectibles board. |
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Pretty much as everyone has stated the common problem in achieving an equal society
is the inclusion of Humans. We are all different with different goals, needs and
requirements. Its just too simple to say social equality is achievable.
I would say the only time humans had social equality was during the time of the early
hunter gatherers, there was only very simple goals, food, warmth and shelter.
In an effort to live a life some people do better than others and have different capabilities,
work harder than others and have greater goals than others which results in greater
rewards for different people.
"Great idea; wrong species" - American biologist E. O. Wilson. Wealth distribution sounds great until it applies to humans who are incapable of working in perfect unison with respect to wealth generation. The amount of work someone does must be proportional to the wealth someone generates -- with communism it's easy for someone's work to be disproportionate to the wealth generated. Now, if you're an ant on a farm -- and all your programed to do is work in unison, communism looks feasible. Not even during the hunter gatherer era was there equality, such a concept didn't exist. I was thinking that there was little to separate each group of hunter gatherers, simple tools, simple clothing and simple shelter. The sole purpose was to sustain that simple life. It could be compared to those Ants... In developed countries life is very complicated and is predominantly driven by seeking wealth and trying to progress so everyone is on a slightly different path to others which doesnt go too well for an equal society. |
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