As I understand it, mask are not worn for health reasons, but to keep reminding people that a minor epidemic is being escalated by the banking elite to bring down the economies of the world. Mask do do any good, especially when you see the way people are using them. They are virus stores, and can be seen littered around the car parks. You breath out to get rid of waste gases and toxins, and forcing people to re-breath their exhaled breath is obviously not healthy. Of course they need to keep the panic going whilst they create their poisonous vaccines. They will be useless, and will continue to make people dependent on the pharma companies for their imuinity. What a waste of money.

I missed my date of birth merit count. I was born in 1942, and I was going to make a joking post about the Dorian Gray effect of merit increasing making you younger. Oh well. I'll have to think of something else.

I'm becoming more and more interested in diet, and the carrots reference was a bit of a joke.  Well carrots contain lutein and beta carotein, and both are antioxidents that can improve eye health, but there is more to it than that. If you are sitting in front of a screen for long period, don't start at it solidly, but look out of a window frequently, and focus on trees and houses in the distance. Get up and walk around now and then to give yourself a break.

btw the first "computer" I worked on was an IBM 421, and that was a tabulator with a plug board.  You programmed it by plugging wires into the pug boards, and this controlled the sequence of operations, and use of accumulators and print operations. Data was stored on punched cards of course.

Thanks for all the kind words, but I'm surprised by the surprise. I gather that current life expectancy should be around 120 at the moment, so I've just hit middle age. Diet, sleep, hydration, and the avoidance of smoking all pharmaceutical and recreational drug, exercise, and hydration are important to a healthy life.sex is important as well ( doing it, not identity ).

I might start a diet thread in serious discussion.

Well don't forget that I am a Gemini, so if you split my age between both personalities, then I'm only 39.

Churchill was great to pull the country together in the last world war, but was onother who wanted to integrate The US and Britain again. Cecil Rhodes was another. They all worked to expand the modern British empire into an anglophone empire. Now that the EU has serfved its purpose, and is obviously no longer viable, I believe that the Anglophones are going to shove it under the bus, and build the Five Eyes into its replacement.

Wisdom doesn't always come with age. Experience, and how you have learnt from it is more important. Just think how many car drivers are rubbish after 50 years of driving, and they still don't know why cars have gearboxes, or the difference between under steer and over steer.

Biological age is the most important. Chronological age is only useful when you want to claim your pension. I don't know about spiritual age. I started out as a Catholic, had a brief look at Satanism, and then became an agnostic. I guess now I am a cross between Buddhism and Wicca.

683 is a good age - what's the secret in keeping your skin so supple?

The only reason that you can't teach an old dog new tricks is if the dog gives up on learning. Where I have found difficulties is in exploring some of the latest developments. Things that were very advanced when I was at school, have now become part of a basic education. However, many of the basics are no longer taught, and people now assume that things just work without understanding why.

Another thing is that I have become interested in the origins of the so called deep state, and I've tracked it back to the Knights Templar. It's probably a bit easier for me, as I have spent a lot of time in regions where their history has been preserved. Most people today just dismiss this as conspiracy theory with no foundation.

We build our own cages. I hope that I have managed to escape from mine.

It should be left to the mother to decide. What should be banned is the vaccination of babies. This creates cripples and a population with impaired immunity, and this is a far more serious crime in my opinion.

It is a small desktop computer with an SSD, and it hasn't been powered up since it was left out in the rain. I think the guy was going to dump it anyway, as he has bought a new machine. I haven't found a USB keyboard so far, and I'm not sure if it has bluetooth. I've got a bluetooth keyboard to use with my mobile.

I guess the answer is to power it up, and see if I can do some basic exploring with just a mouse.

Man is an omnivore, and I believe that vegetarians have dietary deficiencies. If I was in a country that banned the sale of meat, then I would eat road kill.

I don't wear glasses or contact lenses if that is what you mean. Perhaps I eat carrots, and that is the answer.

Can I operate the internet? My problem at the moment comes from the restrictions imposed by some WiFi providers, and tethering can cause some security conflicts. Now that I have more of an office environment available, I will switch to Kali and SSDs in preparation for the installation of solar power. I've been a bit myopic as a Bitcoin maximalist, and I need to do a bit more research in some of the recent alts. I'd like to revive the crypto con tree project as well, that never really got started.

Last month I has my 78th birthday, is there anyone here who is older than me. I can still remember snatches from the air raids in the second world war, and it is interesting how some things make such an impression on children's minds.

Obviously I have a lot of friends who are over sixty, and not many seem to be able to understand the concept of virtual assets, even when I cite the examples of stories, and fiat currencies.

I'm back on the notebook in Morrison'd cafe, and I've got a power socket. The netbook is fine for social posting, but it is a bit restrictive for web site maintenance. Things have changed now. There is a restricted menu, and the tables have plastic partitions between them, and tables are for groups of two of four. Only one person from a party is allowed to pay as well. There are only half as many tables as before, and not many people are using the restaurant at the moment, which is just as well, as there are only 2 staff members to do everything.

Most other places are take away only, and Costa only accept contactless payments, so that blows them out for me. I'll never use contactless, and I modified the one card I had when the bank refused to provide a non-contactless card. I drilled a small hole through the connection to the aerial inside the card. Things are still a bit paranoid, as you have to ask for a serviette. This is in case somebody has touched it before you get it, although the gloveless staff hand you your serviettes.

I'll explore a few others, as I believe Wetherspoon's is now open for coffee, but I think they have a more complex system for ordering and payment. I think I read that you have to install their app, and pay with your phone. That another place that I won't be able to use.

One of the staff memebers has just tripped over the base of one of the lane barriers that they are using. She crashed down whilst carrying a pile of trays, but doesn't seem to have any serious injuries. It shows that there is far more collateral damage as a result of the misguided restrictions that government's are imposing on business and the public. The coronavirus is a fairly minor virus infection - I believe it is ranked at 36 in the severity list, The banker's desire to use it to crash economies and fiat currencies are the real problems, and seem to be taking more lives than the virus.

I'd like to reemphasise that this is a brand new item that had not been initialised, and therefor had no coins or seeds associated with it.

I have a Lenovo M58 computer that was left out in the rain, and I will experiment with reviving this, and if possible I will install Kali and the shape shift software. The computer has been drying out over the last month, and if I can find a USB keyboard, I'll experiment with it during the next few days.

I hope that my experience will not discourage members to continue to run contests, and to allow the international awarding of prizes. At the end of the day, I've got a great product to test, and the inconveniences have been fairly minor.

Thanks for all the replies, and maybe it is time for a summary to bring back the thread focus.

I'm a Bitcoin maximalist, and I only use the wallet in a full node. I'm aware that this is a bit of a limited perspective, and that is why I was pleased to be awarded a hardware wallet. There are many wallets available now, and I don't know much about them, so this is a great chance for me to get some hands on experience of the concept. I'm particularly pleased with this one, as it is integrated with ShapeShift, and it would appear that I can use the wallet to accept a variety of cryptos and convert them into a long term Bitcoin holding. This is great for my domain name sales business. It is also important to state thart there are no coin transfers associated with this prize. I am also grateful to ChiBitCTy for his help in this matter.

The interesting topics ( to me ) that have come out of this thread are
- The use of a hardware wallet to create an effective physical coin for cryptos.
- The government interest in cross border transfers of cryptos
- The use of a hardware wallet for coin transfers without using the internet.

When I have sorted out the system I want to use, I'll start a few threads about this. They will be a bit different from the normal as they will have a nomadic perspective.

I didn't think of that. You wouldn't mistake it for a usb stick, but it could be a small ssd. I looked at the customs declaration, and it describes the content as electronic documents, and that could have got them interested.

I'm not too bothered about it being stolen, or somebody trying to crack it, as I think I keep my systems fairly secure. I'm probably going to use Kali as the OS with it for various reasons not related to the wallet. I like the association with Shape Shift, and I hope that I can use it to help me sell domain names for a variety of cryptos, and to convert those to Bitcoin for long term savings.

Part of the initialisation process is to upgrade the software, and hopefully that would clear any tampering. I think it unlikely that the device has been modified though, and I can't see the customs being very excited by anything that I do.

85% of the population have natural immunity to the bankers' virus, and a further 10% recover after treatment. All causes deaths are down during the period of the virus, and I gather more people die from suicide than from the virus, and that is why I call it the bankers' virus.

With regards to Satoshi - I gather he is working on a new variant of the blockchain using a double helix. It will not require electricity, but will derive its energy from shredded plastic bottles.

Thanks for all the comments and suggestions, and this is what I believe happened.

The wallet was sent P2p, and not from a recognised supplier. I suspect this raised a red flag, and customs decided to investigate. The local depot didn't have the resources for this, so they sent it away for analysis. The bankers virus probably slowed down this process, which is why it ended up taking 4 months to deliver. I understand that it is easy to send Bitcoin via the blockchain, but this leaves a permanent record. Using a loaded wallet for a money transfer is closer to a cash payment, and doesn't leave any record of the transaction. Maybe wallets with viewable balances, but secure withdrawals will become the cash of the future.

I think the wallet is interesting, especially as it has a possible integration with shape shift, and this could be useful for me when selling domain names. I'm really pleased to have received this for experimentation, and I'll let you guys know how I get on with it. I set it up on a different computer, and see if somebody here will sell a small amount of crypto to load on it. For various reasons, this may take me a week or so to set up though.

I'm not too bothered about the police of MI5 checking on me. Although I am experimenting as a digital nomad, this doesn't mean that I reject the laws and infrastructure of the country. Good luck if they want to check on me though, as it was delivered to a friends address, and he relies on his daughter ( at a different address) for any computing stuff that he needs to do.

Thanks for the comments on Keep Key, and it sounds as if I should start with just 0.01 Bitcoin. My node is out of sync at the moment, so it might be a while before I can do the transfer, or maybe I will experiment with an out of sync node just for the knowledge.

Well that is interesting. I thought I would read the getting started manual, but Morrisons has blocked the keep key site. Morrisons is the supermarket providing the WiFi, and they seem to be anti Bitcoin and crypto. They do allow me to access Bitcoin Talk however.

Thanks for the congrats.

The wallet is a keep key, and I can't check on anything atm, as I am in a supermarket car park waiting for an Amazon delivery. The indications are that the product was brand new on dispatch, and I take the point about a possible compromising of the security. Maybe I should do a factory reset before I start to use it. When I get the chance, I'l move a small amount onto it - maybe 0.1 Bitcoin . I'll start a review thread, and tell people what I think about the concept, and its ease of use for digital nomads.At the moment I've got mildly positive opinions, and I hope that will be justified.

As some of you know, I won a hardware wallet in a recent competition here in Bitcoin Talk. That was 4 months ago. The wallet was dispatched promptly following the announcement of the results, but I have only just received it. The wallet was contained in a (probably) sealed box supplied by the manufacturer, and double bagged for dispatch. I received the package in a Royal Mail bag which declared that the packaging had been damaged before entering the UK.Both of the bags had been ripped open and not resealed, and the security tab on the box was missing.

My suspicion is that the package was picked up in a scan, and sent for analysis to check for possible money laundering. Sending a loaded wallet is obviously a way to transfer funds with them being recorded on the blockchain. I haven't used any hardware wallets, so I'm wondering how easy it is for government agencies to check for stored Bitcoin in the wallet.