Good morning Bitcoinland.

Sideways 'r' us... currently $6945USD/$9689CAD (Bitcoinaverage).

This sub-$7k crap is starting to get me down. It's time to move on up.


ftfy
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My heart goes out to my friends and family members in the USA. Even though it's been over 50 years since I lived there, I still feel an affinity for the place. Luckily not all Americans naively swallow their government's propaganda. Stay strong and do your own thinking. Don't go looking for scapegoats.

While the grim statistics show the USA to be the hardest hit and one of the least prepared countries, it is starting to catch up and the daily levels of new cases and daily new deaths seem to be leveling off. The curve is flattening.

Hopefully the worst is almost over. People just need to be more careful and use accepted anti-contagion practices. Don't retreat into denial. The Chinese Snakebite Scam Disease isn't going to "miraculously" disappear no matter what some idiot politician says. Everyone has to work together to defeat it.

LOL

That was hilarious. I know you like to stir the pot with a little "controversy" but that parody of a brainwashed American was brilliant.

Bravo.  
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RIP Bruno

All that says is that 57.3%of the world (4.3B) have internet access (all forms) and 3.8B people (51.8%) use mobile internet.

It doesn't say anything about how many people have SMS access without having internet access. Presumably these would be the ones who would need to use SMS for Bitcoin transactions.
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I guess I'm one of the half billion who doesn't use mobile to access the internet. The only SIM card I have is in my old flip phone. I use wifi to access the internet on my smart phone. Wifi is almost everywhere and is free. A penny saved is a penny earned. Buy a phone with cash and don't pay a penny after that.

Good morning Bitcoinland.

Still under $7k... $6867USD/$9582CAD (Bitcoinaverage).

Slow. Ho hum.


Off grid? SMS isn't exactly off grid, is it?

Also, isn't internet service more widespread than phone service? Where I am in a sparsely populated part of Mexico, we have no landline or cell phone service but internet service is fairly reliable. I have friends in rural Costa Rica in the same situation. Everybody uses Whatsapp to make voice calls here, even businesses.

If you've got access to cellphone service you've probably got internet connectivity.

What am I missing here?
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RIP Bruno

Unfortunately there's no such thing as taking money from the government.

If you take money "from the government" you're not taking it from the politicians and civil servants. You're taking it from the taxpayers.

Of course it may just be money that the central banks printed up, but that causes inflation that eventually puts a hole in the taxpayer's pocket.

The government parasites (politicians and civil servants) still get their money.

American propaganda is long established... George Washington chopped down a cherry tree but owned up 'cause he couldn't tell a lie, so by extension you should always believe what the POTUS (or any other politician) tells you... America single-handedly won WW2 so let's glorify the military-industrial complex with marching parades at football games... and on and on.

Remember, the communists (left wing) learned propaganda from the fascists (right wing).

You have to teach your kids not to trust any of it.

Exactly.

After you've ridden the same roller coaster enough times, the plunge down the hills doesn't scare you as much. You don't scream any more. The tops of the hills don't seem so high any more. You don't gasp. Even when you pass the bottom and start going up again, it's no longer quite as exhilarating. You learn to quietly enjoy the entire ride and the wind in your face.

As the Swiss dude in the video pointed out, after a while at sea, you don't notice the swells any more. You don't get seasick. You get your sea legs, stroll comfortably on deck, and enjoy the cruise.

Actually the biggest problem with closing down schools and using only home schooling is social development.

Sure, the 3 Rs and history are better taught at home and avoiding government propaganda and political "correctness" is a good thing, but it's easy for children to get indoctrinated in the culture of their parents to the point of not being aware of the diversity outside their families.

They have to learn and see first-hand how other people live and think.

Cultural inbreeding is not a good thing.

Good morning Bitcoinland.

Nasty little dip down under $7k... currently $6915USD/$9661CAD (Bitcoinaverage).

Back down to where we were 4 days ago. Good thing we've got lots of time.


While we're at it, give them all identical haircuts, make them wear uniforms, take away their cellphones and "educate" them as to which products they should buy.  

Before 2013 the only real exchange was Mtgox.

Even Mtgox only goes back to July 2010 when it was under a dime.

October 7, 2010 had a nice dip... all the way down to a penny and right back up. Less than a month later it was up to half a buck.

Those were the days. Wish I'd been there instead of just reading about it. 

Good morning Bitcoinland.

Still going sideways over $7k despite an attempt to dip the price... currently $7337USD/$10266CAD (Bitcoinaverage).

Meanwhile the clock keeps ticking. Go Bitcoin go.


Strange strategy... putting 100% of your wealth into a commodity that's going to crash. 
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Play it safe. Stay well. Stay positive. Stay happy.

The halving is coming. Eventually Covid-19 will  be leaving.

Good afternoon Bitcoinland.

I see we're still over $7k... currently $7340USD/$10322CAD (Bitcoinaverage).

Bouncy bouncy.


Yeah. It's constantly changing. Back then Yonge St. was where it was happening. By the 1980s it had moved to Queen St.W. Now the action's south of King St.

Everything has turned upside down. St. James Town went from being a desirable address for successful young professionals to being a subsidized-rent high-rise welfare slum. What were semi-abandoned low-rent warehouses full of artists and musicians are now overpriced "loft" condominiums. In another couple of decades they'll probably be slums too. Of course I don't mean nasty crime-infested slums like they have in the suburbs like Scarboro-ugh or Jane & Finch, but not up to the standards of the inner city.

Parkdale morphed from crackwhores and pimps to art galleries, antique shops and boutiques. Kensington Market is no longer a place for immigrants to buy cheap food and clothing. Gentrification has raised the rents so high that most of the cheap butchers, fishmongers and greengrocers have been replaced by high-end specialty butchers and exotic food shops and restaurants. The artists, musicians and writers are still hanging in though. Residential rent controls have allowed them to stay.
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I've always been a downtowner. I find the suburbs incredibly boring. I hate lawns, malls, identical houses, trimmed hedges and all the other trappings of restriction, conformity and normalcy. Don't get me wrong. There's nothing wrong with that stuff for other people but it ain't for me. We downtowners talk about getting nosebleeds north of Bloor St.

I also love the wilderness. Give me the forest or jungle. I dislike small towns almost as much as the burbs. I'm a dual citizen... country slicker and city bumpkin. Most of my life I've split my time between both. I love huge crowds and I love solitude. I love access to world-class arts, entertainment, sports, goods and activities. I also love the fauna and flora of nature.

I hate boredom.

Nope. No burgers in Krishnaland. They do give out weird vegan crap though.

Back in the early 1970s I answered an ad in the Bargain Hunter Press (later called Buy and Sell) for a P.A. amp at an incredible price. It was only a little over a block from our house on Gerrard near Jarvis but I didn't realize until I got there that it was the Krishna "Temple".

I double checked the ad to make sure the address was right and knocked on the door. The air was filled with incense, chants and the jingling of little bells. Some dude in saffron robes invited me in and immediately started to try to indoctrinate me.

I explained I was there for the P.A. amp they'd advertised. I realized some poor sucker had relinquished his worldly goods to the "church", including a Bogen 100W PA amplifier. Saffron Robe Dude was now worked up to a fever pitch trying to get my cash and sign me up. Maybe he thought he could get me to relinquish it after I'd paid for it. Get twice the mileage out of the classified ad and maybe sell it to someone else.

I asked for a receipt and when he came back with a receipt book he was also carrying some kind of weird seed-cake wafers which he offered to me as "food". I tasted it to be polite, thanked him, grabbed the P.A. and got the fuck out of there. The P.A. worked great until it was stolen from a bar we played in.

Ain't religion grand?

Let me guess. Jehovah's Witness? Scientologist? Hairless Krishna? Southern Baptist?

 

Quit my last employee job to travel and play music full-time.

Good morning Bitcoinland.

I see we're still over $7k and creeping upward... currently $7407USD/$10350CAD (Bitcoinaverage).

Onward and upward... go Bitcoin go.


Thanx Marcus. What a what to start my day.

The guy thinks so much the way I do, it's scary. Every time the interviewer asked a clueless question, he calmly answered it clearly and logically. He has his priorities straight.

One thing I couldn't help but notice was that the interviewer kept mentioning and asking about Ethereum and "Crypto" but his answers were always strictly about Bitcoin. The guy gets it.

My favorite snippet... comparing Bitcoin's volatility to sealegs... after a while you don't even notice the tossing of the waves.

People would do well to listen to what he considers wealth... friends, family and health. As he says, that nice-looking watch won't seem so important on your deathbed. He also realizes that there's a huge difference between not having enough money and having enough, while the difference between having enough and being rich isn't all that much. He also realizes that if you're doing what you love, you're already retired. I figured that out in 1976.

Thanks again for bringing that ray of sunshine to my day. I'll be sending the link to many.

Buenos Dias Bitcoinland.

Nice to be over $7.2k again... currently $7220USD/$10187CAD (Bitcoinaverage).

No need for fear. Just play it smart, be careful and take safety precautions.

Oh yeah, go Bitcoin go.

Chart Buddy wasn't banned. RichyT had a falling out with Theymos in the Block Size Wars and packed up and moved to the "other forum" (same one Adam went to) taking Chart Buddy with him.

Stinkin' hot today.
Thirty seven in the shade
But that is okay.

We've got a lovely
Working air conditioner
Keeping us chilled out.

The beer is ice cold...
Modelo Barrilito.
Lucky to get it.

Let's be positive.
Play it safe and quarantine.
Life's good. Thanks Bitcoin.
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Edit: Just noticed this is my 6666th post. Cheers to all the numerologists, metal freaks and adolescent boys here.