I started selling a little to raise funds for a down payment. Blew right through my limit sell at 52,888. I've been selling some covered calls expiring Friday since then. All told most of my net worth is still in bitcoin (and magic cards) but wouldn't mind a little dip for Friday call expiration.
I wish you luck with a little dip, but it sometimes comes when people are asleep (in US, at least). A sell like this I would have done myself (if i was in this situation), or maybe I would have sold some 'oscillator', who knows. Could be an 'expensive' house later on, though, but everyone needs residence. Anybody care to tell me where US based person can trade cough-eth-cough options? I want to play a potential downside without "shorting" it. |
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BTW why do the U.S. Republican Party use the color red?  Because in the 2000 election, left-wing media didn't want the democrats associated with the color of communism. Before that, colors were assigned pretty arbitrarily. not a place for political discussion, it is not fb or twitter, but you do you. Personally, I respect all hodlers, no matter their political leaning (to a degree, of course as roachie, ibian and trabeck-null were outliers, obviously). However, let's focus on bitcoin, markets (with a sprinkle of shitcoin bashing), titties and gender identities (for luls)...in this order. I wouldn't call Ibian an outlier. that's just a personal opinion, but I digress. |
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BTW why do the U.S. Republican Party use the color red? Because in the 2000 election, left-wing media didn't want the democrats associated with the color of communism. Before that, colors were assigned pretty arbitrarily. not a place for political discussion, it is not fb or twitter, but you do you. Personally, I respect all hodlers, no matter their political leaning (to a degree, of course, as roachie, ibian and trabeck-null were outliers, obviously). However, let's focus on bitcoin, markets (with a sprinkle of shitcoin bashing), memes, titties and gender identities (for luls)...in this order. |
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if someone (he) calls himself a bunny and shows a female face as their avatar, that's just not nice as far as gender identity signaling is concerned, but, whatever, Jayjuangee could be a female too, for all I know. However, I found a reason for my thinking about bunnies and females (apart from that english link): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playboy_BunnyPlayboy bunnies got stuck in my head...that's why. Those bunnies were not men for sure. However, I would henceforth refer to @JJG as 'she' to balance the equation...The "lady" doth protest too much, methinks. I will henceforth refer to Biodom as stalled.  girl, please arrive at a point that has any significance. |
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OT: Me observing the second GME short squeeze/ bubble thingy...  Is that happening again? Looks like it is over again (from $347 to $216 today). There is something funny about this stock...lol. I am so happy that wsb does not care about bitcoin. |
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If you cross reference all of this criteria, you'll find that it narrows it down to about a half dozen states at most.
This is fun stuff. I would personally place a high value on a functioning government: The recent experience in Texas pointed out that you can have a wonderfully independent rancho apocalypse that insulates you from government stupidity however it puts you on a high value target list for your freezing and starving neighbors. I prefer to live in an area where I don't have to evaluate my neighbors based on their caloric content. Mostly because that's a lot of un-needed stress. I'm pretty sure the Texans didn't kill and eat each other during the blackout. true, but we lost 58 people, which is 58 more that we should have. One curveball I'll throw out is that due to the pandemic people are fleeing the big cities leaving apartments and condos at extremely low prices. Just from an investment standpoint it may be wise to buy something downtown New York in the heart of tyranny. <snip>
It ain't happening to the extent that prices are precipitously lower. If they are or will be-I am up for a NY apartment (instead of previously discussed London). NY will stay NY, "tyranny" or not. OT: Me observing the second GME short squeeze/ bubble thingy... hopefully it would be above $350 soon, so my adventurous progeny can sell his small bag (more like a purse). EDIT: he he...market "knows" his price-dropped like a hot potato from $347 to $216 248ish. |
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wen $2 tril?
asking for a friend
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Well hello there 53K, long time no see.  first class example of a classical sashay, i love a good sashay. almost now from a lost time of chivalry when seduction used to be more subtle, yet more sensual. Is that a condom machine on the wall behind her? Wall Observers don’t use protection. "she" was on the Gents toilet!  In the spirit of International Women's Day (March 8th for those who may not know) I'm going to wade in on this. While this ravishing porn star does demonstrate a fine example of sashay, she was not in the men's washroom and that is not a condom machine. The device in the background is for dispensing feminine hygiene products; one side is for napkins (pads) and the other for tampons. Now it's time for a good-ole bat-slapping:  Take that! I did not know that uncovered titties are allowed here...well, covered with btc, I guess. you rascal...a sudden boner not nonwithstanding  |
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@LFC_Bitcoin final result 3-1 and final at Southampton. In case you're wondering how to be a great host, avoid green top! Barcelona-PSG is a tad more exciting Btw, Juve is selling Ronaldo in the summer for sure (Inter Miami? either that or some lesser club in Europe, I don't think it would be PSG). Maybe selling for btc, lol. It would be a first. If any of the players (or their agent) had a bit of forward thinking (like Russell Okung), it would have been done already last summer or this January. |
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Miami has lots of stripclubs (or so I have heard).
You are a stalled girl.. haven't you gotten the memo? bunnies are girls. But then there are hurricanes.  At the moment with this Covid shite I'm getting bored with the reliance on the internet and not being able to do much else where I live. Having said that, this last year has clearly demonstrated where growth will be and what we as humans will prioritise and can't do without. Certainly Bitcoin and probably not more stripclubs. focus ur lil selfie.. . girls no thinkie 'bout stripclubs..!!!!!!  if someone (he) calls himself a bunny and shows a female face as their avatar, that's just not nice as far as gender identity signaling is concerned, but, whatever, Jayjuangee could be a female too, for all I know. However, I found a reason for my thinking about bunnies and females (apart from that english link): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playboy_BunnyPlayboy bunnies got stuck in my head...that's why. Those bunnies were not men for sure. However, I would henceforth refer to @JJG as 'she' to balance the equation...The "lady" doth protest too much, methinks. |
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We are probably all (or mostly) benevolent "buns" here, but, somehow, girls feel like it is a "dark forest" (see prior discussion) and don't want to acknowledge the gender.
I remember once or twice someone did (I rather not name nicks because I could be 100% wrong).
Oh, well, it is of no importance, we are all bitcoiners first anyway, but I am curious as of how many bitcoiners are females.
It used to be 1-2%, but now probably 10-30%, and moving up rapidly. My hope is that female participation will smooth the overall volatility as it is known in investment circles that females are less prone to sudden actions (like dumping everything at a first hint of trouble). WO probably self-selected toward hodlers, but I would welcome more female participation in the overall bitcoin ownership as well.
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Well, I infer that "Bitcoinbunny" is probably a "she".
Hahahahaha Never thought about the "bunny" matter like that.. I mean that bunnies would need to be girls. Maybe, subconsciously, I was thinking about the energizer bunny, and that particular bunny seems to had been a boy bunny, no? and there's the easter bunny that seems to be non-gender specific.. and could be either a boy or a girl, even though it is laying eggs, so therefore more girlish ideas as I am thinking out loud about the easter bunny matter. was it a chicken-rabbit hybrid bunny, since it is "laying" eggs? good point though, albeit a bunny sounds more like a girl-rabbit vs Jack-rabbit-that one is a "boy" for sure. in short: bunny is a "she", bun is a "he", imho and per: https://www.exoticdirect.co.uk/news/rabbit-names-female-male-funny-famous-rabbit-names |
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btc is doing something nice today. Ain't bull market great . EDIT: a small info nugget. US sold ~181.4K btc so far for $151 mil (mostly in 2014). Current price: $9.8 bil (~64.8X). Nobody told them to hodl. OT: For those who got Pfizer and absolutely no side effects-I've got an infrared laser probe from my mining days-it measures within 0.1oC and it shows that the area of injection has 2-2.5C higher temp than slightly above and below on the shoulder. So, something got injected-that's for sure. |
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Sounds good...will be taken under consideration when building a custom "dream house".
The only question right now is: where?
Current thinking is to go bi-coastal (a combo of FL/WA-OR-CO; Caribbean/WA-OR or even FL/Canada (Vancouver?)...less likely is one house in US, one in Europe (London or something sunny, like Portugal).
Portugal has something good going with a golden visa, but learning Portuguese might be difficult (or not).
This is something that many of us WOers will seriously need to consider. And by the looks of it, this will need to happen sooner than some may have imagined. Bob is building a ranch, Jimbo is buying a lake (man, that sounds so cool), Elwar is into seasteading (not without its troubles, but still, he's pursuing his dream). I'm also thinking of different possibilities. It's not easy to be rich. Sometimes not having a choice is much easier than having many choices and not being able to decide (although I'd take the second option anytime). If you live in the U.S., here's my advice to narrow things down (which I did): 1. States that favor private property rights and other freedoms (usually conservative) 2. States that have low or no income taxes 3. States that have low property taxes (this is huge!!) 4. States with moderate climates and a longer growing season 5. States that don't have to deal much, if at all, with natural disasters (i.e., tornadoes, tropical storms, hurricanes, earthquakes, mudslides, etc.) 6. States with low electricity costs 7. States that have lots of available, lost cost land within 10-20 miles of a major city 8. City near where you will live has a decent airport with international flights If you cross reference all of this criteria, you'll find that it narrows it down to about a half dozen states at most. Really you narrowed it down to Texas. Except for #3 which is balanced by #2. Other areas of the gulf coast may qualify, and perhaps Tennessee. Of the "other gulf coast states besides TX and FL", Alabama, for instance, has a ~5% income tax, which applies to capital gains AFAIK, but that could be offset by their very low property tax rate. Also, that state will remain red forever, which would be a pro for me. OK could be a hidden gem. There's always NH, the free state. But most would be turned off by the cold. FL/NH combo for the win (~6 mo in ea with a yearly winter trip further south to the Caribbean). I have been to NH during summer-it is extremely nice (especially for a person who likes more moderate climate). The air alone is worth it, plus other niceties, like plenty of clean fresh water. |
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1. States that favor private property rights and other freedoms (usually conservative)
2. States that have low or no income taxes
3. States that have low property taxes (this is huge!!)
4. States with moderate climates and a longer growing season
5. States that don't have to deal much, if at all, with natural disasters (i.e., tornadoes, tropical storms, hurricanes, earthquakes, mudslides, etc.)
6. States with low electricity costs
7. States that have lots of available, lost cost land within 10-20 miles of a major city
8. City near where you will live has a decent airport with international flights
If you cross reference all of this criteria, you'll find that it narrows it down to about a half dozen states at most.
Really you narrowed it down to Texas. Except for #3 which is balanced by #2. Tennessee was my thought: Texas gets way too many natural disasters which lead to starving mobs. No fun. And I think they have pretty high electricity costs with no ability for solar producers to get the higher prices utilities charge in an emergency. That cap is *nasty* IMO. But you could build something way out in the sticks, build your own power utility isolated from the Texas grid and provide power to other people. Hm..... Texas has absurdly high property tax rates, and high sales tax rates. Exactly, but our (TX) housing cost is often lower, even in urban areas. However, it also sucks not to have as large % housing appreciation as left and right coasts. Our neighborhood prices are at or slightly below those in 2014. From 2014 to 2016 oil dropped from 112 to 37 within less than 2 years, Houston RE did not "like" that (or maybe it was storm effects). Maybe we will "pop" this year or the next one, by the looks of it. BTW, Hawaii has high house prices, but VERY low property taxes, probably one of the lowest in US. Yes, TX property tax is around 2% of the property value yearly, which is very high, but not the highest. |
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1. States that favor private property rights and other freedoms (usually conservative)
2. States that have low or no income taxes
3. States that have low property taxes (this is huge!!)
4. States with moderate climates and a longer growing season
5. States that don't have to deal much, if at all, with natural disasters (i.e., tornadoes, tropical storms, hurricanes, earthquakes, mudslides, etc.)
6. States with low electricity costs
7. States that have lots of available, lost cost land within 10-20 miles of a major city
8. City near where you will live has a decent airport with international flights
If you cross reference all of this criteria, you'll find that it narrows it down to about a half dozen states at most.
Really you narrowed it down to Texas. Except for #3 which is balanced by #2.
Tennessee was my thought: Texas gets way too many natural disasters which lead to starving mobs. No fun. And I think they have pretty high electricity costs with no ability for solar producers to get the higher prices utilities charge in an emergency. That cap is *nasty* IMO. But you could build something way out in the sticks, build your own power utility isolated from the Texas grid and provide power to other people. Hm..... Tennessee had 35 tornados in 2020..as i was saying..there are no 'safe ' places, nature-wise...almost. I respect the right of people to bear arms, but not interested personally in carrying a loaded weapon in public, although I had seen people with a holster in Tx, not sure licensed or not, but almost 100% chance of being licensed. That said, if someone shows up with the gun, not holstered, but in their hands in a store, educational setting or in a movie theater, that might look a bit awkward, at least to me. TX carry laws are complicated, but it seems that the populace made sensible decisions about them. At first, our faculty were very concerned about people running with guns in their hands in a college setting, but all is very sensible in reality. |
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A luddite and a hodler. Wow.
it meant to be a joke...I like my tech gizmos...and maybe after 60 only "advanced peripherals" would be available, lol. |
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Having said that, this last year has clearly demonstrated where growth will be and what we as humans will prioritise and can't do without.
Certainly Bitcoin and probably not more stripclubs.
Well you never know. Cams and VR could achieve breakthrough results in personal entertainment. Integrated personal peripherals. The future looks bright. Digital Interfaced Custom Kool Woman-like Really Advanded Peripheral "Yeah, well, I still jerk off manually"-" The Big Lebowski" |
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Sounds good...will be taken under consideration when building a custom "dream house".
The only question right now is: where?
Current thinking is to go bi-coastal (a combo of FL/WA-OR-CO; Caribbean/WA-OR or even FL/Canada (Vancouver?)...less likely is one house in US, one in Europe (London or something sunny, like Portugal).
Portugal has something good going with a golden visa, but learning Portuguese might be difficult (or not).
I wouldn't put London as a pick unless you have silly money. If you do, carry on Otherwise there are much better options for your money. I visited a couple of times, liked the city. I know that it is expensive , but if mega-cities will still appreciate more than smaller cities, then it might be good as an investment. A flat, perhaps, not a house. |
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Sounds good...will be taken under consideration when building a custom "dream house".
The only question right now is: where?
Current thinking is to go bi-coastal (a combo of FL/WA-OR-CO; Caribbean/WA-OR or even FL/Canada (Vancouver?)...less likely is one house in US, one in Europe (London or something sunny, like Portugal).
Portugal has something good going with a golden visa, but learning Portuguese might be difficult (or not).
This is something that many of us WOers will seriously need to consider. And by the looks of it, this will need to happen sooner than some may have imagined. Bob is building a ranch, Jimbo is buying a lake (man, that sounds so cool), Elwar is into seasteading (not without its troubles, but still, he's pursuing his dream). I'm also thinking of different possibilities. It's not easy to be rich. Sometimes not having a choice is much easier than having many choices and not being able to decide (although I'd take the second option anytime). If you live in the U.S., here's my advice to narrow things down (which I did): 1. States that favor private property rights and other freedoms (usually conservative) 2. States that have low or no income taxes 3. States that have low property taxes (this is huge!!) 4. States with moderate climates and a longer growing season 5. States that don't have to deal much, if at all, with natural disasters (i.e., tornadoes, tropical storms, hurricanes, earthquakes, mudslides, etc.) 6. States with low electricity costs 7. States that have lots of available, lost cost land within 10-20 miles of a major city 8. City near where you will live has a decent airport with international flights If you cross reference all of this criteria, you'll find that it narrows it down to about a half dozen states at most. I am amazed that you could find anything that fits all 8 criteria. TX, for example, has 1&2 (maybe 6-8 too), but not 3-5. I am trending toward FL as one location because of what Maimi did, but I would rather be in a moderate climate for sure (if there is a good fit)-I love having seasons. To me almost all states now have natural disasters, especially if you include fires in your list, well, maybe not some NE states. I would put water (a beach or nearby) as one of the conditions that I must have. I have lived the last couple of decades in a place that does not have rivers, lakes or ocean and it sucks. Atmospheric moisture does not count. A small anecdote: "Me- some on WO are buying lakes..."better half"-show me, I want a lake tooooo". Not yet. |
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