And, thanks to Obamacare, a nurse is on standby.

I used to do the same thing at the onset of Bitcoin 100. Once, I sent all the dust from InstaWallet when they announced their first shut down. But, Team Paymium picked them back up and was all well again until, that is, the hack(?), whereupon they were kind enough to not even leave me any dust of the 1,123+ BTC I've yet to be returned, but enjoying the roundaround, them BASTARDS!

Thanks for the bump, Tirapon.

~TMIBTCITW

Heard on NPR that the US got exactly what they were hoping for. 

In the spirit of being stuck in Texas due to the ice storm, I offer up a song from a guy I once had as a special guest on Writers Night in Nashville back in the day: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDyqVvJtGxs

Bush II was pretty articulate till elected president, thus caviar empty.

Hmmm! Two posts in a row referencing fish. Note to self: Change underwear.

~TMIBTCITW

Keepin' the rhyme theme, somethin' doesn't smell right.

The post above was the last thing I was able to do on the internet last night, giving up around midnight. This morning, I'm blowin' and goin', with no bottlenecks... or continental breakfast after being gouged for a room, but I have no room to complain in that regard, for there's tens of thousands around here worse off than I.

Upon getting a cup of coffee in the lobby, the clerk stated that roads are open but treacherous. Going see what I can ascertain online, with Twitter probably being my best bet.

Guess I spoke too soon. So far it's been 30 minutes and counting, trying to post this.

~TMIBTCITW

Then why the fuck are you on this forum, pray tell?

An exchange, a gambling site, or sell bitcoin miners comes to mine.

http://www.khou.com/news/national/234903451.html


I'll give you three guesses as to where I'm at, and the first two won't count. According to the receptionist, I won the lottery and got the last room in Pecos, TX, and probably the last room in all of West Texas, if not the entire state, sans the southeastern part. She wouldn't even let me use my $45 coupon (weekend rate, otherwise it's $39 Sunday-Thursday), having to paid $95 plus tax. There was no way I was going to recite some law given my options: warm room or Walmart parking lot, of which is filling up fast from what I can see from my warm room window.

I was about 17 miles from the I-10/I-20 split, when the cops diverted all traffic onto HWY 17, heading north to Pecos. Since we were at a crawl for the last 10+ miles, I asked the officer for more info about the detour. He stated it's 30 miles to Pecos, then get on I-20 to get back to I-10. Conditions, I asked, whereupon he replied that I-20 is fine.

After traveling about 2 miles, now on HWY 17, I asked other officer directing traffic basically the same question, for confirmation, realizing that I'm heading north where the ice should be worse, but once again assured that all is fine.

Once in Pecos, I stopped for a large coffee and figured that going 70 miles outta my way of what was originally a 17 mile stretch would only make me lose a little more than an hour driving time, thus no problem, since I was planning on staying at a New Mexico hotel once I crossed the border.

I asked a third officer, that happened to be in the convenience store about the road conditions heading west on I-20 where, he too, stated all was fine. So, off I head, 40 miles to go to hit I-10, again, and get around the accident the first officer informed me about, since I don't have a smartphone, thus outta the loop.

I had no reason to believe that I-10 was closed due to double checking the TDOT website prior to heading out mid-morning. All was clear, with only construction mentioned.

I got to mile market 20 on I-20, and the traffic was at a crawl, but the road was fine. An hour plus later, I traveled exactly 10 miles, but the conditions changed, with a little bit of ice on the road, but the plants, bushes and trees had a strong layer of ice on them. By mile marker 8, the war zone started, and we were all on solid ice, ice that had been on the road since yesterday, not today, for it hadn't rain.

Cars, RVs, semis, etc. were all over the place, many of which were upside down and had to be cut open to free the occupants. By mile marker 4, I figured it best to get off the exit and head back to Pecos and get a room, for I feared I was going nowhere fast. BTW, when I got off, you could no longer see two car lengths in front of you due to the heavy fog, and the sun was still out with temps in the mid-20's, according to my on-board outside thermostat reading.

On the way back, another long wait due to an accident eastbound that wasn't there earlier. I'll be surprised if there's any survivors in the totaled minivan, for there were multiple ambulances on the scene and they didn't seem to be in a hurry to retrieve any victims. I don't know how fast they were going, but the wreckage started at the beginning of bridge, and the minivan was in pieces way past the end of the bridge on the opposite side of the road.

On top of all that, some guy decided to hug the narrow shoulder to jockey for a better position on I-20 around mile marker 12. Luckily, we were all going less than 5 mph when he bumped into my car, taking off a piece of molding, and putting a slight dent in the passenger side. Upon looking at the damage, I let him off the hook, knowing that it'll probably be hours before a police report would be made, and he claimed he didn't have insurance, and I only have liability, thus fuck it. I already decided that I was heading back to Pecos, and this was before the fog set in.

If I hadn't noticed the exit sign a mile prior to where I got off, I may have missed it if I wasn't looking for it due to the thick fog. For the life of me, I don't have a clue as to why more drivers weren't taking my lead and exiting, opting to continue on solid glass and virtually zero visibility. I'm not sure if their smartphones worked out there due to the nearest city being Pecos 35-40 miles back. I had no signal with my Tracfone, thus assuming smartphones wouldn't be that much better.

The internet here in the hotel is poor due to everybody in the hotel using the service, so I'm told by the clerk.

Just checked the temps for Pecos, TX, tonight and it's suppose to be 14^o for the low, not getting up past freezing till 11 AM, but with an expected high of 60^o late in the afternoon. Ideally, I would love to be in New Mexico by noon to have any chance of getting to Vegas by Tuesday, for I'm still 940 miles away from Vegas, and at 53 I'm only able to put so miles behind me before I get road worry.

I'm about 1,270 miles from home, and leaving for their tomorrow is even a worse option due to the ice being thicker and colder temps expected up north.

I started typing this post over an hour ago, and have yet been able to post it due to slow internet connection.

~TMIBTCITW

EDIT: It's 10:25 PM, and I started penning this post about 8, and that's all I've been able to do on the internet due to the slow connection.

And to think I made an extra sign for this!

Did fine, Rassah, but the article didn't mention Thanksgiving at Satoshi Forest. 


Unfortunately, Mars One no longer qualifies due to the fact the Bitcoin 100 allocates endowments to NPOs for the sole purpose of bringing further awareness to Bitcoin proper, albeit we've made an exception with the Bitcoin Documentary crew and perhaps one other entity (taxing my memory on the latter).

That said, and although it's a grey area, I have an idea. Why don't you start a thread for the sole purpose of raising at least $1,000 USD via Bitcoin within the next 30 days? If said goal is reached, Bitcoin 100 will match the first $1,000 USD.

Post in this thread and PM me if you're up to the task.

~TMIBTCITW

Motherfuckers! I've been trying to get my money outta BoA for almost two months now so that I can invested in the covenant dollar, but my withdrawal request is on hold while it's being reviewed. Does anybody know of a better bank that I can put my money in so that the next time the dollar rises I'll be able to be in a better position to buy?

Damn, I wish I was an early adopter, then I would be rich by now. BTW, does anybody have a list of websites that accepts these dollars?

Madness! Utter madness!

~TMIBTCITW

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=95944


Whether it be Bitcoin, casinos or a the biggest automotive plant in the world, it would not help those truly in need and, at the end of the day, sadly, the tribe would probably be worse off.

Nice to see exactly where my claims rate.


Seriously, I'm near the end of my rope, and am about to raise bloody hell, making my early April posts look like Mother Teresa teaching disabled youths proper bathing habits.

I'll start by asking nicely, for the umpteenth time, who is/was the independent auditor used to conduct the investigation of InstaWallet after the hack(?)?

Bruno Kucinskas

...or one that can dance, for that matter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsjZ_kRMhEQ (not the Riverdance monkeys)

I'm approaching the Hill Country of Texas. Does that count? I hope the price gets back up prior to the Vegas conference, for my trip is predicated on a higher exchange rate, but not detrimental if such is not the case.

~TMIBTCITW

Bitfie is not a scam! Cost only pennies or less to enter, or enter free mimicking the format provided to do such.

~TMIBTCITW

Due to being exhausted and the road condition getting poorer and poorer, I had to get off the road earlier than I desire tonight, staying in Comfort, TX, at exit I-don't-have-a-clue.

Got to CoinTerra late due to having to pen a letter to roww.org. They had several meetings going on, but did get to speak with cointerra (user on this forum, not sure if he's used his real name yet, hence not including it) and, moreover, aerobatic from the UK who was still at the lab and has a dedicated thread on this forum easing fears about CoinTerra, of which I concur. This fuckin' bunch is for real, albeit them bastards wouldn't pay me a bribe.  

Seriously, I feel damn good about CoinTerra and you miners should strongly consider adding to your farm some of their miners. It looks like everything will be manufactured there in Austin, TX, oppose to outsourcing the various components across the globe, sans the chip, if I'm not mistaken.

I'm still shittin' that big ass steak I ate at Ruth's Chris Steak House with edd last night. Later tonight, I'm going to see if the complimentary lotion I took from Best Western is any count when I conduct my daily market research over at MFC.

Feel free to stop reading if I provide too much information on this epic Road Trip thread.

While headin' south to San Antonio from Austin, I was tuned to some FM Libertarian station of which periodically gave the current exchange rates of gold and silver and...wait for it...Bitcoin. I wish I could recall what station it was, for it even dedicated a couple segments to Bitcoin as to what's currently in the news.

~TMIBTCITW