I've been absent. Care to share ?

Well, the crowd has spoken....

3.02277788 BTC in favor of FULL RELEASE....vs...... 0.59386764 BTC in favor of STOPPING RELEASE.

Care to elaborate further ?

I am always looking to help others by freeing myself of bitcoins.

I have never been made aware of that, although I am Canadian.

There's no point. The court of Bitcointalk.org will take care of it. 

Bitcoin is imaginary World of Warcraft Gold...remember ?

Ah. A new strategy. I am almost certain that the constant barrage of insults and such will force him to stick around here and pay everyone.

I love the tactics. Keep them up

I use BTC-e. I trust them 100%.
https://btc-e.com

I have never had a problem there and I actually fucked up, sending a shitload of BTC to a NMC address (thanks Window's Clipboard) and they were able to send them to the right place for me in the end.
They saved my butt and I am always grateful for that.

Their security is also top notch. I like the email confirmation for withdrawals as well.
(transfers out of the exchange are frozen till you get a confirmation email and click the confirmation link etc. Email address can not be changed)

Don Shrents may very well be the current registrant of btclending.com, but averagecitizen.com WHOIS shows the following info:

Domain name: averagecitizen.com

Registrant Contact:
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Administrative Contact:
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   Todd Taunton (taunton@comcast.net)
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Technical Contact:
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   Todd Taunton (taunton@comcast.net)
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   8105 Oakcrest Drive
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Creation date: 30 Oct 1999 03:13:40
Expiration date: 30 Oct 2012 03:13:00

Exactly.
.223 definitely helps to solve alot of problems in terms of being a happy medium for carry/kill power etc.

This question/poll overall doesn't really help to prove anything though.

My favorite battle rifle has far more to do with the round it chambers, than the overall rifle itself. I am a sucker for 7.6x51/.308 for anything over 50 yards.
Inside of 50 yards, I would simply carry a submachine gun that shared a round with my pistol.

I would only need 2 rounds to fight....lol. I just would stock up on 7.62x51/.308 for my long and medium range rifles and 45cal for my 1911s and submachine guns

Matthew offered to take a 2500 BTC bet from me (my Pirate account, at the time). I DIDN'T BET BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE IT.

Would people in this community REALLY bet what they don't have ?

I would guess that over 50% of the bets CAN NOT be paid by the people that made them.

If Matthew loses his bet, he needs to MAKE PEOPLE PROVE THAT THEY HAVE BITCOINS, IN THE AMOUNT OF THEIR BET....otherwise, the bet for THAT person should be VOID.

Well, so be it.

I for one would LOVE to see everyone's bet money, waiting to pay Matthew.
I would also LOVE to see who has WHAT at stake, out of everyone commenting here.

Most of the people that took the bet with Matthew couldn't pay on the spot, even if they wanted to.

Most of the outspoken people, on the Pirate situation, don't even have an iron in the Pirate Fire......

PATHETIC.

At this point, if people think of me not in an honorable light, then so be it. THAT is par for the course around here. Flip/Flop.
I know what I know and have nothing left to prove to anyone.

Matthew underestimated Pirate's disdain for me.

He NEVER supported anything other than telling people to PUT UP or SHUT UP.

I deserve no thanking. I deserve nothing. I deserve to get re-paid.

I came to terms with what I have lost, faith being one of them and I 'put my money' where my mouth was.

There were too many people that stood to lose far more than me and they were shackled by fear and were forced to remain silent.
I simply said fuck it.

No where did I LIE. No where did I post libelous commentary. I posted 100% truth, which can be far more damaging in this situation than lies anyway.

I hope to be paid. I hope others that have far more to lose, get paid more so.

I honestly feel bad for Matthew.

I understand what he was trying to accomplish with this, but I fear that it is blowing up in his face. I commend him for trying to shut everyone up, but he ends up carrying the flag alone.

If it comes down to everyone getting paid except for me, I would have strong reservations in regards to telling the truth about me being paid, rather, out-right lying to protect Matthew.
He is putting TOO MUCH on the line for simply ideals.

I respect Matthew, but he doesn't deserve this.

Could someone please tell me exactly what the message TO ME was ?

No, not aftermarket. 30.06 was difficult to carry enough ammo. 3.08/752x51 solved this, without taking too much power away.

30.06 vs .308/7.62x51/7.62 NATO is huge, in terms of a soldier's carry capabilities....

Because there are a bunch of Internet Kids under the impression that the M1 was a 7.62x51 Rifle....I SAID ORIGINAL M1.

<EDIT>

The Choices should be edited to read:

- M1 @ 30.06
- M1/M14 @ 7.62x51