I think maturity has changed my attitude to innovations like Bitcoin. When I was younger, I would have been inside the code, and attempting to understand the whole mechanism. Now I'm more interested in the concept, and the application. When I talk to members like JackG, I realise how little I really know about Bitcoin, but I do understand how a virtual asset can have a real intrinsic value, and Bitcoin brought that home to me. Bitcoin is the only crypto that has this attribute, and that is why I believe that it will endure and grow in value. Very few people seem to appreciate this, and this is why they compare alt coins to it. There is no comparison, unless you consider gold coins to be the same as fiat bank notes of course.

This doesn't mean that alts don't have a usage value, and it is a failing of mine that I haven't spent time researching them. Project like Etherium have a strong use case, and this utility gives them value, and some of them will probably grow at a faster rate than Bitcoin.

The economic problems have got nothing to do with the virus. The virus is just being used to collapse economies that are no longer viable due to toxic debt. The currencies are in a similar state. The worst part is that the virus is being used in an attempt to take over human immunity, and to allow the like of Bill Gates to control it. He grew Windows by creating a virus ridden product, and forcing people to purchase "cures" that didn't work, and reduced the efficiency of the computer. Now he is trying to do the same with human life.

Take control of your own health and lifespan, and reject all vaccines.

The US is controlled by the Anglophone empire ( as is most of the western world), and there is no indication that this will change. The CV pandemic is being milked to increase their control and wealth. It would also seem that they are working to suck China into their control. The Huawei 5G charade is obviously designed to bring 5G technology, and the associated spying and public monitoring, under the control of the Five Eyes alliance.

Congrats and keep up the good work.

There is no testing to see how vaccines react with other pharmaceuticals, or the damage they do to various organs in the body. Rhey seem to rely on creating antibodies, and ignore other methods that are used by the immune system. T-cells and mucosal protection for example.

The virus can only live for about 5 minutes on hands that carry protective microbiota, and sanitising destroys this. What we should be doing is to stand in the middle of the room wearing sleeveless shirts, and waving our unsanitised arms to collect the virus, and let the microbiota kill it. I think this would be more effective than stupid monkey face masks that act as virus life extenders.

It's so sad when useful productive members of society die early.

I went to the pet emporium this morning. One of the major pet food manufacturers has just released a new range of car food, and it's the most expensive. I bought a box for my 94 year old friend to give to her cat, and of course, it loved it. A box of 8 tins is on an introductory offer at the moment, and it is below half price. I went in to buy another couple of boxes for her. A woman in front of me was being led by s black labrador dog, and it was keen to check out the food shelves and the toys. There is a veterinary surgery to the right just after the entrance, and the woman turned the dog towards the vets. Well that was it! The dog went flat on its stomach, and shoved it legs out in a star formation, and it refused to move. I know just how it felt, as I feel the same way about modern hospitals with their infections, brainwashed staff and poisonous drugs.

Having lots of birthdays.

But seriously - I believe that good health starts before you are born, and I am lucky in having had a healthy and active mother. She was from an era when the tennis club was the centre of social activities, and that was where she met my father. I was breast fed, and had no vaccinations in my early years, so that I was able to build a good natural immunity system. Of course we didn't have much in the way of pharmaceuticals in those days, and most medicines were based on natural products. My advice would be to avoid all doctors and hospitals, and to work with nature to maintain your health. However this may not work if you are a product of the health destruction industry that seems to be the current practice. Avoid all pharmaceuticals and recreational drugs, smoking, vaping and cheap alcohol. Enjoy life, and take an adventurous approach to sex.

I wouldn't consider myself a success. Once I start to achieve success, then I get bored, and look for another challenge.

It isn't the number of infections that matter, but the numbers of ICU admissions and deaths, and those seem to be dropping. The more infections the better in my opinion so that we can get natural immunity. The rubbish that is going to to try to increase fear so that they can justify forced poisonous vaccinations is really getting annoying.

This is a very old thread that has been bumped by a stupid newbie. Bitcoin is now traded on a wide variety of exchanges.

The 'flu shot doesn't work, and messes up your immune system. How are they going to create a vaccine for an RNA virus that mutates? Especially as they focus on antibodies, and those are just one of the ways that humans fight these viruses. Nature has spent thousands of years developing and testing safe ways to counter the multitude of viruses that we are exposed to every day, and we should be nurturing that, and not trying to destroy it by funding Bill Gates eugenics programmes.

I think that we should have covid parties in the same way that we used to have measles parties, and let us build herd immunity. Of course if you are one of the people that has messed up your immune system, then you should stay away. The virus is not a problem for 85% of the population. the government restrictions and economic shut downs are the problem.

The real pandemics are insulin resistance from eating ultra processed foods ( seed oils etc. ), smoking and vaping, too much sugar, and not enough exercise. Reliance on pharmaceuticals is another major pandemic.

The other two look a bit too young for me.

btw. I'm not a grandfather, as I don't have any children. I might have some when I am a bit more mature, but at the moment I'm just practising the creation process.

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Welcome, and I've given you your first merit to encourage you to stay as an active member.

Wow - that was unexpected, thanks. I'm not drinking much alcohol these days, as I do a lot of driving, but a coffee would be nice. In fact when I sort out my new hardware wallet, a small token would be handy to test the shape shift software. You done me a favour just by suggesting it, as I checked the balance on that address via blockchain, and it looks as if I may have a small amount of BCH sitting there as well. I had to  use blockchain, as my node is out of sync because of the lock down.

It's probably not enough to bother about, but it might be a useful test for shape shift conversions. I'll have to move the Bitcoin first though to protect that.

Don't apologise for posting your personal experiences. This is a social thread, and we can all benefit from shared experiences here.

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.