Well done Ahli38! I did the same as yourself and used some pumpkin to make a spicy soup with other squash. I only carved one BTC symbol for the soup you did quite a few. Fortunately almost all my family are into Bitcoin so the soup and carved pumpkin didn't have to work to convince or introduce others to BTC but I can imagine it would be a great occasion to do so. Here was my soup:  |
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👻🧛♂️Happy Halloween Everyone ☠️🎃
Getting close now to the voting, I don't envy those judges with the amount of quality
carving, well done and good luck to all, this was a very successful contest with a
great amount of participation.
Thank you ChiBitCTy for hosting
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Congratulations on your birthday. But I wanna ask you a simple question.
What happens next the moment you have exhausted your 24smerits to low-rank members of the forum? Will you lock the thread or keep it open for the continuity of meriting low-rank members, each time you have smerits?
A year's journey in this forum as a hero member till now is worth celebrating. Celebrating in this manner is commendable. I hope by this next year, you will celebrate your birthday as a legendary member of this forum
That's a good question. I will lock the thread but I would still send my smerits to low ranking members and also to higher ones. As of now, I still have 17 smerits left and if there's still not much participants then I will start including full members and sr. members in here so I can now spent all my smerits. As what lovesmayfamilis said that there are other forum members who are good posters that we may come across. This is a good initiative thread nakamura12, nice to give back to the community, regarding "hoarding" sMerit - they will all be spent eventually and ita always good to have "a few in the pocket" so to speak. Its nice to come across a post and have the merit to reward ranther than the other way around. nakamura12 can lock and unlock the thread as required. |
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I had a bet on Australia to win, the odds were fairly level at around 1.8. When Scotland
got on top of the game and went into the lead I feared for my bet, Australia went out to
around 3.5 at that stage and I thought of adding another usually when I do that I lose
The yellow card for Scotland let Australia back into the game and they managed to
take the lead again. With 2 minutes to go Scotland had a penalty kick to take the lead again,
and missed.
Rugby League
I have only one bet on for today and for the weekend on the RLWC, Papua New Guinea
to win by 29 points from Wales.
I had no other bets on either on the WRWC
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The vienna atp was as promised a competitive one shapovalov managed to win the first set against medvedev but couldn't finish him off on the second, medvedev corrected the mistakes and made adjustments which led him to victory its been a while since he won a title congrats to him on a well deserved win.
I was busy with other stuff today and only saw bits of both Medvedev v Shapovalov and bits of the Felix AA v Rune match. I didn't have any bets on for these two but for me the two expected players won. Medvedev seems like he took his play to another gear. Felix AA is on a roll, 3 tournaments in a row and got the job done in 2 sets! Medvedev has qualified for the ATP finals and with 2 tournaments remaining Felix is in a strong position to take a spot. |
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Welcome to the Collectibles Department! I really like your work, I have posted an image below! There is a lot to see and love the symbolism and Japanese theme particularly the reference to Judo and the battle between Bitcoin and traditional banking. Very well done, GLWS  |
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Rugby UnionMy two bets from yesterday in the URC came in, both Leinster and Glasgow Warriors did a big job on both Scarlets and Benneton respectively.
URC
I haven't looked at what games are on this weekend
In the two games this evening there are surprisingly good odds on the favourites,
Leinster to beat Scarlets @ 1.31
Glasgow Warriors to beat Benneton @ 1.35
I have 3 more on for today's games: Dragons to beat Zebre
Ulster to beat Munster
Connacht to beat Ospreys - this could be a tricky one, Ospreys are at home but I think Connacht have found their winning ways and will be looking to build on recent good performances. They have to win this to leave their abysmal start to the season behind. Another 3 winning picks yesterday in the URC, Ulster just beat Munster by 1 point, I actually didn't think it was going to be that close. And Connacht are definitely on a winning streak to win away to the Ospreys. Autumn InternationalsThere were 2 games this weekend Japan v New Zealand, NZ just about winning, by the scoreboard it looks like that was a super game, Japan 31 - 38 New Zealand ! Also Scotland v Australia, We watched that game, it was very entertaining, Australia winning by 1 point - 15 - 16. Timelord did you see that game? |
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Oh dear, that's embarrassing and fortunate for any future court sagas. That's like creating
future liabilities.
Twitter is not a safe place for CSW, looks like he can be easily exposed as the fake he is.
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Holger rune seem on fire recently after winning the stockholm Atp against tsitsipas he is dominating his opponents in basel tournaments he have beaten easily, de minaur Humbert and today Rinderknech, it seems that his next opponent is bautista agut, another one in a good shape i think he is a little bit favourite to win i expect it to be a war my bet is on him and alcaraz to make it to the final.
Yes, another young gun that we have to look at specially in the last couple of games here, he was really on fire destroying his tough opponent. Now he will be facing Bautista-Agut in the semifinals. On the other hand, Alcaraz vs FAA, this is gong to be a classic. I wouldn't be surprised if the match goes on another three sets with tie break in between. But let me try to beat on FAA here, at 2.08 odds, is not that bad and I think it's a value bet for me. That's not a bad price for Felix AA, I see on Rollbit he is 1.99 now and Alcaraz is at 1.83, very close so it might be better to go with Alcaraz purely on being #1? also a consideration is that Felix has a great service game if it goes to tie breaks..... In the other Semi final Rune v Batista Agut I'm going with Rune. As Ratash says he seems to be on fire alright, I have him at 1.55. Good bet guys, FAA easily bet Alcaraz in 2 sets, 6-3, 6-2. I never thought that this will be score, not sure what happened to Alcaraz in this game, but it seems that FAA has got his numbers and didn't allow Alcaraz to take control of the match. While on the other Semi final, Rune was pushsed by Bautista-Agut to 2 tie set breaks, but it was Rune who has the next and survived. So we won't see two young players in the finals or at least a Alcaraz vs Rune. So congrats on your bet. Auger played an amazing match against Alcaraz that has been struggling lately. Alcaraz is not showing that he deserves the first place and is there just by pure luck. Happy that Auger destroyed him to just put him down on the ground. Auger has a big chance to win this tournament Yes, that's what I noticed against Alcaraz in this tournament, he is just struggling and a matter of time before he was exposed and I did think that FAA will be right guy to do that and he was the underdog so it's a good value bet for me. In the Finals, I will still go with FAA here, although the ML is just around 1.3-1.4. But I think I will go with that one and put enough money for a good return. I'm also thinking about about the Over/Under bet, but we shall see. That was an easy enough win by Felix, 6-3, 6-2! I thought it was going to be closer than that with tie breaks. Regarding Rune, he is indeed on fire ATM, to come from 2-6 down in the second tie breat to snatch that set away from Batista Agut and win the match shows a lot. I think I will go with a Felix AA win today though. |
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Rugby UnionMy two bets from yesterday in the URC came in, both Leinster and Glasgow Warriors did a big job on both Scarlets and Benneton respectively.
URC
I haven't looked at what games are on this weekend
In the two games this evening there are surprisingly good odds on the favourites,
Leinster to beat Scarlets @ 1.31
Glasgow Warriors to beat Benneton @ 1.35
I have 3 more on for today's games: Dragons to beat Zebre Ulster to beat Munster Connacht to beat Ospreys - this could be a tricky one, Ospreys are at home but I think Connacht have found their winning ways and will be looking to build on recent good performances. They have to win this to leave their abysmal start to the season behind.
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Holger rune seem on fire recently after winning the stockholm Atp against tsitsipas he is dominating his opponents in basel tournaments he have beaten easily, de minaur Humbert and today Rinderknech, it seems that his next opponent is bautista agut, another one in a good shape i think he is a little bit favourite to win i expect it to be a war my bet is on him and alcaraz to make it to the final.
Yes, another young gun that we have to look at specially in the last couple of games here, he was really on fire destroying his tough opponent. Now he will be facing Bautista-Agut in the semifinals. On the other hand, Alcaraz vs FAA, this is gong to be a classic. I wouldn't be surprised if the match goes on another three sets with tie break in between. But let me try to beat on FAA here, at 2.08 odds, is not that bad and I think it's a value bet for me. That's not a bad price for Felix AA, I see on Rollbit he is 1.99 now and Alcaraz is at 1.83, very close so it might be better to go with Alcaraz purely on being #1? also a consideration is that Felix has a great service game if it goes to tie breaks..... In the other Semi final Rune v Batista Agut I'm going with Rune. As Ratash says he seems to be on fire alright, I have him at 1.55. |
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Spicy Mexican squash, bean and Bitcoin made with
some of the insides of the pumpkin!
and the real benefit of my pumpkin carving work is that I make a big pot of pumpkin soup
It's nice to see some people actually eating their pumpkins! Every year I see hundreds of pumpkins sitting outside of people's houses and then getting rotten: it makes me feel like it's a secret Halloween ritual where everyone sacrifices perfectly-good-to-eat pumpkins to Nurgle. I at minimum eat the seeds. Regardless mine won’t go to waste, these guys are beefing up for the winter. Saw this on my dog walk today..  [/quote] Same, I am still working my way through the seeds, they are tedious to shell, but a few every day is manageable, good source of protein and better than wasting them. At least some wildlife are making the most of what is being left outside. |
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I also have another bet on Felix AA to go further and beat Kecmanovic tomorrow
Also waiting for FAA to win against Kecmanović but I took it a step further and took 2:0 victory @2.1. Those odds seem very generous to me and I don't see how FAA can lose his serve today unless he tanks. I coupled that with Bublik 2:0 @1.75 which already passed, I was also surprised for those since his opponent doesn't know how to play in fast indoor conditions. Did not expect Rublev to lose against Dimitrov, wanted to play on him but odds were too small so I skipped. That was a lucky bit that you need to win, hopefully it will be enough. Well you got the 2 - 0 win on Felix, good call on both. I don't think I would ever bet on Bublik, I see him as very unpredictable. Both of those meet today, I have another bet on Felix to win. Stan played really well in this match against Rudd. But I think it was a really good show of strength and stamina from both players, it was also a test of patience for Stan.  Stan vs Brandon Nakashima is live now. I understand why the odds are not in favor of Stan. But at the same time, my heart says that Stan should be the winner in this match. However, I am not as confident about this one as I was in the previous match with Stan. Stan Wawrinka made it a win at the third set 6-4 5-7 6-4. The second set have been a fightback. Now Wawrinka to play against Bautista Agur in the quarter finals. I find Stan Wawrinka to win the quarter finals. Bautista have reached the quarter finals defeating Andy Murray 6-3 6-2 in the direct sets. This will keep him boosted for a better performance against Stan Wawrinka. & Swordsoffreedom Stan is playing fantastic apart from the slip up when serving in the second set for the match and getting broken and losing that set, he got the job done in the third eventually. He plays Batista Agut later today, I have gone for another win for Stan. |
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Yes but as a good starting point proof of ownership should be and has been established,
so now any further negotiations can be build on that.
Very interesting items from 2011 way out of my budget tho. unfortunately. GLWS
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Rugby League World Cup
I have just two bets on - Ireland to beat Lebanon and Papua New Guinea to beat
the Cook Islands, I have done a -16.5 point spread on that one.
My last two bets on the Rugby League World Cup didn't workout, Ireland were beaten and Papua New Guinea only won by 16 points.
Rugby UnionReally busy time coming up in the calendar with the Autumn Internationals kicking off in just over a week> https://www.autumn-internationals.co.uk/2022/some serious games ahead: Ireland v South Africa and Australia England have 4 massive games against Argentina, Japan, New Zealand and South Africa. Australia are playing Wales and Scotland also. Argentina are playing 3 games, England, Scotland and Wales, tough matches for the Panthers. I haven't looked at the odds yet but Ireland over South Africa could be interesting, this will be our first game with no doubt new players in the mix, hmm a lot to think about. URC I haven't looked at what games are on this weekendIn the two games this evening there are surprisingly good odds on the favourites, Leinster to beat Scarlets @ 1.31 Glasgow Warriors to beat Benneton @ 1.35 WRWC Tricky game for both France and Italy coming up, I will probably go with France |
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I feel cringe reading this part. It is amusing watching him get annihilated on Twitter. Here's my favorite thing he's posted: https://nitter.it/agerhanssen/status/1583923967974203393#m. Could it have been "Half" Finney all along!?  When can we expect the UK trial? My understanding was it is not expected for another 12 months or so, but I cannot find a source for why I thought that. Edit: This article indeed says "late 2023" for the UK case. Will Hodlonaut be able to present the same KPMG reports in the UK case? or will he be able to reference the findings of this recent case? and likewise will Jameson Lopp be able to at least reference the Hodlonaut trial findings? I'm not sure if that is a practice, sounds like it could be from movies I saw in the past but what is the reality I wonder.... It would be nice to imagine for both events being able to reference what happened in one court of law that it would straight away throw doubt on CSW's claims. |
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How about Stan Wawrinka defeating Casper Ruud in just 2 sets? 6-4, 6-4?
And yes, there are a lot of good matches as mentioned above and it's very to see which one is going to win.
Might be late in my timezone though, but definitely will be beating one of those matches and I will go with the over bet on this match. For sure it will be a very tough matches entering the quartefinals.
I actually saw part of Stan's win, this is his home tournament and he has never won it, purely because Roger always wine it, he has 10 wins here I think. Stan plays Brandon Nakashima tomorrow and is not favourite. 1.79 to 2.0, I have gone with a straight win for Stan. I also have another bet on Felix AA to go further and beat Kecmanovic tomorrow |
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I'm not going to echo what has already been said but how realistic is this in happening?
There are so many ways of generating electricity now that it would be quite remarkable
if they all ceased at the same time.
In this current climate of fuel shortage and "possible" power shortages we have to
remember that it's going to be temporary if it does happen, it's seasonal related
to the winter when power consumption is at its highest.
ALL power isn't going to go out for a solid 4 or 6 months.
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I caught the last two sets of Alcaraz v Draper last night, Draper did really well by winning
the first set and almost bringing the third set to a tie break.
There are a lot of players present at the ATP Basel who have been making headlines recently,
Felix AA and Rune! I think this will be very interesting to see how these games turn out when
these young guns meet each other.
It was finally a strong performance from Alcaraz after some setbacks. I'm glad to see the number 1 seed winning again. It was not clear, or at least I was not sure how the game would end after Alcaraz lost the first set. But Alcaraz made a comeback. He did well but I also think Draper put his heart and soul into this match. But in the end, it was not enough for Draper. I think we are going to see a clash between young players. Especially players who are not only young but also really competent players in this game. Expectations are going to be high from Alcaraz. As we have discussed Alcaraz mentality is not that of a kid anymore, he has focused, but sometimes there are mishaps and it's understandable. You can't take anything from Draper, he fought good in the first set winning it, but I guess Alcaraz have to remind himself why he is the top seed and it could be just enough to motivate him and won the next two games and a close third set. Later we will see Rune vs Alex De Minaur, and this is going to be a good match. That should indeed be a good one, it's the first match of the day, I'm not betting on that the odds are not that favourable even on handicap. Some other interesting matches are: Felix AA v Huesler - That will be a good test for Felix up against a player with the home crowd behind him, I have Felix to win though. Also Alcaraz v van de Zandschulp could be interesting, the Dutchman could trouble Alcaraz a bit. |
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While I can't be proud of my results. I have made efforts towards becoming more self sufficient since 2017. Its common for me to say its good for people to rely less on corporations and governments. Being reliant has been a big issue in recent times. As reliance on natural gas and other things has been revealed to be means of applying leverage to push agendas. Not wanting to be hypocritical there has been an effort made to follow through on things.
Over the last 5 years I tried to look at ways I'm reliant or dependent on outside people for things and tried to find alternatives. The basic themes are mundane things like: transportation, food, energy, water, home defense & security. Most of it is research based. Everyone would like to improve their circumstances. Most would not know where to start. Information and knowledge play big roles. Trial and error is also a factor.
I always looked at poverty outside of the US as america's future and thought all of the issues foreigners have abroad would someday find their way to american shores. That makes things easy.
While I am not proud I have been working towards countering the effects of an approaching recession, I started about 6 months ago but it's really too late, I should have started way earlier. I think a lot of people have been caught napping so to speak and of course there will be people who will be able to absorb the effects of a recession and there will be many who won't. Over the last couple of weeks I have been talking to business people who say there is a "Big Squeeze" coming. There are those who have to make lifestyle changes, it will be forced upon them. |
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