Pirate & Associates: Please read! (Important)

[Unrelated]

This is important, someone who knows Trendon Shavers please let him know about this.

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I had less than the cost of a new laptop in a PPT, and don't care anymore or expect to see it back. But you need to know about this:

My family and I are currently in New York on vacation for the long weekend.

We were in a taxi this morning (Sunday) on the way to breakfast, and our taxi driver was talking the whole time into his cell phone in a very animated, agitated way. And not in english.

It was only about 5 blocks, and he'd been talking the whole time. I'm hoping he actually understood me when I told him where we (my wife and daughter and I) want to go.

About a block from the restaurant, he said something into the phone that caught my attention.

"... Pirate ..."

Then went back to whatever language (Russian?) he was speaking.

More words: " ... Texas ..." "... Trendon Shavers ..."
(except he said it drawn out, like "Treeendon Shaaavers" with an 'a' sound as in 'ah')

We get to our restaurant, and as I'm leaning back into the front passenger window paying the fare I joked, "Pirate owe you money?"

Bad mistake. He got out of the cab, leaving it in the street double parked with the door still open out into traffic, and burst over to my side of the cab. I got a look from my wife like, "What the hell did you just say to him?" She heads into the restaurant with my daughter, leaving me on the sidewalk with our driver.

him: "You know this Pirate?" Taxis behind him are laying on the horn. I've got flop sweat.

me: "No, no - he owes me money too" (that got me a skeptical look) - more honking.

him: "Fuck Pirate. My father has plane ticket. We'll be paid" - then he's back into the cab and drives off. I have to stand there and let the sweat dry from my face before I can join my wife and daughter.

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Well, in a way I'm impressed to have encountered a bitcoin discussion in the real world, but this isn't the kind of thing bitcoin needs.

Again, keep my coins - it's a tiny portion of my stake. But do SOMETHING! Let some trusted member of this community know what's going on. Pay back something, borrow the rest from some bitcoin-millionaire, and then pay back the rest. Think of your family. Don't keep saying things on IRC that mock your lenders and make people angry...

... people like my Russian taxi driver (and his father) in New York.

[imsaguy]

Who are you really?  Why hide behind a new account?

[Raoul Duke]

Free bump for the drama.

[SaltySpitoon]

Lol Pirate Fan Fics already? Whos going to write the next chapter?


Hmmm.... https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=104178.0

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Who are you really?  Why hide behind a new account?

...that got whitelisted with only one post.

~Bruno~

[bitlane]

Christ....

[DeathAndTaxes]

I would put the odds of that story being legit at slightly less than Pirate's "investors" getting paid in full.

[jasinlee]

Seems legit. Except for the part that he has a wife, pics or it didnt happen.

[conspirosphere.tk]

I would put the odds of that story being legit at slightly less than Pirate's "investors" getting paid in full.

And what odds would you give that among all the scammed there is someone with enough motive and means to do s.t real?

[DeathAndTaxes]

I would put the odds of that story being legit at slightly less than Pirate's "investors" getting paid in full.

And what odds would you give that among all the scammed there is someone with enough motive and means to do s.t real?

Significantly higher but it won't be the imaginary Russian Mafia Taxicab driver in the fan fic of the OP. 

[SaltySpitoon]

I would put the odds of that story being legit at slightly less than Pirate's "investors" getting paid in full.

Would you care to place a 10,000 BTC wager on this?

[locust]

Did you pay the ride with BTCs?

[bitlane]

How did a sockpuppet get out of Newbie Jail, yet this is his first post ?

Nice try, Forum Staff.

[farfiman]

How did a sockpuppet get out of Newbie Jail, yet this is his first post ?

Nice try, Forum Staff.

he had a whitelist request msg  which has been deleted.

[BadBear]

How did a sockpuppet get out of Newbie Jail, yet this is his first post ?

Nice try, Forum Staff.

Not his first post, he deleted the first posts.

Nice try imsaguy.

[Raoul Duke]

How did a sockpuppet get out of Newbie Jail, yet this is his first post ?

Nice try, Forum Staff.

Any sockpuppet can get out of Newbie jail simply by having his regular account PM any Moderator asking to be whitelisted. They don't even need to say it's a sockpuppet account, they can just say they know the person.

[bitlane]

How did a sockpuppet get out of Newbie Jail, yet this is his first post ?

Nice try, Forum Staff.

Not his first post, he deleted the first posts.

Nice try imsaguy.

Thank you for that

[imsaguy]

How did a sockpuppet get out of Newbie Jail, yet this is his first post ?

Nice try, Forum Staff.

Not his first post, he deleted the first posts.

Nice try imsaguy.

Heh, have your boss check the ips. Certainly not me.  I was too busy being heavy handed on irc 

[bitlane]

Heh, have your boss check the ips. Certainly not me.  I was too busy being heavy handed on irc  

...not to mention, having a semi-full mouth.

Come to think of it, you should run back there...like...NOW.

I am almost certain Pirate is being attacked and troll'd by UNREASONABLE PEOPLE and could use your protection of his good name.

[imsaguy]

Heh, have your boss check the ips. Certainly not me.  I was too busy being heavy handed on irc  

...not to mention, having a semi-full mouth.

Come to think of it, you should run back there...like...NOW.

I am almost certain Pirate is being attacked and troll'd by UNREASONABLE PEOPLE and could use your protection of his good name.

That's just if.. if pirate's not there, you're just attacking into the channel and making everyone else read it.  How is that helping anything?