It's worse than you think. Daily I'll been reading Discipline about 2-3 pages a day, mostly when the laptop is being rebooted while sitting on the shitter so that I can return to this forum and the research tabs I had opened. Although I'm still on track to gross seven figures with the barn wood business, I could have done a lot better if I hadn't dedicated so much time to Bitcoin. The last couple weeks, I dreamed about the main character in Discipline, barn wood, this forum and my dad, who passed away over two years ago, all rolled into one. Although factual, I'm not in no way freaking out or anything, albeit on the surface it seems I should be seeing a shrink.
I changed, more or less, after the Bitcoinica fiasco transpired. That cost me a chuck of change and, more importantly, local cred. No sooner than I started to espouse the benefits of Bitcoin locally, Bitcoinica hit the fan, and now I'm looked upon as the guy behind Bitcoin here in Sandwich, Illinois. One of the warehouses of which I rented to store and process lead painted barn wood, has now come down and a gas station, of all things, is taking its place. I look forward to seeing the bill from the EPA for that clean up of which they say was heavily contaminated with lead paint. Was it due to my barn wood? I'm 95% certain it was, and I'll have to pay the piper on that. The rub is I probably would have gotten away with it if it hadn't been that I turned some guy onto Bitcoin. Some guy friends with the major. He wasn't taking his lost likely, and I was the scapegoat. Two more warehouses I rented also had to close. Again, one due to the lead paint issue and the other over zoning. I now only have two warehouses storing barn wood, and no longer accept any wood that's been painted. All and all, I'll say that I'm out directly, and indirectly, a hundred grand this year. The only saving grace is that I'm able to fade it, but it still hurt. Business is brisk, and I'm mainly the liaison between the subs I purchase from and the buyers screaming for it
As far as the four posts above, I must admit they're virtually spot on.
Bruno is this just fodder to get to 10,000 posts quickly? You are starting to sound like a fucking madman. If you would spend half the time on Bitcoin100 that you spend with these insane ramblings Bitcoin would already be a household word!
Getting to 10,000 posts quickly is always in the back of my mind. But look at what I've posted in the last couple of days. I've even neglected the 21M image thread in Newbie, created for the following reasons: theymos loves images
; to increase my post count; to have an excuse to be in Newbie to read if any new scams are in the works.
On the surface, it may seem that I'm beginning to sound like a madman, but in reality I'm not--yet.
I have severely neglected
Bitcoin 100 due to all the hacks, thiefs, etc. I was even gung-ho into going to Chicago and get various businesses into accepting Bitcoin, but put all that on hold for the same reasons. I just couldn't promote something that's getting so much negative attention of late.
Bruno is this just fodder to get to 10,000 posts quickly? You are starting to sound like a fucking madman. If you would spend half the time on Bitcoin100 that you spend with these insane ramblings Bitcoin would already be a household word!
I think Phin genuinely believes that he is doing something helpful for Bitcoin. He just gets easily distracted and doesn't really have a filter so his investigations come out as a garbled stream of consciousness and it's difficult to sift the valid information from the absolute crap. I do worry that his style will get him into real world trouble one day.
Spon on! Although I doubt I'll get into trouble for posting what I do. If I do, I'll really be pissed, for there's several million dollars stolen via Bitcoin, and the chances are not a single person involve will be pentalized.
Bruno is this just fodder to get to 10,000 posts quickly? You are starting to sound like a fucking madman. If you would spend half the time on Bitcoin100 that you spend with these insane ramblings Bitcoin would already be a household word!
I think Phin genuinely believes that he is doing something helpful for Bitcoin. He just gets easily distracted and doesn't really have a filter so his investigations come out as a garbled stream of consciousness and it's difficult to sift the valid information from the absolute crap. I do worry that his style will get him into real world trouble one day.
I dunno, I guess you're right but his posts just seem to get nuttier every day and eventually he is going to hurt someone with all the posting of BS info.
Again, spot on! My post do seem to get nuttier each day, but again I doubt anybody is going to get hurt over it. Hell, Pirate's address is known, and I'm sure he sleeps fine at night at same address. He probably doesn't even have to lock the doors.
...eventually he is going to hurt someone with all the posting of BS info.
This is what worries me most. One day his assertions will hurt someone innocent who has both the will and the means to strike back and he'll perceive himself as being victimised for trying to do the right thing by the Bitcoin community.
I can't spot on! this one. What I do see is possibly the narrative being turned on me starting with this post. If I were to post that Joooyu Blunnz did such and such, I'm sure that the craziest of crazies would make sure that JB was the right guy and not go to JB's home with some ill intent.
The only reason I don't let my last name known anywhere on the internet is because I don't have a business that can be looked upon as a means to fleece people and I don't want my first ex-wife's family coming here or elsewhere spreading their vile. But I will share that I live at the corner of Castle St. and Center St. in Sandwich, Illinois. My doors are always unlocked, but bear in mind that a ten year old lives here. The people that do know my last name are Maged, theymos (via maged, for I told him to share it with him), Rassah, Tony, Matthrew, and I think Roger Ver, among a few others I've purchased items from via Bitcoin and sold leather ware to. Speaking of such, there are three named individuals who ordered custom hand tooled leather from Martin and all have ignored my requests for payment. I will never state to anybody who they are, but they know who they are, and do feel that they won't suffer any repercussions for not paying for I'll stated the previous a couple times earlier on this forum. Suffice to say, you would be surprised who ordered and didn't pay.
Quick aside. My ten year old nephew got kicked out of school today and has to serve a three day suspension. Why? Because he said boobie--twice. It was during art class and the students were doing Halloween crafts. My nephew spelled BOO incorrectly so the teacher gave him a dictionary to look it up. Guess what he found that tickled him--boobie. Boobie, a bird, with a picture to accompany the definition. Then, in front of the whole class, the teacher asked if he took his medicine today (half the kids are on it in this school). He said yes, and the teacher called him a liar, then sent him to the principle's office to get said punishment. My sister had to take half a day off from work to pick him up, for Martin was out of town taking care of some leather business.
And you think I'm fucked up.
That said, to date I've found nothing connecting the Josh mentioned in the OP of this thread with the one in KC after many a hours hunting. That only means one of two things: I'm deeply mistaken, but one can easily see how they could have been connected to BFL, or all the tracks have been erased or carefully never put in place. Currently, I'm leaning toward the former, possibly putting the later to rest. Besides, done of the nine million in pre-orders is mine.
Peace, all.
~Bruno~
