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It is interesting, well . . . boring actually . . .  that those  who know little or nothing about crypto are the first, and the loudest, to disparage it.  Especially so on this forum.

For thousands of years, other than barter, some kind of token has been used as a medium of exchange, be it shells, pebbles, metal coins, paper money and so on.

Welcome to the digital age!  Bitcoin was created in 2009, so it is only 11 years old.  The surprise is more that it took so long to create, but in a mere blink of the eye compared with the hundreds, if not thousands of years, for some kind of fiat currency to come along.

As a historical note, bitcoin was first used as a medium of exchange in May, 2010, when 2 pizzas were bought and paid for with 10 000 bitcoin (worth a few dollars at the time)  Those same bitcoin at today's price would equal around USD $ 90 000 000!

For those who do not see that, in this electronic age, digital currencies, like bitcoin and fiat ones as well, like a digital dollar, will be increasingly adopted and continue into the future, they simply lack the necessary vision.

As with humans (males), I would be concerned about any adverse effects from the higher estrogen component in soy, unless you want a hairier pussy, or shriller bark in a Great Dane.  

Try speaking English in Glasgow and see how that works for you!

Given the strength of the wave of the BLM movement, we will all be jive talking! ????

If we look back into the dim and distant far reaches of time, it also begs the question as to what language was used when God spoke to Adam? It surely wasn't Hebrew, so what was it?  We need to figure it out, because God might visit us again one day and he sure won't be speaking English.  Naturally, if Jesus returns, he will be speaking Amharic, so we need to start brushing up for this eventuality!

I have two approaches to this situation.  The first is that I try to kindly dissuade any of my friends who continually send me stuff in which I am totally disinterested.  With one, though, I told him that if he continued after my first warning, I would simply "unfriend" him, from FB, WhatsApp, whatever.

However, I remind myself that we live in an electronic, digital age, and should make ourselves as conversant with it as is reasonably possible.  I don't see it as at all "unmanly" if my male chums exchange nudes, porn videos, jokes etc with me, coz I do the same back.  In my opinion, that's a "man" thing (and a side benefit is that all of these old buddies are keeping in touch with me)!

There are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but there are no old, bold pilots . . .

14 minutes ago, shoupy said:

In 1981, long before the power of crystals and pyramids were mentioned on television, I was able to visit the pyramids in Giza.  While standing at one of the corners, I touched the pyramid and could feel it vibrating/humming.  Also, fast forward to 1991, I took two steps into the Mings Tombs outside Beijing, and immediately felt they were connected to Egypt somehow.  Anyone else experience either of these same experiences?

Not quite the same, I felt very claustrophobic when I was in the King's Chamber. But I was at the Valley of the Kings just after the 6-Day War with Israel.  There were no foreign tourists there, other than me and my girlfriend.  Tutankhamen's sarcophagus was still on display in his tomb and I took a photo.  Of all of the photographs I took, it was the only one that didn't come out.  Go figure! 

The Great Pyramid vibrates at the same frequency as the earth, it is said.

11 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

This would probably put you in the same position as the 'lottery suicides'.

It's a bad idea that could only lose a lot of money very quickly.

I have factored that in.  If I was rich, I would grin and bear it.  I'm a pretty equable kind of person, no hang-ups about previous marriages, etc.

The OP didn't quantify what "rich" means.  Very few of the replies have had a broad-enough vision of how they would spend "riches".  I found the original question interesting, because, apparently, so many lottery-winners commit suicide after a while, or lose all of their money in short order, and psychologists believe it is because they had never planned, in advance, how they would meaningfully spend such largesse, and it became too much for them once they had those winnings in their hands.  One old couple who won a fortune were asked what they were going to spend it on, I remember.  They were going to buy a new Ford "something", and bicycles for their grandchildren!

With my sudden riches:

I would recreate an overland trip through Africa which I undertook in 1967, age 22, from Alexandria to Zimbabwe (Rhodesia), but in style.  Back then, I hitch-hiked, pretty much roughed it the whole way

.  In retrospect, it was difficult, but, back then, I enjoyed every moment.  I guess I would be disappointed, though, at how much places like Cairo, Luxor, Wadi Halfa, Khartoum, Omdurman, Addis Ababa, Asmara, Nairobi, Dar-es-Salaam, Livingstone and Victoria Falls have changed.

I would meet my elder sister to visit the Great Wall, and treat her to the most lavish hotels, meals and experiences possible, as the Wall is a lifelong dream of hers.

I would refurbish a Sunderland flying boat, and recreate the luxurious flights and stop-overs that Imperial Airways used to offer before the start of World War 2.  When I had had my fill, I would continue to run the experiences as a "business".

10 minutes ago, Bruno123 said:

Hmmmm....

 

 

OP's was a troll post and BS. Not sure what he is trying to achieve.  Psycho, perhaps?

Oh the joys, the joys, of being a landlord! The OP has just reminded me of the reasons I am no longer one.  From past experience, the OP is a chancer, hoping that the landlord will acquiesce to receiving the deposit in lieu of the last month's contractual rent due.  How can the OP possibly know that the landlord won't refund the deposit, has he got a crystal ball? I think he is trying to justify a pretty tenuous case to be honest.  The landlord should not have cut the electricity but he is also trying to protect his own interests, just as the OP is doing.

Even for the RTP, it is evident that they can rule out robbery or suicide. That narrows the field considerably, for them.

Cherchez l'homme! 

Don't remember a specific first kiss, but remember playing postman's knock at a couple of parties early on, where lots of kissing took place.  My first bonk was Maureen, when I was fourteen, in the doorway of the Methodist manse, one night.  I remember the bonk well enough. It was a knee-trembler.  It has been said many times that there is no such thing as a bad bonk! I guess I would agree with that sentiment.

whereas years back was more acceptable as there were few other choices.

What are the "other" choices now, which were not available a few years ago?  A go-go bar, massage, soapy massage, etc are pretty unique propositions.

1 hour ago, TacoKhun said:

plenty minibuses from victory monument

You take your life in your hands if you do this.  I did it once, never again. But the route is probably a lot quieter now than when I did it but doesn't mean it is safer. 

Happiest times of my life?  Hard to pin down, because I've had so many. Probably the best was my youthful abandon, living in Zambia for 3 years aged 22-25.  My own company apartment, a sports car, pretty girlfriends, a wonderful job and great, positive income stream.  Let me not forget the fantastic weather all year round, and the scenic beauty of the Zambezi River, and the Victoria Falls, just 5 kilometres from where I stayed in Livingstone.  To add to my joy, frequent visits to Chobe Game Reserve in Botswana, a short drive away, herds of elephant like you've never seen, or a drive across the Falls to the "Rhodesian" (now Zimbabwe) town of Victoria Falls, the Hotel and the casino.  My life was idyllic, a Paradise, never to be forgotten.

The fact that at over 79 years of age he could still get it up, leaves me not only envious, but full of admiration.  Way to go, Ron!

My daughter went through in vitro for her first child, at around age 40. The IVF was a success, in a sense, as she carried twins to term, but one child developed outside the uterus and was not viable.  Heart-breaking for us all.  Her second child came along 3 years later, was carried normally through to birth, and was, and is, a beautiful little girl.

Spike Milligan was humorous, even post-mortem.  The epitaph on his headstone (at St Thomas', Winchelsea), reads, “I told you I was ill”!

if it were not for my kids living there, I would be quite happy never to set foot in the country again.  

Edited yesterday at 08:53 AM by Pilotman

I feel the same way.  However many times I return to the UK, I feel out of place.  It is mos def not the country I was born and brought up in and I have difficulty adapting to the "new normal".  Nancy State gone mad, far too much PC, lefty-biased BBC.  Terrible!

35 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Not much use if it's TEOTWAWKI.

I'd rather have a basket of 'shelf stable' food, a hidden shelter in the mountains and plenty of guns and ammo.

Clearly, you're an REM fan! ????

Fact is, it isn't the end of the world, nor will it be.  Your future dystopia is unlikely to play out, so you should also be securing an income-stream.  Much good will your hide-out and provisions do you if that's all you have to fall back on in coming years.

Many people are out of touch with reality and don't see the bigger picture. The US stock market is falling, which has an effect on stock exchanges around the world and despite the Fed printing money in just about the biggest QE ever. It is also now buying corporate bonds and etf's, to no avail, and will soon run out of options.  401k holders are going to see their value eroded shortly.

For those who know nothing about gold, or BTC, perhaps a little bit of education in those two assets might itself be a good investment.  The only direction for gold over the next few years is UP.  BTC is highly volatile, but it has proved its value as a performing asset over the years.  The value of Fiat is falling daily.  See what one hundred dollars could buy 20 years ago, compared with today.  And the past surely is a great indication of what the future holds.

As always, a basket of assets - stocks, property, gold, BTC, and Fiat - makes the most sense, to even-out risk, over time.