Destin Beach, Florida, October 2020 Pics from a trip we made to Destin Beach, Florida, back when we were still in the USA. The first pic is of John and Thomas. The second pic is of Lola, supreme ruler of the beach! Can you spot the Land Whale, grumping as he trudges across the sand? Although we are currently living in the Philippines, our permanent mailing address is only an hour or so away from this beach! Of course, thanks to Covid19 it may be a while before we go back…
Visiting Lolo's Grave This morning we all climbed into the truck and drove to the closest cemetery to visit my wife's Papa's, (Lolo to the boys), grave. Once we got there, we discovered that someone had their carabao tied up in a way that blocked the road, so we had to park a bit further away than normal. A carabao or cow being "in the way" is a normal occurrence here in the Philippines. The first pic is of the carabao, checking us out. We hadn't been to Lolo's grave in more…
Larry Sanger, Co-Founder of Wikipedia, No Longer Trusts It. Larry Sanger, ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Sanger ), is the co-founder of the popular Wikipedia website. He also says he no longer trusts Wikipedia, due to censorship and bias becoming problematic there. Here is a TruthTube video where he explains his concerns over Wikipedia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0P4Cf0UCwU . There are also several webpages based on the interview in this video, such as…
My Wife's Boyfriend I was afraid this was going to happen sooner or later. The age difference between us is just too great. My wife's attention is now focused on another man. When he comes into the room she'll stop talking to me mid-sentence, and run up to him, cooing and cawing over him like he's the best thing since sliced bread. She'll hug him fondly, and ask him how he's doing, if he would like something to eat or drink, and sit down with him, forgetting all about me. I…
I Hate This! So this happened about 5 hours ago, before the sun set here. Some guy came puttering up our muddy gravel road on his motorcycle, looking to sell stuff to our household. As he got closer to the house, my wife grabbed me and told me to, "Get inside, now!" Apparently I had to hide from this fellow. Why did I have to hide from him? Was he known to get violent? No. Did he fly into a murderous rage at the site of a foreigner? Not to my knowledge. Did he have a highly…
Trouble Accessing Noise.Cash Today? Did anyone else have trouble accessing noise.cash today? I stay logged in to the site, (which may, or may not, be a bad idea), but this morning when I went to check out the "most significant thing in my life right now", (according to my wife), I kept getting various "503 Service Unavailable" errors. This was unfortunate. We had several errands to run today, and were going to be out of the house until early in the afternoon, so I was hoping…
How To Properly Entertain A Mosquito Today, whilst I was typing away on one of our PCs, a tiny visitor stopped by to pay her respects. It was a mosquito, and she flitted about my head and body as I tried to concentrate on finding ways to fund my wife's never ending spending. After a few minutes of this, I realized I was being an inattentive host. Every guest, no matter how small, is deserving of our respect and attention. So I decided it was time to attend to Miss Mosquito.…
Yet Another Good Cryptocurrency Video Check this out: https://odysee.com/@jackspirko:a/a-rapid-fire-cryptocurrency-q-a-%E2%80%93:d? . This is the one and only Jack Spirko, from http://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/ , answering a few general questions about crypto in his "redneck advisor" style. When he says "bitcoin", I would think BCH instead of BTC. He also discusses the Lightning Network and something called Strike, which I don't know anything about. I think they are both…
Five Nights At Freddy's Lore, Part 1 This post is a joint effort between me and my older son. He wants to post something about the atrocious computer game "Five Nights At Freddy's", which I abhor! Following is the fictional account of how the events in FNAF came to pass. In the 1970s two men named William Afton and Henry Emily created the restaurant called, "Fred Bear's Family Diner". This restaurant is basically a knock-off of Chuck E. Cheese, if you're familiar with that…
My Midnight Gems, (Or Maybe Just Rocks) For those of you inexplicably unaware of this fact, https://noise.cash/u/BitcoinBaby has a recurring post called "Midnight Gems", where he posts 10 songs that share a theme or some kind of significance to him. (His latest Midnight Gems posting: https://noise.cash/post/lz56wgkg .) I figured it would be a good idea to swipe his idea, and create a post of my own "significant" songs. So here it is! Because I'm so ridiculously verbose, (and…
Five Nights At Freddy's Lore, Part 2 I'm sorry, but I can't stop him. My older son insists that we have a part two of this mess. We missed some stuff in Part 1. (If you're feeling masochistic, feel free to review Part 1 before continuing with this unnecessary post: https://noise.cash/post/1n387mkv .) Before "Fred Bear's Family Diner" closed down, they created four new animatronics. A non-springlock bear called "Freddy", a non-springlock rabbit called "Bonnie", a fox called…
What Did They Put In Those Peanuts? I'm kinda in a "mood" today, so I hope I don't offend anyone, (no, I'm NOT constipated - thanks for your "concern"), but I just have to rant a bit about what folks here do to perfectly good peanuts. Check out the first picture. Garlic peanuts sounds yummy, no? But I wonder what the heck a "dilis" is? Look a little closer ........ do you see it? It's a DRIED FISH!! A flippin' tiny dried fish stuck in a bag of roasted peanuts! Without…
Maybe The Olympics Isn't So Stupid After All! I've never been a huge fan of the Olympics, but this incident just may change my mind. Have you ever heard of the Polish javelin thrower Maria Andrejczyk? After years of struggle, she recently won the Silver Medal in the Javelin throw, (toss?, hurl?, heave?). And so what did she do with her hard won medal? She auctioned it off to help raise funds for heart surgery for an ill infant. Apparently she wasn't too upset about losing…
Coin Bureau Video On The Lightning Network Link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3cQNpOR_a0 . This is a pretty long video, and kinda boring, (I drifted off a few times whilst watching it), but it is interesting to see what BCH's "competitors" are up to. IMHO the key point is that The Lightning Network may become highly centralized, and in Guy's words, "...... not that much different than banks". (At about 19:45 minutes through the video, if you want to jump to…
Five Nights At Freddy's Lore, Part 3 Yep, the older son wants to write about this mess once again! I'm sorry ....... it has nothing to do with BCH or cryptocurrency, isn't uplifting in any way, hopefully won't affect your daily life, and is unnecessarily gruesome. If you skip this post I won't be offended. After the nasty events of Part 2, ( https://noise.cash/post/l4vp69g2 ), defying all logic, Fazbear Entertainment Corporation opens another new restaurant called "Circus…
How Do Y'all Do It All? So even after spending most of my day on noise.cash, day after day, (and making it the most important thing in my life, according to my wife), I notice I keep falling further and further behind on all the cool posts I want to reply to. Yet at the same time, folks on here talk about their read.cash account, and their Hive account, and this or that game they're playing, as if they have all the leisure time in the world. So I have a simple question: how…
Roger Ver is a Man Of His Word! There is a great interview of Roger Ver on TruthTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=fMxevQWDrgU&feature=youtu.be , where at the 8:30 mark or so he says he'll send $5.00 in BCH to folks who email him. (This giveaway is probably finished now!) Always eager to get something-for-nothing, I send Roger an email with my public key address, and waited. The days went by, and no BCH showed up. Then today, almost two weeks later, I happened…
Banks In China Won't Give Folks Fleeing Hong Kong Their Money Same old, same old ....... latest instance of banks not giving people access to THEIR money is occurring in Hong Kong. As folks there leave for more freedom in the UK, they are forced by the banksters to leave their money behind. https://ph.yahoo.com/news/china-is-blocking-fleeing-hong-kongers-from-getting-their-retirement-money-044258807.html This must be because these are Chinese banks, you say? Yeah, that's…
How to Live ENTIRELY on Crypto There is a new video from the wonderful Naomi Brockwell titled, "How to Live ENTIRELY on Crypto". Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8gr_jH1wNE She interviews a guy who lives in the USA, Joël Valenzuela, and is apparently surviving entirely on Dash. It's a great interview, with this important takeaway: you need to ASK your local merchants if they will accept crypto for payment. Don't be shy! You might be surprised how many of them…
Time to Take a Break From Noise.Cash Well, it has finally happened to me. The demented auto-mod has decided that I am no longer deserving of tips. Noise.cash has been fun because of two features: 1. We meet new people from all around the world. 2. We get paid pennies for our efforts. It should be obvious to everyone why meeting new folks from different places is a wonderful thing. If you don't like that, then why are you here? What may be less obvious is the importance, to…
THIS NFT COSTS MORE THAN YOUR HOUSE That's the title of a TruthTube video you should watch if you are considering buying an NFT as an "investment": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzwPOn020YQ . Personally I can't understand paying even 2¢ for just a pointer, (url), stored on a blockchain to an image that may or may not be stored permanently on a server somewhere. If I'm gonna pay for it, just send me the friggin' digital image! Yeah I know; I'm old, impulsive,…
Five Nights At Freddy's Lore, Part 4 The FNAF story continues because ...... well, why not? Why not retell this sicko, unnecessarily gruesome "children's" tale? (Did I already tell you some nutjob is making this mess into a movie?) We left off with poor Michael Afton having his insides scooped out by a machine, yet surviving: https://noise.cash/post/1j35m2x4 . After that, Fazbear Entertainment creates their final restaurant, the name of which is unknown, (at least to us!).…
Are We Attempting To Solve The Wrong Problem? I've been thinking a lot recently about getting more folks here to accept BCH as a currency, or means of payment. (Yes, that foul odor you smell is NOT the stench of dried fish being cooked, but rather my decrepit brain cells attempting to function.) But the more I think about it, the more I wonder if we're attempting to solve a problem that doesn't exist, at least here. Back in the "civilized" world, (where people cheat and…
Improved Bridges A few months ago I wrote a post where I complained about the inadequacy of the foot bridges around here. ( https://noise.cash/post/1gp3k4z5 ) I am very pleased to announce that several bridges nearby show considerable improvement over my original example. Attached are pics of two such "improved" bridges. The first pic shows a simple bamboo bridge. Due to the thoughtful inclusion of multiple bamboo stems, this bridge was able to bear my bulk, sagging only…
Five Nights At Freddy's Lore, Part 5 My kid insists we continue with this mess, picking up from Part 4, ( https://noise.cash/post/l9g7rq46 ), but I've had enough. If he wants to make another yucky FNAF entry, he'll have to write it himself! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So we left off Part 4 with Henry Emily's plan to get rid off the animatronics, So his plan is to make a fake pizzaria restaurant and he hires Micheal…
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