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Just thing I wanted to find when I went down into the basement to fetch something out of the chest freezer—ah, the joy of having cats.
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Gosh. It's never easy to say goodbye to pets. My mom had to put her Murphy down last night. He was 16-years old. My wife and I were with her and him. RIP little buddy. Going to miss you.
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I am slow to the punch, and it will take me some time to get my "feel" around this place. Bear with me. I will figure it out and all will be good. Just may take me a bit of time to get at it the way I want to.
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I Am Trying to Keep the Faith *Faith.* That's an interesting word, isn't it? I mean, if you think about it, when it comes to cryptocurrency lately, that's really what you have to have in order to see any silver lining ahead. Sure, there are lots of people still completely full of it. *Faith*. Despite all of the crashes and terrible outcomes lately, many people are still clinging on to the idea that crypto is still the future and that crypto at least *has* a future. And a…
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I Don't Want to Work Today What if the short answer is simply that today I just don't *feel* like working? No particular reason, I suppose, other than it is a Monday, the year is almost finished, I have pretty much made my money for the year and—*perhaps I just don't really give a damn at this point?* Isn't that enough? Don't we all reach a point like that from time to time? I am not even particularly burned out. Do I have to be to have this attitude today? Or can I just…
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I Think We Have Missed an Opportunity on Read It seems to be quite the sad state of affairs these days on read.cash, with little activity, little interaction, and virtually no tipping. No. Not from *Rusty*. From *you*, dear reader and fellow other writers. Of course, part of the drop off of activity on read.cash is relative to the lack of participation by the people who fund the site giving their money away to us for the joy of spending a little bit of time here. I think we…
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It is, to me, a bit of a shame what has become of read.cash. At the same time, for any who complain it has lost its luster, I have to think that we—the users—are partly responsible for what has happened to the site. https://read.cash/@Porwest/i-think-we-have-missed-an-opportunity-on-read-2df60b7a
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Questions Can Be a Crypto Investor's Best Friend It is never for me, when it comes to cryptocurrency, that I am a naysayer. It is simply that I always have a lot of questions. The manner in which I question cryptocurrency may come *off,* at times as being a bit skeptical. It may make me *sound* like a naysayer. But when you really get down to it, isn't a little bit of skepticism actually a healthy thing? It is not all that different than the way I approach anything already…
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I have been tooling back around over on read.cash and it seems a little bit sad that things aren't as active over there as once was the case. But hey, there's a bright side to everything right? It's much easier now to keep up over there. Hopefully that does not continue as I still believe read can be an active community whose members (and more loyal ones now that Rusty doesn't appear as often) will become the primary source of funding through tipping. In any event, I do have…
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Why I Decided to Get Back Into Crypto A Bit I am not going all in. As I have said many times before, I am a stock market guy and it is where I not only have made most of my fortune, it is the area in which I make the most money. Like Warren Buffet said many years ago and which still holds very true for me, "Invest in what you know." And I know the stock market, so for me, it just makes sense to continue to be heavily invested there. Especially considering the multiple ways…
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Oh no. My wife brought it up as we were headed to Camping World to pick up our camper after we had some service performed on it. Christmas lights. She wants to go and see some Christmas lights. An hour and a half away. CHRISTMAS LIGHTS! I cannot tell you how much I abhor looking at Christmas lights. I mean from one twinkle bulb display to the next aren't they all the same? Sure, some are made into cuddly animals and others into festive sleighs—and I am sure there is a…
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Okay. I am back in. Kinda sorta. To putting new money into crypto. That is to say, despite my continued skepticism over it. But still, there are things and opportunities that I do continue to see, for whatever they are worth that provides at least a modicum of incentive for me to toss in even a nominal amount and continue to pursue earning what I can. I discuss some of that here, in this new article I posted on read.cash earlier today.…
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Anyone else notice a weird thing when trying to scroll in a post to find a response to a comment someone has made? Seems it doesn't want to scroll past a certain point and just jumps back the top. Quite annoying.
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Do We Need Rusty? Of course, I am referring to our little friend we also know as *The Random Rewarder*. Rusty is just his *affectionate* name as he is supposedly a robot. From the inception of the site we all came to know and love his frequent visits. I mean, he came with cash in hand. Well, *Bitcoin Cash*. But cash nonetheless since we all think of BCH as just that. *Money*. But in this world we live in where cryptocurrency is a thing, a lot has changed. The price of coins…
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It seems odd to me that there is still plagiarism happening. Consider Nabzzzz—https://read.cash/@Nabzzzz/in-bankrupt-lebanon-locals-mine-bitcoin-and-buy-groceries-with-tether-as-1-is-now-worth-15-cents-0b73e38a—who stole the entire article from CNBC. Spending some more time on his page I noted several others that I could find were stolen as well. Not to worry. I made a comment about it and down voted his post. He has not gained much traction luckily. I also reported these…
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I have been talking read.cash up lately. Perhaps it is that I still see something of value there. Besides, I like to write and read offers me a place to do that that is both fun and interactive. And let's face it, there's a lot of interesting people still active there. I hope I am one of them, but I will leave that to others to decide one way or another. At the same time, I was a bit shocked to find someone who has published several plagiarized articles. Some from as long as…
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Who knew when I wrote this article a day or so ago that it would become a rather timely one? "Do We Need Rusty?" Because it was just announced that Rusty, or The Random Rewarder, has given his last tip. Of course, he will be missed. But I continue to believe that there can be a strong community on read.cash even absent Rusty's generosity—well, the generosity of the actual people behind him who funded the site. The ball has been left in our court to finish what Rusty started.…
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Hey. There are musicians among us. I would like to say I am one of them because I have an album and some singles out, as well as have done a few covers which I share from time to time. But this one, not from me, has grown on me and continues to be in my queue when it comes to things to listen to. I think you should listen to it too, because it WILL grow on you. Like it did on me. Good stuff, my friends. https://soundcloud.com/inuno/punkwhat-dub
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My Thoughts on Read Now That Rusty is Gone There was a time when I went to great lengths to make sure that an article I wrote here was at least three minutes long. Maybe it was somewhere in the rules I read that an article *should be* three minutes long? Or maybe it was read somewhere that our old, now gone friend, Rusty preferred articles at least that long. Either way. I also understood that the slightly longer format did seem akin to what the objective was here as opposed…
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I swear to you, this may well be THE best post of 2022 on read.cash, and even more remarkable, aside from its pure entertainment value and its marvelous play on a very famous Christmas poem, is that it was written and published POST Rusty over there. I hope, despite the lack of the little robot's presence he is rewarded handsomely for the effort he clearly put into writing this. But I guess that is to be seen. Hell, I may even boost it, for whatever that will be worth.…
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The entire situation at read.cash with Rusty now gone has opened up an interesting debate. Within it, I continue to believe in the concept of readers tipping writers and the cycle going round and round with everyone contributing to the success of each other. Rather than relying on one or two people to shell out all the money. I still think with a collective contribution of BCH among ourselves, that the ability to take in more than we give back is still there. It still…
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From the Ashes of Rusty, We Can Rise Gosh. I will admit that sounds really mushy and kind of cheesy. Yet, at the same time, I still think that we have missed an opportunity and are still unfortunately deeply struggling to understand that. https://read.cash/@Porwest/i-think-we-have-missed-an-opportunity-on-read-2df60b7a That's okay. A few of us are still trying to wrap our heads around what went wrong? Why did Rusty say *se la vie*? Did he not like us?…
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Let's Just Talk, Shall We There have been times when I have sat down to get started writing something here only to stare at a blank page. Not that it was necessarily a case of writer's block or anything. Certainly I have a lot to say about a lot of things, and I rarely lack something to talk about. In fact, there is another site I "write" for, and I put the word *write* in quotes for a reason which I will get to in a minute. It is a place called myLot, which is all about…
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I have been quite a bit busy with a lot of other things, and so I have not been able to spend as much time on this new noise.app thing as I would like. But I have not gone away. I am not ignoring anyone. Just busy. Bear with me, if you will. There's a lot I want to do here and it is just a matter of time before I can actually get to doing it... And, getting to YOU in the effort.
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Stop Complaining Those were the words of Charlie Munger, 98, who is the long time right hand man of legendary investor Warren Buffet. Stop complaining when life today is 600% better than it was when he came of age in the 1930's. I think what he says about this offers a great bit of perspective when you think about it. For one thing, as he pointed out, when he was coming of age and through much of his life, there was a time when everyone struggled. For Heaven's sake, they had…
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Considering that noise and read have changed so much now, and they were my main source of earning any BCH, I am now curious if there are any good faucets for BCH out there anyone is using or is aware of? Currently I use faucets for several coins, but none offer BCH. But I am sure there may be one or two out there. Any recommendations?
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I am now announcing a prediction. Bitcoin Cash will soar to $1500 in six months. Hear me out. There is no basis for this prediction. Just wishful thinking like most of crypto. Because of course there is no way to value anything. So, just take my word for it. I just want to be able to tell my boss to kiss my ass, flip off fiat, and tell the whole centralized world that they have it wrong after all these years. Take that! I'm done! lol
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Is Tesla a Buy Right Now? The short answer is a simple I don't know. I mean, I should note that my fundamental opinion on Tesla stock in general has not changed. When it comes to the EV space I still prefer Rivian and Ford Motor Company. https://read.cash/@Porwest/one-reason-i-wont-invest-in-tesla-a222a581 https://read.cash/@Porwest/rivian-is-poised-to-be-the-best-investment-of-2021-330fc417 https://read.cash/@Porwest/so-who-will-win-the-ev-race-e5ee7f63 In all of my past…
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I am not a fan of Tesla stock, for reasons I have alluded to in previous articles on read.cash. That being said, I have to evaluate Tesla's stock differently now as its value has dropped more than 50% recently. There is a different set of criteria to look at is what I am saying, for anyone who actually does believe in the company and who feels that it has long term value. I prefer Rivian and Ford over Tesla in the EV space. Again, for reasons I have laid out before. But I…
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Raining Nickles (Round 1) I thought I would just share this in case anyone may not be subscribed to coolmidwestguy (I hope I got his name right). It's just a little bit of fun after the absence of Rusty, and a way to encourage engagement and fun and even a little crypto. Check it out. You will thank me later. https://read.cash/@Coolmidwestguy/post-723439ff#comment-c93dd74b