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It's still quite early but two training sessions delivered already. Long morning with short breaks but will Noise when I can including my EOM performance
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So here is my crypto performance over the last 3 months. As with most of us May hit hard, but by the end of June I'd just about stopped the rot and July saw a return to growth despite little movement on the crypto market and clever leveraging during August saw my portfolio hit a new ATH Just one small note the profits are distorted in Investment 2 by receipts of my Noise:Cash BCH. Investment 1 is family, Investment 2 is mine (afterall it is me who makes the Noise) and…
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A bit of light watching while I have a bit of a break for some food.
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Again so little movement on the market, no opportunity to take profit or leverage growth. I am set up to take advantage which ever way the market goes - but it has to actually MOVE! Playing long can be frustrating at times...
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So that's work finished for the day. Now time to do some writing before I get down to watching a film and relaxing before bed
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So after watching a stop motion animated movie on Monday tonight's choice of film is what many consider to be the breakthrough movie when it came to CGI and somehow it was more realistic then than it is now. It was more gritty and simply because it was less impressive it somehow blended in better I am of course referring to the original Jurassic Park Movie from 1993
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So in the end I managed to write about 2100 words too and now the second novel has broken the 100,000 word barrier. Slowly getting near to completion - well the first draft anyway Enjoyed the film btw and then went back and wrote some more <3
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A bit of an easier day today, but I could do without the early starts. especially when I have a chance to sleep with BabyRah and MamaRah being away at the moment. Just three hours and then hopefully I will get that last chapter finshed and then there is just the epilogue and afterword to finish and then the real work begins How's your day panning out my fellow noisers?
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Two hour break and then it will be time to have my training session for a client from Russia on issues connected with Growth Stalls and Secular Reversals and what practices can be used to (as much as possible) avoid them. Sounds like a fun session?
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Time to work again, but only one more hour today and one hour tomorrow so it is practically the weekend for me. Happy days and plenty of time to get that novel finally drafted :D
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time for some writing before the football later. I really want to get this chapter finished
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Score prediction for tonight? Hungary vs England I am going 3-0 to England :D
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3-0 to England tonight - any takers?
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beyond England playing my two other favourite countries are playing against each other. having lived in both countries would like to see both Albania 🇦🇱 and Poland 🇵🇱 do well but MamaRah is Polish so i guess i should favour Lewandowski and co.
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Hope the second half is better - that was a bit tedious
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Get in there! About time! Hungary 0 England 1
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now thats more like it. Called it as 3-0 earlier Its 2-0 now Definitely a better second half - unless you are Hungarian
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England are seriously turning on now. The Hungarians were supposed to be difficult to beat
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So now it is 4-0 and they have exceeded my expectations. Well done England!
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Very constructive day today 3,500 words added today, although I didn't quite get the chapter finished. It's close now. England ran out 4-0 winners too so all in all a good day and I nice ending to do the day.
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Nice wake up this morning to see that I had ticked over another centenary of followers. Thank you each and every one of you. I really appreciate all of you. Hope you all have a fantastic Noise day...
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Time for true or false. As always TWO statements about me are true and ONE is FALSE. Try to work it out. 1) I once turned up to a military base with just my passport and told the gate security I wanted to come in and have a look around - and they let me in. 2) I once used my passport to gain entry to a high level governance meeting comprising of UN officials from at least two agencies / NATO military commanders / International police forces and other local officials in a UN…
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So the answers to my last TRUE / FALSE They are basically all TRUE, but with the following exception. They all occurred when I was living in Kosovo after the war. 1) Completely TRUE. I took a walk there and armed just with a passport they let me. Subsequently they let me in whenever I needed / wanted even without a passport. It was a NATO base and yes i did get to look at their hardware which was a combination of Portuguese and Italian equipment 2) I did attend such meetings…
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Going to attempt to leverage some more Algorand over the weekend following today's surge. Lets see how it plays out
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Portofolio hit a new ATH today and for the first time profits are now into FOUR figures. That is a nice problem to have <3
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I can't believe it is 7am on a Saturday morning and MamaRah and BabyRah away and I am awake - when I have a perfect opportunity to sleep. I hope I get to sleep in tomorrow :D
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Actually managed to publish something on P0x this morning already - a very rare occurance In this article I raise questions about the wisdom of something that many think is a good step forward for the environment Something that I think just simply is dangerous and should be banned - see if you agree with me? https://www.publish0x.com/rah/a-real-eco-menace-xglvvzg
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So here we are on another race weekend; should prove to be a good one and much better than last weekend. Question is will Max bring it home and are Mercedes beginning to experience reliablity problems. Of course I am for Lewis, (that is likely to change for Russel next year because he will be in a decent car and he's relatively local to where I come from), but however it works out lets hope for a great and safe race.
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Just caught an item on Sky News. Apparently Apple have developed software designed to detect images of child abuse on iphones. Of course Child Abuse is abhorrent and if it helps fight against such terrible crimes and saves victims it can be a good thing surely? However on the other hand it is snooping and that raises issues with civil liberties. Also if the algorithm works in a similar way Facebook's (too much flesh colour in an image so it often flags up beach scenes) how…
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So, I have now hit my next Noise BCH target of $800. This is exclusively made up of Noise (no Read or other sources) although I do include the associated Celsius Rewards as they are applied only to funds received from Noise. Thank you very much Noise and my fellow Noisers Next Nominal Target is $900. Let's see how it plays out.
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$3 ANKR now available on Coinbase Earn
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Just a curiosity - if women are now commentating on men's football on Sky why aren't men commentating on women's football? If we are all equal and there by merit shouldn't it work both ways?
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And so now it is time to be reacquainted with one of my boyhood heroes. Been a few years since I last spent some time with Indiana Jones so while MamaRah and BabyRah are still away I am going to indulge in all four films - maybe 3 today if I can. Four would be great. Starting of course with Raiders of the Lost Ark
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Q3 Apart from that little twitch Max was so much smoother than Lewis so I expect Max to lead all the way from the front tomorrow based on that.
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0.038 - that was closer than I expected it to be! Thought Max was more comfortable than that!
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So now the F1 Qualifying is over and done with it is time to follow Indiana Jones on his next adventure to India and the Temple of Doom!
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Been a while since I've seen The Temple of Doom. I'd forgotten just how much fun Short Round is. Getting near the end now. On the "Rollercoaster" and then just have to get across THAT bridge
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And now I've swiftly moved on to the Last Crusade even thought it wasn't Indiana Jones' last outing. Sad to see River Phoenix and remember how young he was when he died.
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For the first time in three and a half months I have just ordered a payment request from Publish0x. The switch back to Farm means that I have a home for at least one of the tipping assets
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One more to go - managing to watch them all in today's marathon
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So the Marathon is over and I have seen it through. Next time I watch Indiana Jones BabyRah might be old enough to enjoy it with me. That's a nice thought on one hand but its still a few years off and I think Star Wars will have to come first
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And so we have a super sporty Sunday today. First the Dutch Grand Prix and then England are playing, and what is perfect (allowing for what happened last week in Belgium) the two dovetail together perfectly. Planning to do some writing and work on a couple of projects in the middle of the day and then sport sport sport all the way. Promising to be a good Sunday - unless Andorra beat England of course lol
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So today's middle of the day task is to complete a client's end of year accounts. While not my primary job it's always good to keep my skills practiced and up to date
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there are very few things that are more deliciously simple than beans on toast even if it's not the healthiest. pure culinary pleasure without the hard work. something Homer agrees with
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So the grid is ready are we ready for lights out... From a Polish interest Kubica is back so if he finishes expect him to be last because he lost any edge he had after his rally crash several years ago
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Perfect start by Max. 1.6 seconds after 1 lap is impressive!
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Its there for Max to lose - failing some kind of mechanical failure it's not going to happen.
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Not a great stop by Lewis at 3.6! Max will be completely out of sight now esp if they come in at a sub 2 second stop which they are more than capable of Here goes...2.7 almost a whole second better than Lewis
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Race on....
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Hard vs Medium this is getting very interesting...
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Bit of a predicatable not exciting one today. Lack of overtaking opportunities
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That's hilarious - what a mess by Mercedes. Bottas accidentally got the fastest lap. With clowns in charge I am actually really pleased for Max
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that could have been a nice moment for Saka after what happened in the summer. But never mind.... Lingard 1-0
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Putting on some of the England first team to lift them after a mediocre hour. Bamford hasn't shown anything. Poor first touches even when he had a chance to be through
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tbh soft penalty
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So pleased for Saka - just wonder if the racist thugs cheered too!
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Am I mean - I just can't stop myself
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Quiet Sunday. Working tomorrow and MamaRah and BabyRah are coming home this week sometime so time will disappear again Looking forward to sseing them both, but I guess I should enjoy these last few nights while I can.
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Monday morning, a new day, a new week, the sun is shinning but it isn't oppressively hot any more as we begin to wind down into autumn. MamaRah and BabyRah will be home too this week - I am so looking forward to seeing them if not the sleeplessness.
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BCH up by more than 10% overnight. Nice surge on my portfolio value and new ATH
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and so with the current surge in bch i have absolutely smashed my nominal value target of $900. Next nominal target is $1000 and to think it was only a few days ago that i achieved the previous one of $800
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be very careful out there people. this happened literally about 15 metres or 50ft from me abt half an hour ago. nobody seriously hurt. i made sure and made sure yhe emergency services arrived before I took the pictures
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i just daw that the srcond picture from the accident didnt upload. this was the back of the bus after the camper slammed into it
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Bearing in mind the subject of my last two posts this is exactly why SPAM is so wrong and I would go far as to say borderline EVIL. If this person doesn't understand English copy into translator, but FFS there were pictures of what could have obviously been a much much worse accident. The pictures do not need words. just look at the damage on that bus. Even if the camper has crumple zones buses tend to be very soildly constructed. That was one serious impact - hence why I…
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I love Mondays. It is when the weekly Celsius Rewards come home. That is another $4.32 passive income added to my portfolio. A lot of this is on stablecoin. Some perspective if I am to achieve this every week it equates to $225 and remember most of that is on stablecoin so it's not going to fluctuate too much. In terms of value still hold more UDSC and DAI than any other currency, but my Noise BCH is fast catching up.
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MamaRah and babyrah are coming home tomorrow. looking forward to seeing them both after 10 days ♥️♥️♥️
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So with tonight being my last night on my own before chaos arrives with MamaRah and BabyRah my choice of film for tonight is Star Trek Nemesis - which unlike the other Star Trek Movies I've only actually seen it once and that was so long ago that the only thing I can remember is who Picard's Nemesis actually is and what happened to Data in the end because Brent Spiner said he was getting to old to play Data any more. There might be a reason why I only watched it once... i…
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just a few hours now until MamaRah and Babyrah come home ❤️ but in the meantime a busy mornings work.
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More overnight growth on my trading portfolio - about another 5% in just a few hours - not too shabby!
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MamaRah and BabyRah are home <3
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Another language bugbear I have We can say ASAP as a word if we can also say RSVP as a word too.
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in 10 days BabyRah has grown so much. a proper little boy 💕💕💕
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Has anybody ever managed to roll 99,999 on the Cointiply Faucet? I just rolled 98,953 - its about as close as I've ever got.
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Nice start to the morning. Leveraged a bit of growth in both my LiteCoin and DAI thanks to the dip of the last 20 hours or so. Hopefully sets up the rest of the day for me :D
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and for the second time today leveraged more growth, so more DAI and more COSMOS (and staking too). DAI +2.5% Cosmos + c 12% This morning has started bright and beautiful
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I have just realised that BabyRah is now exactly 150 days old. Time is flying (apart from at night when we want to sleep at night)
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So that's me finished work for the day. Now I have the small problem of my home country playing my adopted country in an important football match. Should I support MamaRah and betray my roots or should I betray MamaRah for the sake of my home country? Difficult one for sure... NOT!!! Come on England !!!
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Poland 🇵🇱 vs England 🏴 is a very physical game. a proper battle
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honours even at half time which is a fair reflection of the action
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England are looking more incisive already long may it continue
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And there we have it 1-0 to England Same story as always when playing Poland, it doesnt matter how well they play. England always seem to come out on top (apart from in 1973 and on that occassion a few years ago when they "forgot" to close the roof - it was a bit more complicated than that)
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England architects of their own undoing. They'd been asking for that for the last three or four minutes. BTW before the match I predicted a draw so lets see what happens in the next two minutes.
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After last nights rallying of prices I expected to wake up this morning to a correction of several percent only to find even more growth. Crazy times to try to read what is going on at the moment on the markets
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DaddyRah thought that in the 10 days MamaRah and BabyRah were away he'd lost his daddy superpower of putting BabyRah to sleep (because Mama and Grandma changed the method). But he's back and his power is undiminished - we have one sleeping BabyRah - but I don't know how long for
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Committed my usual crypto sin today. Moved too early on a surge and now I have to wait for a bigger correction than intended. Funnily enough I now have plenty of stablecoin but have almost exhausted my stockpile of staked coins which I pair. Reversal of my usual situation,
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Just taken BabyRah for a two hour walk, to give MamaRah a break but I think my hips have gone now (sadly I have some arthritis - comes with age I am afraid)
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For some reason BabyRah's routine is all over the place tonight. What didnt help was that he only slept for about 15 mins of his walk Could be a difficult night
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So in the end BabyRah went to sleep much much earlier than usual, but I rather suspect this means we are storing up trouble for the night. I do hope i am wrong, but I rather think that I am not.
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and as expected BabyRah is wide awake again. its found to be a long one and I've got work in the morning
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like the velocoraptors in Jurassic Park attacking the electric fences BabyRah is attacking his safety harness to try to figure out how to get free Smart boy
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So in the end BabyRah finally settled later than usual and slept for longer periods than he normally does - good news for MamaRah - but he still woke up early - not so good for DaddyRah but over all it was a win for family Rah even if i am more tired now
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Never come across this P0x blogger before but I quite liked this post :D https://www.publish0x.com/doofus/famous-crypto-proverbs-xppxegz
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So it looks like my current session is a no-show so I might start the next person early who is always enthusiastic and ready to go. Sadly it's not an infrequent occurrence with this no show client, the complete opposite of the client who is already available even thought she officially has another hour to go. What it does mean is that both she (the good one) and i can start our weekends earlier.
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and now the weekend begins. Cosmos is flying around all over the place, but needing it to dip another 10% or so.
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Another two hour walk with BabyRah and smashed the 10,000 steps thing again,. i think I am doing more in a week now than did all year last year because of Covid / lockdowns
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Portfolio is so in the middle ground at the moment. Ive been hodling since May and a big surge on my alts could lead to a "nice little earner" and the other has been leveraged in stablecoin to make the most of a dip. Knowing my luck the ones I need to surge will dip and the ones that need to dip with explode. But while hodling i am not losing as I still have that amount of currency whatever happens and most of it is staking
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I know there was a notification about high gas but just wondering if anybody has received this week's FARM payout from P0x? I am still waiting for mine - just wondering if I am alone?
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Actually managed to do some writing today for the first time since everybody came home. Did 1331 words so not too bad. Last chapter is coming along nicely and then the Epilogue to write and the afterword to finish before editing it carefully
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Closing in fast on my next centenary of followers. Thank you very much Noise and my fellow Noisers
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Saturday morning. Time for a walk with BabyRah ❤️ befote it gets too hot 😊
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Coinbase are having issues again but at least it appears that my Harvest Finance (FARM) from P0x has now come in. So at least that
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As many of you know I recently introduced @kathrynmcgrath89 to Noise. Well today is her birthday and it is something to celebrate in the middle of a day that is now remembered for tragedy. She is like a daughter to me and so I just want to write here how proud of her I am and if any of my fellow noisers free like dropping in on her profile feel free to wish her a happy birthday
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True or False. As always two are true and one is almost true. Your job is to work out which one is which. 1) When I was living in Kosovo I had my own AK-47 for personal protection 2) I contributed to the building of an illicit (illegal because of sanctions) super-weapon for Saddam Hussein 3) When i was living in Kosovo I visited a village and would have been chased off because they thought i was a Serbian spy. It was only because I was armed that I had no problem - but I…
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Latest true false got people talking - answer coming soon :D
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Been waiting for the sprint race. thought it was starting about 5 mins ago. Have blocked up the TV. Not sure if MamaRah is happy. Only less than an hour til it will be done and dusted
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Hamilton started in reverse. Sorry BitCoin Baby for Gasly at least he is ok. Looks like Max will have Pole now there is a safety car and Bottas changed his power unit which means he will start at the back
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The best of Perez and the worst of him in exactly a lap's distance
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Very poor by Lewis. Going to struggle tomorrow. It's Max's race tomorrow failing some kind of mechanical failure and with that kind of momentum this could be the race that propels him to the world championship
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So my current True and False 1) I did have an AK-47 in Kosovo and in terms of where it came from - as you may wonder - during the Albanian Anarchy of 1997 many military facilities were raided by the population and a year later many of the same weapons had found their way across the border into Kosovo and were used to equip their - what proved to be - successful insurrgency against the Serbs. When I arrived their were plenty of them still in circulation and I was give one for…
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hip is really bad tonight. think i need to take a break from babyrah's walk tomorrow 😔
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sunday morning and already awake with BabyRah ❤️ F1 to look forward to later but for now family time
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so BabyRah is now five months old and he gave us a little present. MamaRah told me thay for the first time ever he slept almost the whole night from 9pm to 5 am. up until a couple of weeks ago he was going 3 hours then waking up every hour after that. lets hope it's the start of something...
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Just used the search function and looked up "BabyRah" and i have an entire documented history of his first five months. How cool is that. Noise the gift that keeps giving...
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May cross another line of followers on here today. 2K is almost appearing on the horizon and I appreciate each and every one of you :D
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Sunday lunch almost cooked. WIll be done and dusted before the race Roast chicken and the works - it is Sunday after all
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My Podium Prediction 1 Max 2 Lewis 3 Charles Bottas will sneak into the points and Perez will make good progress spin out because of trying to hard and have to start again and finish outside the points I do hope i am wrong - esp about Perez - and as much as I am a Lewis fan Max deserves the win and he will be a worthy champion (not that I have quite conceded defeat yet)
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With Tsunoda having probs and a possible pit lane start (if at all) does that mean Bottas has one less person to pass. What is the protocol when starting last with pit lane starters. Do they all go through first - I guess so -which means Bottas has already made up two places including Gasly
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Go Riccardo! Those stewards / photographers were a bit too close to that crash for my liking. Not sure what they were
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Oh Max what happened - I warned of some kind of failure outside him
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Oh Max what are you doing. YOU should have let him go. YOU had warmer tyres and could have taken him within a lap TWO bad RED BULL MISTAKES
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No points for either of them = advantage Max
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By the letter of the law Max had the right but driver craft would suggest it would have been wiser for Max to hold back Not sure if, with the chicane being so tight, whether Lewis could have got out of the way centrifugal forces being what they are
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Bottas has to be the driver of the day, Maybe they should have threatened to sack him earlier! Can he make it to the front? I would be happy for him if he does
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If Perez takes Bottas out and crashes out too during an overtake this will just be the icing on the cake today
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No disrespect to Riccardo but how can he be driver of the day after Bottas' performance. Great start by him but he just had to keep his nose clean and tbh the chaos behind him helped more than his superlative driving. I would say he had an excellent but steady drive, nothing more and nothing less.
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I am kind of pleased my top three were completely wrong - really happy for the McClaren boys, but the real winners were the fans and we needed that after the damp squib that is Belgium and the boring procession we saw last week.
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Made it to my next centenary of followers on here - thank you each and every one of you. I really appreciate the support I have on here - so thank you one and all
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Thank you everybody in here for making this my MOST tipped post EVER. I know I am in the minority as a Lewis fan, but we all get on so well and I love the banter. I so look forward to race weekends and that extra reason to spend time with all of you :D
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so now I'm a fifth of my way to my second bch from noise. thank you everyone here on noise and noise itself 😊
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One thing i did forget to mention as a fifth month gift to me and MamaRah, BabyRah had an afternoon nap and slept throughout the entire race meaning that i could enjoy it completely undisturbed. Our little man might just be a total rock star (not that I minded his antics during the recent Belgian farce)
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quite a say esp with the F1 and babyrah and i even managed to write 850 words
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Good morning fellow Noisers. I want to start today with a massive thank you. Through you all I received a massive 2% of a BCH in a single day and the only other time I have ever achieved that was when a generous individual gave me some through the QR giving - and not the challenge. So once again thank you Noise and my fellow noisers :)
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I got so confused I was ready to deliver an online session but forgot it was rescheduled. It must have been all the excitement from yesterday's race or a fuzzy brain.
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Dont like days when nothing is moving (nothing I own that is) but at least I have the next round of Celsius Rewards to look forward to when they come in.
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Not had too much time to Noise today between clients and BabyRah. He had a wonderful day yesterday and gave us lots of rest but today is a different matter. I have a window now and plan to write, but daren't say how long it might (NOT!) be.
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Spent an hour with BabyRah today listening to music, but it wasn't your typical Dad music I guess. So he likes Slayer, WASP, Devin Townsend and Iron Maiden but he is not a fan of Ronnie James Dio (I can work on that) although he likes Rainbow's Ariel with Dougie White. Some of you will know what I am on about while others... well just check it out for yourselves
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I see that @Kathrynmcgrath has smashed her first 100 followers and is making good progress on the way to her next hundred. Good on you. I told you it would work out for you. And fellow noisers who have found her through me thank you for taking the time and effort. Let's be honest her fun facts are more interesting and probably more accurate than what you can find on Quora and probably a lot quicker to read too. Keep it going :)
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So I've done it. Second novel is now finished apart from the afterword and the Epilogue but the main content and chapters are finally done. Been a bit disjointed. Now the real work of editing and checking it begins before submission Working Title is "The Hard Road Back" but may change And then the third one is waiting to be finished. Then before I know it I will have written a trilogy!
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Difficult night with BabyRah last night. After his initial sleep he went no more than an hour before waking us up again. Very tired today, but even harder for MamaRah because she was the one who got up with him (this is a practical arrangement because I have to work and for no other reason). I am tired, but MamaRah is knackered so I am going to try to look after BabyRah as much as I can today to give her some rest and if my hips are up for it I am going to take him out this…
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One session done, two to go and then it is time for BabyRah who MamaRah is trying to sleep now.
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So I have just moved the last of my TEZOs to stablecoin to leverage some growth. Surely after a surge of >41% in a week a correction has to be incoming? So let's see if i have called it right.
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And so now my formal training sessions are over for the day the rest of the day needs to be focussed on helping MamaRah with BabyRah and hopefully getting the Afterword and Epilogue written. To be honest the last parts were written in such a disjointed way that I hope they come together and work, which includes making sure the narrative is consistent!
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Time to write and edit methinks. BabyRah will be asleep soon. He doesn't want me to do it this time so it is on MamaRah, but I had my moments when I was feeding him. Sharing is caring and with a child it only means more love is shown - so no complaints here.
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TEZOs are turning as expected . the question is how far do I let them fall. The more they dip the better it will be.
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Is it just me - but with some of the ALTs doing what they are surely we are due some kind of a major correction. It has to be a question of when and not if. Maybe a plummeting BTC will lead the way? Or an overbloated ETH? Thoughts?
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A little message from BabyRah, all ready for his bed and in his PJs. Only I think I have just got him changed and he has filled his nappy
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I know some people reported having some probs with their Noise Feed yesterday and when I opened it just now I thought I was going to experience the same. There was definitely some lag in loading Anybody else facing any issues?
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One of my favourite things about writing is editing and going through the creativity that I have spun. However, the challenge as always is to go way beyond "good enough" but know that perfection, while a lofty goal, is impossible to achieve.
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Really really annoyed. Took BabyRah out for a walk and needed to cross the road at a zebra crossing over a road which had two lanes going each way. And as happens too often in this country I have chosen to call home the car in the first lane on the nearside stopped, but TWO cars in the farside lane didnt. If I hadnt been so cautious it could have been the end So angry...
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So many of you know I have been encouraging you to follow one of my favourite people in the whole world @Kathrynmcgrath89 and I have told you she is like my daughter. Well those of you who have started following her will know that she said just yesterday that she is a twin. Well today I have been chatting with her sister and have encouraged her to join Noise and how she is here. So now there really are two of them. So I would like to introduce you to @Roxanne1989 and would…
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Can't resist this - can it be said that Barca are messy without Messi. Call it a bad dad joke if you like!
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and two days after passing th 1700 mark i have jumped another 100+. thank you very much noise and my fellow noisers 😁
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some difficulties with putting BabyRah down tonight but for now he's sleeping 😴
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Got an unusual situation today concerning my training programme. Quite independently I am teaching three people from the same family. Not a common experience
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One of the joys of living away from your native country is the delight that comes when you discover a food product from home that is not usually available in a shop. Today's reason for such joy is the humble Weetabix
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Big Noise outage there for me. Lasted about half an hour. Anybody else?
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So what do we all think. My ranking 10/10 for honesty, but 100/10 for "spamability"!
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Finished for the day. Lets see how long it takes to deal with BabyRah tonight
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So now i am truly a father - in the fullest sense of the word because I now have had the fullest range of Baby mess. Thanks to BabyRah sharing a little post feed vomit with me. Bless him - I am blessed :D
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Just earned $3 of Chiliz on Coinbase Earn: Just giving people the heads up. I just randomly checked and there it was waiting for me. A nice way to end the evening
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And so the wind down to the weekend begins, Three sessions to deliver this morning and then the best part of three days off - although with BabyRah there is no such thing as a day off any more. How's your slope into the weekend looking my friends?
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One down. Two to go. the weekend is getting nearer. Then i can spend some time writing and checking my portfolio and driving it forwards
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So I just decided to reconvert my DAI toTEZOs after moving on them a few days ago. Shame it was a microtransaction as much of my currency is now in long term hodled ALTs that havent really moved (namely BAND and NUCYPHER) or has already been converted to StableCoin Percentage return is fantastic 0.85 TEZOs after reconversion became 1.025 TEZOs and I left a bit of DAI behind as part of the transaction so as a microtrade the quantity of both currencies grew. Just wish I hadnt…
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Windows just updated and when I came back to pen my Noise everything had changed and I was like "oh s______" but it seems to be ok now. Not really following the story with the wallet saga. I am happy so long as I can keep loading my Celsius. Anybody else?
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Maybe a simple question. Do I still receive my BCH at my current (Celsius) address. I am a bit confused here :(
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So MamaRah got an extremely rare treat this afternoon. She went out on her own for a couple of hours for the first time since BabyRah arrived. Leaving me home alone and when she got back he was fed, burped and almost asleep, giving her a much nicer afternoon (so far).
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Oops somebody broke Noise again today. It must be the new wallet function onboarding that is causing the problems.
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So aside from some minor structural work - basically to make sure there are no repetitions - I have now completed the afterword so there is just the epilogue to complete. I am within a couple of pages of completing my second novel and as a follow up to the first I hope the publishers readily accept it. Then it is down to going through it a couple more times to sharpen and polish it before moving on properly to part three of the trilogy :D
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And there we have it. First draft complete coming in at 107,976 words. Last time it came in at 100,000 but by the time I had polished it up it was 110,000 words give or take. So lets see where it goes next and lets hope I get a publishing deal to go with it.
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My first visit to noise today, I tried earler but it wasnt working. For me Saturday started very early with BabyRah as MamaRah really needed a rest. She managed to sleep until almost 10.00 and then we were both up for an hour with him and then I needed a nap. Now it is BabyRah's turn. How is everybody's Saturday looking.?
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So despite my concerns yesterday with the onboarded wallet upgrade I can happily say that I am still receiving BCH on my Celsius so as far as I am concerned nothing has changed and I am delighted about this. So for those of you in a similar position you can rest assured that BCH is still being sent out. Thank you Noise and my fellow noisers
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quarter of the way to my second noise bch. also for the first time ive average 0.01 bch for every day in the last week.
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Parents' worst dilemma I believe. BabyRah is awake but sleepy and we want to put him down for the night in a couple of hours. If we dont let him sleep he will be so cranky later and if we do it will mess his sleep up and we will have problems all night (as we did last night to be honest - he went to bed far too early) What would experienced parents do? At this stage he is slightly through sleepy and playful so our hope is that he holds for 90 minutes and then we can start…
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In the end I got BabyRah to hold out without him getting too cranky when putting his PJs on and now MamaRah is settling him. I am going to have a bath and that is Saturday pretty much done for me. And you?
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So here is the opening to the follow up novel to The Confession The Hard Road Back (Part II of the trilogy) Winter had evaded us. A Polish Christmas just isn’t Christmas without snow. It was a month later when the snow finally came in the form of a pristine blanket that I thought would usher in the long overdue winter, but just a day later it turned into torrential rain that churned up the snow into a disgusting grey slush before washing it away. Another day later the…
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Easy Sunday today,. No F1 today, Maybe I will watch Spurs/Chelsea later, but not got much planned. So maybe as BabyRah allows today will be all about the first steps of editing the new manuscript. For me step one is using Word's Read Aloud, which while not perfect gives an indicator of how the text flows and highlights any mistakes and helps to punctuate. It is slow and laborious but worthwhile
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Wisdom from @Mynima "The ability to passively increase my position with cryptocurrency holdings in a reliable and stable manner is invaluable to the everyday investor." Consider him to be one of my top mentors. If you haven't come across him before he is well-recommended. In context the quote comes from an article about long term hodling which can be found here https://www.publish0x.com/hobbyist-crypto/how-to-hodl-like-a-pro-with-hodlnaut-xyyqrro
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With BabyRah around just managed quite an achievement When submitting a work to a publisher it is necessary to provide three documents - a covering letter - a synopsis - the manuscript In the space of about an hour I have been able to produce the synopsis and I am happy with how it drafted out, although the word limit was a bit of a challenge.
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New in here, but not a new Trekkie or new to Noise. Let's see how far we can go with our discussions. Nice to meet everybody. Will just throw this in to begin. My favourite incarnation is Voyager. What's yours? #StarTrek
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I have just found heaven on earth, by far the best chocolate in the world and looking at the background it seems like they are real bars. Biggest one I have ever seen is 1.2 kg
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So MamaRah was cutting BabyRah's nails an hour or so ago and he was wriggling and flexing as he often does and making it very hard. I suddenly remember that whenever we try to film him he tends to freeze and so I grabbed a phone and just held it up so he could see and sure enough it worked. BabyRah frozen in time and five minutes later or 20 nails were cut.
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Cheering for Chelsea today as my brother's team. Will be interesting to see how Spurs - the perpetual bottlers manage though
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Thats made my brother smile. Chelsea one up
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Sometimes luck is just on your side. Spurs were winning most the 50/50s in the first half and then that.
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Game over 3-0 and my bro is a happy man!
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An hour past BabyRah's usual bedtime and he is still wide awake. Maybe he will sleep longer when he finally goes down - we can always hope :D
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been a fight tonight but babyrah is now down 90 mins later than usual hopefully he'll sleep longer til hours next feed
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So with paid cancellations I only have one hour today :D (but get paid for more) and BabyRah has just gone down for a nap. Happy Hour! How's your Monday shaping up everyone?
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So in the last hour I completed the first 10% of the "Read Aloud" of my manuscript check (actually started yesterday) so it marks a good starting point on the hard work. A few adjustments were necessary but not as much as last time.
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Time for True / False - been a little while Of course I would never do anything like this now! 1) On the UK holiday of Guy Fawkes' Night when living in Albania I built a large bonfire and put in the centre of it a camping gaz bottle which exploded about half an hour after I lit the fire. When asked what had happened I meekly replied 'I think it was a plastic Coca-Cola bottle exploding." 2) My friends and I were bored one winter's night and we decided to target a dead old…
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Going to answer the TRUE and FALSE in a while but in the meantime I have had a couple of strange but somehow connected dreams over the last couple of nights. Sometimes our subconsious is trying to tell us something and btw I rarely remember dreams. Night 1 I was lying in the street (I have no idea why) when suddenly some water started appearing and then suddenly it went from just tickling the bottom of my legs to threatening to swamp me. I jumped up and the water started…
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So my current true and false First one is true and for about 20 minutes after the fire had really taken hold and before it exploded I was scared and really regretting it. So worried that shrapnel might do somebody some real damage. DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME! 2) Completely true we made our own pillar of fire out of a dead tree after raiding our Youth pastor for fuel and paper to get it going. Funniest thing was we told him the next day and then ten years later we made a passing…
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Here is another snippet from Novel Number 2: _____________________________________________ It was Valentine’s Day and I woke up alone. At first my senses were dulled, but as I opened my eyes and consciousness increased I was aware of the sound of somebody pottering around in the kitchen, but just as obviously they were being as quiet as possible. I rolled over to face the middle of the bed and as I guessed the space next to me was absent. Dominika was gone, leaving only a…
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Love Celsius Rewards day - another $4+ passive income added to my portfolio predominantly on stablecoin
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How beautiful is this song? Devin Townsend and Anneke Van Giersbergen and just look at the joy on her face https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYu0gqLA9Bc&list=RDMM&index=2 I give you "Ih Ah"
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Here is an interesting fact about me. I am from a place that once held the record for the tallest building / manmade structure in the world and now I live in another place that also held the same record. Can anyone else make that claim?
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You may remember my last post yesterday when I said I am from a place that once had the tallest building / man-made structure in the world and now I live in a place that held the same record. I am from Lincoln, UK and its Cathedral at some 159m was once the tallest building in the world thanks to the spire on its central tower. Sadly a storm put paid to the spire a few centuries ago and now at approximately 80m it is not even the tallest Cathedral in England nowadays. I live…
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Lots of red on my dashboard today but my portfolio is still holding well. Hope you can all say the same too. "My success is your success" is one of my ethics.
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So little Noise from me today. Market seems to have stablised for now and MamaRah's family are over. So it is nanny and granddad and uncle. Oh and I am still working on the manuscript.
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Something unusual happening this time with the editing. Last time round I added 10%. This time round I added a couple of paragraphs but since then I have actually been cutting words. Not sure if that means my writing is getting better or not!