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Here is a thought, now Newcastle are the richest club in the world they are likely to ditch Steve Bruce, who is an excellent Championship manager but woefully inadequate at Premier League level. What are the chances of them trying to get Zinedine Zidane in place next month so he can spend and build a team in the January window Incidentally for those of you who are unaware all tips received today on any of my posts and responses are going towards #fundsimonkelly - please…
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Anybody else have problems with loading their Cointiply faucet this morning? It is working now but really annoying because I can only roll 12 hours after my previous roll so I lost three hours today because of the loading issues.
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Formal working day is over, but still want to get more stuff done. Not sure how the day is going to pan out though. A nap could be nice, but I end up feeling so demotivated afterwards i have to question the value
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A few weeks ago i described how BabyRah is like the Velociraptors who were testing the electric fences in the original Jurassic Park when it comes to trying to undo his restraining straps in his chair. Well he hasnt perfected it yet, but he has perfected undoing the ties that hold his little cloth with storage pockets that we tie to the side of his cot. He has also learnt how to find things for himself and today he took his small bottle for himself and although he put it to…
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Just want to remind everybody that today is a #fundsimonkelly day to help raise funds towards his cancer treatment. Please follow the hashtag or visit his go fund me page to find out more. All BCH received today will be donated to his fund. Let's make a difference and help save his life and keep his family (a wife and three teenage sons) whole. Thank you one and all, Much appreciated. Lots of little hearts make one big Noise heart
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Don't know how many of you know Nightwish? Their second vocalist Anette was much maligned at the time as some pop princess which was both unjust and just nasty. In Tarja their original vocalist they had a classy soprano and with their current singer Floor they have raw power but neither of them can match Anette's intensity. I give you the Poet and the Pendulum and just watch her emotion as her vocals kick back in at 9.32 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIH1iaajyJc
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So I just want to thank everybody who contributed to funding Simon today with your hearts and kindness. Next #fundsimonkelly day will on Friday (22nd) so please feel free to share again Incidentally just to drive home how serious cancer is today marks the 14th anniversary of when I lost my dad to lung cancer. He wasnt the greatest of fathers (I have a better stepfather), but even so cancer still cuts and devastates lives.
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BabyRah just not settling tonight, now he is more than 2 hours later than his usual time and in some ways even more. Squealing and really grouchy, but doesnt seem to have a temp.
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Difficult Night with BabyRah last night, He went to sleep three hours later than usual, he hasn't gone to sleep that late since he was 2 months old. Then he was waking every hour - this is quite usual, but compounded with his late night MamaRah in particular is exhausted today, Furthermore not helped by the fact that when she had chance to sleep in, the neighbour's noisy waterpipes killed it and so she had that stolen too, Anyhow today is new day lets see how it plays out.
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I just want to thank everybody for their efforts yesterday. A further $14.70 was donated to Simon. Including the dollar received on my Read:Cash article for Simon the total (excluding other wallets that people have set up) stands just short of $100 at $99.83. The next big push will be on Friday (22nd) so I appeal to everybody to share a bit of love and make a telling difference for Simon. Please note this is NOT a dedicated post, nor a day TAGGED for Simon.
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So my working day is finished already. Need to relieve MamaRah a bit, as you may have already read BabyRah gave her (in particular) a really hard time last night. It is good that her mother is staying, but in part it might be part of the problem too, because it upsets BabyRah's routine.
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Just earned my $3 free Cartesi on Coinbase Earn and dropped it straight into staking ETH 2, lets see how that one pans out. I have noticed they have reduced the ETH 2 staking APY from 5% to 4.5% already. Its all passive and thinking of dropping all of my "Earn Earnings" in there from now on just to see where it takes me.
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Don't you just love it when your crypto graph looks like this :D
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Looks like the first part of what I said was right. Bruce has left Newcastle, not by his own choice. Zidane coming in to get a full house?
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So today I have added a new Daddy Superpower (mothers among you will say "Oh we do that all the time"). I do not have the greatest eyesight in the world, nor the best hand eye co-ordination. I guess it goes hand in hand - forgive the poor joke Anyhow MamaRah was out with her mother and there was just BabyRah and me. For the first hour BabyRah was fine, but then he decided screaming was too much fun. So it was a case of he got tired then he got overtired because he decided he…
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For me one of the great debates is whether it is better to have a live recording or a studio version and while the studio version is usually more crisp (polished production) it often lacks the raw energy and ambiance of a live performance. The most obvious casing point is Metallica and In Justice for All... (the actual song) in which the drumming sounds almost like an electric kit during the chorus, but is so much more powerful in ANY live performance. Another example is…
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So it's all happening here. MamaRah is feeling ill with flu like symptoms (almost certainly NOT Covid because we are still living pretty much a locked down life) so she went to have a bath. In the meantime BabyRah woke up peacefully from his nap and I was laying with him and I heard some exchange in Polish between MamaRah and her mother involving the word carrot (marchewka - but not pronounced how you'd think) and carrot was BabyRah's next new food to try. BabyRah was ready…
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Very pleased to see that last night my portfolio hit a new ATH and the day turned out to be much greener than I was anticipating. However, it is only a matter of time... Last time I called it too early. Let's see if I can get it right this time. Stablecoin is armed and ready to go.
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So BabyRah is still grumpy, MamaRah less so and her mother is ok. Think we have to call that progress after last night!
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Just need by hodled BAND to come home and then I can concentrate on what I have decided is my primary strategy from now on.
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Might disappear for a bit - going to take the plunge on installing Windows 11
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Ok so I have got my Windows 11 and it looks a bit different. Looks like I might need to do a bit of a reorganise concerning easy access to my favourite programmes / apps So far so good with a smooth update though
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So in recent days I have been expounding on some of my favourites and most influentials that I had on vinyl (sad to say in past tense but I have moved country a few times and am now on my third country outside the UK). So today I need to give a special mention to a major influence of my youth and this might come as surprise to many. Ronnie James Dio holds the crown as the best metal singer ever (sorry Rob H and Bruce D.). Speaking of Bruce Dickinson, he is the best live…
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Feeling pretty lousy, I think I got the 24 hour bug that MamaRah had yesterday. Hope it clears up soon - like tomorrow. Intent on working as normal tomorrow. Just done a two hour session which with a thumping headache wasnt the greatest two hours of my life. I am 99.99999999999999999999999999% sure it is not Covid, due to us living an almost locked down existence and the fact I was doubled jabbed with Pfizer.
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not sure I'm doing better but expect a lot of noise from me tomorrow as all of tomorrow's hearts 💕 💕 💕 💕 💕 will be going to Simon Kelly's fund
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Good morning fellow Noisers. Up and ready for work although I dont particularly feel up to it. At least I have nice clients which is always helpful - in fact in my position I can pick and choose my clients... got some stories there. Any how today is a #fundsimonkelly day so all tips received by me today on any of my posts or responses to your comments or your posts will be donated to Simon's fight against cancer. So let's take a stand, and start hearting away. It costs us…
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So as today is a #fundsimonkelly day and I haven't posted about him directly for a few days I thought I would mention it again, partly as a reminder but also for those who may not have come across the appeal. Kamila is a long standing friend of mine and her husband (who I have met only a few times - we live in different countries) have three teenage children. He is 37 and recently he was diagnosed with late stage bowel cancer and has been undergoing potentially life saving…
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So in the end two late cancelled sessions (which means they have to pay me anyway) and one session conducted on Preparing for the Post Covid Environment. Good job - with a thumping headache, I am going to have a nap. Pls remember hearts from this post go towards Simon Kelly's fund. Many thanks
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Just woken up. thumping headache has eased a bit, but not feeling great. Mother in law just asked me if i am better today and I said "worse" - and I managed to do that in Polish #fundsimonkelly
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I may be unwell, but I still have my Daddy superpower when it comes to putting BabyRah to sleep. Doesn't work every time, but over all it's pretty good.
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I had to sleep again for another hour, but woke with my throat much better. My nose is so-so and my headache seems slightly dimminished. Will try to interact with more of your Noises to my fellow Noisers but pls be patient with me today.
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So today I am going to talk about what in my mind is the best album ever written, but let me qualify As much as I think Stargazer is probably the greatest song ever written I skip Starstruck every time - it just annoys me and while I love Dio era Rainbow I could say the same about Long Live Rock n Roll (esp the title song) although it is more difficult to be picky on their debut (maybe Still I'm Sad because I prefer it with vocals - such as On Stage). Likewise with Dio - for…
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Head is coming back, but must resist another nap because that will really mess me up tonight. Should be doing some proofing, power low and concentration even lower.
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OMG - been coming for a few days, but BabyRah is drinking some water from a bottle on his own unassisted. You may remember a couple of days ago I mentioned with my hand close by - just incase. Hands free BabyRah has just taken another big step!
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Just want to thank everybody for interacting today. Everything that Noise has shared thanks to your involvement is going to #fundsimonkelly (follow the hashtag if you dont know what the fund raiser is for) The next day for raising funding is 25th (Monday) so please look out for and share your love on my posts to help support Simon's fight against cancer. Many thanks On a personal level I think I am doing better but the headache keeps coming and going, which is a bit weird to…
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Saturday morning and doing a bit better. no booming headache now just a general fuzziness but it's a step
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So after yesterday's push for Simon the Noise fund for him now has gone over $100. I am going to add a substantial amount myself to the fund nearer the end of the appeal. Today I have initiated a BCH conversion to make this happen. Would be great if we could all just give it a bit more of a push as there are only three more dedicated days to go; 25th / 28th / 31st. It costs nothing to give a heart, but it can make a big difference for Simon. Just press the hearts and let…
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Do vaccines make a difference? Well here is some hard evidence - compare the difference in deaths between the peak cases. Draw your own conclusions. The UK has a high level of vaccine uptake even if there is some resistance in the younger groups. Having said that cases are running out of control and some kind of measures need to come back in . Just last night I heard somebody say that mandatory face mask wearing is an impingement of human and civil rights - I say only in the…
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and here is the graphic that was supposed to attach to the last post
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General appeal update. Simon's fund is just over half way there. Consider visiting and giving a helping hand. There is at least £75 (>$100) coming from the Noise fund so we can add that too already. https://gofund.me/70394f53
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Headache is coming back :( thought i was getting clear of it d'oh
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So thats me done for today. Headache is still hanging around but it is a shadow to what it was so hopefully a good night's sleep and that will make me fit and well again tomorrow. Keep Noising and keep going my friends.
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MamaRah let me have a very long sleep in this morning, we will see as the day progresses whether it has made any difference. For now the headache has been banished. How are you all today? Looking forward to the US Grand Prix later
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So a couple of days ago I installed Windows 11 and last night it did some further updates and now all the time data is wrong - like five hours out and yet in settings my location data is still correct. At first I thought there might be other issues such as the screen and pointer not being aligned but after another restart at least that seems to have settled down. Any thoughts?
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Windows 11 Bad time settings has created a time parodox in my Noise feed
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got a chance to do a bit of proofing today and have inevitably added another 850 words (text of second novel of the three). I so love writing.
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Not too much Noise from me today, been focused on relaxing and resting up. Got some proofing an writing done today. Got a busy day tomorrow including a follow up visit after my xrays a couple of weeks ago. I don't think it will be too bad to be honest. Mobility is a bit limiting but it is not quite debilitating yet. I was told a few years ago by an expert that when thinking about a pain rating on a 1-10 score it becomes pain at 4 and everything above. So I generally live in…
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How about this for a paragraph from my latest novel. Wrote it today so i think my brain must be getting better. "No one can keep up such an intense level of vituperation and inevitably while she was still speaking it seemed steadily, but noticeably, her vehemence lost some of its fervency and at that point she asked Dominika to help and guide her with what she wanted to do next. " ... and yes I did know what all the words meant beforehand.
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My young acolyte is really flying. Hit 400 in the last 24 hours. Soon she will be catching up with me. Keep telling you all how proud i am of @Kathrynmcgrath89 Well done you x
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Been quiet on here today - did you miss me? MamaRah and her mother have been packed off to bed and BabyRah is settled. Looks like it should be Max's race today but in this crazy season anything can happen. Expect a lot of comments as usual as the race progresses. Sorry Max fans still rooting for Lewis, but next season my allegiances will change.
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Max did that to himself by forcing Lewis so wide. Got himself all out of line. Tried to plan B it when Lewis got away quicker. The two McClarens were almost a thing of beauty as they came side to side on the Ferrari
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LeClerc has helped Max, but Checko didnt lol bad pit stop. Cant see Lewis getting in and out ahead of Max now
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That was a weird one with Alonso. Looked like coming off the track should have disadvantaged it but somehow it did. Not sure about that one nor what "noted" means in reality
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Seems like the commentators have barely noticed Hamilton closing in on Verstappen. Is Max pacing himself or is Lewis charging? How good are Max's tyres. Intriguing.
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going to be a challenge for Max to keep his pace for the rest of the race as the types go off. If Lewis can stay out long enough to go Soft at the end could swing his way.
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Decent pit stop there - looks like Lewis will be able to chase Max down. 18 laps 9 seconds. Half a second a lap and has to get past him of course
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Lewis will have Max with five laps to spare. that's my prediction (I usually get them wrong remember :D )
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Just realised I was posting on my wall instead of in here. I think Lewis will have Max with five laps to spare
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I think Max has done it - I am usually wrong so trying to psych Max out lol
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Today is a #fundsimonkelly day with ALL FUNDS received by me through Noise going to Simon's appeal so please take the time to heart my posts. No heart = nothing A heart = possible noise tip. It costs you nothing and then it is up to Noise's algorithm what happens. I repeat, nothing comes from nothing, but with something, something can always happen. The start of a new week, begins with an unusually busy Monday for me, but at least I got a bit of a sleep in this morning. You…
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Not sure if I have mentioned it yet today, but I love Celsius Mondays. Looking forward to my weekly ~$5 of passive income. Please remember ALL hearts on my posts today go towards #fundsimonkelly Many thanks
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So I have decided to take the plunge - maybe a bit early as there is no dip at the moment and now even most of my investment fund is staking to provide steady income and to release capital to drive further investment
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So after my previous snippet, full of sophisticated language here is something a bit more straightforward but also fitting to my writing style: ___________ The summer had long since passed, and as the seasons turned first into golden autumn and then into winter, I hadn’t forgotten. That terrible June night, now several months past, had seen me stare into an abyss of my own making, but then ultimately led me onto a path of redemption. But I didn’t feel redeemed. I couldn’t…
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And there we have it. Celsius Weekly Rewards slowly creeping up to $5 = all passive and a significant amount of it in stablecoin. It's growing steadily
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Doctor's appointment to go and one more training session. Seriously busy day today. #fundsimonkelly
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And finished for the day. doctors visit went well and on one hand it seems I am not much worse but on the other it is a problem I will have to live with for the rest of my life. However MamaRah isn't happy because Polish people are greater experts than the experts!
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Ok so to explain what's going on. Maybe three years ago I was visiting home and had been walking around all day and must have covered about 10km and was on my way back to my friends where I stay and suddenly when just over a km away I found myself literally unable to walk without massive pain and staggered somehow to a bus stop. Fortunately the bus stops directly outside my friends house and the enforced rest had alleviated the pain somewhat. So of course when I got back…
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So yesterday's fund raising added a further $3.08 to Simon's fund and without counting renoises the current fund stands at $107.35 / £78.37. I will be adding my donation to the fund in the next few days and there are TWO more days left for passing on funds to Simon. 28th / 31st Thank you very kindly for your donations.
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Getting really annoyed here - they won't f____________ leave it alone. A DOCTOR DIAGNOSES NOT GOOGLE FFS Sorry needed to vent and better here than to their faces!
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Thanks to a nice little surge on COSMOS I have just reached a new ATH. Let's see if it can continue tomorrow as 27th always represents one of my checkpoints in the month (simply because that is when the interest @0.01% APY) is applied to my bank savings.
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Looks like i should have held the Cosmos a bit longer but who knows when it's going to top out. I still have some left so could use it to leverage some more growth
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Is BAND beginning to come back to life. Been hodling that one since early May. Would be nice to land it before the next dip. Up 10% in the last 24 hours :D
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Good morning fellow noisers. Hope all is well with you all. I hope to be able to go through my feed sometime this morning and catch up with you all. for now I think I need to go and sleep BabyRah
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Had a nap and suddenly everything started dipping. What happened?
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Really unlike me, but my "get up and go" has "got up and gone", zero motivation here today. Sorry for the lack of interaction. Hope I snap out of it soon. Tomorrow is the penultimate day for funding Simon so it'd be good to really push it for his good. Like I said it's very unlike me. Keep safe and keep well people,
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Mojo still not back. Maybe I need a good night's sleep. Like I said this is so unlike me. Leaves me at a loss and it makes me sad when I have nothing witty, entertaining or informative to share. Some shut eye and then the world will be brighter tomorrow methinks. Sorry I am melancholic today my fellow Noisers
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So tomorrow is another big push for Simon, the penultimate one so lets do our best to share as many hearts as we can for him - let's use our BCH for treatment that could prove to be life-saving. Catch you all very soon :D
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Today is a #fundsimonkelly day with all tips from today going towards his fund raiser. This is the penultimate day, with the last day being on 31st October. Let's keep those hearts coming A dull morning here and already had coffee and ready to face the day. Quite a light day today in terms of clients but desparately need to do some admin and just maybe I will get some writing / proofing / editing done. Bit more positive than yesterday but to some extent I am having to fake…
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in macDonalds. armed and dangerous 😂
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a blast from the past. plenty of misspent hours in my touth on one of these. for younger ones it's what we called a computer in the 1980s and yes it plugged into your tv. all tips to #fundsimonkelly
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I just got another pumpkin on Cointiply 10,000 Coins :D
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BabyRah has just done something he has never done before with me. MamaRah was out so I fed him with a bottle and he fell asleep as he was finishing and I was able to put him down. He wouldnt burp, he was so tired, so I had to watch him closely for the first 20 mins or so. He's fine. He missed a sleep earlier so I guess that is why
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So I have just checked my bank interest on my savings. and maybe I am sharing too much, but i dont know whether to laugh or be offended. For £1090.43 I received for the month £0.01 To give some perspective Baaed on a BCH price check earlier today I have earned £2.23 for a lower (but growing thanks to Noise) balance on Celsius. The banks are a joke. Crypto all the way for me. Unbank yourselves and set yourselves free of their corruption, esp when remembering that the reason…
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bought this earlier knowing with BabyRah i probably wont get to read it for a few years. remember all hearts today go to #fundsimonkelly
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BabyRah has been able to rotate like the hands of a clock for a little while now and shuffle backwards, but he has just made his first crawl with a bit of forward momentum. Started last week when he pulled his legs from under him, but today he managed to push off in a forward direction. Soon nothing will be safe lol
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So with 31st October being the last day of the fund raiser for - #fundsimonkelly - today is the second to last, I intend to share with you where we stand based on the figures I have collected. I know too there are some outstanding collections going on elsewhere so it will be nice to bring that together in the first couple of days of November just before i send it off. Remember all today's tips go towards Simon.
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Nearly the weekend and where I live it is a long weekend, although i plan to work as usual on Monday - as far as my clients are available anyway. Yesterday's tips added a bit more to Simon's fund. There will be one more push on Sunday before we pass the funds on to his Go Fund Me.
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As promised, this is how the fund raiser is looking with one more push on 31st October. Let's see how far we can take it on Sunday for Simon
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Looking at my porfolio and it seems very much to have recovered from its little blip - so it must have just been a correction and is still hovering somewhere near my ATH
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Not shared on here for a few days so I thought it was high time I did. So today I want to describe to you my three seconds, across three different songs that defined the direction of my muscial taste forever before telling you which one i have to go with as number one. 1) WASP's infamous "Animal" song, (7" can I say that in this context lol) that second when the main riff kicks back in just after the first chorus. 2) My introduction to Metallica was Fight Fire with Fire,…
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How to murder a song. Shame on Metallica https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuDpHAIdyaQ
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I worked out earlier in the week exactly how old BabyRah is now and just didn't get around to posting it. Busy days Anyhow today BabyRah is exactly 200 days old. Forgive me the indulgencem but I have a thing for numbers and when that combines with BabyRah... well - need I say any more!
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Awake! Both inlaws here today. So busy, chaotic and bye bye to BabyRah's routine. So fun and games ahead of us today methinks
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Shopping trip with inlaws wasnt such an ordeal in the end. I pretty much went around the mall on my own, bought some English goodies, stopped off for a Costa and was off again. Could have been a lot worse, so no complaints
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Just want to remind everybody that tomorrow is the last day of the #fundsimonkelly campaign. It'd be great if we could just give one last push and use our (Noise's) BCH to make a substantial difference and a better chance of survival. Remember EVERYTHING received on my account tomorrow will be added to the total and sent to Simon's Go Fund Me Let's make our hearts count
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typical me - i have gone and done it again. Sold my BAT too soon. Shifted it when it had surged 10% to £0.52 and now three hours later it is £0.82 I always seem to move too soon. Bad habit of mine, but still made money on it - was £0.20 when I bought it
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One of the things that i have never understood since moving to Poland is that as I go about my day to day life and talk about my muscial tastes as part of making "small talk" the biggest surprise I constantly encounter is the number of people who say "Oh yes, I used to listen to that when I was younger". And I am not talking about boy/girl bands or two minute popstars. Metal is as much to do with identity and individuality as it is the music and anybody who thinks otherwise…
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Having an interesting exchange at the moment with @EnergyB0x and @StreamBucks (two very worthwhile people if you have never come across them) about NFTs. Who would like to see me return posting my non-NFTs like I used to a few months ago (time allowing of course). Added a sample:
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Good morning fellow noisers So today we have a reversion to normality. Just MamaRah BabyRah and me :D Today is the last day of the #fundsimonkelly campaign and once the numbers are in I hope to send the money off to him in the next few days. Hearts cost nothing, but can make a change. How is your Sunday, did you remember to change your clocks. An extra hour in bed for most (unless you have a baby of course)
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It is a long weekend where i live because they make a big thing of All Saints' Day, but for me it is a case of catching up on my admin. About half done now so not so bad. The problem is I did the easy bits - now it is the tedious stuff. Hope your weekend is more interesting than mine!
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#fundsimonkelly i normally censor BabyRah but today on his walk he decided to do it for himself 💕💕💕
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So when i was on my walk with BabyRah I confronted two cyclists who insisted on riding on the pavement even though there is a perfectly good cycle lane on a relatively quiet road on a long weekend Sunday. I blocked their progress with my arm and it is good they were passive because believe me I was ready to knock right back esp after being nearly knocked over earlier last week. Get so irritated by such behaviour. #fundsimonkelly (last day)
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#fundsimonkelly Normality is beginning to return, just slept BabyRah in literally 4 mins! Need a nap myself tbh. Please remember every heart counts.
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havent done a True a False for a while so for #fundsimonkelly let's do one now. As always two true and one almost true. Figure out which ones are which. Those of you who know me know that i haven't always been "sweetness and light" lol so here goes 1) When I was living in Albania I faced down a local gang and forced them to back off before they left me dead in a ditch. I was so scared that i did this by hitting the ringleader of the gang and then they backed off. 2) When i…
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Forgive me for venting When I give 200% and my bones feel like they could break at any moment and MamaRah demands more so she can have some "Me Time..." I suppose I shouldn't complain when there are others facing much more serious health issues. My mind immediately goes out to Simon Kelly - #fundsimonkelly
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So now it is time for bed, so the answer to my latest true false will be revealed tomorrow This is the last post dedicated to #fundsimonkelly so please get clicking and lets go out with a bang. Halloween. Stay safe stay well and not too much candy my friends