Quote from: philipma1957 on September 16, 2025, 11:54:02 AM

Quote from: JayJuanGee on September 16, 2025, 06:27:51 AM

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I console myself by saying the physical work replaces the pushup routine for the time being.
Since the greenhouse is hot as hell taking out 500-600 pound is working in a sauna.

This morning after I eat breakfast I will drive to the scalper and pick up some cash.
price is still $1.15 a pound

Hahahahaha

Holy fucking shit Phil!!!!

If it makes you feel good to be engaging in that level of work in regards to the physically tangible and in touch with the world kinds of activities, then so be it.

I kind of liken it to a kind of proof of work that involves digging a hole in the back yard and filling it back in for the mere sake of showing that you had been working, yet you end up getting little to no product out of it, except the sweat, perhaps blood and tears of the physical labor that was involved in order to produce such proof of work.

Another thing.

I understand a young guy having to do whatever it takes, including using whatever resources that he has (such as physical strength) to involve himself in a variety of activities to give himself bragging rights and even to be involved in the world and finding his ways, yet by the time any of us are getting into our 60s (and/or late 60s at that), we are hopefully figuring out ways to elect our physical activities rather than being forced into them based on financial circumstances.

By the way, Phil. Did you get any pleasure out of doing these activities? Did anyone help you?

I remember several times in which I moved a lot of stuff around with my car with multiple trips (such as moving from one rental unit to another) and also even some business activities that could be done with my car (and multiple trips) rather than the harassing nature of renting a truck and having to do all of it at one time, the work could be spread out over several days or even weeks, in some cases. So I am not going to deny that I have sometimes employed my own physical labor to circumstances that might have had otherwise been more efficient to do in other ways.

As you likely appreciate, in this thread, we are largely attempting to talk mostly about bitcoin (and sometimes related topics), so you have a formidable foe in terms of trying to persuade that lugging around a bunch of copper is a good alternative means of making some money, even if you might now be proclaiming to fold your quasi-unimpressive profits into bitcoin. Maybe you are engaged in this part of the conversation in order to convince some of us how superior bitcoin is to the seemingly physically burdensome path that you had chosen for ur mortal lil selfie (as if it were to be a good thing for a 6 year old to be lugging around hundreds (or is it thousands since you have several trips?) of pounds of "precious" metals and their wrappings.)? Tongue

Quote from: serveria.com on September 16, 2025, 02:40:09 PM

Guys, did anyone manage to claim those MIDNIGHT tokens? Did it go smoothly for you? Their website keeps telling me my addresses are empty. Sad

Does not seem like a good use of time, energy and putting value at risk. How much did you get? and/or how much did you expect to get?

Quote from: philipma1957 on September 16, 2025, 04:51:57 PM

Quote from: philipma1957 on September 16, 2025, 01:26:44 PM

paypal is an easy way to kyc coin. of course you do not fully control it.
But I see no issue in having 10% or less of your corn in PayPal's hands.

I have btc there.
and off I go to the scrapper.

and back from the scrapper $683 for this load of wire.
maybe 10-12 to do.

Ouch!!! It hurts me, just to think about it.

Quote from: OgNasty on September 16, 2025, 07:08:08 PM

Today is the day that I've been saying would be the top for Bitcoin for quite some time. I've actually been eyeballing today for basically the last 4 years. Now that it is here I don't want to sell any Bitcoin, but I may sell a tiny bit just to stick to the plan... There's a ton of bullish news out there and with December looking like it will be the MSTR inclusion period, I have mentally begun making excuses that my sell date should be moved to December 16th. We will see how that plays out for me, but I've definitely started watching the exits.

Doesn't sound like a great strategy to me, but hey, if you think that it works and/or has worked for you in the past, then so be it.

If you really examine the situation, you likely have not profited from your way of dealing with bitcoin as a trade, and I doubt that it is a good practice to try to play waves like you seem to be advocating.