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68 comments \ @saloon 21 Feb \ yesterday

Howdy there, partner! Welcome on into the Stacker Saloon.

Saddle on up to a stool and spill the beans about your day, fire away with them questions, or let loose and give us the lowdown on your wild and woolly life. We're all ears, so don't hold back!

We're open round the clock, so mosey on in whenever you please!

852 sats \ 0 replies \ @gmd 21 Feb

2212 sats \ 4 replies \ @grayruby 21 Feb

Two years ago I talked to my wife's nephew about being bitcoin only and also gave him advice on how to start a fitness coach/trainer business he wanted to start. His dad had wanted him to follow in his footsteps and be a firefighter but he didn't want that life.

He is in his early 20s and he had been trading nfts and shitcoins during the last bull and crash. I thought I got through to him as to why that was stupid and he should focus on working hard, building his business and saving in bitcoin. I even told him if he wanted to start up his business I would give him the capital to get it off the ground (not a ton of money but corporation registration, logo design, basic marketing materials).

He and his GF moved into my father in-laws house after my mother in-law passed away. It was supposed to be a mutually beneficial arrangement, where my father in law who has some chronic health issues would have someone around so he could stay in the home and my wife's nephew and GF would have a place to stay rent free if they were willing to help my father in law out with some cooking, cleaning, take him to run errands etc.

Now today I find out from my wife who is in Texas to help look after her dad after a major surgery, that they need to kick her nephew and his GF out of the house because he has been stealing her dad's money and credit cards and degen gambling on crypto and sports. Sad just sad.

Nothing irritates me more than people who squander good opportunities and the kindness of others to instead make perpetually stupid, selfish decisions.

That's my rant. Don't shitcoin folks.

50 sats \ 1 reply \ @Natalia 22 Feb

that's sad...

and even more sad to see how those crypto things ruin the minds of the young - they might keep thinking about how to get rich quick ( fast but at the cost of others' lose ) rather than actually learning real skills and then providing value for others ( the Bitcoin win-win way, slow but solid ).

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 22 Feb

Yes it is very unfortunate.

50 sats \ 1 reply \ @gnilma 21 Feb

Sorry that your father in law and your family have to deal with that. It always sucks when you have to deal with a thief, but so much worse when the thief is someone you care about, someone from the family. It also breaks my heart to see young people take advantage of the trust family members put in them, then goes to abuse that trust by stealing... sigh.

63 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 22 Feb

Thanks. Is what it is. Unfortunately without someone staying with him he likely won't be able to stay in his home as it is a bit too much for him to maintain and he really needs someone around to remind him to take his medication and things like that.

99 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b 21 Feb

Ideas are like syringes. It doesn't matter how big or elaborate it is. It exists to pull blood and it's useless if you can't find a vein.

852 sats \ 1 reply \ @davidw 21 Feb

I like to think of them more like squirrels for dogs.

You can find yourself chasing them for hours, only for another to pop-up and distract you from the original prize. So many squirrels in the world to pin down, without careful planning 🐿️

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 22 Feb

My metaphor sucked for this, but the lesson I take is different. Although planning more is a reasonable approach to take. My lesson to not get fixated on some unfruitful thing. You can avoid the sunk cost fallacy by never sinking so much cost you fall into an odd gravity well.

187 sats \ 0 replies \ @jessikabtc 21 Feb

It's been a fun day. Very busy, but then spent the evening with friends and really enjoyed it.

470 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 21 Feb

Howdy!

25 days of 100 push ups until $100k down. Undetermined to go. 21 days of 100 squats until $100k down. Undetermined to go.

40 sats \ 0 replies \ @jgbtc 22 Feb

Nice work! 24 days straight for me.

187 sats \ 0 replies \ @carlosfandango 21 Feb

AI takeover, Tech advance outpaces us. A human future?

71 sats \ 1 reply \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 21 Feb

Day 65 of posting mining earnings from the day before: 607 sats on 20Feb2024! Running total: 47,546 sats!

Yesterday's comment

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 22 Feb

Day 66's comment

261 sats \ 4 replies \ @gnilma 21 Feb

Good morning stackers.

Day 24 of 100 push up till 100k completed.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @jgbtc 22 Feb

Nice! 24 in a row for me too.

71 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 21 Feb

Nice!

I don't know what day I'm on until @grayruby posts his update, because I just remember being two days behind him.

120 sats \ 0 replies \ @gnilma 21 Feb

When I post, it's always yesterday's day count, because I post in the morning, during which I have not completed the day's push ups yet, so can't claim to have completed it.

We started on Jan 28, so today should be the 25th day.

141 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 21 Feb

Gotcha

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Ratel 21 Feb freebie

Started posting to NOSTR this week and got my first zaps, really thrilled about this social network. Twitter already feels antiquated.

277 sats \ 5 replies \ @Natalia 21 Feb

how many do you see? 👀🐕

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @gmd 21 Feb

Made me think of this video of dogs spontaneously appearing... :P

251 sats \ 3 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 21 Feb

64 sats \ 2 replies \ @Natalia 21 Feb

good eye!

this one is HUGE, look at his pawn...

32 sats \ 0 replies \ @Natalia 21 Feb

dat leave me alone face

240 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 21 Feb

The SN comments display images in a very small size. You need to click on them to view them in a larger size.

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @quark 21 Feb

does the SN onion service work for you today? I can access http://snsnsnya6h3ot563f3p566wuhfoklkg5f62hokdlaqzcaub3gf4xlxyd.onion/

but not browsing anything else, for example entering the saloon: https://snsnsnya6h3ot563f3p566wuhfoklkg5f62hokdlaqzcaub3gf4xlxyd.onion/items/433588 gives me Unable to connect error

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 21 Feb

It's had some issues for a while: https://github.com/stackernews/stacker.news/issues/400

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinIsTheFuture 21 Feb

Hump day, busy fiat week, day dreaming in my Bitcoin standard world!

42 sats \ 4 replies \ @davidw 21 Feb

Never really been into it, but started swimming in the open sea to start off the day. My own 100 to 100k (100mins in the water).

Only a few days in and it’s doing wonders for my energy & posture.

304 sats \ 1 reply \ @arrivederci 22 Feb

Swimming is great, swimming in the sea is wonderful.

I participated in my first open sea swimming event last weekend. Swam 1km in the company of more than 400 others. (Out from the beach, around some buoys and then back to the beach.) Planning to go in another event next month which will be a mile (1600m) and then a 2km event the month after.

But meanwhile my regular swimming is in a chlorinated pool. It's a nice pool but the sea is obviously far nicer. So you're indeed lucky if you can swim in the sea every day.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @davidw 22 Feb

Congrats rockstar. Hope you didn’t get a face full of hands and feet for the event. I have heard from people that do triathlons that competitive swimming can be quite brutal at the start.

I am indeed lucky. But it’s early days to see if I can keep it up.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 21 Feb

You swim 100 minutes to start your day?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @davidw 21 Feb

Submerged like a whale for that time. Swimming for the bulk of it.

291 sats \ 0 replies \ @FallingD02 21 Feb

GM you legends

383 sats \ 0 replies \ @koqoo 21 Feb

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @premitive1 21 Feb

Hump day!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @RealCoachAndy 21 Feb

Happy Wednesday everyone!!! It's the middle of the week and time to verify how our strategies are coming along, See if they need tweaking or perhaps change them to see if you can get your desired result to end the week strong, just keep your eye on the ball and stay motivated, visualize yourself obtaining what you want, feel it, sense it, it will come, it is yours because you deserve it my friend, keep on keeping on!! I wish you all a wonderful day, may it be filled with love, success and happiness. You're awesome and don't forget it! Be well and stay frosty my friend!!

269 sats \ 5 replies \ @orthwyrm 21 Feb

Day 312 of snailposting everyday 'til BTC hits $100k.

...and 2 day(s) of no distractions (yesterday's phone usage: 24 mins).

__@_'-'

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 21 Feb

👍

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @mango 21 Feb

Day 93 of horseposting

Horse stance: 3 minutes 10 seconds

50 sats \ 2 replies \ @carlosfandango 21 Feb

That’s awesome. Any moments of digital FOMO during the day?

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @orthwyrm 21 Feb

My worst habit is checking the price.

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @carlosfandango 21 Feb

Hard not to have just a sneaky look every once in a while…

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @TNStacker 21 Feb

Giddyup! ⚡☕🧡

643 sats \ 2 replies \ @UCantDoThatDotRugged 21 Feb

Started up a new territory, ~conspiracy:

https://stacker.news/~conspiracy

"Discuss any and all hypothesis, theories; guess, speculate -- hell, you can even share facts and proof. Local dog catcher getting kickbacks from the pound? Tell us! Dreams giving you proof of alien invasion? Discuss! Eyewitness account on 9-11? Document it! Feet up, watching Ancient Aliens? Welcome!

PS: UFO discussion is welcome here but be aware there is a separate dedicated forum for deep dives: https://stacker.news/~UFOs "

Entered into the Open Design Challenge #4 (Turn a western movie poster into a Bitcoin learning device):

#430498

17 sats \ 1 reply \ @OneOneSeven 21 Feb

There's no territory maps but I imagine ours are bordering each other haha!

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @UCantDoThatDotRugged 21 Feb

142 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 21 Feb

29 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei 21 Feb

After a long hard day of work, I took my waste papers and made a detour to the recycling machine near my house. Earned 5 cents that would go towards my son’s college fund.

Life is tough, but I’m tougher. Clawing towards my financial target, literally one cent at a time.

217 sats \ 0 replies \ @carlosfandango 21 Feb

Mid-week drag….

67 sats \ 0 replies \ @hasherstacker 21 Feb

Bitcoin fixes this

533 sats \ 9 replies \ @Natalia 21 Feb

Running out of the soap that I bought from eastern Turkey, so I cracked two eggs and mixed them with honey to wash my hair, nomad hack of problem-solving! my hair is so soft and shining:)

I think I'm gonna do an experiment of no soap for a while - I've stopped using any shampoo for about two years, and definitely no conditioner, it's insane to put so many chemicals in your body. 🤔

My goal is to find out what's the best for my body instead of being told what I should use...

116 sats \ 2 replies \ @davidw 21 Feb

People forget that the skin absorbs the majority of what we put on it. If it’s not safe to eat it, we probably shouldn’t really apply or use it on our skin.

Think I remember reading some dude doing something similar to stimulate new hair growth and prevent balding. Egg & tallow products for the win.

Know many women can have thinner locks too. So will be interested to hair your progress ;)

206 sats \ 1 reply \ @BlokchainB 21 Feb

Starting to use more beef fat for my dry hands instead of using petroleum jelly

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @Natalia 21 Feb

a friend once told me that animal fat is the best moisturizer 👌🏽 but I'm using oil, more handy hahah.

21 sats \ 2 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 21 Feb

cowboy hair :)

128 sats \ 1 reply \ @Natalia 21 Feb

incorrect, maybe more like this 😎

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 21 Feb

Yee-Haw 🤠

21 sats \ 2 replies \ @Public_N_M_E 21 Feb

Eggs and honey??? That's interesting, I'd love to move away from all the chemical crap in products. Let me know how this goes for you and I might try the same.

42 sats \ 1 reply \ @Natalia 21 Feb

I tried egg with honey before, it takes all the dust and oil out but without stripping your natural oil and yet moisturizing your hair at the same time, but maybe due to the change in my diet or environment, it works even better than before:)

I might do an experiment report in one month. 👀

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Public_N_M_E 21 Feb

I'll keep eyes on for that report. I might give the eggs and honey thing a try. Cheers Natalia 👊

53 sats \ 0 replies \ @satoshiplanet 21 Feb

Day 62 keeping the cowboy hat 🤠⚡

224 sats \ 3 replies \ @Natalia 21 Feb

am I the only one thinks riding a horse is way cooler than driving a car?

you need to have real skills and a fit body to ride horses, yet all you need to do is SIT there when driving a car ; no wonder modern men getting weaker and weaker, even with a beer belly - will Bitcoin fix this? 👀

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 21 Feb

You reminded me that I wanted to ride a horse 10 years ago

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Natalia 22 Feb

what's stopping you? now that @ek even got time to watch shows 😌

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @TNStacker 21 Feb

Heck no! horses are way cooler than cars, just look ike sail boats are cooler than motor yachts.