Yep, that, right there: It always start from #Upbit where Hive/KRW sets the pace. The good news about these is that even though they almost never "hold," we usually find a new higher base for

These things are usually triggered on the Korean Upbit exchange, starting with the HIVE/KRW (Korean Won) trading pair... someone executing some automated trading orders, and when the trading volume all

Figures! Most of my relatives back on the other side of the pond are a sarcastic bunch!

It does seem like an organization that large would not "go down," so we become suspicious that what they were doing might have been a little sketchy, and deliberately staged. I'm glad I only

My wife gets far more into it than I ever have... I just don't care for the eternal cycle of people's inflated "highlight reels" of their lives. I'm sure they did a lot of scrubbing. They are

Well, yes... I'm thinking you are quite right!

I guess some of that — at least for me — is just a part of getting older. I don't feel old but sometimes I am looking out the window, and then I suddenly realize that I nodded off for five minutes!

Yes, sometimes the old "three finger salute" feels more than a little appropriate!

I hear you. Sometimes life's trials just feel like they are relentless and neverending... but well done for hanging in there and getting your next door property done, in spite of it all. Of course, I am

Thank you @zorank, I did not know that about thistles... but I am not surprised since pretty much all we need to heal our diseases can be found in nature.

Indeed, it is. And people often discover where there true strength is, during difficult times.

Yep, that's pretty much what it amounts to... doing the best we can with what we have available.

Good one! Reminds me of trying to grow mushrooms at home, while the edible wild mushrooms were actually busting through the asphalt sidewalks near where we lived in Denmark!

I tried day trading briefly, back in a day when I felt more impulsive... but just never really had the nerve for it. I have no great stories, but a few "dogs" and some amazing "near

Greetings @eythorphoto, yes Iceland has definitely had some up and down times in the last few decades. And I'm sure that uncertainly colours the thinking about investing.

Thanks for the support, I appreciate it.

Passive income is definitely where it's at; that was one of the earliest financial lessons my father taught me, when I was a kid. "Income without actually having to WORK," he called it. I just

Got it! Yes, it's hard to convey sarcasm by text. I've increasingly resorted to this: /end sarcasm

Thanks for the kind words @samsmith1971. I'll be the first to admit that we often have so much on our plates of life that we don't always take the time to think things through before blurting out something.

Yes, in many cases we can just weave something around the scars and bypass them. Often, that's for the better but there are also times when hiding them leads to strange "explosions" that turn