tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post3108032951301011550..comments2024-03-17T07:55:12.096-07:00Comments on FOFOA: WENDY'S-FREE-FOR-ALL-IN-FREEGOLD-FORUMFOFOAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17152544684132776239noreply@blogger.comBlogger146125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-72683700801162549692013-01-04T04:42:42.486-08:002013-01-04T04:42:42.486-08:00Hallo – and a healthy, wealthy and wise 2013 for a...Hallo – and a healthy, wealthy and wise 2013 for all!<br />Here my profile:<br />I am 60 years old and as long in journalism as in Digital Publishing. Three grown up kids, divorced and again married, living in the south-west of Germany.<br />In the moment my old parents needed help in administration of their assets as late as 2011 I startet to get interested in questions around money, currency ein andererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05367903882758611707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-42900508304543887102013-01-02T01:30:16.995-08:002013-01-02T01:30:16.995-08:00DM - my simplistic understanding, for what it'...DM - my simplistic understanding, for what it's worth:<br /> - one day people will wake up, like in the Emperor's New Clothes story, to the fact that the value of a dollar is WAAAY below what we've been acting like it is<br /> - they will then look for something against which the true value of a dollar can be assessed, and gold will fit that bill better than any other alternative<br /Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07599890812750714924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-5045192846904209822013-01-01T23:35:14.685-08:002013-01-01T23:35:14.685-08:00thank you so much anand and everyone else that rev...thank you so much anand and everyone else that revealed a litte about who they are when they are not typing on the computer.<br /><br />bYB,he has always been a little barracuda and into extremne EVERYTHING ..... snowboardsa, skateboards, dirt-biking, guns from the time he was little (pellet, paintball and hunting rifles) He's not so little anymore (6'0"/165lbs)and thanks to his MOMWendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448815628676884529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-59614413206315578102013-01-01T23:10:36.421-08:002013-01-01T23:10:36.421-08:00Too busy for the last few days. Will have to read ...Too busy for the last few days. Will have to read the comments on this one later.<br /><br />Anyway Wendy somethings about me.<br /><br />I am a software engineer by trade. Love the development part but little else :-).<br /><br />I am from the North of India (Gurgaon), but have stayed in the South of India (Bangalore) and also in Europe (Switzerland and Paris) for a few years. The years spend inAnand Srivastavahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15616369007370348265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-76039519079513357202013-01-01T22:28:48.257-08:002013-01-01T22:28:48.257-08:00Wendy, please remind me never to piss off your son...Wendy, please remind me never to piss off your son.<br /><br />Ore em. I'm a huge permaculture fanatic. I'm assuming you're well acquainted with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Mollison" rel="nofollow">Bill Mollison</a>. I own <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Permaculture-Designers-Manual-Bill-Mollison/dp/0908228015" rel="nofollow">Permaculture, a Designers <br />Manual</a>, Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13451592775494356839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-73366106329273570392013-01-01T16:32:12.289-08:002013-01-01T16:32:12.289-08:00Ore em'
Sepp Holzer ...is he some one to pay a...Ore em'<br />Sepp Holzer ...is he some one to pay attention to or just a YouTube phenom?<br />Skip that, I just went back and read the last paragraph of your comment.<br />I watched several of the videos about Sepp and his work.<br />I found him as I was Shanghai-ed on YouTube...you know how that happens...you start out in your chair and 3 hours later you wake up in some foreign meme with Michael dVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12483224373093707424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-55342745027596224022013-01-01T06:35:35.612-08:002013-01-01T06:35:35.612-08:00@Wendy,
Wow! He's fierce!@Wendy,<br /><br /><br />Wow! He's fierce!<br /><br /><br />byiamBYounghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13175869237170162943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-66457224578004616142013-01-01T04:36:49.496-08:002013-01-01T04:36:49.496-08:00Finally,
Individuals regularly allow themselves t...Finally,<br /><br />Individuals regularly allow themselves to be temporarily or permanently controlled by others in return for valuable items. Some of the robber-individuals have controlled others permanently by force or by stealth, allowing most or all the resulting wealth to accrue to themselves. This more patient approach proves more lucrative than simply killing them and taking their Tyrannyofthepresenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10709473728833555164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-3352102046130293342013-01-01T04:25:46.704-08:002013-01-01T04:25:46.704-08:00PS Costata,
Clearly at some times these creatures...PS Costata,<br /><br />Clearly at some times these creatures tolerate a temporal offset between the two arms of their exchange. In some cases the second arm does not occur, which transforms the first arm into a kind of theft. In others the second arm is disproportionately large and represents a mixture of exchange and theft.<br /><br />Various subsets of the creatures routinely take by force Tyrannyofthepresenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10709473728833555164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-10403518261664680422013-01-01T03:59:30.420-08:002013-01-01T03:59:30.420-08:00Costata,
My favourite perspective: that of the Ma...Costata,<br /><br />My favourite perspective: that of the Martian onlooker to whom money simply does not exist. Or possibly that of the hyper-intelligent squirrel.<br /><br />First off, since I have mentioned Martians, I think Buffett's comment is complete nonsense. Pulling gold out of the ground where everyone knows its location and then hiding or guarding it seems perfectly rational to me. Tyrannyofthepresenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10709473728833555164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-47601238118545775882013-01-01T02:12:38.457-08:002013-01-01T02:12:38.457-08:00Costata,
Happy New Year!
I am very happy with y...Costata,<br /><br />Happy New Year! <br /><br />I am very happy with your elimination of CBs, BIS and other sociological factors from the debate on the GSR.<br /><br />Liked the Bernholz paper; here are my first responses to it:<br /><br />1) His main contentions, e.g. Gresham's law played in antiquity, etc. is already part of my acquis, but yes I agree.<br />2) I liked the fact that he Tyrannyofthepresenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10709473728833555164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-69699776743086942562012-12-31T23:21:16.081-08:002012-12-31T23:21:16.081-08:00OK bBY, I think I fixed the settings, let me know
...OK bBY, I think I fixed the settings, let me know<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1FOXBDQRDDA#! Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448815628676884529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-71072270687224283632012-12-31T23:17:44.313-08:002012-12-31T23:17:44.313-08:00Silver - GSR
TOTP,
Let's try to whittle down...<b>Silver - GSR</b><br /><br />TOTP,<br /><br />Let's try to whittle down the points of debate to a manageable size. We should drop CBs out of the discussion about the GSR.<br /><br />They are irrelevant to the GSR. Their decision to hold gold as a reserve asset, and not to hold silver, demonstrates that they don't see any role for silver in the monetary system in which they are a key costatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17932860172715556937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-69821670866563507322012-12-31T22:55:13.669-08:002012-12-31T22:55:13.669-08:00Hi Placidus,
Aaron may be doing the New Years Eve...Hi Placidus,<br /><br />Aaron may be doing the New Years Eve thing so I'll respond in his absence. The chronology matters. First it was European governments/CBs, Japan and dollar bloc allies providing structural support for the $IMFS.<br /><br />Then China circa 2001 began buying USG debt in size which helped to support the system. That topped out about two years ago. Some would argue that itcostatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17932860172715556937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-225685155714684312012-12-31T22:36:09.425-08:002012-12-31T22:36:09.425-08:00Silver
TOTP,
Since my earlier response to you I ...<b>Silver</b><br /><br />TOTP,<br /><br />Since my earlier response to you I have read APIIG's post and the comments. I also read the sycee post you linked. Lots of interesting snippets there. Many thanks.<br /><br />I'd like to revisit the passage you quoted from sycee above and a couple of other passages (my emphasis). Then I'll comment on your exchange with APIIG separately.<br /><costatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17932860172715556937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-82366436019842674442012-12-31T22:25:51.347-08:002012-12-31T22:25:51.347-08:00@Aaron,
Thank you for helping to answer some of my...@Aaron,<br />Thank you for helping to answer some of my questions…<br /><br />In regard to my question below:<br /><br />A second, and perhaps not unrelated issue, is the hyperinflation of the dollar (which has already happened). Yet …. who continues to provide this structural support for the dollar in 2012/13 and beyond? Why? <br /><br />You answered:<br />"The Fed. To keep the system Placidushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14595188323411918457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-53539823077455687782012-12-31T21:26:31.945-08:002012-12-31T21:26:31.945-08:00FOFOA,
Happy New YearFOFOA,<br /><br />Happy New Yearcostatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17932860172715556937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-36780711193292422212012-12-31T20:38:00.799-08:002012-12-31T20:38:00.799-08:00Happy New Year everyone!
Tyrone! Reveal thyself i...Happy New Year everyone!<br /><br />Tyrone! Reveal thyself in a debrief!<br /><br />And you too Victor.<br /><br />Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13451592775494356839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-56120179291434947732012-12-31T20:01:54.778-08:002012-12-31T20:01:54.778-08:00Happy new year FOFOA, looking forward to the new p...Happy new year FOFOA, looking forward to the new post<br /><br />BBY, I'll have to have a look and see if I can fix thatWendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448815628676884529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-68310794706755000012012-12-31T19:49:39.297-08:002012-12-31T19:49:39.297-08:00Happy 2013 all!
@Wendy,
I have a ferocious wrest...Happy 2013 all!<br /><br />@Wendy,<br /><br />I have a ferocious wrestler for a son, so I was interested in the video...but apparently I did not make the grade to be able to view it :/<br /><br />Do you have an un-private link?<br /><br />CheersbyiamBYounghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13175869237170162943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-5526976094599326502012-12-31T19:46:39.725-08:002012-12-31T19:46:39.725-08:00Happy New Year everyone!!
I'll have a new p...Happy New Year everyone!! <br /><br />I'll have a new post for the New Year up at midnight Pacific time, in case you were wondering. ;D <br /><br />Sincerely,<br />FOFOA<br />FOFOAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17152544684132776239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-44179503516342470002012-12-31T18:06:50.718-08:002012-12-31T18:06:50.718-08:00I don't get the fighting thing .... my son fig...I don't get the fighting thing .... my son fights amateur MMA, he loves getting in a cage and kicking the shit out of someone. Yuck!! Fortunately I haven't had to suffer long, he finishes them off fast.<br /><br />He can't fight again until he has shoulder sugery and it's making him crazy ... go figure<br /><br />first round TKO video shot by MOM:<br /><br />http://Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448815628676884529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-4569940503667884642012-12-31T17:59:59.423-08:002012-12-31T17:59:59.423-08:00BY, LOL, not a puma but a 6 year old neutered male...BY, LOL, not a puma but a 6 year old neutered male that hunts extremely well, all kinds, rats, mice, birds. When he was still growing he brought home a dove bigger than him, he is awesome. And he is like a dog, follows me everywhere and cries when we go out...ampmfixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01228037724843795541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-13162667602087843482012-12-31T17:41:30.662-08:002012-12-31T17:41:30.662-08:00Mikedv,
Looks like Ore em' has some hands on ...Mikedv,<br /><br />Looks like Ore em' has some hands on experience with that stove you were mentioning. I had a look, the technology is very simple but impressive<br /><br />http://www.richsoil.com/rocket-stove-mass-heater.jsp<br /><br /><br />costata +1Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448815628676884529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-7916390798699952842012-12-31T17:35:29.790-08:002012-12-31T17:35:29.790-08:00Thanks Ore 'Em, for that link. I was vaguely f...Thanks Ore 'Em, for that link. I was vaguely familiar with rocket stoves but I didn't understand the science behind what makes them so efficient until I watched some of those videos. <br /><br />=========<br /><br />All this talk about martial arts reminded me of something. It's good to be prepared for dangerous situations and sometimes you may not have a firearm to put you on more RJPadavonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16571203673706820886noreply@blogger.com