Topic: The Jet Cash coffee lounge thread. - page 9. (Read 2473 times)

The HODL gorillas are coming out of the jungle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i40zf_Y6G58

I can't really give you trading advice, any money I made doing that was by "luck" ---having much fun and before FinCen stuff fully went into effect.
You could just move in and out of exchanges, each one adding new cryptos---if China said they were banning, prices were dropping,  people were freaking out --->you bought :-)
I never took my eyes off of bitcoin wisdom for long and watched too many regulatory meetings.
Thanks to the forum: I didn't lose anything on MTGox, didn't pre-order a butterfly labs Monarch and only lost a little bit of Doge, Nxt and a dusting of bitcoin on Cryptsy.



this little mining calculator was one of the easiest
https://alloscomp.com/bitcoin/calculator

there were a few with ROI... cost of electricity   … bs ...bs :-) but alloscomp never steered me wrong.

The van is still driveable, but I didn't want to go too far in it. I'm about 5 minutes away from a retail park, and next door to a McDonalds, so it's not too much of a hardship. I miss going to be beach at Hayling, and a few other things though. Still, I can always stay here and chat to you guys. I'm trying to learn a bit more about technical analysis as well. I'm showing a small profit on my trading - enough to buy a couple of burgers if I wanted them. But I'm only opening £50 positions without gearing, so it isn't going to be life changing.

As you add more weight to the van, you will start exceeding what could be handled by the standard lifts in most garages. I used to work in an auto repair shop---thankfully because my guys will take care of basic things for the RV in a pinch---such as not charging me the $185-- it would cost for a basic oil change at a place like Camping World. In the future you can check out truck shops---basic mechanic shops (especially corporate owned) are not going to want to take on the added risk of something "out of the ordinary".
I'm a horrible cook, I finally disconnected the smoke alarm last year: it's 9 volt and hardwired.---> living dangerously :-))
It sucks to be stuck----hope they can resolve your issue soon

It's got a test button, and has been said, it is a bit disturbing if you push it accidentally. It's also got a low battery indicator.

CO doesn't seem to be a problem with the wood burner, but it kicks off fairly quickly if I use one of those small butane heaters. I'm thinking of fitting a smoke alarm as well, but maybe I'm too fond of frying food.

Note on frying pizza - I fry the pizza on a medium heat, and put a lid over the pan. Fry it until the base is really crispy, and the topping has melted ( if it is cheese). I bought a couple of Hairy Biker ceramic frying pans, and I love them. They really are non-stick, and you just have to wipe them out after using them. The only disadvantage is that you shouldn't use them on maximum heat, and I suspect they would crack if you put cold water in them when they were really hot.

[UPDATE ON THE VAN]

What a nightmare this prop shaft bearing replacement has turned out to be. I had several garages turn the job down because the van is too high, and another because I had sourced the replacement bearing from a distributor in Lancashire. One garage turned the job down because I had too much stuff in the back ( I'm still messing with the computer stuff ). I'm not sure why that was relevant, as the prop shaft is under the van of course. I was getting to the stage when I thought I would have to do the job myself, but I've got a mobile mechanic arriving in an hour or so, and he is happy to work in the lot next to McDonalds, so that is ideal for me. It's a fairly simple job. you just need to split the prop shaft, and fit the new bearing. The only problem for me would be removing the old bearing, as I don't have a hub puller with me.

Mine has a tester built in and it still scares the crap out of when I push it 

Do they sell testers for testers? That'd be a good idea

Just poking my head through the door to see what’s going on in this thread. I’m bored so thought I’d take a look.

I’ve got a log burner (you can put coal in it too) in my living room Jetty, it really, really heats the room up in the winter. Was a life saver last year but this year the winter has been quite mild.

I would put a photo on but I’ve added pics to FB & I don’t want anybody reverse google imaging or finding out who I am etc.

We had a CO tester fitted too, it’s never gone off though.

This is the woodburner that I bought. I think it is called a pellet stove because of its size, and you are supposed to buy fuel pellets for it, but I haven't seen them for sale anywhere. It seems to work well with kindling and thick twigs. I liked the fact that the chimney outlet is at the rear, so you can use it for cooking.. One problem is that it requires an 80mm chimney, and most stoves use 120mm. I'm using a flexible truck exhaust pipe, as I haven't decided where to install it yet. In fact I haven't really decided on the internal layout for the van. That will depend on the primary function for its use. It could be for touring, getting rid of my old possession, an off-grid comms centre, or a base for vintage machinery shows.

https://www.savvysurf.co.uk/stoves/wood-and-multi-fuel-stoves/pipsqueak-mini-wood-burning-bell-tent-stove.html

ps. The CO tester was one of my first purchases, and I don't use propane for heating because of the exhaust risk, as well as the fuel cost.

Ha! No worries Jet Cash, this little rig is lucky to get 7 mpg so no unscheduled cruzing. I'm currently around the California central coast (lots of vegetable/fruit stands:-)).

Never had fried pizza, now it's on the to do.
A mobile Pellet stove, never heard of it. No propane heater buddies out your way? Either way make sure to install a carbon monoxide alarm.
I've been full time for almost 2 years and it's comfortable because I have just about everything a house does +some.
Usually hooked up to shore power (electric) and full hookups (water/sewer) with the propane for the fridge kicking in when I'm on the road and the alternator charging the back-up battery bank for short term "off grid"
LOL to the hammer...hide it from yourself because the fan noise might get to you after awhile and depending on the miner...it will sound alarms when offline :-)
Try mining in a pool ---> lots of how tos on this forum.

Resist the temptation of a Big Mac. Cooking al fresco is so much better for you, and it's a lot healthier. It's a lot cheaper as well, especially if you are able to buy the end of day offers in the supermarkets. I'm a great one for frying using coconut oil, or avocado oil if I can find it at a reduced price. I even fry Pizzas, and people seem to think this is mad, but I really like the taste when the base is nice and crispy. I'm not really a fan of Pizza, and I tend to add items to the topping. I can't resist buying on if I see the price has been reduced to 20 oe 30 pence.

This year I'm going to convert my Convoy van, and move into it full time. I've been experimenting, and I love the freedom. I've also bought a pellet stove to use as a wood burner, and that can be used for slow cooking with cast iron pots. I'm planning a communications centre at the moment, and I was going to try a bit of mining as part of that. I doubt if it will be profitable, and there is always the chance that if you do find a block, then your net connection will fail. I think I would need to hide the hammer if that happened. I think it is even more important to control your wallets if you are adopting an off grid lifestyle. A Bitcoin node must be one of the most demanding, but I have not had any real problems during the time I have been doing this. I had to go on grid to download the blockchain during the setup, but once this had synchronised it has been relatively simple to keep it up to date. It isn't even a problem if I miss a couple of days, although I try to run core at least twice a day.

OMG Jet Cash you need some Marie Kondo let go of that stuff! JK--- but my friends swear by her.
I've been in my RV full time for almost 2 years and had considered setting up a rig again when considering setting up solar.
Solar systems are not cheap (ha "solar systems" :-)), miners are typically power hungry, throw off a lot of heat and do better when consistently connected.

Reading this thread made me crave a BigMac but I'm a half hour from town
so I might have to settle for a nice glass of Port :-)

Just checking the ingredients and apparently they now add sugar to bread as well . Id say that makes it more of a cake/biscuit now than actual bread...


I dunno, id get the fish and hold the chips. At a point about a quarter of the way through the portion you think (this is too bland).

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Under the salt discussion, the only way you can get salt that's healthy is by going to the beach and catching it yourself although you might end up with a lot of plastic too if you're not careful...
Table salt is almost entirely sodium chloride. Sea salt is potentially a lot healthier and is said to have a much more moderate taste although I haven't added either to food I've eaten so I wouldn't know.

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I saw a video of a guy doing a "hit or miss" tiktok challenge thing (as you can tell I know what it is) in a US airport and they thought it was a bomb threat...

Having some nice fish and chips is a good way to get more iodine, since it is found in high concentrations in seafood. It's also pretty plentiful in dairy products, so it's fairly uncommon to see true iodine deficiency in developed nations.

I like your optimism that "summer is approaching"! If you could tell that to the ice I had to scrape off my car this morning, that'd be great.

Iodine was removed from bread in the UK. I buy Himalayan pink salt because it contains traces of Iodine. most table salt is refined, and contains additives to ensure it is free flowing.

I'm pretty sure that's not the case outside of the US. And inside of the US, people get more than enough salt in their diet to meet their iodine requirement, so there's nothing to worry about.



Pictured: Typical American cuisine. See? Perfectly healthy.

I'm only just starting to explore the topic. It was only this afternoon that I realised you could run an ASIC miner from leisure batteries charged by solar. I don't look on it as a business venture. I would expect it is more likely to earn enough for an ice cream rather than a Lambo. The interesting project would be to mine alts, and save them in the hope of future gains.  I'd need to understand more about mining alts before I could comment on that.

Could you recommend a small minig rig for off grid mining? What would you mine with that small rig? (I think you don't want to mine bitcoin with a solar powered small rig?)

Well this coffee lounge seems to have gone  bit quiet. I guess I need to switch brands, so lets move away from talking about boring stats, and talk about off grid mining. Now that summer is approaching, I really fancy parking a camper van on the beach, and running a small mining rig from a solar panel.

Ignoring the delightful company that one can find on the beaches, swimming in the sea is a great was to gain some iodine. Iodine was removed from bread as a raising agent in the 1970s, and it was replaced by bromine. Just another way that the global eugenics lot try to reduce fertility and the population. Swimming in the sea is a great way to do your bit for humanity, and supporting Bitcoin helps to cope with the depredations of the bankers.

I missed the £300 bull run today. I had the trading panel open, but it was in the background, and I was watching a couple of long political videos at the time. I completely misread the market, and I had a buy order open, but it was far too low to kick in. I'm still not sure that we are out of the bear market.