WILCO

https://www.letterstoreg.com

A disengaged airline pilot with a thirst for wisdom (& #Bitcoin)

Documenting what I've learnt through letters to my son, Reg.

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tealrobin3@primal.net

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2024-09-19 07:57:52

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Check you DMs

2024-09-15 17:27:25

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To be honest a part of me wishes I hadn't gone down the rabbit hole.
Dinner parties were so much easier before.

2024-09-15 17:24:29

I wrote a letter to my son to tell him about money and why I've gone100% #Bitcoin.
If Bitcoin fails, and our family loses all our wealth, at least when he grows up he'll know why I did what I did.
https://letterstoreg.com/money

2024-09-12 15:23:32

My colleagues are obsessed with their pension contributions. They're putting as much as 35% of their salaries into it.
All of that to ensure their nest egg is enough for a rich retirement.
I worry the only thing they'll get in 30 years is fucked by the government with an inflation-shaped dildo.
#bitcoin

2024-09-12 05:59:38

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Depressingly, this looks very much like my kindle library as well.

2024-09-11 17:06:24

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Sadly not.
If it costs 4.5 times what you paid for it when you were a kid, then I'd imagine it tastes quite bitter.

2024-09-11 17:02:22

The UK emblem of inflation is the '99er'.
A soft 🍦 ice cream sold at every ice cream truck during my childhood for, as the name testifies, 99p.
I bought one for £4.50 for my son at the weekend and nearly threw it at the server.
A few more years and they'll be £99 each, when the '99er' marketing can kick back in.
https://m.primal.net/Kmxx.png

2024-09-11 03:55:13

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Took me 5 years, you?

2024-09-11 03:44:12

As of a few weeks ago, I'm100% #bitcoin.
This transition hasn't been sudden.
It happened gradually, then inevitably..
I struggle to see how a rational economic actor, who's willing to learn about the asset, can avoid the same fate.

2024-09-09 16:10:56

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Purchasing Power to the People, right?

2024-09-05 19:16:02

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Weak children of rich parents is the rule, not the exception.
I often wonder what I can do with my kids to not make them little cunts should #bitcoin make me as wealthy as I think & hope it does.
Do you think about this at all, and how will you / are you handling it?

2024-09-03 20:26:45

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I'd be up for playing that game if I didn't think it would trigger my PTSD (Parental Traumatic Stress Disorder)

2024-09-03 19:15:36

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Is this foreplay Jeff? Because it's working

2024-09-03 19:14:02

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My two notes were bangers though to be fair

2024-09-03 19:12:11

My kids will never believe me when I tell them that me and a group of weirdos on the Internet thought the price of #bitcoin would be $58k forever

2024-09-03 18:59:31

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Maybe it's my autism kicking in but I'm starting to get uncomfortable when we're not at 58k

2024-09-03 17:59:34

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do you mean because you're worried people will start to realise how much wealth you hold because you were talking about it when the price was so low relatively?
Or the price at which Bitcoin will be so mainstream it won't be worth talking about it as it's not an interesting topic?

2024-09-03 15:11:16

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9 hours?!
Don't you have young kids?
I've often thought about a good night's sleep, but I think it would involve starting the car in the middle of the night and starting a new life somewhere.

2024-09-01 19:51:04

I often wonder if I'll be able to sit back and watch a frothy #bitcoin bull market unfold with a calm, all knowing disposition.
Or whether I'll turn into an emotional, trigger happy psychopath like I did last time.
I hope the former. I suspect the latter.

2024-09-01 09:05:07

If you don't have a PROPER conversation with your partner at least once per week, your relationship is doomed.

2024-09-01 08:05:41

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Yep - fair point.
There's your answer then I guess...
Everyone on NOSTR should always try to express their genuine viewpoint (which the platform allows you to do without fear of reprisal), and it'll become contentious soon enough!

2024-09-01 07:48:16

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It's the opposing viewpoints that make a platform engaging and interesting.
People like consensus for a little bit, but ultimately it becomes boring, and looks for new things like NOSTR out of curiosity and an appetite for contention.

2024-09-01 06:23:46

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There's something so sad and eerie about places where people used to have fun and holiday, but have now been abandoned.
There's the same vibe in UK seaside resorts.

2024-09-01 06:17:14

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British HODL has all the hallmarks of someone who got bullied at school

2024-09-01 06:15:21

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Torrent of bile... I'll be stealing that for my own lexicon, sir. 🫡

2024-09-01 06:12:04

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Nothing more cringe than watching grown men wanking themselves off over patterns on charts

2024-09-01 06:10:36

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It's baffling to me that liking free speech has become synonymous with being 'far right' in the UK.
ME: I think free speech should be defended
THEM: Oh so you're a racist bigot
ME: Um, no. I just think we shouldn't stifle anyone's right to express themselves through words.
THEM: That's totally what a racist bigot would say, you fucking racist bigot

2024-08-31 06:22:46

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The road to the promised land is littered with corpses.

2024-08-31 05:23:09

2024-08-30 19:39:33

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This is the way of the adult.
Growing up is not ageing. It's owning your personal circumstances, embracing responsibility, and understanding that it leads to fulfilment.

2024-08-30 17:10:16

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I guess when you're drinking from Cantillon's faucet, it's easy come easy go.

2024-08-30 17:05:30

Most of my life lonf beliefs have been taken round the back and shot over the last 4 years.
Thanks #bitcoin.

2024-08-30 12:14:31

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Accepting that every decision you've ever made to date has led you to this point is painful, but also empowering.
You realise you can change your future by making better decisions....
... like deleting X and using NOSTR.

2024-08-30 05:50:10

There was a time I told myself I was watching #Bitcoin podcasts because I was financially sophisticated and it was educational.
After watching my 1000th episode titled "$1M Bitcoin!😱" I've had to concede that I'm just a NGU dopamine-seeking junkie.

2024-08-30 05:46:18

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Having a young kid and finding time to watch a 6-season series... what's your secret?!

2024-08-30 05:42:51

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"Be the change you want to see in NOSTR" - Mahatma Gandhi

2024-08-30 05:40:23

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Being following your thesis for a while. it's both wonderful and awful to seeing it play out.

2024-08-30 05:37:47

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Everything else was wasted.

2024-08-30 05:36:26

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If it's meant to be, they'll keep themselves safe.

2024-08-29 11:20:13

Parenthood is the gift that keeps on giving and taking.

2024-08-28 09:14:16

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I'm a bit jaded from unsolicited Bitcoin chat to my network. I've made it clear I'm knowledgeable about it, all my net worth is in it, and I'm happy to discuss it.
Anything outside of that seems to be a colossal waste of energy.

2024-08-28 07:31:11

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I don't know many people here in the UK that like it.
it's the Devil's water

2024-08-28 06:02:42

Taking accountability for my personal circumstances is one of the healthiest things I've ever committed to doing.
Where I am now, with who I am now, is the sum of all the decisions I've ever made. My decisions sculpt my life.

2024-08-28 05:55:41

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Good effort 💪🏻 hope you manage to cement the habit of eating and exercising well.
I'm the wrong side of 35.
Give me a couple of things you'd tell your mid-30s self so I can steal some wisdom...

2024-08-28 05:49:44

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Where you are now, with who you are now, is the sum of all the decisions you've ever made. Looks like you've made some solid decisions.

2024-08-27 17:20:03

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No way that's French. The Lady doth protest too much.

2024-08-26 13:11:03

My mind is such a cunt.
It readily makes cognitive leaps over my knowledge holes, and makes me feel like I truly grok a subject.
Then as soon as I'm questioned about it in the real world, it sits back and leaves me a stuttering mess.

2024-08-26 06:07:57

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It's not your fault HODL, it's not your fault.

2024-08-26 06:03:15

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watched @npub1sg6…f63m & @npub1qny…95gx's talk in Riga, and nostr finally clicked for me. It was a moment similar to when first discovering Bitcoin. 🤯

2024-08-26 05:58:33

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5 languages?! That's just greedy.
Where can I pre-order?

2024-08-26 05:54:40

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stay humble, stack sats, delete your X account.
@npub1qny…95gx

2024-08-25 20:22:59

I've never felt early to anything until #Bitcoin.
I've never felt REALLY early to anything until #nostr

2024-08-24 21:17:10

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My ownership of Bitcoin has definitely played a part in my optimism for the future, and as a consequence, my family planning. I've become somewhat of a natalist now 😅

2024-08-24 18:20:26

Bitcoin has been the gateway to a 5-year deconstruction of many conditioned beliefs.
I still haven't worked out if I've joined a sophisticated cult or not, but I'm here for the ride. 🚂

2024-08-24 06:11:53

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$58k

2024-08-24 06:10:20

I've got two young kids.
If someone were to stop me in the street and ask, "are you happy right now?"
I'd answer "fuck no".
However, when I manage to zoom out even just a little bit, I concede I'm the happiest I've ever been.
Parenting is an absolute mind bender. The parallels to Bitcoin are also hard to miss.

2024-08-24 05:53:55

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I think what HODL's trying to say is that he only cares about what can be, unburdened by what has been

2024-08-23 18:28:12

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Only been here a bit, but compared to Twitter it's like a peaceful oasis where nuance isn't taken round the back and shot.

2024-08-23 10:15:51

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https://m.primal.net/KJIp.jpg

2024-08-23 07:19:29

Just re organised my finances to go 100% Bitcoin.
It’s feels a bit like I’m rearranging the chairs on a rocket ship considering all my wealth was in cold storage anyway, but psychologically it feels great.
#GetOnZero #bitcoin @npub1ex7…vyt9
https://m.primal.net/KIzh.jpg

2024-08-16 04:58:38

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Very resourceful!
I can just see the infomercial now....
"For just 3 easy payments of $19.99, get the belly fat burning workout system where your son gives you the 6-pack you always wanted"

2024-08-15 16:17:50

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How physical parenthood is took me by complete surprise. I genuinely don't know how unfit people do it!

2024-08-13 17:17:04

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What he said.

2024-08-13 15:15:43

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Just went back to look at the details...
Initially I took 13k out mid-2021. Think the interest rate was around 4.5% on that one. Repayment was roughly £250 per month.
In June this year I topped the loan balance up to £15k and went for a longer term which kept the £250 monthly payment the same and gave me an extra £6k to throw at BTC. (So I've borrowed £19k in total)

2024-08-13 10:59:57

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I've done exactly the same with HSBC. £15K @ 6.6%.
Already WELL into the green!

2024-08-08 12:37:33

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I thought you'd never ask.

2024-08-04 08:20:22

Responsibility is worrying about the future of others, so they're free to live in the present.