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While he does get some things right (such as the quasi-contractual nature of the form 1040) and I’m glad if it works for him, he never even mentions that US Nationals have to select yearly their tax status. The IRS only recognizes two statuses… “citizen or resident (alien) of the United States” OR non-resident alien. Tax status and immigration status have NOTHING to do with each other.
Just not filing will often lead folks down the road of the IRS creating an SFR/Substitute For Return for them. Far better to just handle it administratively and get them to AGREE your gross income is zero. After all, NRAs have a different section of the IRC that governs what is and is not “gross wages” than US Persons (citizens and resident aliens) do!
Dangerous mix of truth and lack of understanding in this interview… I’d recommend finding David William on Telegram in the No Thanks IRS group to really get a better understanding!
https://fountain.fm/episode/s4aOLYfkGBVZoUztJHFI
#nevent1q…l4sm

2025-02-05 15:42:35 UTC

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Been wondering how Strike compares to Fold. I currently use both… Strike comes out first and is for my savings and DCA from my paycheck every week, Fold comes out second and been paying utilities and mortgage plus buying Amazon and Lowe’s cards as needed for purchases, the leftover has been going to the bank for wife’s use and a few bills that don’t benefit by using Fold.
Been thinking about switching most to Strike but don’t really use or have credit cards… thoughts?

2025-01-15 15:42:03 UTC

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GM to you too Gigi!

2025-01-04 08:20:53 UTC

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Welcome aboard :)

2024-12-26 19:25:09 UTC

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Every day is good for sure, on hourly DCA though after leistening to you for years! Thanks Jack for being you. Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year!

2024-12-26 06:39:06 UTC

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Done and gladly!

2024-12-26 06:33:18 UTC

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Inspiring! My stacking may not be as psycho as yours, but been working on being consistent the last almost 3 years and still going.
Hard to budget it in, so along with tithe for church it gets in on the front end of the paycheck each week. Short weeks mean watching the grocery bill more, but driving a ‘99 Buick that is pretty rusted out and still chatting up Bitcoin as much as I can. It will all pay off… especially with trying to teach the wife and kids about long term savings.
Merry Christmas to you!

2024-12-26 06:24:12 UTC

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Merry Christmas to you both as well. Onward and upward, we were made for this time! :)

2024-12-26 05:55:22 UTC

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Great picture! Reminds me of my twins… curly haired son and straight haired daughter, just darker hair on both. Beautiful family.
We were made for a time such as this, and God doesn’t make mistakes. 🙏😁

2024-12-26 05:51:15 UTC

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Thanks, think my first post was 2/7/23… may have lurked for a few weeks before that. Took a bit to get my sea legs under me! ;-)

2024-12-25 18:29:05 UTC

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Beautiful video brother, hope you and your family enjoy a Merry Christmas this year and some family time together. Will hear you again I hope, and be ready to learn more and strive for a better world, in the new year!

2024-12-22 19:04:03 UTC

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How does one figure out when they first found Nostr? Think next month will be 2 years for me, but wasn’t very active for a while…

2024-12-22 14:43:05 UTC

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Wow! Have a great time! Hope to see some Florida GM pictures from you … 😉

2024-12-21 11:17:08 UTC

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Ain’t free will great? :)

2024-12-21 09:21:18 UTC

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As an American, I am a Christian first and a Bitcoiner second… family man third and American 4th. 😉
But, you are correct in that many dont understand prioritization.

2024-12-21 03:42:30 UTC

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Stay safe brother! Enjoy the time with h family in Colorado. :)

2024-12-21 00:43:10 UTC

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Jajajaja 😝

2024-12-21 00:41:02 UTC

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I agree @npub1587…kv0n . Any suggestions on teaching a 4H group of 20ish kids in February? They want a presentation on BTC less than 15 minutes long (already saying maybe follow-up episodes later!) for 1-6 graders and some parents, in a small town.
Tuttle Twins? Yes/no?
What other resources for the kids and to start hopefully educating the parents or piquing their curiosity? I want to help as many locals as I can…

2024-12-20 05:39:38 UTC

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Sleep well and wake!

2024-12-18 13:35:08 UTC

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Will be quitting once I have about 50 beehives. Keep my CDL and be able to drive when I want… but even then will be stacking sats. So, not a number for me, but rather how soon/well I have set up sufficient side hustles to keep the sats flowing! ;-)

2024-12-18 13:15:55 UTC

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Maybe me… I was just thinking to myself:I wonder if corndalorian is eating a proper carnivore diet today? 😂

2024-12-15 08:15:41 UTC

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Congrats! 😁

2024-12-13 14:02:55 UTC

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GM Derek! Time to wrap up delivering baby turkeys here and head back for one more load to deliver tomorrow… then the weekend finally! (And a little more time to play with the 3D printer)

2024-12-13 12:58:55 UTC

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Gracias! 😊 después 14.5 añitos casados, creó mi maestra es feliz por escuchar eso. Tengo 55 años, y en escuela secundaria yo estudio alemán… so, español fue difícil por aprender con 40 años! Me gusta tengo amigos de muchas países.

2024-12-12 16:44:18 UTC

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Thanks for the tip! Have all theee of you followed now. Last night I was also told maybe I could make a Loki rig, so that he wheels are turning in my head. I’m 55, so not as easy to learn some of this stuff, but working to get off zero (knowledge!) and teach my kids.
Been browsing thingiverse a bit as have my twins. My son actually figured out how to resize prints and showed me… ah, to be 12 again. 😉🤣 we only have an Ender 3 (v1) to play with right now, but thinking to get a Bambu P1S when possible. Having plenty of adhesion issues right now, and don’t want the kids getting too frustrated.
Both my twins are creative, so I have hope that once we all learn some more, I’ll have two designers in the house! 😁

2024-12-12 16:24:16 UTC

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#hola mi español no es perfecto, soy un guerro Quine aprender un poco… pero mi esposa es de Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Suficiente? 🤣
Estoy feliz por mas amigos latinos, y finalmente mi cuñado en Bolivia pide mi esposa por como el puede iniciar con bitcoin. No creo mi español es suficiente! (No uso in traductor por escribe eso… pero, talvez es lo mas tecnico puedo hacer)

2024-12-12 05:23:19 UTC

Does anyone know of a 3-D printing file for making some sort of case, that would hold multiple bit axes? I am thinking of something similar to a boombox from the 1980s… size wise.
I am new to 3-D printing, and I’m thinking about learning to make my own bitaxes. As a trucker with a hotspot, I was thinking I could bring this boombox sized carry case in my semi, and be mining bitcoin (slowly!) as I roll down the highway all week.
does anyone have any info, or might be able to help design one?
#grownostr #3dprinting

2024-12-10 15:29:03 UTC

My daughter’s favorite frog… still working on getting her and the wife on Nostr though 🤣 #note1vl0…3uxv

2024-12-09 16:11:11 UTC

GM nostriches! Should get up to almost 50F today, then cold all week… so, trying to get stuff done outside and in shipping containers.
Last night I finally started playing with the Ender 3 I bought about 3-4 years ago and managed to print a thing or two. Not great but gotta start somewhere, right? A little tool holder that mounts up to hold the Allen wrenches, SD card adapter, etc. https://image.nostr.build/e6f23ca530f2e9b699dd68c667bcfe70f37e3c6b9b6036e2dea4bf9f5c20e8aa.jpg https://image.nostr.build/68ffff83414c6b28c8be7b2c72f677b57b0eeb87d0d4547fe0d0b22a45d62179.jpg

2024-12-08 23:13:20 UTC

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Besos is kisses in Spanish but Portuguese is often similar so bezos might be kisses, asking the wife… LOL, she said to go look it up!

2024-12-08 23:12:28 UTC

#grownostr Well, today at church in my small town I made some progress I think… one of the other men said he had been trading in BTC and was interested in more info. So, not to scare him I suggested starting with the Bitcoin and The Bible podcast for perspective. Also, The Bitcoin Standard book.
Been talking to those I can, and am working on onboarding my kids and exposing their 7th grade friends to the concept of BTC and Austrian economics. Long term goals… 😁

2024-12-08 23:07:46 UTC

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Thanks for letting me know, been using more Primal, didn’t realize my Damus app had no connected wallet! 😜😂

2024-12-08 19:07:41 UTC

#foodstr how about smoked ribs today too? 😍 https://image.nostr.build/058fcbf325770919855485d30c60bf51ddd9984dca4add9b59bb60d5fb173743.jpg

2024-12-08 19:03:45 UTC

GM nostriches! The wife wanted a smoker for early Christmas present, so I didn’t stack sats as well as usual… BUT, so good getting smoked meat at home now. Quality of Life! #grownostr #foodstr https://image.nostr.build/d37122776a11393200f2d5508f8f31d0c02d84704f1ae92ad8fee8fd65a610d1.jpg

2024-12-08 07:10:32 UTC

#grownostr #btcmining Curious about making my own Bitaxe and being able to teach kids how to do it at lowest reasonable cost, also if anyone knows of a carry case that can hold maybe 5-6 Bitaxes neatly so they can both mine and be moved as a group?
Thinking of something the size of an old boom box… would like to encourage kids in my small town to start exploring the idea of mining (and help decentralize as much as feasible)

2024-12-06 16:48:53 UTC

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Nice! My 12-year-old son just got his first deer this year… been enjoying tenderloins and summer sausage! :)

2024-12-06 01:27:27 UTC

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What a cool video, thanks for sharing! 😊🥰

2024-11-22 23:46:24 UTC

My son’s first deer! Venison jerky and sausage on the way soon. :) https://image.nostr.build/2a82a3a3f607a2141240c4b6b724ae078d7038f6ac6d2ce2ea3cd3bd5f18bc53.jpg

2024-11-22 05:39:39 UTC

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Oh, and meant to say we’ll be pointing at Ocean too

2024-11-22 05:39:05 UTC

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Got a pair of S9s arriving tomorrow to learn to mine with my twins while heating the house. Merry Christmas kids! ;-)

2024-11-22 05:34:32 UTC

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$2/hour from payroll to my Strike account and set to autobuy, after the first $40 weekly autobuy.
That’s my retirement strategy instead of a 401k… well, and hopefully pay off the farm before quitting trucking. First money every week goes to BTC though!

2024-07-23 04:48:53 UTC

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2024-07-05 03:43:26 UTC

https://fountain.fm/episode/B8NuJGvaWOOIlPlgg6PO
My favorite podcast!

2024-01-04 03:57:39 UTC

Looking for suggestions for a Nostr client that works well with GrapheneOS on a Degoogled Pixel…
Also, a good BTC wallet that would work with a Pixel and a Blockstream Jade

2024-01-04 03:54:17 UTC

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It’s custodial? It says non-custodial…

2023-05-16 23:42:03 UTC

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Instead of 10% discount with Liquid which I don’t have nor understand at all, a Fold card got 10% sats back… so today was about 75,000 sats or so or an order ;-)

2023-05-10 22:14:00 UTC

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Actually, I sleep quite well on this new mattress. For $200, game changer :)

2023-05-10 01:38:59 UTC

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Your burgers shrank too much… next time, bigger and fatter patties please. Burgers should be “substantial “! :)

2023-05-10 01:31:14 UTC

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How could we import this idea or even LN wallets to EverQuest… sats for accomplishing certain feats or to tip others in game, there is a reason I have characters named Ssatoshi and Ssatoshee… lol, declaring where I stand even if many don’t get it.

2023-05-05 21:52:47 UTC

#GrowNostr #gaming #Everquest
Anyone going to be trying the new Oakwind server when it launches? Just started on Mischief and like it there… much more active population than any of the other servers I’ve checked out. Almost like back when EQ launched in ‘99 :)
Thinking I’ll be staying on Mischief, but maybe for the 25th anniversary server they’ll use the same rule set with randomized drops…

2023-05-02 16:12:13 UTC

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Sounds like something a #permie would say… grins
#GrowNostr

2023-04-29 04:30:12 UTC

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Well said sir, and thanks for mentioning that book, I’ll have to go check it out.

2023-04-28 03:56:50 UTC

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Hunh, never did bots on EQ… I did use macros on Asheron’s Call to work skills when I went to bed. Always thought skills being more important than just level made a lot of sense.. :)
These days even more than earlier, I just sort of play and have some fun, when it’s not fun then time to switch to another activity or take a break.
I really like the Hero’s Journey line of quests they have now. Good rewards and gives goals to strive for.

2023-04-28 00:17:59 UTC

#GrowNostr #gaming #Everquest
Any Everquesters on here? Any who played when it launched in March 1999? What servers have you played on, or which do you recommend these days? Going to try the new Oakwynd TLP? Or on Mischief/Thornblade?
After 24 years, so much has changed, but still so many more things to do. I never had an interest in #WoW after seeing their cartoony style and pink and purple trees on a buddy’s computer. Can’t access my original account, so started a new one and have had fun exploring #Norrath again. Even as a free player, loads to do, and it helps the time go by quicker as a trucker as far as time on the road… :)

2023-04-25 02:40:07 UTC

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2023-04-24 04:26:17 UTC

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If I need it, sure. The problem now is the extra 4” in height means I gotta watch my head when sitting down on the bunk… else I’ll whack my head on the now 4” closer top bunk! LOL
1st world problems, eh? 😉😂

2023-04-24 04:24:22 UTC

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Never got into the FF lineup although some friends did. Same with WoW, both were too cartoonish for my taste. Especially WoW’s pink and purple trees back in the day! LOL
These days EQ is dated, but many fond memories help keep my interest and so much additional content. Never was into raiding much, but now I can solo a lot with a mercenary/merc NPC, and have found a friend who I enjoy duoing with. Soooo many quests, tradeskills, exploration to do, etc. and the best part is I can play for free.
When finances straighten out a bit, I do want to pay for a subscription… think it’s about $10/month if you pay annually. I’d like to support it and they release two new servers yearly plus expansion packs… May not pay for those, since they mainly add more end game stuff.
Will try to check out those ones you mentioned though :)

2023-04-24 04:13:44 UTC

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Love it, Al bough sometimes hard to get good sleep as a trucker. Wacky hours often don’t help.
What does help me is a good mattress (just got one on Amazon for $200/shipped (10” thick, twinXL, seems like 2” of foam on top of the coils but feels great and sleeping great the last 3 nights since I got it, vast improvement over that stock foam 6” mattress the company gave me!)
Also, I like a diffuser some nights with lavender essential oil, and a black screen video with thunder and rain sounds from YouTube. I wake feeling refreshed so far!

2023-04-23 16:50:17 UTC

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If you visit Portland, Oregon or Seattle, Washington you can see a lot more tent cities… Chicago is a place that I only go if I have to for work, but I have seen a few nice streets like your picture. They DO exist

2023-04-23 08:36:38 UTC

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Haven’t paid much attention to modern mmos. Any that you play? I’ve actually been enjoying a return to the original EQ, even as a free player. So much content now, I doubt I’ll ever see it all, even if cutting out the raids part. :)

2023-04-22 09:57:57 UTC

#GrowNostr #Everquest #games
Started playing EQ about 2-3 weeks after it’s launch in March 1999. Been fun visiting and amazing to see how far it’s come and explore new areas during my relax time.
I still think the structure of how Asheron’s Call allowed you to TRULY customize your character instead of being stuck into one class, was superior. However, EQ was far more social and that made it better for the long haul.

2023-04-22 09:51:19 UTC

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Nice! My buddy said if I can learn to spread gravel with a dump truck that I’ll have all the work I can handle and more. Only two gravel haulers in the county, and he said he’d buy the truck… so, May try that in another year or two. For now still working to set up side hustles on our farm :)

2023-04-21 12:48:01 UTC

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Heya Nicole, I hear you from time to time on Jack’s podcast. Someday I may have the free time to attend some sort of workshop at his place or yours. :)
For now, most days of driving I listen to a lot of podcasts, BTC has been a big focus lately. Sometimes music, but usually learning or chatting and sharing what I’ve learned. My buddies have said they feel they got the Cliff Notes version of biochar or different permie subjects! 😂
While not a coffee drinker myself, love your entrepreneurial spirit! Have a great Friday and thanks for the thought. 😁

2023-04-21 12:21:47 UTC

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I’ve been using Strike for about a year now, myself since #JackSpirko mentioned it, and really like it. Simple and effective, although was a pain in the rear to set up for me (not super techy so probably that’s on me!)
Listening to #CoinStories podcast with Nat Brunell, I started dollar cost averaging in but not daily, Strike let’s you do it hourly. So, join the #DCAarmy and DCA in at $1/hour, 24/7… 😉😁

2023-04-21 12:01:12 UTC

#GrowNostr #trucking #tsp
Ah, the trucking life… 4 weeks out then 6 days home with pay, and the occasional 10 hour or 34 hour break at home in the middle! Seems a good deal compared to many trucking companies, and overall it works well for me. However, it’s trucking and you can mostly count on something odd to happen.
Take this trip for example… got an extra day at home (great), got loaded up and slept in the truck since my appointment was early enough that I didn’t want to wake up the wife for a ride to my rig at 0 dark thirty. Got up and did my pretrip, drove to the shipper, checked in and found out that apparently my work order was wrong and they are short about 200 cases because they had me scheduled for 0700 TOMORROW! Sigh
LOL, can laugh about dumb stuff like this or cry, generally I prefer laughter… but, still a bit frustrating! 🤪🤪🤪😂

2023-04-21 03:29:17 UTC

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LOL, I’m not a huge dog person but my wife is. After 12 years married she finally has had two dogs, although one disappeared and we had seen folks trying to lure him into their cars before. He was a very well fed lab/Pyr mix, but always beat up the girl, and pushed her out of the way for patting!
So, we miss him as he was super friendly to us, but the last couple months with just her she has really opened up and let’s even the wife and I pay her almost any time. The kids she has always let them, and she is super protective of them. So, really, she is more of a KGD (Kid Guardian Dog) than anything else these days! She is also friendly with our cats, haven’t tried her in the same area with the hens and roos, and we’ve not lost a single bird to predators since we first got them last year. The coyotes yip, but not near our place… 😍😂

2023-04-21 03:20:50 UTC

https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_bbf9c091b06bfec3676d0298e7e8da6fccad351f039e0263157bc3a1f0c2800f.jpg
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Learning to harrow… tired of watching the soil blow away in the wind, or little gullies growing! Thankfully, my buddy loaned me a 14’ harrow and the next day his cone seed spreader, then harrowed again yesterday. Last night was driving rain for a couple hours 😱😢😂
What can a guy do? Gotta drive a truck to pay off the place, limited time to be at home working… so, I do what I can. 😉🙂
In basically 3-4 days I got the #pigs moved from the old house to new house and fenced in through some woods, seeded 65 pounds of clover and wildflower seed, and got all 3 #Layens swarm traps up so hope to catch my first #bees this year. Tired and back to the road to just work and sleep the next couple days!
#GrowNostr #permies #homesteading

2023-04-21 03:12:30 UTC

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Oh man, just harrowed around the new house finally, seeded and harrowed again yesterday, then had pounding rain and gusty winds for hours last night! I wonder how much clover and wildflower seed is still in the yard and not in the ditch! LOL

2023-04-21 03:10:34 UTC

#GrowNostr #LGDs #homesteading
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_0292d07bbd9e7ac6e1f664391af03ae7e0e07c57a82c6867b497d38e60eea8a9.jpg
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_2615c12b7c1178d6b02522144f0e2438ee04176a8f7d43d471073f3c23367091.jpg
Anyone else have a sorta goofy guard dog/livestock guardian dog? Our #GreatPyrenees wasn’t run over by the Gator… apparently it’s comfier under there lying on the gravel than on her pillow or flattened box or a pallet! Of course, this is the same dog that barks all night and flops down in a muddy yard to sleep… 😳😂🤣🧡

2023-04-19 06:24:33 UTC

#GrowNostr #NWMissouri #KansasCity #pigs
Good news, I think we may have some piglets on the way from the pigs we bought last year. Pure bred #IPPs (Idaho Pastuered Pigs), great quality lard and bacon, smaller than standard pink pigs and take longer to finish but they love grass and ragweed and eat much less feed than standards do.
Follow or holler at me if interested in either registered piglets or feeders. Weaning time is about 8 weeks after birth, so will keep folks up to date. Will try to get pics also, but harder to do when on the road frequently.
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_54e34f52db447bcca3f20bc4e75cf612a93bdcf05bbb3850bb172a776adff677.jpg

2023-04-18 16:18:55 UTC

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As a #nonresidentalien I don’t see zaps or any BTC as being “effectively connected income” to a trade or business within the United States/federal government. I guess “citizens or resident (aliens) of the United States” would still need to report it since they treat ALL income AS gross income, worldwide.

2023-04-18 16:12:45 UTC

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#GrowNostr #homesteading #JackSpirko #CountryLife
Thanks Jack for being such a jerk! Thanks in large part to you, I finally convinced the wife to move out of a major city almost two years ago. Now, look at this rough view we have to see since she hasn’t put up any curtains in our newly built, super efficient ICF home on 31 acres.
Now, I have a longer list of chores to do every time I come home from driving a truck… but she’s happy and so are the kids, so I keep finding ways to plug away and make it as entertaining as possible!
I think after we butcher the two steers we have, we are going to stick with just her #chickens and #IPPs (IdahoPastueredPigs), and my (hopefully soon) #bees with the swarm traps we built, #foddertrees, and #biochar!
The goal is to get off the road in the next year or two and just work of some side hustles here… :)

2023-04-18 16:03:22 UTC

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#GrowNostr #homesteading #chickens #NWMissouri
My wife loves her chickens… but, I don’t understand her organization of which eggs are oldest! LOL 😂 I know, as long as they don’t have the bloom washed off they are good for 30-40 days on the counter.
So many things learned from farmers and homesteaders. Why do we do so many things backwards in the USA? Many countries it is illegal to sell washed eggs… just glad we get 8-10/day from our little flock and not the store. These days 28 eggs is like $14 worth or so I think, unless you buy the crummiest commercial ones!

2023-04-18 14:58:54 UTC

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Glad they’ve never had the power to tax all Americans on everything they bring in… even if they allow the IRS to mislead most through deceptive wording! #nonresidentalien FTW 🤔😉😁

2023-04-17 13:59:52 UTC

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Just switched my number from this old iPhone 7S to a $99 Moto G Fast. Gonna leave that number as a work number, have a new number on my Pixel 6… will never have another iPhone, but gonna run this one into the ground playing Fountain podcasts over my hotspot 😂😁

2023-04-17 13:54:45 UTC

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I remember when EverQuest came out in 1999, March. A few weeks after my oldest was born. Ex wife and I played with him on a boppy pillow nursing on her lap! Played for a year or so, very social game. Revisited a couple years later briefly…
Now, as a trucker, some days I have time to go play that original MMO. Some weeks have more sit around time, and am gone from home, so have been enjoying experiencing the 25 or so expansions they have put out in the last 24 years! No pressure now though, just play and do what I feel like… explore, do quests, no raiding and no pressure.
When at home though, I rarely turn on my laptop… have kids and a wife, #homesteading takes a lot of my time, at church or church activities when possible. Living in a small town and having 31 acres to try and manage is enough most days, and more than enough the rest of them days. LOL
Still, some #Everquest has been fun, and these days can play as a free account, just don’t have access to ALL the content. 90% could keep me busy for a long time though!

2023-04-17 13:44:32 UTC

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What about a burner number?

2023-04-15 23:03:25 UTC

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Our girl has a deep voice and loves to bark all night long. We do hear coyotes at times, but never nearby… never lost a bird either even with just a poultry electric net

2023-04-15 02:47:13 UTC

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I like them too! So good to see you again today and excited to get started! #beekeeping

2023-04-15 02:45:14 UTC

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Very nice looking! Just getting started but excited about it! Zapped you for sharing pics :)

2023-04-15 02:29:50 UTC

#GrowNostr #homesteading I’m curious how many other folks have an #LGD that help provide their own food? Our 1 yr old female Great Pyr hardly has a day go by when we don’t see her with a new chew toy or snack. Today was a baby bunny, last time I noticed was a raccoon, she’s brought home deer legs, skulls with antlers and meat on them, and one time an entire deer! I’d guess 75-100 pounds, and it took her and our other big dog almost a week to reduce it to a twisted hide. #carnivore dogs wanted a break from dog food I guess 😂🤪😁

2023-04-15 02:23:44 UTC

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Getting started on a retort myself, but my understanding is that good biochar should not leave a black mess on your hands after handling. Pick it up, play with it and should be able to rinse your hands with just water, not needing soap or scrubbing.

2023-04-15 01:55:55 UTC

#GrowNostr Had a good day today, mounted foundation on frames for our three #bee swarm traps, found and prepped 2 locations about 10’ up along the South edge of our woods. (Thanks to my buddy for all his help!)
Folks at the local gas station said we need more natural #beekeeping in our area since they’ve noticed a marked decline. Will try to post some pics when I get them installed.

2023-04-14 12:54:00 UTC

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Just got started with them… what’s going on that changed?

2023-04-14 05:41:21 UTC

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Thanks, will check that out!

2023-04-14 05:40:32 UTC

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Hey, no problems! Not sure as I mainly wanted it for our RMH… never thought about buying dimensional, since we’re fairly broke after just building a house. 😱😂
We got a lot of the lumber for our house, forms, etc from an Amish lumber mill in Southern MO, last year. I think we figured even with the labor for cutting and planing some of it we still saved about $5,000 on the wood for the house, compared to buying at the big box stores.

2023-04-14 05:35:39 UTC

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That’s what I’ve heard. Getting started at 53… so, can pick and choose. I’ve heard podcasts from a lady who has spent 15 years standardizing on langstroth mediums and she tried one Layens and loves it but hard to change with so much invested in the first style.
Maybe start off small, and as you need or want more in the future, transition? New to it all, so maybe I am just speaking crazy :)

2023-04-13 21:49:53 UTC

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Been wondering about it, as several Amish lumber mills in the area and I can buy bundles of about 1/3 cord for $5/$10 for soft/hard wood trimmings. Burned them in the rocket mass heater in our new house, and I think we spent $15 on wood this past winter. Wasn’t well seasoned though

2023-04-13 21:46:53 UTC

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Followed as I am also enjoying the #FoldCard. Sadly I can’t pay mortgage with it or water bill, most of the rest I can, including tractor payment. :)
Also, joined the #DCAarmy, dollar cost averaging at $1/hour through the #Strike app…

2023-04-13 21:44:03 UTC

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Following, cause that sounds cool to me too. Working to teach 11 year old twins about stacking sats and hard money. Easier than teaching mama! lol

2023-04-13 21:17:22 UTC

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Might try horizontal hives… also, maybe stuff with raw wool instead of foam board if possible. If it gets really cold where you are, might also want much deeper frames.

2023-04-13 21:15:28 UTC

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You need to attach a LN wallet so I can zap you! The boy and I had fun wiring frames, even in the cold and rainy weather… ;-)

2023-04-13 21:14:11 UTC

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Those look oddly familiar… lol, found you!

2023-04-13 21:11:11 UTC

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Where did you get plans? Suggestions?

2023-04-13 21:10:20 UTC

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Permie in NW Missouri here, now have 10-55 gallon drums at home along with 10-30/35 gallon drums. Looking to make a retort or multiples. How well does this style work?
For the smaller drums, check Craigslist. The ones I got had chicken fat in them from a plant… more expensive than the 55s. Were $5ea for 55s, and I think $10ea for the smaller ones, both prices were for buying 10+ at once. Glad to have 31 acres to spread out in now…lol

2023-04-13 20:58:09 UTC

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I’ve met maybe 10-12 of the KCFC folks and didn’t have problems with any of them… all seemed decent folks to me. Some I’ve gotten to know better than others, but as a trucker and having moved 100 miles up I-35, hard to be able to collaborate much