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Bowtied Peasant

A scary illustration of German's 'anti-hate' laws: author C J Hopkins has been told that he's under investigation by the public prosecutor’s office in Berlin, for “disseminating propaganda, the contents of which are intended to further the aims of a former National Socialist organization” - because his book about the rise of the medico-fascist state contained a swastika. Unbelievable. But this type of censorship is where 'anti-hate' laws invariably lead.
https://nostr.build/i/f856af0d34fb37e208aaec37e7f59c43b06d2ebaacdc49b0f4a2a30e6f01f342.jpg

2023-04-05 10:34:11

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Too true. Same experience. Sad that Microsoft has chosen this route.

2023-04-04 20:24:08

Am curious about the Blue Bird app. Anyone got a list (or an analysis) of the accounts which were subject to 'visibility filtering' / throttling / shadow-banning?

2023-04-03 19:11:14

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I would start small - perhaps with the manager of a local coffee shop? Maybe advertise in a local network for volunteers of people who want to get started? There may be more than you think.
However, you need to think about what is in it for them, and how you can help.
I would assist them set up a Lightning Network terminal (e.g. https://bitfurypeach.com, which is specifically designed for business, or BitPay, if transaction sizes are bigger). Explain the benefits of using it, and then ensure that you find them some customers who pay that way - e.g. local blockchain network, student blockchain society, tech groups etc. Put the business on local maps & directories of bitcoin merchants, and explain how this can be free advertising for them. Maybe see if the local newspaper wants to run a story for more publicity?
If it works well, you'll have hundreds of customers who will be intrigued and might want to try it out for themselves, plus a business owner who will talk with other small business owners.

2023-04-03 18:40:59

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Just had a look - exactly what I had in mind. Have signed up for waitlist. Hope it succeeds!

2023-04-03 18:35:29

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cheats

2023-04-03 18:12:54

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I'll start:
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_1a919869291d58726bc5efcf6f4cf280618d4cf48007d8068dea2ebd74f5c0f9.webp

2023-04-03 18:08:37

1000 sats for your best meme of the RESTRICT Act. Drop them below and repost.

2023-04-03 17:55:32

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Fair enough.

2023-04-03 16:52:00

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Can you explain why?

2023-04-03 16:47:49

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I....am confused...

2023-04-03 08:28:55

This is a great piece on how 'disinformation control' is really just politics and censorship:
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/guide-understanding-hoax-century-thirteen-ways-looking-disinformation#domestic_extremists

2023-03-31 11:58:39

Who is working on escrow markets for physical goods? Strikes me as a very important problem if we ever want to move towards true decentralisation, and wider use of bitcoin. Otherwise we will always fall back to issues of consumer protection and full disclosure of retailer identity, etc.
https://jbonneau.com/doc/GBGN17-FC-physical_escrow.pdf

2023-03-31 00:42:04

Anyone working on escrow services for physical goods, like this paper? Strikes me that we need to get this right in order to have a properly functioning economy with bitcoin.
https://jbonneau.com/doc/GBGN17-FC-physical_escrow.pdf

2023-03-31 00:28:17

This unbelievable: Senator Graham - who co-sponsored the Restrict Act - concedes on camera that he HASN'T EVEN READ THE DAMNED THING! What an utter clown show.
(Not sure how to extract video from the blue bird app, so have had to link it) https://twitter.com/JesseBWatters/status/1641225447634526209

2023-03-31 00:21:31

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Jeez. What an utterly disgusting reaction.

2023-03-31 00:12:14

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Agree that Tiktok is harmful - whether we're talking manipulation or sypware. Interesting that you are positive it is entirely deliberate. Maybe classifying it as a media company and regulating it that way might be possible or preferable?

2023-03-30 20:49:25

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Government *wants* you to think this is a dilemma. It isn't at all - there are plenty of ways of legislating against data transfer from US to China without having to ban apps or go anywhere near the awful RESTRICT act.

2023-03-30 09:26:27

If you are an American, you NEED to read Bill 686, the Restrict Act, and contact your representatives to get them to opposite it. It is the most draconian power-grab that the country has seen since the Patriot Act: it allows *any* measure to be taken against *any* perceived risk. You probably think I'm exaggerating. Read for yourself: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/686/text?s=1

2023-03-29 16:26:08

China & French-owned TotalEnergies just completed their first trade of liquefied natural gas (LNG) settled in yuan. Another big milestone in the decline of the USD as world reserve currency.
Unlike some, I'm not especially cheering this on: it will mark decades of turbulence. An ascendant China will have a lot of downsides. Many of us will realise we're exposed to the USD in ways we hadn't realised. But the US seems determined to commit economic suicide, and has left itself without options.
https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/China-Settles-First-LNG-Trade-In-Yuan.html

2023-03-29 15:29:21

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There's probably little point, but is there a bounty system of any kind for tracking down thieves? I imagine a few will get careless, or the bounty might become big enough to get exchanges interested in disclosing.

2023-03-29 15:26:58

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Damn. Sorry to hear this. These thieves are parasites on all of us, since they harm the reputation of the system and hamper adoption.

2023-03-29 15:05:24

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Understood. Yes, unfortunately it seems to me that the 2008 collapse largely arose because we had promises built upon promises built upon promises, which all collapsed when the original debts (e.g. subprime mortgages) couldn't be repaid.

2023-03-29 13:58:17

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There is literally no other option for the USG, is there?

2023-03-29 13:54:26

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Can you expand on why? If I want to borrow money to build a house, why cannot this be based on actual debt from people who want to lend to me?

2023-03-29 13:50:22

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Or, just hard-code Azimov's laws and stop feeding it biased MSM.

2023-03-29 13:47:00

Not what I usually post about, but it's been on my mind, so I'm going to share it.
The dreadful events of Nashville reminded me of Dunblane, the UK's worst school shooting in March 1996 in Scotland, in which a man named Thomas Hamilton shot dead 16 pupils and one teacher, then himself. Hamilton had legally-held firearms, and the Dunblane shooting was used to justify a major tightening of UK firearms law, including banning all pistols.
But there is much that is still unresolved about the case. Hamilton was a leader of several youth clubs, including the local boy scouts, and his interests were not wholesome: there were multiple (at least ten) complaints made to police about his inappropriate sexual behaviour towards the boys. The Scout Commissioner for the area took these seriously enough to expel Hamilton from his leadership position, and the police child protection unit recommended revoking Hamilton's gun licence, but no action was taken. Even when local shooting clubs expressed reservations, the local Chief Constable didn't investigate or revoke Hamilton's firearms certificate.
Why? Credible rumours have circulated since the time of the shooting that Hamilton and the local Chief Constable were members of the same paedophile ring. This was lent further credence by the fact that the investigating judge very unusually sealed the case files for 100 years (some files were released in 2005, but not all). Allegedly this was to 'protect the victims' families'.
Hamilton apparently harboured grievances against boys and teachers who complained about him. But family conditions were also a factor: Hamilton never knew his father and was brought up by his mother's adoptive parents, believing they were his biological parents. He originally thought his biological mother was his older sister. The headfuck of discovering the truth can only be imagined.
Why am I relating this? It is clear to me that a lack of transparency can be corrosive: secrecy within Hamilton's family must have been a huge factor in making him mentally disturbed. Secrecy within the police was, quite possibly, another enabling factor (though we won't find out for at least another 73 years). It is also clear to me that governments will exploit any event for the acquisition of more powers over its citizens, often as a diversion from the failings - or criminality - within their own public bodies.
Remember this.

2023-03-29 01:31:13

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Have seen some good work on this already. Will post.

2023-03-29 01:28:56

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A major concern for me is the medium-term effect of 'leaky' vaccines (which we know the COVID one is). Compare with what's happened in Marek's disease: https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1002198

2023-03-28 13:46:52

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This is not good for the USD, right? At what level does it become a real concern?

2023-03-28 13:44:52

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Every self-respecting coder should say no to CBDCs. But unfortunately, I can see people working with them.

2023-03-28 12:53:21

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Fiat-mine whilst building side-hustle and stacking seats.
Then self-employment / business ownership and stacking even more sats.

2023-03-28 12:44:55

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Just imagine a girl like that with a sign saying 'I argued with my husband'.

2023-03-27 18:17:13

Shamelessly stolen from Wall Street Silver on Twitter. Banknotes littering the street in Venezuela.
Don't think it can't happen to you too, anon.
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_0d59e7abb3e9628a0447e867346059e1f69f4c36dc574e047e891afb84c5bdb5.jpg

2023-03-27 16:55:19

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But only possible if he's typed his seed into his PC at some point.

2023-03-27 16:54:29

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He maintains he bought it direct from OEM, I think.

2023-03-27 16:53:24

“Evidence suggests we are uncovering the most serious, coordinated, and large-scale violation of First Amendment free speech rights by the federal government’s executive branch in US history.”
https://michaelpsenger.substack.com/p/faucis-red-guards-lawsuit-reveals

2023-03-27 08:07:56

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It truly is the dismal science. But politicians and media treat it with the certainty of the hard sciences.

2023-03-26 01:38:34

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You need to follow people, or have people follow you? Either way, nice to meet you...

2023-03-26 01:37:26

Any blockchain sleuths out there?
This chap had his account hacked. Nearly everyone in the comments is saying that he must have just been careless with his seed phrase, but looking at the destination address for the stolen BTC, something's up:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ledgerwallet/comments/11ypwa8/why_is_my_ledger_empty/

2023-03-25 21:23:58

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A neat artist and humble enough to listen to bitcoiners, too. Great to see.

2023-03-25 21:17:06

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Because in God's eyes the original marriage still stands and hence the wife is not free to marry another?

2023-03-25 21:15:42

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Thank you!

2023-03-25 19:20:07

“I don’t believe we shall ever have a good money again before we take the thing out of the hands of government, that is, we can’t take it violently out of the hands of government, all we can do is by some sly roundabout way introduce something that they can’t stop.”
– F.A. Hayek 1984

2023-03-25 00:16:13

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100%
Greenpeace are nothing but useful idiots in the state's attack on bitcoin. We all know that the energy angle is pure FUD.

2023-03-25 00:14:34

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Contact the school. Deeply inappropriate use of personal records.

2023-03-24 16:26:44

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Must have blocked it 4 or 5 times.
Maybe I should just be more into redheads, kek

2023-03-24 15:30:02

NYK,NYC
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_bc29899eae320ac2c6e7f52985b223bcd52ce8da7a73e6879145210b74dde021.jpg

2023-03-24 09:27:24

GM nostriches!

2023-03-24 09:26:50

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Yeah, I keep blocking it and it keeps reappearing!

2023-03-24 01:19:20

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Let's hope so, fren. Had too much bad fortune of late...

2023-03-24 00:53:13

"The preponderance of public evidence suggests that Silvergate and Signature didn’t commit suicide — they were executed."
This is a must read by Nic Carter: https://www.piratewires.com/p/2023-banking-crisis

2023-03-24 00:01:17

Could whoever keeps posting that 885888.cn porn please be a bit more imaginative? I think the whole of global must have seen the same picture a dozen times by now...

2023-03-23 23:17:59

Love this drawing from Bob Moran. More at https://www.bobmoran.co.uk/
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_91d120f55fac1f642c26784aa530c2fb1f303169ecc99f8248bde4c51f86b0d5.jpg

2023-03-23 22:50:07

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Any time it takes your fancy...

2023-03-22 22:59:12

Folks: I'm unwinding my shitcoins and moving most of it to BTC. Anyone suggest a good route from wBTC -> BTC, ideally non-CEX?
Going the other way, I typically went BTC -> renBTC -> wBTC via Curve; presumably this also works in reverse, but does anyone know a better route?

2023-03-22 22:17:46

I like this. Made by Lina Seiche, for relai_app: https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_c6528fd016674d2780433b73a9e972c74db5e048af7329f5f90e0ae80767bf45.jpeg

2023-03-22 11:11:48

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Jeez. Google has properly fcked a number of people, I imagine.

2023-03-22 11:11:12

Lolz at the White House.
Another desperate but clueless attempt to demonise bitcoin.
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_bdc22cb9a6b0dd570120f1d6c796f14cfae3f81721ab96119fc9b42ee018f096.jpeg

2023-03-22 10:48:27

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Old but accurate.... https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_c2645ebf3702704889ef07da6b57047894efd3b158949207b6c398277b76c617.jpg

2023-03-22 10:15:07

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Yeah, that publication has really gone downhill. Sad to see, really.

2023-03-22 10:12:02

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Microsoft's understanding of percentages has always been a bit dubious, tho...
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_f756aa3dd3249fc08f8d95ca7d962db1a1a4150077e921dd89cce4c3a3378ac9.webp

2023-03-22 09:53:22

Compare these headlines. We imagine that, because they are rich, powerful and close to government, Central Banks know what they are doing. But the truth is that they do not. They are entirely making things up as they go along.
h/t @JamesMelville on the bluebird app
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_4221038f2fa1fd141c64afab07a1f49bb865cac228d1902b0a1553903cdeba51.png

2023-03-22 01:00:42

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I look forward to the day when this is considered as quaint and anachronistic as a radio licence (yes, they existed).
BTW, I wouldn't tell them that you don't have a TV. Let them continue to waste their time...

2023-03-22 00:56:40

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'Putting away' is mostly translated as divorce. My understanding of this is that, in OT times men could divorce their wives with relative impunity, for various reasons. But Jesus said that it should not be so. Matthew 19:9 & 5:32 suggests that divorcing an adulterous wife is acceptable; but other than this, it seems that Jesus is saying that marriage should be taken more seriously - and that attempting to divorce for other reasons is breaking a solemn vow (acting treacherously).

2023-03-21 18:07:47

President Xi and Putin met for over 5 hours yesterday. Putin was explicit about his aim to remove the dollar from international settlements. They then signed an official declaration of strategic cooperation.
Meanwhile, CNN leads with 'Ted Lasso' actors being at the White House, and speculation about the "possible Trump indictment".
US mainstream media is, at best, totally broken - and, at worst, complicit in the wilful misdirection of the public. The majority have no idea just how much their quality of life depends on dollar hegemony, and they're not going to find out from the mainstream media until it's way, way too late.

2023-03-20 21:30:54

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Physical law or moral law?
(Nearly) every physical scientist will agree that natural physical laws exists. But many will not agree that there are moral laws, in the way that nineteenth century natural philosophers and theologians would have done. Unmooring ourselves from religion first eroded the idea of moral laws (and is now attacking physical laws too)

2023-03-20 21:24:21

Orange-pilled another friend today. He was concerned by the imminent US banking collapse and the totally profligate money-printing of the Fed. Ended up agreeing that "maybe I should put a little bit of money into bitcoin, just in case".

2023-03-20 21:22:28

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Total, 100% misdirection by a wilfully-complicit media.
The mainstream media needs to burn along with the banks, IMO.

2023-03-20 16:23:13

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It's all fking theatre. All of it.

2023-03-20 15:46:25

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Meh, 4th picture should be entire USD system!

2023-03-20 14:52:00

Interesting read: the guy who pioneered Quantitative easing in Japan says it has been misused and will end in tears (as well as CBDCs):
https://theconversation.com/why-central-banks-are-too-powerful-and-have-created-our-inflation-crisis-by-the-banking-expert-who-pioneered-quantitative-easing-201158

2023-03-20 09:36:16

GM Nostriches!

2023-03-19 10:13:10

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Please let us know where he ends up next...

2023-03-19 10:10:17

GM! Remember: we've been given a life-raft.
https://i.imgur.com/BqaGQsr.jpg

2023-03-18 10:30:57

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It's curious. Does he believe it, you think? Or is he a sufficiently large hodler that the extra attention / publicity might drive price activity sufficient to make him the money, even if he loses the bet?

2023-03-17 19:37:17

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Personally I would vote nes, because its a birbit.

2023-03-17 19:36:05

Reminder that Stanford and the Virality Project sought to censor *true* reports of vaccine injury in case is 'fuelled hesitancy' about the vaccine.
The world is not going to forget or forgive this.
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_0066aafdaa691965ff121e801406d496052926df647912d169381490986b0e9b.jpeg

2023-03-17 17:22:24

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https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_8e64c4034950d250137488513c78ef5f2e8b348dd1030dd2f3ade1f14dde1ce4.webp

2023-03-17 17:02:05

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Fair enough, folks! Not gonna turn this into Twitter.

2023-03-17 16:52:50

Happy St Patrick's day, Nostriches!

2023-03-17 16:02:12

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It's SN's not mine, tho...

2023-03-17 16:01:09

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This makes no sense. No-one is saying that you need to 'provide value' to Saylor et al. You simply need to pay the market price.
Granted, Saylor & others have the ability to influence that market price, but that is true of everything, from gold to stocks.

2023-03-17 14:59:10

Op Chokepoint 2
https://i.imgur.com/PraJTrd.jpg

2023-03-17 12:10:47

Absurd: blue bird app locked a 'gender critical' feminist account for quoting Germaine Greer.
https://i.imgur.com/t0wRmVo.jpg

2023-03-16 13:38:26

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eating

2023-03-16 13:37:20

Serious q: why do 'epayment' firms even need to exist any more?
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_5f3ac998cd15f916691bb27086bec1980457fc264375546d49ab4723112b7862.png

2023-03-16 11:01:46

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Where's the GM response bot gone? I liked it...

2023-03-16 10:59:54

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“If you don’t believe it or don’t get it, I don’t have the time to try to convince you, sorry.”

2023-03-16 09:27:47

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For some reason, I've really really struggled today, too. Tried to persuade the wife to bunk off work, so we both could spend the day in bed. She wasn't having it, sadly...

2023-03-16 09:24:02

GM!

2023-03-15 23:36:33

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Yes, lots.
https://i.imgur.com/Vh1tIXu.jpg

2023-03-15 16:33:39

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Sorry - my mistake: that's an Amethyst feature, not Iris. (It basically gives you posts plus responses, not just the original posts - but since there's not an option in Iris, must be an Iris bug I guess).

2023-03-15 16:19:23

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You maybe have conversation view switched on?

2023-03-15 13:01:47

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carols

2023-03-15 13:01:07

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across

2023-03-15 12:22:07

Lmao, blue bird app is now warning that Zerohedge is 'unsafe'.
Twitter NGMI.
https://i.imgur.com/3a7Kqc4.jpg

2023-03-15 12:09:49

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Not just me who's had this experience then...!