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I just start with the news .... Losing, yeah losing interest in writing about my “losing weight adventure”. I will keep it short on that end, will actually first talk about the losing interest.

The whole Virus thing, I am SOOOOO done with it. It has been affecting me lately more and more. When you open a NEWS website .... when you watch the News on television, it only talks about the virus. I think it has been around us for a long time now and some particular apps give me reminders what I did 3 years, 5 years, 1 year ago and well, it was MUCH closer to people than what we have at the moment. I like to hug people and I miss it ! ! ! Those pictures .... when will we be able to do that again, having an arm around best friends ! ! !

The lockdown in the Netherlands does not help either. It is just not working. I don't really care about being locked down, not whatsoever, I don't mind following the rules, but it is others, that are not following rules. Am I holy, no, not at all, but when it comes to keeping distance, wearing the face mask, yes, religiously, but it is just not working for many people. They don't see the danger.

OKAY OKAY ! ! !

Done, with it, no more thinking about the COVID THING ! ! !

So, I did jump on the scales, I saw something that had a 1, a 0 and a 9 ....... , my camera was scared, big time and refused to take a picture ! ! !

Yes, I am sorry, this is a short blog as I am just not motivated at the moment. Tomorrow I will talk a run and throw everything away while running .... We will see where that goes ! ! !

Gord, hope you are keeping the faith and keeping the strength to go for it hard ! ! !

GO GO GO

STAY SAFE ! ! !

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Earlier this week I shared a blog regarding collecting football stickers.

Well, I can share we completed the book today and have a lot of double sticker cards. What to do with those cards, what to do ..... With the logo's we have a perfect idea:

A Memory Game

We have done this before; this is actually the third year, we are creating it, we just like it a lot ! ! !

So as you can see this page is complete, all the stickers are in there with the logo of the club in the left top corner:

So this logo is what we are going to use. All the teams have their own logo and we need 2 of each to complete the new game.

Here we put the stickers on a re piece of paper in order to create the back of the cards .... All have to be the same ! ! !

Throwing away the back of the stickers is also a good lesson. We need to get rid of the litter ! ! !

Here are all the teams on the red, now it is time to laminate all of them, to make the cards a little bigger and sturdier

Putting the plastic cover on top in order to laminate

The machine is doing all the work ! ! !

The bottom is laminated; the red colour is visible now, looks much better ! ! !

Now all the logos need to be cut with some scissors. Noah is doing the first part and daddy was finishing it. Always be carefull with scissors.

All the cards are cut from their page, looks nice

As I shared before, we have done this for three years now, here are the different colours we have used before:

It is also fun to see how the different logos have changes throughout the years. Top row is season 2018-2019, Middle row is season 2019-2020 and the bottom the new cards season 2020-2021.

All the different colours from the back, you cannot see what the teams are, so:

GAME ON

Always fun to play this game

Corona, not nice but getting through it..... no problem. We just keep on creating games. Have fun y’all

STAY SAFE ! ! !

I started Twitter in 2013; probably Tweeted like 30 times in 4 years, had less than 20 followers ...... Twitter was just not my thing ! ! !

Suddenly, 2017 came around and I found out Twitter is THE place for Crypto Currency News, Updates and Interesting Facts ! ! ! Four years later, we are in 2021, I have 13.8K Followers, and 14.8K Tweets ......

SAY WHAT ! ! !

I know, I am really proud and thankful for those followers, BUT 14,8K TWEETS, what is up with that ! ! !

Probably the number also includes retweets , but still, the number is amazing. Knowing myself, I probably will miss the magic 15K, but that I will hit that number this year ..... first couple months, absolutely ! ! !

This is a different story for the following account:

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The US President had a couple bad tweets, so he was suspended indefinitely ......

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He tried to get on Twitter again with an additional account, but that was taken from him also:

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This was all on the news today and I believe that Twitter took a bigger beating than they should take.

Yes, I understand freedom of speech is a big thing, but there are rules and regulations and everybody needs to obey. There was an item on it on the news and they spoke about Twitter being negative, the people writing on Twitter are negative, the US President probably will take a lot of followers with him of Twitter as he had a lot of followers.

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Taylor Swift was fighting with Donald for followers as the President had around 88 million followers also. During the 4 years he was president he tweeted more than 34.000 times, I mean WOW ! ! !

Looking at tweets, these were the most liked tweets:

I do have to say my likes are in this top 10. 1 Iike I will share, the Macaulay Culkin tweet, 40 YEARS, everybody who saw the movie Home Alone when it was released, knows the young KEEVVVVVINNN (Mother screams) and this little boy is 40, I mean COMMON ! ! !

I do have to share the feeling that from time to time Twitter users are a bit bitter. In Crypto Currency you see a lot of:

THEM against ME (US)

You have to read between the lines from time to time. I seriously don't like name calling, wishing people bad luck or anything negative, but if you take it all not too serious, you should be fine. The bad thing though, crypto currency deals with peoples personal financial investments, that is something serious, so wise lesson be personal, but don't be TOO personal.

Life is serious enough, Twitter should not be. Once again take it with a grain of salt from time to time and laugh a bit ......

**STAY SAFE ! ! !

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I remember, I must have been like 10 years old, it must have been my mother that came home with an empty Football Sticker Book; Football as in Soccer, NOT to confuse with American Football. My brother, sister and I collected the stickers; we really liked it, competition, trading amongst each other, but also with class mates.

Getting all the stickers, a complete book was the end game. In the beginning, if you did not get the book complete, you were able to order the missing numbers, but only a certain amount in exchange for stamps. That of course changed, it is a money business, let's see when they allow crypto currency: So Panini, when you read this:

WHEN WILL YOU ALLOW CRYPTO PAYMENTS ? ? ?

Throughout the years, I have collected many books. Many Dutch competition, but also European Championships, World Championships, in the Netherlands, but also Switzerland, Germany and other countries.

It is a big thing, Panini and it is big bucks:

The Panini Group, headquartered in Modena, Italy, is the world leader in collectible stickers and trading cards. Panini is also one of the largest publishers of children's magazines, books, comics (comics), manga and graphic novels, both in Europe and Latin America. Accordingly, Panini is also involved in many multimedia programs. In 2018, the turnover of the Panini Group was more than 1 billion; this was achieved in 150 countries, by twelve subsidiaries and more than 1200 employees.
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The rest of the article has NOTHING to do with Panini, but it shows my love for “the collecting things”. This is where it started ! ! !

Well, blood goes where it cannot crawl and it has started with our son ....

Albert Heijn B.V., the largest Dutch supermarket chain, founded in 1887, started with their own sticker book two years ago, I think. WE noticed it, but it was more ME collecting the stickers than it was done by Noah. This year ..... different world ! ! !

For every 10 Euros spent in the supermarket, you get 4 stickers for free and you can put the stickers in a book with all the Dutch teams, and national teams, ladies and gents, in the Dutch Soccer Competition. In total 250 Stickers and it is like every collection, you want to have them all ! ! ! So this week they started with the stickers.

In short ....... my son needs 1 picture and the book is complete ! ! ! He absolutely loves it and although only 6 years old, knows everything about it now. Knows all the teams, all the numbers, funny to see. Recognises all the logos of the teams and at the store, when opening a package, he will tell me, yep number 99, SCORE !

So, on Tuesday, I came home with the first packages as I just had done some groceries. That time of the year again. I had bought the book as well and I was daddy of the year again ! ! !

He asked me if we had to do some more groceries and if he was allowed to come. Well ...... not too late, after diner we would go to get some dessert for him, something I am not eating at the moment.

We went by bike as it is really close by and he raced into the store, he knows exactly where he needed to be and I trust him he will be there. So I came inside and he already showed me the first packages. He had asked a gentleman, with a lot of groceries for the stickers and as the gentleman did not want them, Noah got them. I went inside the store and Noah stayed at the check out place asking people to “donate” the stickers to him when they did not want them themselves ! ! ! Coming to the check-out myself, he already had a big pile of stickers in his hands, with the biggest innocent smile on his face.

He also carried a receipt. A lady did not ask for the stickers and told him he was able to collect the stickers showing the receipt at the service desk .... and so, I had to collect the 24 sticker packages (240 euros of Groceries ! ! !). We left the store with close to 60 packages and a little person smiling from ear to ear. Yes, I know we have to be careful because of COVID-19, and we do.

I will share some picture below, but somebody is sleeping upstairs at the moment, with a book filled with stickers beside his bed. He loves it and I tell you, this weekend we may have to make another run to the grocery store. FUN FUN FUN ! ! !

STAY SAFE ! ! !

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It has been an interesting day today. We're not going to talk about American Politics; things happened there, but this is the only sentence I am going to write ......

Bitcoin, people, 40.000 dollars, what is up with that ! ! !

It is just going on and if you can believe the forecasters, that were talking about the BULL RUN last year, this “RUN” is going to last longer, so ...... we are not ready yet ...... 50.000, 60.000, 75.000, 100.000 ..... who knows. If you are invested in Bitcoin, congratulations, you've deserved it ! ! !

And XRP, what is up with that one. SEC, three letters that are shared as much as the three letter XRP and it is spreading negative but also positive thoughts on Crypto Twitter. Pro people cannot believe people don't see this as the big plan, the final shake-out and people against it, cannot believe that people talk positive about Ripple / XRP as the coin/ currency/ token WILL go to zero. Well, Ripple, in my opinion, is too big to fail .... Let's not stick to the lawsuit, there will be a lot of time to talk about that.

BUT, we went all the way up to 37 cents. That was really nice to see. Yes, we are down again, but with all the SEC trouble, 37 cents speaks loud and clear: lots still have faith in the coin. Maybe this made a lot of people taking some profit, but it gave me a warm feeling to see the positive vibe. Let's see where this goes.

Myself, yes I took some profit, in different coins. XLM I did take some profit and I am happy about it. I am looking forward to this year, is going to be one of the most important, if not THE most important year for Crypto ...... MORE TO COME

**STAY SAFE ! ! !
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Today, Noah and I had a little social event/ test, we wanted to see if people are willing to kick a ball when this comes in their private space.

Yes, we know it is Corona time, you don't want to be too close to each other, but a smile does well in these times.

So what did we do ???

We had to run some errands and brought a soccer ball with us. The city was very empty and we decided to kick the ball a little bit around. I asked my son if he thought others wanted to play also. He did not know but what if we just kicked the ball to them, we would find out ! ! !

So our social test started. Just a reminder all people gave their consent to post the videos. They were okay and gave me the green light:

https://cinnamon.video/watch?v=490425546602186039

Fun to see how different people react. Some of them go the distance, get the ball not directly coming towards them and some, well some don't even look at it. The smiles are the greatest, people like it, being part of a game; just playing along with the ball.

In this first clip we played to a lady and well, she had NO intention to kick it back; which is all fine, you don't have to. Fun to see no additional muscle moved in her body. If I get a ball shot at me, I have to shoot it back; just have to do that. Once again, immediately wanting to kick it is how I am with a ball, not everybody is like that and that is perfectly fine ! ! !

https://cinnamon.video/watch?v=490431096152917454

The second video is another one where we indirectly asked people to play with us, without asking them. Some really interesting situations, but it was a lot of fun. Many smiles we got in return and people played a long. Once again, this is a busy street when no lockdown situation and according to one “kicker” this was great; it made him smile and play a long because it was FUN ! ! !

In Video 3 it all went wrong, with the ball. Somebody did not understand the came, which is perfectly understandable and let the ball go ——) OOPS ! ! ! Well, see it for yourself:

https://cinnamon.video/watch?v=490435984127690320

As you can see, this should not happen too much, may not be the best for the ball. Happens though, all good. The lady really apologised to us, no need though, that is all in the game.

https://cinnamon.video/watch?v=490439442146789041

One more video having different people joining our game. Actually people came back played with us before; funny to see. Most important though, seeing my son smile and he did. He loved it and asked me if we can go back tomorrow. Well, only thing I am thinking at the moment:

Mission Accomplished ! ! !

what will be the new Test / Challenge. We will think of something.

STAY SAFE ! ! !

the New Year has officially started today, as it is Monday and the goofing of ... just eating what the mouth can find, IS OVER ! ! !

Christmas and New Years is a period with a lot of (fat) food, and I really enjoyed it; did I feel bad about it, not at all. I enjoyed it, my wife's cooking was great and I really showed her I liked it ! ! ! Ate everything and showed happy plates all the time.

I did not weigh today, so I cannot share that part with you guys. Wanted to, but every time I was thinking about jumping on, something came up .... really did not try to ignore, but not possible and at the moment, I hear you thinking, I cannot get at the scales. Maybe better to not see it, will try my hardest this week .. not that I will know from what weight I am starting. Maybe tomorrow :–)

So, what is going on this month / week? Well, I know everybody starts on January 1st, but that was during the weekend and we still had so much stuff in the house ..... did not want to throw it away, just wanted to enjoy it a little more.

SOOOOOO,

I started today .....

NO MORE SUGAR ! ! !

No Cookies, Candy, Chips, all things that can have sugar. All food, no sugar ..... no orange juice, no juices period as they most of the time hold a lot of sugar ! ! ! That is going to be my first goal. Just want to keep it going, don't know when I will stop, but let's just keep it going ! ! !

Besides the no sugar, I started to push-up challenge again. +1 every day of the year. Today finished the first 10, so that is a nice little thingie also.

Besides that, I am diving in it without any additional feeling. Will think about some challenges for Gord, as I still would like him to be part of this whole challenge, or just keep going. There are no winners, no losers, just having fun and trying to lose some weight. We will see

Gord, hope you are seeing the light again and will pick it up again.

Much love to all Coil subscribers, Coil and Coil lovers

STAY SAFE ! ! !

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Corona, open a newspaper, a website, talk to the store owner/ visitors you go to, talk to family many times to the conversation is about something starting with a C ....... no, not CryptoCurrency, although mainstream is writing about 30K, but COVID-19 or Corona ! ! !

The world is busy with vaccinations and vaccinating the individuals countries. I can mention all the countries that are already started but next week we are starting. If I can be honest about it, I believe the preparations were a little too less too late, to be able to start at the same time when other countries started. I do want to stretch, this is a heck of an operation, so preparing for it is not easy.

Let's look at the numbers what we are talking about.

The Netherlands:

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The Netherlands has 17.407.585 inhabitants, but I would like to work with the number 16 million (no 0 -15 years and rounded).
So what are we talking about; It takes time to vaccinate these people. Let's work it back:

70% of the country needs to be vaccinated to have herd immunity, so we need 11.200.000 people to be vaccinated .... but it is said that 40% does not want to be vaccinated. So, if you look at 16 million again, take 60%, you have 9.600.000 left. In theory that is not enough for groups immunity, but we will take it from here:

If we have 12 months to do this, we have the following numbers:

800.000 people per month

26.666 people per day

3.333 people per hour ( if medical people can work 8 hours a day)

If you can do 1 person every 10 minutes (is fast), 6 persons per hours, you need 555 medical people to vaccinate.

So, this means 555 people need to work 365 days back to back 10 hours EVERY day ...... THAT, is NOT possible.

Probably there is more than 555 people, so this may not be the best way to look at it. Makes you think tho ..... December 31st ! ! !

So, what if we do it the other way round: let's say we have 1.000 medical people to vaccinate:

1.000 x 6 x 8 (medics times people per hour times 8 hours a day). This way you have 48.000 people that can be vaccinated per day. We need 9.600.000 to be vaccinated, so it takes 200 days in total. We are talking about July 18 ! ! ! Much better, but still over 6 months of vaccinating people.

All the numbers are of course rounded and probably are off ! ! ! Very clear though, this is a BIG project ! ! !

So looking at the numbers the press is talking about. End of March, probably 1.3 Million people will be vaccinated (90 days / 8 hours a day ... means 1.805 people an hour, would mean 300 medical people vaccinating).

6 Million people by July 1st, that is a lot of people ! ! !

Well, we will see, this is just numbers and in the end it is always going to be different. Let's hope the numbers are going to be more positive than they look and that we can hug one another again ..... SOON ! ! !

STAY SAFE ! ! !

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It has happened, Bitcoin just hit 30.000 dollars, amazing ! ! ! Well, it may not be amazing, as it can go much higher, but it is memorable.

2017, I remember it, will it break 20K, will it, will it ..... NO ! ! !

People were so bullish back then, the bought ATH, they did not know, but if they were HODLers, they would have seen profit 3 years later. That is amazing, because Bitcoin was below $3.500,00 in March 2019:

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More than 600% if you would have bought at that time. But if you believe in Bitcoin and if that is the coin you believe in .... you would have DCA-ed {Dollar Cost Average} to bring the average of your belongings down. Easy to say, I cannot look into your wallet, but what ever has happened the last couple years, whatever you have bought or NOT bought, you should be in the green with Bitcoin.

Think about it though, all the people that wanted to ride the wave, the happiness, winners were sharing on the multiple Social Media places: I made a million with Bitcoin, I did so well, with the Digital Gold,

WHAT you are not into Bitcoin ! ! !

It is getting more and more media hype, it is the big financials that by into and the potential is visible. All the Influencers talking about a 50.000,00 Dollar Bitcoin stirring it up; the nay sayers are turned, the businesses around the world are buying in and 2021 is going to be a year, there will be a lot of says that we are going to read: YET, another All Time High for Bitcoin ! ! !

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Be careful though because there will be corrections. It cannot go up all the time. It is healthy to go down from time to time, people take profit and we are following cycles. I am not a financial analyst, I do not say what you should or should not do, but always be careful. If you buy (part of) a bitcoin, you will not be influencing the market; at this moment you are at the wales' mercy. If they sell, the price will go down and vice versa ! ! !

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Bitcoin is not for the weak-hearted, Crypto is not for the stressful types. If you need the money, the profits today and you still have to realise these profits, don't go for it, because you will get rekt. I still remember a story of this Saudi person, believed in the 19.000 dollar Bitcoin and sold his house, got a loan and ........... Bitcoin fell, Bitcoin fell hard ! ! ! Caught red handed and although we have not heard of this person again, I just hope things worked out for him .... not to positive about that though.

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Be careful what you do, Bitcoin may go higher, but there will be resistance at different levels. If you held for a long time, congratulations, you are a winner. GO GO GO ! ! !

STAY SAFE ! ! !

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