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Darnit, playback error, but just the title is FUNNY!
Perhaps they should get her digits and attempt to communicate with her, to determine viability? :D lol

Thanks, Underground! I know a lot of parents who have this same problem, their kids only communicate with them by texting. I dont have any kids, but that didnt stop me from spending almost $1,500 on laptops and other items for kids I know deserved it. I live in a very rural area and families come to my house to use the wifi internet, and Im glad I can help them. I bought most everything on sale in november, to get more bang for my bucks. Kids these days need laptops for school, and a lot of parents out there can barely pay the monthly bills. Christmas is about giving- not recieving. One freind of mine has 3 daughters- and the oldest one was going down the wrong path- kids at school teasing her about her clothes, etc. I set her and her sisters up with new asus laptops last year- and now shes an A+ student and is in the ROTC for the USAF, I believe. They dont know I buy it for them- I put the parents name on it and they come pick it up from my home, because Im stuck here all day since I had the stroke in july, and people rob houses during christmas, ( so Im the guardian of the island) and we get everything setup and smoke a few turkeys and hams and its a good time for all. This year I gave out 5 laptops, mouses and cases and a few small RC drones, and the parents are greatful, and so are the kids. I showed them how to build a micro computer with a raspberry pi3b and we loaded raspbian on it, and now were trying to mine litecoin dogecoin or whatever we can with all 3 of the raspberry Pi's. Not going to make much, but its the technology they are learning, and maybe oneday, they will be able to break the cycle of poverty, and share their wealth with future generations. Merry Christmas, Underground!

What Great Story! It is especially good doing that thru the parents, as well. I decided long ago to embrace the tech along with my kids, and it paid off. My son clued me in on Bitcoin and I am finally making some money with it, hopefully I can generate some generational wealth with it and pass it on. BUT!!! And this is a Big But! I am trying to be giving and benevolent with what I have now, not just saying "I will give when I am rich" because I do not believe it works that way. We are blessed as we bless others! Life, the Universe and the Bible all tell us that. Plus, the more that People BELIEVE that and LIVE that, the more it will permeate our world. If we do not live life POSITIVELY, we shall become Extinct. But I see much POSITIVE and it is GROWING!

Thanks for that uplifting testimony, Marco! CHEERS!

Your very welcome, Underground- I have been involved in crypto since 2015, and I would begin to focus on litecoin, as the SCRYPT minng process is more scalable and the SHA256 mining process of Bitcoin is not, due to the fact the block size is only 1mb, and the miners want to increase the size to 10mb, but cant come to a conclusion, which is making Bitcoin transactions take days to confirm sometimes. I will give you a google spreadsheet that lets you monitor in realtime, 5 minute updates of 237 altcoins---> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_FchZPoFmP_0igDxxZPwPAhiXjWxKN1Fh-5M25k2x9E/edit?hl=en&rm=minimal#gid=224399891 C&P this to your desktop for quick reference, and I also favor ripple XRP, Patientory PTOY and a few others for their utility purposes. these are still available for less than 1$, and the chart lets you know which exchanges are offering them. PTOY will be used for keeping medical records secure, XRP will facilitate immediate internatonal trade transactions, and you can simply google or yahoo search the other coins to locate their whitepapers for review. be mindful of the development teams, as they are key in determining a bogus ICO versus a tried and experienced group of professionals who have accomplished sucessfull blockchain startups. I also suggest subscribing to the "dollar vigilante" Jeff Berwick- hear what he has to say about the lightning network, before you leap into bitcoin too far--- ADA Cardano is also another pick of mine. I hope you find the google spreadsheet helpful, and God bless you and your family, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!