🦆 Ducking in the Tub

in blurtphoto •  3 years ago 

the-mrs-gorilla and I like to take the-toddler-gorilla and the-baby-gorilla out and about to help us get through the day. We like to visit parks, National Trust sites, castles... anywhere that's outside that will allow the-toddler-gorilla to stretch his legs and tire himself out.

We're lucky living where we do - we can walk to the Beach, Into Town and up onto the South Downs National Park. A lot of the places we visit seem to have ducks and geese wandering about and the-toddler-gorilla has learnt to say boo to a goose.

IMG_9386.JPG(Photo taken at Eastbourne Miniature Steam Railway)

BOO!


Back in July (which feels like a lifetime ago), we went to a local farm to pick some fresh strawberries and wander around a bit. There weren't a great deal of animals but there were the inevitable ducks. Having said that we see a lot of ducks, but this visit saw a first for me...

There were a few ducks around and a couple were in the tub. taking a keen interest in each other...

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The white duck then decided to get its wicked way the brown duck (briefly drowning it)...

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Another duck was having a good look to see what was going on...

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And then they were done and went their separate ways...

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Fortunately, the-toddler-gorilla isn't old enough to make enquiries as to what these 2 ducks were up to and was quite content making duck noises at them.

As far as ducks go, I think I've seen it all now.


All images are my own taken with my iPhone 5S

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  ·  3 years ago  ·  

Hello Friend! Nice to meet you here.
Previously, I was quite active here, but then there was a long break.
Now I decided to become more active here, it seems that this platform is actively developing, despite the low cost of its token.
Please tell me about "previously published content" on other platforms. How acceptable is this here?
Can I publish unchanged posts from Stimit or Hive and won't it be considered spam? Or is it necessary to make at least partial changes?
Sometimes I want to repeat something interesting, but I am always afraid.

  ·  3 years ago  ·  

Hello there 🙂 I've only just joined here myself and so far, used a few of my old articles from Steemit (and reference the original at the end of my post). I think I'll slowly post more stuff on here because as you say, it's being actively developed so in time, I expect people to migrate here. I've also seen a lot of people fed up with the downvoting on Hive so I think we'll see people move from Hive too.

I've just lost all confidence that Steemit's going to be successful and if it wasn't for our little world of xpilar team and a few other users that I like, I'd probably have stopped posting on Steemit altogether. I also think it's telling that one of Steemit's most well known witnesses posts here more than on Steemit too.

We'll wait and see - I also like that the price of Blurt is much cheaper than Steemit so I've been able to buy 50,000 Blurt and keep a good chunk of Steem too. If I'm right in thinking that Blurt will do better than Steemit, it'll be a good investment 🙂

  ·  3 years ago  ·  

Yes, after the change of owner (to be honest, even earlier), Stimit stopped developing. I don't see anything new there and I suppose that the Manager has now focused his efforts on integrating NFT into the platform, and left the rest to take its course. He retained only control functions. This means repurposing the platform and, perhaps, bloggers will not be interesting to him at all. And this is the saddest thing.
At one time, I already turned on SP for a fall and wanted to sell and close everything. But then I saw WOX a little decided to try and in the end stayed.
Even Hive, the closest brother of Stimit, is engaged in its development, although there is also a lot of dirt there. But they have a future, they are growing and the rate of their token too.
I can assume that Blurt is in for a period of explosive growth. I cannot say how soon and how long and high, but according to all the laws of development of systems, this should happen. I think you invested wisely. I accumulated my BP with hard work, but I also think to make a good investment in the near future.
Which of the witnesses do you mean? If you feel uncomfortable talking here, we can meet on discord bambuka#1499
I invested in upvu today and expect a good return

  ·  3 years ago  ·  

Hello!
Welcome back!
Here no one need be afraid....
Great emphasis is placed on the community spirit here.
Of course, everyone also wants the blurt to increase and be worth the investment.
But here it is also about something else than just the dear money and the investment!
There were a lot of people here, including the developers, who believed in Blurt and stayed during the difficult times.
We don't want to create a second Steemit here, we want community and interactions.
It's better to vote yourself than to leave it to Upvu and co....
But of course everyone has to decide for himself....

  ·  3 years ago  ·  

I traveled around the platform a bit. I love what you say about community spirit. When I look at the top posts ... 2000-5000 payments ... and around 5-10 ... it's breathtaking)))
Just kidding, of course, but in every joke there is a grain of a joke. I think people have gathered here with different interests and challenges. At the very least, it's fun. There was a time when I studied and practiced psychology and it is really interesting for me to be here.

To begin with, I don't want to see 10-20 under my posts and therefore delegated my power to the bot. In addition to the bot, no one seriously supports me yet. If the situation changes for the better, I may remove this delegation. At one time, I invested in power by selling other tokens on the exchange, I was quite active, but ...
Okay, wait and see.

  ·  3 years ago  ·  

On the one hand, you like my view of "community spirit" and you talk about "fun."
On the other hand, you use bots.
I don't need a psychology degree to draw my conclusions.
Too bad, you make nice posts...but I will not support you....
you have your bot...

  ·  3 years ago  ·  

Oh ... I think I understand what this is about :)
https://blurt.blog/blurtgerman/@double-u/2021-kw-49-kneipe-24-7-treffpunkt-dauer-kneipe-ohne-zusammenhang-without-any-context-ger-eng#@the- gorilla / r3qjwq
Now I read the comments and begin to understand the attitude towards this bold bot :)
If this is so important for those involved in development and the environment (@megadrive, @ double-u and others), I am ready to withdraw the delegation. No problem if it can help the platform.
I just have to read to the end of the comments to better understand the problem. But I'm already 90 percent ready :)

  ·  3 years ago  ·  

Das freut mich!

  ·  3 years ago  ·  

Ich freue mich, Ihnen zu gefallen :)

  ·  3 years ago  ·  

:) it looks like you are offended by my words. I just spoke honestly about the situation I see coming back to BLURT.
Something I like, something not very much, some points are not clear to me.
I just take a period of observation and then decide on the use of the bot. If my posts had good support, I would make them even more interesting and I simply wouldn't need bots. I know different mining methods and schemes, but I don't use them. The use of the bot does not contradict the rules of the platform, and therefore, temporarily, I am with him.
I don’t know what will happen next. Thank you for your attention.

  ·  3 years ago  ·  

No, I am not offended.
I saw your nice posts on the other blockchain and you use bots there too.
I think you don't need to do that at all, because for good posts and engagement you are also well voted here.
Many here are just worried that this will end up being like Steemit....

  ·  3 years ago  ·  

There was a time when I wanted to leave all crypto platforms altogether. It takes too much free time and there is less and less of it left for real life. When Steam was sold and the war began, it was the last straw. I began to lower my strength and withdraw funds to the exchange. But I still had friends who were divided into two camps and, unfortunately, are still fighting.

As a result, I stayed on both projects and also discovered BLURT. I bought some of the local tokens and was quite active.
The financial situation developed in such a way that I had to focus on earning additional income and I did not emphasize in favor of BLURT. For the same purpose, voting bots were used. I myself never plagiarize or copy-paste. I have nowhere to put my photos)) Therefore, connecting the bot to voting for my posts is not a moral problem for me.

If for BLURТ this question has become so acute, I do not mind. I have already recalled delegations from these bots. It's not a problem. On other platforms, this is still acceptable.

How they will vote for good posts here will be seen very soon, however, it is already visible)) The spread in payments is like in life, there are millionaires and beggars)) Perhaps the beggars are just plagiarizing, I did not look, just the numbers in the tape are sometimes strong surprise. I've seen more meaningful posts with payouts of 20-30 and quite average ones with payouts of more than 1000 and sometimes much more. I don’t look into other people's pockets, I just watch the tape. Apparently there is also a bias, as with bots.

And the problems of steam are not in bots and boosters ... but that's another story))

What do I like about BLURT and why am I back? Actually, not because of the earnings. It's too early to talk about earnings with this course. I just see that there is development here. I don't know the inner life yet, but I see technical development and this is very important. Although the platform is considered decentralized, everyone understands that it has a leadership on which almost everything depends. So, I see the desire of this leadership to develop and improve. This is what interests me.

I don't even know why I wrote all this ...)))

  ·  3 years ago  ·  

You write all this because you feel the spirit of Blurt!!!!

  ·  3 years ago  ·  

very beautiful duck. it's very happy to have some very useful ducks

  ·  3 years ago  ·  

🤣 I'm sure that the useful duck is happy too

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  ·  3 years ago  ·  

👍

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