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Join me on Monday 03 - 28  (20-22) for my nomination of the ten most valuable iPhone Apps on The Wizard of iPhone Speaks, find us in Apple Podcast or "Google" podcast name WizardOfiPhoneSpeaks (all one word).What Doe’s BitCoin Lack?Answer those memorable words of US notes:“Legal Tender — For all debts public & private…”While enjoyed the recent piece on BitCoin from Commerce Bank, which I read on my smartphone, it does reinforce some misconceptions about Crypto Currencies. Such as being accepted by some merchants BurgerKing for example. With one BitCoin trading at $39,000 making change would be kind of difficult, even if you take "fries with that?”If I visit a merchant and offer him US dollars, he’s bound to accept it, assuming it’s not a counterfeit note.The main cause of BitCoin’s rise is twofold, first, it confirms Gresham’s Law & second, BitCoin was the birth of BlockChain technology. It gained its ascendancy by use on sites like “SilkRoad”, being untraceable for illegal transactions. With the fluctuations of the “market” accepting BitCoin for any transaction is chancy at best.Gresham's Law states "Bad money drives out good!"  Economics 101

No, she’s got metabolism confused with appetite, and here’s the unscientific part:“Drink a half of a liter of water each day to increase your metabolism….”That’s going to be very difficult because water has zero calories….Next, she opines “Walk 8700 steps daily….” Or nearly twice as far as the Heart Association 5000 steps daily. If you put those two recommendations together you get one colossally bad idea — it’s called dehydration.Fact — My fitness band recommends a daily water intake of 64 ounces which is four times her recommendation. Be wary of so-called “experts” who are products of our system of “outcome-based education….” Two plus two is never five, no matter how good you might feel about it.

The PodCast Doctor is IN -- piano music courtesy of Bellevue Presbyterian Church recorded live via iPhone. A case study

Banjo Music courtesy of Banjo HangOut - The EntertainerJoin me on The Wizard of iPhone Speaks on Monday when I explain computer programing to those geniuses at WQXR. Not so many years ago a member of the state legislature pitched a HiSpeed rail connection but the Cumberland Mountains are a barrier. The Hoosac Tunnel (Massachusetts) remains our nation's longest rail at just over a mile. Yes, I know The Chunnel is longer than the Cumberland Plateau is wide. It’s also built-in softer chert unlike the more solid limestone of our modest mountains.Yes, we have the technology all we lack is the need, the will, and the dollars.

Music courtesy of Bellevue Presbyterian Church -- 02 - 27 - 2022 Amy Grant makes an appearance at in-person worship this Sunday and you're invited. Today's avatar a photo from the New York Times December 2018 — Embargoed plastic scrap not headed for Chinese “recycle” — reason; their landfills were full.Forget Plastic Recycling - We Need To Reduce First Use Instead!Here are something you can do — right now:Have your prescription filled at Walgreens, they use paper bags,Buy stick margarine in the carton, not the whipped product in the plastic tub, Pitch your Kureg in the trash, buy a French Press & reward yourself with good coffee for a change!Publix stocks Ketchup in a glass bottle, it’s labeled “no added sugar”….I have crossed mayonnaise off the shopping list (no glass jars) — peanut butter is next.Eschew designer eggs in the foam carton, visit Krogers. Buy ordinary eggs in the cardboard Pullman. Don’t ever even think about accepting a plastic bag!If we had stopped producing plastic bags, yesterday at 2 PM we would still never run out of plastic bags! 

Closing BanjoMusic courtesy of Banjo HangOut. Here’s today’s digital tip of the week — Visit the Digital USA Today App, & learn how to save $29 or the increase in your Prime account.I’m going to go USA/Today one better save $129 & don’t sign up at all. — If enough users leave Prime Amazon may take the hint!In 2014, the state of Tennessee increased vanity plates by $5. to $50 yearly, so many users failed to renew, there was a drop in gross revenues, they dropped the extra five dollars the following year.

Banjo Music courtesy of Banjo HangOut The William Tell Overture. Meanwhile on the same page in the department labeled Well. I find this headline “Best Time to Exercise? Ask The Mice.”No, it’s not what you might think; exercise after hours when the club is closed. Lab Mice “recommend” using a treadmill since lab mice get up earlier that’s also a good thing. It was not reported but results may be more precise when mice are trained to bench press tiny weights & do chin-ups on tiny bars. 

PodCast Doctor Productions is seeking clientsTo celebrate 2022 we propose to produce a weekly podcast at the introductory rate of $49.00/episode for a ninety-day “trial” rate. Episodes are to be 18 1/2 minutes or less. The file format shall be MP-3 and shared through a cloud service (DropBox recommended) 24/36 hours before the production date.PodCast Doctor Productions is not responsible for hosting or otherwise distributing any PodCast or episode. MP-3 Files may be edited for stumbles & glitches but not content — they may be embellished with Jingles (royalty-free music) & stingers (these may include stingers produced by PodCast Doctor Productions) as time permitsFiles will not be archived and will be erased from The PodCast Doctor’s server after 30 (Thirty) Days. Text a request to 615 - 491 - 1099 including contact info.

PodCast Doctor Productions is seeking clientsTo celebrate 2022 we propose to produce a weekly podcast at the introductory rate of $49.00/episode for a ninety-day “trial” rate. Episodes are to be 18 1/2 minutes or less. The file format shall be MP-3 and shared through a cloud service (DropBox recommended) 24/36 hours before the production date.PodCast Doctor Productions is not responsible for hosting or otherwise distributing any PodCast or episode. MP-3 Files may be edited for stumbles & glitches but not content — they may be embellished with Jingles (royalty-free music) & stingers (these may include stingers produced by PodCast Doctor Productions) as time permitsFiles will not be archived and will be erased from The PodCast Doctor’s server after 30 (Thirty) Days. Text a request to 615 - 491 - 1099 including contact info.

This is a Red Envelope OfferTo celebrate 2022, we propose to produce a weekly podcast at the introductory rate of $49.00/episode during a ninety-day “trial” period. Episodes are to be 18 1/2 minutes or less. The file format shall be MP-3 and shared through a cloud service (DropBox recommended) 24/36 hours before the production date.PodCast Doctor Productions is not responsible for hosting or otherwise distributing any PodCast or episode. MP-3 Files may be edited, for stumbles & glitches but not content & may be embellished with Jingles (royalty-free music) & stingers (these may include stingers produced by PodCast Doctor Productions) as time permitsFiles will not be archived. They will be erased from The PodCast Doctor’s server after 30 (Thirty) Days. No renewals at this trial rate. One renewal accepted at the rate of $125.00/episode for additional sixty days.