<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 13:54:02 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@bigdee/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[2 Years on from quitting my job offshore]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi Again, Just thought I'd post an update on how I've faired (for those that are interested) since I quit working for the man and decided to go my own way. 2 years ago, or nearly 3 now, I decided I'd had]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@bigdee/2-years-on-from-quitting-my-job-offshore</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@bigdee/2-years-on-from-quitting-my-job-offshore</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bigdee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2019 02:11:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHRfvmtd53nmEJ94xpKydwmbSC5H5svBACH7xxXxBPJ61kKmWQ8QBzTcCPVBvUhAvfsevC8uvToUFcJ8j7oH26gq3DK85JK7Pw5Q5HJ8Qqyfw9MnwfFktNbqWd68D29D8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Back in the Green with my Crypto Portfolio]]></title><description><![CDATA[Good evening peeps, I've not posted on here for a while as been disillusioned and stinking of despair on my crypto portfolio. :) Things have been bad the last few months as I saw my November buys tank]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@bigdee/back-in-the-green-with-my-crypto-portfolio</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@bigdee/back-in-the-green-with-my-crypto-portfolio</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bigdee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2019 01:44:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHRfvmtd53nmEJ94xpKydwmbSC5H5svBACH814MhU25KHPuRGgsf2AQyGbHx8grgNM8SkJyH7rjmKSdGPcfCNUCk36EG9cjPqLb5UEjuXV5ivcWFzn62KxESqkTdxSkea?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[hows everyone doing???]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi everyone, sorry for being away so long, but life got in the way, and crypto trading has been at the forefront of my mind. hope you are all doing well, and I'm looking to do a few posts soon. Peace people]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@bigdee/hows-everyone-doing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@bigdee/hows-everyone-doing</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bigdee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2018 22:28:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope a few of my fellow steemians took action on my Ripple tip :-)]]></title><description><![CDATA[XRP Ripple due for a imminent increase in price?? 9 days ago bigdee 37 in cryptocurrency Ripple, (the bankers blockchain....boooo) Is increasing its presence by opening a new office in Singapore, and with]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@bigdee/hope-a-few-of-my-fellow-steemians-took-action-on-my-ripple-tip</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@bigdee/hope-a-few-of-my-fellow-steemians-took-action-on-my-ripple-tip</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrency]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bigdee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2017 13:48:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYCd2Hsy5x64dSNj1pxCXz1sCpABdnJUCNGgXFBJ55zq5Z3ksJTUTcCj4UVHH9YdnjBrhbkthsC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is the Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ38 12.1MP Digital Camera]]></title><description><![CDATA[A decent camera for a beginning amateur snapper ?, It has a few extras, Here are some photos... I can get it for £80, any opinions welcome Only want it to try to see if my imaginative eye is as good as]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@bigdee/is-the-panasonic-lumix-dmc-fz38-12-1mp-digital-camera</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@bigdee/is-the-panasonic-lumix-dmc-fz38-12-1mp-digital-camera</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bigdee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2017 21:32:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXa4ZSTYg8X9uXUEuqcJLd4oN92hWkdN2YSEmStvAYE3FQWFXdDKAKVRfDXijW8PC94wsiSue5Nn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Travel Bulletin No 7 #Pendle Hill walk with the family]]></title><description><![CDATA[The picturesque yomp through the Lancashire countryside didn't go quite as I had envisaged yesterday, splendid vistas from atop of the Yorkshire dales to the east and Morcombe bay and the Lake district]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@bigdee/travel-bulletin-no-7-pendle-hill-walk-with-the-family</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@bigdee/travel-bulletin-no-7-pendle-hill-walk-with-the-family</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bigdee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 01 Oct 2017 05:05:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYvYZS84BTkJsb2qipUnReQEU48CPsQKo8Rjb3nHrcGdsWbGbMVB6Q6iavQRgxkcqRuyedfQvAr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Walking the Pendle hill and the witches trail]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today, the family and I are off for some fresh air, in the refined countyside around the Burnley area, up Pendle hill and the surrounding villages... Photographs on our progress will follow, I know its]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@bigdee/walking-the-pendle-hill-and-the-witches-trail</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@bigdee/walking-the-pendle-hill-and-the-witches-trail</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bigdee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 30 Sep 2017 05:38:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXa8sdRqGSev6oioRDcQ2gitVsxYTkc24nQavqGmXPaMeUfo3yE82axXesz7B6FHiQNk8NcD4Mk2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Another jailed fraud is slating bitcoin....]]></title><description><![CDATA[The jailed "wolf of wall street" has now come out to condemn bitcoin... what a joke, He even has the front to call it a fraud..... Belfort, now an author and motivational speaker, plead to stock]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/crypto/@bigdee/another-jailed-fraud-is-slating-bitcoin</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/crypto/@bigdee/another-jailed-fraud-is-slating-bitcoin</guid><category><![CDATA[crypto]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bigdee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2017 17:53:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYmuUvz7MEgevPX4sqrxBvHBwdvhLZfdFu5vGbnn5dyMmUPugQP3Wj6a5K8txbyy9XmZxJbDwGA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[XRP Ripple due for a imminent increase in price??]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ripple, (the bankers blockchain....boooo) Is increasing its presence by opening a new office in Singapore, and with the up coming conference in Toronto might be a good short term trade. "Ripple is]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@bigdee/xrp-ripple-due-for-a-imminent-increase-in-price</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@bigdee/xrp-ripple-due-for-a-imminent-increase-in-price</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrency]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bigdee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2017 14:06:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYCd2Hsy5x64dSNj1pxCXz1sCpABdnJUCNGgXFBJ55zq5Z3ksJTUTcCj4UVHH9YdnjBrhbkthsC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Demon is at it again....... what a clown]]></title><description><![CDATA[The banks are frightened to death that they will no longer just be able to "make money out of thin air" And how as the demon says, do you shut down something that is decentralised, what an ass.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@bigdee/the-demon-is-at-it-again-what-a-clown</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@bigdee/the-demon-is-at-it-again-what-a-clown</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bigdee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2017 11:41:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[travel Bulletin No #7 Sunset on Cua Dia beach Hoi An, Vietnam]]></title><description><![CDATA[I took this snap yesterday of my daughter doing a handstand as the sun goes down to the west on Cua Dia beach in Vietnam. Another of the sea and glorious blood reds and pinks in the sky, very apt from]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@bigdee/travel-bulletin-no-7-sunset-on-cua-dia-beach-hoi-an-vietnam</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@bigdee/travel-bulletin-no-7-sunset-on-cua-dia-beach-hoi-an-vietnam</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bigdee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2017 11:03:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYwJy2hPBmbKmVFkPLwYGWknrtRCzXy2LRPSowei5XZzEZKFUG2jgfwtMYKaGwDm3zTrc4opW5L?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Travel Bulletin No#6 Sightseeing in Siagon]]></title><description><![CDATA[After the delayed travel the crew were a little bit on the tired side in the morning, so I decided a brisk walk across Siagon to the War remnants museum would be just the thing that was required. So, off]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@bigdee/travel-bulletin-no-6-sightseeing-in-siagon</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@bigdee/travel-bulletin-no-6-sightseeing-in-siagon</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bigdee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2017 10:50:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYbh3pk1ZybzzdLxgWRmBaMwUhKJuyUFwF9pzoHPxG89ZKmGQPY3vGbq1RSeFEiq9LPqa3vni4W?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Travel Bulletin #5  Wigan man in Siagon]]></title><description><![CDATA[Good evening fellow steemians, This is my first travel bulletin from outside of the confines of the multi-cultural environs of the industrial north of England. As we left behind the grey, cold and dark]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@bigdee/travel-bulletin-5-wigan-man-in-siagon</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@bigdee/travel-bulletin-5-wigan-man-in-siagon</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bigdee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 20 Aug 2017 23:25:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYgkhd1j7YAa7XcEtBT6wWVcJxRWukfUEaEUDVkm7T3JifVMuWRPZfSx8jkHRwh3LdU8QPFfkxN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cashing out of Bitcoin]]></title><description><![CDATA[I read a very interesting thought provoking article the other day so I'm sharing it with the steemit community Cashing out of Bitcoin Three days ago the Bitcoin network split in two. This happened after]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/crypto/@bigdee/cashing-out-of-bitcoin</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/crypto/@bigdee/cashing-out-of-bitcoin</guid><category><![CDATA[crypto]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bigdee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 12 Aug 2017 14:05:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZtpnyFFSyduiVyXapHVSeFjCAkz2qG6fCnvQaHQjF7mYe9AXiudQvsmKkrm3QS6KGXGLUA5jd8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Travel Bulletin No#4  Week long wedding In LLangollen, Wales.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Good morning fellow Steemians, The family and I have just returned from the far-flung exotic reaches of sunny Wales. We stayed in a place called Trevor Hall with 28 other family and friends, with plenty]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/general/@bigdee/travel-bulletin-no-4-week-long-wedding-in-llangollen-wales</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/general/@bigdee/travel-bulletin-no-4-week-long-wedding-in-llangollen-wales</guid><category><![CDATA[general]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bigdee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 12 Aug 2017 11:26:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVgU3JVqMTQzESvnAL7sGhmao4YtfvuvNAhpFY7Xokdug36CrRznCxLTfqhFQm6PGWjg6PdVTAVnXzv2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[300 followers since joining the community in June!!!!]]></title><description><![CDATA[300 ...unbelievable, especially as some of the stuff that pops out my brain and into posts is utter nonsense and tripe..... And another photograph of my ugly mug with the obligatory sign keep on steeming]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/general/@bigdee/300-followers-since-joining-the-community-in-june</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/general/@bigdee/300-followers-since-joining-the-community-in-june</guid><category><![CDATA[general]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bigdee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 29 Jul 2017 18:14:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZoapFW2z9CeXRAwp5grm9fwEdP1xqiz2QN95ndegg4H9q8yAXB3itGebtYMbbNuarcKzRfhUtn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science Fiction books that have accurately predicted the present]]></title><description><![CDATA[So, what novels, or series, are out now or within a recent time period could (impossible to say will) accurately look into the future of humanity, that our race can look back on in 40-70 years time with]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@bigdee/science-fiction-books-that-have-accurately-predicted-the-present</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@bigdee/science-fiction-books-that-have-accurately-predicted-the-present</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bigdee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2017 10:41:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZuLXsa5ZhUerCn5Zteq6BswXf9WgGx2rGfRv6dohh19oWWDhRYt4S6NZ2JHtM5pQUqZjRVEBjt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Possible outcome if Bitcoin does not implement SegWit and LN]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just imagine.................... Blockstream did not dump all of that money and time into SegWit and the LN for it not to be used. People are already talking about the possibility that SegWit/LN could]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@bigdee/possible-outcome-if-bitcoin-does-not-implement-segwit-and-ln</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@bigdee/possible-outcome-if-bitcoin-does-not-implement-segwit-and-ln</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bigdee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 22 Jul 2017 21:50:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZz94dCiHHaic7WUe91tRUVkrtGCDU6AfwmK9yLcpi3VaeRkj9wcGJYdvrEyzLXoi55GYE1w9eN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Booked a holiday to Vietnam]]></title><description><![CDATA[With the family, so a few more Travel bulletins to come from the Industrial north, and then boooom, a quick change of tack, from a pie eating, whippet breeding pigeon fancier to an exotic traveller in]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@bigdee/booked-a-holiday-to-vietnam</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@bigdee/booked-a-holiday-to-vietnam</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bigdee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Jul 2017 23:41:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYrXVUahmT8YPyhRSWLTowui4FbeDvKRWRpbe6ARharL1aUGNFA9eGFyWuAFP2DEDAr3PZXNCrS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Travel Bulletin No 3#. A stroll though an Industrial Northern Park for the working masses]]></title><description><![CDATA[As I awoke this morning to the sound of the clacksons calling the flat capped and clogged masses to the factory and textile gates to work the 17 hour shifts under the watchful eyes of the cruel whip wielding]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@bigdee/travel-bulletin-no-3-a-stroll-though-a-industrial-northern-park-for-the-working-masses</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@bigdee/travel-bulletin-no-3-a-stroll-though-a-industrial-northern-park-for-the-working-masses</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bigdee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2017 15:16:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiGEw1xifwYz2xp7RJEnNpBZq7dn2K5zWQWfiNRSu4AxtiWKHXzCMzAxVsWD1FC3FGVvzuiUe28wXZabPJWFAbLGP4ApmV3xYaxwCAfeTavVwVTtr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>