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Saturday, 5 July 2025

ONE OF MY FETISHES

 

For some reason I have a fetish for taking photos of strangers.

I lurk about with my camera waiting to get a snap of them. And then I post their pics online and hopefully my unwitting victims never know! Here are some lucky strangers that caught my eye.

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(I like my strangers in a Polaroid style)

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Friday, 4 July 2025

OVER US$12k FOR A BLOG POST

 

GET RICH BY BLOGGING!

Back in 2016, in the early days of the blogging platform Steemit – when it still looked like an awesome new blogging platform rather than a massive Ponzi scheme – certain key accounts were flinging money about in an apparent effort to bring in new users.

One of my first posts got a $400 payout. Although the whole thing looked a bit suspect, I didn’t look a gift horse in the mouth – I just went “choice mate, thanks a lot” – https://steemit.com/photography/@sift666/my-obsessive-polaroid-photo-fetish

Next I started learning about crypto currencies, and by early 2017 was hanging out to get started. So I cashed out some of my Steemit earnings and bought Bitcoin. They were only US$1000 back then so US$400 bought 40% of a Bitcoin.

Cryptos went nuts that year, and by the time Bitcoin went up over US$15,000 I was getting sweaty and nervous. I managed to cope with the stress until they hit US$17,000, then I sold the lot and breathed a sigh of relief. They actually peaked for a short time at US $19,000 but $17k was an awesome point to ditch them.

So 40% of a Bitcoin went up from US$400 to US$6800. Convert that into NZ$ and it became NZ$10,300. Next I used that money to buy gold bullion, back when it was $NZ1700 an ounce, so that $10,300 soon went up plenty more.

Later when Bitcoin dropped back from US$19 to US$5, I bought some more Bitcoin  at US$5000, and that worked out well too. I just waited for that nervous sweaty feeling to come back, and then headed back to the the bullion shop – https://www.mygold.co.nz

 



Thursday, 3 July 2025

WOMEN’S TENNIS



Back in the 90’s people were gradually waking up to the realisation that all pro athletes were on drugs. If you were not on the juice there was no point competing.  Now people are slowly waking up to the fact that almost ALL pro “female” athletes are men. Yes, they are all trannies…

And nowhere is it more obvious that “women’s” tennis – where beefy men in skirts rule supreme. Anyone who seriously thinks Sarena Williams is female probably also thinks “Michele Obama” is too…

 

Wednesday, 2 July 2025

NZ PHOTOS

Here are some of my photos from around New Zealand

Whiritoa Beach on the Coromandel Peninsula

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Whiritoa Beach on the Coromandel Peninsula from the north endwww.frot_.co_.nz_.40x80.black_

Looking north from the East Cape lighthouse, the most easterly point of mainland New Zealand and the first place on earth to see the sunrisewww.frot_.co_.nz_.40x80.black_

The east coast, near Gisbournewww.frot_.co_.nz_.40x80.black_

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Kuratau – Lake Taupowww.frot_.co_.nz_.40x80.black_

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On the road – south of Waiouruwww.frot_.co_.nz_.40x80.black_

Lake Ferry (Lake Onoke) Wairapa – it’s a bit like being on the moon I guess – unless David Icke is right and the moon is actually a death star so it might be quite differentwww.frot_.co_.nz_.40x80.black_

Hawkins Hill Wellingtonwww.frot_.co_.nz_.40x80.black_

Picton ferry, Wellington Harbourwww.frot_.co_.nz_.40x80.black_

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Yachts in Wellington Harbourwww.frot_.co_.nz_.40x80.black_

Cape Foulwind – it’s a lot better than it sounds – nice cafe and not really much windier than Wellington. Check out that Honda Goldwing 1800 – the South Island is full of classic motorbikeswww.frot_.co_.nz_.40x80.black_

The Pancake Rocks at Punakaiki on the West Coastwww.frot_.co_.nz_.40x80.black_

Mitre Peak in Milford Soundwww.frot_.co_.nz_.40x80.black_

Lake Wakatipu – Queenstownwww.frot_.co_.nz_.40x80.black_

Lake Wakatipu from the east endwww.frot_.co_.nz_.40x80.black_

Baldwin St, Dunedin – world’s steepest street (it’s in the Guiness Book of Records!) – 1 in 2.8www.frot_.co_.nz_.40x80.black_

Bluff aluminium smelterwww.frot_.co_.nz_.40x80.black_
All photos by SIFT


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www.frot_.co_.nz_.40x80.black_Physical Map of New Zealand - North Island NZ

 

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