INSIDE THE WORLD OF MEETUP

 This is a presentation on how money works, from cash to Bitcoin to proposed CBDCs. From my perspective, 80% of the talk was a bit pointless. I'd owned cryptos for a decade, and most of it covered the basics that I already knew.  The debate aspect was CBDCs being used as a “tool for control”. I'd posted a link from my anti-conspiracy blog refuting social media arguments against a cashless society. The response was that CBDCS were not a “conspiracy theory”. I pointed out that rational objections such as a foreign university student being unable to buy food from campus because they had gone cashless were perfectly valid. I also pointed out outrageous claims such as an Australian saying his country hadn't printed any banknotes since 2018. Or CBDCS were going to turn our country into North Korea and go deep into conspiracy territory. They seemed more interested in arguing over the definition of “conspiracy theory” than answering my questions. Funny that.

 A (5) pub crawl that was slightly north of the town centre in several places I'd never been before.  Met in Sherwood manor a large place with lots of people eating. Numbers went up to about 8 before heading across the road to Jenkins. This was a cocktail like place with no seating so we had small drinks and left. The Winchester would have been a great place to spend a summers evening, but sitting outside with smokers trying to keep warm with headlamps was not great. I drank up and went to the next destination alone. Samuel hall was a typical Weatherspoon's I had 4 hot drinks since I was so cold. Like the Winchester we lingered a bit too long after rushing the first pubs. The crafty teller was closing so we went to the Robin Hood which was a bit rough and ready but lively. By this point several of us were clockwatching for the bus. An average night,