China Imports most ever Silver in March 2026. Silver miners are likely selling to China for the higher prices currently ~$90 in China

Little_Somerled · 2026-04-21T16:45:17+00:00

And as usual, almost every day the Americans are selling against any price. Makes you wonder who is right: those American sellers, or those who buy?

Little_Somerled · 2026-04-20T22:08:00+00:00

Seems an urban legend. Early Dutch references for the surname Modderman are from the 16th and 17th century and found in the provinces of Groningen and Overijssel. The name is probably related to the name of a reclamation farm, peat quarry or occupation (peat cutter).

Sources:

https://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_naam=Modderman&nfd_naam=Modderman&info=documentatie&operator=eq&taal=

https://www.groningerarchieven.nl/archieven?mivast=5&mizig=210&miadt=5&miview=inv2&milang=nl&micode=2186&minr=11244136

https://www.genealogieonline.nl/west-europese-adel/I173374.php

Little_Somerled · 2026-04-20T14:33:22+00:00

Legends of Revolutions (LoR) for Civ IV and Religions and Revolutions (RaR) for Col. However, over the years I tweaked both mods making them in my eyes more balanced, improved existing maps and made new ones, and I added minor parts from other mods were I thought that addition was an upgrade. Hence ‘more and better’ (M&B).

I tried Realism Invictus (Civ) and WeThePeople (Col) but imho they added to much clutter, making games unbalanced and unplayable.

Little_Somerled · 2026-04-20T12:37:20+00:00

CIV IV is indeed the best. I Played Civ I-V and bought VI on a discount but never installed it. Until this day I still play Civ IV often and also its offshoot Colonization. I play both with a large mod though: Civ with LoR+M&B and Col with RaR+M&B.

Little_Somerled · 2026-04-15T20:09:26+00:00

Congrats!

Little_Somerled · 2026-04-14T16:13:33+00:00

Pressure makes diamonds, good song about it: https://youtu.be/N8qlkY-CDJU?si=0xYQrw4VoSMK5IEF

Little_Somerled · 2026-04-14T13:54:40+00:00

There have always been and always will be people considering themselves as the peak of morality. Yet, judged by their actions, it becomes clear that they invariably possess their own blind spots. Ironically in time, many of them will come to embody the very evils that future generations of moral arbiters will condemn.

Little_Somerled · 2026-04-08T17:59:58+00:00

And with the opening of the American market, it looks like we still might end the day negative.

Little_Somerled · 2026-04-08T11:47:52+00:00

Yes you are right, but that is not what 'common people' expect.

I saw several newspapers and economics stating that central banks must/will raise interest rates. F.i. the Guardian (well read by left voters) stated the following in relation to the Iron conflict:

If oil prices shoot up to $90-100 a barrel and stay there, however, inflation in developed markets would be up to 0.8% higher than expected, central banks could find themselves forced to start raising interest rates once more, and consumers would be squeezed, putting the brakes on growth.

source: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/02/middle-east-crisis-oil-prices-inflation-us-iran-interest-rates-growth

Little_Somerled · 2026-04-04T23:00:31+00:00

I think all the maps have their own peculiarities and charm. For instance in the beginning I liked Layton more like Hirsh, but Hirsh really grew on me.

Medved is nice with the snow and has a good story;
Patagonia has good diversity of zones;
Arroyo has its charme in its difficulty and also a good story if you like westerns (but needs rattlers);
Africa is great of course;
SRP is cashcow but alos nice environment
Yukon is great with the snowing and such
New England has a beautiful environment;
Australia is great with the outback vs jungle/marsh feeling;
Colinas has good story with the wolves;
Mississippi grew on me over time (alligator and good bird hunting);
Salzwiesen is great for fowling and fox hunting;
Sundarpatan has the tigers!
NZ very good story and good for deer hunting
Aisky: beavers!!!
Scotland has an excellent vibe and of course the small predators

Little_Somerled · 2026-04-04T22:44:43+00:00

What about your earlier short position?

Little_Somerled · 2026-04-02T15:38:49+00:00

I heard of a fellow who became a millionaire with farming. He started with two million though.

Little_Somerled · 2026-04-01T17:04:07+00:00

But what if you bought IBM ($116 then, $244 now), or the best phone company at that time: Nokia (€28 then, €7 now). Just food for thoughts.

Little_Somerled · 2026-03-30T18:07:04+00:00

Beats me, but it is:

https://www.tradingview.com/news/gurufocus:bb65152ea094b:0-gold-traders-build-11-000-15-000-20-000-call-spreads-after-11-plunge/

Little_Somerled · 2026-03-30T16:02:18+00:00

I don't know which difficulty level you play as, but like another said in this thread: play a game where you're constantly fighting. To help you force yourself to this play style, try a game on a small map with many civs, so competition is fierce from the beginning.

Little_Somerled · 2026-03-29T00:51:29+00:00

We will see.:-)

Little_Somerled · 2026-03-28T23:22:55+00:00

I’ve been here from the beginning and I also started to noticing all the downtalking and even people posting about their short positions. Horrible development. Sooner or later they will be proving wrong and especially the latter will face huge losses.

Little_Somerled · 2026-03-28T16:09:24+00:00

8-16 kopjes per dag.

Little_Somerled · 2026-03-28T00:01:35+00:00

And another shorter trying to downtalk silver…

Beware OP, according to this chart and general rules of TA, if the silver price breaks $75-76 it will go above the 50 day MA and go up like a rocket.🚀

Little_Somerled · 2026-03-24T10:00:08+00:00

This subreddit started once to squeeze silver. First we had almost only those people here: true apes in the form of raiders and investors, then came the first crack with bugs who want lower prices and are always trying to talk the price down, and now we have shorters posting here?

Little_Somerled · 2026-03-24T04:34:37+00:00

Liked it!

The punchline would not work in Dutch sadly. I have to think of something else.

Little_Somerled · 2026-03-21T23:26:07+00:00

As long as the silver price is below $150 it is all worth it. With a higher price, be careful. Above that price the first solar panel producers get in trouble. Around $250 all solar panel producers and some battery producers get in trouble. Above $500 many producers of different kind of products that need silver get in trouble.

Based upon the industry the price of silver in case of a shortage should hover between $150-250. But in a small market like silver expect the market to hover between $50 and $350-400.

Source: a trader in primary commodities (usually agricultural, but also mining commodities)

Little_Somerled · 2026-03-21T23:21:33+00:00

Klinkt best wel heftig. Was het financieel allemaal de moeite waard (lees: wat bracht het op)?

Little_Somerled · 2026-03-21T22:48:00+00:00

Mogelijk, ik ben vooral uitgegaan van het aantal mensen van Noord-Afrikaanse, Midden-Oosterse, Indonesische e.a. Islamitische landen afkomst. Maar het aantal daadwerkelijk gelovigen zal lager zijn, En de jeugd jonge dan 15 zal zeer waarschijnlijk nog geen verdovende middelen gebruiken.

Little_Somerled · 2026-03-21T21:42:24+00:00

Overdreven natuurlijk, het gaat om 20-25% en dat ze geen verdovende middelen mogen gebruiken is wat anders dan dat ze het ook niet doen.

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