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Multiple PVCs and high heart rate?
2024.05.14 16:59 Hjfitz93 Multiple PVCs and high heart rate?
So I’ve had some episodes where I’ll feel a pvc but it will feel like multiple in a row. Like my heart is flip flopping all over the place for a few seconds and then my heart rate will shoot up pretty high for a few minutes and then calm back down. It’s scary every time it’s happened. I’ve had 4 holter monitors in the past 3 years and two echos. Everything normal except for PVCs and pacs and my burden isn’t high. These episodes began in august 2023 and I’ve had two holter monitors to catch them and they haven’t found anything abnormal. Does this happen to anyone else? It’s extremely scary. I have a kardia one lead portable ecg device and when I catch them it’s always sinus tachycardia, never any other rhythm.
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2024.05.12 16:02 disablethrowaway Cardiologist couldn't explain to me in detail why she thought this was an erroneous reading, I'm not convinced
 | Is this a bogus reading? submitted by disablethrowaway to CheckMyECG [link] [comments] EKG in 33 year old male with existing dysautonomia and MCAS. I had a stress echo a month later with the following results: MEASUREMENTS Baseline HR: 88 bpm Exercise Duration: 11:26 Baseline BP: 124/75 mmHg Maximum HR: 178 bpm Maximum BP: 155/76 Watts: Predict Max HR: 187 bpm METS: 12.1 Percent Max HR: 95 % Max Recovery BP 138/61 mmHg Tricuspid Valve: TR Velocity Rest: 2.0 m/s RVSP Baseline:_________________________________________________________________________ Stress Data: Peak stress HR: 178 bpm% of Target 95 % STRESS EXAM DESCRIPTION: Stress echocardiogram was performed using the Bruce Protocol. The patient exercised for 11 min and 26 sec, to stage IV of the exercise protocol, achieving 12.1 METs. The peak stress heart rate achieved was 178 bpm, which was 95% the age predicted max heart rate. The peak blood pressure during stress was 155/76 mmHg. The double product achieved was 27590. BASELINE: The resting heart rate was 88 beats per minute. The baseline rhythm was normal sinus rhythm. Patient demonstrated normal sinus rhythm during echocardiogram. Incomplete right bundle branch block was present. There were no arrhythmias. ST segments or T waves were normal at baseline. Baseline blood pressure category is normal. ADDITIONAL BASELINE FINDINGS:LEFT VENTRICLE: Global left ventricular systolic function is normal (LVEF 55-60%). Left ventricular segmental wall motion is normal. STRESS: The patient experienced no significant symptoms. The primary reason for test termination was fatigue. The blood pressure response to stress was normal. The heart rhythm during stress was sinus tachycardia. There were no arrhythmias. Rare premature atrial contractions were noted. Heart rate response to stress was adequate (>85% MPHR). Stress test was adequate for inducing target heart rate and/or exercise response. Inferior ECG leads with stress demonstrated non-specific ST-T changes. Global left ventricular function increased appropriately with stress. No new segmental wall motion abnormalities were seen. Global left ventricular systolic function at peak stress is normal (LVEF 65-70%). LV WALL MOTION: All segments are normal. All segments are normal. All segments are normal. RECOVERYThe heart rhythm during recovery was sinus tachycardia. There were no arrhythmias. No exercise induced arrhythmias were noted. No significant ST segment or T wave changes developed during recovery. ECG changes resolved within one minute. Heart rate returned to baseline within 5 to 7 minutes. Heart rate recovery, at one minute into cool down period, was normal (>12 bpm). Blood pressure returned to baseline within 5 to 7 minutes. CONCLUSIONS 1. Good exercise tolerance. 2. Blood pressure response to stress was normal. 3. Patient's symptoms were not suggestive of ischemia. 4. ECG findings are not suggestive of ischemia. 5. Echocardiogram is not suggestive of ischemia. There is normal left ventricular wall motion at rest and stress with normal systolic augmentation at peak stress. 6. No exercise induced arrhythmias were noted. My comments: pretty worried how this ECG suggested that there was an inferior infarct and that the axes of conduction were pointed away from that and then later this echo shows abnormalities under stress in the same section of the heart. I also have fairly pronounced sinus arrhythmia at times. Just lately I have developed quite a lot more PVCs and PACs than normal. I have a zio-patch on which the doctor didn't even want to put on me but I convinced her. I also feel like maybe I need another echo or something. I have no idea why the ectopy is so frequent now. I also notice that I often go into what I believe is bigeminy. On my pulse oximeter it'll look like my heart is beating in groups of two with a pause between. It seems like it will start after a PVC as well. I'm really so scared about this. Like I have a developing cardiomyopathy or my bad teeth (very bad) are causing endocarditis or some other kind of inflammation leading to this or what. Or the prior heart attack is causing a malignant process with the heart. I'm pretty unsatisfied talking to the cardiologist about that ECG. She says (1) the q waves wouldn't disappear if you did have one (I've had later ecgs where there's no q waves) but I can just look that up and that's just false. (2) She said there are no signs of limb lead switching so it's probably not that. Then I said okay well is it ever so bogus that the P and QRS axes flip below 0? My normal P and QRS axes are like 70 degrees or higher on literally dozens of ECGs in the past. She just said she can't explain it to me but she thinks it's bogus. I am really unhappy and unsatisfied with her response. I don't know :( |
2024.05.12 00:31 Substantial_Item_828 No, It’s Not Joever: How 2024 Polling Is Underestimating Joe Biden
 | Note: This essay was written about a month ago, for a school project. Some of the numbers and polling averages may be slightly outdated, but the point of the essay still stands. submitted by Substantial_Item_828 to AngryObservation [link] [comments] Introduction “DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN.” That’s what the front-page headline of the Chicago Tribune said on November 3rd, 1948. It’s also what the polls had all been saying for months: that New York governor Thomas Dewey would defeat incumbent president Harry Truman and become the next president of the United States. And yet, he didn’t. Truman won reelection in a massive upset, defying the polls. Somehow, Truman had gone from trailing Dewey in polls by so much that cartoons like the following were created, to winning the election. https://preview.redd.it/oqba22kugvzc1.png?width=800&format=png&auto=webp&s=92204f20feee6faea87f731a797760140c4a0814 Truman was a very unpopular president. His campaign was also plagued by third parties threatening to split his votes: Strom Thurmond on the right and Henry Wallace on the left. The way he was able to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat can’t be described as anything less than amazing. Historians still debate over it, but the most popular theory is that Truman was able to win many voters who disapproved of him because he successfully painted Republicans as being worse than he was. This strategy was aided by Dewey’s weak campaign. Many voters didn’t like Truman, and when polled, wouldn’t say they would vote for him, but when the time came, they held their nose and pulled the lever for the president. The election was a lesson to not treat polls as gospel. Today, the nation faces another presidential election. The Democratic candidate is incumbent president Joe Biden. He’s running for reelection despite concerns about his age and rumors he wouldn’t run again due to it. On the Republican side, former president Donald Trump is the nominee. He faced opposition in the primaries, most notably by former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley, but beat her and his other opponents without too much trouble. The election is the first presidential rematch since 1956. Several independent/third-party candidates are running too, the most notable being Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr. for short), nephew of JFK. He’s been polling very high for a third-party candidate, getting double digits in many polls. Biden beat Trump in 2020, but opinion polls have been showing Trump leading Biden, often by large margins. As of April 1st, Trump leads Biden by 1.1% in the national polling average according to racetothewh.com, an election prediction/poll aggregation website. Biden won the popular vote by 4.5% in 2020, so this is a sizable swing right. Trump also leads Biden in all seven swing states. Below is a chart comparing the 2020 presidential election margin and the 2024 polling average in the seven swing states. https://preview.redd.it/9wvdn2yzgvzc1.png?width=631&format=png&auto=webp&s=e9c69e14cedfecc11d866837b9533d3e39a30db0 It seems like Biden’s doomed. He needs to win at least some of the swing states to win the election, and right now he isn’t winning any of them. It looks like Trump is on track to becoming the second president ever to win a non-consecutive second term, after Grover Cleveland. But there’s something else going on. Biden’s bad polling situation seems simple on the surface. He’s incredibly unpopular, having an approval rating of 39.1% (net -16.3%) according to FiveThirtyEight. His bout of unpopularity seems to have started around the Afghanistan withdrawal, although when asking someone their reason for disliking Biden they’ll probably say something about his age or the economy instead. So, it makes sense that Biden would be polling badly. He’s an unpopular president, and people would rather have Trump. But it isn’t that simple. Because looking deeper, there are some things that don’t make sense. Crosstabs of polls showing massive realignments not seen since the Civil Rights era. Other indicators of a president in trouble not showing up. Things that when put together, suggest Biden may not be in as much danger as the polls say. When all the evidence is put together and analyzed, it’s clear that Biden is not doomed, not at all. Biden’s bad polling can be explained by two things. First, bad polling methodology underpolling his supporters. Second, people who are supporting third parties now, but will eventually return to Biden. These two things are both making Biden’s polling look bad, although which one has a stronger effect depends on the poll and the demographic group. Additionally, all the indicators other than the polls, like primary elections and special/off-year elections, don’t show Biden in too much trouble. Explaining Racial and Age Depolarization First, context is needed for the rest of this essay to make sense. So, as was said earlier, 2024 polls are showing Biden doing much worse than his 2020 performance. That makes sense – Biden is less popular, so naturally fewer people want to vote for him. The strange part is what demographic groups Biden is slipping with. Instead of a mostly uniform shift, which would be expected, almost all of Biden’s losses seem to come among nonwhite voters – most significantly black and Hispanic voters. He’s also losing ground among young voters (usually defined as voters between the ages of 18 and 29). The Democratic Party traditionally does well with these groups, so this is of course concerning for Biden. Even more strange is that in some polls, Biden is actually making some inroads among the demographics that are historically the base of the Republican Party – those being white voters and seniors. Looking at the aggregation of crosstabs of polls during February, there are many abnormalities. The aggregation shows Trump making massive gains among black and Hispanic voters (swings of R+28.4 and R+18.5 respectively) but making almost zero gains among white voters (R+0.1, but right under that there are slight blue swings with both college educated and non-college educated whites, likely a product of not all polls recording results for those groups). This is strange, to say the least. White people seem to be perfectly fine with Biden, while nonwhite people suddenly despise him. This phenomenon is called racial depolarization, or racedep for short. Swings among different age groups are also odd. Trump is improving by 16.1 points among voters aged 18-29 but losing 1.8 points with seniors and 4 points with voters aged 50-64. Young voters are much more liberal than older voters. Every opinion poll and election result suggests this. Unless they’ve suddenly become much more conservative, them supporting Trump over Biden doesn’t make sense. Along with racedep, age depolarization ("agedep") is common in crosstabs of 2024 polls. Those are not the only depolarizations supposedly going on, as can be seen in the tweet. Urban and suburban voters moving towards Trump while rural voters move towards Biden. Democrats moving towards Trump, Republicans moving towards Biden. Geographical and political polarization have been increasing in recent years, so this suggests a strange reverse of that trend. 2024 probably won’t be a large realignment, it’s more likely something is just wrong with the polls. Explaining Primaries Presidential primary season has been going on for a few months, after the Iowa caucus kicked it off in January. While Biden and Trump both won their primaries easily, how strong their performances were in different areas can reveal a lot about how certain groups are feeling about the candidacies of the two – like black, Hispanic, and young voters. But first, protest voting has to be explained. When an incumbent president is running for reelection, they usually do not face much opposition in the primaries. Typically, only no-name minor candidates are the other people on the ballot besides the president. They do not have a chance at winning, but they do serve as a way for people who are upset with the president to express it. Sometimes, the “Uncommitted” option is also used to protest. Look back to 2012, when Obama was running for reelection. He swept the primaries, but his worst performances were in West Virginia, Kentucky, Oklahoma, and Arkansas, where he got under 60% of the vote. The four states all had something in common: a lot of the registered Democrats were white conservatives who before 2008 voted Democratic, but switched to McCain because they didn’t like Obama’s dark vision for America. They voted against Obama in the primaries because they didn’t like him and didn’t want him to be the nominee. Those voters would then go on to vote Republican in the general election. The places that swung the hardest against Obama in 2008 were also the places where he did the worst in the 2012 primaries. 2004-2008 swing 2012 Oklahoma Democratic presidential primary 2012 Arkansas Democratic presidential primary 2012 Kentucky Democratic presidential primary 2012 West Virginia Democratic presidential primary Now, those four states were already very red even before 2008, Obama was not going to win them and he did not need to win them. But if a candidate is doing badly in a potentially competitive state’s primary, they should heed the warning – or risk losing. Another good example of protest voting can be found in the 2016 Democratic primary. Hillary Clinton did very poorly in the Rust Belt states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania – losing the first two to Sanders and coming close to losing the last. And where Sanders’s support was strongest was in rural areas – also the areas that swung the most towards Trump in the general election. Trump narrowly flipped all three of those states, winning him the presidency. 2016 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary 2016 Michigan Democratic presidential primary 2016 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary 2012-2016 swing The polls said Clinton would easily win all three states, while the primaries said she would struggle in them – and the primaries were right. The 2024 Primaries Presidential primaries can give an idea of where a candidate might underperform in the general election, and 2024 primaries are no exception. If black, Hispanic, and young voters are upset with Biden, like the polls are suggesting, then they will protest vote against him. The first primary that will be examined is the South Carolina primary. South Carolina is 26% black according to the 2020 census, and that number is even higher among Democratic primary voters thanks to the racial polarization of the state – Biden won 90% of black South Carolinians in the 2020 election, while Trump won 73% of white South Carolinians. https://preview.redd.it/x2t8cnl3hvzc1.png?width=338&format=png&auto=webp&s=2b5982c343da804a10a1221e623b2de84b2f1b86 South Carolina was also the first primary state (so Biden did not have momentum from winning contests at that point, nor was he the presumptive nominee), and the primary was open (meaning independents could vote), so the conditions for protest voting were as good as they could possibly be. But despite all that, Biden got 96% of the vote. If black people really are upset with Biden, they clearly don’t hate him enough to cast a protest vote against him. And looking at individual counties, there’s not even a correlation between the percent of black people and the percent of opposition vote. Biden got 97% of the vote in Allendale County (73% black, the blackest county in the state) and he got 95% in Pickens County (7% black, the least black county in the state). If anything, Biden did better in counties where there are more black people. And it’s not just South Carolina – in pretty much every state where black people make up a significant percentage of the Democratic electorate, Biden won by huge margins. He got 99% in Mississippi, 95% in Georgia, 90% in Alabama, and 86% in Louisiana. Biden came close to losing a few counties in Louisiana – but not the ones with lots of black people. The counties he did the worst in are heavily white. The same kind of people who gave Obama trouble in the 2012 primaries voted against Biden, too. Evidently, black people aren’t protest voting against Biden. Young voters will be looked at next, using the Michigan primary. Just like South Carolina, Michigan has open primaries. There was an organized campaign for the “Uncommitted” option in Michigan to protest Biden’s policy on Gaza and pressure him into calling for a ceasefire. The Uncommitted option did modestly well, getting 13% of the vote, slightly higher than it did twelve years ago when Obama was running for reelection. The Uncommitted campaign achieved their (unambitious) goal of 10,000 votes, getting slightly over 100,000. Biden got 81% of the vote, while Williamson and Phillips took the remaining 6%. What’s interesting though, is where Uncommitted did the best. Its strongest performance was in Wayne County (which includes Detroit and a few other cities), where it got 17%. Wayne County is home to 140,000 Arab Americans who make up 7.8% of the county’s population, so the strong Uncommitted performance wasn’t surprising. The second strongest county for Uncommitted was Washtenaw County (also 17%), which doesn’t have many Arab Americans. What it does have, however, is the University of Michigan. With over 50,000 students enrolled, it’s one of the largest colleges in the country. Looking at a precinct map of the results for Washtenaw County, Uncommitted did well because UMich students were protest voting against Biden. https://preview.redd.it/nov5qkx5hvzc1.png?width=629&format=png&auto=webp&s=cec905bdfdd4fa10be01d03a97a220925d4ffa6d Ann Arbor, the city where UMich is located, had a very high percentage of Uncommitted votes. There’s no doubt about it, college students were voting Uncommitted to protest Biden’s handling of the war in Gaza. Looking at college counties in other primaries, there was generally a trend of the Uncommitted option (or whatever name the state has for it) doing well. In Dane County, Wisconsin (University of Wisconsin), there was lots of protest voting against Biden. “Uninstructed” got 15% in Dane vs 8% statewide. “None of these names” did well in Douglas County, Kansas (University of Kansas), getting 14.5% of the vote, compared to the statewide average of 10.3%. And Uncommitted got a sizable 21% in New Haven, Connecticut (Yale University), compared to 11% statewide. There’s definitely some protest voting against Biden by young voters. But remember the reason most of them are unhappy with Biden in the first place: it’s because of Gaza. Trump is more pro-Israel then Biden, so it makes no sense for them to support him. That’s different from Haley voters, who are ideologically between Biden and Trump. Things may be more complicated than they seem, as will be discussed later, but first here’s the analysis of the third group Biden has been slipping with in polls: Hispanic voters. The Texas primary is a good place to judge how Hispanic voters are feeling about Biden. Texas has open primaries, like Michigan and South Carolina. Biden did the worst in South and West Texas. One of the places he underperformed the most was the Rio Grande Valley (RGV). He got percentages in the 60s, 50s, and even 40s in many RGV counties, with his worst performance being in Zapata County, where he got a pathetic 40% of the vote. The RGV is heavily Hispanic, so at first this seems like a validation of the polls showing Trump making massive gains among Hispanic voters – but it isn’t the only place in Texas where Hispanic people live. Biden performed very strongly in El Paso County, an 82% Hispanic county home to the city of the same name. He also did well in places like Bexar County (San Antonio, 59% Hispanic), Dallas County (Dallas, 40% Hispanic), and Harris County (Houston, 43% Hispanic). Looking at other states, it seems like Biden’s RGV performance was the exception, not the rule. He got 81% in Imperial County, California (86% Hispanic); and 83% in Santa Cruz County, Arizona (83% Hispanic). Hispanic voters have been slowly trending towards Republicans over time, so Biden’s performances are even more impressive when that factor is taken into account. According to exit polls, Hispanic voters voted for Obama by 44 points, Clinton by 38 points, and 2020 Biden by 33 points. A lot of the people voting against Biden may be registered as Democrats but didn’t vote for him in 2020. https://preview.redd.it/h35vewo8hvzc1.png?width=407&format=png&auto=webp&s=3c5b78394104a627ae1b8019db62aa1c3a4a1b70 https://preview.redd.it/jlo9nlhdhvzc1.png?width=377&format=png&auto=webp&s=726526e7da2a9c8690ab01e00a12e2e49265445d https://preview.redd.it/l4tremrehvzc1.png?width=458&format=png&auto=webp&s=0744e5c12f7c0c4eb05ec84b59a070174b017b98 Overall, primaries don’t support the polls showing Trump making huge gains among black/Hispanic/young voters. There’s zero evidence black voters are upset with Biden. As for the other two groups, there are some signs of discontent, but not enough to warrant the double-digit swings polls are showing. Biden’s underperformances in college counties/Hispanic counties, when present at all, are usually less than 10 points worse than his statewide performance. And that’s assuming every single person protest voting will go for Trump. If all protest voters really do vote for the other party in the general election, say hello to Biden’s second term, because Nikki Haley regularly gets twice the number of votes in Republican primaries as Biden’s opposition does in Democratic primaries. Even after she dropped out. Midterms, Off-Years, and Special Elections At the same time Biden has been doing well in primaries, Democrats have been scoring wins in special/off-year elections. These elections are historically correlated with the popularity of the president, so they conflict with the polls showing Biden down. Look at elections during the last three presidencies to know what happens when a president is unpopular. While Trump was in office, he was quite the unpopular president, and his party lost many elections because of it. Through 2017-2019, Republicans lost a net 8 governorships, going from 34 to 26; and a net 41 House seats, going from 241 to 200. The only chamber they managed to gain in was the Senate (thanks to a very favorable map and increased polarization causing many Democrats in red states to lose) – but not without losing a special election in Alabama, a deep red state that had voted for Trump over Clinton by almost 28 points. This pattern continues to back when Obama was in office. From 2009-2011, when he was at the height of his unpopularity due to the state of the economy and Obamacare, Democrats lost big. They went from 28 governorships to just 20, 257 House seats to only 193, and 59 Senate seats to only 53. Like Republicans with Alabama during Trump’s presidency, Democrats managed to lose a Senate special election in a state considered safe for their party – Massachusetts, which had voted for Obama by 26 points in 2008. And it goes even further back to Bush’s presidency. Backlash over the wars caused Republicans to lose 6 governorships from 2005-2007 (going from 28 seats to 22), 30 House seats (232 down to 202), and 6 Senate seats (55 to 49). But despite Biden’s unpopularity and bad polling, Democrats have been doing well in elections despite precedent saying they shouldn’t be. The 2022 midterms, which were supposed to be a red wave, were anything but. Democrats flipped a net 2 governorships and 1 Senate seat, and only barely lost the House. The small majority Republicans won has been giving them trouble when trying to govern. Already, one Speaker was ousted and it’s possible a second might be too. More recently, Democrats won the governorship in Kentucky and almost won it in Mississippi, both very red states. They flipped the Virginia state house and won a supreme court election in Pennsylvania by a large margin. Two months ago, they won a competitive special election for a House seat in New York by a decisive 8-point margin. Interestingly, the normal pattern of an unpopular president’s party doing poorly manifested early in Biden’s term. After his approval rating crashed during the Afghanistan withdrawal, Democrats went on to lose the governorship (and state house) of Virginia, and almost lost the governorship of New Jersey. Both states voted for Biden by double digits in the 2020 election. Something changed between November 2021 and November 2022 to cause this shift. It might have been the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe V. Wade and allow states to ban abortion. In several special elections right after the decision, Democrats overperformed massively. For example, Republicans won the special election for Nebraska’s 1st congressional district, which voted for Trump by 11 points in 2020, by only a 5-point margin. The election took place just four days after the Dobbs decision. The Trump-backed candidates nominated in many Senate and governor elections could also be the ones to blame. Thanks to Trump’s endorsement, many extremist candidates won the primaries in key races. They often denied the results of the 2020 presidential election and had other problematic views. Most of them went on to lose the general election, sometimes by huge margins. Below is a table of all the results. https://preview.redd.it/vx1ilmujhvzc1.png?width=633&format=png&auto=webp&s=2771b74c5d4257d66b4825078ada46216b0be9bd Whatever the cause, Republicans flopped in 2022 and haven’t recovered since. And it doesn’t seem like Trump will be able to avoid the problems plaguing his party. His handpicked candidates were the ones that did terribly while other Republicans often did well; and the abortion issue isn’t just going away, not to mention Trump’s the one responsible for getting Roe overturned with his SCOTUS appointments. Of course, there’s a counterargument: that Biden is somehow breaking historical precedent, and he’ll do badly while other Democrats do fine. That seems like a reasonable theory, until the fact that Biden vs Trump and the generic congressional ballot are polling exactly the same is considered. As of April 5th, at least. https://preview.redd.it/l0ecq2slhvzc1.png?width=753&format=png&auto=webp&s=d8c231135e068129cc1f9c3e1a3b9b2ce41be3fb Since work on this essay has started, Biden has experienced a little surge of support in the polls. It could just be noise, but it might be something else. https://preview.redd.it/m14gsmjmhvzc1.png?width=1043&format=png&auto=webp&s=43bc8d8146b31f5a613a1e7a4adc4ca30a858750 Biden has also been polling as well as (or sometimes even better than) hypothetical Democratic candidates for president like VP Kamala Harris, California governor Gavin Newsom, and Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer. It could be argued Biden is only doing better because he has higher name recognition, and Democrats who don’t know the other three candidates are answering undecided. But Michelle Obama being extremely well-known didn’t stop her from trailing Trump by the exact same amount as Biden in a poll. https://preview.redd.it/7h189dpnhvzc1.png?width=1200&format=png&auto=webp&s=42aa042e9462022d397bbe212c428e41f4d40c99 Democrats are doing much better in actual elections than in polls, and Biden’s polling the same as other Democrats. It stands to reason that Biden would also do better in an election than in polls. The Problem with the Polls While primary and off-year elections suggest Biden isn’t doing badly, they still don’t explain the polls. One theory is that the black/Hispanic/young voters who don’t like Biden aren’t voting in any elections, that’s why Democrats are doing well. Perhaps the biggest proponent of this theory is Nate Cohn, the chief political analyst for the NYT. This theoretical group of low-propensity Trump supporters who love answering polls but don’t vote in any elections sounds dubious, and that’s probably because it doesn’t exist at all. Biden’s bad polling is caused by two main things. The first is bad methodology, but before that is discussed, how polls work must be explained. Polls work by contacting a certain number of voters, usually around a thousand, and asking them how they plan to vote. The 2024 options are usually Biden/Trump/Undecided/Other. Sometimes Other is changed to real third-party candidates, like RFK Jr. Polls also ask information on the voter, like their race, sex, age, and region. After data is collected, polls are weighted to reflect real demographics. For example, if a poll’s raw data has 40% of respondents living in urban areas while 60% live in rural areas, and the actual percentage of voters is 50% urban and 50% rural, then the responses of the urban voters are weighted higher. If that poll has urban areas voting 60D/40R and rural areas 40D/60R, then the raw data is 48D/52R while the weighted (and final) data is 50D/50R. This seems like an effective way to avoid bias in polls, and account for lower response rates from certain groups. If rural voters are answering at a higher rate, just give them less weight. If Hispanic voters are answering at a lower rate, give them more weight. The thing is, voters don’t belong to just one group. A person can both live in a rural area and be Hispanic. And while groups (rural voters, Hispanic voters) are weighted, subgroups (rural Hispanic voters) are not. Say, rural Hispanic voters are more Republican than urban and suburban Hispanic voters. Say, they’re answering polls at higher rates as well. Rural voters will be weighted lower in the poll, but that’s just all rural voters combined. Rural Hispanic voters are not weighted vs other Hispanics. That would lead to Hispanic voters in the poll being more Republican than they are in reality. A typical poll has around a thousand respondents, and a margin of error of about ±3%. The sample sizes for different groups, however, are much smaller, which means a bigger margin of error. Let’s say Hispanic voters are 10% of the poll’s respondents, or a hundred in total. That’s a margin of error of ±8%, much larger than the ±3% for the poll as a whole. And if rural Hispanic voters are 20% of all Hispanic voters, that’s a margin of error of ±18%! Small inaccuracies in subgroups can cause a ripple effect that makes the whole poll wrong. Let’s do a simulation to show this effect off.
You guessed it, this is happening in real life. And not just with Hispanic voters, but with everyone. A pattern among 2024 polls is that rural voters are answering at a higher rate than urban/suburban voters. In one NYT/Siena poll (Trump+4), rural voters made up about 35% of the respondents, when they only made up 19% of the 2020 electorate. In another poll by Grinnell College (Trump+7), rural voters made up 27% of the respondents. Voters who said they lived in a “town” made up 17%, and it’s likely at least some of them would break for rural if they had to choose between urban/suburban/rural. Looking at the 538 poll database, a clear pattern emerges. Polls that have Trump leading Biden have a proportion of rural voters that is way too high. Polls where Biden leads Trump have more normal numbers. Rural voters tend to be more conservative and vote Republican, and sure enough, Republicans are answering at a higher rate then Democrats. (scroll to "Do you consider yourself a Democrat, a Republican, an independent or a member of another party?" for the NYT/Siena poll and the top of page 6 for the Grinnell College poll. Both show more Republicans answering the poll than Democrats.) One pollster, Susquehanna Polling and Research, remarked that Trump supporters seem to have higher enthusiasm than Biden supporters, and so are answering polls at a higher rate. The second reason why Trump may not be winning Pennsylvania has to do with who is answering polls. We suspect because Trump is the only candidate with “enthusiastic” voters, it’s Trump voters in particular who are disproportionately talking to pollsters. It’s the reverse of what happened in 2016, when the phenomenon of “shy” Trump voters meant that many pollsters undercounted Trump’s base of support. Many voters were afraid to admit they were Trumpers back then. Today, we suspect many pollsters are not adjusting their samples to account for this “non-response” bias, as it’s typically called. But SP&R is doing so.Polls also say that Trump voters are more enthusiastic than Biden voters. Republicans are slightly more enthusiastic ahead of November’s general election, edging out Democrats, according to a new survey.Groups like seniors and white voters may not be swinging towards Trump because there isn’t an enthusiasm gap, unlike with black/Hispanic/young voters. According to a YouGov poll, groups that aren’t swinging towards Trump in the crosstab aggregate are also paying more attention to the election (and therefore are more enthusiastic, and answering more polls). When black/Hispanic/young voters start paying more attention, they’ll get enthusiastic and start answering polls, which should improve Biden’s polling. https://preview.redd.it/0899t1ephvzc1.png?width=1074&format=png&auto=webp&s=4f9fe91a2d30381a9f08e7e1883b90679aefd6a0 And that rural Hispanic voter hypothetical was based on something real. Rural Hispanic voters were already more Republican than other Hispanics in the 2020 election; and Biden did badly in the rural RGV in the primaries while doing better in cities like El Paso. The difference may be even larger than it was four years ago, with rural Hispanics swinging against Biden while urban and suburban Hispanics don’t. Rural Hispanics make up a small percentage of Hispanic voters (scroll down to "Area type"), so this swing doesn’t mean much for Biden’s electoral prospects. It screws with the crosstabs of Hispanic voters, however. As Biden’s voters become more enthusiastic and the gap closes, polls may start swinging towards him as more of his voters answer polls. There have already been signs of this happening, like that surge in support mentioned earlier. Perhaps it’s because of the recent ad blitz by Biden energizing his supporters? Oversamples, and the True State of the Election Biden voters are not answering polls as much as Trump voters, and this is creating big swings in crosstabs thanks to low sample sizes. Polls with bigger sample sizes would be much better. The margins of error would be much smaller and the crosstabs much more accurate. Unfortunately, it’s too expensive to make polls with huge sample sizes, but there’s still the next best thing – oversamples. Oversamples are polls that poll only one specific group. While a normal poll polls everyone, an oversample might poll only black voters, for example. Because of the big sample sizes, oversamples are much better for determining the voting intentions of groups than just looking at the crosstabs of normal polls. Oversamples can also use more advanced methods of polling to reach people who may not respond otherwise. There are three oversamples that are going to be examined here. The first is by Black PAC, and it’s an oversample of black voters. https://preview.redd.it/epcr7xeqhvzc1.png?width=680&format=png&auto=webp&s=6938941ae9e6b345778035bfd45f7ceb81aa98ed Trump gets a pathetic 8% of black voters, less than half of the polling aggregate showing him getting 18%. This, along with Biden’s strong primary performances, suggest that the bad polling for Biden among black voters is entirely due to bad polling methodology. Next, Hispanic voters. An oversample of Hispanic voters by Univision shows Biden leading Trump 58-31 (27 points). Again, that’s completely different from the polling aggregate showing Biden winning them by only 6 points. It is a slight decrease from 2020, where he won them by 33 points; but like stated earlier, Hispanics have been trending right for a while, so Trump making small gains among them isn’t surprising. And finally, young voters. Split Ticket, an election prediction and analysis website, polled young voters. They used live text interviews, rather than a normal method like calling landlines. In the poll, Biden leads Trump 35-25, a 10 point lead. Biden is disapproved of by 68% of young voters, while Trump is disapproved of by 70%. Of the three oversamples, this is the only one that lines up closely with the crosstab aggregate (Biden+8). Biden won young voters by 24 points in 2020, so it looks Trump is making large gains among the group. But it’s not that simple. Biden and Trump have a similar total disapproval rating, but the number of respondents who strongly disapprove of Trump is 61%. For Biden, it’s just 44%. This means Trump likely has a lower ceiling of support with young voters than Biden does – it’s hard to get someone who hates you to vote for you. Additionally, young voters who disapprove of both Biden and Trump overwhelmingly prefer Biden to Trump. RFK Jr. actually wins this group, but like all third party candidates, his support is declining as the election gets closer. The combined voteshare in polls for RFK Jr. and Cornel West (a left-wing independent candidate) has been steadily decreasing. 6 months ago, it was 17.9%. Today, it’s only 11.5%. This raises the question of who RFK Jr.’s supporters will break for when they realize he can’t win. https://preview.redd.it/zt0t5ptzhvzc1.png?width=763&format=png&auto=webp&s=fd1f7c717e66e750c57e76eaa617966708ebd222 Based on the approval ratings of Biden and Trump, and the “double haters” who already have chosen sides, it seems like the vast majority of young RFK Jr. supporters will go for Biden. His lead among young voters will only increase as time goes on. Of course, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to run ads like these to speed up the process. Split Ticket also conducted a poll using a more normal method, an opt-in web panel. This poll had Trump doing much better with young voters than in their live text poll. So yes, some commonly used polling methods don’t work correctly! Conclusion Biden has been polling badly lately. He’s been trailing Trump nationally as well as in swing states. Polls say key parts of the Democratic base, black/Hispanic/young voters, are abandoning Biden in huge numbers. But when looked at closely, it’s not so simple. Other signs for Biden are pretty good. He’s been doing pretty well in primaries, and Democrats have been doing well in special and off-year elections. Polls are underestimating Biden’s support due to bad methodology and Democrats not answering polls. Oversamples show Biden doing fine with black voters, and mostly fine with Hispanic voters. The only group he really needs to work on is young voters, by trying to decrease RFK Jr.’s support. So, 2024 won’t be a red wave where Trump wins big. But current signs don’t suggest 2024 is going to be a blue wave either, just another extremely close election like 2016 and 2020 both were. But there’s reason to believe Biden might outperform his 2020 showing despite that. The American public is not very engaged right now, as there’s still seven months until the election, so Trump’s latest ventures with the legal system aren’t on people’s minds. When people tune in more, he can only get hurt from it. There’s also the massive fundraising gap between the two, which Trump is scrambling to close. Here’s a prediction for how the election will actually go (margins are 20+, 15-19.9, 10-14.9, 5-9.9, 1-4.9, <1). https://preview.redd.it/ufw3oxa2ivzc1.png?width=810&format=png&auto=webp&s=55a5dcc6c246cb34381165d211b17181717ef196 |
2024.05.11 18:38 MyNaymeIsOzymandias Two of four camper jacks died on me - can any of you fine folks help me troubleshoot?
I have a set of Happijac 4800s on my camper and the front two jacks won't work on electric. The two stopped working while I was in the middle of lowering the camper. As I was lowering it, the rear two continued to work but first the front driver jack suddenly stopped running. Then while I was crab-walking the camper down one jack at a time, the front passenger jack stopped working on electric as well.
They do still work by cranking manually and it doesn't feel like I'm having to work overly hard to crank them. They don't make any grinding noises or anything like that.
The first thing the manual suggests is checking the fuses and all five fuses are still good.
When I push the button on the remote for the two dead jacks, I can hear the switch in the control box flipping.
I checked the connections inside the control box and everything looks good at least visually.
And no, I don't still have the jacks flipped into manual mode.
What do you all think? Have any of you had something similar happen? What things would you test?
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They do still work by cranking manually and it doesn't feel like I'm having to work overly hard to crank them. They don't make any grinding noises or anything like that.
The first thing the manual suggests is checking the fuses and all five fuses are still good.
When I push the button on the remote for the two dead jacks, I can hear the switch in the control box flipping.
I checked the connections inside the control box and everything looks good at least visually.
And no, I don't still have the jacks flipped into manual mode.
What do you all think? Have any of you had something similar happen? What things would you test?
2024.05.11 04:48 Codename-SiGiL Mobile Task Force Epsilon Bravo VII - The Omniversal Concordat 5-4-23
PROLOGUE - PART I
Sergei: Phone rings - Takes a bite of his club sandwich and checks the screen, and rolls his eyes.
Andrei: Looks at him with a grin "It's her isn't it?"
Sergei: Finishes chewing and takes a sip of Mountain Dew, then answering the call "I thought you were in Boston today.
Natalia: "What, to get a Samuel Adams and a fucking potato? Get real! This is serious. I'm on a layover in Baltimore until 2, and then it's over to JFK. Did you get those pics I sent you, baby?"
Sergei: Furrows his brows to Andrei who saw the pics
Andrei: Smiles
Sergei: "Yeah, I got them alright. And I've got to say, that was fucking nice. How much were those? That shit was fucking golden!"
Natalia: "Well, you know, baby. It doesn't come cheap but Haji was able to pull some strings with Customs and talked to his uncle at the consulate. One thing led to another, and he got your dad exactly what he wanted for Christmas. Even got you and Dre an extra box for the party.
Sergei: Grinning now "It was fucking perfect. You're a doll for that one, sweetie. Dre loves them to, Right Dre?"
Andrei: "They're God damned tits compared to that cheap Honduran crap." Lighting a Cuban cigar with a wooden match
Natalia: "Well, enjoy. Look, I've got to get moving. I gotta pick up something to eat before I catch my next flight."
Ralphie: Walks into the kitchen with his Xbox headset on "Fuck you! Yeah? So's your mom! What? I'm straighter than the pole your mom dances on, you fairy!"
Sergei: "Damn it, Ralphie! Manners." Whispers "Your stepmom is on the phone."
Ralphie: "Shit." Yells "Hi, Nat!"
Natalia: On speakerphone "Hiiiii Ralphie! Did you get the thing I sent you?"
Ralphie: "Yes, Nat. It's fucking rad!"
Sergei: "Ralphie! Language!"
Andrei: Takes a puff and chuckles "He's going to be a rockstar in no time. That's an original Fender Stratocaster!"
Sergei: "Yeah, my Jimi Hendrix over here…." Picks up a magazine and fans the smoke away as he walks into the living room for a more private conversation and tosses the January copy of Fortune 500 onto the couch "Natalia, look. I know we haven't got a chance to see each other, but I miss you, so God-Damned-Much…" slides open the patio door and steps out onto the balcony "It got me to thinking, you know. It's been what two weeks since we," Pauses and smiles, beaming "went to that crab restaurant and you were wearing that dress, and we went back to your place and-"
Natalia: "Yes, Serj, I remember…" She said with a giggle "and that cute waitress with the rack was hitting on you in front of me the whole time. She's lucky she was so hot, or I wouldn't have tipped her so well…"
Sergei: "Well, you know. If you were that into her we could have had her over to your place too, for a little minage et toi"
Natalia: "Slow your roll there, cowboy! I don't like pussy that much. Speaking of which, that bitch Shiniqua at the office did her nails again."
Sergei: *Frowns* "Doesn't she spend like $300 on her God damned nails every fucking week?"
Natalia: "Well she can afford it." Sighs "Bitch is fine as fuck and she knows it too. That's why she's so stuck up."
Sergei: "Doesn't she have that hot sister, what's her name?"
Natalia: "Oh! Right. The one you fucked before we got together. How in the Hell do you not remember her name?"
Sergei: "Oh, come on Nat, it was just a one night stand, and I was drunk, and she was persuasive…"
Natalia: "Serj, and hoe with titties is persuasive enough to get you in the God damned sack. Seriously, stop thinking with your fucking dick for once."
Sergei: "Look, I'm sorry babe. It's about business. Her uncle works the State Department, right?"
Natalia: sighs annoyed "Yeah, he's like a secretary or liason to the adjuctant or something like that. Why?"
Sergei: "I need you to see if her sister, what's her name with the nails?"
Natalia: "Shiniqua…"
Sergei: "See if Shiniqua can get me the goods on his boss. I hear the guy is really connected with mineral extraction firms, and I need to find out about that oil rig off of the coast of Juneau, Alaska."
Natalia: "Seriously, what the Hell is so important about some nosebleed rig off the coast of Juneau for crying out loud?" Loudspeaker blares in the distance "Look honey, I've got to catch my next flight. Can we do this later?"
Sergei: "Okay, but the next trime you speak to her, I need you to ask her if she can schedule a meet and greet with her uncle at the next banquet at the yacht club. I'll buy him and his wife a damned table. Seriously, though. We need to get him on board before the Governor's ball."
Natalia: "OKay, okay. I'll do it. You'll be lucky if that stuck up assed hoe goes for it though. She'll want something in return, and it'll be about more than just her expensive ass nails."
Sergei: "Okay, whatever she needs, we'll pull the strings to get it done. I love you babe. Have fun in New York…"
Natalia: "Yeah. And don't go getting shithoused at the bar with Andrei and end up plowing some floozie while I'm gone either. I'll cut your fuckin' balls off, you know…"
Sergei: Sighs while pinching his nose "I know. Love you."
Natalia: "Love you too sweetie. I'll call you when I get to my hotel room."
Sergei: "Okay baby. I can't wait for you to come home next week…"
Natalia: "More like your dong can't wait for this ass next week!"
Sergei: Laughs
Natalia: "Yeah. That's what I thought. Byeeeee!" Hangs up
Sergei: Leans against the railing on the balcony and takes a deep breath of the cold and crisp night air, before heading back in.
Andrei: "Good talk?" Putting out the cigar by cutting the end off with a cigar cutter and putting the cherry into an ashtray
Sergei: "She said she'll talk to her coworker about getting Brett to sit down for a meet and greet."
Andrei: "It's important, Sergei. His boss works for the Foundation. You won't find a record of his involvement anywhere in State Department files."
Sergei: "Seriously?"
Andrei: Chuckles "They don't friggin exist! Remember?"
Sergei: "Right…"
Andrei: "If we can get a sit down with him, he can get us connected to what's under Juneau. Once we've got access to that, we can step up the next phase of our operations."
Sergei: "And What the Hell is so important about fucking Juneau of all places anyways? I thought it was just a stupid oil rig."
Andrei: "That's not all it is Sergei… It's what's under the sea floor. The "Thingy" they uncovered when they were drilling."
Sergei: knits his brow "What in the Hell is the "Thingy"?"
Andrei: Tucks the stogie into a glass cigar case "That depends." whispers "Do you believe in aliens?"
Sergei: "I think you've had too much to drink, Uncle."
Andrei: "I kid you not."
Sergei: "Get out of here. No way!"
Andrei: "It's just rumor for now, but if it's a match for what the Old Gaurd found in Enurmino back in '25…"
Sergei: "You mean…"
Andrei: "Da."
Sergei: "So the legends are true then?"
Andrei: "No fucking joke."
Sergei: "Like," looks around then lowers his voice to a whisper "like Lizard people?"
Andrei: Looking around, puts his finger to his lips and nods
Sergei: mouths the words "Holy shit!"
Andrei: "Yeah that's what I'm saying. God Damned dinosaurs! Very rare. One of a kind."
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Chapter I - Todd is a brave man... Baltimore, Maryland - February, 2nd 2008
Lance Corporal Todd and Professor Chaos milled about in front of the kielbasa stand munching down some dogs with kraut, and washing it back with lemonade.
LCpl Todd: "Maaaan. A Milkor only holds 6 grenades at a time, that's like over 300+ cultists armed with HK MP5s, M4s, AK-47s, .50 Cal damn nests in the lobby, and fucking Scar heavys for the buildings security forces, not counting RPG-7s with thermobaric to take out vehicles and personnel and shit, and God damned stingers on the rooftops to take out fucking choppers in my immediate fucking AO. How in the fuck am I supposed cum dumpster that many shitheads by myself when the shit goes down? This isn't even a standard M32A1 for fucks sake! What South African shithole did they get this piece of junk from? Literally, Bill's Discount Firearms Emporium? Do I clusterfuck their shit into a quadruple cross and let them know they're ripping each other off now? Could cause a Mexican standoff and resultant shootout. That would be convenient, or do they fuck and fill my holes with bukkake and sacrifice me first? This is fucking clown shoes man. Fucking clown shoes... Fucking cults, man."
That plaza was relatively clear of cult operative activity which was focused on the front lobby of the building across the street and a block away.
Lieutentant Dan "Gator" watched the cams feed from the van.
Lt. Gator: "Look shitbreath, you gotta keep your balls on the prize. The SCIP is the prize. Nuts to butt and keep that fucker in front of you and use him like a God damned meat shield. If he gets popped we're fucked, so don't let that shit happen or Skippy Peanut Butter Company hits us with a O5 containment clusterfuck of crunchy dildos, and the last thing we need is Domo Arigato Mr. Roboto's cyborg service from fucking Styx singing "Come Sail Away" and Shanghai our asses on the Highway to the the God Damned Danger Zone. You know what they do to cornholes there for the fuckups? "
LCpl Todd, muttering under his breath, swiveled back toward the dogs cart, as a suspicious group of college aged/military aged males strolled by, being very chalant and looking around. Professor Chaos took point and fiddle fucked his blackberry absentmindedly while looking out of his perhipherals.
Lt. Gator: "Are you listening Top Gun? Fucking Use peanut boy Downtown Charlie Brown as a God damned salami sandwich and keep those fucking cookie monsters the fuck away from the Winnebago. Also, do NOT let anything happen to him and keep him in proximity. Got it? Also, where the fuck is Gunny? He should've been back with the Dominos to throw pepperoni at this motherfucker 5 minutes ago..."
LCpl Todd: "Just gotta ask, Maverick...err. Gator. Why in the living fuck do we keep using Sesame Street lingo?"
Lt. Gator: "Because the sick motherfuckers plow kids and post it to the deep web on a God damned website called motherfucking Sesame Street. Weren't you at the brief?"
LCpl Todd: "I Was, but I had to take a shit for like 5 minutes, so I guess I missed that part..."
Lt. Gator: "God damn it, Lance. Eat some motherfucking peanut butter crackers from the vending machine next time. It'll make you fucking constipated so you don't have to blow ass during God damned brief."
Gunny Wilson: "Boy, the fuck is wrong with yo' ass? Keep that Cookie Monster Lord summoning muthafucka the fuck away from my camper! The last thing I need is for Charlie Brown's cock holster to barf up a God damned queef spell with some Wizard shit on it during my mothafucking engagement, and end up pissing off Skippy and Jif management enough to pop us with God damned orbital bombardment. Ask that piece of cultist pedophile bait if this is where he saw himself being at the age of twenty six."
Professor Chaos: "Just another day, living the fucking dream, Sir. Seriously though, This is fucked up."
Gunny Wilson: "I swear, if Otis Spunkmeyer goes kamikaze with the Sesame Street Brigade, the God Damned Cookie Monster and Oscar the Grouch murder hobo legion lurking in the shadows of every storefront will start to go apeshit-. Mothafucka, are you listening, Gator? Tell Terminal Lance to get his ass in gear and keep those motherfuckers away from my ride! Put salami sandwich at the front on his exfil and this shit better go fucking swimmingly. If that motherfucker cum guzzles some motherfucking lead monster sperm on my watch, Corpsman will not be able to patch his bitch ass up in time, and it will be Hell on Earth when the shit stain bukkake brigade gets their way. Here's your motherfucking pizza, you fairy asswipe. Don't touch my Dr. Pepper..." He said taking a fat slice and gobbling down most of it in one breath.
Corpsman Bill: "Damn, Gunny. That was sexy! Here's your fucking bones for the pie, that's two Dubs and some coins, aaaand what in the flying fuck is Yui Hirasawa doing crossing my God Damned Street again? That's the third time in the past twenty minutes. Seriously, what the fuck is that shit? That better be a motherfucking Gibson Les Paul Sunburst in that God Damned Guitar case on her back and not a fucking cache of P-90s. Scoping that fucking loli, and she's got Azunyan-Chan with the God damned violin case, wait, correction, that's a fucking cello case, and they're lugging that shit to what I can only assume isn't Mugi's grandma's house. Looks like they've been pulling music and concert cases out of that minivan in front of the plaza, and parked it directly across the street from Shitbag Central. "
Corpsman Bill: "I swear to fucking Jesus, if Mugi shows up next with a motherfucking canvas wrapped tube slung over her shoulder, I'm going to assume it's a stinger launcher and not a fucking digeridoo. They didn't use a digeridoo in motherfucking Fua Fua Time, and if that's not a trio on their way to motherfucking Juliaird, and they're going all renegade Natalie Portman in Leon the Professional, I'm going to have a bad fucking time."
*Pulls the Multispec scope up to 10x*
"Checking that shit out, and it looks like Hokago Tea Time over there is up to no good. What the fuck Gator? Look at the backscatter X-ray on this shit. They're kitted out and ready to do the fucking dirty. What lolicon motherfucker called Pizza Hut to hire the three 20-30 somethings for a Lolita hit squad on our dry run?! This is bullshit. Are those bitches Triple Canopy or what? Hoes better not be motherfucking Speznas either. What in the fuck, Mugi's mean muggin the Bago. She's looking right at me. Did we get made? God Damn it. Who the fuck are they? Are they Langley?
*'Mugi' discretely flips him off where only he can see it*
Corpsman Bill: "Motherfucker... That fucking does it!"
Gunny Wilson: "Oh yeah. They're here to party, Bill."
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Chapter II - Light Music Club Isn't fucking Around Baltimore, Maryland - February, 2nd 2008
After flipping off Corpsman Bill, Eight flung her hair back, she ties it in a ponytail, and turns to walk back across the street.
Number 8: "Can you hear me fuck boy? That's cute with the K-on bit, you fucking lolicon scumbag motherfucker. Yo Six, you hear this fuckwad?"
Number 6: "Yep, dumb motherfucker forgot about the CrossCom uplink with Cent. You're on a hot mic with local AO dickbreath, the rest of your team is solid."
Corpsman Bill: "Awe fuck me running", Bill muttered.
Number 8: "You ready to do this shit, or are you just going to be oogling us through your pervert scope with your dick in your hand, cough, Fag."
Lt. Gator: "Now, now, ladies. Please contain your orgasms and homicidal ideations. We're all on the same team here."
Number 6: "Eat a dick, Lieutenant"
Number 5: "Six, knock it off. Let's play nice with fuckboy brigade and get this fucking show on the road. Culty asswipes are crawling all over the fucking place here. Read?"
Number 6: "Copy that, 5."
Number 5: "Good. And for the record, Corpsman, your knowledge of K-On is fucking uncanny. Do you wear school girl dresses in your mom's basement?"
Corpsman Bill: "God damn it, I don't have to take this shit…."
Number 5: "Whatever weeb. Anyways, here's a SITREP. Something pissed off that cult leader dickhead Otis Spunkmeyer aka Russel, and all of those Oscar the Grouch motherfuckers are looking out for someone big to show up. Looks like they're expecting VIPs. You know what that means?"
Lt. Gator: "What's that, Five?"
Number 5: "It means, Lieutenant, that the fucking cookie monster fuckwad brigade is going to be distracted for the next 13 minutes, and those child sacrificing cultist dickbreaths will be looking to brown nose to make that fucker Russel happy. Seven, you see anything pretty from your nest?"
Number 7/Overwatch: "Negative, Five. Looks like the Sesame Street convention is waiting around with their dicks in their hands for the moment."
Number 5: "Copy that. Look, Gator. You see that corner office on the 17th floor? That's where shit weasel extraordinaire is supposed to have the meet with whoever is showing up. We can't get a good read on audio because the motherfucker has white noise on the windows. Some culty garbage metal band we never fucking heard of. Laser mics aren't going to do shit for now. We need to find a way to get ears inside that room, and three quote unquote 'high school girls' aren't about to get fucking railed by fucking nasty walking into that fucking heathen's nest. Got any bright ideas?"
Lt. Gator: "Can you have someone from cent do a brush pass with a listening device?"
Number 5: "Got motherfuckers from cookie monster brigade already looking out for that shit. We had an informant within their perimeter security already, but he got popped in the fucking tart two hours ago. Apparently he wasn't properly indoctrinated in Serpent protocol, and got interrogated by a proselytizer. That's when he slipped up. Now that fucker Russel is keeping an eye out for interlopers and apostates. This shit is going to get a lot more difficult to get someone on the inside."
Lt. Gator: "Please tell me you've got a solution, Five…"
Number 6: "We could cause a power surge and overload that floors breakers, and kill the noise, but that would just piss that fucker off and they would hold the meet in a different room. We need that fucking window so we can pop a visual from the spider drones we have set up on the surrounding buildings."
Gunny Wilson: "What I wouldn't do for some noise cancel right now."
Number 7/Overwatch: "Yeah, no shit. We didn't deploy until about 45 minutes ago and we're late to the punch bowl. We've got 12 mins until mystery VIPs drop by, so we've got to get this shit figured out fast."
Lt. Gator: "Copy that five, we'll work on a solution, give us a minute"
LCpl Todd: "How about we send Charlie Brown aka Professor Chaos in there, Gator?"
Lt. Gator: "Negative, Lance. If those fuckers ID him it's fucking curtains. Gunny, got any bright ideas?"
Gunny Wilson: "Wait for the VIPs to show and tag one of their entourage with a listening device from across the street."
Number 5: "Can you pull that off, Gunny?"
Gunny Wilson: "No can do, Five. Will have to get danger close, and those Oscars and Cookie monsters will be swarming the VIPs on the lookout the minute they roll up."
LCpl Todd: "Well, why not tag one of the VIPs with a sticky? Overwatch, you got darts or what?"
Number 7/Overwatch: "If I don't get him on something thick, he'll feel it tag him as soon as it hits him. If they become wise, this shit cavity becomes a hornet's nest."
Lt. Gator: "What do you think, Five?"
Number 5: "It's the best option I've heard so far, so fuck it. Yeah."
Lt. Gator: "Okay, so tag one of the VIPs the minute they step out of the motorcade. If we're lucky, the greaseball fuckwad is wearing a fur coat."
Number 7/Overwatch: "Copy that. And speaking of greaseballs, there they come now. ETA 25 seconds. Looks like they're hauling ass."
Number 5: "Yeah, guessing Otis Spunkmeyer's got these motherfuckers on a tight schedule. Time it right, we only got one shot at this..."
Number 7/Overwatch: "Yeah, on it. Looks like it's the towncar... Ready for joy"
*The three vehicle motorcade pulled to a stop in front of the steps to dirtbag haven. Four armed guards hopped out of the lead and rear vehicle each, and the driver hopped out of the VIP middle vehicle and opened the door.*
Number 7/Overwatch: "Aaaaand holy motherfucking shit. Look who the fuck is popping out..."
Lt. Gator: "Oh fuck. That's Senator Calvin McCoulough. Standby..."
Gunny Wilson: "He's the Executive Director of the Weyland-Yutani fuckwad brigade, right?"
Number 7/Overwatch: "Take the fucking shot or not?"
Number 5: "Fuck that. Tag his ass!"
*There was a muffled click as the dart tagged the senator on his shoulder pad, just as his driver closed his passenger side door behind him. The dart was no bigger than a tailor's pin*
Number 7/Overwatch: "Bug's on his jacket"
Lt. Gator: "Audio confirmed. Let's see what this fucker does..."
*The senator's cell phone trilled and he pulled it out of his pocket. He stared at the screen momentarily and answered*
Senator McCoulough: "Yeah? No. Not a good time Brett, I'm about to be in a meeting with someone very important. Yes. I know, they usually do. Yeah, I know. I'll have to call you back. Yeah. Bye." He then hung up the phone and slid it back into his pocket.
Number 5: "Overwatch, you get audio too?"
Number 7/Overwatch: "Confirmed, Five. Looks like dickbreath was talking to 'Brett' so and so. We'll have Cent dig in and find out who the fuck that is..."
Gunny Wilson: "And there they go."
*Four of the armed guards followed Senator McCoulough from behind, while four led the way.*
Number 6: "You know who his goons might be working for, Lieutenant?"
Lt. Gator: "They don't look like secret service or PMC, let alone your typical Guidos. Look what they're wearing. Those are wool overcoats and tweed jackets. You see that fuckwad in the front, doesn't he look familiar?"
Number 5: "I saw that same motherfucker inside of Royal's Bank in the executive lounge... What the fuck is going on?"
Command: "Five Actual. This is command."
Number 5: "Go ahead command."
Command: "Stand down."
Number 5: "What the fuck do you mean, stand down?"
Command: "Do it. That's a fucking order."
*Five mouthed the words "Fuck" without uttering a sound*
Gunny Wilson: "What the fuck, command?"
Command: "That's above your fucking paygrade, Gunnery Sergeant. Scrub the God damned OP. NOW!"
Gunny Wilson: "What the-"
*Gator held his hand up to Gunny and they exchanged glances*
Command: "What the fuck is the hold up. Scrub the fucking mission and abort, or I'll put all of your asses in Leavenworth."
Lt. Gator: "Copy that, command. Standing down. You all heard him. Party's over."
Gator and gunny exchanged glances, and Lance stared at 5. The fire in her eyes could melt steel. The audio recording was still live from Senator McCoulough's bug as they made their way to the elevators. Shortly after the doors closed, the signal cut off. Using hand signals, 5 threw up two fingers to 7 in her nest. 7 Nodded. Gator and Gunny saw this on cams and said nothing. When the elevator doors to the 17th floor opens, the audio signal from the bug cut back on...
Command: "I don't think I've made myself abundantly clear. Abort the fucking mission. Lieutenant. 5. That means kill the coms too."
Everyone shook their heads and muttered strings of epithets. Lance yanked out his ear bud and 5 crossed her arms, looking across the street at 6. 6 threw her hands up. Gator then threw his headset on the counter in the van. "FUCK!". 7 Spit out the Grizzly wintergreen tucked in her lip, and muttered, "Shit on a fucking biscuit..."
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Sergei: Phone rings - Takes a bite of his club sandwich and checks the screen, and rolls his eyes.
Andrei: Looks at him with a grin "It's her isn't it?"
Sergei: Finishes chewing and takes a sip of Mountain Dew, then answering the call "I thought you were in Boston today.
Natalia: "What, to get a Samuel Adams and a fucking potato? Get real! This is serious. I'm on a layover in Baltimore until 2, and then it's over to JFK. Did you get those pics I sent you, baby?"
Sergei: Furrows his brows to Andrei who saw the pics
Andrei: Smiles
Sergei: "Yeah, I got them alright. And I've got to say, that was fucking nice. How much were those? That shit was fucking golden!"
Natalia: "Well, you know, baby. It doesn't come cheap but Haji was able to pull some strings with Customs and talked to his uncle at the consulate. One thing led to another, and he got your dad exactly what he wanted for Christmas. Even got you and Dre an extra box for the party.
Sergei: Grinning now "It was fucking perfect. You're a doll for that one, sweetie. Dre loves them to, Right Dre?"
Andrei: "They're God damned tits compared to that cheap Honduran crap." Lighting a Cuban cigar with a wooden match
Natalia: "Well, enjoy. Look, I've got to get moving. I gotta pick up something to eat before I catch my next flight."
Ralphie: Walks into the kitchen with his Xbox headset on "Fuck you! Yeah? So's your mom! What? I'm straighter than the pole your mom dances on, you fairy!"
Sergei: "Damn it, Ralphie! Manners." Whispers "Your stepmom is on the phone."
Ralphie: "Shit." Yells "Hi, Nat!"
Natalia: On speakerphone "Hiiiii Ralphie! Did you get the thing I sent you?"
Ralphie: "Yes, Nat. It's fucking rad!"
Sergei: "Ralphie! Language!"
Andrei: Takes a puff and chuckles "He's going to be a rockstar in no time. That's an original Fender Stratocaster!"
Sergei: "Yeah, my Jimi Hendrix over here…." Picks up a magazine and fans the smoke away as he walks into the living room for a more private conversation and tosses the January copy of Fortune 500 onto the couch "Natalia, look. I know we haven't got a chance to see each other, but I miss you, so God-Damned-Much…" slides open the patio door and steps out onto the balcony "It got me to thinking, you know. It's been what two weeks since we," Pauses and smiles, beaming "went to that crab restaurant and you were wearing that dress, and we went back to your place and-"
Natalia: "Yes, Serj, I remember…" She said with a giggle "and that cute waitress with the rack was hitting on you in front of me the whole time. She's lucky she was so hot, or I wouldn't have tipped her so well…"
Sergei: "Well, you know. If you were that into her we could have had her over to your place too, for a little minage et toi"
Natalia: "Slow your roll there, cowboy! I don't like pussy that much. Speaking of which, that bitch Shiniqua at the office did her nails again."
Sergei: *Frowns* "Doesn't she spend like $300 on her God damned nails every fucking week?"
Natalia: "Well she can afford it." Sighs "Bitch is fine as fuck and she knows it too. That's why she's so stuck up."
Sergei: "Doesn't she have that hot sister, what's her name?"
Natalia: "Oh! Right. The one you fucked before we got together. How in the Hell do you not remember her name?"
Sergei: "Oh, come on Nat, it was just a one night stand, and I was drunk, and she was persuasive…"
Natalia: "Serj, and hoe with titties is persuasive enough to get you in the God damned sack. Seriously, stop thinking with your fucking dick for once."
Sergei: "Look, I'm sorry babe. It's about business. Her uncle works the State Department, right?"
Natalia: sighs annoyed "Yeah, he's like a secretary or liason to the adjuctant or something like that. Why?"
Sergei: "I need you to see if her sister, what's her name with the nails?"
Natalia: "Shiniqua…"
Sergei: "See if Shiniqua can get me the goods on his boss. I hear the guy is really connected with mineral extraction firms, and I need to find out about that oil rig off of the coast of Juneau, Alaska."
Natalia: "Seriously, what the Hell is so important about some nosebleed rig off the coast of Juneau for crying out loud?" Loudspeaker blares in the distance "Look honey, I've got to catch my next flight. Can we do this later?"
Sergei: "Okay, but the next trime you speak to her, I need you to ask her if she can schedule a meet and greet with her uncle at the next banquet at the yacht club. I'll buy him and his wife a damned table. Seriously, though. We need to get him on board before the Governor's ball."
Natalia: "OKay, okay. I'll do it. You'll be lucky if that stuck up assed hoe goes for it though. She'll want something in return, and it'll be about more than just her expensive ass nails."
Sergei: "Okay, whatever she needs, we'll pull the strings to get it done. I love you babe. Have fun in New York…"
Natalia: "Yeah. And don't go getting shithoused at the bar with Andrei and end up plowing some floozie while I'm gone either. I'll cut your fuckin' balls off, you know…"
Sergei: Sighs while pinching his nose "I know. Love you."
Natalia: "Love you too sweetie. I'll call you when I get to my hotel room."
Sergei: "Okay baby. I can't wait for you to come home next week…"
Natalia: "More like your dong can't wait for this ass next week!"
Sergei: Laughs
Natalia: "Yeah. That's what I thought. Byeeeee!" Hangs up
Sergei: Leans against the railing on the balcony and takes a deep breath of the cold and crisp night air, before heading back in.
Andrei: "Good talk?" Putting out the cigar by cutting the end off with a cigar cutter and putting the cherry into an ashtray
Sergei: "She said she'll talk to her coworker about getting Brett to sit down for a meet and greet."
Andrei: "It's important, Sergei. His boss works for the Foundation. You won't find a record of his involvement anywhere in State Department files."
Sergei: "Seriously?"
Andrei: Chuckles "They don't friggin exist! Remember?"
Sergei: "Right…"
Andrei: "If we can get a sit down with him, he can get us connected to what's under Juneau. Once we've got access to that, we can step up the next phase of our operations."
Sergei: "And What the Hell is so important about fucking Juneau of all places anyways? I thought it was just a stupid oil rig."
Andrei: "That's not all it is Sergei… It's what's under the sea floor. The "Thingy" they uncovered when they were drilling."
Sergei: knits his brow "What in the Hell is the "Thingy"?"
Andrei: Tucks the stogie into a glass cigar case "That depends." whispers "Do you believe in aliens?"
Sergei: "I think you've had too much to drink, Uncle."
Andrei: "I kid you not."
Sergei: "Get out of here. No way!"
Andrei: "It's just rumor for now, but if it's a match for what the Old Gaurd found in Enurmino back in '25…"
Sergei: "You mean…"
Andrei: "Da."
Sergei: "So the legends are true then?"
Andrei: "No fucking joke."
Sergei: "Like," looks around then lowers his voice to a whisper "like Lizard people?"
Andrei: Looking around, puts his finger to his lips and nods
Sergei: mouths the words "Holy shit!"
Andrei: "Yeah that's what I'm saying. God Damned dinosaurs! Very rare. One of a kind."
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Chapter I - Todd is a brave man... Baltimore, Maryland - February, 2nd 2008
Lance Corporal Todd and Professor Chaos milled about in front of the kielbasa stand munching down some dogs with kraut, and washing it back with lemonade.
LCpl Todd: "Maaaan. A Milkor only holds 6 grenades at a time, that's like over 300+ cultists armed with HK MP5s, M4s, AK-47s, .50 Cal damn nests in the lobby, and fucking Scar heavys for the buildings security forces, not counting RPG-7s with thermobaric to take out vehicles and personnel and shit, and God damned stingers on the rooftops to take out fucking choppers in my immediate fucking AO. How in the fuck am I supposed cum dumpster that many shitheads by myself when the shit goes down? This isn't even a standard M32A1 for fucks sake! What South African shithole did they get this piece of junk from? Literally, Bill's Discount Firearms Emporium? Do I clusterfuck their shit into a quadruple cross and let them know they're ripping each other off now? Could cause a Mexican standoff and resultant shootout. That would be convenient, or do they fuck and fill my holes with bukkake and sacrifice me first? This is fucking clown shoes man. Fucking clown shoes... Fucking cults, man."
That plaza was relatively clear of cult operative activity which was focused on the front lobby of the building across the street and a block away.
Lieutentant Dan "Gator" watched the cams feed from the van.
Lt. Gator: "Look shitbreath, you gotta keep your balls on the prize. The SCIP is the prize. Nuts to butt and keep that fucker in front of you and use him like a God damned meat shield. If he gets popped we're fucked, so don't let that shit happen or Skippy Peanut Butter Company hits us with a O5 containment clusterfuck of crunchy dildos, and the last thing we need is Domo Arigato Mr. Roboto's cyborg service from fucking Styx singing "Come Sail Away" and Shanghai our asses on the Highway to the the God Damned Danger Zone. You know what they do to cornholes there for the fuckups? "
LCpl Todd, muttering under his breath, swiveled back toward the dogs cart, as a suspicious group of college aged/military aged males strolled by, being very chalant and looking around. Professor Chaos took point and fiddle fucked his blackberry absentmindedly while looking out of his perhipherals.
Lt. Gator: "Are you listening Top Gun? Fucking Use peanut boy Downtown Charlie Brown as a God damned salami sandwich and keep those fucking cookie monsters the fuck away from the Winnebago. Also, do NOT let anything happen to him and keep him in proximity. Got it? Also, where the fuck is Gunny? He should've been back with the Dominos to throw pepperoni at this motherfucker 5 minutes ago..."
LCpl Todd: "Just gotta ask, Maverick...err. Gator. Why in the living fuck do we keep using Sesame Street lingo?"
Lt. Gator: "Because the sick motherfuckers plow kids and post it to the deep web on a God damned website called motherfucking Sesame Street. Weren't you at the brief?"
LCpl Todd: "I Was, but I had to take a shit for like 5 minutes, so I guess I missed that part..."
Lt. Gator: "God damn it, Lance. Eat some motherfucking peanut butter crackers from the vending machine next time. It'll make you fucking constipated so you don't have to blow ass during God damned brief."
Gunny Wilson: "Boy, the fuck is wrong with yo' ass? Keep that Cookie Monster Lord summoning muthafucka the fuck away from my camper! The last thing I need is for Charlie Brown's cock holster to barf up a God damned queef spell with some Wizard shit on it during my mothafucking engagement, and end up pissing off Skippy and Jif management enough to pop us with God damned orbital bombardment. Ask that piece of cultist pedophile bait if this is where he saw himself being at the age of twenty six."
Professor Chaos: "Just another day, living the fucking dream, Sir. Seriously though, This is fucked up."
Gunny Wilson: "I swear, if Otis Spunkmeyer goes kamikaze with the Sesame Street Brigade, the God Damned Cookie Monster and Oscar the Grouch murder hobo legion lurking in the shadows of every storefront will start to go apeshit-. Mothafucka, are you listening, Gator? Tell Terminal Lance to get his ass in gear and keep those motherfuckers away from my ride! Put salami sandwich at the front on his exfil and this shit better go fucking swimmingly. If that motherfucker cum guzzles some motherfucking lead monster sperm on my watch, Corpsman will not be able to patch his bitch ass up in time, and it will be Hell on Earth when the shit stain bukkake brigade gets their way. Here's your motherfucking pizza, you fairy asswipe. Don't touch my Dr. Pepper..." He said taking a fat slice and gobbling down most of it in one breath.
Corpsman Bill: "Damn, Gunny. That was sexy! Here's your fucking bones for the pie, that's two Dubs and some coins, aaaand what in the flying fuck is Yui Hirasawa doing crossing my God Damned Street again? That's the third time in the past twenty minutes. Seriously, what the fuck is that shit? That better be a motherfucking Gibson Les Paul Sunburst in that God Damned Guitar case on her back and not a fucking cache of P-90s. Scoping that fucking loli, and she's got Azunyan-Chan with the God damned violin case, wait, correction, that's a fucking cello case, and they're lugging that shit to what I can only assume isn't Mugi's grandma's house. Looks like they've been pulling music and concert cases out of that minivan in front of the plaza, and parked it directly across the street from Shitbag Central. "
Corpsman Bill: "I swear to fucking Jesus, if Mugi shows up next with a motherfucking canvas wrapped tube slung over her shoulder, I'm going to assume it's a stinger launcher and not a fucking digeridoo. They didn't use a digeridoo in motherfucking Fua Fua Time, and if that's not a trio on their way to motherfucking Juliaird, and they're going all renegade Natalie Portman in Leon the Professional, I'm going to have a bad fucking time."
*Pulls the Multispec scope up to 10x*
"Checking that shit out, and it looks like Hokago Tea Time over there is up to no good. What the fuck Gator? Look at the backscatter X-ray on this shit. They're kitted out and ready to do the fucking dirty. What lolicon motherfucker called Pizza Hut to hire the three 20-30 somethings for a Lolita hit squad on our dry run?! This is bullshit. Are those bitches Triple Canopy or what? Hoes better not be motherfucking Speznas either. What in the fuck, Mugi's mean muggin the Bago. She's looking right at me. Did we get made? God Damn it. Who the fuck are they? Are they Langley?
*'Mugi' discretely flips him off where only he can see it*
Corpsman Bill: "Motherfucker... That fucking does it!"
Gunny Wilson: "Oh yeah. They're here to party, Bill."
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Chapter II - Light Music Club Isn't fucking Around Baltimore, Maryland - February, 2nd 2008
After flipping off Corpsman Bill, Eight flung her hair back, she ties it in a ponytail, and turns to walk back across the street.
Number 8: "Can you hear me fuck boy? That's cute with the K-on bit, you fucking lolicon scumbag motherfucker. Yo Six, you hear this fuckwad?"
Number 6: "Yep, dumb motherfucker forgot about the CrossCom uplink with Cent. You're on a hot mic with local AO dickbreath, the rest of your team is solid."
Corpsman Bill: "Awe fuck me running", Bill muttered.
Number 8: "You ready to do this shit, or are you just going to be oogling us through your pervert scope with your dick in your hand, cough, Fag."
Lt. Gator: "Now, now, ladies. Please contain your orgasms and homicidal ideations. We're all on the same team here."
Number 6: "Eat a dick, Lieutenant"
Number 5: "Six, knock it off. Let's play nice with fuckboy brigade and get this fucking show on the road. Culty asswipes are crawling all over the fucking place here. Read?"
Number 6: "Copy that, 5."
Number 5: "Good. And for the record, Corpsman, your knowledge of K-On is fucking uncanny. Do you wear school girl dresses in your mom's basement?"
Corpsman Bill: "God damn it, I don't have to take this shit…."
Number 5: "Whatever weeb. Anyways, here's a SITREP. Something pissed off that cult leader dickhead Otis Spunkmeyer aka Russel, and all of those Oscar the Grouch motherfuckers are looking out for someone big to show up. Looks like they're expecting VIPs. You know what that means?"
Lt. Gator: "What's that, Five?"
Number 5: "It means, Lieutenant, that the fucking cookie monster fuckwad brigade is going to be distracted for the next 13 minutes, and those child sacrificing cultist dickbreaths will be looking to brown nose to make that fucker Russel happy. Seven, you see anything pretty from your nest?"
Number 7/Overwatch: "Negative, Five. Looks like the Sesame Street convention is waiting around with their dicks in their hands for the moment."
Number 5: "Copy that. Look, Gator. You see that corner office on the 17th floor? That's where shit weasel extraordinaire is supposed to have the meet with whoever is showing up. We can't get a good read on audio because the motherfucker has white noise on the windows. Some culty garbage metal band we never fucking heard of. Laser mics aren't going to do shit for now. We need to find a way to get ears inside that room, and three quote unquote 'high school girls' aren't about to get fucking railed by fucking nasty walking into that fucking heathen's nest. Got any bright ideas?"
Lt. Gator: "Can you have someone from cent do a brush pass with a listening device?"
Number 5: "Got motherfuckers from cookie monster brigade already looking out for that shit. We had an informant within their perimeter security already, but he got popped in the fucking tart two hours ago. Apparently he wasn't properly indoctrinated in Serpent protocol, and got interrogated by a proselytizer. That's when he slipped up. Now that fucker Russel is keeping an eye out for interlopers and apostates. This shit is going to get a lot more difficult to get someone on the inside."
Lt. Gator: "Please tell me you've got a solution, Five…"
Number 6: "We could cause a power surge and overload that floors breakers, and kill the noise, but that would just piss that fucker off and they would hold the meet in a different room. We need that fucking window so we can pop a visual from the spider drones we have set up on the surrounding buildings."
Gunny Wilson: "What I wouldn't do for some noise cancel right now."
Number 7/Overwatch: "Yeah, no shit. We didn't deploy until about 45 minutes ago and we're late to the punch bowl. We've got 12 mins until mystery VIPs drop by, so we've got to get this shit figured out fast."
Lt. Gator: "Copy that five, we'll work on a solution, give us a minute"
LCpl Todd: "How about we send Charlie Brown aka Professor Chaos in there, Gator?"
Lt. Gator: "Negative, Lance. If those fuckers ID him it's fucking curtains. Gunny, got any bright ideas?"
Gunny Wilson: "Wait for the VIPs to show and tag one of their entourage with a listening device from across the street."
Number 5: "Can you pull that off, Gunny?"
Gunny Wilson: "No can do, Five. Will have to get danger close, and those Oscars and Cookie monsters will be swarming the VIPs on the lookout the minute they roll up."
LCpl Todd: "Well, why not tag one of the VIPs with a sticky? Overwatch, you got darts or what?"
Number 7/Overwatch: "If I don't get him on something thick, he'll feel it tag him as soon as it hits him. If they become wise, this shit cavity becomes a hornet's nest."
Lt. Gator: "What do you think, Five?"
Number 5: "It's the best option I've heard so far, so fuck it. Yeah."
Lt. Gator: "Okay, so tag one of the VIPs the minute they step out of the motorcade. If we're lucky, the greaseball fuckwad is wearing a fur coat."
Number 7/Overwatch: "Copy that. And speaking of greaseballs, there they come now. ETA 25 seconds. Looks like they're hauling ass."
Number 5: "Yeah, guessing Otis Spunkmeyer's got these motherfuckers on a tight schedule. Time it right, we only got one shot at this..."
Number 7/Overwatch: "Yeah, on it. Looks like it's the towncar... Ready for joy"
*The three vehicle motorcade pulled to a stop in front of the steps to dirtbag haven. Four armed guards hopped out of the lead and rear vehicle each, and the driver hopped out of the VIP middle vehicle and opened the door.*
Number 7/Overwatch: "Aaaaand holy motherfucking shit. Look who the fuck is popping out..."
Lt. Gator: "Oh fuck. That's Senator Calvin McCoulough. Standby..."
Gunny Wilson: "He's the Executive Director of the Weyland-Yutani fuckwad brigade, right?"
Number 7/Overwatch: "Take the fucking shot or not?"
Number 5: "Fuck that. Tag his ass!"
*There was a muffled click as the dart tagged the senator on his shoulder pad, just as his driver closed his passenger side door behind him. The dart was no bigger than a tailor's pin*
Number 7/Overwatch: "Bug's on his jacket"
Lt. Gator: "Audio confirmed. Let's see what this fucker does..."
*The senator's cell phone trilled and he pulled it out of his pocket. He stared at the screen momentarily and answered*
Senator McCoulough: "Yeah? No. Not a good time Brett, I'm about to be in a meeting with someone very important. Yes. I know, they usually do. Yeah, I know. I'll have to call you back. Yeah. Bye." He then hung up the phone and slid it back into his pocket.
Number 5: "Overwatch, you get audio too?"
Number 7/Overwatch: "Confirmed, Five. Looks like dickbreath was talking to 'Brett' so and so. We'll have Cent dig in and find out who the fuck that is..."
Gunny Wilson: "And there they go."
*Four of the armed guards followed Senator McCoulough from behind, while four led the way.*
Number 6: "You know who his goons might be working for, Lieutenant?"
Lt. Gator: "They don't look like secret service or PMC, let alone your typical Guidos. Look what they're wearing. Those are wool overcoats and tweed jackets. You see that fuckwad in the front, doesn't he look familiar?"
Number 5: "I saw that same motherfucker inside of Royal's Bank in the executive lounge... What the fuck is going on?"
Command: "Five Actual. This is command."
Number 5: "Go ahead command."
Command: "Stand down."
Number 5: "What the fuck do you mean, stand down?"
Command: "Do it. That's a fucking order."
*Five mouthed the words "Fuck" without uttering a sound*
Gunny Wilson: "What the fuck, command?"
Command: "That's above your fucking paygrade, Gunnery Sergeant. Scrub the God damned OP. NOW!"
Gunny Wilson: "What the-"
*Gator held his hand up to Gunny and they exchanged glances*
Command: "What the fuck is the hold up. Scrub the fucking mission and abort, or I'll put all of your asses in Leavenworth."
Lt. Gator: "Copy that, command. Standing down. You all heard him. Party's over."
Gator and gunny exchanged glances, and Lance stared at 5. The fire in her eyes could melt steel. The audio recording was still live from Senator McCoulough's bug as they made their way to the elevators. Shortly after the doors closed, the signal cut off. Using hand signals, 5 threw up two fingers to 7 in her nest. 7 Nodded. Gator and Gunny saw this on cams and said nothing. When the elevator doors to the 17th floor opens, the audio signal from the bug cut back on...
Command: "I don't think I've made myself abundantly clear. Abort the fucking mission. Lieutenant. 5. That means kill the coms too."
Everyone shook their heads and muttered strings of epithets. Lance yanked out his ear bud and 5 crossed her arms, looking across the street at 6. 6 threw her hands up. Gator then threw his headset on the counter in the van. "FUCK!". 7 Spit out the Grizzly wintergreen tucked in her lip, and muttered, "Shit on a fucking biscuit..."
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2024.05.11 01:42 tjackso6 Kendrick Lamar V Drake - A Postmortem Analysis
Now that some time has passed and we’ve all had a chance to process the insanity of last weekends events, I figured I’d go back to the beginning of the beef and see if anything stuck out as note worthy now in hindsight. The following is a blow-by-blow account of one of the biggest rap beefs in Hip Hop History.
10/06 - First Person Shooter
-Drake and Cole colab on a song for Drakes album For All The Dogs. Cole makes reference to the “Big Three” in rap referring to himself Drake and Kendrick. Drake or his team reach out to Kendrick for a feature, however Kendrick ignores the request.
03/22 - Like That
-Kendrick, salty to see FPS turn into a huge hit, and bitter with himself for not being man enough to get past his own insecurities and accept Drakes request for feature decides to run his mouth
04/13 - Push Ups
-Drakes been poking at kendrick since he dropped the Control verse and he’s HYPED that Kendrick finally came direct
-Whoo Kid Tag - Subtle enough at the time that it could really just seem like a call back to the GUNIT beefs from the 00’s… but the fact Whoo Kid had nothing to do with the production on the song, ya gotta think it made Kendrick pause for a second and wonder
-“I be with some bodyguards like Whitney”
-“Rolling Loud stage, y'all were turnt, that was slick as hell Shit'll probably change if your BM starts to kiss and tell”
04/24 - Taylor Made Freestyle
-The 2pac verse really is diabolical. It’s no longer just about responding to Drake. Drake paints Kendrick into a corner to where he basically HAS to respond. If not, he’ll be letting down the entire west coast and be disgracing the torch that Pac and Snoop have passed on to him.
-“I know you in that NY apartment… you better have a quintuple entendre”… The closing lines had to make Kendrick’s stomach drop when he heard them. “He knows… and if he knows I’m living in NY, and he’s bringing it up then he must know WHY I’m living in NY”
04/30 - Euphoria
-Kendrick starts by trying his best to preempt what he already knows is coming. He begins laying the groundwork for a narrative that Drake is a liar and a “master manipulator.” He’s already trying to discredit things that Drake hasn’t even mentioned yet.
-Kendrick is the first one to directly bring family into the beef with the bars about Drake being a shitty father and not teaching his son how to be a man
-KENDRICK LAMAR — The KING of meticulously crafted lyrics somehow fucks up a line about the movie AI and confuses the guy who stared in it with a television evangelist?? It might not be a huge deal, but it seems like an unforced error by KDot and very out of character considering his reputation as a perfectionist.
-He seems to know exactly what Drake’s going to say about his son and BM
-Kendrick tries hard to portray himself as the voice of the black community at large, and to make his personal grievances against Drake into those of “the culture”
05/03 - 6:16 In LA
-Kendrick doubles down on the attempt to portray Drake as liar.
-He again tries to discredit things that Drake still hasn’t brought up at this point. “Smell somebody lying, I don’t see no fire” essentially, whatever Drake’s about to say is just smoke - without the fire. There’s no basis for his lies
-Kendrick laughably tries to play off the fact that he’s been spending time in Brooklyn just for the pizza
-Again tries to discredit what’s coming as “propaganda”
05/03 - Family Matters
-Drakes RED BUTTON
-I think it’s probably fair to say Drake has always felt some type of way about Kendricks accolades over the course of their careers. He says as much with the first line in the third verse when he mocks the fact that Kendrick seems to get a grammy every time he opens his stupid mouth. -Drake goes on to completely humiliate Kendrick by dismantling his entire persona as a positive role mode for “the culture”. This isn’t just Drake getting back at Kendrick. He’s finally getting back at all the institutions and media outlets that have dismissed him as being pop or R&B — someone not worthy of wearing the Hip Hop crown.
-If anything, this is Drakes only miscalculation. He underestimates the backlash and fury from everyone that crowned KDot as the black messiah and the savior of black culture over the last decade. Those people have skin in the game and their own credibility on the line and by exposing Kendrick, Drake makes them look like fools as well.
-The closing lines echo in your head after only a few listens. “There’s nowhere to hide, there’s nowhere to hide, you know what I mean……”
05/04 - Meet The Grahams
-Kendrick’s HAIL MARRY - He’s been completely exposed. He’s been stripped bare of everything he’s pretended to be. He’s never extorted anyone. He’s never been a gangster. He’s always been the short kid getting picked on by the bullies. He’s not present as a father. He’s not a good husband. He’s not a role model for the community that’s bent over backwards to shower him with praise and accolades. He’s a fraud and the worst part is, even Kendrick knows it.
-And so what do you do when you’ve got no where else to hide and nothing meaningful to use for your rebuttal? You call the other guy a pedophile. You say most brutal and heinous things you can think of so at the very least you can change the subject to something other than the huge revelations about your personal life that were just made public.
-And…the entirety of Hip Hop world is shocked lol.. Meet the Grahams is without a doubt the most brutal thing I’ve ever heard put to wax. I didn’t even know what to think when I heard it, and I think it probably got a similar reaction from Drake and his camp.
05/04 - Not Like Us
-Damage control. Kendrick realizes he may have overplayed his hand with the completely fabricated story of an illegitimate daughter, so he tries to double down on the pedophilia accusations and culture war because at least there’s SOME basis for it in Drake’s history — even if every time the media has tried to play that angle every girl implicated has come out in Drake’s defense.
-Now that Kendrick has basically flipped over table and successfully put Drake on the defensive his last play is to make a song with a catchy beat and some replay value so that the conversation stays on Drake, and stays off Kendrick’s own damaging revelations.
05/05 - THE HEART PART 6
-Drake is still kinda dumbfounded by the events of the last 48 hours.
-He does what he can to ice the wounds and salvage his reputation.
-He tries his best to capitalize on Kendrick’s misstep about the estranged daughter and sell it as misinformation that OVO fed to Kendrick intentionally. This seems unlikely at best, since they would have absolutely saved some receipts to share as proof for later. But, since Drake knows the information isn’t true there’s nothing to lose by saying his camp planted the false narrative to trip Kendrick up. What could Kendrick possibly say to refute this? That he wasn’t fed the false information and simply made the whole thing up himself?
-It’s very common for people who suffered from sexual trauma as children to end up hyper-vigilant towards any sign of these behaviors when they become adults. Drake plays the only card he’s got left and questions if this might be the real motivation behind Kendrick’s baseless claims of pedophilia.
-However it’s clear Drake doesn’t actually believe Kendrick was a victim of abuse because he closes the song by pointing out the hypocrisy of Kendrick coming to R Kelly’s defense.
-It’s pretty clear from the entire song that Drake is on his back foot and trying his best to bring the situation back to a place where he’s in control. This entire thing has spiraled in a direction that he did not anticipate.
05/10 - The Verdict
-Ultimately, there is no winner. Regardless of the lack of factual basis for any of Kendrick’s allegations, it’s clearly not a great look for Drake. A large percentage of the Hip-Hop world now believes that he’s some kind of Jeffery Epstein protege, operating a sex trafficking ring out of The Embassy with a staff of predators on his payroll. Kendrick might not have had a red button he could press, but he sure as fuck made good on the promise of Mutually Assured Destruction. He was put in a no-win situation where the best he could do was force a draw.
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10/06 - First Person Shooter
-Drake and Cole colab on a song for Drakes album For All The Dogs. Cole makes reference to the “Big Three” in rap referring to himself Drake and Kendrick. Drake or his team reach out to Kendrick for a feature, however Kendrick ignores the request.
03/22 - Like That
-Kendrick, salty to see FPS turn into a huge hit, and bitter with himself for not being man enough to get past his own insecurities and accept Drakes request for feature decides to run his mouth
04/13 - Push Ups
-Drakes been poking at kendrick since he dropped the Control verse and he’s HYPED that Kendrick finally came direct
-Whoo Kid Tag - Subtle enough at the time that it could really just seem like a call back to the GUNIT beefs from the 00’s… but the fact Whoo Kid had nothing to do with the production on the song, ya gotta think it made Kendrick pause for a second and wonder
-“I be with some bodyguards like Whitney”
-“Rolling Loud stage, y'all were turnt, that was slick as hell Shit'll probably change if your BM starts to kiss and tell”
04/24 - Taylor Made Freestyle
-The 2pac verse really is diabolical. It’s no longer just about responding to Drake. Drake paints Kendrick into a corner to where he basically HAS to respond. If not, he’ll be letting down the entire west coast and be disgracing the torch that Pac and Snoop have passed on to him.
-“I know you in that NY apartment… you better have a quintuple entendre”… The closing lines had to make Kendrick’s stomach drop when he heard them. “He knows… and if he knows I’m living in NY, and he’s bringing it up then he must know WHY I’m living in NY”
04/30 - Euphoria
-Kendrick starts by trying his best to preempt what he already knows is coming. He begins laying the groundwork for a narrative that Drake is a liar and a “master manipulator.” He’s already trying to discredit things that Drake hasn’t even mentioned yet.
-Kendrick is the first one to directly bring family into the beef with the bars about Drake being a shitty father and not teaching his son how to be a man
-KENDRICK LAMAR — The KING of meticulously crafted lyrics somehow fucks up a line about the movie AI and confuses the guy who stared in it with a television evangelist?? It might not be a huge deal, but it seems like an unforced error by KDot and very out of character considering his reputation as a perfectionist.
-He seems to know exactly what Drake’s going to say about his son and BM
-Kendrick tries hard to portray himself as the voice of the black community at large, and to make his personal grievances against Drake into those of “the culture”
05/03 - 6:16 In LA
-Kendrick doubles down on the attempt to portray Drake as liar.
-He again tries to discredit things that Drake still hasn’t brought up at this point. “Smell somebody lying, I don’t see no fire” essentially, whatever Drake’s about to say is just smoke - without the fire. There’s no basis for his lies
-Kendrick laughably tries to play off the fact that he’s been spending time in Brooklyn just for the pizza
-Again tries to discredit what’s coming as “propaganda”
05/03 - Family Matters
-Drakes RED BUTTON
-I think it’s probably fair to say Drake has always felt some type of way about Kendricks accolades over the course of their careers. He says as much with the first line in the third verse when he mocks the fact that Kendrick seems to get a grammy every time he opens his stupid mouth. -Drake goes on to completely humiliate Kendrick by dismantling his entire persona as a positive role mode for “the culture”. This isn’t just Drake getting back at Kendrick. He’s finally getting back at all the institutions and media outlets that have dismissed him as being pop or R&B — someone not worthy of wearing the Hip Hop crown.
-If anything, this is Drakes only miscalculation. He underestimates the backlash and fury from everyone that crowned KDot as the black messiah and the savior of black culture over the last decade. Those people have skin in the game and their own credibility on the line and by exposing Kendrick, Drake makes them look like fools as well.
-The closing lines echo in your head after only a few listens. “There’s nowhere to hide, there’s nowhere to hide, you know what I mean……”
05/04 - Meet The Grahams
-Kendrick’s HAIL MARRY - He’s been completely exposed. He’s been stripped bare of everything he’s pretended to be. He’s never extorted anyone. He’s never been a gangster. He’s always been the short kid getting picked on by the bullies. He’s not present as a father. He’s not a good husband. He’s not a role model for the community that’s bent over backwards to shower him with praise and accolades. He’s a fraud and the worst part is, even Kendrick knows it.
-And so what do you do when you’ve got no where else to hide and nothing meaningful to use for your rebuttal? You call the other guy a pedophile. You say most brutal and heinous things you can think of so at the very least you can change the subject to something other than the huge revelations about your personal life that were just made public.
-And…the entirety of Hip Hop world is shocked lol.. Meet the Grahams is without a doubt the most brutal thing I’ve ever heard put to wax. I didn’t even know what to think when I heard it, and I think it probably got a similar reaction from Drake and his camp.
05/04 - Not Like Us
-Damage control. Kendrick realizes he may have overplayed his hand with the completely fabricated story of an illegitimate daughter, so he tries to double down on the pedophilia accusations and culture war because at least there’s SOME basis for it in Drake’s history — even if every time the media has tried to play that angle every girl implicated has come out in Drake’s defense.
-Now that Kendrick has basically flipped over table and successfully put Drake on the defensive his last play is to make a song with a catchy beat and some replay value so that the conversation stays on Drake, and stays off Kendrick’s own damaging revelations.
05/05 - THE HEART PART 6
-Drake is still kinda dumbfounded by the events of the last 48 hours.
-He does what he can to ice the wounds and salvage his reputation.
-He tries his best to capitalize on Kendrick’s misstep about the estranged daughter and sell it as misinformation that OVO fed to Kendrick intentionally. This seems unlikely at best, since they would have absolutely saved some receipts to share as proof for later. But, since Drake knows the information isn’t true there’s nothing to lose by saying his camp planted the false narrative to trip Kendrick up. What could Kendrick possibly say to refute this? That he wasn’t fed the false information and simply made the whole thing up himself?
-It’s very common for people who suffered from sexual trauma as children to end up hyper-vigilant towards any sign of these behaviors when they become adults. Drake plays the only card he’s got left and questions if this might be the real motivation behind Kendrick’s baseless claims of pedophilia.
-However it’s clear Drake doesn’t actually believe Kendrick was a victim of abuse because he closes the song by pointing out the hypocrisy of Kendrick coming to R Kelly’s defense.
-It’s pretty clear from the entire song that Drake is on his back foot and trying his best to bring the situation back to a place where he’s in control. This entire thing has spiraled in a direction that he did not anticipate.
05/10 - The Verdict
-Ultimately, there is no winner. Regardless of the lack of factual basis for any of Kendrick’s allegations, it’s clearly not a great look for Drake. A large percentage of the Hip-Hop world now believes that he’s some kind of Jeffery Epstein protege, operating a sex trafficking ring out of The Embassy with a staff of predators on his payroll. Kendrick might not have had a red button he could press, but he sure as fuck made good on the promise of Mutually Assured Destruction. He was put in a no-win situation where the best he could do was force a draw.
2024.05.09 18:57 Icy-Funny-142 What Google Easter eggs do you suggest me to add in my presentation?
Yeah I'm planning to make a presentation in this program so can you suggest me what easter eggs should I add in my presentation only 1 comment can say. In the presentation there is going to be some easter eggs from Google
Google Search:
Games (e.g PacMan Text Adventure and more suggestions)
Search (e.g Askew do a barrel rool etc)
Self-explanatory (e.g flip a coin Blink HTML etc)
And.... Some Android version easter eggs and some Google Maps easter eggs
Only 1 comment can give me some easter eggs and that's it
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Google Search:
Games (e.g PacMan Text Adventure and more suggestions)
Search (e.g Askew do a barrel rool etc)
Self-explanatory (e.g flip a coin Blink HTML etc)
And.... Some Android version easter eggs and some Google Maps easter eggs
Only 1 comment can give me some easter eggs and that's it
2024.05.09 05:23 Camp-North Sleepaway Camp
Sleepaway Camp
Exploring the Magic of Sleepaway Camps: A Gateway to Growth and Adventure
Summer is synonymous with freedom, adventure, and growth for many children and adolescents. And what better way to encapsulate all these elements than by spending a few weeks away from home at a sleepaway camp? Sleepaway camps offer a unique opportunity for kids to step out of their comfort zones, forge new friendships, and develop valuable life skills in a nurturing and adventurous environment.
Building Independence
One of the most significant benefits of attending a sleepaway camp is the chance for children to cultivate independence. Away from the familiar routines of home life, campers are tasked with making decisions, managing their time, and navigating social interactions largely on their own. Whether it's choosing activities for the day, resolving conflicts with cabin mates, or simply learning to take care of themselves away from parental guidance, camp fosters a sense of autonomy that is invaluable for personal growth.
Nurturing Social Skills
In today's increasingly digital world, face-to-face social interaction is a skill that children often need to actively develop. Sleepaway camps provide the perfect environment for this. Living in close quarters with a diverse group of peers from different backgrounds fosters empathy, communication skills, and teamwork. From working together on a campfire skit to overcoming obstacles on a ropes course, campers learn to collaborate and appreciate the strengths of others, forming bonds that can last a lifetime.
Connecting with Nature
In an age dominated by screens and indoor activities, sleepaway camps offer a welcome reprieve by reconnecting children with the great outdoors. Whether nestled in the mountains, by a lake, or in the woods, camps provide the perfect backdrop for adventure and exploration. From swimming and hiking to archery and kayaking, campers have the chance to try new activities and develop a deeper appreciation for nature and the environment.
Fostering Resilience
Life is full of challenges, and camp is no exception. From homesickness to navigating social dynamics, campers inevitably encounter obstacles during their time away. However, it's often these challenges that provide the greatest opportunities for growth. By facing setbacks and learning to adapt in a supportive environment, children develop resilience and confidence in their ability to overcome adversity—a skill that will serve them well long after they return home.
Creating Lasting Memories
Beyond the personal growth and development, perhaps the most enduring aspect of sleepaway camps is the memories they create. From late-night cabin chats to singing songs around the campfire, camp experiences are filled with moments of laughter, camaraderie, and pure joy. Whether it's swapping stories with friends, reminiscing about campfire s'mores, or flipping through photo albums years later, the memories made at sleepaway camp are cherished for a lifetime.
In conclusion, sleepaway camps offer children a unique opportunity to explore, grow, and connect in a nurturing and adventurous environment. From building independence and social skills to fostering resilience and creating lasting memories, the benefits of attending camp extend far beyond the summer months. So, if you're looking for a transformative experience for your child, consider sending them off on a summer adventure they'll never forget—a sleepaway camp awaits!
Camp North Star is situated in beautiful Poland Spring, Maine, surrounded by many beautiful and natural landscapes that we get to share and enjoy with our campers. Trips are offered every session and happen on the days we are not on our normal activity schedule. Trip days are a time to relax and enjoy time with friends and bunkmates.
Camp North Star is the top premier Maine sleepaway camp for boys & girls. We offer the best overnight summer camps for kids & teens in New England. Call Now: (207)998-4777.
We give Different types of camp north star like-
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Exploring the Magic of Sleepaway Camps: A Gateway to Growth and Adventure
Summer is synonymous with freedom, adventure, and growth for many children and adolescents. And what better way to encapsulate all these elements than by spending a few weeks away from home at a sleepaway camp? Sleepaway camps offer a unique opportunity for kids to step out of their comfort zones, forge new friendships, and develop valuable life skills in a nurturing and adventurous environment.
Building Independence
One of the most significant benefits of attending a sleepaway camp is the chance for children to cultivate independence. Away from the familiar routines of home life, campers are tasked with making decisions, managing their time, and navigating social interactions largely on their own. Whether it's choosing activities for the day, resolving conflicts with cabin mates, or simply learning to take care of themselves away from parental guidance, camp fosters a sense of autonomy that is invaluable for personal growth.
Nurturing Social Skills
In today's increasingly digital world, face-to-face social interaction is a skill that children often need to actively develop. Sleepaway camps provide the perfect environment for this. Living in close quarters with a diverse group of peers from different backgrounds fosters empathy, communication skills, and teamwork. From working together on a campfire skit to overcoming obstacles on a ropes course, campers learn to collaborate and appreciate the strengths of others, forming bonds that can last a lifetime.
Connecting with Nature
In an age dominated by screens and indoor activities, sleepaway camps offer a welcome reprieve by reconnecting children with the great outdoors. Whether nestled in the mountains, by a lake, or in the woods, camps provide the perfect backdrop for adventure and exploration. From swimming and hiking to archery and kayaking, campers have the chance to try new activities and develop a deeper appreciation for nature and the environment.
Fostering Resilience
Life is full of challenges, and camp is no exception. From homesickness to navigating social dynamics, campers inevitably encounter obstacles during their time away. However, it's often these challenges that provide the greatest opportunities for growth. By facing setbacks and learning to adapt in a supportive environment, children develop resilience and confidence in their ability to overcome adversity—a skill that will serve them well long after they return home.
Creating Lasting Memories
Beyond the personal growth and development, perhaps the most enduring aspect of sleepaway camps is the memories they create. From late-night cabin chats to singing songs around the campfire, camp experiences are filled with moments of laughter, camaraderie, and pure joy. Whether it's swapping stories with friends, reminiscing about campfire s'mores, or flipping through photo albums years later, the memories made at sleepaway camp are cherished for a lifetime.
In conclusion, sleepaway camps offer children a unique opportunity to explore, grow, and connect in a nurturing and adventurous environment. From building independence and social skills to fostering resilience and creating lasting memories, the benefits of attending camp extend far beyond the summer months. So, if you're looking for a transformative experience for your child, consider sending them off on a summer adventure they'll never forget—a sleepaway camp awaits!
Camp North Star is situated in beautiful Poland Spring, Maine, surrounded by many beautiful and natural landscapes that we get to share and enjoy with our campers. Trips are offered every session and happen on the days we are not on our normal activity schedule. Trip days are a time to relax and enjoy time with friends and bunkmates.
Camp North Star is the top premier Maine sleepaway camp for boys & girls. We offer the best overnight summer camps for kids & teens in New England. Call Now: (207)998-4777.
We give Different types of camp north star like-
- Sleep away Camp
- Summer Camp
- Sport Camp
- Boys & Girl Camp
2024.05.09 04:56 Universe12000 Remember the Irvine house with camper and do not enter posted. Getting flipped. Sold for $1MM in Jan
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2024.05.09 03:11 mad77chev Bigger wheel?
Hello, I don't currently have a photo of my camper but I have a 1984 rockwood popup, I want it to sit up a little taller to better pull behind my jeep and not drag it on the ground when going down trails. I flipped the axle already and that helped but not enough. I'm looking to go with a bigger tire and wheel. I currently have 5.70-8 tire/wheel, I'm looking at getting 4.80-12 tires and wheels. Would that lift it up a little more and how would it do pulling down the road compared to the 5.70-8?
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2024.05.09 00:56 sir_swiggity_sam Brookville IN EF1
 | Tornado came through around 9 or so last night, about 10 minutes from my house. My family has been going to this camp since before i was born lots of memorys here, but we'll get it cleaned up. Thankfully no one was hurt the rest of the camp looks as bad as our lot a couple of campers/trailer homes flipped and rolled. submitted by sir_swiggity_sam to tornado [link] [comments] |
2024.05.08 20:41 BonesJackson My weekly grocery deal list 5/8 - 5/14
Sunday is Mother's Day, people. Cook something nice for your mom if you can. All these stores have flowers, too.
Safeway: 4x point items denoted with asterisk (*)
Tri-Tip untrimmed twin pack $3.97/lb digital coupon
Hass avocados $0.97/ea digital coupon limit 4
Pork Loin Chops bone-in $2.47/lb
Shrimp raw 21-25ct $3.97/lb in a 2lb bag digital coupon limit 4
Tillamook shredded, sliced, cracker cuts, or cream cheese 6.5-8oz$2.47/ea digital coupon
Lucerne creamer 32oz or Simply Orange OJ 52oz $2.97/ea digital coupon limit 4
Pepperidge Farms assorted cookies 5-8.6oz $2.47/ea digital coupon limit 4
Strawberries 1lb, Blueberries 6oz buy 1 get 1
Corn 4 for $1
*Kraft Mac n Cheese 4 for $5
Doritos, Tostitos, Cheetos, Funyuns mix n match buy 2 get 2
Coca-Cola 12pk cans, Dasani water 24pk, Smartwater 8pk, Topo Chico Sabores 8pk buy 2 get 2
Stouffer's or Lean Cuisine frozen dinners, Hot Pockets, Croissant Pockets $2.49/ea when you buy 4
Rocky Free Range Whole Chicken $1.79/lb
Johnsonville ground sausage 16oz or breakfast sausage 12oz $3.99/ea
Cantaloupe 2 for $6 digital coupon
Bugles, Chex Mix, or Gardetto's 7.5-8.75oz $1.99/ea digital coupon
Chobani greek yogurt $0.89/ea digital coupon limit 12
Chobani Flip or Creations greek yogurt $0.97/ea
Lucerne butter 16oz $3.99/ea digital coupon
Knorr rice or pasta sides 4.3-5.7 $0.99/ea digital coupon
Signature select apple juice 64oz $1.99/ea digital coupon
*Oscar Mayer deli fresh or carving board lunch meat 7-9oz $3.99/ea digital coupon
Signature select baked entree family size 24-28oz $2 off digital coupon
*Tide detergent 132-146oz $15.99/ea digital coupon limit 1
*El Monterey burritos or chimichangas family size 30-32oz $3.99 digital coupon
*Frito-Lay variety pack 28ct assorted chips $12.97/ea digital coupon limit 2
*Purex detergent 128-150oz $7.97/ea digital coupon
Mangoes 10 for $10
Fresh Express salad blends 5-11oz 3 for $10
Cucumbers or Green Peppers 10 for $10
Deli Footlong sandwich $5 Friday only
Signature Select Classic salad 32-48oz $5 Friday only
80-20 Ground Beef 2lbs for $5 Friday only
Deli Ham or American Cheese $5/lb Friday only
Fuji Apples 5 for $5
Lucky:
FREEBIE FRIDAY Oikos Remix yogurt 4.5oz digital coupon limit 1
Foster Farms Chicken dark meat maxx pack buy 1 get 1
Beef Ribeye $7.97/lb limit 2
Strawberries 1lb, Blackberries or Blueberries 6oz $1.99/ea
Pineapples, Cantaloupe, or mini Watermelons buy 1 get 1
Roma Tomatoes or white onions $0.99/lb Coca Cola or 7UP products mix n match buy 2 get 2
Lay's assorted or Sun Chips $1.99/ea when you buy 4
Quaker cereal $1.99/ea when you buy 2
Hunt's Tomato sauce 8oz 10 for $10
Cheetos Mac n Cheese assorted 10 for $10
Oreos family size $2.99 limit 1 <-- no coupon so multiple transactions ok
Simply Lemonade or Fruit Punch 52oz 2 for $5
Cherries $3.99/lb Fri Sat Sun
Asparagus tray pack $1.99/lb F S S
Farmer John smoked bacon 12oz $3.99 F S S limit 2
Sunnyside Farms Ice Cream 48oz $2.99/ea F S S
Calidad Tortilla Chips 10-11oz 2 for $3 F S S
Old El Paso taco shells 10-12ct $1.99
Sunnyside farms butter 1lb $4.99 digital coupon limit 2
Pepsi 24pk cans, Rockstar 10pk cans, Gatorade water 6pk 1 liter $9.99 digital coupon
Bolthouse Farms OJ 52oz $5 digital coupon
Frito-Lay Multi pack chips 42oz $19.99 digital coupon
Tide Liquid Detergent 105oz $12.99 digital coupon
Farmer John Pork sausage links 8oz $2 limit 4
Fresh live oysters $0.99/ea <--- is that a good price? I've never cooked oysters
Taki's snacks 9.9oz or 7UP 2 liters mix n match buy 2 get 2
Shasta sodas 12pk cans buy 2 get 1
Sunny Select Apple Juice 64oz 2 for $7
Pringles Party size chips $2.99
Rao's Pasta Sauce buy 1 jar get 1 Ra's Pasta 1lb free
Nob Hill:
Asparagus $2.97/lb
Raley's water 24pk bottles $2.47 digital coupon limit 4
Ritz Crackers 8.8-13.7oz $2.47/ea digital coupon limit 4
Fritos or Cheetos $2.77/ea digital coupon limit 4
Ghirardelli Cookie Mix 16.75oz or Brownie mix 18-20oz $2.77/ea digital coupon limit 4
Magnum ice cream bars or Talenti Gelato $2.97 digital coupon limit 4
Pepperidge Farm Milano cookies $2.97 digital coupon limit 4
General Mills large size cereals 12-18.2oz $3.47 digital coupon limit 4
Cascade ActionPacs 11-14ct or Dawn Dish Soap 32.7-38oz $4.97 digital coupon limit 4
Strawberries 2lb or blueberries 18oz $3.97 digital coupon limit 4
Salmon Whole Fillet $6.97/lb digital coupon limit 4
Raley's Large Eggs AA $2.97/ea digital coupon limit 4
Farmer John's Sausage Links 8oz $1.47 digital coupon limit 4
Tomatoes on the vine or Broccoli crowns 3lbs for $5 Monday only
Purple Artichokes 2 for $6
Raley's smoked platter Bacon $5/lb Monday only limit 6lbs
Galbani Mozzarella Cheese 16oz or Gallo Italian Dry Salame or Pepperoni 12-15oz $5/ea Monday only limit 4
Raley's ground pork sausage 16oz $4.99/ea
Smart & Final:
Strawberries 1lb 2 for $4
Pears red or bosc $0.99/lb
Vidalia onions $0.99/lb
Yellow bell peppers $1.49/lb
Artichokes 2 for $5
Simply Orange OJ 2 for $7
Yoplait Yogurt variety packs 8 6oz $4.49/ea
La Croix sparkling water 8pk 12oz cans $2.99/ea limit 4
Family Size Oreos or Ritz assorted 2 for $7
Dino Nuggets 64-72oz $9.99 digital coupon limit 4
Powerade 28oz $0.89/ea digital coupon limit 6
Tide Liquid detergent 84-92oz or Tide Pods 25-42ct $9.99/ea digital coupon limit 1
Foster Farms chicken drumsticks $1.49/lb
Squirt, Canada Dry, 7UP, or A&W 12pk cans 12oz $5.99/ea when you buy 3
First Street bottled water 35pk 16.9oz $3.99/ea when you buy 3
Dole Fruit Juice 59oz $2.99/ea
Honey Bunches of Oats 48oz $7.89/ea
Chex Mix club size 40oz $8.99/ea
Guerrero Flour Tortillas 10ct $1.99/ea digital coupon limit 4
El Super:
Mangoes 2 for $0.99
Whole Chicken Breast bone-in $1.99
Oranges 2lbs for $0.99
Potatoes 10lb bag $1.99/ea
Rice long grain 4lbs $3.29/ea
Pure Cane Sugar 4lbs $3.49/ea
Watermelon 3lbs for $0.99 Weds Sat Sun only
Small Hass Avocados 3 for $0.99 Weds only
Pineapples 2lbs for $0.99 Weds only
Bananas 2lbs for $0.99 Weds only
Roma Tomatoes $0.69/lb Weds only
Mexican Squash 2lbs for $0.99 Weds only
Green Beans $0.99/lb Weds only
Papayas $0.79/lb Weds only
Strawberries 16oz or Blueberries 6oz 2 for $3 Weds only
Coca Cola or Sprite 18pk cans 12oz $9.49/ea when you buy 2
Gatorade 12pk 12oz bottles $7.49/ea when you buy 2
Fresh Squeezed OJ 16oz $3.99, 32oz $7.49, 64oz $10.99 Sat Sun only
Pasta La Moderna 7oz 3 for $0.99
Essential Everyday canned corn 15.25oz $0.9/ea
Foster Farms whole chicken $1.79/lb
Chicken drumsticks $0.99/lb
Pork Neck Bones or Trotters $1.99/lb Thurs only
Cucumbers 3 for $0.99
Corn 2 for $0.99
White onions 2lbs for $0.99
Cantaloupe or Honeydew melons 2lbs for $0.99
Cilantro 3 for $0.99
Jicama 2lbs for $0.99
Green cabbage 2lbs for $0.99
Celery 2 for $0.99
Carrots $0.69/lb
Lemons $0.69/lb
Fuji or Red Delicious apples $0.79/lb
Roma Tomatoes or Persian Cucumbers $0.77/lb
Tomatillos $0.89/lb
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2024.05.08 08:11 Camp-North Sleepaway Camp
Sleepaway Camp
Exploring the Magic of Sleepaway Camps: A Gateway to Growth and Adventure
Summer is synonymous with freedom, adventure, and growth for many children and adolescents. And what better way to encapsulate all these elements than by spending a few weeks away from home at a sleepaway camp? Sleepaway camps offer a unique opportunity for kids to step out of their comfort zones, forge new friendships, and develop valuable life skills in a nurturing and adventurous environment.
Building Independence
One of the most significant benefits of attending a sleepaway camp is the chance for children to cultivate independence. Away from the familiar routines of home life, campers are tasked with making decisions, managing their time, and navigating social interactions largely on their own. Whether it's choosing activities for the day, resolving conflicts with cabin mates, or simply learning to take care of themselves away from parental guidance, camp fosters a sense of autonomy that is invaluable for personal growth.
Nurturing Social Skills
In today's increasingly digital world, face-to-face social interaction is a skill that children often need to actively develop. Sleepaway camps provide the perfect environment for this. Living in close quarters with a diverse group of peers from different backgrounds fosters empathy, communication skills, and teamwork. From working together on a campfire skit to overcoming obstacles on a ropes course, campers learn to collaborate and appreciate the strengths of others, forming bonds that can last a lifetime.
Connecting with Nature
In an age dominated by screens and indoor activities, sleepaway camps offer a welcome reprieve by reconnecting children with the great outdoors. Whether nestled in the mountains, by a lake, or in the woods, camps provide the perfect backdrop for adventure and exploration. From swimming and hiking to archery and kayaking, campers have the chance to try new activities and develop a deeper appreciation for nature and the environment.
Fostering Resilience
Life is full of challenges, and camp is no exception. From homesickness to navigating social dynamics, campers inevitably encounter obstacles during their time away. However, it's often these challenges that provide the greatest opportunities for growth. By facing setbacks and learning to adapt in a supportive environment, children develop resilience and confidence in their ability to overcome adversity—a skill that will serve them well long after they return home.
Creating Lasting Memories
Beyond the personal growth and development, perhaps the most enduring aspect of sleepaway camps is the memories they create. From late-night cabin chats to singing songs around the campfire, camp experiences are filled with moments of laughter, camaraderie, and pure joy. Whether it's swapping stories with friends, reminiscing about campfire s'mores, or flipping through photo albums years later, the memories made at sleepaway camp are cherished for a lifetime.
In conclusion, sleepaway camps offer children a unique opportunity to explore, grow, and connect in a nurturing and adventurous environment. From building independence and social skills to fostering resilience and creating lasting memories, the benefits of attending camp extend far beyond the summer months. So, if you're looking for a transformative experience for your child, consider sending them off on a summer adventure they'll never forget—a sleepaway camp awaits!
Camp North Star is situated in beautiful Poland Spring, Maine, surrounded by many beautiful and natural landscapes that we get to share and enjoy with our campers. Trips are offered every session and happen on the days we are not on our normal activity schedule. Trip days are a time to relax and enjoy time with friends and bunkmates.
Camp North Star is the top premier Maine sleepaway camp for boys & girls. We offer the best overnight summer camps for kids & teens in New England. Call Now: (207)998-4777.
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Exploring the Magic of Sleepaway Camps: A Gateway to Growth and Adventure
Summer is synonymous with freedom, adventure, and growth for many children and adolescents. And what better way to encapsulate all these elements than by spending a few weeks away from home at a sleepaway camp? Sleepaway camps offer a unique opportunity for kids to step out of their comfort zones, forge new friendships, and develop valuable life skills in a nurturing and adventurous environment.
Building Independence
One of the most significant benefits of attending a sleepaway camp is the chance for children to cultivate independence. Away from the familiar routines of home life, campers are tasked with making decisions, managing their time, and navigating social interactions largely on their own. Whether it's choosing activities for the day, resolving conflicts with cabin mates, or simply learning to take care of themselves away from parental guidance, camp fosters a sense of autonomy that is invaluable for personal growth.
Nurturing Social Skills
In today's increasingly digital world, face-to-face social interaction is a skill that children often need to actively develop. Sleepaway camps provide the perfect environment for this. Living in close quarters with a diverse group of peers from different backgrounds fosters empathy, communication skills, and teamwork. From working together on a campfire skit to overcoming obstacles on a ropes course, campers learn to collaborate and appreciate the strengths of others, forming bonds that can last a lifetime.
Connecting with Nature
In an age dominated by screens and indoor activities, sleepaway camps offer a welcome reprieve by reconnecting children with the great outdoors. Whether nestled in the mountains, by a lake, or in the woods, camps provide the perfect backdrop for adventure and exploration. From swimming and hiking to archery and kayaking, campers have the chance to try new activities and develop a deeper appreciation for nature and the environment.
Fostering Resilience
Life is full of challenges, and camp is no exception. From homesickness to navigating social dynamics, campers inevitably encounter obstacles during their time away. However, it's often these challenges that provide the greatest opportunities for growth. By facing setbacks and learning to adapt in a supportive environment, children develop resilience and confidence in their ability to overcome adversity—a skill that will serve them well long after they return home.
Creating Lasting Memories
Beyond the personal growth and development, perhaps the most enduring aspect of sleepaway camps is the memories they create. From late-night cabin chats to singing songs around the campfire, camp experiences are filled with moments of laughter, camaraderie, and pure joy. Whether it's swapping stories with friends, reminiscing about campfire s'mores, or flipping through photo albums years later, the memories made at sleepaway camp are cherished for a lifetime.
In conclusion, sleepaway camps offer children a unique opportunity to explore, grow, and connect in a nurturing and adventurous environment. From building independence and social skills to fostering resilience and creating lasting memories, the benefits of attending camp extend far beyond the summer months. So, if you're looking for a transformative experience for your child, consider sending them off on a summer adventure they'll never forget—a sleepaway camp awaits!
Camp North Star is situated in beautiful Poland Spring, Maine, surrounded by many beautiful and natural landscapes that we get to share and enjoy with our campers. Trips are offered every session and happen on the days we are not on our normal activity schedule. Trip days are a time to relax and enjoy time with friends and bunkmates.
Camp North Star is the top premier Maine sleepaway camp for boys & girls. We offer the best overnight summer camps for kids & teens in New England. Call Now: (207)998-4777.
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2024.05.08 06:01 Alternative-Drop-924 Advice needed
So I just realized that who I thought I would be with forever is not who they appeared to be. After years of bad relationships I thought I had found my everything. I actually trusted them and that’s hard for me. I built my life around them. I took his child in and treated it like my own. And today he flipped out. Our truck is in the shop and he couldn’t get anyone to give us a ride and it made him mad he said. So he starting screaming and kicked a whole in the bedroom door, ripped our awning on our camper to shreds( it was brand new, literally just put up a week ago) and we rent. Called me a stupid b***h. Screamed from outside so all our neighbors could hear. And then threw his helmet at his 16yrd old and left walking. Now he’s apologized to us both but idc. I never thought he would act like that and I asked over and over for him to please stop yelling and slamming doors. And for hours it just kept on. I kept telling him someone was gonna call the cops if he didn’t quiet down. I feel like my trust in him is gone and I won’t look at him the same. I know it’s nothing major he did but he knew about things from past and I don’t like fighting and arguing. I’m just wondering if I’m being stupid and silly. How would someone else had handled it? Normally I would stand up for myself but I was in shock that he was acting like that.
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2024.05.07 23:07 AEWBulletClub1016 WWW Friday Night Flame #1
WWW Friday Night Flame (May 3. 2024) (Wembley Stadium, London)
Becky Lynch vs Isla Dawn- tournament
To kick off the show is Becky Lynch vs Isla Dawn in the women’s championship quarterfinals.
Becky Lynch locks up with Isla Dawn and dominates early in the match starting to work on Isla’s arm hitting arm drags, arm kicks, etc for like 10 minutes . Becky gets Isla Dawn goes up top and looks for a Leg drop but Isla capitalizes and hits a 619 leg sweep off the top causing Becky to land on the back of her neck. Isla goes for the pin after that hard impact 1…2. Becky kicks out. Isla sits Becky up and measures her for a rear European uppercut right to the back of the neck. Isla continues assault kicking and punching her on the ground. She sits her up again and hits her with a Penalty Kick for the cover again 1..2 kick out again. Isla picks her up with a wrist lock and hits the wristlock suplex before trying to go for it again but Becky catches it and hits her with a suplex getting some time to recuperate. Becky gets back up and lays Isla out with strikes and kicks and targeting the arm again she picks her up and hits a wristlock suplex of her own before locking in the Disarm her causing Isla to eventually tap out.
Roman Reigns is interviewed backstage and says “I’m going to win the whole tournament and I am gonna prove why I am the tribal chief and I will be the tribal chief of the United Kingdom” he leaves
Adam Page vs Eric Young- tourney first round
When the bell rings, the maniac Eric Young goes right after Adam page and starts pounding on him in the corner with shoulder thrusts and punches over and over again before Adam page throws him in the corner and starts clotheslining him before Irish whipping him to the other corner and hitting a shoulder thrust before putting on the top rope. But Eric grabs him and hangman dragon sleepers him from the turnbuckle trying to choke out Adam before letting go and hitting a diving moonsault but Adam catches him and hits him a fallaway slam for the cover 1..2 kick out by Eric. Adam page doesn’t waste time picking him back up hits jab after jab before hitting a discus elbow causing him to Fall into the ropes bouncing Eric back Eric hits a Superkick but Adam bounces off and hit a Superkick of his own making Eric bouncing off the ropes again he hit a swinging neck breaker falling on top of the cover 1…2… Adam page kicks out. Both are tired laying on the ground. They eventually get back up and start trading blows again back and forth before Adam page hits a huge big boot knocking him down in the corner. Adam page line Eric up and hits him with a running low drop kick right to the face. Adam page goes to the top moonsault 1…2… kick out by Eric. They continue trading momentum for another 5 minutes before Eric young sets up for a Death Valley driver… Adam page grabs onto the ropes and ends up pulling his way to the apron and elbows Eric out of his way and hits rhe BUCKSHOT LARIAT FLIPPING ERIC INSIDE OUT 1…2…3 ADAM PAGE WINS!
MCMG vs Acclaimed- tag quarterfinals
The bell rings. Alex Shelley and Anthony Bowens shake hands to start the match. Having a good 5 minute of grappling going back and forth before Alex Shelley tags in Sabin. Sabin immediately springboards into the ring ducks under bowens and hits a springboard arm drag on bowens running back at him for a hurricarana into the acclaimed’s corner. Max tags in and they start trading blows back and forth for a couple minutes before max caster takes out Shelley too and tags bowens back and bowens tags caster back. bowens hits the arrival followed by the mic drop by Caster. 1…..2…. SHELLEY BREAKs it up. Shelley start fighting back and caster and bowens, taking bowens out of the ring but caster throws Shelley in the corner and start punching him in the corner. Shelley fights back and gets caster in the corner before Sabin gets back up and hits a running hesitation elbow on caster… Sabin drags caster to his side of the ring and tags in Shelley. Sabin picks caster backwards on the top turnbuckle, and they hit the MADE IN DETROIT 1…2…3
MCMG are going to the semifinals
Damage CTRL comes out and talks about their time in WWE and says that it’s time for them to run WWW.
Dakota Kai grabs a mic and says, “I’ve been leader of Damage CTRL for a little while and it’s time for me to prove myself here in the United Kingdom, just like I proved myself in the States, I don’t care what you people think but I want to show why I am the future of women’s wrestling period. I will prove why I am the future of WWW.” Dakota drops the mic with damage CTRL cheering on kota.
Leon Slater vs Michael Oku- tournament first round
The bell rings and they go back and forth for a good while. Trading strikes, grapples, reversals, eventually Leon gets the upper hand and hits a beautiful drop kick on Oku. Leon slater then goes for a springboard Moonsault but Oku moves and Slater lands on his feet and gets caught with a Superkick causing him to bounce off the rope, Oku ducks under him and hits him with a knee to the face and goes up top for a frog splash 8 minutes into the match’. But Slater reverses… and handsprings off the ropes and hits a back elbow before quickly climbing the top looking for a 450 Swanton Bomb but Oku catches his legs and locks in the Half crab causing slater to tap out
Charlotte Flair vs Kay Lee Ray- tournament
They both are ready to win. Alba Fyre is being cheered loudly which throws Charlotte off her game which allows alba fyre to charge Charlotte flair immediately getting her in the corner and throwing punches and kicks until the ref breaks them up Lee Ray looks for a running attack in the corner but s flair side steps and hits a huge chop across the chest of Kay. She chops her a couple more times causing her to fall to the ground. She starts targeting Kay’s leg stomping it, stretching it and just pounding it against the mat. She looks to lock in the figure 4 early but Kay kicks her knee and gets out of it and starts pounding on Charlotte, and stomping on Charlotte’s leg. Trying to hurt the leg so she can’t lock in the figure 4. She continues assaults the leg. Locking her in a leg lock. Till Charlotte gets to the rope. Kay then hits a nice kick to the chest before kicking her chest again and again until Charlotte collapses. Kay goes on the top rope. Swanton bomb? No Charlotte rolls over near the ropes and runs Kay Lee while she’s trying to get up and hits a Natural Selection. 1…2… NO KLR KICKS OUT. Charlotte is shocked and looks to lock in the figure 4 holding it trying to the figure 8 but her legs give out and KLR gets the chance to roll up Charlotte 1…2… CHARLOTTE KICKS OUT KLR gets back up but Charlotte runs at her for the big boot but KLR ducks and gets hit with a huge Superkick. Stunning Charlotte, she gets picked up and hit with the KLR BOMB 1…2…3
KAY LEE RAY ADVANCES!
Sheamus comes out and says “I know that I am in the world title tournament, but I still want to win the trios championship with my two favorite fellas, Pete Dunne & Ridge Holland. Gallus comes out and mocks Sheamus saying. “You had just returned to wrestling less then a week ago and that you aren’t even looking the best he has at his worse, you look like you sat at home all day and did nothing. And that is why we will be the one to win the trios championships”. GOD Comes out and interrupts and Tama says, “We’ve been without gold for a while and that it’s our time to win the gold. And we prove everyone why we are the best trio in the whole damn world.” Sanity comes out to a huge pop for Killian Dain and Eric young say “when I we wrestling in the states there was never a trios title where they came from and that if we did then would’ve won it then and now we’re gonna win them now!” The Undisputed Era come out and Roderick Strong says “Eric, stop acting like you guys are all that, we’ve beaten you multiple times, you guys don’t deserve shit and if anyone deserves the trio championship Its the Undisputed Er—- LWO comes out and Dragon Lee says “Rod, Roddy, shut your mouth, you don’t deserve shit. The LWO has worked their ass off everywhere and WE will be the first ever WWW trios champion.” UNITED Empire’s TJP, Francesco Akira & Henare come out. TJP Says “you guys are working really must be working your ass off considering you guys can’t even win a match: if anyone had worked their ass off it is the United empire who’s been winning titles all over the world”OTM comes out and Scrypt says “we have been slowly evolving and proving our self, so that’s why want to be the trios champions.” Team Filthy comes out and Tom lawlor says “that We have been working more than anyone and said they deserve titles more than anyone in the whole wrestling industry”’There all in the ring as tensions rise but then you here the intro of the bullet club war dogs… David Finlay, Gabe Kidd and Chase Owens come out to a big pop and Finlay says, “We came here with a purpose and that is it dominate world wide just like every other Bullet Club has.” David Finlay then out of nowhere hits Tom Lawlor with the Prima in the face and brawl breaks out til security breaks all 24 men up. Ely comes out and reveals a Trios Gauntlet match for the inaugural WWW Trios Championship at the first ever WWW PPV…. NEW EMPIRE!
Aussie Open vs Kingdom- tag team quarterfinals
Fletcher & Taven start off with grappling and strikes. But none can get the upper hand til Taven goes for a suplex that’s reversed by Fletcher and Fletcher chops Taven in the back of the neck then goes for a back suplex for a quick cover. They continue going back and forth not letting either team get a tag. This goes on for about ten minutes but Fletcher gets the tag to mark David and he starts hitting Taven with hard strikes repeatedly going back and forth before eventually tagging Fletcher back in and they hit Taven with the coriolis followed by Fletcher super kicking Bennett off the apron Fletcher goes for the cover 1…2…3
Shibata vs Roman Reigns- tournament first round
As soon as the bell rings. Shibata looks to lock up with Roman but Roman just kicks Shibata in the gut. Roman start punching him in the gut and kicking him into the corner looking for clothesline after clothesline the. Roman runs to the other corner but Shibata hits him with a corner big boot. Roman collapses from the impact. I don’t think Roman has ever been hit so hard. Shibata continues kicking Roman in the chest once he starts getting up. Roman catches one of the kicks and picks him up for a powerbomb taking Shibata down leaving room for air. Roman goes to the corner looking to finish the match earlier SUPERMAN PUNCH… 1…2… Shibata kicks out: Roman goes in the corner again… OOOOOO AHHHHH. Roman charges for the spear. Shibata catches him on his shoulder Death Valley driver. 1….2…. Kick out by Roman. Shibata grabs Roman’s arm and tries to knock him out with the hammer and anvil elbows but Roman ends up getting out of turns it around hitting Shibata with elbows to the side of the head before locking in the guillotine. Shibata seems to be out… 1… 2… SHIBATA’s arm gets lifted and he grabs onto the rope. Roman is pissed calling for the spear again but Shibata intercepts with the iron octopus, Roman’s shoulders are down 1…2… Roman’s feet are on the rope. Shibata lets go and immediately runs to the ropes and looks for the PK but Roman ducks it and goes to the ropes running speed SPEARRRR…. 1….2….3 ROMAN ADVANCES IN THE TOURNAMENT
Lyra Valkyria vs Nikki Cross- tournament quarterfinals
Before the bell rings the crowd are half and half in cheer. 1 Irish women and 1 Scottish women. The bell rings and the crowd gets even louder, Nikki & Lyra just soak it in for a minute but Nikki locks in and hits her with a clotheslines followed by a drop kick and rushes Lyra in the corner for repeated corner battering rams… but the referee makes her stop. Nikki goes for a running splash but Lyra ducks and starts throwing strikes, punches and kicks. Lyra puts Nikki on the top rope and picks her and hits the SUPERPLEX 1…2 Nikki kicks out. Lyra fights back for a while both getting offense in at the end but lyra connects a huge roundhouse kick knocking Nikki down almost out but Lyra climbs up the top and hits the frog splash 1…2…3 LYRA WINS
Sheamus vs Bandido- tournament first round
This match is a clash between Brawling vs high flying. Sheamus tries to start with a lock up but Bandido knows he’s not stronger than Sheamus and tries to out run and out wrestle around Sheamus but Sheamus catches up and catches him into a powerslam Sheamus angry starts to pound and kick on Bandido. Sheamus tries to finish things early and puts Bandido on the top rope and looks to hit a white noise but Bandido reverses it into a crucifix off the top for the cover 1..2. Kick out by Sheamus and the match continues back and forth for a while longer… Bandido gets the upper hand goes for a springboard but Sheamus catches him with a huge knee taking Bandido down and out Sheamus picks him back up and hits him with the Irish Curse followed by a brogue kick for the win 1…2…3 Sheamus advances to a huge pop by the crowd
David Finlay vs Rey Mysterio- Tournament First Round
David Finlay starts the match with strikes and grapples trying to keep mysterio down for most of the match. David Finlay is dominating but midway through the match Rey uses his speed and agility to get ahead in the game and eventually hit a 619 followed by a frog splash for a 2. The match continues back and forth both men getting the upper hand through out the match. Rey gets the upper hand David Finlay looks for a Brain buster that is reversed into a ddt stunning David in the middle ropes he looks for the 619 but David catches his legs and swoops him into the ring picks him up and hits the OVERKILL that knocks Rey into the corner. Rey gets picked up by David again and hit with the Trash Panda brain buster for the 1..2..3 David Finlay advances
After the match, The Bullet Club Wardogs help David Finlay jump Rey mysterio sending a message to LWO looking to hit their finishers before LWO come out as BC Wardogs run off
Zack Sabre Jr vs Adam Cole- Tournament First Round
The bell rings the fans cheering loudly for Zack Sabre Jr. Sabre immediately grapples Adam to the ground and mocks Adam before Adam gets back up just to get grappled down again by Zack. Adam starts getting back up and gets out of the grapple and starts throwing strikes at Zack punches, kicks, elbows, and knees. Cole picks Sabre up and hits him with a brain buster for the cover only for a 2 count. Cole then starts getting aggressive and ground and pounds Sabre but Sabre turns it around a puts him in an arm bar but Cole is trying to get out so he transitions to a different submission and continues til Cole gets back up and hits Sabre with a picture perfect superkick knocking Sabre down to a knee and Cole goes for another superkick and goes for the cover but Sabre kicks out again. Adam Cole goes the corner on the middle rope for the Panama sunrise but Sabre trips Cole off the top rope and causes him to bang his head against the top turnbuckle on the way to the mat. Sabre knows Cole is hurt and targets the head of Cole with kicks, submissions and elbows to the head before locking in the Selected Technical Works V2. Cole tries to fight out of it but Cole ends up passing out to the choke. Zack Sabre jr advances to next week
Bryan Danielson vs LA Knight- tournament First round
The bell rings and the fans are neutral but excited for the match. LA Knight and Bryan danielson immediately lock up with La knight getting the upper hand and throwing Bryan into the corner taunting Bryan they lock up again but Knight just tosses him in the corner. Danielson is getting pissed looks to lock up but kicks Knight in the left knee. Danielson starts laying punches and elbows on the back of Knight before kicking him in the chest over and over again with the Yes kicks followed by a roundhouse kicked but La knight reverses it rolls up danielson 1..2 kick out but danielson but Knight then kicks Danielson in the chest repeatedly mocking him but Danielson catches one and trips him and stomps on his knee repeatedly. Locks in a knee lock but Knight gets lying the ropes and breaks it up. The referee forces danielson off. Knight gets back to his feet and slaps him hard knocking him down to a knee and La knight hits a ddt for the cover 1…2. Kick out out by danielson. La knight then picks danielson back up and continues the fight before danielson gets the upper hand and goes to the corner and hits running kicks back to back in the corner to La knight he picks LA Knight onto the top rope and hits him with an Avalanche Hurricarana for the cover 1…2… La knight kicks out. Danielson calls La knight up but kicks him in the chest. Kicks him again and again 9 times but La knight is getting hyped and gets up to his feet and Danielson looks for a round house kick but knight ducks and hits a jab “YEAH”. Another jab. “yeah”. Another jab. YEAH! And 2 more “YEAH!” Before bouncing danielson off the rope hitting the sky lord slam followed by a running elbow drop for the cover 1…2… no DANIELSON KICKS OUT. Charlie Dempsey comes out and the ref gets distracted LA Knight looks for the BFT but stops for a second . Danielson goes in the corner fans booing loudly as danielson stalks knight and hits the Busaiku knee on La knight for the cover 1…2…3 Bryan Danielson wins.
Claudio castagnoli comes out and celebrates with danielson and says, “I promise that either me or Charlie will become the first ever European championship.” He drops the mic and looks to Leave but then…. THE FANS POP LOUDLY THINKING IT’S FINN BALOR BUT OUT OF NOWHERE DOMINIK MYSTERIO AND JD McDonagh Come out and jump Claudio and Charlie and JD McDonagh says, “We want the European championship and we have challenge, me & my boy Dominik mysterio vs Claudio Castagnoli & Charlie Dempsey and if we win. We will be added to the European Championship match”. and challenge them to a tag match next week on Friday nights flames where if they win they get a chance to be in the European championship match
Will Ospreay vs PAC- Tournament first round
2 of the greatest high flyers in UK History fighting for a chance to continue on in the WWW WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT.
The bell rings and they go back and forth with strikes and grapples, reversal after reverse counter wrestling for the first 8 minutes of the match. PAC the upper hand when Ospreay reversed a powerbomb into a Frankensteiner keeping Ospreay down. PAC then picks up Ospreay and continuously hits forearms on Ospreay before going for a springboard that Ospreay ducks and pac lands on his feet getting met with a huge strike before getting hit with another but pac fights back and hits a sole kick to the gut, another kick to the head and then another sole kick pack ones of the rope but Ospreay jumps over pac and then does a backflip off his chest and hits him with a Super kick. Ospreay runs off the other side of the rope but pac sidesteps Ospreay and hits a slingshot German suplex. Ospreay gets to his feet and hit a OSCUTTER both men are down and out. Referee counts for the 10 but they both get back up at the same time and pac and Ospreay go back and forth again but pac catches him with a nice kick knocking him to the corner. PAC runs into the corner at Ospreay with a corner forearm smash and sets him on the top and turns him around looking to hit a avalanche poison rana on Ospreay he hits it but Ospreay lands directly on his feet staring at PAC before running at him immediately with a HIDDEN BLADE DUCKED and pac locks him into the Brutalizer on Ospreay. Ospreay looks like he’s going to tap but Ospreay rolls over on his back, PAC’s shoulders are down 1…2… pac gets out and Ospreay gets catch with a standing shoot star. Pac goes to the middle rope phoenix splash. PAC goes up top again….. RED ARROW-NO OSPREAY ROLLS UP AND PICKS HIM UP FOR THE STORMBREAKER BEFORE GOING TO THE CORNER AND LINES PAC UP AND HITS HIM WITH A HIDDEN BLADE but doesn’t stop that and goes for it again and connects with it again 1…2…3
OSPREAY WINS TO A LOUD POP. He celebrates with the united empire but Callum Newman decides to rub salt in the wound and just kicks the side of the head of pac. To end the show.
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Becky Lynch vs Isla Dawn- tournament
To kick off the show is Becky Lynch vs Isla Dawn in the women’s championship quarterfinals.
Becky Lynch locks up with Isla Dawn and dominates early in the match starting to work on Isla’s arm hitting arm drags, arm kicks, etc for like 10 minutes . Becky gets Isla Dawn goes up top and looks for a Leg drop but Isla capitalizes and hits a 619 leg sweep off the top causing Becky to land on the back of her neck. Isla goes for the pin after that hard impact 1…2. Becky kicks out. Isla sits Becky up and measures her for a rear European uppercut right to the back of the neck. Isla continues assault kicking and punching her on the ground. She sits her up again and hits her with a Penalty Kick for the cover again 1..2 kick out again. Isla picks her up with a wrist lock and hits the wristlock suplex before trying to go for it again but Becky catches it and hits her with a suplex getting some time to recuperate. Becky gets back up and lays Isla out with strikes and kicks and targeting the arm again she picks her up and hits a wristlock suplex of her own before locking in the Disarm her causing Isla to eventually tap out.
Roman Reigns is interviewed backstage and says “I’m going to win the whole tournament and I am gonna prove why I am the tribal chief and I will be the tribal chief of the United Kingdom” he leaves
Adam Page vs Eric Young- tourney first round
When the bell rings, the maniac Eric Young goes right after Adam page and starts pounding on him in the corner with shoulder thrusts and punches over and over again before Adam page throws him in the corner and starts clotheslining him before Irish whipping him to the other corner and hitting a shoulder thrust before putting on the top rope. But Eric grabs him and hangman dragon sleepers him from the turnbuckle trying to choke out Adam before letting go and hitting a diving moonsault but Adam catches him and hits him a fallaway slam for the cover 1..2 kick out by Eric. Adam page doesn’t waste time picking him back up hits jab after jab before hitting a discus elbow causing him to Fall into the ropes bouncing Eric back Eric hits a Superkick but Adam bounces off and hit a Superkick of his own making Eric bouncing off the ropes again he hit a swinging neck breaker falling on top of the cover 1…2… Adam page kicks out. Both are tired laying on the ground. They eventually get back up and start trading blows again back and forth before Adam page hits a huge big boot knocking him down in the corner. Adam page line Eric up and hits him with a running low drop kick right to the face. Adam page goes to the top moonsault 1…2… kick out by Eric. They continue trading momentum for another 5 minutes before Eric young sets up for a Death Valley driver… Adam page grabs onto the ropes and ends up pulling his way to the apron and elbows Eric out of his way and hits rhe BUCKSHOT LARIAT FLIPPING ERIC INSIDE OUT 1…2…3 ADAM PAGE WINS!
MCMG vs Acclaimed- tag quarterfinals
The bell rings. Alex Shelley and Anthony Bowens shake hands to start the match. Having a good 5 minute of grappling going back and forth before Alex Shelley tags in Sabin. Sabin immediately springboards into the ring ducks under bowens and hits a springboard arm drag on bowens running back at him for a hurricarana into the acclaimed’s corner. Max tags in and they start trading blows back and forth for a couple minutes before max caster takes out Shelley too and tags bowens back and bowens tags caster back. bowens hits the arrival followed by the mic drop by Caster. 1…..2…. SHELLEY BREAKs it up. Shelley start fighting back and caster and bowens, taking bowens out of the ring but caster throws Shelley in the corner and start punching him in the corner. Shelley fights back and gets caster in the corner before Sabin gets back up and hits a running hesitation elbow on caster… Sabin drags caster to his side of the ring and tags in Shelley. Sabin picks caster backwards on the top turnbuckle, and they hit the MADE IN DETROIT 1…2…3
MCMG are going to the semifinals
Damage CTRL comes out and talks about their time in WWE and says that it’s time for them to run WWW.
Dakota Kai grabs a mic and says, “I’ve been leader of Damage CTRL for a little while and it’s time for me to prove myself here in the United Kingdom, just like I proved myself in the States, I don’t care what you people think but I want to show why I am the future of women’s wrestling period. I will prove why I am the future of WWW.” Dakota drops the mic with damage CTRL cheering on kota.
Leon Slater vs Michael Oku- tournament first round
The bell rings and they go back and forth for a good while. Trading strikes, grapples, reversals, eventually Leon gets the upper hand and hits a beautiful drop kick on Oku. Leon slater then goes for a springboard Moonsault but Oku moves and Slater lands on his feet and gets caught with a Superkick causing him to bounce off the rope, Oku ducks under him and hits him with a knee to the face and goes up top for a frog splash 8 minutes into the match’. But Slater reverses… and handsprings off the ropes and hits a back elbow before quickly climbing the top looking for a 450 Swanton Bomb but Oku catches his legs and locks in the Half crab causing slater to tap out
Charlotte Flair vs Kay Lee Ray- tournament
They both are ready to win. Alba Fyre is being cheered loudly which throws Charlotte off her game which allows alba fyre to charge Charlotte flair immediately getting her in the corner and throwing punches and kicks until the ref breaks them up Lee Ray looks for a running attack in the corner but s flair side steps and hits a huge chop across the chest of Kay. She chops her a couple more times causing her to fall to the ground. She starts targeting Kay’s leg stomping it, stretching it and just pounding it against the mat. She looks to lock in the figure 4 early but Kay kicks her knee and gets out of it and starts pounding on Charlotte, and stomping on Charlotte’s leg. Trying to hurt the leg so she can’t lock in the figure 4. She continues assaults the leg. Locking her in a leg lock. Till Charlotte gets to the rope. Kay then hits a nice kick to the chest before kicking her chest again and again until Charlotte collapses. Kay goes on the top rope. Swanton bomb? No Charlotte rolls over near the ropes and runs Kay Lee while she’s trying to get up and hits a Natural Selection. 1…2… NO KLR KICKS OUT. Charlotte is shocked and looks to lock in the figure 4 holding it trying to the figure 8 but her legs give out and KLR gets the chance to roll up Charlotte 1…2… CHARLOTTE KICKS OUT KLR gets back up but Charlotte runs at her for the big boot but KLR ducks and gets hit with a huge Superkick. Stunning Charlotte, she gets picked up and hit with the KLR BOMB 1…2…3
KAY LEE RAY ADVANCES!
Sheamus comes out and says “I know that I am in the world title tournament, but I still want to win the trios championship with my two favorite fellas, Pete Dunne & Ridge Holland. Gallus comes out and mocks Sheamus saying. “You had just returned to wrestling less then a week ago and that you aren’t even looking the best he has at his worse, you look like you sat at home all day and did nothing. And that is why we will be the one to win the trios championships”. GOD Comes out and interrupts and Tama says, “We’ve been without gold for a while and that it’s our time to win the gold. And we prove everyone why we are the best trio in the whole damn world.” Sanity comes out to a huge pop for Killian Dain and Eric young say “when I we wrestling in the states there was never a trios title where they came from and that if we did then would’ve won it then and now we’re gonna win them now!” The Undisputed Era come out and Roderick Strong says “Eric, stop acting like you guys are all that, we’ve beaten you multiple times, you guys don’t deserve shit and if anyone deserves the trio championship Its the Undisputed Er—- LWO comes out and Dragon Lee says “Rod, Roddy, shut your mouth, you don’t deserve shit. The LWO has worked their ass off everywhere and WE will be the first ever WWW trios champion.” UNITED Empire’s TJP, Francesco Akira & Henare come out. TJP Says “you guys are working really must be working your ass off considering you guys can’t even win a match: if anyone had worked their ass off it is the United empire who’s been winning titles all over the world”OTM comes out and Scrypt says “we have been slowly evolving and proving our self, so that’s why want to be the trios champions.” Team Filthy comes out and Tom lawlor says “that We have been working more than anyone and said they deserve titles more than anyone in the whole wrestling industry”’There all in the ring as tensions rise but then you here the intro of the bullet club war dogs… David Finlay, Gabe Kidd and Chase Owens come out to a big pop and Finlay says, “We came here with a purpose and that is it dominate world wide just like every other Bullet Club has.” David Finlay then out of nowhere hits Tom Lawlor with the Prima in the face and brawl breaks out til security breaks all 24 men up. Ely comes out and reveals a Trios Gauntlet match for the inaugural WWW Trios Championship at the first ever WWW PPV…. NEW EMPIRE!
Aussie Open vs Kingdom- tag team quarterfinals
Fletcher & Taven start off with grappling and strikes. But none can get the upper hand til Taven goes for a suplex that’s reversed by Fletcher and Fletcher chops Taven in the back of the neck then goes for a back suplex for a quick cover. They continue going back and forth not letting either team get a tag. This goes on for about ten minutes but Fletcher gets the tag to mark David and he starts hitting Taven with hard strikes repeatedly going back and forth before eventually tagging Fletcher back in and they hit Taven with the coriolis followed by Fletcher super kicking Bennett off the apron Fletcher goes for the cover 1…2…3
Shibata vs Roman Reigns- tournament first round
As soon as the bell rings. Shibata looks to lock up with Roman but Roman just kicks Shibata in the gut. Roman start punching him in the gut and kicking him into the corner looking for clothesline after clothesline the. Roman runs to the other corner but Shibata hits him with a corner big boot. Roman collapses from the impact. I don’t think Roman has ever been hit so hard. Shibata continues kicking Roman in the chest once he starts getting up. Roman catches one of the kicks and picks him up for a powerbomb taking Shibata down leaving room for air. Roman goes to the corner looking to finish the match earlier SUPERMAN PUNCH… 1…2… Shibata kicks out: Roman goes in the corner again… OOOOOO AHHHHH. Roman charges for the spear. Shibata catches him on his shoulder Death Valley driver. 1….2…. Kick out by Roman. Shibata grabs Roman’s arm and tries to knock him out with the hammer and anvil elbows but Roman ends up getting out of turns it around hitting Shibata with elbows to the side of the head before locking in the guillotine. Shibata seems to be out… 1… 2… SHIBATA’s arm gets lifted and he grabs onto the rope. Roman is pissed calling for the spear again but Shibata intercepts with the iron octopus, Roman’s shoulders are down 1…2… Roman’s feet are on the rope. Shibata lets go and immediately runs to the ropes and looks for the PK but Roman ducks it and goes to the ropes running speed SPEARRRR…. 1….2….3 ROMAN ADVANCES IN THE TOURNAMENT
Lyra Valkyria vs Nikki Cross- tournament quarterfinals
Before the bell rings the crowd are half and half in cheer. 1 Irish women and 1 Scottish women. The bell rings and the crowd gets even louder, Nikki & Lyra just soak it in for a minute but Nikki locks in and hits her with a clotheslines followed by a drop kick and rushes Lyra in the corner for repeated corner battering rams… but the referee makes her stop. Nikki goes for a running splash but Lyra ducks and starts throwing strikes, punches and kicks. Lyra puts Nikki on the top rope and picks her and hits the SUPERPLEX 1…2 Nikki kicks out. Lyra fights back for a while both getting offense in at the end but lyra connects a huge roundhouse kick knocking Nikki down almost out but Lyra climbs up the top and hits the frog splash 1…2…3 LYRA WINS
Sheamus vs Bandido- tournament first round
This match is a clash between Brawling vs high flying. Sheamus tries to start with a lock up but Bandido knows he’s not stronger than Sheamus and tries to out run and out wrestle around Sheamus but Sheamus catches up and catches him into a powerslam Sheamus angry starts to pound and kick on Bandido. Sheamus tries to finish things early and puts Bandido on the top rope and looks to hit a white noise but Bandido reverses it into a crucifix off the top for the cover 1..2. Kick out by Sheamus and the match continues back and forth for a while longer… Bandido gets the upper hand goes for a springboard but Sheamus catches him with a huge knee taking Bandido down and out Sheamus picks him back up and hits him with the Irish Curse followed by a brogue kick for the win 1…2…3 Sheamus advances to a huge pop by the crowd
David Finlay vs Rey Mysterio- Tournament First Round
David Finlay starts the match with strikes and grapples trying to keep mysterio down for most of the match. David Finlay is dominating but midway through the match Rey uses his speed and agility to get ahead in the game and eventually hit a 619 followed by a frog splash for a 2. The match continues back and forth both men getting the upper hand through out the match. Rey gets the upper hand David Finlay looks for a Brain buster that is reversed into a ddt stunning David in the middle ropes he looks for the 619 but David catches his legs and swoops him into the ring picks him up and hits the OVERKILL that knocks Rey into the corner. Rey gets picked up by David again and hit with the Trash Panda brain buster for the 1..2..3 David Finlay advances
After the match, The Bullet Club Wardogs help David Finlay jump Rey mysterio sending a message to LWO looking to hit their finishers before LWO come out as BC Wardogs run off
Zack Sabre Jr vs Adam Cole- Tournament First Round
The bell rings the fans cheering loudly for Zack Sabre Jr. Sabre immediately grapples Adam to the ground and mocks Adam before Adam gets back up just to get grappled down again by Zack. Adam starts getting back up and gets out of the grapple and starts throwing strikes at Zack punches, kicks, elbows, and knees. Cole picks Sabre up and hits him with a brain buster for the cover only for a 2 count. Cole then starts getting aggressive and ground and pounds Sabre but Sabre turns it around a puts him in an arm bar but Cole is trying to get out so he transitions to a different submission and continues til Cole gets back up and hits Sabre with a picture perfect superkick knocking Sabre down to a knee and Cole goes for another superkick and goes for the cover but Sabre kicks out again. Adam Cole goes the corner on the middle rope for the Panama sunrise but Sabre trips Cole off the top rope and causes him to bang his head against the top turnbuckle on the way to the mat. Sabre knows Cole is hurt and targets the head of Cole with kicks, submissions and elbows to the head before locking in the Selected Technical Works V2. Cole tries to fight out of it but Cole ends up passing out to the choke. Zack Sabre jr advances to next week
Bryan Danielson vs LA Knight- tournament First round
The bell rings and the fans are neutral but excited for the match. LA Knight and Bryan danielson immediately lock up with La knight getting the upper hand and throwing Bryan into the corner taunting Bryan they lock up again but Knight just tosses him in the corner. Danielson is getting pissed looks to lock up but kicks Knight in the left knee. Danielson starts laying punches and elbows on the back of Knight before kicking him in the chest over and over again with the Yes kicks followed by a roundhouse kicked but La knight reverses it rolls up danielson 1..2 kick out but danielson but Knight then kicks Danielson in the chest repeatedly mocking him but Danielson catches one and trips him and stomps on his knee repeatedly. Locks in a knee lock but Knight gets lying the ropes and breaks it up. The referee forces danielson off. Knight gets back to his feet and slaps him hard knocking him down to a knee and La knight hits a ddt for the cover 1…2. Kick out out by danielson. La knight then picks danielson back up and continues the fight before danielson gets the upper hand and goes to the corner and hits running kicks back to back in the corner to La knight he picks LA Knight onto the top rope and hits him with an Avalanche Hurricarana for the cover 1…2… La knight kicks out. Danielson calls La knight up but kicks him in the chest. Kicks him again and again 9 times but La knight is getting hyped and gets up to his feet and Danielson looks for a round house kick but knight ducks and hits a jab “YEAH”. Another jab. “yeah”. Another jab. YEAH! And 2 more “YEAH!” Before bouncing danielson off the rope hitting the sky lord slam followed by a running elbow drop for the cover 1…2… no DANIELSON KICKS OUT. Charlie Dempsey comes out and the ref gets distracted LA Knight looks for the BFT but stops for a second . Danielson goes in the corner fans booing loudly as danielson stalks knight and hits the Busaiku knee on La knight for the cover 1…2…3 Bryan Danielson wins.
Claudio castagnoli comes out and celebrates with danielson and says, “I promise that either me or Charlie will become the first ever European championship.” He drops the mic and looks to Leave but then…. THE FANS POP LOUDLY THINKING IT’S FINN BALOR BUT OUT OF NOWHERE DOMINIK MYSTERIO AND JD McDonagh Come out and jump Claudio and Charlie and JD McDonagh says, “We want the European championship and we have challenge, me & my boy Dominik mysterio vs Claudio Castagnoli & Charlie Dempsey and if we win. We will be added to the European Championship match”. and challenge them to a tag match next week on Friday nights flames where if they win they get a chance to be in the European championship match
Will Ospreay vs PAC- Tournament first round
2 of the greatest high flyers in UK History fighting for a chance to continue on in the WWW WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT.
The bell rings and they go back and forth with strikes and grapples, reversal after reverse counter wrestling for the first 8 minutes of the match. PAC the upper hand when Ospreay reversed a powerbomb into a Frankensteiner keeping Ospreay down. PAC then picks up Ospreay and continuously hits forearms on Ospreay before going for a springboard that Ospreay ducks and pac lands on his feet getting met with a huge strike before getting hit with another but pac fights back and hits a sole kick to the gut, another kick to the head and then another sole kick pack ones of the rope but Ospreay jumps over pac and then does a backflip off his chest and hits him with a Super kick. Ospreay runs off the other side of the rope but pac sidesteps Ospreay and hits a slingshot German suplex. Ospreay gets to his feet and hit a OSCUTTER both men are down and out. Referee counts for the 10 but they both get back up at the same time and pac and Ospreay go back and forth again but pac catches him with a nice kick knocking him to the corner. PAC runs into the corner at Ospreay with a corner forearm smash and sets him on the top and turns him around looking to hit a avalanche poison rana on Ospreay he hits it but Ospreay lands directly on his feet staring at PAC before running at him immediately with a HIDDEN BLADE DUCKED and pac locks him into the Brutalizer on Ospreay. Ospreay looks like he’s going to tap but Ospreay rolls over on his back, PAC’s shoulders are down 1…2… pac gets out and Ospreay gets catch with a standing shoot star. Pac goes to the middle rope phoenix splash. PAC goes up top again….. RED ARROW-NO OSPREAY ROLLS UP AND PICKS HIM UP FOR THE STORMBREAKER BEFORE GOING TO THE CORNER AND LINES PAC UP AND HITS HIM WITH A HIDDEN BLADE but doesn’t stop that and goes for it again and connects with it again 1…2…3
OSPREAY WINS TO A LOUD POP. He celebrates with the united empire but Callum Newman decides to rub salt in the wound and just kicks the side of the head of pac. To end the show.
2024.05.07 13:03 Neat-Albatross-12 Camper gfci electrical issue please HELP!!!
So I have a 28 foot camper from 2008 that has been a great camper this far. I decided to remove the two bench seats with the fold down table to make some more room for a more comfortable piece of furniture and I had to disconnect the the gfci that was mounted underneath one of the benches. I went to the breaker box and killed the power to the outlet and began to disassemble the benches. I did it very methodically so that I could put the benches back in if i ever decided to sell or trade in the camper. The wires to the outlet are the type that push down in and cut through the wire sleeve in order to make contact. One side for the two white wires and the other for the two black wires and the center for the two ground wires. I have one leg of wire that comes from under the bunks in the back of the camper and it connects to the outlet where the bench was and then another leg of wires that goes from the outlet and then terminates through the floor. Before I disconnected the outlet everything was working fine. Then after all of the bench panels were removed and I reconnected the wires in the outlet exactly as they were and then turned the power back on and everything worked fine. That was until I pushed the excess wire that was coming from underneath the bunk back under the bunk and the breaker tripped and the lights and all the outlets stopped working all together. Curious, I pulled the excess wire back out from underneath the bunk and inspected it for damage and there wasn’t anything that I could find wrong with it and I did the same with the wire that terminates through the floor. I also checked the outlet itself to make sure that everything was connected properly and it looked exactly as it did before I took it apart. I decided to remove the two sets of wire from the outlet and cap and tape off each wire individually for the time being so it was safe for now while I troubleshoot. I know that having those disconnected will make the circuit incomplete and won’t power anything beyond the main leg of power. Now here is where I’m stuck. When I flip the breaker back on the lights and the outlets kick on for a second or two then fade out and I can also hear a kind of high pitched noise until the lights fade. If I immediately flip the breaker off and back on again the same thing will happen again but for a shorter time. The breaker is not kicking itself off now. I have absolutely no clue what has changed other than the benches being removed. It was when I pushed the extra wire under the bunk area that the breaker tripped for the very first time and all this started. Do I have a short in one of my wires perhaps? I do have some general knowledge of how electricity works but I don’t want to cook anything by fooling around with it or make anything worse. Am I just missing something simple or overlooking something? As of right now I the gfi is sitting on the counter and the two legs of wires on separated and capped off and taped. Like I said when I flip the breaker on for the gfi the lights kick on and the only other gfci in the camper is in the bathroom and that kicked on as well. If you happen to know what the issue is or have any ideas on what I should check for or do next then I’m all ears. Thanks. PS, none of the gfi have a reset button on the outlets themselves. I did check for that.
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2024.05.07 04:44 SnooOranges3117 Tennessee Highway Patrol 2023 Charger Ghost/Phantom Unit
 | Well, well, well. What do we have here? A ‘23 THP Charger in ghost/phantom form. They don’t look to be too unfamiliar with the Charger wearing their ghost/phantom uniform based on previous Chargers being only ghost/phantom liveries, not the distinctive black-and-cream color combo. Saw one hiding out in Ellington Parkway the last time I went to Nashville waiting to catch people going too fast or using their phone while driving, and then saw it flip its lights on and stop a driver going too fast on the same roadway, and then saw it doing a left-lane sweep to clear out left-lane campers. Speaking of ghost/phantom cars, I’m wondering when a ghost/phantom version of the Durango will debut, or any form of the new Tahoe within the THP will debut. submitted by SnooOranges3117 to PoliceVehicles [link] [comments] |
2024.05.07 04:31 coffeeglitterqueen Camp Thellgar Part 2
2 weeks later Lauren and Greyson drove up to her new home with boxes and whatever she hadn’t sold. Lauren had walked through her empty home and said goodbye to each room wondering if she was making the right decision. The house was pretty much sold already and Lauren reminded herself to keep going.
“Audrey will come around Ma. She really will miss you and she doesn’t want to change. God forbid she tell you right out that she is going to miss you. “ Greyson said. Lauren hadn’t spoken to Audrey directly since she had told the kids she was moving. She had come over at one point to get some furniture and mementos and had been snarky the entire time that Lauren had been in the house. Lauren had had quite enough of it and went to the backyard to smoke until Audrey and her man of the week had taken off. They hadn’t even come out to tell her they were leaving. Lauren had had another good cry after that and then made herself margaritas with her mixer and called Natalie to come over for a good farewell bitch session. They had gotten tipsy and talked about ungrateful kids and sent nice little waves to Grace who huffed at them.
“Well, maybe she will and maybe she wont. She always favored your father and I never told her she had to pick sides but all the same she felt like she had to. The divorce was harder on her than it was you older two.She was only 8.” Lauren said lamely.
“I think Cora and I were just glad you guys weren’t fighting. Dad was great with us but he treated you terribly the last few years you were together and it was just so much easier to not hate him when you guys weren’t around each other. Audrey was definitely his favorite though and any time she came over he just made sure they did everything she wanted because he was afraid she’d hit puberty and would decide she didn’t like him anymore. Like Cora.”
“Well that makes sense. How’s you-know-who?” Lauren asked changing the topic.
“Miranda? Alright I guess. Her mom picked Liam up last night for the weekend so I could help you, says she called a month ago and sounded good. I don’t know if that means anything or not but I don’t think she is going to come back wanting to be Liam's mom. At least not any time soon. I don’t really care, she had him and that was the deal. That’s all I asked for. I’d have supported the other way too but I really hoped she’d just let me keep him. She told everyone who asked she didn’t want kids. Everyone. I kind of wonder if she’ll want to meet him and be afraid to because everyone will expect her to be someone to him.” Grayson drummed his fingers anxiously. Lauren couldn’t understand this arrangement that Grayson and Miranda had. She kept wondering if it wasn’t some form of depression or something but Grayson insisted it wasn’t. He’d had Liam all to himself from day one and never complained.
“You think taking this was too impulsive? The job? I didn’t even do a face to face interview. It was on that skype thing. Eric set it all up. It’s legit but maybe I should’ve driven up first to check it out. Maybe I’m just running scared.”
“Maybe it was but taking risks makes your life exciting. Besides, I hate thinking of you alone in the house waiting for something bad to happen.” Grayson patted her leg. “Besides you said there were discounts on cabins and I’d like that. Plus unlike the last job, if Liam gets sick he can hang out with you when he can’t go to daycare.”
“I would like that.”
They pulled onto a winding dirt road and drove another 10 miles. The woods on each side of the road pressed in on them. It was a nice feeling. It was quiet out here and Lauren appreciated it. She had thought she would be more scared to be alone out here but she found herself looking forward to it now. Settling down and maybe a beer.
The GPS took them toa large sign marked Camp Thellgar in front of a fork in the road, one marked OFFICE and the other marked CAMPING. They turned into the OFFICE fork on the left. A man sat on the porch at the first building they came up to. He shaded his eyes and stood as they approached. Lauren took a shaky breath.
“Does my eye still look weird?” Lauren asked Grayson.
“Nah, the makeup covers whatever is left. It looks a little off I guess but I don’t think anyone would guess why. You’re old, he’ll think you had a stroke more than likely” Grayson teased. Lauren let out a high pitched laugh and took a deep cleansing breath.
“Hi I’m Steven Connor, you’re Lauren Jackson I hope.” Steven stuck his hand out for her to shake.
“I am indeed. Nice to meet you, you look different in person.” Lauren said laughing. He did, he looked older than he had on the computer, tired maybe. Steven shrugged. “This is my son Grayson, he’s helping bring my stuff up for me.”
“Right, good of you to help your momma. Come right in here. This is the main office, just off of what will be your cabin. Initially they were one in the same but years back we decided the caretaker could use some more privacy when we added more cabins in. The cabins have only been part of the deal for about 15 years, before that it was just the tent sites. No electricity on those. They’re a little easier to maintain. This time of year we mainly get people who want to use the tent sites, families out for a day hike. Summer rolls around and you’ll be pretty busy. We hire help from the nearby towns, you’ll let them know what to do but you’ll need someone in the office most of the day. There’s an alarm here that will pop up on your phone, when synced with the app of course, that way you can be out on the grounds. There’s an ATV for getting around a little easier. You’ll be in charge of taking reservations and handling the payment, cleaning up the campsites when they leave, looking in on them to make sure they’re kept up. Same with the cabins. Do a thorough cleaning and dust once a week. Aspen Cunningham, that’s the girl from town, she’ll be up every other day to assist with cleaning out the cabins. Here’s the card for Aspen, the card for a maintenance guy we use, Roger, and my card if you need to get ahold of me.” Steven led her from the office which was a small front room with a storage room behind it. Off of that there was a door with a good lock that led into a small house. It came in by a small half bath and then stairs leading to 2 bedrooms upstairs and a full bathroom. Next to the stairs a door led into a small living room with a few bookshelves and a dated TV, past that a kitchen with a dining area. It was cozy and Lauren was in love immediately.
“The last guy was pretty organized, we have our own binder we put together for new employees, he made his own as well. I skimmed through it, mostly a heads up on common maintenance issues. There’s a copy of maintenance performed on each cabin and site that also goes in the main book that’s stashed in the office.” Steven handed her a heavy worn binder.
“I’ll go ahead and start bringing in your stuff mom.” Grayson said backing out the main front door that didn’t lead into the office. Lauren followed Steven into the office and he showed her where anything she could need to find would be. She watched a safety video that featured Steven’s family, made when Steven was a kid. His smiling face running around in the background.
Grayson hung out for a while after Steven left. Lauren was overwhelmed and felt exhausted. She wandered through her new house while Grayson made her spaghetti. She laid on the bed. It was firmer than she was used to but it was ok.
After they ate Grayson hesitantly left. Reminding her to call if she needed anything, asking if she was sure she wanted him to leave. Lauren had a feeling he would’ve spent the night if Miranda’s mom didn’t have Liam. There was a firepit in the backyard so she got a fire going and sat back watching the flames while she drank a beer. She thought about getting stoned but it felt too new here and she was afraid of freaking herself out. The noises of the woods were relaxing. It felt quiet. Quiet was exactly what she needed.
The next few months went quickly, Lauren got in a groove of checking all the sites in the morning and doing general maintenance. Aspen, the girl who cleaned, came up twice a week not every other day like Steven had said. She was a sweet girl and spent a few hours dusting and vacuuming the empty cabins. Lauren and her got along really well and Lauren was grateful for the company. Summer came and Lauren was busy, she barely left the office it seemed. If it wasn’t reservations, it was families asking for maps of the trails or information on the town below. It was a nice busy. Lauren had expected the cleaning to be worse than it actually was, most people cleaned up after the campsites before they left. Fall came and the people started to slow down, most of the people she saw were people hiking the trails and less camping By November she was slow again.
One day her phone went off alerting her to a visitor in the office. She jumped on her ATV and headed back up. There was a small run down car waiting when she pulled up. Lauren ran her hands through her hair as she entered the door. 4 middle aged women stood waiting patiently.
“Sorry, I was a little further out today, how can I help you? Cabin?” Lauren asked, coming around the desk.
“Where’s Jim?” One woman with darker hair asked.
“Jim? Was he the man before me? I’m afraid he doesn’t work here anymore. Just me, I’m Lauren. Regulars?” Lauren grabbed the binder from underneath the counter and flipped through until she came on regulars. Scanning the list she found a November regular, along with a few other months. “Ok, here we are. It says the Helgas, tentsite 42. Yes?”
“That’s right, what happened to Jim? I'm surprised to see that he’s gone.” The dark haired woman handed over her credit card and tapped on the table anxiously. The other women moved around like they were trying to look as if they weren’t paying much attention.
“Not sure. No one really told me and I didn’t think to ask. I’ve been here since late spring, right before the summer rush. “ Lauren felt like she was being judged by the women.
“We’re particular about our privacy.” One of the women from the back said, trying to sound casual.
“That’s no problem, I won’t need to come by until you leave.” Lauren assured them.
“Jim left the entire area alone. I mean, we prefer to be left completely alone.” She clarified. Lauren was taken aback but nodded. After they left and had driven off she looked back down at the binder.
Helgas
Camp site 42
November Full Moon
December 21
March 21
Require all sites in the area empty. 3 day reservations. Noise level low, some disturbances.
Lauren closed the binder. She’d flipped through it before but obviously hadn’t retained much information. It occurred to her that this wasn’t in the main binder. She picked up the company binder, flipped through until she found regular reservations. Nothing helpful from the last 10 years. She booted up the computer and pulled up the spreadsheet. There it was. Reservations, regular. A list of people and campsites and cabins. The program was designed to automatically block off the areas that were supposed to be reserved. Campsite 42 was not on the list for today. Maybe because it was a full moon reservation and not a specific date? Lauren flipped through December and it wasn’t in there either. She sighed. Lauren went to the main screen and added in the December reservation and it stopped her. Ok. So it's here somehow. Or it wouldn’t have stopped her. But it doesn't show up. It’s hidden. Lauren crossed her arms and dropped her head down. She wasn’t completely computer illiterate but she really didn’t know how to see this. The last guy, Jim? Jim. That guy must’ve done something to the computer system. Why would he have done that? He did all the reservations. Unless he didn’t want the company itself to see. They could log in through the main office and see what was going on up here. There was another location they owned and the computer program was designed to work with that one. Lauren shook her head and sighed. Maybe she could get ahold of Steven and ask about Jim.
Lauren opened Jim’s binder again. There were only a few regulars that didn’t have reservations that showed up in the company system. By the time she was done it was dark outside. Lauren sighed and shut everything down. She locked up the office displaying the note to ring the doorbell. The doorbell that alerted her phone to a visitor that would need checked in. Lauren wasn’t worried about it, not in November. It was warmish for November but still cold. No one hunted up here because it had too many people walking up the trails, further out maybe but they would rent a cabin ahead of time if they stayed up here and on the weekends.
Lauren went into her kitchen and got a jar of chili out of the fridge. Cora had made some and sent it home with her after Saturday dinner a few weeks ago. It was easy to heat up. She got a glass of wine and started a fire in the fireplace to warm the house up. She turned the tv on and laid across the couch until she could smell the chili. She’d had a bus day and found herself drifting off before she’d finished eating so she cleaned up and took herself to bed.
Lauren found herself awake in the forest. Barefoot. It was silent. Completely silent. Lauren cautiously spun around trying to get her bearings. She saw movement off to the right. Her heart stopped, she looked over trying to make sense in the dark. Something moved next to the trees, an animal? Lauren took a step toward it without thinking.
Someone or something stepped out wearing an animal skull. Deer? Lauren couldn’t think through her fear. The clothes were baggy and run down. Like a t shirt over loose black pants tied up with a rope and black cardigan. With a black long jacket.
“Who are you?” Lauren asked, dazed.
“I should ask you the same thing. Where is the keeper?” The thing asked, but it wasn’t said aloud, she heard it in her head.
“I-I don’t know. I just got hired here a few months ago. My friend's friend helped me get the job.”
“Then the Keeper sent you here.” The thing insisted
“I don’t think so, the man before me, I didn’t know him.”
“I see. What did they tell you about this place?” The thing asked, circling her. Lauren realized it was tracing her with a skeletal finger.
“How to take reservations and how to clean.” Lauren murmured, trying not to look as scared as she felt.
“I could tell you.” The thing offered. Lauren felt her anxiety rise up and suddenly felt like she needed to be gone. She shouldn’t trust this thing, whatever it was.
“Um, no thanks.You could-could tell me who you are though.” Lauren said instead
“I’m insulted is what I am. You’ll have to figure out who on your own.” With that he was gone and she was in bed sitting up breathing hard. The raspy voice still echoing in her head.
Lauren blinked. A dream. It was a dream. But it had felt real. She checked her feet and saw that they were clean. A dream.
Lauren’s whole day was off after that. Everything looked sharper almost and she found herself pinching her arm to make sure she was actually awake. She avoided the tent sites circling around with the Helgas but found herself inspecting the rest of them carefully, unsure of what she was looking for. After that she rode down to the cabins and did a quick inspection, checking the windows for torn screens and the doors for any sign of break in, double checking the lock. All good. Lauren was done early and decide to walk one of the trails to shake off the oddness. There weren’t a lot of trails she hadn’t already walked so she picked one of the harder ones and grabbed her backpack with snacks and water.
In the months since moving up here she had grown stronger from the work and the access to trails. Anytime she felt herself slipping into a depressive episode or started thinking too much she would go on a long trail and try to exhaust herself. At some point she had started running in the mornings although had stopped in the last few weeks because of the cold and how long it took the sun to rise. Lauren ran a few miles awkwardly with the backpack and then slowed. There was a not well used trail off to the side. She was certain she was still on the company's property but had not seen this one before so she cautiously went off the main trail and headed down it. It didn’t take long for it to grow darker with the trees overhead. There were still nature noises but they seemed almost muted. Lauren pinched her arm just to make sure, it definitely hurt. She was definitely awake. Lauren pulled her camera out of her bag and began snapping pictures of the area around her, partly to remember where she had come from and partly because she was in awe of the area around her. It was beautiful out here and the trees made her feel small and light. She checked her phone and saw that it was nearing dark. She stopped and drank some water before turning around. Lauren moved at a brisk pace as she headed back and almost missed the flash of light off to her left. But as such she had just managed to catch it and it stopped her in her tracks.
“Hello?” Lauren called out, if it was a hunter she had run into, which she didn’t think it was, not as close to the campgrounds as they were, but if it was she wanted it clear they were dealing with a person. No one answered her though. She hesitantly stepped off the trail and walked toward it. She couldn’t think of anything that would flash out here. Cameras? She wasn’t aware of any out here but it had never occurred to her to ask anyone. Regardless, she should check to see if it was a camera before she asked about there being any. She came to a massive tree. She craned her head back and light hit her eyes so that it was difficult to make out the top of the tree. The branches started low giving her a compulsion to climb upwards. Off to the side of it the roots rose up seeming to form a circle. Lauren took a few pictures of it without thinking. She got as many different angles as possible. She had seen roots that came out of the ground but had never seen one that formed a perfect circle. Lauren looked around and realized that it was dark now, she checked her phone and saw the battery was almost drained. She had been here for 3 hours. Lauren blinked and shook her head. 3 hours? That was impossible. She started shaking and spun around when she realized how silent it was, even for night time.
SNAP
Lauren gasped and took off running. She didn’t think about anything other than heading back in the direction she had come. Adrenaline coursed through her and she felt like she was running faster than she had before. It was dizzying how sharp everything was and how fast it seemed to go by her. She hit the main trail and kept running. She could feel her energy start to dip and she pushed herself harder. By the time she emerged from the woods she fell on the ground sobbing and gasping for air. She grabbed a fistful of grass with one hand and put her other palm to her mouth to stifle the sobbing, screaming sounds she was making. It felt like an hour of laying on the ground trying to collect herself. It was one of the Helgas that found her.
“Are you ok? Ma’am? Guys! She’s out!” Lauren heard the thinner of the group yelling for her friends to come help The 4 of them lifted her to a sitting position and tried to get her to respond. Eventually Lauren started to come to and her breathing returned to normal.
“What happened? “ The dark haired one asked firmly,
“N-n-nothing. I-I-I don’t know. I was in the woods and I heard… I don’t know. I’m so sorry, I have no idea what came over me.” Lauren stuttered. Trying so hard to reign her emotions back in. “Nothing, I just lost track of time there and I guess I got myself spooked. I have quite the imagination. What are you guys doing here? Was there something you needed?”
“We came up to see if you were ok, we were doing a little night hiking and saw you running and we followed you.” The dark haired one said. Lauren thought she was lying but didn’t know why she thought that.
“I could use some wine honestly, would you 4 like some wine?” Lauren felt like she was drunk as she walked back to her back door, the short one linked her arm in Lauren’s and walked with her steadying her.
“Wine sounds nice, we have some back at camp, we could get ours and bring it back.” She told Lauren in a soothing voice. A mom voice.
“Nonsense. I always stock up in town, I have plenty. I’ll get a fire going and-”
“We can get the fire, you get the wine and Addy here will help you bring out the glasses.” The dark haired one gestured to the short one who smiled and headed toward the door to open it for Lauren.
Lauren had 2 wine glasses and used regular glass cups for everyone else. She grabbed a couple bottles of red wine she’d gotten clearanced out after Halloween, the bottle had a blurry outline of trees and Lauren had felt it looked so magical she’d bought 6. Of course it wasn’t her favorite so now seemed like a good time to try to offload a little.
“I’m Lauren by the way, I know that’s Addy, who are the rest of you?” Lauren asked as she and Addy passed out glasses and poured wine in front of the fire.
“I’m Sara. “ The dark haired one said taking a generous drink from her cup
“I’m Therese.” The blond smiled and waved,
“I’m Rian.” The thin one said, pronouncing it Ree-ann.
“Is this a girls trip? I hope I didn’t mess anything up.” Lauren asked, pulling her blanket from the house tight around her. The fire was nice and warm but not warm enough to fend off the November chill.
“You didn’t mess anything up, honestly we were hoping to speak with you anyway. We knew Jim fairly well, I guess as well as you can know someone you only see 3 times a year. He had a pretty good idea of what he’d signed up for when he started but we got the feeling you didn’t and we were curious.” Sara said, watching Lauren’s face intently.
“I guess I don’t. I’m not sure what you mean.” Lauren said, wondering if they were crazy. The witchy types who came out here to dance naked in front of a fire and sing before going back home to suburbs and corporate lives with toddlers and teenagers. Lauren had dealt with those types over the summer but not very many.
“Well how did you get the job?” Therese asked, spinning the wine in her glass like she’d already had a few before they started.
“A friend of a friend. I was looking to make some changes in my life and he thought I would be a good fit here.”
“The Keeper?” Sara asked, leaning forward.
“I don’t think so. He just seemed like a regular guy. Who is the Keeper? “ Lauren asked nervously. The woods looked darker and it occurred to her that she didn’t know if she could beat them back in the house if she wanted to run. Then she remembered the Keeper comment from her dream, now hazy but still there.
“The Keeper doesn’t do a whole lot from what I can tell, not directly I mean. He just keeps information and contacts who he needs. He got Jim hired on, we don’t know much about him, we’ve personally not seen him ourselves. We’re not sure if he changes every so often but as far as we know it’s been the same person always. These woods are full of magic you see and not all of it is good magic. “ Sara explained. “We come out 3 times a year to make a blood sacrifice to Eglas. He or She, is a … something. Hungry mostly. Instead of one person we use 4 or 5 sometimes. Same amount of blood and no one dies. Occasionally one person will donate more for a favor but it’s not often.”
“I’m sorry, what?” Lauren said dumbly.
“He/She said they came to visit you last night. They said that you didn’t know much about your job. Eglas seemed very angry so we came to help you” Rian told her.
“There’s not much to your job. You keep the grounds maintained and then you make sure that we are able to do our work. I don't know what else is in the woods but I know about Eglas. My family has for at least a century come out and offered blood to keep Eglas satisfied. When they started settling the area, they disturbed a lot of spirits. Eglas was curious and found the taste of human blood to be… good I guess. Eglas would go into homes and take people, in the beginning it was a lot. Most families fled the area, but the ones who stayed came to Eglas one night and offered to give him what he wanted if he backed off. Or she, really Eglas has no real gender. It’s a fairy or demon, I’m not sure. Either way, Eglas was satisfied with a person a year but that got old quickly, not a lot of people lining up to do that obviously, they really weren’t getting a lot out of that deal back then, they could farm the land peacefully and that was it. One day a young farmer offered himself but when it came time he talked Eglas into changing the deal, a little from the strongest men in town. Eglas got the best there was and it was willingly. Eglas threw in the part about 3 times a year since the body wasn't included in the deal. That’s the lore anyway.” Sara told her story well, moving her hands and body, changing her pitch like a natural born storyteller.
“I think fairy because it makes the most sense with the woods and the deal making. You don’t have to believe us yet, you will eventually, but we come out here and do our ceremony and leave.” Addy told her.
“That sounds, nice.” Lauren said hesitantly. She drank more and could already feel the events of the afternoon fuzzing away.
“He’ll come to you again tonight, you’ll know who he is now. “ Therese said, smiling nicely.
“And you’ve done your ceremony already?” Lauren asked, trying to see if there were cuts visible. The girls nodded and Addy pulled her pants down showing off a long cut on her thigh. Lauren hissed through her teeth at the sight of it.
“Oh it’s not so bad. It hurts but it always heals quickly like it was never there. “ Addy assured her.
“Jim knew about this? “ Lauren asked, remembering a note in the binder about them being .
disturbing or something
“Yes, he did.. He knew before he started though. It kept him safe. We were a little worried that leaving you to the wolves so to speak, that you wouldn’t survive.” Rian explained.
“I’m afraid I’ve worn myself out. I think I’ll go to bed.” Lauren said, getting up carefully. The women were nice company and Lauren couldn’t think of the last time she had sat around the fire with anyone, but the conversation made her nervous. They looked at each other and nodded.
“We leave early tomorrow but I’ll leave my card on your door, you can call if you need anything.” Sara assured her.
Lauren didn’t get into bed as much as she collapsed into it. Her legs ached already and she knew that she wasn’t getting around much tomorrow. Between the wine and adrenaline wearing off, Lauren was able to fall asleep quickly.
She was out in the woods again. She must be dreaming because she wasn’t hurting.
“Do you know who I am?” The creature asked in her head again. Lauren couldn’t see the creature but didn’t feel the need to look for it either, just stood waiting.
“Eglas.” Lauren answered out loud. There was a chittering sound that somehow sounded pleased.
“Smart woman. I have been watching you.”
“I’d prefer you didn’t.” Lauren said dryly.
“You have questions.” Eglas stated.
“I can find answers.”
“I can give you answers if you ask me. It’s easy.” Eglas encouraged.
“Nothing is ever free and I have no intention of indebting myself to you. Accidentally or otherwise.” Lauren said, making herself clear. Eglas chuckled out loud and Lauren heard a swooshing through the trees. Lauren involuntarily shuddered.
“Have it your way, but you know where to find me.” Eglas said.
Lauren woke up the next morning as sore as she thought she would be. She managed to drag herself out of bed and to the bathroom and pulled on sweats that could pass as clothes. She thought that was the advantage of getting older, no one expected as much fashion wise. Lauren considered sitting on the stairs to go down but pushed through each painful step until she was in the kitchen. Ibuprofen and a freezer meal with a bottle of wine and she headed to the living room. She’d be close enough to answer any visitors if they came but she could sleep on the couch or watch tv. Lauren couldn’t find anything interesting on tv, or not enough to block out the clear dream she’d had last night that seemed to stick to her. When the ibuprofen kicked in she felt good enough to sit up, she looked around the room and noticed the bookshelf was getting dusty again. There were books on the shelf that had come with the place but Lauren had never really looked at them before. After flipping through movie selections and still not seeing anything she could find any interest in she got up and wandered over to the shelf. Reading the titles she figured out why she hadn’t wanted to read them before. History of the area mostly. Then a book about ghosts in the area, that sounded like it could be interesting. When Lauren was a kid she devoured books about ghosts. Next to it was a book without a title, it was slim and blended with the other books well. Lauren grabbed it as well, mostly curious. She settled back on the couch and pulled the blanket around her. The book was interesting, the usual ladies in the woods and drowned men, children warning of danger. Then there was a chapter that mentioned Elgas.
TRANCHLURE
He arose from the mud, hungry,ravenous.
He crept through the trees and on the strange mist observant first.
When the people came and Eglas fed He found a way to satiate the hunger and then slept for years and was awoken
He massacred the nearest town and those who lived in the woods found a way to drive him back into the caves, not dead but mostly sleeping until someone falls into his cavern, never to return.
Was it about Eglas? She didn’t think so.
Lauren went into the office and grabbed the binder that mentioned the Helgas. Even the binder was coded though obviously.
With her limited knowledge though she was thinking that they were groups of worshippers coming to celebrate differently. Lauren wondered if she could order some books on astrology to understand it better.
She opened up another book on fairies, but this had highlighted sections. A recipe for some kind of tea to see fairies. In the side there were some notes on things to leave out around the forest, offerings for the spirits. Lauren traced the handwriting and wondered if it was Jim who had written it or someone else. Apples was what it said.
There was a ring telling her someone was here. Lauren got up again carefully and headed in to the office. A man with a sleepy toddler on his shoulder stood waiting. He looked haggard and nervous.
“Cabin?” Lauren asked softly.
“Uhm, yes please.” He said.
“Any preference? You kind of have your pick this weekend.”
“Something toward the back.”
“Alright, cabin 15, more towards the middle honestly but it branches off so it’s a little more secluded?”
“Yes sounds fine. ‘
Lauren handed him his keys and a small map and sent him on his way, she then hobbled back to her couch. Sighing, she went back to the original book and started a story about a woman who had gotten lost in the forest and run into a sprit offering wishes. A wispy in between soul. Lauren noted that the spirit could be found by a landmark she knew. Slowly she started to doze.
Again she found herself barefoot in the forest.
“Hello again.” He or she whispered in her head
“Hello. Why am I here again?” Lauren asked dreamily.
“Because I am a generous soul. The man came today to ask for a favor from the fairies, he bought his offerings but he failed to realize he had put his daughter in danger. She’s gifted, she’s why he knows to come here. She’s also hit the magician and witches' radar, he needs protection.”
“Ah, and why do you care? There’s always a price.”
“I’ll protect her, for a price, obviously, just a little blood offering. From him if that isn’t clear. I need you to go and tell him my offer before his daughter is spirited away. Awaken now.”
Lauren woke up suddenly, she was annoyed and irate at being ordered around. But she got up and found a card that Sara had offered her the night before. Nervously she rang the number.
“Hello?” Sara answered.
“It’s Lauren, are you far away? “ Lauren asked, wondering how her rational world had changed in such a short span of time.
“Not far at all, maybe a mile.”
“Eglas, came to me, he wants to offer his services to a new camper here.”
“We’ll turn back around immediately.”
A few hours later Rian stood at the office smiling.
“It’s been taken care of, I didn’t realize what you being here meant. You’re the new Keeper.” Rian looked on at her with admiration.
“I don’t think so.” Lauren said firmly.
“You are, whether you know it or not, that’s why you’re here. Eglas might’ve told you that was why he was coming to you but he told us.” Lauren didn’t like the culty feeling she was getting off of Rian right now.
“Well, I don’t know what that means, I’m a caretaker, a well paid caretaker. Not a Keeper for things I don’t believe in. “
“I don't know much about the Keepers, but I have a very strong feeling that you should find the person who sent you here and ask some questions. I don’t know as much as the other girls about the magic in the forest but I do know that the fairies have an affinity for ceremony.”
After a few days of thinking, Lauren finally made a call to Eric. Eric was due up today.
Eric came to the regular front door instead of the office door.
“You’re the Keeper.” Lauren said without saying hello.
“Yes. Jim was a Keeper as well, but he… Well he isn’t anymore. You are up for the position obviously. I’m assuming you brokered a deal for someone out there if you figured it out. Which is accepting the position.”
“I don’t know about any of this. Eglas came and told me a girl was in trouble. I offered protection through another group that I know offers blood sacrifices. I feel like I’m too old to be any sort of Keeper. “
“Well it’s in your blood. That’s part of the reason you were chosen. The night you came to me I had a day of signs, then I heard about Jim. I was thinking of sending another established Keeper to this area and then I saw you. One big sign. I watched you for a few days and then I made the decision to send you up here. You have done very well so far. “
“Is there like a meeting for this? An instructional booklet? “
“I’m guessing Jim left a book of notes behind. He was good about notes in his day and when he realized he was coming to an end he told me he would leave things behind for whoever came next. I’d just look for books and binders.”
“But I don’t understand it.”
“Well you’ll have to learn fast”
“Rian said there was likely a ceremony.”
“There is an introduction. You’ll spill your blood by a great tree that connects all of the mountain. You’ll be recognized and the creatures will know to come to you.”
“What kind of fairy tale is this?”
“The kind that you’re a part of. “
“If it’s in my blood shouldn’t I know something?”
“I guess not.”
Lauren stood in front of the tree on the next full moon, freezing and nervous. The Helgas joined her for emotional support. Lauren held a sharp knife and sliced her hand to let the blood flow over the ground. Energy started from the ground and worked its way up her feet and through her body. With her feet firmly planted it felt as if she came up out of her body and rose above the trees, like looking through a microscope if she concentrated on a certain area she could see everything going on. At first she thought she saw people, but it was much too late for that. They were creatures. They roamed and played. I could see everything.
Welcome to Camp Thellgar
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“Audrey will come around Ma. She really will miss you and she doesn’t want to change. God forbid she tell you right out that she is going to miss you. “ Greyson said. Lauren hadn’t spoken to Audrey directly since she had told the kids she was moving. She had come over at one point to get some furniture and mementos and had been snarky the entire time that Lauren had been in the house. Lauren had had quite enough of it and went to the backyard to smoke until Audrey and her man of the week had taken off. They hadn’t even come out to tell her they were leaving. Lauren had had another good cry after that and then made herself margaritas with her mixer and called Natalie to come over for a good farewell bitch session. They had gotten tipsy and talked about ungrateful kids and sent nice little waves to Grace who huffed at them.
“Well, maybe she will and maybe she wont. She always favored your father and I never told her she had to pick sides but all the same she felt like she had to. The divorce was harder on her than it was you older two.She was only 8.” Lauren said lamely.
“I think Cora and I were just glad you guys weren’t fighting. Dad was great with us but he treated you terribly the last few years you were together and it was just so much easier to not hate him when you guys weren’t around each other. Audrey was definitely his favorite though and any time she came over he just made sure they did everything she wanted because he was afraid she’d hit puberty and would decide she didn’t like him anymore. Like Cora.”
“Well that makes sense. How’s you-know-who?” Lauren asked changing the topic.
“Miranda? Alright I guess. Her mom picked Liam up last night for the weekend so I could help you, says she called a month ago and sounded good. I don’t know if that means anything or not but I don’t think she is going to come back wanting to be Liam's mom. At least not any time soon. I don’t really care, she had him and that was the deal. That’s all I asked for. I’d have supported the other way too but I really hoped she’d just let me keep him. She told everyone who asked she didn’t want kids. Everyone. I kind of wonder if she’ll want to meet him and be afraid to because everyone will expect her to be someone to him.” Grayson drummed his fingers anxiously. Lauren couldn’t understand this arrangement that Grayson and Miranda had. She kept wondering if it wasn’t some form of depression or something but Grayson insisted it wasn’t. He’d had Liam all to himself from day one and never complained.
“You think taking this was too impulsive? The job? I didn’t even do a face to face interview. It was on that skype thing. Eric set it all up. It’s legit but maybe I should’ve driven up first to check it out. Maybe I’m just running scared.”
“Maybe it was but taking risks makes your life exciting. Besides, I hate thinking of you alone in the house waiting for something bad to happen.” Grayson patted her leg. “Besides you said there were discounts on cabins and I’d like that. Plus unlike the last job, if Liam gets sick he can hang out with you when he can’t go to daycare.”
“I would like that.”
They pulled onto a winding dirt road and drove another 10 miles. The woods on each side of the road pressed in on them. It was a nice feeling. It was quiet out here and Lauren appreciated it. She had thought she would be more scared to be alone out here but she found herself looking forward to it now. Settling down and maybe a beer.
The GPS took them toa large sign marked Camp Thellgar in front of a fork in the road, one marked OFFICE and the other marked CAMPING. They turned into the OFFICE fork on the left. A man sat on the porch at the first building they came up to. He shaded his eyes and stood as they approached. Lauren took a shaky breath.
“Does my eye still look weird?” Lauren asked Grayson.
“Nah, the makeup covers whatever is left. It looks a little off I guess but I don’t think anyone would guess why. You’re old, he’ll think you had a stroke more than likely” Grayson teased. Lauren let out a high pitched laugh and took a deep cleansing breath.
“Hi I’m Steven Connor, you’re Lauren Jackson I hope.” Steven stuck his hand out for her to shake.
“I am indeed. Nice to meet you, you look different in person.” Lauren said laughing. He did, he looked older than he had on the computer, tired maybe. Steven shrugged. “This is my son Grayson, he’s helping bring my stuff up for me.”
“Right, good of you to help your momma. Come right in here. This is the main office, just off of what will be your cabin. Initially they were one in the same but years back we decided the caretaker could use some more privacy when we added more cabins in. The cabins have only been part of the deal for about 15 years, before that it was just the tent sites. No electricity on those. They’re a little easier to maintain. This time of year we mainly get people who want to use the tent sites, families out for a day hike. Summer rolls around and you’ll be pretty busy. We hire help from the nearby towns, you’ll let them know what to do but you’ll need someone in the office most of the day. There’s an alarm here that will pop up on your phone, when synced with the app of course, that way you can be out on the grounds. There’s an ATV for getting around a little easier. You’ll be in charge of taking reservations and handling the payment, cleaning up the campsites when they leave, looking in on them to make sure they’re kept up. Same with the cabins. Do a thorough cleaning and dust once a week. Aspen Cunningham, that’s the girl from town, she’ll be up every other day to assist with cleaning out the cabins. Here’s the card for Aspen, the card for a maintenance guy we use, Roger, and my card if you need to get ahold of me.” Steven led her from the office which was a small front room with a storage room behind it. Off of that there was a door with a good lock that led into a small house. It came in by a small half bath and then stairs leading to 2 bedrooms upstairs and a full bathroom. Next to the stairs a door led into a small living room with a few bookshelves and a dated TV, past that a kitchen with a dining area. It was cozy and Lauren was in love immediately.
“The last guy was pretty organized, we have our own binder we put together for new employees, he made his own as well. I skimmed through it, mostly a heads up on common maintenance issues. There’s a copy of maintenance performed on each cabin and site that also goes in the main book that’s stashed in the office.” Steven handed her a heavy worn binder.
“I’ll go ahead and start bringing in your stuff mom.” Grayson said backing out the main front door that didn’t lead into the office. Lauren followed Steven into the office and he showed her where anything she could need to find would be. She watched a safety video that featured Steven’s family, made when Steven was a kid. His smiling face running around in the background.
Grayson hung out for a while after Steven left. Lauren was overwhelmed and felt exhausted. She wandered through her new house while Grayson made her spaghetti. She laid on the bed. It was firmer than she was used to but it was ok.
After they ate Grayson hesitantly left. Reminding her to call if she needed anything, asking if she was sure she wanted him to leave. Lauren had a feeling he would’ve spent the night if Miranda’s mom didn’t have Liam. There was a firepit in the backyard so she got a fire going and sat back watching the flames while she drank a beer. She thought about getting stoned but it felt too new here and she was afraid of freaking herself out. The noises of the woods were relaxing. It felt quiet. Quiet was exactly what she needed.
The next few months went quickly, Lauren got in a groove of checking all the sites in the morning and doing general maintenance. Aspen, the girl who cleaned, came up twice a week not every other day like Steven had said. She was a sweet girl and spent a few hours dusting and vacuuming the empty cabins. Lauren and her got along really well and Lauren was grateful for the company. Summer came and Lauren was busy, she barely left the office it seemed. If it wasn’t reservations, it was families asking for maps of the trails or information on the town below. It was a nice busy. Lauren had expected the cleaning to be worse than it actually was, most people cleaned up after the campsites before they left. Fall came and the people started to slow down, most of the people she saw were people hiking the trails and less camping By November she was slow again.
One day her phone went off alerting her to a visitor in the office. She jumped on her ATV and headed back up. There was a small run down car waiting when she pulled up. Lauren ran her hands through her hair as she entered the door. 4 middle aged women stood waiting patiently.
“Sorry, I was a little further out today, how can I help you? Cabin?” Lauren asked, coming around the desk.
“Where’s Jim?” One woman with darker hair asked.
“Jim? Was he the man before me? I’m afraid he doesn’t work here anymore. Just me, I’m Lauren. Regulars?” Lauren grabbed the binder from underneath the counter and flipped through until she came on regulars. Scanning the list she found a November regular, along with a few other months. “Ok, here we are. It says the Helgas, tentsite 42. Yes?”
“That’s right, what happened to Jim? I'm surprised to see that he’s gone.” The dark haired woman handed over her credit card and tapped on the table anxiously. The other women moved around like they were trying to look as if they weren’t paying much attention.
“Not sure. No one really told me and I didn’t think to ask. I’ve been here since late spring, right before the summer rush. “ Lauren felt like she was being judged by the women.
“We’re particular about our privacy.” One of the women from the back said, trying to sound casual.
“That’s no problem, I won’t need to come by until you leave.” Lauren assured them.
“Jim left the entire area alone. I mean, we prefer to be left completely alone.” She clarified. Lauren was taken aback but nodded. After they left and had driven off she looked back down at the binder.
Helgas
Camp site 42
November Full Moon
December 21
March 21
Require all sites in the area empty. 3 day reservations. Noise level low, some disturbances.
Lauren closed the binder. She’d flipped through it before but obviously hadn’t retained much information. It occurred to her that this wasn’t in the main binder. She picked up the company binder, flipped through until she found regular reservations. Nothing helpful from the last 10 years. She booted up the computer and pulled up the spreadsheet. There it was. Reservations, regular. A list of people and campsites and cabins. The program was designed to automatically block off the areas that were supposed to be reserved. Campsite 42 was not on the list for today. Maybe because it was a full moon reservation and not a specific date? Lauren flipped through December and it wasn’t in there either. She sighed. Lauren went to the main screen and added in the December reservation and it stopped her. Ok. So it's here somehow. Or it wouldn’t have stopped her. But it doesn't show up. It’s hidden. Lauren crossed her arms and dropped her head down. She wasn’t completely computer illiterate but she really didn’t know how to see this. The last guy, Jim? Jim. That guy must’ve done something to the computer system. Why would he have done that? He did all the reservations. Unless he didn’t want the company itself to see. They could log in through the main office and see what was going on up here. There was another location they owned and the computer program was designed to work with that one. Lauren shook her head and sighed. Maybe she could get ahold of Steven and ask about Jim.
Lauren opened Jim’s binder again. There were only a few regulars that didn’t have reservations that showed up in the company system. By the time she was done it was dark outside. Lauren sighed and shut everything down. She locked up the office displaying the note to ring the doorbell. The doorbell that alerted her phone to a visitor that would need checked in. Lauren wasn’t worried about it, not in November. It was warmish for November but still cold. No one hunted up here because it had too many people walking up the trails, further out maybe but they would rent a cabin ahead of time if they stayed up here and on the weekends.
Lauren went into her kitchen and got a jar of chili out of the fridge. Cora had made some and sent it home with her after Saturday dinner a few weeks ago. It was easy to heat up. She got a glass of wine and started a fire in the fireplace to warm the house up. She turned the tv on and laid across the couch until she could smell the chili. She’d had a bus day and found herself drifting off before she’d finished eating so she cleaned up and took herself to bed.
Lauren found herself awake in the forest. Barefoot. It was silent. Completely silent. Lauren cautiously spun around trying to get her bearings. She saw movement off to the right. Her heart stopped, she looked over trying to make sense in the dark. Something moved next to the trees, an animal? Lauren took a step toward it without thinking.
Someone or something stepped out wearing an animal skull. Deer? Lauren couldn’t think through her fear. The clothes were baggy and run down. Like a t shirt over loose black pants tied up with a rope and black cardigan. With a black long jacket.
“Who are you?” Lauren asked, dazed.
“I should ask you the same thing. Where is the keeper?” The thing asked, but it wasn’t said aloud, she heard it in her head.
“I-I don’t know. I just got hired here a few months ago. My friend's friend helped me get the job.”
“Then the Keeper sent you here.” The thing insisted
“I don’t think so, the man before me, I didn’t know him.”
“I see. What did they tell you about this place?” The thing asked, circling her. Lauren realized it was tracing her with a skeletal finger.
“How to take reservations and how to clean.” Lauren murmured, trying not to look as scared as she felt.
“I could tell you.” The thing offered. Lauren felt her anxiety rise up and suddenly felt like she needed to be gone. She shouldn’t trust this thing, whatever it was.
“Um, no thanks.You could-could tell me who you are though.” Lauren said instead
“I’m insulted is what I am. You’ll have to figure out who on your own.” With that he was gone and she was in bed sitting up breathing hard. The raspy voice still echoing in her head.
Lauren blinked. A dream. It was a dream. But it had felt real. She checked her feet and saw that they were clean. A dream.
Lauren’s whole day was off after that. Everything looked sharper almost and she found herself pinching her arm to make sure she was actually awake. She avoided the tent sites circling around with the Helgas but found herself inspecting the rest of them carefully, unsure of what she was looking for. After that she rode down to the cabins and did a quick inspection, checking the windows for torn screens and the doors for any sign of break in, double checking the lock. All good. Lauren was done early and decide to walk one of the trails to shake off the oddness. There weren’t a lot of trails she hadn’t already walked so she picked one of the harder ones and grabbed her backpack with snacks and water.
In the months since moving up here she had grown stronger from the work and the access to trails. Anytime she felt herself slipping into a depressive episode or started thinking too much she would go on a long trail and try to exhaust herself. At some point she had started running in the mornings although had stopped in the last few weeks because of the cold and how long it took the sun to rise. Lauren ran a few miles awkwardly with the backpack and then slowed. There was a not well used trail off to the side. She was certain she was still on the company's property but had not seen this one before so she cautiously went off the main trail and headed down it. It didn’t take long for it to grow darker with the trees overhead. There were still nature noises but they seemed almost muted. Lauren pinched her arm just to make sure, it definitely hurt. She was definitely awake. Lauren pulled her camera out of her bag and began snapping pictures of the area around her, partly to remember where she had come from and partly because she was in awe of the area around her. It was beautiful out here and the trees made her feel small and light. She checked her phone and saw that it was nearing dark. She stopped and drank some water before turning around. Lauren moved at a brisk pace as she headed back and almost missed the flash of light off to her left. But as such she had just managed to catch it and it stopped her in her tracks.
“Hello?” Lauren called out, if it was a hunter she had run into, which she didn’t think it was, not as close to the campgrounds as they were, but if it was she wanted it clear they were dealing with a person. No one answered her though. She hesitantly stepped off the trail and walked toward it. She couldn’t think of anything that would flash out here. Cameras? She wasn’t aware of any out here but it had never occurred to her to ask anyone. Regardless, she should check to see if it was a camera before she asked about there being any. She came to a massive tree. She craned her head back and light hit her eyes so that it was difficult to make out the top of the tree. The branches started low giving her a compulsion to climb upwards. Off to the side of it the roots rose up seeming to form a circle. Lauren took a few pictures of it without thinking. She got as many different angles as possible. She had seen roots that came out of the ground but had never seen one that formed a perfect circle. Lauren looked around and realized that it was dark now, she checked her phone and saw the battery was almost drained. She had been here for 3 hours. Lauren blinked and shook her head. 3 hours? That was impossible. She started shaking and spun around when she realized how silent it was, even for night time.
SNAP
Lauren gasped and took off running. She didn’t think about anything other than heading back in the direction she had come. Adrenaline coursed through her and she felt like she was running faster than she had before. It was dizzying how sharp everything was and how fast it seemed to go by her. She hit the main trail and kept running. She could feel her energy start to dip and she pushed herself harder. By the time she emerged from the woods she fell on the ground sobbing and gasping for air. She grabbed a fistful of grass with one hand and put her other palm to her mouth to stifle the sobbing, screaming sounds she was making. It felt like an hour of laying on the ground trying to collect herself. It was one of the Helgas that found her.
“Are you ok? Ma’am? Guys! She’s out!” Lauren heard the thinner of the group yelling for her friends to come help The 4 of them lifted her to a sitting position and tried to get her to respond. Eventually Lauren started to come to and her breathing returned to normal.
“What happened? “ The dark haired one asked firmly,
“N-n-nothing. I-I-I don’t know. I was in the woods and I heard… I don’t know. I’m so sorry, I have no idea what came over me.” Lauren stuttered. Trying so hard to reign her emotions back in. “Nothing, I just lost track of time there and I guess I got myself spooked. I have quite the imagination. What are you guys doing here? Was there something you needed?”
“We came up to see if you were ok, we were doing a little night hiking and saw you running and we followed you.” The dark haired one said. Lauren thought she was lying but didn’t know why she thought that.
“I could use some wine honestly, would you 4 like some wine?” Lauren felt like she was drunk as she walked back to her back door, the short one linked her arm in Lauren’s and walked with her steadying her.
“Wine sounds nice, we have some back at camp, we could get ours and bring it back.” She told Lauren in a soothing voice. A mom voice.
“Nonsense. I always stock up in town, I have plenty. I’ll get a fire going and-”
“We can get the fire, you get the wine and Addy here will help you bring out the glasses.” The dark haired one gestured to the short one who smiled and headed toward the door to open it for Lauren.
Lauren had 2 wine glasses and used regular glass cups for everyone else. She grabbed a couple bottles of red wine she’d gotten clearanced out after Halloween, the bottle had a blurry outline of trees and Lauren had felt it looked so magical she’d bought 6. Of course it wasn’t her favorite so now seemed like a good time to try to offload a little.
“I’m Lauren by the way, I know that’s Addy, who are the rest of you?” Lauren asked as she and Addy passed out glasses and poured wine in front of the fire.
“I’m Sara. “ The dark haired one said taking a generous drink from her cup
“I’m Therese.” The blond smiled and waved,
“I’m Rian.” The thin one said, pronouncing it Ree-ann.
“Is this a girls trip? I hope I didn’t mess anything up.” Lauren asked, pulling her blanket from the house tight around her. The fire was nice and warm but not warm enough to fend off the November chill.
“You didn’t mess anything up, honestly we were hoping to speak with you anyway. We knew Jim fairly well, I guess as well as you can know someone you only see 3 times a year. He had a pretty good idea of what he’d signed up for when he started but we got the feeling you didn’t and we were curious.” Sara said, watching Lauren’s face intently.
“I guess I don’t. I’m not sure what you mean.” Lauren said, wondering if they were crazy. The witchy types who came out here to dance naked in front of a fire and sing before going back home to suburbs and corporate lives with toddlers and teenagers. Lauren had dealt with those types over the summer but not very many.
“Well how did you get the job?” Therese asked, spinning the wine in her glass like she’d already had a few before they started.
“A friend of a friend. I was looking to make some changes in my life and he thought I would be a good fit here.”
“The Keeper?” Sara asked, leaning forward.
“I don’t think so. He just seemed like a regular guy. Who is the Keeper? “ Lauren asked nervously. The woods looked darker and it occurred to her that she didn’t know if she could beat them back in the house if she wanted to run. Then she remembered the Keeper comment from her dream, now hazy but still there.
“The Keeper doesn’t do a whole lot from what I can tell, not directly I mean. He just keeps information and contacts who he needs. He got Jim hired on, we don’t know much about him, we’ve personally not seen him ourselves. We’re not sure if he changes every so often but as far as we know it’s been the same person always. These woods are full of magic you see and not all of it is good magic. “ Sara explained. “We come out 3 times a year to make a blood sacrifice to Eglas. He or She, is a … something. Hungry mostly. Instead of one person we use 4 or 5 sometimes. Same amount of blood and no one dies. Occasionally one person will donate more for a favor but it’s not often.”
“I’m sorry, what?” Lauren said dumbly.
“He/She said they came to visit you last night. They said that you didn’t know much about your job. Eglas seemed very angry so we came to help you” Rian told her.
“There’s not much to your job. You keep the grounds maintained and then you make sure that we are able to do our work. I don't know what else is in the woods but I know about Eglas. My family has for at least a century come out and offered blood to keep Eglas satisfied. When they started settling the area, they disturbed a lot of spirits. Eglas was curious and found the taste of human blood to be… good I guess. Eglas would go into homes and take people, in the beginning it was a lot. Most families fled the area, but the ones who stayed came to Eglas one night and offered to give him what he wanted if he backed off. Or she, really Eglas has no real gender. It’s a fairy or demon, I’m not sure. Either way, Eglas was satisfied with a person a year but that got old quickly, not a lot of people lining up to do that obviously, they really weren’t getting a lot out of that deal back then, they could farm the land peacefully and that was it. One day a young farmer offered himself but when it came time he talked Eglas into changing the deal, a little from the strongest men in town. Eglas got the best there was and it was willingly. Eglas threw in the part about 3 times a year since the body wasn't included in the deal. That’s the lore anyway.” Sara told her story well, moving her hands and body, changing her pitch like a natural born storyteller.
“I think fairy because it makes the most sense with the woods and the deal making. You don’t have to believe us yet, you will eventually, but we come out here and do our ceremony and leave.” Addy told her.
“That sounds, nice.” Lauren said hesitantly. She drank more and could already feel the events of the afternoon fuzzing away.
“He’ll come to you again tonight, you’ll know who he is now. “ Therese said, smiling nicely.
“And you’ve done your ceremony already?” Lauren asked, trying to see if there were cuts visible. The girls nodded and Addy pulled her pants down showing off a long cut on her thigh. Lauren hissed through her teeth at the sight of it.
“Oh it’s not so bad. It hurts but it always heals quickly like it was never there. “ Addy assured her.
“Jim knew about this? “ Lauren asked, remembering a note in the binder about them being .
disturbing or something
“Yes, he did.. He knew before he started though. It kept him safe. We were a little worried that leaving you to the wolves so to speak, that you wouldn’t survive.” Rian explained.
“I’m afraid I’ve worn myself out. I think I’ll go to bed.” Lauren said, getting up carefully. The women were nice company and Lauren couldn’t think of the last time she had sat around the fire with anyone, but the conversation made her nervous. They looked at each other and nodded.
“We leave early tomorrow but I’ll leave my card on your door, you can call if you need anything.” Sara assured her.
Lauren didn’t get into bed as much as she collapsed into it. Her legs ached already and she knew that she wasn’t getting around much tomorrow. Between the wine and adrenaline wearing off, Lauren was able to fall asleep quickly.
She was out in the woods again. She must be dreaming because she wasn’t hurting.
“Do you know who I am?” The creature asked in her head again. Lauren couldn’t see the creature but didn’t feel the need to look for it either, just stood waiting.
“Eglas.” Lauren answered out loud. There was a chittering sound that somehow sounded pleased.
“Smart woman. I have been watching you.”
“I’d prefer you didn’t.” Lauren said dryly.
“You have questions.” Eglas stated.
“I can find answers.”
“I can give you answers if you ask me. It’s easy.” Eglas encouraged.
“Nothing is ever free and I have no intention of indebting myself to you. Accidentally or otherwise.” Lauren said, making herself clear. Eglas chuckled out loud and Lauren heard a swooshing through the trees. Lauren involuntarily shuddered.
“Have it your way, but you know where to find me.” Eglas said.
Lauren woke up the next morning as sore as she thought she would be. She managed to drag herself out of bed and to the bathroom and pulled on sweats that could pass as clothes. She thought that was the advantage of getting older, no one expected as much fashion wise. Lauren considered sitting on the stairs to go down but pushed through each painful step until she was in the kitchen. Ibuprofen and a freezer meal with a bottle of wine and she headed to the living room. She’d be close enough to answer any visitors if they came but she could sleep on the couch or watch tv. Lauren couldn’t find anything interesting on tv, or not enough to block out the clear dream she’d had last night that seemed to stick to her. When the ibuprofen kicked in she felt good enough to sit up, she looked around the room and noticed the bookshelf was getting dusty again. There were books on the shelf that had come with the place but Lauren had never really looked at them before. After flipping through movie selections and still not seeing anything she could find any interest in she got up and wandered over to the shelf. Reading the titles she figured out why she hadn’t wanted to read them before. History of the area mostly. Then a book about ghosts in the area, that sounded like it could be interesting. When Lauren was a kid she devoured books about ghosts. Next to it was a book without a title, it was slim and blended with the other books well. Lauren grabbed it as well, mostly curious. She settled back on the couch and pulled the blanket around her. The book was interesting, the usual ladies in the woods and drowned men, children warning of danger. Then there was a chapter that mentioned Elgas.
TRANCHLURE
He arose from the mud, hungry,ravenous.
He crept through the trees and on the strange mist observant first.
When the people came and Eglas fed He found a way to satiate the hunger and then slept for years and was awoken
He massacred the nearest town and those who lived in the woods found a way to drive him back into the caves, not dead but mostly sleeping until someone falls into his cavern, never to return.
Was it about Eglas? She didn’t think so.
Lauren went into the office and grabbed the binder that mentioned the Helgas. Even the binder was coded though obviously.
With her limited knowledge though she was thinking that they were groups of worshippers coming to celebrate differently. Lauren wondered if she could order some books on astrology to understand it better.
She opened up another book on fairies, but this had highlighted sections. A recipe for some kind of tea to see fairies. In the side there were some notes on things to leave out around the forest, offerings for the spirits. Lauren traced the handwriting and wondered if it was Jim who had written it or someone else. Apples was what it said.
There was a ring telling her someone was here. Lauren got up again carefully and headed in to the office. A man with a sleepy toddler on his shoulder stood waiting. He looked haggard and nervous.
“Cabin?” Lauren asked softly.
“Uhm, yes please.” He said.
“Any preference? You kind of have your pick this weekend.”
“Something toward the back.”
“Alright, cabin 15, more towards the middle honestly but it branches off so it’s a little more secluded?”
“Yes sounds fine. ‘
Lauren handed him his keys and a small map and sent him on his way, she then hobbled back to her couch. Sighing, she went back to the original book and started a story about a woman who had gotten lost in the forest and run into a sprit offering wishes. A wispy in between soul. Lauren noted that the spirit could be found by a landmark she knew. Slowly she started to doze.
Again she found herself barefoot in the forest.
“Hello again.” He or she whispered in her head
“Hello. Why am I here again?” Lauren asked dreamily.
“Because I am a generous soul. The man came today to ask for a favor from the fairies, he bought his offerings but he failed to realize he had put his daughter in danger. She’s gifted, she’s why he knows to come here. She’s also hit the magician and witches' radar, he needs protection.”
“Ah, and why do you care? There’s always a price.”
“I’ll protect her, for a price, obviously, just a little blood offering. From him if that isn’t clear. I need you to go and tell him my offer before his daughter is spirited away. Awaken now.”
Lauren woke up suddenly, she was annoyed and irate at being ordered around. But she got up and found a card that Sara had offered her the night before. Nervously she rang the number.
“Hello?” Sara answered.
“It’s Lauren, are you far away? “ Lauren asked, wondering how her rational world had changed in such a short span of time.
“Not far at all, maybe a mile.”
“Eglas, came to me, he wants to offer his services to a new camper here.”
“We’ll turn back around immediately.”
A few hours later Rian stood at the office smiling.
“It’s been taken care of, I didn’t realize what you being here meant. You’re the new Keeper.” Rian looked on at her with admiration.
“I don’t think so.” Lauren said firmly.
“You are, whether you know it or not, that’s why you’re here. Eglas might’ve told you that was why he was coming to you but he told us.” Lauren didn’t like the culty feeling she was getting off of Rian right now.
“Well, I don’t know what that means, I’m a caretaker, a well paid caretaker. Not a Keeper for things I don’t believe in. “
“I don't know much about the Keepers, but I have a very strong feeling that you should find the person who sent you here and ask some questions. I don’t know as much as the other girls about the magic in the forest but I do know that the fairies have an affinity for ceremony.”
After a few days of thinking, Lauren finally made a call to Eric. Eric was due up today.
Eric came to the regular front door instead of the office door.
“You’re the Keeper.” Lauren said without saying hello.
“Yes. Jim was a Keeper as well, but he… Well he isn’t anymore. You are up for the position obviously. I’m assuming you brokered a deal for someone out there if you figured it out. Which is accepting the position.”
“I don’t know about any of this. Eglas came and told me a girl was in trouble. I offered protection through another group that I know offers blood sacrifices. I feel like I’m too old to be any sort of Keeper. “
“Well it’s in your blood. That’s part of the reason you were chosen. The night you came to me I had a day of signs, then I heard about Jim. I was thinking of sending another established Keeper to this area and then I saw you. One big sign. I watched you for a few days and then I made the decision to send you up here. You have done very well so far. “
“Is there like a meeting for this? An instructional booklet? “
“I’m guessing Jim left a book of notes behind. He was good about notes in his day and when he realized he was coming to an end he told me he would leave things behind for whoever came next. I’d just look for books and binders.”
“But I don’t understand it.”
“Well you’ll have to learn fast”
“Rian said there was likely a ceremony.”
“There is an introduction. You’ll spill your blood by a great tree that connects all of the mountain. You’ll be recognized and the creatures will know to come to you.”
“What kind of fairy tale is this?”
“The kind that you’re a part of. “
“If it’s in my blood shouldn’t I know something?”
“I guess not.”
Lauren stood in front of the tree on the next full moon, freezing and nervous. The Helgas joined her for emotional support. Lauren held a sharp knife and sliced her hand to let the blood flow over the ground. Energy started from the ground and worked its way up her feet and through her body. With her feet firmly planted it felt as if she came up out of her body and rose above the trees, like looking through a microscope if she concentrated on a certain area she could see everything going on. At first she thought she saw people, but it was much too late for that. They were creatures. They roamed and played. I could see everything.
Welcome to Camp Thellgar
2024.05.06 20:17 insufferabledreamer Searching for a Central/South American Adventure
24 y/o male
A couple years ago, during December,I traveled to Iceland solo and rented a camper van and circled the coast. I went through many storms, a couple were so bad that you could not see more than a foot in front on the van. The next morning, there were many vans flipped over the freeway. I love these types of extremes, the feelings of danger, wonder and natural phenomena like Diamond beach, northern lights, the waterfalls make me feel happy.
I want to find an adventure similar this in central/South America. I would be traveling there the first of August for a couple weeks. I know a decent amount of Spanish. I’m willing to learn Portuguese
What do you suggest that would be similar to my iceland trip (in terms of adventure)? Looking back on Iceland, I’m so proud that I did it, not too many people my age have done that and I want to experience that feeling again!
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A couple years ago, during December,I traveled to Iceland solo and rented a camper van and circled the coast. I went through many storms, a couple were so bad that you could not see more than a foot in front on the van. The next morning, there were many vans flipped over the freeway. I love these types of extremes, the feelings of danger, wonder and natural phenomena like Diamond beach, northern lights, the waterfalls make me feel happy.
I want to find an adventure similar this in central/South America. I would be traveling there the first of August for a couple weeks. I know a decent amount of Spanish. I’m willing to learn Portuguese
What do you suggest that would be similar to my iceland trip (in terms of adventure)? Looking back on Iceland, I’m so proud that I did it, not too many people my age have done that and I want to experience that feeling again!
2024.05.06 17:36 wenlee01 The Sleepaway Camp Packing List: What to Take to Summer Camp
 | https://preview.redd.it/nvb33yehstyc1.jpg?width=639&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6c1fca23b7e3518d04ee748b3e5456060ad5c6ee submitted by wenlee01 to u/wenlee01 [link] [comments] Packing for camp? How exciting! We hope after reading our summer camp packing list that you'll feel prepared for fun-filled summer at Camp Friendship. Camp gear to bring Suitcase or duffel? It doesn't matter which! Campers are free to bring a large duffel bag, a suitcase with or without wheels, a large plastic tub, or even a set of plastic drawers. There's no need to buy anything specific, whatever you have at home will work just fine, but we don't recommend large trunks because of their size. Please note that all our cabins and bunks are different, so there's no guarantee that luggage will fit under the bed. However, our awesome counselors will help campers store luggage so that it's out of the way of cabin fun. Clothing Pack comfortable clothes that are okay to get messy and are adventure-ready. Kids go through more clothes at camp than you'd expect. While they're actively enjoying the outdoors, they're actively getting dirty tool Please ensure your camper has enough clothes to change a couple of times each day to stay comfortable, healthy, and dry. Our Camp Store does have some great CF swag. However, you'll want to ensure your camper has enough of their own clothes to last at least a week and a half. For our campers staying multiple weeks, we'll do your laundry for you towards the end of each week. Although it is summer camp, it can be cool at night. so include a few sets of warm clothes on your camp packing list. Afternoon rain showers are fairly common in Virginia, so a light waterproof jacket is must. Camp Tip: Two-piece swimsuits can be easier for younger campers to put on and take off. We have a closed-toe shoes rule at camp to ensure everyone's tootsies stay safe from rocks, twigs, and splinters. Tennis shoes are perfect for everyday wear. If campers want to wear flip flops, those are best saved for shower time. We recommend a pair of closed-toe water shoes like Crocs or Keens that easily slip on and off for the lake or pool. Personal items Although camp can be messy, it's important to stay clean and healthy. Pack a washcloth, shampoo and conditioner, body wash, deodorant, toothpaste, a toothbrush (or two!) and any other personal items campers might need. Please consider packing their favorite toiletry items rather than selecting new travel sized ones. Many campers realize the toothpaste packed isn't to their taste or they don't like the smell of their new soap. Knowing they will use their familiar items with confidence is a must for good hygiene at camp. If your camp forgets or runs out of any of these items, we always have extra and are happy to help some campers like to bring all these items in a plastic basket or shower caddy for easy carrying. When packing liquids, use plastic bags to avoid spills and leaks. Required items There are a few essential items to put on your camp packing list. Firstly, a water bottle is a MUST. Campers spend more time outside than they are typically used to and can easily become dehydrated during the busy camp day. Although counselors encourage campers to drink water during meals and activities, campers should carry a water bottle with them at all times. They can fill up at the various hydration stations around camp. Staying hydrated is cool at camp, we even have special CF water bottles and water bottle stickers to prove it. What's the thing we hear our counselors say more often than anything else? "Don't forget your sunscreen and bug spray!" Campers enjoy many activities around our forests and fields, and bug spray is especially important in the mornings and evenings. It's always a good idea for campers to bring a small backpack to carry their belongings between activities. Backpacks are handy to keep a towel, bathing suit, water bottle, sunscreen, bug spray, an extra pair of socks, and that perfectly shaped pet rock you just found! While our camps have electricity, they are not air conditioned. Campers should bring battery powered fans to help them stay cool in the cabin. We recommend packing extra batteries and practicing how to change out the batteries with your camper. Lines and Laundry Camp beds are all single bunk beds. We encourage parents to pack twin size sheets regardless of whether campers bring a sleeping bag or blanket. You can't go wrong by packing an extra sheet or two as campers are asked to make their beds as part of their daily cabin chores. There's nothing like jumping into a freshly made bed with clean sheets at the end of a day full of fun! Campers should come with at least one bath towel and one beach towel, but extras are always recommend for campers who will be swimming multiple times during the day. Campers who fly into camp from other states and countries can receive camp linens on arrival. Camp linen sets include a pillow, blanket, sheets, and are refreshed at the end of each week. Camp tip: Pack your camper with a mesh laundry bag, even d they're only staying one week. It helps campers stay organized and differentiate from their clean and dirty clothes. Additionally, it makes packing up at the end of the week a breeze. Horseback riding gear If your camper is enrolled in the Equestrian Program, they will need to pack some program-specific gear. It is important to be comfortable when riding, long pants are required, and bringing extra socks is always a good idea. Caps are welcome if you have them. Make sure to bring your riding boots or hard-soled shoes will a heel. If you have your own helmet, you're welcome to bring it to camp as long as it's ASTM-approved. If you are missing gear, you are more than welcome to borrow some from camp. There's no need to bring your own tack and grooming supplies though - we have plenty here! What NOT to bring If something is valuable, treasured, fragile or potentially dangerous, leave it off your summer camp packing list! Campers should also leave all electronics at home. Camp Friendship is a unique experience where children can truly connect without the use of digital devices. Please give your child the chance to make these connections by leaving phones and all other electronics at home. For our friends who travel to camp from other states and countries, we will gladly keep electronic items safe and return them upon departure. Packing pro tips Label your stuff Please don’t let your camper’s stuff join the Lost and Found mountain. We encourage parents to label every item, article of clothing, and piece of equipment with your camper’s first and last name. Companies such as Mabel’s Labels and Oliver’s Labels have easy-to-use waterproof labels that help to avoid mix ups and lost items. You can even purchase these labels directly through your CampInTouch account by selecting “Camper Clothing Labels”. Pack medication in original packaging All medication, prescription or non-prescription (including vitamins and over-the-counter medication), must be brought to camp in the original packaging or in a blister pack pre-packaged by a pharmacy. Medication will be handed to the Nurse on check-in day and kept in our Health Center for safekeeping. Make letter writing easy Help you to help…you! If you want to hear from your camper while they’re at camp, it’s wise to send them with letter-writing materials such as e-Letter paper, dark ink pens (not pencils), pre-addressed envelopes, stamps, postcards or smoke signals (just kidding!) Campers have cabin time each day where they can choose to write home. Camp Tip: Most campers write their letters from their bunk bed. A book light with a clip can be really helpful for younger campers still perfecting the art of holding a flashlight while writing. Please remember that even the best of intentions can be forgotten. Campers have exciting new games to play with friends, the chance to finish that friendship bracelet they’ve been working on, time to take a nap, or chat to their counselor with an interesting accent. Please don’t be disappointed if you don’t receive a letter from your camper within the first day or two. We’ll do our best to encourage them to write home. Sending them with the materials to make it quick and easy certainly helps. Bring a few home comforts If this is your camper’s first time at sleep-away camp, certain reminders of home can be a nice touch. A favorite book, comfortable blanket or family photo can help make their cabin feel a little more homey. Games for cabin time are always a great move too. If your child has a favorite stuffed animal or something very dear to them, we suggest leaving that at home and finding a ‘camp favorite’ to bring to camp. We would hate for your child’s favorite item to go missing! Help your camper re-pack Include an UN-checked copy of your packing checklist in your camper’s things so they can use it to re-pack and come home. This helps them to ensure they have everything and reduces Lost and Found at Camp—yay! Don’t let packing for camp stress you and your camper out! Use our printable packing checklist to make packing a breeze. |
2024.05.06 12:08 No_Chrysler-4-Me My entitled brother threw a massive fit, just because he was mad I bought a house
Yeah, I'm aware of several similar stories involving entitled family members wanting houses they have no claim to. But I guess this shit really happens. And it's no picnic when it does.
I suddenly became a homeowner some time ago because friend of mine's grandfather was moving to Florida. And his house was ripe for picking. I knew the old man well. RIP, he passed a few months later from a sudden stroke. Anyway, he offered the house and property to me for 200K. I practically ran to the bank to apply for the loan. The house is a manufactured home from the 80s. But it was remodeled repeatedly by the former owner, and has a separate garage building. The home and property could have gone for more. But he offered the house to me because he knew I'd take care of it. I had 30K saved that made a good down payment. And I was happy to leave my apartment. I'd wanted to eventually move out of there after what my cheating ex did anyway. But that's a story for another time.
As for my brother. Well he went bonkers when he found out I bought a house. He had this repeated history of copycatting me for the past decade. But this... There was no way in hell he could copycat buying a house with his terrible credit and inconsistent income. And he got in an argument with me over how I was just trying to make him look bad by doing something he couldn't. No, I just wanted a damn house. And the price was too good to refuse. Then he told me I should have turned it down because...(He had no good reason) I could practically see his screws getting looser with every dumbass excuse he made as to why I shouldn't have done it. But I pointed out all those excuses were just because I did something he currently can't. And when I bought the house, it had nothing to do with him. I just wanted to be a home owner for the security and extra space. I finally don't have to store my camper at my parents' house. And I have a garage that I can store stuff and tinker in.
I bought a camping cot, he bought a camping cot, went to the gym, he went to the gym, bought good booze, he bought good booze (Or stole it from me), I bought a new TV, be bought a new TV, I bought a truck, he bought a truck, I bought a camper, he bought a camper, I bought a used portable DVD player, he bought a used portable DVD player, I went camping in a specific place, he went camping in that specific place, I bought a house, he...(404 Error! Insert tea kettle noises and Benny Hill chase). He also acted like a complete child toward me when he built his Mini-Ram thing. He actually confronted me and said it was keweler than my boring Tundra, because it was something original. I swear, he did the dumbest mods to that vehicle. Like putting twist studs in the suspension coils to raise the ride height.
Well after weeks of openly fuming about me being a home owner, my brother suddenly acted like he had another brilliant idea. He wanted to move in with me. I laughed at him. Then he ended up demanding I rent one of my rooms to him. And for only $200 a month (Utilities included) because he shouldn't have to pay any more than that since we're family. He flipped his lid when I said fuck no! Then he got our parents involved again. Only this time they actually sided with him at first. Though it was mainly our mother. She and my brother showed up demanding I let my brother move in. And my brother had a shit eating grin on his face that I could tell he was thinking he was getting his way thanks to mommy dearest. I said "FUCK NO!" to both their faces, and my mother cried that I was using foul language to her and being an ass when I had the space now. I called my dad, and he told my mom that he'd warned her I wouldn't do it. And to leave me the hell alone. Mom whined my brother was living out of his camper next to a shabby house he was renting space from. I said that wasn't my problem to fix. And my brother has proven countless times that he cannot be trusted. My brother was fuming to the point of being red with veins popping out. My mom tried one more time to convince me with tears. And that just made me angrier.
I went on a rant that was something like this. Bro can't buy a house, so he wanted to invade mine. I refuse to ever live with my brother again. I would sooner live in the woods without electricity than with him. He's intentionally irritating as all hell. And if I had him as a roommate, I just knew he'd steal my booze, take my stuff, and invade my privacy none-stop. Not. Fucking. HAPPENING! No matter how many tears mom tries using on me. My mom broke down and finally conceded she'd never convince me after that rant. And she had to take my brother by the hand and leave with him because he initially refused to go, and kept begging her to turn back and make me let him move in. And then I yelled to him that it was a laugh that he called me a mama's boy before. Because he'd become exactly that. And this was just like the time he tried to get our mother to make me trade vehicles with him because he felt ashamed to be driving a minivan. He yanked away from mom, then told me to go fuck myself and the horse I rode in on. I laughed and pointed out I didn't ride in on anything, because I was already home. But his rattlecan horse was waiting for him in the driveway. He flipped his lid again, and looked like his head was going to explode. But mom got in front of him, and told him to just go. Then he drove off in his rattlecan Silverado without her. He'd driven her there. And then I had to take her home.
While taking her home, I made things very clear with my mother over why I could never trust my brother again. And his life was not my burden to bear. And then told her how little my brother was offering for rent anyway. Which he'd conveniently not told her. Then I later rented that same room to one of my best friends for $600 a month, and he pays for utilities. The other two rooms are my bedroom and a home office. There's an extra room in the separate garage too. So my mother tried to make me let my brother live in the garage instead. There's enough room in it's storage room for a bedroom. Again I said fuck no. And that's since been turned into another friend's rented room with a bit of a plywood remodel. Yeah, I kinda rented both the spare bedroom and garage room out to friends out of spite. But I wasn't letting my brother live with me in any capacity!
My brother later ended up having a complete meltdown in front of our parents over how he's the older brother. He should be the one who owns a house first. He's supposed to be successful, and I'm supposed to be the big loser in his shadow. Our dad poked him with his cane and told him that's not how life works, and they had a big argument. They told him to get out and not come back until he's cooled off and learned that he's just being a pointlessly jealous asshole.
The next part I post, my brother did the dumbest thing of all.
Edit: I came home late to over 600 comments, and still more pouring in. Far too many for me to answer. So I'll clear some things up here. Yes, I am no contact with my brother. And he's NC with the rest of the family as well. I do have cameras inside and outside my home. And a dash cam too. My brother knows this, and has stayed the fuck away since he left town. I'm told I'm an asshole too. Not arguing that, because it's true. I'm not exactly the nicest guy. But have someone like my brother in your life, and see how peachy you turn out.
Some have mentioned to having siblings just like my brother. Sadly I know very well people like him are increasingly common these days. My dad said a number of times that my brother probably would have ended up dead in an alley if he lived here 50 years ago with the way he behaves. As for our ages. I'm 30, and my brother is 32. I have not given my parents a spare key to my house. One is with a friend, and another is very cleverly hidden.
My house is a manufactured home. But it's not in a trailer park, and has been significantly modified with new siding and a new roof, and has a separate garage building. The previous owner was a former general contractor, and he loved to build and repair. And yes, I do have good insurance.
I keep seeing comments about a clock radio. Pardon me for not getting the reference. But I do own a digital alarm clock that has a built in CD player. Currently plays Tina Turner's Proud Mary to wake me up.
My brother and I were raised pretty evenly. He was always a jerk. But went full asshole after moving out. But our mother didn't favor him. She chewed him out plenty. And she didn't normally side with his stupidity. She just wanted him to live in a better place than in a camper next to a house filled with potheads. Addition: My brother willingly moved into that camper. He was renting half a room in that house of potheads. Then convinced the landlord to let him live in his camper on the property for the same price instead. And he bragged about his camper a lot. Which he has a full gaming center in, complete with Playstation. He only wanted to invade my house to piss me off and make his cost of living even lower. He also doesn't like camping nearly as much as me. He mainly liked just pissing me off by following me. He loved to make me miserable. In fact, he felt entitled to make me miserable. That's the kind of person he is.
Do I have a restraining order against my brother? Not really. Just didn't bother. Because even if I did, it'd only be for like a year. And my brother wouldn't let something like that stop him if he was truly determined anyway.
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I suddenly became a homeowner some time ago because friend of mine's grandfather was moving to Florida. And his house was ripe for picking. I knew the old man well. RIP, he passed a few months later from a sudden stroke. Anyway, he offered the house and property to me for 200K. I practically ran to the bank to apply for the loan. The house is a manufactured home from the 80s. But it was remodeled repeatedly by the former owner, and has a separate garage building. The home and property could have gone for more. But he offered the house to me because he knew I'd take care of it. I had 30K saved that made a good down payment. And I was happy to leave my apartment. I'd wanted to eventually move out of there after what my cheating ex did anyway. But that's a story for another time.
As for my brother. Well he went bonkers when he found out I bought a house. He had this repeated history of copycatting me for the past decade. But this... There was no way in hell he could copycat buying a house with his terrible credit and inconsistent income. And he got in an argument with me over how I was just trying to make him look bad by doing something he couldn't. No, I just wanted a damn house. And the price was too good to refuse. Then he told me I should have turned it down because...(He had no good reason) I could practically see his screws getting looser with every dumbass excuse he made as to why I shouldn't have done it. But I pointed out all those excuses were just because I did something he currently can't. And when I bought the house, it had nothing to do with him. I just wanted to be a home owner for the security and extra space. I finally don't have to store my camper at my parents' house. And I have a garage that I can store stuff and tinker in.
I bought a camping cot, he bought a camping cot, went to the gym, he went to the gym, bought good booze, he bought good booze (Or stole it from me), I bought a new TV, be bought a new TV, I bought a truck, he bought a truck, I bought a camper, he bought a camper, I bought a used portable DVD player, he bought a used portable DVD player, I went camping in a specific place, he went camping in that specific place, I bought a house, he...(404 Error! Insert tea kettle noises and Benny Hill chase). He also acted like a complete child toward me when he built his Mini-Ram thing. He actually confronted me and said it was keweler than my boring Tundra, because it was something original. I swear, he did the dumbest mods to that vehicle. Like putting twist studs in the suspension coils to raise the ride height.
Well after weeks of openly fuming about me being a home owner, my brother suddenly acted like he had another brilliant idea. He wanted to move in with me. I laughed at him. Then he ended up demanding I rent one of my rooms to him. And for only $200 a month (Utilities included) because he shouldn't have to pay any more than that since we're family. He flipped his lid when I said fuck no! Then he got our parents involved again. Only this time they actually sided with him at first. Though it was mainly our mother. She and my brother showed up demanding I let my brother move in. And my brother had a shit eating grin on his face that I could tell he was thinking he was getting his way thanks to mommy dearest. I said "FUCK NO!" to both their faces, and my mother cried that I was using foul language to her and being an ass when I had the space now. I called my dad, and he told my mom that he'd warned her I wouldn't do it. And to leave me the hell alone. Mom whined my brother was living out of his camper next to a shabby house he was renting space from. I said that wasn't my problem to fix. And my brother has proven countless times that he cannot be trusted. My brother was fuming to the point of being red with veins popping out. My mom tried one more time to convince me with tears. And that just made me angrier.
I went on a rant that was something like this. Bro can't buy a house, so he wanted to invade mine. I refuse to ever live with my brother again. I would sooner live in the woods without electricity than with him. He's intentionally irritating as all hell. And if I had him as a roommate, I just knew he'd steal my booze, take my stuff, and invade my privacy none-stop. Not. Fucking. HAPPENING! No matter how many tears mom tries using on me. My mom broke down and finally conceded she'd never convince me after that rant. And she had to take my brother by the hand and leave with him because he initially refused to go, and kept begging her to turn back and make me let him move in. And then I yelled to him that it was a laugh that he called me a mama's boy before. Because he'd become exactly that. And this was just like the time he tried to get our mother to make me trade vehicles with him because he felt ashamed to be driving a minivan. He yanked away from mom, then told me to go fuck myself and the horse I rode in on. I laughed and pointed out I didn't ride in on anything, because I was already home. But his rattlecan horse was waiting for him in the driveway. He flipped his lid again, and looked like his head was going to explode. But mom got in front of him, and told him to just go. Then he drove off in his rattlecan Silverado without her. He'd driven her there. And then I had to take her home.
While taking her home, I made things very clear with my mother over why I could never trust my brother again. And his life was not my burden to bear. And then told her how little my brother was offering for rent anyway. Which he'd conveniently not told her. Then I later rented that same room to one of my best friends for $600 a month, and he pays for utilities. The other two rooms are my bedroom and a home office. There's an extra room in the separate garage too. So my mother tried to make me let my brother live in the garage instead. There's enough room in it's storage room for a bedroom. Again I said fuck no. And that's since been turned into another friend's rented room with a bit of a plywood remodel. Yeah, I kinda rented both the spare bedroom and garage room out to friends out of spite. But I wasn't letting my brother live with me in any capacity!
My brother later ended up having a complete meltdown in front of our parents over how he's the older brother. He should be the one who owns a house first. He's supposed to be successful, and I'm supposed to be the big loser in his shadow. Our dad poked him with his cane and told him that's not how life works, and they had a big argument. They told him to get out and not come back until he's cooled off and learned that he's just being a pointlessly jealous asshole.
The next part I post, my brother did the dumbest thing of all.
Edit: I came home late to over 600 comments, and still more pouring in. Far too many for me to answer. So I'll clear some things up here. Yes, I am no contact with my brother. And he's NC with the rest of the family as well. I do have cameras inside and outside my home. And a dash cam too. My brother knows this, and has stayed the fuck away since he left town. I'm told I'm an asshole too. Not arguing that, because it's true. I'm not exactly the nicest guy. But have someone like my brother in your life, and see how peachy you turn out.
Some have mentioned to having siblings just like my brother. Sadly I know very well people like him are increasingly common these days. My dad said a number of times that my brother probably would have ended up dead in an alley if he lived here 50 years ago with the way he behaves. As for our ages. I'm 30, and my brother is 32. I have not given my parents a spare key to my house. One is with a friend, and another is very cleverly hidden.
My house is a manufactured home. But it's not in a trailer park, and has been significantly modified with new siding and a new roof, and has a separate garage building. The previous owner was a former general contractor, and he loved to build and repair. And yes, I do have good insurance.
I keep seeing comments about a clock radio. Pardon me for not getting the reference. But I do own a digital alarm clock that has a built in CD player. Currently plays Tina Turner's Proud Mary to wake me up.
My brother and I were raised pretty evenly. He was always a jerk. But went full asshole after moving out. But our mother didn't favor him. She chewed him out plenty. And she didn't normally side with his stupidity. She just wanted him to live in a better place than in a camper next to a house filled with potheads. Addition: My brother willingly moved into that camper. He was renting half a room in that house of potheads. Then convinced the landlord to let him live in his camper on the property for the same price instead. And he bragged about his camper a lot. Which he has a full gaming center in, complete with Playstation. He only wanted to invade my house to piss me off and make his cost of living even lower. He also doesn't like camping nearly as much as me. He mainly liked just pissing me off by following me. He loved to make me miserable. In fact, he felt entitled to make me miserable. That's the kind of person he is.
Do I have a restraining order against my brother? Not really. Just didn't bother. Because even if I did, it'd only be for like a year. And my brother wouldn't let something like that stop him if he was truly determined anyway.