I’m a first time mom, and I’m really struggling right now with this transition. I need help/advice from other seasoned parents.
My 11.5 month old started naturally weaning from her bottles a little over a week ago. She’s only eating 2oz of milk when she wakes up in the morning after a 12 hour stretch of sleep.. and total for the day maybe 11-12 oz? Should I just go straight into breakfast when she wakes up now? I feel like the bottle affects to amount of food she’s actually consuming and she’s not even eating much of the bottle anyways.
We do 3 meals a day and recently just incorporated 2 snacks. At this point she wants nothing to do with bottles of milk or formula. I think my biggest concern right now is that she’s not getting enough calories. Since I’ve never had a baby or been around them before, I don’t know how much solids she needs to consume to make her full? Half of it ends up in her bib and on the floor so I never know how much she’s actually consuming, and the videos of BLW babies online show them absolutely demolishing their plates.
Is this normal? To not want milk or formula? She drinks 6-7oz of water a day from her straw cup. If she’s refusing bottles then chances are she’s not starving, right? Ugh 🥲
She turns 1 on the 29th and her well check isn’t until the 8th of June so I can’t really ask her ped these questions for a few more weeks.

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PRE-33 GOLD
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1908 D $5 Gold $1300
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1927 2.5 gold $800
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1914 D 2.5 Gold $700
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1901 2.5 Gold $650
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SILVER COINS AND ROUNDS 🕰️
Aerosmith 1 oz $33
Homer Simpson 2019 donut $70
Simpson family Christmas $50
1oz silver Superman Samoa 🇼🇸 $5 coin $35
Spider-Man 1oz $45
St. Lucia 2020 1 oz silver lizard 🦎 $33
2021 Wonder Woman 1oz $70
Batman 1oz $70
Scarface 1 oz $40
🥤 Coca-Cola 1 oz silver round 1 oz $33
Baby yoda 1oz silver $33
🇺🇸 Army 1 oz silver bar / round $33
Bar 1
Bar 2 digital camouflage
Street fighter chun lee 1oz 🇯🇵 - $33
Wolverine 1oz 🇨🇦 $50
The Godfather 1oz silver $40
Silver Bart Simpson 1 oz $60 🛹
2023 Homer Simpson carded 1 oz $60 📷
SWAMP THING 1oz colorized- $75 📷
2024 silver shield 1oz silver cannabis round $36
ET 🪐 Niue 1oz 2 dollar movie poster bar $45
1 oz trump wanted rounds $35
Beavis and butthead 🔥 🧻 1 oz silver
$90
Intaglio Mint 1oz “ the 4 seasons “ nude art 🖼️ round $60
Donald Duck $40
1991 liberty lobby 1/2 oz round - $14 each 4 available
FRANCE 🇫🇷 10 franc 1965 silver .8134 asw
$28
1oz Silver Camel Cigarettes Joe Camel 🐪 - $65
Disneys snow White doc 1 oz $70
1 oz proof ablum
https://imgur.com/a/tYA9NDZ
Silver $1 commemorative
Capsule only
Baseball $1 proof $29
Lewis and Clark proof $33
2011 infantry no box $30 sale !
1992 Columbus $1 - $30
D-day $1 bu $30
Wright brothers $1 $30
Capsule proof:
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In original mint packaging 📷
1993 WW2 2 coin set $1 - $37
1993 WW2 2 coin set proof $33
1994 World Cup 2 coin set $28 sale
1995 civil war battlefield 2 coin proof set $32
1995 Olympic cyclist 🚴 proof $33
1995 Olympic track and field proof $33
1996 national community service proof $29
1996 Smithsonian $1 proof $29
1998 Robert f Kennedy $1 proof - $40
1999 Yellow stone national park $33
2000 Leif Erickson silver proof $1 - $42
2003 wright brothers first flight $1 proof - $31
2006 San Francisco old Mint $1 proof $30
Benjamin Franklin founding father proof $33
2012 Infantry Soldier $1 $40
Comm proof:
https://imgur.com/a/iaF31xI
Silver Dollars 💵
1883 o $100
2007 ASE certified $40
2006 ASE certified $40
1921 Morgan in cap $40
1926 D peace dollar $33
1887 $1 - $70
1921 Morgan plastic flip $45
1886 $1 $70
1922 peace dollar $26 🔥
Better 1922 peace dollar $26
Nice 1922 peace dollar $26
1925 peace dollar $26
Proof:
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1921 Morgan MS $60
1896 Morgan $65
1885 Morgan $90
1878 CC $1 $170
1897 $1 $85
1890 O $1 $80
1921 MS $60
Proof;
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Glass Panther Art pours and more,
🥤🍔🌎🦩🌞🧊
Fallout New Vegas
Lucky 38 1oz silver “ platinum chip “ $45
Vintage 1977 Coca-Cola 1oz silver bar
Nashville TN $70
Norfolk Va $70
Atlanta $70
Contemporary Coca-Cola 1oz silver bar $35
Contemporary Coca-Cola 1oz silver round $35
Coca-Cola Christmas 2019 Fiji Santa Clause 1oz - $50 🎅
Fiji 🇫🇯 1oz coca-cola bottle cap $149 📷
10k gold coca-cola pin 📌 $150 📷
7.5 oz 1:1 scale .999 silver derringer - $400 ⭐️
3oz M4 🐆 $223
1oz army man $90
Sunshine 1oz $140
Cyborg 1oz $140
Smurf 1 oz $35
Art cola Proof ;
https://imgur.com/a/mlUyEQZ
HALF DOLLARS and more 💵
1822 Bust half dollar $75
1825 bust half dollar $70
1876 seated half $50
1896 O Barber half $60
1895 p barber half $30
1952 Washington/ carver half $25
1877 seated half $45
Booker T Half $25
1964 MS 50c $14
1963 D 50c unc $18
1955 Canada 50c $15 🔥
1992 silver 50c proof $15 🔥
2005 s silver proof $15 🔥
1858 50C $70
Canada silver 5 cents $6
1857 dime $20
1923 mercury dime $3
1937 mercury dime au $12
1936 AU mercury dime $13
1927 mercury dime $4
Barber dime coa $4
Ohio silver quarter $12
1XX3 seated quarter $18
1955 ms quarter $12
1964 ms quarter $9
1904 p 25c $8
1908 O 25c $10
1912 d 10c $9
Metal detector dime $5
1909 p barber dime $19
1903 p 25c $9
1916 p barber $4
1912 D $5
1916 $6
1907 $8
1914 10c $12
1832 half dime $90 📷
Proof
https://imgur.com/a/PhO1Bhq
SETS 📺 📷
Silver war nickel set $8
Dimes of the 20th century $6
Bill of rights silver 50c young collector set
$19
Buy all for $25 . Great deal.
Jewelry 💍
1 gram 10k earrings $25
7 gram. 925 bracelet $7
Take both for $31
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Rarities 🦜 📷
1/4 oz art bar gilded Halloween $35
1/4 oz art bar gilded Pug $35
COPPER 📣
Copper Cannabis Leaf 🍁 Round $2
2023 year of the Dragon 🐉 copper round $2
Lincoln Wheat Cent 1oz COPPER $2
Copper proof;
https://imgur.com/a/b6dcW1Y
🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 GOLD 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
0 - 2021 New Hampshire 1 GoldBack $5 each - free ihp with purchase and ground shipping limit 4 ihp
I’m out of these, sell me or trade for cheap.
https://imgur.com/a/JBEAJ4j
Bank of America 10k pendant with seed pearls , I think it’s 3.6 grams. $120 📷
Bank of America 10k pin 📌 no pearls, $100
📷
Fractional silver
1 gram silver in card $1.70
📷 https://imgur.com/a/x4CsSMR
CANADA SILVER 🇨🇦 🍁
Canada 1955 50c $20 📷
Canada $1 1987 proof $20 📷
Superman $20 silver $25
Batman vs Superman Canada $20 silver coin $29
Bugs Bunny $20 silver $35
Star trek 2016 silver $20 coin. $35
2016 Canada $20 silver T-Rex $25
2014 Canada $20 Snowman $22 2014 Canada $20 silver summer swimming coin $22
Canada proof
https://imgur.com/a/bUSuicI
Bank bag assortment lot that I forgot:
Futurama Shut up and take my money 1oz - $45
From glass panther
vintage coke bar 1oz $65
2014 icg panda $42
St. Lucia 1 oz lizard 🦎 $35
Trump wanted $33
https://imgur.com/a/q8pR7c3
USPS priority box /envelope $10
USPS 1st class $6 up to 7 oz
Risky envelope shipping $2
I take Zelle and Venmo Cash App and Mailed Cash and small gold or 1 goldbacks @3.75
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USPS priority box /envelope $10
USPS 1st class $6 up to 7 oz
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I make excellent packages but after I drop it off its the responsibility of USPS.
Please ask for photos or if I have multiple of the same item!
Date Proof:
https://imgur.com/a/Oli6nLG
PRE-33 GOLD
https://imgur.com/a/MNAYZip
1908 D $5 Gold $1300
https://imgur.com/a/xINXuM0
1927 2.5 gold $800
https://imgur.com/a/diOJZvh
1914 D 2.5 Gold $700
https://imgur.com/a/PX94LL9
1901 2.5 Gold $650
https://imgur.com/a/mExBjEn
SILVER COINS AND ROUNDS 🕰️
Aerosmith 1 oz $33
Homer Simpson 2019 donut $70
Simpson family Christmas $50
1oz silver Superman Samoa 🇼🇸 $5 coin $35
Spider-Man 1oz $45
St. Lucia 2020 1 oz silver lizard 🦎 $33
2021 Wonder Woman 1oz $70
Batman 1oz $70
Scarface 1 oz $40
🥤 Coca-Cola 1 oz silver round 1 oz $33
Baby yoda 1oz silver $33
🇺🇸 Army 1 oz silver bar / round $33
Bar 1
Bar 2 digital camouflage
Street fighter chun lee 1oz 🇯🇵 - $33
Wolverine 1oz 🇨🇦 $50
The Godfather 1oz silver $40
Silver Bart Simpson 1 oz $60 🛹
2023 Homer Simpson carded 1 oz $60 📷
SWAMP THING 1oz colorized- $75 📷
2024 silver shield 1oz silver cannabis round $36
ET 🪐 Niue 1oz 2 dollar movie poster bar $45
1 oz trump wanted rounds $35
Beavis and butthead 🔥 🧻 1 oz silver
$90
Intaglio Mint 1oz “ the 4 seasons “ nude art 🖼️ round $60
Donald Duck $40
1991 liberty lobby 1/2 oz round - $14 each 4 available
FRANCE 🇫🇷 10 franc 1965 silver .8134 asw
$28
1oz Silver Camel Cigarettes Joe Camel 🐪 - $65
Disneys snow White doc 1 oz $70
1 oz proof ablum
https://imgur.com/a/tYA9NDZ
Silver $1 commemorative
Capsule only
Baseball $1 proof $29
Lewis and Clark proof $33
2011 infantry no box $30 sale !
1992 Columbus $1 - $30
D-day $1 bu $30
Wright brothers $1 $30
Capsule proof:
https://imgur.com/a/9sCzhiP
In original mint packaging 📷
1993 WW2 2 coin set $1 - $37
1993 WW2 2 coin set proof $33
1994 World Cup 2 coin set $28 sale
1995 civil war battlefield 2 coin proof set $32
1995 Olympic cyclist 🚴 proof $33
1995 Olympic track and field proof $33
1996 national community service proof $29
1996 Smithsonian $1 proof $29
1998 Robert f Kennedy $1 proof - $40
1999 Yellow stone national park $33
2000 Leif Erickson silver proof $1 - $42
2003 wright brothers first flight $1 proof - $31
2006 San Francisco old Mint $1 proof $30
Benjamin Franklin founding father proof $33
2012 Infantry Soldier $1 $40
Comm proof:
https://imgur.com/a/iaF31xI
Silver Dollars 💵
1883 o $100
2007 ASE certified $40
2006 ASE certified $40
1921 Morgan in cap $40
1926 D peace dollar $33
1887 $1 - $70
1921 Morgan plastic flip $45
1886 $1 $70
1922 peace dollar $26 🔥
Better 1922 peace dollar $26
Nice 1922 peace dollar $26
1925 peace dollar $26
Proof:
https://imgur.com/a/fBk2WiY
1921 Morgan MS $60
1896 Morgan $65
1885 Morgan $90
1878 CC $1 $170
1897 $1 $85
1890 O $1 $80
1921 MS $60
Proof;
https://imgur.com/a/jJbdBJa
Glass Panther Art pours and more,
🥤🍔🌎🦩🌞🧊
Fallout New Vegas
Lucky 38 1oz silver “ platinum chip “ $45
Vintage 1977 Coca-Cola 1oz silver bar
Nashville TN $70
Norfolk Va $70
Atlanta $70
Contemporary Coca-Cola 1oz silver bar $35
Contemporary Coca-Cola 1oz silver round $35
Coca-Cola Christmas 2019 Fiji Santa Clause 1oz - $50 🎅
Fiji 🇫🇯 1oz coca-cola bottle cap $149 📷
10k gold coca-cola pin 📌 $150 📷
7.5 oz 1:1 scale .999 silver derringer - $400 ⭐️
3oz M4 🐆 $223
1oz army man $90
Sunshine 1oz $140
Cyborg 1oz $140
Smurf 1 oz $35
Art cola Proof ;
https://imgur.com/a/mlUyEQZ
HALF DOLLARS and more 💵
1822 Bust half dollar $75
1825 bust half dollar $70
1876 seated half $50
1896 O Barber half $60
1895 p barber half $30
1952 Washington/ carver half $25
1877 seated half $45
Booker T Half $25
1964 MS 50c $14
1963 D 50c unc $18
1955 Canada 50c $15 🔥
1992 silver 50c proof $15 🔥
2005 s silver proof $15 🔥
1858 50C $70
Canada silver 5 cents $6
1857 dime $20
1923 mercury dime $3
1937 mercury dime au $12
1936 AU mercury dime $13
1927 mercury dime $4
Barber dime coa $4
Ohio silver quarter $12
1XX3 seated quarter $18
1955 ms quarter $12
1964 ms quarter $9
1904 p 25c $8
1908 O 25c $10
1912 d 10c $9
Metal detector dime $5
1909 p barber dime $19
1903 p 25c $9
1916 p barber $4
1912 D $5
1916 $6
1907 $8
1914 10c $12
1832 half dime $90 📷
Proof
https://imgur.com/a/PhO1Bhq
SETS 📺 📷
Silver war nickel set $8
Dimes of the 20th century $6
Bill of rights silver 50c young collector set
$19
Buy all for $25 . Great deal.
Jewelry 💍
1 gram 10k earrings $25
7 gram. 925 bracelet $7
Take both for $31
https://imgur.com/a/H4Nrark
Rarities 🦜 📷
1/4 oz art bar gilded Halloween $35
1/4 oz art bar gilded Pug $35
COPPER 📣
Copper Cannabis Leaf 🍁 Round $2
2023 year of the Dragon 🐉 copper round $2
Lincoln Wheat Cent 1oz COPPER $2
Copper proof;
https://imgur.com/a/b6dcW1Y
🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 GOLD 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
0 - 2021 New Hampshire 1 GoldBack $5 each - free ihp with purchase and ground shipping limit 4 ihp
I’m out of these, sell me or trade for cheap.
https://imgur.com/a/JBEAJ4j
Bank of America 10k pendant with seed pearls , I think it’s 3.6 grams. $120 📷
Bank of America 10k pin 📌 no pearls, $100
📷
Fractional silver
1 gram silver in card $1.70
📷 https://imgur.com/a/x4CsSMR
CANADA SILVER 🇨🇦 🍁
Canada 1955 50c $20 📷
Canada $1 1987 proof $20 📷
Superman $20 silver $25
Batman vs Superman Canada $20 silver coin $29
Bugs Bunny $20 silver $35
Star trek 2016 silver $20 coin. $35
2016 Canada $20 silver T-Rex $25
2014 Canada $20 Snowman $22 2014 Canada $20 silver summer swimming coin $22
Canada proof
https://imgur.com/a/bUSuicI
Bank bag assortment lot that I forgot:
Futurama Shut up and take my money 1oz - $45
From glass panther
vintage coke bar 1oz $65
2014 icg panda $42
St. Lucia 1 oz lizard 🦎 $35
Trump wanted $33
https://imgur.com/a/q8pR7c3
USPS priority box /envelope $10
USPS 1st class $6 up to 7 oz
Risky envelope shipping $2
I take Zelle and Venmo Cash App and Mailed Cash and small gold or 1 goldbacks @3.75
I make excellent packages but after I drop it off it is the responsibility of USPS
Proof:
https://imgur.com/a/Oli6nLG

I did EASE expansion with Dr. Kasey Li. This is what my EASE experience has been like.
This is a pretty niche and long post, but I’ve been going through this expansion process as a 32 year old woman, going through my first week of expansion. I figured I’d share my experience as I know how much I was eating up these posts during my research. I also made a video that's a bit less detailed if that is more digestible.
Here is a breakdown of my experience day by day.
Day 0, Wednesday:
Had surgery at Stanford hospital and aside from a mild billing heart attack they gave me, it was a great experience. Kind, knowledgeable staff, great bedside manner. After surgery I woke up and could immediately breathe better. Nasal breathing feels like moving from a coffee straw to a regular size straw. Swallowing and talking were out of the question with the TPD in my mouth though. Took about 90 minutes to wake up and then I was released.
The first night was ROUGH. I maybe slept for 4 hours. Woke up repeatedly with bleeding. Finally stopped trying to sleep and reached out to Dr. Li at 6 am because my mouth was FULL of congealed blood.
Day 1, Thursday:
I was supposed to have my first follow up appointment on Friday, but due to the bleeding Dr Li came in bright and early at 6:30 am. He responded to my 6am text within 5 minutes and was like “How soon can you get to my office? I’ll be there”. We rushed over and he gave me some local anesthetic injections and cauterized the surgical site. He made sure I was very comfortable and that the bleeding had stopped before sending me home. The rest of the day went pretty smoothly. Swelling got much worse this day. Had to ice pretty much constantly to keep it down. Definitely uncomfortable but I had really good pain management.
Day 2, Friday:
Had my official follow up appointment and he turned the device for the first time. Turning was weird but not painful. Gave me some more injections as I had had a bit more bleeding on the opposite side. The swelling got intense this day. My cheeks were huge and hot and I was having a bit more jaw pain. Dr Li said my pain and swelling would peak around 48 hours and that was definitely the case. I just took my meds, rotated between ice and heat and overall had a smooth day with some bleeding again over night.
Day 3, Saturday:
Woke up with more (but far less) congealed blood in my mouth. Texted him at 9:20 AM to see what I should do and he texted back immediately saying meet me at the office at 10. Performed injections to stop the bleeding, cauterize, rinse and repeat. He sends me home. Still eating only a liquid diet. Still swollen. But not uncomfortable like it was. Not really icing much at this point, mostly focusing on heat, and feeling pretty human. Can go on walks and had a tiny bit of pasta (the most solid food I’ve had at this point). There is a tiny bit of bleeding at one point but it stops quickly and I go about my day pretty much normal and for the first time have no bleeding through the night!
Day 4, Sunday:
Slept great, no blood. Swelling still very present but going down. Was able to walk around, get around the city, virtually no jaw pain until about 4 pm when truly out of nowhere my incision site where the appliance is placed starts bleeding AGAIN. I quickly try to gently catch the blood by packing in gauze trying to stop the bleeding and avoid going into the office as it was Mother’s Day.
It bleeds through the gauze for 1.5 hours and I finally reach out to Dr. Li. He once again responds almost immediately and tells me I can come into the office or try and stop it, but that his preference is always to see patients in person. I try to get it to stop for about another hour with a couple false stops, but I’m unsuccessful yet again, so I make my way to the office where he meets me at almost 8:00 PM. He is very kind and understanding and just says “Shit happens, I’m there for my patients”.
He injects me, cauterizes it again, tells me I should stop talking advil as that can be an anticoagulant and is just very kind and understanding. I was supposed to have my second follow up on Monday morning, but he turns my device for me for the second time that night instead to try and avoid me having to go into the office again the next day. Turning is still uncomfy but not painful. He waits with me to make sure the site is stable, and then waits with me outside while wait for my ride.
Day 5, Monday:
Woke up with no blood in my mouth, swelling still going down. Pain levels very minimal. Breathing feeling smoother. My left TMJ (which I’ve had issues with in the past is more crackly and sore than usual, so I’m watching that carefully. So far so good. Just staying in bed and hoping to make it through the day/night with no bleeding.
Impressions so far:
I’ve had the most bleeding of any patient Li has had by far. Not totally sure what that’s about, and I’m sad I had to be the first, but the way he responds and handled my case made me SO HAPPY I just spent the money and went with him. No other doctor I've ever had has given me this level of care.
He is expensive, but he is worth EVERY penny because when you’re his patient, you feel like a priority. I traveled for the procedure (meaning 3 weeks away from home) and was really out of my element and comfort zone and had more complications than most of his previous patients (he said about 5% have repeat bleeding after surgery, but that the amount I had was an anomaly.)
My breathing is better, and will continue to improve as I expand. Even with the TPD device in that is taking up most of my palate, I have so. much. more. space for my tongue. It feels really good! My bite is weird now that my upper jaw is larger and that’s going to take some getting used to. And my TMJ is a bit sore.
Things to avoid week 1:
No straws. No vigorous exercise. No lifting over 10lbs. No hot foods/drinks. No hard/chewy foods. No nose blowing. I’d recommend staying away from herbs like garlic or ginger as they thin the blood I don't know if that was part of my problem, he said sometimes these things just happen and there was nothing I did wrong, but I'd just recommend staying away from any foods that can thin the blood and research them ahead of time. I'm vegan, and now I know that a lot of fruits/veg can thin the blood. So if you're veggie like me or try to eat a lot of "health foods" tread carefully. Have lots of gauze on hand.
Ask me anything. I'm here for another 1.5 weeks and am pretty bored. Happy so answer any questions about Dr. Li or EASE!

I did EASE expansion with Dr. Kasey Li. This is what my experience has been like.
This is a pretty niche post, but I’ve been going through this expansion process as a 32 year old woman, going through my first week of expansion. I figured I’d share my experience as I know how much I was eating up these posts during my research.
Here is a breakdown of my experience day by day.
Day 0, Wednesday:
Had surgery at Stanford hospital and aside from a mild billing heart attack they gave me, it was a great experience. Kind, knowledgeable staff, great bedside manner. After surgery I woke up and could immediately breathe better. Nasal breathing feels like moving from a coffee straw to a regular size straw. Swallowing and talking were out of the question with the TPD in my mouth though. Took about 90 minutes to wake up and then I was released.
The first night was ROUGH. I maybe slept for 4 hours. Woke up repeatedly with bleeding. Finally stopped trying to sleep and reached out to Dr. Li at 6 am because my mouth was FULL of congealed blood.
Day 1, Thursday:
I was supposed to have my first follow up appointment on Friday, but due to the bleeding Dr Li came in bright and early at 6:30 am. He responded to my 6am text within 5 minutes and was like “How soon can you get to my office? I’ll be there”. We rushed over and he gave me some local anesthetic injections and cauterized the surgical site. He made sure I was very comfortable and that the bleeding had stopped before sending me home. The rest of the day went pretty smoothly. Swelling got much worse this day. Had to ice pretty much constantly to keep it down. Definitely uncomfortable but I had really good pain management.
Day 2, Friday:
Had my official follow up appointment and he turned the device for the first time. Turning was weird but not painful. Gave me some more injections as I had had a bit more bleeding on the opposite side. The swelling got intense this day. My cheeks were huge and hot and I was having a bit more jaw pain. Dr Li said my pain and swelling would peak around 48 hours and that was definitely the case. I just took my meds, rotated between ice and heat and overall had a smooth day with some bleeding again over night.
Day 3, Saturday:
Woke up with more (but far less) congealed blood in my mouth. Texted him at 9:20 AM to see what I should do and he texted back immediately saying meet me at the office at 10. Performed injections to stop the bleeding, cauterize, rinse and repeat. He sends me home. Still eating only a liquid diet. Still swollen. But not uncomfortable like it was. Not really icing much at this point, mostly focusing on heat, and feeling pretty human. Can go on walks and had a tiny bit of pasta (the most solid food I’ve had at this point). There is a tiny bit of bleeding at one point but it stops quickly and I go about my day pretty much normal and for the first time have no bleeding through the night!
Day 4, Sunday:
Slept great, no blood. Swelling still very present but going down. Was able to walk around, get around the city, virtually no jaw pain until about 4 pm when truly out of nowhere my incision site where the appliance is placed starts bleeding AGAIN. I quickly try to gently catch the blood by packing in gauze trying to stop the bleeding and avoid going into the office as it was Mother’s Day.
It bleeds through the gauze for 1.5 hours and I finally reach out to Dr. Li. He once again responds almost immediately and tells me I can come into the office or try and stop it, but that his preference is always to see patients in person. I try to get it to stop for about another hour with a couple false stops, but I’m unsuccessful yet again, so I make my way to the office where he meets me at almost 8:00 PM. He is very kind and understanding and just says “Shit happens, I’m there for my patients”.
He injects me, cauterizes it again, tells me I should stop talking advil as that can be an anticoagulant and is just very kind and understanding. I was supposed to have my second follow up on Monday morning, but he turns my device for me for the second time that night instead to try and avoid me having to go into the office again the next day. Turning is still uncomfy but not painful. He waits with me to make sure the site is stable, and then waits with me outside while wait for my ride.
Day 5, Monday:
Woke up with no blood in my mouth, swelling still going down. Pain levels very minimal. Breathing feeling smoother. My left TMJ (which I’ve had issues with in the past is more crackly and sore than usual, so I’m watching that carefully. So far so good. Just staying in bed and hoping to make it through the day/night with no bleeding.
Impressions so far:
I’ve had the most bleeding of any patient Li has had by far. Not totally sure what that’s about, and I’m sad I had to be the first, but the way he responds and handled my case made me SO HAPPY I just spent the money and went with him. No other doctor I've ever had has given me this level of care.
He is expensive, but he is worth EVERY penny because when you’re his patient, you feel like a priority. I traveled for the procedure (meaning 3 weeks away from home) and was really out of my element and comfort zone and had more complications than most of his previous patients (he said about 5% have repeat bleeding after surgery, but that the amount I had was an anomaly.)
My breathing is better, and will continue to improve as I expand. Even with the TPD device in that is taking up most of my palate, I have so. much. more. space for my tongue. It feels really good! My bite is weird now that my upper jaw is larger and that’s going to take some getting used to. And my TMJ is a bit sore.
Things to avoid week 1:
No straws. No vigorous exercise. No lifting over 10lbs. No hot foods/drinks. No hard/chewy foods. No nose blowing. I’d recommend staying away from herbs like garlic or ginger as they thin the blood I don't know if that was part of my problem, he said sometimes these things just happen and there was nothing I did wrong, but I'd just recommend staying away from any foods that can thin the blood and research them ahead of time. I'm vegan, and now I know that a lot of fruits/veg/legumes can thin the blood. So if you're veggie like me or try to eat a lot of "health foods" tread carefully. Have lots of gauze on hand.
Ask me anything. I'm here for another 1.5 weeks and am pretty bored. Happy so answer any questions about Dr. Li or EASE!

Happy Monday, all!
PROOF album.
Still downsizing my collection. Selling some vintage .999 fine silver 1 oz rounds today. As far as condition, most of these are BU as you can see in the pictures. There is some light toning on some of the U.S. assay rounds, but nothing too oxidized. The A-Mark Liberty Bell rounds look decent with minimal signs of handling.

• 1974 Silver Trade Unit (High Relief) - 28 available - Price: $30 each
  
• Liberty Bell Silver A-Mark - 4 available - Price: $31 each
  
• 1981 U.S. Assay Office (Strategic Stockpile) silver rounds - 20 4 available - Price: $32 each
  

Payment methods accepted: PayPal (PPFF), Venmo, Cash App, or Zelle. Add $9 for USPS Priority Mail. Additional insurance available at cost. Next post office visit: Tuesday, May 14
Please sent a PM (preferred) or chat. Willing to negotiate on price and include storage tubes (Guardhouse brand) if 18+ rounds are purchased.

Hello! Here's my first attempt at a race recap. Is it a form of post-race therapy for a race that did not go as planned, despite having a great training cucle? Maybe. Perhaps it is also an attempt at inspiring my fellow goal-oriented runners to find the positives, wins, and progression in a race where you did not reach your goals. It's a long one and includes heat exhaustion, unexpected GI distress, and blood sugar woes, so buckle down. Proceed at your own caution.

Race Information

• Name: Leiden Half Marathon
• Date: May 12th, 2024
• Distance: 21.1 km
• Location: Leiden, The Netherlands
• Website: marathon.nl
• Time: 1:35:55

Goals

Goal	Description	Completed?
A	Sub 1:32	No
B	Sub 1:34	No
C	PB	Yes

Splits

Kilometer	Time
1	4:52
2	4:32
3	4:27
4	4:28
5	4:27
6	4:33
7	4:28
8	4:28
9	4:28
10	4:33
11	4:32
12	4:31
13	4:32
14	4:39
15	4:35
16	4:42
17	4:38
18	4:32
19	4:24
20	4:31
21	4:27
0.1	4:15

Background

To give you some background: I'm a relatively new runner. I have been casually running since mid-April 2024 and more seriously since July 2023. This was my second full training block, the previous one being a 12 week training block for in December. After that, I ran a trail half in January 2024. That was a bit of a wildcard race that I ran on the fly, not to finish it as fast as possible. I hadn't trained for it and ran the first half easy, the second half as an unplanned progression run simply because I felt good. That run brought me to a 1:43:38 finishing time. The Leiden half marathon would thus be my first go at racing a half marathon. With the half in January in mind, on the outset of my training block, I had a sub 1:35 in mind, but still as a very loose aim, subject to change as the training block progressed.
Another piece of important background: I have type 1 diabetes, which affects my running in quite complex ways. I'll spare you the details, but generally I am pretty apt at managing my blood sugar during running, using a continuous glucose monitor and an insulin pump. I hardly ever experience low blood sugar while running, especially not during races, due to the adrenaline rush, which tends to spike blood sugar instead. Foreshadowing: this race did not follow this general pattern.

Training (or "the rise")

I started this training cycle at the end of February, using the Runna advanced half marathon plan. I'd used Runna for my first training cycle as well, so was familiar with the app and general structure, and overall happy with it. It scheduled 4 days of running, one long run workout, one easy run, and two speed workouts. One of those speed workouts I swapped for a track session at my local athletics club. In addition to this, I had two weight lifting sessions at the gym a week.
Despite not having an overt problem with Runna, I second guessed the paces it prescribed and the training intensity quite a lot. While during the 10k training the overall load did not feel excessively high, having two speed workouts, one of which an intense track session, and a long run workout between 18 and 24k per week with significant portions at HM or 10k pace felt a bit excessive. Halfway through March, I struggled to hit paces during my track sessions, whereas in January - February I had no problem with this, and my calves were perpetually tight. Because of this and other reasons, I switched to personalized online coaching from April onwards, about halfway through the training cycle. My coach was great about basing my training on the first half of the training cycle and slowly transitioning me to a different schedule. He transitioned me to 5 runs a week instead of 4, plus a 6th day of cross training, and adjusted the overall intensity to be far more in line with the general recommendation of 80% easy, 20% hard. I felt the effects almost immediately: my calves calmed down, my HR came down during easy runs, I hit paces during my hard sessions again, and could even run 4 days in a row, where before that would always set off my calves and cause shin pain. On average, I ran 54 km a week during the training block, with my peak weeks at 59km a week. During the second half of the training block I felt truly great, without any pain or niggles, even in those peak weeks.
This left me feeling confident and excited for the race. Based on a 20:02 5k time trial in the first week of April, my coach and I decided on 4:25 min/km as a goal pace for the half marathon, which would bring me to a finish time around 1:33. During my peak week long run workouts, (18k with a total of 8k at goal pace and 20k with 10k at goal pace), I could easily keep up with a faster pace of 4:22 min/km, planting the idea in my head that if the conditions were right, I might be able to hit sub 1:32. I knew there would be a chance of hot weather though, so kept 1:35 as a B-goal.
The training also included practicing with fueling on my run, taking gels every 25-30 minutes for my long run, which I never had any problem with, even when running faster. I generally view myself of having an iron stomach, thanks to years of eating at the most random moments to treat low blood sugars. Cue second piece of foreshadowing...

Pre-race (or "the turn")

In the days leading up to the race, it slowly became more and more clear that the weather conditions on race day would be less than ideal, with an expected high of 25 degrees and full sun. And, of course, since it's the Netherlands, decent humidity to boot. The whole west of the country is basically a swamp, after all. Knowing this, I already started managing my own expectations and realized that sub 1:32 would most likely be off the table. All attention to the 1:35 goal, then.
My pre-race days also included my first attempt at a semi-carb load. I call it a semi-carb load given the short duration: using Meghan Featherstun's calculator, I planned on a one/1.5 day carb load, from Friday morning to Saturday afternoon, with a normal dinner on Saturday so as to give my body time to digest all the carbs. The carb loading went surprisingly well; I'd expected that the extra carbs and relative lack of protein and fat would make it difficult to keep my blood sugar in check, but I experienced no significant blood sugar spikes (here's some counter evidence to all the fearmongering around carbs and blood glucose spikes - if I can handle it with synthetic, imperfectly working insulin and human error, a healthy person with a functioning pancreas surely will be absolutely fine).
Race morning? *Cue the stress*. Hectic was how I would describe it. I got up early so that I would be able to take an early train to Leiden, allowing for plenty of time to do my warm up, queue for the bathrooms, etc. My bag was all packed when my boyfriend, who would travel with me to cheer me on, suggested I transfer all my stuff to his backpack, so I wouldn't have to check my bag (this would save some time and allow us to circumvent some of the busy parts of town). Foreshadowing: this was a bad idea. I transferred all of my stuff (I thought) to my boyfriend's bag and off we went to the station. Once we were sat in the train, I reached for his bag to pin on my bib.
Horror struck. FUCK!
I left my bib in my bag at home, in a back compartment! Thank god the train had not yet departed from the station. Just before the train doors closed, I managed to sprint out and race home on the bike to grab my bib. Lesson learned: do not transfer your stuff to another bag last minute. My boyfriend and I ended up making it to one train later, leaving me far less time to get ready, but enough to just make the start.
Emphasis on 'just'; although I had some 25 minutes to spare to get to my corral once my swelteringly hot warm up was done, the queue for the portapotties was terribly long and the whole process was utterly inefficient. When it was my turn, I had 4 minutes before the race started, and I did not even know where exactly my corral was. My boyfriend was a true saint and scoped the way in the mean time, so he ran with me (in the heat, with a backpack and regular sneakers) to the corral, where I managed to wedge myself through an opening in the fencing with 30 seconds left. The adrenaline was already rushing through my veins, I can tell you that.

Race (or "the fall")

Still stressed out from the pre-race situation, the gun went off. Showtime.
The start was quite broad but roughly 200 meters out there was a funnel. It was busy as heck and I had to slow down significantly, but I knew weaving would be a bad choice so tried to be patient and just go with the flow. Within the first five minutes of the race, the trouble began. I could feel my blood sugar dropping. I had a significant amount of insulin on board to account for the usual rush of adrenaline during a race, which generally brings up my blood sugar considerably, so the fact that I was already dropping brought on a slight panic. I downed a gel in an attempt to divert a low blood sugar, almost choking on it in the process. Luckily, I could feel it working and bringing my blood sugar back to a stable trajectory pretty quickly, but knew I wasn't out of the woods yet, as the chances of my blood sugar starting to drop again would be considerable. I also noticed pretty soon that my stomach wasn't too happy about the gel, despite never having experienced GI distress from fueling on my runs ever before. Looking back, I think I was already heading into dehydration territory at this point.
The strategy for the race was to hoover just above 4:25 min/km for the first 5k, settle into a goal pace of 4:20 - 4:25 between km 6 - 16, and empty the tank in the last 5k. The first 5k went fairly well; after the group dispersed a bit, I managed to pick up to a comfortable 4:28. By the 5k mark, however, the heat started to get to me and my stomach was still feeling a bit iffy. At this point, the course had shifted from city to running between the meadows, with little shade. Since I carried a handheld with water + electrolytes that I could continuously sip from, I used the most of the cups at the water posts to dunk the contents over my head. The volunteers also handed out sponges soaked in cold water, and some very kind spectators sprayed cool water with garden hoses, which was truly a blessing. Thanks to these cooling methods, I still felt relatively good at this point, but had a suspicion that I would empty the tank too early by increasing my pace to below 4:25, so I tried to simply stick to the current pace until at least the half way mark. That would still allow me to reach my sub 1:35 goal.
At the 10k mark, the struggle became real, however. Between km 6 and 12, there were no water posts and there was very little shade as well. My stomach still hurt, a weird sensation hoovering between the pain of a side stitch but in my whole abdomen, and nausea. Knowing this could be due to dehydration, I continued to sip water in hopes of it getting better, which eventually did happen. Mentally, I kept reminding myself that I was in control and to keep my form relaxed, but speeding up to goal pace did not seem like a sensible option. The opposite, actually, not dropping my pace was challenge enough. Having fallen back slightly by km 10, I tried to pick up to 4:28 again between km 11 and 12, but hardly managed. And then the trouble really began: by km 13, I could feel that my blood sugar was low. Now, I imagine that for my pancreatically unchallenged pals, it can be hard to understand what running with low blood sugar feels like, so I'll try to explain it: it's like you're moving through molasses, everything feels 10 times heavier than it should be. In addition, your brain is literally lacking the energy it needs to function, causing brain fog and making it difficult to assess a situation. Everything in me wanted to stop, lay down on the side of the road and just stop existing for a little bit. And to that, add a layer of panic: a low blood sugar can get seriously dangerous and can lead to death if not managed well. Now, I would never advise to run through a low blood sugar. I know my body well, however, and with a far too slow working brain, made the following assessment when I had downed a gel:

• The gel should bring me up fairly quickly;
• There's not as much active insulin on board anymore, reducing the risk of the gel not raising my blood sugar to an adequate level or of my blood sugar continuing to drop despite the gel;
• If I keep running, there is the chance that my body will keep producing adrenaline, which causes an additional dump of glycogen in my blood stream, thus also raising my blood sugar, whereas if I stop, this would be unlikely to happen;
• If I feel worse, I can stop at anytime.

I put all of my mental and physical energy into keeping my legs turning over, fighting that overwhelming urge to stop and lay down. I did slow down quite a bit, dropping to a low point of a 4:42 min/km for km 16. But as the feeling was 'stable', if you will, and not getting worse, I kept running, reminding myself that I was over halfway. At some point in this chunk of the race, a spectator yelled at a woman behind me that she was 25th female, which pushed her to overtake me, but to be honest, I was so wrapped up in my own pain that I did not give shit.
Then, as it often goes with blood sugar issues, like a flip of the switch I felt better all of a sudden around the 17k marker. Invigorated by averting blood sugar disaster and by the idea of having less than 5k left, I felt like I could pick up the pace again. Gradually, rather than all at once, but simply the fact that I could pick up the pace again, brought back some of my confidence and enjoyment. Don't get me wrong, it was still hard as hell, but compared to the fog of anguish I'd been running in previously, this was manageable. By km 18, I started slowly picking people to take over. There was one woman in sight who I overtook, but then she overtook me again, and we kept pushing each other to keep going (we even briefly spoke to cheer each other on) up until km 20, when I left her behind me and did not see her again (later, I saw that she finished a couple of seconds after me; in the unlikely event that she happens to read this: thank you for pushing me!!). At this point, I was vaguely aware that sub 1:35 would not be possible anymore, but I tried to win any second I could. The final two 2 were brutal and felt endless, and oh boy was I happy when I crossed the finish line.

Post-race and aftermath

As soon as I stopped running and slowed down to a walk, my legs turned into noodles. I felt quite uncoordinated and nausea hit me like a ton of bricks. Looking back, I think I might've suffered from heat exhaustion, if not mild heat stroke, as these feelings stayed with me for quite a while and I also started shivering, despite being hot still. I received my medal, forced down the banana and orange slices handed out after the finish (this was such a nice touch by the race organization!), as well as two cups of water. Managed to keep it down, and the nausea dissipated after a while. Unsurprisingly, I felt some disappointment over missing even my B-goal, which I'd thought of as squarely within reach. Still, my most intense emotion was relief for making it to the finish line, given the circumstances. I texted with my coach a bit, who also cheered me on. I know that I could've run far faster on a different day, but not on this day, not with the heat and blood sugar issues. I did truly give it my all and left it all on the course, and that is a satisfying feeling, no matter the outcome. I ended up finishing 17th in my age group and 22nd female overall.
To celebrate, I met up with my cheer squad, consisting of my boyfriend and some friends (I call them my cheer squad, but they missed me because the live tracker was lagging) and went for lunch, before heading back home. The rest of the day was spent taking some gentle strolls to aid recovery, relaxing, and eating a ton of good food (with lingering nausea, but hey, with great athleticism comes great eating responsibility, as David Roche says). Later, the rest of the races that day ended up being cancelled because the medical staff could not keep up with the influx of runners suffering from heat stress. The high turned out the be 27 degrees, with constant sun and little wind. Knowing this, I am extra glad I finished safely.
So, just over 24 hours later, what are we left with? Sore legs, that's for sure. I'm lightly bummed out that I did not perform as I had expected, but this is combined with the thrill of still having a goal to chase, that I know is within my reach, especially when I stack another training cycle on top of this. Overall, I am happy with what I managed to do, given the circumstances. I feel confident that the fitness I have gained in this training cycle is an excellent starting point for a new training cycle, and I know that this race experience has taught me a lot, from blood sugar management and not forgetting my bib (hah) to how far I can really push myself. The second half of my training block was an absolute win in itself. Running 5 days a week with an average of 54km seemed absolutely inconceivable a year ago, when I was not even a month into my running journey. It's insane where a couple of months of consistency can bring you.
For now, I'm going to rest and recover, reflect some more and run some easy miles for the next couple of days. After that, I'll shift my focus on the 5 and 10k for a little bit, before hopefully starting the prep for a half marathon redo in the fall. Whatever happens, I'll pick a race with very low chances of hot weather, ha.
Made with a new race report generator created by u/herumph.

Sega Rally 2 HD Texture Pack R.R

As a kid growing up, I still remember my birthday where I got my Dreamcast and Sonic Adventure, and Speed Devils. This would forever be one of my favorite systems of all time. I have been using emulation for 12+ years....back when in order to play a library of 10 or so DC games, you needed 5 different emulators. Well look where we are now with DC emulation. Flycast has been so kind to provide us with the ability to dump and load custom textures.
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Saddly, There are very, VERY few DC texture packs, and I can understand as the graphics in DC games tend to be brighter colors, less realistic, and more cartoony/arcade type graphics which was its charm. I have decided to change this. I will have a few projects going at once, and every day i will release updated packs for the games I am currently working on. This is my very first pack ever. Everything is set, you simply make a folder called Textures, (only if one dose not exist here \flycast\data\Textures), Extract the folder in my archive in to this Textures folder, I have the original img for every one i remade in the folder. the names are the same except the original file has 'OR" before the name ( NEW: 123abc.png / OLD: BKP123abc.png)
NOTE:Leaving "BKP" files shouldn't effect anything, as they are not the named files that the game is looking to pull, so you can leave them there, or delete them, as they are just for refrence and will bened up in future updates.,.
TIPS TO MAKE SURE THINGS RUN PERFECTLY.

• PIXEL BUFFER SIZE- Setting this higher allows for larger resolution textures (up scaled or from a pack) to load in faster, simply put.
• Dial Back GFX Settings- REMEMBER, You set your settings to run the textures at their native resolutions, so while the more textures I swap out, the more you might see some Performance dips, PICK THE RIGHT PACK FOR YOU. I am now making 3 pakcs for every game, ALL 3 willl ALWAYS be at teh same level of compleation as the others, jsut easier to run with smaller res images.
• GFX API- This is the fix to like 80% of any issues with a game. If you are playing and things seem a bit wierd, just change the API. With my hardware my go to, is VULKAN, and OPENGL. You might get OPENGL and DX11 working best for you. I just use whatever one I am not using if a game acts up, and that helps things most opf the time, Give this a try with ANY issues in games, INCLUDING slowdowns.
• PICK THE RIGHT PACK- If you are like me, Yopu have your Internal Res set to 5X, and are in 4K on a nice big, expensive, 32in monitor. I ALSO game on a Retroid Pocket 4 PRO. It hit me, "We do NOT need the resolution I use on something like my RP4, even on my 17 in laptop screen... and the storage limitations of portable systems are usually more strict. Why don't I make packs geared more for the RP4 type players? THIS WAY, more users can enjoy the packs for their specific setup." So I looked in to how I can do this while NOT giving up to much in the quality end, and I came to this conclusion. Three packs per game, HQ, MQ, and LQ. This way, Even on a RP4 type device, I can enjoy the packs, with out effecting performance, and on the tiny screen, it STILL looks just as good. So, IF your having issues running my packs, try the next step down. I didnt just take every file and compresse it. I did it per Resolution grouping, bringing larger textures down more, and smaller textures very little. This way, The fine details should still be vivid in the smaller packs. I hope this helps more users enjoy my hard work, and now.... I want to thank you for enjoying these packs. Anything I can do better, PLEASE let me know.

UPDATE FOR DIFFERENT REQUIREMENT PACKS....
Low Powered Devices, Low Storage Situations, Or Just Smaller Screens...
UPDATE*. Today I realized, I got my new 32 in 4k g7 neo samsung oddessy monitor, and i needed MORE. More resolution. More pixels, just MORE. So I decided, "not everybodys devices can handle MORE", so I decided to make 3 resource levels of packs for potatos thru Gaming Rigs. I am going to go thru the packs I currently have, and make 3 different packs for every game. They will all be updated in sync, so one "Quality level" will always have the same textures across the board, but this way, users on low end/mobile devices can enjoy the packs as well! You dont need reolutions this high on small screens, and thoes devices might have trouble loading in textures that are bigger then needed on a tiny screen, so I took all the textures, and compressed them depending on their size.. I did this seperate, So its not like I just said "take all textures, and cut them in half." No. Then the smaller, already acceptable textures would lose quality, so Depending on the original sizes, every files was changed independently. Keeping the best image overal, while making it easier to load, and take less space ondeviecs with smaller storages, as some of these packs get very large.. so watch for these updates over the next couple days in all the games. Now, Every pack will have 3 characters you must remove from the packs after uncompression. Just edlt the "_LQ", "_MQ", or the "_HQ" from the end of the packs inorder for flycast to see the pack,This is simply a sorting method for me and users that have multiple versions in case you wanted to test multiple packs this way they can be sorted and organized better.\*
HQ- This will be the standard you have known to come to love from me. Now I might use some slghtly higher res textures then I currently do, but as long as my 2070 mobile can play it, Then That is my goal for the HQ packs. Best image, largest size packs, and most resources needed but tthese are ment for users playing on large 1080/4k devices with a little more horsepower under the hood then the average emulator. Usually, if your device tends to play games at 3-5x resolution, using these packs SHOULDN'T make things to much harder for anydevice already playing on that level, worst case is you maybe bump the Internal Resolution down a step or so, and go from there. JUST REMEMBER, if you have any issues, try one of the other 2 pack versions, MQ or LQ.... I would try things like making sure you have your render buffer size is as large sas you can get, and remember, the new textures are what is taking the most resources to load. some times, relaoding a level or Giving 'er the good ole "Savestate,Loadstate" to reload, I find some levels, Just wait a few moments for everything to not only render NORMALLY, but then get replaced, then enjoy your gaming.
MQ- In these packs, Anybody on a laptop, or similar set up will be more than happy and might not even NOTICE the difference between HQ and MQ packs. This is not to say this wont look good on a 85in screen, all my packs, even MQ and LQ versions, are specially designed to give you the most prestine and sharp image you can get, while at times, just toneing it down becuase many users are not on large 4k displays playing in 4k, so if that is not how you enjoy your gaming, now these packs will help you get the perfect mix of quality, size, and performance based on your specific setup. You do not need anything crazy to run these, and can be used in any set up and will not fail to impress!
LQ- Now do NOT let the tiny size, Lower resolutions, and name "LQ" Fool you. There is NOTHING "Low Quality" about these packs. You still get the upscales you have come to love, and the new, much larger images have been toned down a little bit is all. This is PERFECT if you are on a portable device, or even smaller screen laptops! These are much smaller in both size, and resolution, but STILL looks great on thoes devices, and even on large screens, this is STILL a great looking pack, just now people with less then perfect setups can now enjoy Flycast HD Texture packs.
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\NEW\***,I PAY EXTRA SO ALL MY LATEST RELEASES ARE NOW ALWAYS MAX SPEED,NO WAIT TIMES BEFORE DOWNLOAD, AND NO WAIT TIME FOR GB LIMIT REACHED, EVEN FOR NON PREMIUM USERS ON FILE HOST SITE. I PAY PER GB SO PLEASE, DOWNLOAD SMART TO KEEP MY COSTS DOWN. *NEW\**
LINKS: Sonic Adventure Upscale Pack HQ R.R v .50
Sonic UPSCALE PACK SCREENSHOT COMP ALBUM
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This is my 3rd and final take on this game. It is just to overwhealming to do it the way I do other packs. There is not a game I have come across with near this many textures, so using my newest AI upscale model, I reupscaled everything, and then start the replacement one level/area at a time.
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Years ago when I first got in to private torrent sites, before I opened my own, I had a small movement called the Rom Revival, where we made perfect and complete rom packs for every console... and made Retro Arch type packs for the older systems... and over the years, I have continued to keep these packs and torrents avaiable on my own tracker to keep allowing the public to be able to access any and every rom they could ever want, without having to go google, digging around the sketchy, very slow sites to be able to download what ever rom one at a time. So I feel this is he best time, to bring back the ROM REVIVAL, and now implement the DREAMCAST HD TEXTURE PACK part of the project. So look out for my R.R tag, and keep up with all my hard work as the texture packs start to roll out.
ONE LAST BIT HERE.... These packs, are done out of my love for the Dreamcast, and all of you guys. There is no other reason to do this.. I see the community is lacking in this content, NO BODY ELSE IS DOING WHAT I AM DOING, and for others that love this system like I do, well, This is for you. NOW, If you would like to buy me a cup of coffee, or a pack of smokes, check out my Donation options here!. There is an option to get YOUR pack pick moved up to the next pack as well as other options, so if you want a pack done fast, or maybe you just want to say THANKS for all my hard work, ncheck it out here please and thanks guys!

I've been scouring this subreddit for a year now picking up tips and learning how to avoid financing horror stories.
I've been looking for a used 2019+ Subaru WRX in my budget. Asking price around $25k. This quickly changed to looking for something new as I found out that Subaru was offering 72month/1.9% on new 2023 WRX's. The hunt was on for any left over WRX's on the lots in Texas.
I picked out the cheapest ones within a two hour drive. One was a new 2023 WRX Premium asking $31.1k with 1,200 miles and repaired hail damage. The other was a 2023 WRX Premium asking $32.4k with 150 miles.
I went to check out the non hail damaged car fully expecting to fight tooth and nail to remove mandatory add ons or walk away.
The vehicles was priced $2k below MSRP and had included accessories such as a sunscreen, cargo crate, rear cargo net, all weather mats and a windshield sunscreen.
I asked for another $1000 off as that was the difference between their dealership website listing and the auto trader listing I found for the same car. They wouldn't budge on the price yet I proceeded as I already knew they were one of the cheapest around.
Tag and title fee along with dealer fee were reasonable $299. I was pleasantly surprised to find the only add-on was a $1,500 Protection plan which included tint, locking lugs, door jam and door handle cup film protection. They cut that price in half after little protest. Which I thought $750 was fair as I found value in everything except the locking lugnuts. Which is more of a personal preference.
From pulling up to finishing in the finance office was about 1.5hrs. My family left as they had other appointments to make. I hungout and chatted with my salesman for about two hours as they prepped the car for delivery. It was my choice to sit and wait rather then leaving and coming back another day as the dealership is almost two hours from home.
Great experience and felt 100% ready to duke it out with a salesman but found a great and fair dealership instead. 10/10 survey from me once that arrives.
TLDR; askcarsales prepped me for the worst. Found and recognizes a good deal. Went home with a new car at 1.9% apr. Thanks!

I don't really drink coffee because of a caffeine sensitivity. But a few days ago an espresso maker found it's way into my RFY so I read up on espresso and was thrilled to learn that decaf espresso exists!
Fast forward three days of researching and vining, and I've set up quite the coffee bar at home, all courtesy of Vine:

• Slim Espresso Machine with Milk Frother Steam Wand, 20 Bar Professional Pump Semi Automatic Espresso Coffee Machine for Home Cappuccino & Latte
• Single Serve Coffee Maker, Iced and Hot Coffee Machine for K Cup & Ground Coffee
• Milk Frothing Pitcher Frothing Jug 304 Stainless Steel Pitcher Espresso Steaming Pitcher for Espresso
• BEGUKO 6 Pcs Shot Glasses, Mini Shot Glasses with Handles, 50 ml/1.8 oz Shot Glasses for Vodka, Whiskey, Tequila, Espresso
• YOLOYO 51mm Espresso Tamper, 30lb Consistent Pressure Coffee Tamper, Calibrated Tamper for Espresso Machine 51mm, Spring Loaded Tamper
• Espresso Tamping Station, Espresso Knock Box for 51mm Espresso Machine Accessories, Espresso Coffee Organizer Box for Countertop
• Espresso Distribution Tool - 0.35mm 316 Stainless Steel Needles Stirrer Distributor with Stand & 51mm Puck Screen

Up next are a coffee bar mat and a burr grinder... Am I missing anything?

Shipping and Payment
USPS priority box /envelope $10
USPS 1st class $6 up to 7 oz
“ Risky “ 1st class 🫧 envelope non-machinable $2 -
Goldbacks ship for $1
Tell me your favorite tv show
for $1 off $100 📺
I take Zelle , Venmo , Cash App and Mailed Cash
I make excellent packages but after I drop it off it is the responsibility of USPS.
Please ask for photos or if I have multiple of the same item!
Date Proof:
https://imgur.com/a/jQrAiVb
PRE-33 GOLD
https://imgur.com/a/MNAYZip
1908 D $5 Gold $1300
https://imgur.com/a/xINXuM0
1927 2.5 gold $800
https://imgur.com/a/diOJZvh
1914 D 2.5 Gold $700
https://imgur.com/a/PX94LL9
1901 2.5 Gold $650
https://imgur.com/a/mExBjEn
SILVER COINS AND ROUNDS 🕰️
Aerosmith 1 oz $35
Homer Simpson 2019 donut $70
Simpson family Christmas $50
1oz silver Superman Samoa 🇼🇸 $5 coin $35
Spider-Man 1oz $45
St. Lucia 2020 1 oz silver lizard 🦎 $35
2021 Wonder Woman 1oz $70
Batman 1oz $70
Scarface 1 oz $45
🥤 Coca-Cola 1 oz silver round 1 oz $35
Baby yoda 1oz silver $35
🇺🇸 Army 1 oz silver bar / round $35
Bar 1
Bar 2 digital camouflage
Street fighter chun lee 1oz 🇯🇵 - $35
Wolverine 1oz 🇨🇦 $50
The Godfather 1oz silver $40
Silver Bart Simpson 1 oz $60 🛹
2023 Homer Simpson carded 1 oz $60 📷
SWAMP THING 1oz colorized- $75 📷
2024 silver shield 1oz silver cannabis round $36
( and a copper cannabis for free ! ) ☮️
ET 🪐 Niue 1oz 2 dollar bar $38
1 oz trump wanted rounds $35
Beavis and butthead 🔥 🧻 1 oz silver
$90
Intaglio Mint 1oz “ the 4 seasons “ nude art 🖼️ round $60
Donald Duck $38
1991 liberty lobby 240 grains 1/2 oz .999 silver Andrew Jackson - $14 each 5 available
FRANCE 🇫🇷 10 franc 1965 silver .8134 asw
$33
1oz Silver Camel Cigarettes Joe Camel 🐪 - $65
Disneys snow White doc 1 oz $70
1 oz proof ablum
https://imgur.com/a/tYA9NDZ
Silver $1 commemorative
Capsule only
Baseball $1 proof $29
Lewis and Clark proof $33
2011 infantry no box $30 sale !
1992 Columbus $1 - $30
D-day $1 bu $30
Wright brothers $1 $30
Capsule proof:
https://imgur.com/a/9sCzhiP
In original mint packaging 📷
1993 WW2 2 coin set $1 - $37
1993 WW2 2 coin set proof $33
1994 World Cup 2 coin set $28 sale
1995 civil war battlefield 2 coin proof set $32
1995 Olympic cyclist 🚴 proof $33
1995 Olympic track and field proof $33
1996 national community service proof $29
1996 Smithsonian $1 proof $29
1998 Robert f Kennedy $1 proof - $40
1999 Yellow stone national park $33
2000 Leif Erickson silver proof $1 - $42
2003 wright brothers first flight $1 proof - $31
2006 San Francisco old Mint $1 proof $30
Benjamin Franklin founding father proof $33
2012 Infantry Soldier $1 $40
Comm proof:
https://imgur.com/a/iaF31xI
Silver Dollars 💵
1883 o $100
2007 ASE certified $42
2006 ASE certified $42
1921 Morgan in cap $45
1926 D peace better date $36
1887 $1 - $70
1921 Morgan plastic flip $55
1886 $1 $70
1922 peace dollar $27 sale
Better 1922 peace dollar $27 sale
Nice 1922 peace dollar $27 sale
1925 peace dollar $27 sale
Proof:
https://imgur.com/a/fBk2WiY
1921 Morgan MS $60
1896 Morgan $65
1885 Morgan $90
1878 CC $1 $170
1897 $1 $85
1890 O $1 $80
1921 MS $60
Proof;
https://imgur.com/a/jJbdBJa
Glass Panther Art pours and more,
sponsored by Coca-Cola 🥤🍔🌎🦩🌞🧊
Fallout New Vegas
Lucky 38 1oz silver “ platinum chip “ $45
Vintage 1977 Coca-Cola 1oz silver bar
Nashville TN $70
Norfolk Va $70
Atlanta $70
Contemporary Coca-Cola 1oz silver bar $32
Contemporary Coca-Cola 1oz silver round $32
Coca-Cola Christmas 2019 Fiji Santa Clause 1oz - $45 🎅
Fiji 🇫🇯 1oz coca-cola bottle cap $149 📷
10k gold coca-cola pin 📌 $150 📷
7.5 oz 1:1 scale .999 silver derringer - $400 ⭐️
3oz M4 🐆 $223
1oz army man $90
( which one of you sold it to me? )
Sunshine 1oz $140
Cyborg 1oz $140
Smurf 1 oz $35
Art cola Proof ;
https://imgur.com/a/mlUyEQZ
HALF DOLLARS and more 💵
1822 Bust half dollar $75
1825 bust half dollar $70
1876 seated half $50
1896 O Barber half $60
1895 p barber half $30
1952 Washington/ carver half $25
1877 seated half $45
Booker T Half $25
1964 MS 50c $14
1963 D 50c unc $18
1955 Canada 50c $25
1992 silver 50c proof $20
2005 s silver proof $20
1858 50C $70
Canada silver 5 cents $6
1857 dime $20
1923 mercury dime $3
1937 mercury dime au $12
1936 AU mercury dime $13
1927 mercury dime $4
Barber dime coa $4
Ohio silver quarter $12
1XX3 seated quarter $18
1955 ms quarter $12
1964 ms quarter $9
1904 p 25c $8
1908 O 25c $10
1912 d 10c $9
Metal detector dime $5
1909 p barber dime $19
1903 p 25c $9
1916 p barber $4
1912 D $5
1916 $6
1907 $8
1914 10c $12
1832 half dime $90 📷
Proof
https://imgur.com/a/PhO1Bhq
SETS 📺 📷
Silver war nickel set $8
Dimes of the 20th century $6
Bill of rights silver 50c young collector set
$19
Buy all for $25 . Great deal.
Jewelry 💍
1 gram 10k earrings $30
7 gram. 925 bracelet $10
Take both for $40
https://imgur.com/a/H4Nrark
Rarities 🦜 📷
1/4 oz art bar gilded Halloween $35
1/4 oz art bar gilded Pug $35
COPPER 📣
Copper Cannabis Leaf 🍁 Round $2
2023 year of the Dragon 🐉 copper round $2
Lincoln Wheat Cent 1oz COPPER $2
Copper proof;
https://imgur.com/a/b6dcW1Y
🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 GOLD 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
0 - 2021 New Hampshire 1 GoldBack $5 each - free ihp with purchase and ground shipping limit 4 ihp
I’m out of these, sell me or trade for cheap.
https://imgur.com/a/JBEAJ4j
Bank of America 10k pendant with seed pearls , I think it’s 3.6 grams. $120 📷
Bank of America 10k pin 📌 no pearls, $100
📷
Fractional silver
1 gram silver in card $1.70
📷 https://imgur.com/a/x4CsSMR
CANADA SILVER 🇨🇦 🍁
Canada 1955 50c $20 📷
Canada $1 1987 proof $20 📷
Superman $20 silver $25
Batman vs Superman Canada $20 silver coin $29
Bugs Bunny $20 silver $35
Star trek 2016 silver $20 coin. $35
2016 Canada $20 silver T-Rex $25
2014 Canada $20 Snowman $22 2014 Canada $20 silver summer swimming coin $22
Canada proof
https://imgur.com/a/bUSuicI
Bank bag assortment lot that I forgot:
Futurama Shut up and take my money 1oz - $45
From glass panther
Dirty vintage coke bar 1oz $65
2014 icg panda $42
St. Lucia 1 oz lizard 🦎 $35
Trump wanted $33
https://imgur.com/a/q8pR7c3
USPS priority box /envelope $10
USPS 1st class $6 up to 7 oz
Risky envelope shipping $2
I take Zelle and Venmo Cash App and Mailed Cash and small gold or 1 goldbacks @3.75
I make excellent packages but after I drop it off it is the responsibility of USPS
Proof:
https://imgur.com/a/jQrAiVb

Shipping and Payment
USPS priority box /envelope $10
USPS 1st class $6 up to 7 oz
“ Risky “ 1st class 🫧 envelope non-machinable $2 -
Goldbacks ship for $1
I take Zelle , Venmo , Cash App and Mailed Cash
I make excellent packages but after I drop it off it is the responsibility of USPS.
Please ask for photos or if I have multiple of the same item!
Date Proof:
https://imgur.com/a/jQrAiVb
PRE-33 GOLD
https://imgur.com/a/MNAYZip
1908 D $5 Gold $1300
https://imgur.com/a/xINXuM0
1927 2.5 gold $800
https://imgur.com/a/diOJZvh
1914 D 2.5 Gold $700
https://imgur.com/a/PX94LL9
1901 2.5 Gold $650
https://imgur.com/a/mExBjEn
SILVER COINS AND ROUNDS 🕰️
Aerosmith 1 oz $35
Homer Simpson 2019 donut $70
Simpson family Christmas $50
1oz silver Superman Samoa 🇼🇸 $5 coin $35
Spider-Man 1oz $45
St. Lucia 2020 1 oz silver lizard 🦎 $35
2021 Wonder Woman 1oz $70
Batman 1oz $70
Scarface 1 oz $45
🥤 Coca-Cola 1 oz silver round 1 oz $35
Baby yoda 1oz silver $35
🇺🇸 Army 1 oz silver bar / round $35
Bar 1
Bar 2 digital camouflage
Street fighter chun lee 1oz 🇯🇵 - $35
Wolverine 1oz 🇨🇦 $50
The Godfather 1oz silver $40
Silver Bart Simpson 1 oz $60 🛹
2023 Homer Simpson carded 1 oz $60 📷
SWAMP THING 1oz colorized- $75 📷
2024 silver shield 1oz silver cannabis round $36
( and a copper cannabis for free ! ) ☮️
ET 🪐 Niue 1oz 2 dollar bar $38
1 oz trump wanted rounds $35
Beavis and butthead 🔥 🧻 1 oz silver
$90
Intaglio Mint 1oz “ the 4 seasons “ nude art 🖼️ round $60
Donald Duck $38
1991 liberty lobby 240 grains 1/2 oz .999 silver Andrew Jackson - $14 each 5 available
FRANCE 🇫🇷 10 franc 1965 silver .8134 asw
$33
1oz Silver Camel Cigarettes Joe Camel 🐪 - $65
Disneys snow White doc 1 oz $70
1 oz proof ablum
https://imgur.com/a/tYA9NDZ
Silver $1 commemorative
Capsule only
Baseball $1 proof $29
Lewis and Clark proof $33
2011 infantry no box $30 sale !
1992 Columbus $1 - $30
D-day $1 bu $30
Wright brothers $1 $30
Capsule proof:
https://imgur.com/a/9sCzhiP
In original mint packaging 📷
1993 WW2 2 coin set $1 - $37
1993 WW2 2 coin set proof $33
1994 World Cup 2 coin set $28 sale
1995 civil war battlefield 2 coin proof set $32
1995 Olympic cyclist 🚴 proof $33
1995 Olympic track and field proof $33
1996 national community service proof $29
1996 Smithsonian $1 proof $29
1998 Robert f Kennedy $1 proof - $40
1999 Yellow stone national park $33
2000 Leif Erickson silver proof $1 - $42
2003 wright brothers first flight $1 proof - $31
2006 San Francisco old Mint $1 proof $30
Benjamin Franklin founding father proof $33
2012 Infantry Soldier $1 $40
Comm proof:
https://imgur.com/a/iaF31xI
Silver Dollars 💵
1883 o $100
2007 ASE certified $42
2006 ASE certified $42
1921 Morgan in cap $45
1926 D peace better date $36
1887 $1 - $70
1921 Morgan plastic flip $55
1886 $1 $70
1922 peace dollar $27 sale
Better 1922 peace dollar $27 sale
Nice 1922 peace dollar $27 sale
1925 peace dollar $27 sale
Proof:
https://imgur.com/a/fBk2WiY
1921 Morgan MS $60
1896 Morgan $65
1885 Morgan $90
1878 CC $1 $170
1897 $1 $85
1890 O $1 $80
1921 MS $60
Proof;
https://imgur.com/a/jJbdBJa
Glass Panther Art pours and more,
sponsored by Coca-Cola 🥤🍔🌎🦩🌞🧊
Fallout New Vegas
Lucky 38 1oz silver “ platinum chip “ $45
Vintage 1977 Coca-Cola 1oz silver bar
Nashville TN $70
Norfolk Va $70
Atlanta $70
Contemporary Coca-Cola 1oz silver bar $32
Contemporary Coca-Cola 1oz silver round $32
Coca-Cola Christmas 2019 Fiji Santa Clause 1oz - $45 🎅
Fiji 🇫🇯 1oz coca-cola bottle cap $149 📷
10k gold coca-cola pin 📌 $150 📷
7.5 oz 1:1 scale .999 silver derringer - $400 ⭐️
3oz M4 🐆 $223
1oz army man $90
( which one of you sold it to me? )
Sunshine 1oz $140
Cyborg 1oz $140
Smurf 1 oz $35
Art cola Proof ;
https://imgur.com/a/mlUyEQZ
HALF DOLLARS and more 💵
1822 Bust half dollar $75
1825 bust half dollar $70
1876 seated half $50
1896 O Barber half $60
1895 p barber half $30
1952 Washington/ carver half $25
1877 seated half $45
Booker T Half $25
1964 MS 50c $14
1963 D 50c unc $18
1955 Canada 50c $25
1992 silver 50c proof $20
2005 s silver proof $20
1858 50C $70
Canada silver 5 cents $6
1857 dime $20
1923 mercury dime $3
1937 mercury dime au $12
1936 AU mercury dime $13
1927 mercury dime $4
Barber dime coa $4
Ohio silver quarter $12
1XX3 seated quarter $18
1955 ms quarter $12
1964 ms quarter $9
1904 p 25c $8
1908 O 25c $10
1912 d 10c $9
Metal detector dime $5
1909 p barber dime $19
1903 p 25c $9
1916 p barber $4
1912 D $5
1916 $6
1907 $8
1914 10c $12
1832 half dime $90 📷
Proof
https://imgur.com/a/PhO1Bhq
SETS 📺 📷
Silver war nickel set $8
Dimes of the 20th century $6
Bill of rights silver 50c young collector set
$19
Buy all for $25 . Great deal.
Jewelry 💍
1 gram 10k earrings $30
7 gram. 925 bracelet $10
Take both for $40
https://imgur.com/a/H4Nrark
Rarities 🦜 📷
1/4 oz art bar gilded Halloween $35
1/4 oz art bar gilded Pug $35
COPPER 📣
Copper Cannabis Leaf 🍁 Round $2
2023 year of the Dragon 🐉 copper round $2
Lincoln Wheat Cent 1oz COPPER $2
Copper proof;
https://imgur.com/a/b6dcW1Y
🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 GOLD 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
0 - 2021 New Hampshire 1 GoldBack $5 each - free ihp with purchase and ground shipping limit 4 ihp
I’m out of these, sell me or trade for cheap.
https://imgur.com/a/JBEAJ4j
Bank of America 10k pendant with seed pearls , I think it’s 3.6 grams. $120 📷
Bank of America 10k pin 📌 no pearls, $100
📷
Fractional silver
1 gram silver in card $1.70
📷 https://imgur.com/a/x4CsSMR
CANADA SILVER 🇨🇦 🍁
Canada 1955 50c $20 📷
Canada $1 1987 proof $20 📷
Superman $20 silver $25
Batman vs Superman Canada $20 silver coin $29
Bugs Bunny $20 silver $35
Star trek 2016 silver $20 coin. $35
2016 Canada $20 silver T-Rex $25
2014 Canada $20 Snowman $22 2014 Canada $20 silver summer swimming coin $22
Canada proof
https://imgur.com/a/bUSuicI
Bank bag assortment lot that I forgot:
Futurama Shut up and take my money 1oz - $45
From glass panther
Dirty vintage coke bar 1oz $65
2014 icg panda $42
St. Lucia 1 oz lizard 🦎 $35
Trump wanted $33
https://imgur.com/a/q8pR7c3
USPS priority box /envelope $10
USPS 1st class $6 up to 7 oz
Risky envelope shipping $2
I take Zelle and Venmo Cash App and Mailed Cash and small gold or 1 goldbacks @3.75
I make excellent packages but after I drop it off it is the responsibility of USPS
Proof:
https://imgur.com/a/jQrAiVb

We just finished a drive from Atlanta to Disney World for both May 4th Star Wars festivities and to go to the Epcot Flower and Garden Festival. Overall the trip went fairly well, but we had a few issues with Ford's on-board navigation that seemed new and altogether unwelcome.
TLDR: At several points during the trip, Ford Navigation advised us to charge to 95% or higher (spending anywhere from 90 minutes to 2 1/2 hours to do so) as part of the trip plan. The logic for this wasn't clear -- it could have been an attempt to ensure that we charged only at Electrify America, or there could be a routing and trip time calculation bug in Ford Navigation. In particular, inputting a waypoint near a known non-EA charger caused Ford Navigation to suddenly "remember" that non-EA chargers existed, and route us to it.
Our usual approach is to do the trip down in two legs, driving partway down after work, spending the night at a hotel with an EV charger, and then driving directly to one of the parks first thing in the morning. In contrast, the trip home is a single long drive.
The first leg of the trip down went well: left home at 100% charge, left work at about 90%. The usual traffic delays getting out of Atlanta added about an hour to the drive time, but we were able to charge to 80% at Cordele, and pulled into our hotel in Lake City before 11pm. The hotel had AC chargers available, so we plugged in and charged up. So far so good.
Things went sour the next day. The original plan had been to leave the hotel at 75% to 80%, and then stop at Duke Energy Turkey Lake. Charging to 45% there would be enough power to run around Disney World for the better part of a week and still have enough to get back to Turkey Lake on the return trip. It should also get us into the park around 11am. However, PlugShare was reporting that all of the DC fast chargers that I'd used on previous trips (EA Gainesville, Duke Energy Turkey Lake, and EA Orlando Vineland) were either highly unreliable or completely down. In particular, both PlugShare and Ford navigation believed that the Turkey Lake chargers were providing 0.18kW. Since I don't yet have Ford's Tesla adapter (originally promised for May, but now pushed to June), the Tesla SuperCharger locations around Orlando were not available.
Ford Navigation decided that I really, really had to charge at EA Gainesville, despite getting to the exit with about 60% state of charge, and despite PlugShare reporting long lines and multiple chargers out of service. So I skipped Gainesville, hoping that we'd be able to charge farther down the road. Despite its best attempts to get me to turn back to Gainesville, it eventually decided on EA Clermont. We got there, but one of the chargers was ICE'd, and there was a long line for the others. As I saw a spot open, a Porsche EV swooped in and took it before I could get down the row and pull in. That was the last straw for us, and in what was likely a bad decision, I decided to go down the road to Sun Plaza, since PlugShare reported 2 open stalls.
There were 2 open stalls because the 2 350kW chargers were both out of service. A couple in a VW pulled up right after we did, and were unable to charge either -- so it is definitely an issue with the chargers, not the vehicle. The two 100kW chargers were in use, both by people who were charging to 100% "because we don't get to the chargers often". One of them finished about 15 minutes later, and we were able to use their position. We had to jockey the Lightning at a strange angle to get the charge cord to reach, but we eventually did get charged up to 45%, and finally headed off to the park much later than expected. However, the charger drama had eaten up almost 3 hours of our day, so we were late and disgruntled when we arrived at Epcot (however, an afternoon at Epcot -- and multiple "Scottish Thistle" drinks -- did improve our mood).
We stayed at Coronado Springs, where there are 6 Level 2 EV charging handles on 3 ChargePoint chargers. On our previous trip, all were broken, so I didn't want to count on getting a charge at the hotel. On this trip, it is clear that an attempt had been made to repair them. However, charger #1 didn't work at all (would not initiate a charge) on either handle despite having been repaired. Charger #2 was occupied by a succession of Mach-Es the entire time we were there. Charger #3 was open for a couple of nights. It had one broken and one repaired charge handle. The repaired one didn't work, but the "ChargePoint Hack" worked on the broken one. We were able to charge for 2 nights, and left the hotel at a 95% state of charge on our last day.
We spend the morning at Magic Kingdom (because that is our last-Disney-day tradition). My wife and I had a discussion about when to leave, because we didn't want to be on the road super-late (we had work at 8am the next day). I'd said that leaving (as in, actually pulling out of the parking space) at 1:30pm would get us home between 10pm and 11pm. She suggested that we try for 12:30 and arrival at home before 10pm instead. In the end, we got hungry and had some lunch in the park (the ham sandwiches at Gaston's Tavern were just what we needed) ... and pulled out of our parking space at 1:35pm exactly.
I punched "Home" into Ford Navigation, and it estimated a 12:30am arrival time. I figured it needed some time to settle down and figure out the route -- and it did change, flipping between 11:50pm, 12:15am, and 12:30am as I drove. About an hour down the road, my wife noticed Ford Navigation's ETA, and brought it up. Overall she loves riding in the Lightning (and even bough herself a Mach-E), but the EV road-trip experience is a sore point for her: in general, we've never had one that was free of unexpected delays due to charging and infrastructure. On previous trips, the arrival ETAs have always seemed to creep higher as the drive extended, so an initial estimate of 12:30am wasn't good -- past experience suggested that we'd actually be getting in between 1am and 2am.
Once we were well on the road and had BlueCruise going, I pulled up the route plan, and found that it wanted us to stop at EA Gainesville and charge for 2 1/2 hours to get to 100%. Ford Navigation's routing was to leave Magic Kingdom at 94% state of charge, charge to 100% at EA Gainesville, charge again for over an hour at EA Valdosta to get to 95%, and charge a third time at EA Forsythe (where I've had problems in the past) to get home.
Luckily the night before, I'd run the route home through ABRP. ABRP suggested that leaving the hotel at 95%, I could reach the FPL Lake City chargers with a 15% to 20% reserve, charge to 75% and charge again at Cordele. I decided to trust ABRP, and just so that I had a reference point for the Lake City exit, I put our hotel into the route as a waypoint. Ford Navigation immediately "remembered" that there were chargers in Lake City, changed the route from stopping at Gainesville to charge to 100% to stopping at Lake City to charge to 60% (to reach Valdosta -- it really, really wanted us to stop at EA Valdosta). This "new" route home cut more than an hour from Ford Navigation's estimated time of arrival, which now flipped between 10:30pm and 11:30pm.
It was however very doubtful about the range, suggesting that we would make the chargers in Lake City with less than 10 miles to spare. I normally drive 5 miles over the speed limit, so I drove this leg at the speed limit ... and we reached the Lake City chargers at 20% state of charge and some 40 miles in guess-o-meter range. Chalk one up for ABRP.
We charged to 75% at Lake City, and set out for Cordele, ignoring Ford Navigation's attempts to get us to stop and charge from 50% to 90% in Valdosta. Again, the guess-o-meter thought the range was iffy, starting at about 15 miles of expected range at arrival. By the time we got there, it was again about 20% state of charge and 40 miles of guessed range. We charged to 80%, got some dinner and groceries at the Walmart, and left for home.
Following the ABRP plan, we pulled into the driveway at 9:50pm, 10 minutes ahead of my most-optimistic estimate to my wife (always a good thing, since she hates long drives).
Overall for the trip, we clocked 1023 miles, 21:32 hours of power-on time (which includes power-on to run the air conditioning at several of the charging stops), and overall 2.0 mi/kWh.

Please comment below before sending a message! Happy to provide additional photos, videos, or answer any questions you have about the items for sale.
Preferred Payment options are Zelle and Venmo, and cashapp. PPFF as a LAST RESORT. NO NOTES about metals or G+S payments (IF A G+S Payment is received you'll be refunded minus any fees). Sorry no crypto either.

PROOF

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Silver Proof Sets- PHOTOS HERE

• 2001 - 2008 with some holes in the years. Full 10 coin sets with 2008 having an additional (4) $1 coins. $1.85 in 90% silver in each set
• $40 for each set (21.5x face plus ~approx face value for the clad coinage), 2008 set is $43
• Sets available
  • 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004 x2, 2005 x2, 2006, 2008
• Whale Option: BIN all for $355 and get the 2004 and 2005 clad sets free! ($10 value or so)

Premium Silver Rounds and Coins (any coin in capsule will come that way, otherwise shipped in flips) PHOTOS HERE

• Vintage US Silver Corp 1 oz Easter Bar. Super crisp!
  • $32
• Geiger 1 oz Square (milky)
  • $30
• Playboy Scrooge McDuck 1/10 oz
  • $6 OBO SOLD
• Sunshine Minting Half Ounce Eagle
  • $15
• 2018 Niue Stormtrooper in nice capsule
  • $32
• 2015 ASE Apmex TEP
  • $34
• 2022 Pirates of the Caribbean Silent Mary
  • $32
• 2015 Scottsdale Reserve 1 oz round
  • $30
• 1989 Canadian maple 1 oz
  • $30
• 2015 2x 1/10 oz silver libertad proofs. Capsules are included but one is broken. These appear to be handled previously.
  • $13 each (comps are ~$20) SOLD
• 2019 ASE with black ruthenium and gold overlay. Capsule is scratched but the coin looks near perfect inside. No special packaging unfortunately
  • $45

Constitutional 90%, Junk silver, and Canadian foreign at melt - CLOSE UP HERE

• $3.60 FV in Dimes - mostly mercs, 2 barbers, and a roosevelt. Some pretty nice coins in here!
  • ~21x Face = $74 SOLD
• $7FV in Walking Liberty Halves
  • 21x Face = $147 PENDING
• $1.80 in CULL slqs, washington quarters, roosevelts, and a merc dime
  • 19.5x (under melt) Face = $35 SOLD
• $4 in super CULL Barber halves
  • 20x Face = $80
• $11 in mixed barber halves. Variety of dates and mintage. Some are on the border honestly, but i'll let you be the judge.
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Hi all,
I'm looking for a straw cup that I'm not even sure is created yet. I have so many things I want in it, that I'm not sure there is one out there that will fit what I am looking for.
I'm hoping to find one that:
-has atleast 1 handle. My son is only 10 months old but is already off bottles and wants to be on the move when drinking. He can't quite pick up a straw cup yet without a handle.
-stainless steel for the summer to keep his water and milk cold
-has a straw that doesn't have a valve that you need to bite on. He learned on a regular straw, so straws that have a valve just don't come out quick enough for him
-preferably has a flip top or slide top to hide the straw and make it so I can just throw it in a bag.
I was looking at these the Reduce Coldee 14 oz Tumbler but the straw is always out so I don't know if daycare will like them because of possible spillage from the straw. Also, I wouldn't be able to just put these in a diaper bag.
I was also looking at the Munchkin Cool Cat Stanless Steel Bottle but I'm not sure if the straw has a valve that would make it difficult to suck.
Anyone have any recommendations?

Hi all,
I'm looking for a straw cup that I'm not even sure is created yet. I have so many things I want in it, that I'm not sure there is one out there that will fit what I am looking for.
I'm hoping to find one that:
-has atleast 1 handle. My son is only 10 months old but is already off bottles and wants to be on the move when drinking. He can't quite pick up a straw cup yet without a handle.
-stainless steel for the summer to keep his water and milk cold
-has a straw that doesn't have a valve that you need to bite on. He learned on a regular straw, so straws that have a valve just don't come out quick enough for him
-preferably has a flip top or slide top to hide the straw and make it so I can just throw it in a bag.
I was looking at these the Reduce Coldee 14 oz Tumbler but the straw is always out so I don't know if daycare will like them because of possible spillage from the straw. Also, I wouldn't be able to just put these in a diaper bag.
I was also looking at the Munchkin Cool Cat Stanless Steel Bottle but I'm not sure if the straw has a valve that would make it difficult to suck.
Anyone have any recommendations?

Here's a comprehensive list covering various skills and knowledge areas that are beneficial for becoming a professional tarot card reader:

1. Tarot Deck Familiarity: Understanding different tarot decks and their unique symbolism.
2. Major Arcana Interpretation: Comprehensive knowledge of the 22 Major Arcana cards and their significance.
3. Minor Arcana Interpretation: Understanding the 56 Minor Arcana cards (suits of cups, swords, wands, pentacles) and their meanings.
4. Card Combinations: Ability to interpret combinations of cards within a spread.
5. Numerology: Understanding the numerological significance associated with tarot cards.
6. Astrology Correspondences: Knowledge of astrological connections to tarot cards.
7. Symbolism Interpretation: Ability to interpret symbols present in tarot cards.
8. Intuition Development: Strengthening intuitive abilities to complement card interpretations.
9. Reading Spreads: Mastery in various tarot spreads (e.g., Celtic Cross, Three-Card Spread, etc.).
10. Ethical Reading Practices: Understanding ethical guidelines and best practices in conducting readings.
11. Client Communication: Effective communication skills to interact and engage with clients.
12. Empathy and Compassion: Ability to empathize and provide guidance with sensitivity.
13. Psychological Insight: Knowledge of basic psychology to understand human behavior and emotions.
14. Storytelling Skills: Ability to weave a narrative and convey messages effectively.
15. Memory Retention: Memorizing card meanings and symbolism for quick recall during readings.
16. Visualization Techniques: Using visualization for better understanding and interpretation of cards.
17. Energy Management: Techniques for maintaining personal energy balance during readings.
18. Rituals and Cleansing: Knowledge of cleansing and preparing the deck for readings.
19. Tarot History: Understanding the history and evolution of tarot cards.
20. Professional Boundaries: Setting boundaries and maintaining professionalism during readings.
21. Code of Conduct: Adhering to a personal code of conduct and ethics in readings.
22. Decision-Making Support: Providing guidance without imposing personal opinions on clients.
23. Timing and Predictions: Understanding the concept of timing and predictions in tarot readings.
24. Multiple Reading Styles: Flexibility in adapting different reading styles as per client needs.
25. Journaling Practices: Maintaining a tarot journal for personal reflection and improvement.
26. Meditation Techniques: Using meditation to enhance intuitive abilities.
27. Conflict Resolution: Handling potential conflicts or challenging situations during readings.
28. Visualization Aids: Using visual aids or tools for enhanced readings (e.g., crystals, candles).
29. Cultural Sensitivity: Being culturally sensitive and aware while interpreting cards.
30. Creative Expression: Incorporating creative elements into readings for deeper insights.
31. Body Language Awareness: Understanding body language cues during in-person readings.
32. Non-Verbal Communication: Adapting to non-verbal communication cues during readings.
33. Self-Reflection Practices: Continuously reflecting on personal biases and growth areas.
34. Feedback Integration: Learning from client feedback for continuous improvement.
35. Self-Care Techniques: Practicing self-care to prevent burnout in this emotionally demanding field.
36. Boundary Setting with Clients: Clearly defining and maintaining boundaries with clients.
37. Marketing Skills: Basic marketing strategies to promote your tarot reading services.
38. Networking Skills: Building professional networks within the tarot community.
39. Technology Proficiency: Utilizing online platforms or software for remote readings.
40. Legal Awareness: Understanding legal implications related to offering tarot services in your area.
41. Financial Management: Basic financial skills for managing income and expenses related to your practice.
42. Critical Thinking: Analyzing complex situations and providing balanced insights.
43. Adaptability: Being adaptable to different client needs and situations.
44. Resilience: Developing resilience to handle challenging readings or client interactions.
45. Counseling Skills: Basic counseling techniques for providing guidance during readings.
46. Conflict Resolution: Handling potential conflicts or challenging situations during readings.
47. Life Coaching Basics: Understanding basic life coaching principles for holistic guidance.
48. Storytelling Techniques: Using storytelling techniques to convey messages effectively.
49. Understanding Archetypes: Familiarity with Jungian archetypes and their presence in tarot.
50. Continuous Learning: Commitment to ongoing learning and staying updated with new tarot-related knowledge.

Remember, proficiency in all these areas may not be necessary to start, but continuous learning and improvement in these areas can significantly enhance your abilities as a tarot card reader.

Race Information

• Name: Toronto Marathon
• Date: May 5, 2024
• Distance: 42.2 km
• Location: Toronto, ON
• Time: 4:06:51

Goals

Goal	Description	Completed?
A	Finish	Yes
B	Sub 4:13	Yes
C	Sub 4	No

Splits

Kilometer	Time
1	6:06
2	6:05
3	5:58
4	5:47
5	5:32
6	6:34
7	6:05
8	5:55
9	5:56
10	5:42
11	5:47
12	6:00
13	5:57
14	5:32
15	5:29
16	5:42
17	5:41
18	5:27
19	5:34
20	5:51
21	5:41
22	5:40
23	5:39
24	5:47
25	5:40
26	5:45
27	5:46
28	5:45
29	5:50
30	6:00
31	6:00
32	5:52
33	6:00
34	5:55
35	6:08
36	5:55
37	5:50
38	5:53
39	5:52
40	5:52
41	6:00
42	5:48
43	5:45

Preamble

Some "about me" first. Around beginning of last fall, I (38M) have never ran more than 2k in my life. I never thought I could since I was never an active guy and I have flat feet that gave me knee pain before. Last summer, I was gifted a smart watch so I went for a run just to test out the watch. The run wasn't bad, shared it with my runner friend, then asked for some advice. Couple runs in, I figured my decade old Nike runners are no longer sufficient for more running, I googled around, found the world of runningshoegeeks, and got a pair of Asics Kayano which worked wonder with the flat feet situation.
I started running randomly two three times a week. Each week challenging myself to run further. 3k. 5k. 10k. 10k in 1 hour. Then before winter set in, a 21k.
NYC Marathon was in the news. It made me curious. So I went down rabbit hole. One thing led to another. Toronto Marathon had an early bird discount that would end some time in December. I was like, what the hell, let's aim for the sky. So I took out my credit card.

Training

Christmas festivities and then a bit of snow came along with the cold. I did not run at all during these time. By last week of January, I figured it's just about more than 3 months away and I needed to get my act together. Resorted to Reddit once again, I landed on the Hal Higdon Intermediate 1 plan. I tried doing intervals the autumn before and sudden burst gave me an injury. I knew I needed to build up my base and strength first. The HH Intermediate 1 plan focused on just slow runs and nothing else. The plan matched. To my novice mind, at least. I loosely followed the plan for weekdays, and instead I just tried to slow run an hour a day for 4 to 5 days out of Monday to Saturday, then Sunday I religiously followed the prescribed long run distance. The winter was record warm with little snow fall, so I was able to stick with the schedule quite closely. Any other years, I don't know how my fellow people north of 49 do it without a dreadful treadmill.
My runs were somewhat faster than my easy run pace that Runalyze prescribed. But since I was a newbie and my VO2 max was so low that the slow run HR pace would be crawling and I didn't have the patience to be slow walking 10km. Fortunately, the heart rate improved notably over the training block. By the peak week, I was able to finish the first ever 35km at a 6:15km/h pace and averaging 145 BPM. But I felt out of gas by the end of that 35k. I wasn't sure how I could give another 7km.

Pre-race

I followed the taper per plan. In the final week, I was quite nervous about it. Checking the weather forecast daily. Loaded up on carbs in the final 3 days. Made a to-do, to-wear, to-bring, and to-eat/drink list, to make sure I don't forget anything and not needing to scramble with an unclear mind at 5am the morning of.
Race day morning came. It was pouring. The hourly forecast said it should be reduced down to drizzle by the race time though, so that's hopeful. Weather was a nice 10 degrees without much wind. Quite foggy. Can't complain, so as long it won't shower on us.
The starting line was next to an indoor shopping mall. Along with many others, I was trying to stay warm and dry, so I stayed inside. About 10 minutes before start time, I finally headed to starting line. It was then I realized most people are already in... One giant corral? I thought the corral was supposed to be colour coded. But from research, this race is known for being unorganized so that's ok. I can figure this out.
My ultimate goal was just to finish. Finish a marathon in my life. The hopeful goal was to run a 6:00 min/km pace. Given the 35km run before, I thought this is what I could handle. That would land me with a 4:13-ish marathon. My original goal back when I signed up was a sub-4. But as the training block went on, I knew that was out of reach.
With the 4:13 in mind, I see I'm still a sea of people behind the last pacer, the 4:30 pacer in the corral. So I excuse me-ed my way through to pass the 4:30 pacer and the 4:20 pacer in line. But I didn't have the heart to continue shoving my way up to the 4:15 pacer. After all, I was late to the line.
Some 15 minutes or so later, the race begun.

Race

With an ultimate goal of just to finish, I didn't have a firm pace in mind. But instead, my lurking of running has taught me to not overkill it in the first half to save gas for the second half, especially the first half of the Toronto course is all downhill and second half was flat. So I planned it out that I would run with HR instead. 150 BPM first 10k. 155 BPM 10k to 20k. Up to 160 BPM 20k to 30k. Then to my heart's content (pun intended) thereon forward.
This is my first ever race of any kind. I have never ran with this many people before. So I didn't know what differences were there. And the race was off. The crowd was cheering on. The pot holes and pavement gaps were full of puddle water. Some runners were flying by using the off-course sidewalk boulevard area. There was a runner with a GoPro on a stick. Runners that are chatting with their mates. Some runners were wearing full on cotton hoodies and I wondered why. This was all new to me.
In the sea of happenings, I ran a warm up pace in the first k-ish to make sure my HR didn't jolt. Because from runs before, I learned that if it jolted up early and sustained, it's hard for it to fall back down later on.
The second km marker came by. But also did the 4:30 pacer guy from behind. I tried to find the 4:20 and 4:15 pacers, but they were already well out of my sight in front somewhere. This is the point where I freaked out. I looked at the watch. 150bpm. I'm right on my target plan. I now realized my plan, however, was too slow. I said f it. And kicked it up a notch, at least to catch back up to 4:15 before it became a runaway train. I overrode my mental HR running plan slight for the time being. At times allowing myself to run in 160ish BPM. For the next two to three km, that's what I did. I caught back up to the 4:30 pacer. Caught up with the 4:20 pacer. Finally found the 4:15 pacer.
As noted earlier, this part of the course is still downhill. When going downhill, my HR didn't creep up to accelerate or sustain a quicker than usual speed. When I passed the 4:15 pacer, I figured my HR was around 153 and I can keep it up, so I kept going at that pace. Another km or two later, the 4:10 pacer was just in front to my surprise. I passed him as well without much thought. In the mean time, I was just soaking in the experience. Reading signs that people were holding as much as I could. A few even made me chuckle. Checking out the storefronts of Toronto's midtown. In the meantime, I consumed energy gel religiously by every half hour. And for my very first time, taking a water from the water station volunteer then try to drink it. It was somewhat successful. I tried to do the fold the opening thing and drink it from the smaller hole slowly. It's either not enough was going into the mouth, I'm still spilling it all over, or water was going into the mouth mid-breath and I almost choke. Anyways, I was able to consume some water. Perhaps not as much as I wish, but good enough.
The course turned into the affluent Forest Hill neighborhood, then continued it's downhill course. Upper Canada College in the foggy mist, Spadina bridge at Winston Churchill Park, Casa Loma, Rosedale Valley, the finally downtown Front Street. All very scenic. By this time, a lot of half marathoners who started half hour+ late have caught up and passed by speedily which was a bit of annoyance in the already crowded lane. By this time, it was about halfway point for full marathoners and I assessed my HR and energy level. HR was still low end of 150s and body still felt good. I told myself don't get too excited, stay put until 30km.
After running past the majestic Princess Gate and the CNE ground, half marathoners are funneled to the finish line while we marathoners kept continuing on the Martin Goodman Trail along the shore. This is where I noticed an increasing amount of people walking, limping, slowing, or just looking like they're in a lot of pain. But I continued to trek on. Told myself to not lose pace. I can do it. I started following other runners in front of me with similar pace and fixated on them as personal pacer. This part of the course felt long. The 7km from CNE to the turnaround point felt like the length of the first 20k. Some parts of the trail course were not enjoyable. Narrow, shared with public, bikes, slippery bridge, crossing over returning runners at one point. I tried to stay focus. Stay fixated on my picked-out pacer. Listened to whatever I had playing in my ear. Patiently await for the next km marker sign.
35km marker then appeared. I thought to myself I have now entered uncharted territory. Re-assessing myself, looking at my watch 153bpm. I should kick it up a bit. This is what my mind told my legs to do but my legs seems to refuse. By this time, my legs were in cruise control mode. It doesn't seem to like to speed up (or slow down), it just kept rotating on their own at the current speed. Another km or two went by, something was bothering with me at the hip and left leg, looking down instead of running with straight back seems to help, so I did. Still keeping my pace. Still going at it. Some couple minutes later, a cramp near the stomach on my right side appeared like a mini stab. I tried changing some positions. It seemed to help. I knew it was because I took in too many energy gel and not enough water. The sudden cramp appeared another two times for the remainder of the race.
The return portion of the lakeshore trail loop felt like it went by much quicker. 40km. The finish is near, I thought to myself. HR 155. Let's try to turn on the afterburner again... to no avail. But the legs kept on rotating without slowing down. I'm okay with that. The dome of Liberty Grand and CNE windmill were within sight. Just minutes away. Then I heard a familiar voice calling "DADDY! DADDY!". I looked over and found my kiddos and wife cheering for me couple hundred meters before the finish line. I detoured a few meters over to them. I couldn't churn my legs faster, but heading over to give my little one a high five, this I must do. Seconds after running past them, someone yelled "final turn!". I sped up, took the turn, ran up that small final hill into CNE, joyously crossed over that inflatable red goal post with big letters that said FINISH on it. I stopped the watch. It said 4 something something. It didn't sink in yet. At this time, I was just happy I finished my first marathon.

Post-race

Once again, the Toronto Marathon is well known for being a poorly organized event. The finish line chute into the building had a long line. But I didn't care at that point. I was walking the legs off first. I also downed four straight cups of water once it's my turn at the water stop. Once my conscience is fully back, it registered to me that I ran a 5:50 min/hr pace, a bit quicker than I expected and quicker than any runs I've ran in my training before. While feeling having nothing left in the gas tank for that afterburner, I was just glad there weren't any significant slow down post 30k. I'm a happy camper.
The expo was a bit of a madness. It wasn't clear which direction to go, what line to join, where to get your medal, etc etc. At the medal handing-out counter, I saw a bunch of empty boxes that marked half marathon and some people with half marathon bibs crowding around. I thought they were just waiting for the next box to open. Not until later did I know from another Reddit post that they were out of medals for HM. I felt fortunate to received my medal.
By day 3 after the marathon, I feel the legs are about 95% back and I was able to do a 3km recovery jog. In hindsight, perhaps I didn't run hard enough. Now that I have this experience under my belt, next time I'll add in some speed work and other types of run, and hopefully I can turn my speed up or down more controllably.
Yes. I'm already looking forward to the next time.
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