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2024.05.14 17:40 PhantomPR3D4T0R What’s a reasonable temperature expectation when listing says no AC? [CAN]
Here is my situation and would like some second opinions before contacting the host.
I am about 10 days into a 40 day long stay in an upper floor apartment for school not travel. The listing said no AC, which I assumed would be no big deal because it’s May and the lows for the night where I am located would be 0-12 degrees C, with highs from 10-20C (maybe 25 near the end of the stay) during the day. Why would I need AC right??
First week or so I am here, it got below freezing at night, was very cloudy and rainy. I did not have any issue with the temperature, it stayed below 20 inside. However last few days I have woken up to it being sunny and my apartment being 25C and about 70% RH. Now here’s the kicker, it reached a low of 5C outside and at 8AM was 10C and I slept the entire night with the window open as much as it would open and a 6” fan (that I brought myself) blowing outside air into the room all night!! I have to close the window when I leave for school due to connected balconies and being in the hood, so when I get home at 430 is usually closer to 27C. I open the window trying to blow like 15C air into the room and it only is able to offset the heat generated by the shower, oven and fridge I am using. So the room temp doesn’t drop much until 8pm, then it is able to crawl down to about 22C by 1030 and does not go much lower. Only for it to start heating back up at 5am I am terrified this place will be actually hostile to my health if the temperatures get any hotter outside…. I theorize the reasons it can get so hot are a combination of:
-piss poor ventilation to my room through a central system (heat through is a manual radiant system fyi. It is most certainly off in my room and not playing a factor)
-being on the 6th floor to a poorly planned old building that probably used to be office space
-knee to ceiling windows across the whole apartment that face east with blinds that are very bad at stopping convection air flow at the tops and bottom
-very old inefficient fridge and stove that put out a lot of heat with no room dividing walls in the suite.
As for how the humidity gets so high, I have absolutely no idea. I think the tiny ventilation duct (there is only 1) is bringing hot humid air from the rest of the apartment building. I am on floor 6 out of 7. I am somewhat conflicted because I am aware the room said no AC when I booked. But I also believe it’s reasonable expectation that no AC means your apartment will be at most 1 maybe 2C hotter than the outside ambient air temp. And differences of up to 15C and 40% humidity is completely insane. Last few days have been barely tolerable and if my apartment temps continue to increase with the forecasted outside temperatures I would like the host to either issue a full refund so I can stay somewhere else or deliver a 10 000 BTU stand alone AC unit. Is that unreasonable?
Thanks for the help
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I am about 10 days into a 40 day long stay in an upper floor apartment for school not travel. The listing said no AC, which I assumed would be no big deal because it’s May and the lows for the night where I am located would be 0-12 degrees C, with highs from 10-20C (maybe 25 near the end of the stay) during the day. Why would I need AC right??
First week or so I am here, it got below freezing at night, was very cloudy and rainy. I did not have any issue with the temperature, it stayed below 20 inside. However last few days I have woken up to it being sunny and my apartment being 25C and about 70% RH. Now here’s the kicker, it reached a low of 5C outside and at 8AM was 10C and I slept the entire night with the window open as much as it would open and a 6” fan (that I brought myself) blowing outside air into the room all night!! I have to close the window when I leave for school due to connected balconies and being in the hood, so when I get home at 430 is usually closer to 27C. I open the window trying to blow like 15C air into the room and it only is able to offset the heat generated by the shower, oven and fridge I am using. So the room temp doesn’t drop much until 8pm, then it is able to crawl down to about 22C by 1030 and does not go much lower. Only for it to start heating back up at 5am I am terrified this place will be actually hostile to my health if the temperatures get any hotter outside…. I theorize the reasons it can get so hot are a combination of:
-piss poor ventilation to my room through a central system (heat through is a manual radiant system fyi. It is most certainly off in my room and not playing a factor)
-being on the 6th floor to a poorly planned old building that probably used to be office space
-knee to ceiling windows across the whole apartment that face east with blinds that are very bad at stopping convection air flow at the tops and bottom
-very old inefficient fridge and stove that put out a lot of heat with no room dividing walls in the suite.
As for how the humidity gets so high, I have absolutely no idea. I think the tiny ventilation duct (there is only 1) is bringing hot humid air from the rest of the apartment building. I am on floor 6 out of 7. I am somewhat conflicted because I am aware the room said no AC when I booked. But I also believe it’s reasonable expectation that no AC means your apartment will be at most 1 maybe 2C hotter than the outside ambient air temp. And differences of up to 15C and 40% humidity is completely insane. Last few days have been barely tolerable and if my apartment temps continue to increase with the forecasted outside temperatures I would like the host to either issue a full refund so I can stay somewhere else or deliver a 10 000 BTU stand alone AC unit. Is that unreasonable?
Thanks for the help
2024.05.14 17:38 notinterestedinlies She (25F) me (28M) and she is afraid of commitment but still doesn't wanna stop dating me, is it resolvable from your experience?
We are dating since february and we are in a LDR (2 hours of train from one another), i am more flexible than her to meet her since i work remotely 4 out of 5 days a week and she is studying. I understand her fears that are also a combination of commitment and distance, so i tried to give her a lot of space and to show her that distance wasn't a problem for me and solutions were plenty. 3 weeks ago we had a crisys since we booked a 5 days trip consisting in me visiting her at her place with her room mates and their friends. she dropped last minute all the plan and we went no talk for a week. I was really pissed at her for her lack of communication in telling me this thing, i knew that it could be moving the relationship further and i knew that maybe it wasn't that much of a deal visiting her while the house was full of people (all the room mates invited their friends so the house was overcrowded). but she just panicked and didn't have the courage to talk to me about this just messaging... after 1 week she texted me that she would come back to our hometown two weeks from this message for the weekend and that she would've like to see me if i did want to. i accepted and we started talking again with ease, and now and then she kept on being a little bit cold, but she called me since she knew i was angry about this lack of communication tool. in the call she told me she was just afraid of the distance and the commitment, i opened my heart to her and told her what i see in her and in which direction i want to move this "unofficial" relationship; she was shy and silent so i told her to not worry and that we already have an occasion to talk about it. Fast forward to the last weekend we met eachother and we were kind of playing in a limbo, kissing then pushing away then whatever. So i took the ball and talked to her and after she repeated to me that she wasn't sure and she was afraid i told her that it was over. She started crying like crazy for an hour, then she told me that she is stupid and fearful but she likes me very very much and wants to continue. I told her that we can continue but we have to communicate better and be sincere and so and so, and she promised that she would always call me if she was in panick or fearful and treat me more respectfully, but nontheless she still has a little bit of fears. Her past 2 relationship didn't end up good and she still a little bit hurt about them even tho more than 2 years passed from the last one. Now, i understand her fears but my mind is a bit messed up... are those fears something true, should i give her the time for her to come to me more than me to her? are these thing something resolvable or she just doesn't like me enough... i'm confused. I also gave her a ticket after we discussed and she cried, which was a present that was supposed to be hers for when i had to pay visit, she said yes but she is slowly moving to booking the trains... i kind of see those fears. To me her coming to the concert would be a big sign of caring about me. But i know it's also a little big complicated for her since she has to take a train just to come for the concert (2 hours) and then she has to visit a friend of her for his graduation party the next day in a city 4 hours from the one where the concert is.
TL;DR! she is afraid of commitment and distance, but when i try to break up she cannot loose me and wants to go forward dating, seems like we are just afraid to put a name on a thing, are those fears something resolvable or is it that she doesn't like me enough?
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TL;DR! she is afraid of commitment and distance, but when i try to break up she cannot loose me and wants to go forward dating, seems like we are just afraid to put a name on a thing, are those fears something resolvable or is it that she doesn't like me enough?
2024.05.14 17:38 Peach-Buzz18 AITA for going No contact after my dad stole my baby shower gifts?
This happened around 2 years ago, but I've recently been thinking about it because every so often, I get the "but he's still your dad" comment every time the subject comes up and today, it happened again.
When I (26F) was 18, I went no contact with my parents for a little over 5 years. Both of my parents were/are toxic, but my father was a bit worse. To put things in perspective, im the middle child, yet still im the only one to have never gone on a family vacation, because i just wasnt ever considered family the way my siblings were. I spent most of my adulthood wondering why i wasnt good enough. Still, I always yearned for a dad and a mom. Two and a half years ago, I was pregnant and just getting out of an abusive relationship. I was isolated from everyone, even friends. After going to therapy and working on my mental health, I decided I needed to establish a support system for myself and my baby. In hopes that they had changed, I reached out to both my parents. They had finally separated during my period of no contact, so they were living separately. My mom lived in a different state, so she wasn't able to help much. My parents seemed thrilled at the idea of having another grandchild and seemed really supportive at first. My dad was dating a new woman and I thought she was really sweet at first. But then she got really controlling and manipulative really quickly. I'd see her call my teenage sister the most horrible names, and it was suddenly clear why my sister always hated her. One time she INSISTED on coming to my last ultrasound appointment with me and my dad. And I could only have one person in the room with me (COVID), so she sat in the car. The appointment took around 45 minutes to an hour. When we got back to the car, I was feeling SO happy over seeing my baby. It was an amazing moment, until we opened the car doors and she started literally yelling at us for taking so long. She very quickly soured a sweet moment. I could list off all the things she's done, but its not worth it.
Anyway, The place I was living in wasnt the safest. My dad let me stay at his house for almost a month, just so I wouldn't have to spend even longer in a bad environment until I closed on my house. They were even "nice" enough to start working on a nursery for my baby at THEIR house. Which, I didn't think anything of, because his girlfriend said she wanted to watch the baby while I worked. It just seemed like excited grandparents to me. I was excited to have such a great support system during such a tough time in my life.
During this time, he made it very clear, he wanted/expected to be in the delivery room with me when I gave birth. He wasn't willing for it to be my mom AND him because he refused to be in the same room as my mom (HE was the cheater, but acted like she was the devil), so it had to be JUST him. Personally, I didn't like the idea of being in such a vulnerable position AND being naked, infront of my dad, but I was just planning to do what he wanted anyway because I always wanted a dad, so if I had to make some sacrifices to get that, then I was okay with it. Towards the end of the month, I had my baby shower and people really came together to help me. By the end of the day, I had pretty much everything I needed and more. Right after the baby shower, my dad told me he should lock the gifts into the room behind his. That they'd be safe in there. So, I agreed. I mean, he had put me through a lot when I was a kid, but even so, I could trust him not to steal from me and my unborn child, right?
No.
The week before i was supposed to move into my house, I called him while he was on his break at work. I was nesting pretty bad. I asked him If he could unlock the door in his bedroom when he got home, or let me know if there's another key, just so I could get the things ready to bring to my house. I wasn't adamant about it, just asked him to do it whenever he had the chance or whenever we were both free, since i worked too. I was very polite about this. The sellers were letting me move in some of my things early, so i wanted to get a lot of the stuff done. He said NO. He refused to EVER let me have my things. I wish I could tell you there was some sort of trigger to this or that I saw this coming, but I didn't. It really did come out of nowhere. I thought we were good. He went on about how I probably wasn't even going to let him in the delivery room with me (I had planned on it, I never told him otherwise.)
After he said that, I told him he'd never be in my life and that he would never meet my child or any future children I have. And I meant it. Even if he HAD given me my stuff back, the fact that he said he wasn't going to, at any point....I can't have someone in my life that even CONSIDERS doing that to me or my children. I went on to have my mother and my sister in the delivery room with me and it was an incredible experience. After the whole ordeal, MULTIPLE family members told me they were glad I cut contact with him, because they were SURE he was going to try to do something so I'd look bad, so he could have custody. I'm so glad I didn't trade one abuser for another by continuing to let my dad walk all over me.
I've now moved to another state, living with the man of my dreams and our 2 children that my father has never met.
Today, me and a friend from my hometown were messaging, having a conversation about our parents. She has a very good relationship with her parents. When I brought up that my father hasn't even met my children, she said I overreacted when I cut contact and I'm denying my children a bond with their grandparents.
So reddit, AITA for going No contact with my father?
EDIT: To answer some questions; yes, I did tell everyone who gave me gifts that their gifts were stolen. Yes, I did contact the police. And the sheriff. Neither would help me. They told me I'd need to bring my father to court. I would've done that, but I had just bought a house. I couldn't afford a lawyer and I was just ready to be done with him completely.
Me and my now husband got together shortly after I had my first child. He was my biggest supporter. We were long time friends and it was a long time coming, so we got serious pretty quickly and he's raised both children as his own.
EDIT #2: I couldn't break down the door or take it off its hinges. There were other people in the house, as my dad's gf doesn't work. I was 9 months pregnant and already under a lot of stress. They definitely would've called the cops if I tried to break into the room.
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When I (26F) was 18, I went no contact with my parents for a little over 5 years. Both of my parents were/are toxic, but my father was a bit worse. To put things in perspective, im the middle child, yet still im the only one to have never gone on a family vacation, because i just wasnt ever considered family the way my siblings were. I spent most of my adulthood wondering why i wasnt good enough. Still, I always yearned for a dad and a mom. Two and a half years ago, I was pregnant and just getting out of an abusive relationship. I was isolated from everyone, even friends. After going to therapy and working on my mental health, I decided I needed to establish a support system for myself and my baby. In hopes that they had changed, I reached out to both my parents. They had finally separated during my period of no contact, so they were living separately. My mom lived in a different state, so she wasn't able to help much. My parents seemed thrilled at the idea of having another grandchild and seemed really supportive at first. My dad was dating a new woman and I thought she was really sweet at first. But then she got really controlling and manipulative really quickly. I'd see her call my teenage sister the most horrible names, and it was suddenly clear why my sister always hated her. One time she INSISTED on coming to my last ultrasound appointment with me and my dad. And I could only have one person in the room with me (COVID), so she sat in the car. The appointment took around 45 minutes to an hour. When we got back to the car, I was feeling SO happy over seeing my baby. It was an amazing moment, until we opened the car doors and she started literally yelling at us for taking so long. She very quickly soured a sweet moment. I could list off all the things she's done, but its not worth it.
Anyway, The place I was living in wasnt the safest. My dad let me stay at his house for almost a month, just so I wouldn't have to spend even longer in a bad environment until I closed on my house. They were even "nice" enough to start working on a nursery for my baby at THEIR house. Which, I didn't think anything of, because his girlfriend said she wanted to watch the baby while I worked. It just seemed like excited grandparents to me. I was excited to have such a great support system during such a tough time in my life.
During this time, he made it very clear, he wanted/expected to be in the delivery room with me when I gave birth. He wasn't willing for it to be my mom AND him because he refused to be in the same room as my mom (HE was the cheater, but acted like she was the devil), so it had to be JUST him. Personally, I didn't like the idea of being in such a vulnerable position AND being naked, infront of my dad, but I was just planning to do what he wanted anyway because I always wanted a dad, so if I had to make some sacrifices to get that, then I was okay with it. Towards the end of the month, I had my baby shower and people really came together to help me. By the end of the day, I had pretty much everything I needed and more. Right after the baby shower, my dad told me he should lock the gifts into the room behind his. That they'd be safe in there. So, I agreed. I mean, he had put me through a lot when I was a kid, but even so, I could trust him not to steal from me and my unborn child, right?
No.
The week before i was supposed to move into my house, I called him while he was on his break at work. I was nesting pretty bad. I asked him If he could unlock the door in his bedroom when he got home, or let me know if there's another key, just so I could get the things ready to bring to my house. I wasn't adamant about it, just asked him to do it whenever he had the chance or whenever we were both free, since i worked too. I was very polite about this. The sellers were letting me move in some of my things early, so i wanted to get a lot of the stuff done. He said NO. He refused to EVER let me have my things. I wish I could tell you there was some sort of trigger to this or that I saw this coming, but I didn't. It really did come out of nowhere. I thought we were good. He went on about how I probably wasn't even going to let him in the delivery room with me (I had planned on it, I never told him otherwise.)
After he said that, I told him he'd never be in my life and that he would never meet my child or any future children I have. And I meant it. Even if he HAD given me my stuff back, the fact that he said he wasn't going to, at any point....I can't have someone in my life that even CONSIDERS doing that to me or my children. I went on to have my mother and my sister in the delivery room with me and it was an incredible experience. After the whole ordeal, MULTIPLE family members told me they were glad I cut contact with him, because they were SURE he was going to try to do something so I'd look bad, so he could have custody. I'm so glad I didn't trade one abuser for another by continuing to let my dad walk all over me.
I've now moved to another state, living with the man of my dreams and our 2 children that my father has never met.
Today, me and a friend from my hometown were messaging, having a conversation about our parents. She has a very good relationship with her parents. When I brought up that my father hasn't even met my children, she said I overreacted when I cut contact and I'm denying my children a bond with their grandparents.
So reddit, AITA for going No contact with my father?
EDIT: To answer some questions; yes, I did tell everyone who gave me gifts that their gifts were stolen. Yes, I did contact the police. And the sheriff. Neither would help me. They told me I'd need to bring my father to court. I would've done that, but I had just bought a house. I couldn't afford a lawyer and I was just ready to be done with him completely.
Me and my now husband got together shortly after I had my first child. He was my biggest supporter. We were long time friends and it was a long time coming, so we got serious pretty quickly and he's raised both children as his own.
EDIT #2: I couldn't break down the door or take it off its hinges. There were other people in the house, as my dad's gf doesn't work. I was 9 months pregnant and already under a lot of stress. They definitely would've called the cops if I tried to break into the room.
2024.05.14 17:37 hodlbby We’ve been using the “pull-out” method for 14 years…I’ve never even had a scare.
I used to be a “hell no” to kids. When my bf (now husband) and I got together, he said he wanted them for sure. We probably should’ve parted ways, but we didn’t and I have enjoyed an amazing life with him despite the normal ups and downs that couples experience.
Anyway, we are planning for a baby in about 2 years (I am 32, will be 34 by that time and he’s the same age.)…personally, I have just found that he is such a great partner and I know he’d be awesome dad and I wouldn’t mind having another version of him to love and share my life with.
We’ve basically never used protection. We used condoms for the first few months, and I was on oral BC for like a month but it gave me terrible side effects and I discontinued. I was also on oral BC from ages 14-18 before discontinuing. So, he has always pulled out.
Is he the pull out King or is one of us just infertile? Honestly, I’d be fine with or without a child…I’m old enough that I’ve gotten to travel and party and do all that stuff in my 20s. He really wants a baby though…I just think it’s a little crazy that we’ve been together for a decade and a half without even missing a single period.
Are we lucky, or is something up!
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Anyway, we are planning for a baby in about 2 years (I am 32, will be 34 by that time and he’s the same age.)…personally, I have just found that he is such a great partner and I know he’d be awesome dad and I wouldn’t mind having another version of him to love and share my life with.
We’ve basically never used protection. We used condoms for the first few months, and I was on oral BC for like a month but it gave me terrible side effects and I discontinued. I was also on oral BC from ages 14-18 before discontinuing. So, he has always pulled out.
Is he the pull out King or is one of us just infertile? Honestly, I’d be fine with or without a child…I’m old enough that I’ve gotten to travel and party and do all that stuff in my 20s. He really wants a baby though…I just think it’s a little crazy that we’ve been together for a decade and a half without even missing a single period.
Are we lucky, or is something up!
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𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧, 𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟏. The dust has settled after the Great War but the peace is only nominal. Despite the stability proclaimed proudly by the prime minister, the world is changing quickly and inevitably, with rapidly progressing industrialisation leaving a mark on the life of the public, from those just barely scraping by to the blue-blooded families with names as old as Britain itself. Unrest marks the streets as gangs fight tooth and nail for influence and the working class calls for strikes in desperate attempts to secure better pay and more humane working conditions.
And unbeknownst to most mortals, an entirely different world exists hidden beyond just a thin veil of lies, diversions and ancient laws. Vampires stalk the alleyways looking for prey, the full moon bears witness to chilling howls in the darkness and powerful spells are used to make dreams –and nightmares– come true. The unrest of the mundane world intertwines with centuries-old feuds in subtle, but ever-present ways and the horrors known to mankind from whispered stories are very much alive.
ㅤ↳˗ˏˋ** 𝐖𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫: ▸： Safe, friendly and inclusive community for adult writers; queer and POC friendly, both OOC and IC. ▸： A rich setting based on history and folklore, with lots of room for the writers’ creativity to shine. Plotting initiative and lore contributions are welcomed and appreciated. ▸： An opportunity to craft stories and experience the dark atmosphere of the post-WWI London with a touch of supernatural flair in the company of other literate, multi-para and novella writers. (Writing sample required upon entry, 400 words/post minimum.) ▸： A compelling narrative & in-depth lore written by experienced Game Masters, focused on providing opportunities to craft a variety of stories ranging from layered political intrigues to exploration of characters’ relationships.ﾠ
𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝟐𝟏+ 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬ﾠ 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝟏𝟖 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐥𝐝.
Join us! https://discord.gg/TUKCVewW5W
2024.05.14 17:37 Stock_Ad2469 Vermiculite Removal Questions
I just recently had vermiculite removed from my attic floor in Wisconsin, USA that was confirmed to be Zonolite brand. The space is 75% unfinished but does contain a single finished room with HVAC. I had an insulation company come in and remove it as its one of the services they provide as well as helping with the ZAI trust paperwork. I just a have a few questions on their procedures that I find a little disconcerning. I have some experience with asbestos removal but its in more of an power generation/industrial setting so it is not quite apples to apples with residential.
The contractor had a large trailer with the vermiculite vac and a long hose which was fed into one of the attic windows and it was sucked out from there. Some plastic was setup on the doorway to the stairwell and over the two HVAC vents but there was definitely no negative air machines or air scrubbers brought up or in any of the other windows. Is this standard procedure due to the vac being outside as well as they method that asbestos would become airborne? (Ie you want less air moving around possibly kicking up more dust?) I would have thought you would require negative air machines on any "abatement" activity. Is this something I should push on? I'm planning to have a 3rd party pull an air clearance test in the near future to see if I have any lingering issues.
The contractor licensed by the state and had a bid in line with other contractors, they just happened to be the most responsive, so there wasn't any red flags there.
submitted by Stock_Ad2469 to asbestoshelp [link] [comments]
The contractor had a large trailer with the vermiculite vac and a long hose which was fed into one of the attic windows and it was sucked out from there. Some plastic was setup on the doorway to the stairwell and over the two HVAC vents but there was definitely no negative air machines or air scrubbers brought up or in any of the other windows. Is this standard procedure due to the vac being outside as well as they method that asbestos would become airborne? (Ie you want less air moving around possibly kicking up more dust?) I would have thought you would require negative air machines on any "abatement" activity. Is this something I should push on? I'm planning to have a 3rd party pull an air clearance test in the near future to see if I have any lingering issues.
The contractor licensed by the state and had a bid in line with other contractors, they just happened to be the most responsive, so there wasn't any red flags there.
2024.05.14 17:36 Busy-Persimmon-9304 Residence and Textbook Questions for RPN Students
Hi everyone,
I have a few questions regarding placements and textbooks for the RPN program.
For the four terms in the RPN program, I’m wondering when placements typically start to be far from the campus, potentially requiring off-campus housing. Are the placements in Term 1 and Term 2 usually close to the campus, or are they also quite far? I’m concerned about this because I’ve already secured on-campus housing for the Fall 2024 and Winter 2025 terms. From previous posts, it seems like placements in Term 3 and Term 4 might be quite distant. Additionally, when will we be informed about the specific locations for our placements each term? As an international student who doesn’t plan to drive during my studies, arranging housing in advance is very important to me. If any former RPN students could share the timeline for placement locations and their experiences with housing, I would greatly appreciate it!
My second question is about the textbooks used in the RPN program. I would like to start studying in advance, so could you please share the names and editions of the required textbooks? I currently know that the ICHS Medical Terminology course uses “Medical Terminology: A Short Course” by Davi-Ellen Chabner, 9th Edition, but I’m not sure about the other RPN courses. If you could provide this information, I would be very grateful.
Also, I would love to connect with any local or international students starting in Fall 2024 and Winter 2025. Feel free to message me if you'd like to reach out.
Thank you very much for your help!
submitted by Busy-Persimmon-9304 to Algonquin_College [link] [comments]
I have a few questions regarding placements and textbooks for the RPN program.
For the four terms in the RPN program, I’m wondering when placements typically start to be far from the campus, potentially requiring off-campus housing. Are the placements in Term 1 and Term 2 usually close to the campus, or are they also quite far? I’m concerned about this because I’ve already secured on-campus housing for the Fall 2024 and Winter 2025 terms. From previous posts, it seems like placements in Term 3 and Term 4 might be quite distant. Additionally, when will we be informed about the specific locations for our placements each term? As an international student who doesn’t plan to drive during my studies, arranging housing in advance is very important to me. If any former RPN students could share the timeline for placement locations and their experiences with housing, I would greatly appreciate it!
My second question is about the textbooks used in the RPN program. I would like to start studying in advance, so could you please share the names and editions of the required textbooks? I currently know that the ICHS Medical Terminology course uses “Medical Terminology: A Short Course” by Davi-Ellen Chabner, 9th Edition, but I’m not sure about the other RPN courses. If you could provide this information, I would be very grateful.
Also, I would love to connect with any local or international students starting in Fall 2024 and Winter 2025. Feel free to message me if you'd like to reach out.
Thank you very much for your help!
2024.05.14 17:35 22_cat Wicked London 1920s supernatural setting literate community
“𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬, 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐟𝐮𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞.” Italo Calvino.
𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧, 𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟏. The dust has settled after the Great War but the peace is only nominal. Despite the stability proclaimed proudly by the prime minister, the world is changing quickly and inevitably, with rapidly progressing industrialisation leaving a mark on the life of the public, from those just barely scraping by to the blue-blooded families with names as old as Britain itself. Unrest marks the streets as gangs fight tooth and nail for influence and the working class calls for strikes in desperate attempts to secure better pay and more humane working conditions.
And unbeknownst to most mortals, an entirely different world exists hidden beyond just a thin veil of lies, diversions and ancient laws. Vampires stalk the alleyways looking for prey, the full moon bears witness to chilling howls in the darkness and powerful spells are used to make dreams –and nightmares– come true. The unrest of the mundane world intertwines with centuries-old feuds in subtle, but ever-present ways and the horrors known to mankind from whispered stories are very much alive.
ㅤ↳˗ˏˋ** 𝐖𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫: ▸： Safe, friendly and inclusive community for adult writers; queer and POC friendly, both OOC and IC. ▸： A rich setting based on history and folklore, with lots of room for the writers’ creativity to shine. Plotting initiative and lore contributions are welcomed and appreciated. ▸： An opportunity to craft stories and experience the dark atmosphere of the post-WWI London with a touch of supernatural flair in the company of other literate, multi-para and novella writers. (Writing sample required upon entry, 400 words/post minimum.) ▸： A compelling narrative & in-depth lore written by experienced Game Masters, focused on providing opportunities to craft a variety of stories ranging from layered political intrigues to exploration of characters’ relationships.ﾠ
𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝟐𝟏+ 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬ﾠ 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝟏𝟖 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐥𝐝.
Join us! https://discord.gg/TUKCVewW5W
submitted by 22_cat to RoleplayGroups [link] [comments]
𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧, 𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟏. The dust has settled after the Great War but the peace is only nominal. Despite the stability proclaimed proudly by the prime minister, the world is changing quickly and inevitably, with rapidly progressing industrialisation leaving a mark on the life of the public, from those just barely scraping by to the blue-blooded families with names as old as Britain itself. Unrest marks the streets as gangs fight tooth and nail for influence and the working class calls for strikes in desperate attempts to secure better pay and more humane working conditions.
And unbeknownst to most mortals, an entirely different world exists hidden beyond just a thin veil of lies, diversions and ancient laws. Vampires stalk the alleyways looking for prey, the full moon bears witness to chilling howls in the darkness and powerful spells are used to make dreams –and nightmares– come true. The unrest of the mundane world intertwines with centuries-old feuds in subtle, but ever-present ways and the horrors known to mankind from whispered stories are very much alive.
ㅤ↳˗ˏˋ** 𝐖𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫: ▸： Safe, friendly and inclusive community for adult writers; queer and POC friendly, both OOC and IC. ▸： A rich setting based on history and folklore, with lots of room for the writers’ creativity to shine. Plotting initiative and lore contributions are welcomed and appreciated. ▸： An opportunity to craft stories and experience the dark atmosphere of the post-WWI London with a touch of supernatural flair in the company of other literate, multi-para and novella writers. (Writing sample required upon entry, 400 words/post minimum.) ▸： A compelling narrative & in-depth lore written by experienced Game Masters, focused on providing opportunities to craft a variety of stories ranging from layered political intrigues to exploration of characters’ relationships.ﾠ
𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝟐𝟏+ 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬ﾠ 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝟏𝟖 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐥𝐝.
Join us! https://discord.gg/TUKCVewW5W
2024.05.14 17:34 MiserablePackage4657 How is my hotel stack for my birthday Bali trip?
Hi everyone, I’m heading to Bali from London to celebrate my birthday later this year and although I was torn between a few different hotels (FS Sayan, FS Jimbaran Bay, Jumeirah Bali, Bulgari resort etc), I ultimately decided on these three. My partner and I do not participate in partying at all, which influenced our decisions:
2 nights at Raffles Jimbaran Bay, 3 nights at Capella Ubud, 2 nights at the Ritz Mandapa Reserve Ubud
We are ending it off with a week in Singapore but we have already decided on somewhere to stay there. I mainly chose to include Bali as my boyfriend was attracted to the idea of surfing there + I want to celebrate my birthday at a nice resort rather than a city hotel.
We knew we wanted to spend our first two days in the South as my partner enjoys surfing (I know Bali isn’t generally a beach holiday place to visit so I tried to go for a nice resort I could lounge around whilst he goes surfing), but I was indecisive between Bulgari, FS Jimbaran Bay, Raffles and the Jumeirah resort. I enjoy the finer things in life (whilst my partner doesn’t so im trying to make the most out of him being away most of the time to go all out with my first hotel pick), and decided on Raffles in part due to having heard about their great service due to them having a relatively small amount of villas as well as the fact that having a pool in my villa gives me an extra activity to do to kill time. Did I make a good decision? It’s hard to find reviews with it being a relatively new hotel, but those I found looked great. The other hotels had more mixed reviews so it was hard to form a realistic expectation towards them. My choice was most likely between Raffles VS the Bulgari resort, which I decided against out of the worry it might not have the quality to match the price - as some reviews seemed to highlight. FS Jimbaran Bay was my original plan before I heard that the villas are quite dated now. The only outings I’m planning during my time in the South are to visit Uluwatu temple and having dinner at one of the popular seafood restaurants along Jimbaran Bay, otherwise I want to stay within the resort.
I then went with Capella to go for something unique - I was deciding between Buahan a Banyan Tree escape too but Capella’s quirkiness seemed like more of a once in a lifetime experience sort of place. I wanted most nights of my stay to be in Ubud as I have never visited a ‘jungle’ before so it is new to me. Im planning to do all of my visiting around Ubud during my time at the Capella.
Regarding Mandapa, the superb reviews were what drew me in. But, FS Sayan has great reviews too. Did I make the better choice between the two? This is the leg of the trip my birthday falls under so I wanted to go somewhere I could spend the whole stay lounging around and not leaving the resort/ partaking in in-resort activities only. My partner was willing to compromise and go all out for this leg of the trip in Ubud due to it being my birthday, so I was looking for the highest rated resort I could find that also fit with the jungle experience I was looking for.
Would anyone be against either of my picks for any important reasons (unexpectedly subpar soft product quality etc.)? Or would these be solid hotel choices. Thank you in advance! I appreciate the help.
submitted by MiserablePackage4657 to chubbytravel [link] [comments]
2 nights at Raffles Jimbaran Bay, 3 nights at Capella Ubud, 2 nights at the Ritz Mandapa Reserve Ubud
We are ending it off with a week in Singapore but we have already decided on somewhere to stay there. I mainly chose to include Bali as my boyfriend was attracted to the idea of surfing there + I want to celebrate my birthday at a nice resort rather than a city hotel.
We knew we wanted to spend our first two days in the South as my partner enjoys surfing (I know Bali isn’t generally a beach holiday place to visit so I tried to go for a nice resort I could lounge around whilst he goes surfing), but I was indecisive between Bulgari, FS Jimbaran Bay, Raffles and the Jumeirah resort. I enjoy the finer things in life (whilst my partner doesn’t so im trying to make the most out of him being away most of the time to go all out with my first hotel pick), and decided on Raffles in part due to having heard about their great service due to them having a relatively small amount of villas as well as the fact that having a pool in my villa gives me an extra activity to do to kill time. Did I make a good decision? It’s hard to find reviews with it being a relatively new hotel, but those I found looked great. The other hotels had more mixed reviews so it was hard to form a realistic expectation towards them. My choice was most likely between Raffles VS the Bulgari resort, which I decided against out of the worry it might not have the quality to match the price - as some reviews seemed to highlight. FS Jimbaran Bay was my original plan before I heard that the villas are quite dated now. The only outings I’m planning during my time in the South are to visit Uluwatu temple and having dinner at one of the popular seafood restaurants along Jimbaran Bay, otherwise I want to stay within the resort.
I then went with Capella to go for something unique - I was deciding between Buahan a Banyan Tree escape too but Capella’s quirkiness seemed like more of a once in a lifetime experience sort of place. I wanted most nights of my stay to be in Ubud as I have never visited a ‘jungle’ before so it is new to me. Im planning to do all of my visiting around Ubud during my time at the Capella.
Regarding Mandapa, the superb reviews were what drew me in. But, FS Sayan has great reviews too. Did I make the better choice between the two? This is the leg of the trip my birthday falls under so I wanted to go somewhere I could spend the whole stay lounging around and not leaving the resort/ partaking in in-resort activities only. My partner was willing to compromise and go all out for this leg of the trip in Ubud due to it being my birthday, so I was looking for the highest rated resort I could find that also fit with the jungle experience I was looking for.
Would anyone be against either of my picks for any important reasons (unexpectedly subpar soft product quality etc.)? Or would these be solid hotel choices. Thank you in advance! I appreciate the help.
2024.05.14 17:34 young_s_modulus I'm planning ahead for father's day: help me make a great lobster roll
On father's day, I like to cook something my dad likes. Of course I do the card and gift but cooking his favorite things just makes it more special for that day. One of his favorites is lobster. And consequently, lobster rolls. I don't like lobsters a whole lot (I ate lobsters every day for a week straight when I was younger once, don't ask) so I don't buy lobster or eat it very much. So I don't know how to prepare it well. I also don't live in a place where you can access fresh lobsters straight from the waters.
How can I make a really good lobster roll? How do I cook lobster in general? Price isn't a big deal, I just want to do this right and make a lobster roll that will blow someone's socks off.
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How can I make a really good lobster roll? How do I cook lobster in general? Price isn't a big deal, I just want to do this right and make a lobster roll that will blow someone's socks off.
2024.05.14 17:34 spring_baby1 Am I wrong for cutting contact with my mother again even though she has cancer now?
This is not the first time I’ve posted here about my family - in 2022 I made a post asking if I was wrong for cutting off my mom even though she had MS after she lied about starting rumors about my two sisters and one of their husbands.
After getting some insight from others on here as well in real life I cut my mom off and my sister and I were only talking to my aunt during this time. My aunt is my mother’s sister but she lives in a completely different state and her and my mother had issues for years and they also haven’t even seen each other in person since before 2001 because of how estranged their relationship was.
Now after my mom had been cut off for about a year my aunt reached out to her to ask her about some family stuff because my aunt found out my grandfather wasn’t her biological father during their conversation my mom disclosed she had cancer and so me, my aunt, and my sister all decided to support her and see if maybe she’s changed since getting another heavy diagnosis on top of the MS she already had.
During this time we were trying to be the best support system we could be and we also supported our aunt and our mom trying to have a relationship again. We all agreed we shouldn’t talk about the past at all and that nobody should try to cause a problem for anyone else (this was mainly towards my mom since she’s the one that has these kinds of behaviors at times)
For about seven months everything was going really well and we all were getting along great, my aunt was even planning to come visit so she could see all of us.
Then last month something happened because my aunt who thought the world of my sister started sending her nasty messages claiming my sister wasn’t who she thought she was and that my sister told my mom about our cousin (aunt’s daughter) being arrested but my sister swears she didn’t and it is public online so I think my mom found it on her own and is just lying about my sister showing her.
Well anyways my sister and I both ended up blocking my aunt on social media because the stuff my aunt was writing to my sister was really awful and we felt she knew how my mom can be and that she shouldn’t have believed her so quickly / said so many nasty things.
Ever since we blocked her she’s continued to send harassing messages that say really awful things about us. The latest was sent to me on Mother’s Day and she basically wrote that I’m heartless and selfish for cutting my parents off and that both her and my mom think I must stay close to my sister because she gives me things which isn’t even true my mother has “borrowed” thousands from my sister and I’ve never borrowed any money from her ever. Before when she was talking to just my sister and I my aunt fully understood why we weren’t close with our mom and now she’s saying it’s wrong to cut her off.
She’s tried contacting me on Facebook, TikTok, phone, and even used someone else’s phone to contact me on Mother’s Day. I hate feeling like maybe I was wrong for cutting her off even though I didn’t really have a huge issue with her initially it was my sister being targeted by her and I also now feel guilty about cutting my parents off again.
So tell me, am I wrong?
submitted by spring_baby1 to amiwrong [link] [comments]
After getting some insight from others on here as well in real life I cut my mom off and my sister and I were only talking to my aunt during this time. My aunt is my mother’s sister but she lives in a completely different state and her and my mother had issues for years and they also haven’t even seen each other in person since before 2001 because of how estranged their relationship was.
Now after my mom had been cut off for about a year my aunt reached out to her to ask her about some family stuff because my aunt found out my grandfather wasn’t her biological father during their conversation my mom disclosed she had cancer and so me, my aunt, and my sister all decided to support her and see if maybe she’s changed since getting another heavy diagnosis on top of the MS she already had.
During this time we were trying to be the best support system we could be and we also supported our aunt and our mom trying to have a relationship again. We all agreed we shouldn’t talk about the past at all and that nobody should try to cause a problem for anyone else (this was mainly towards my mom since she’s the one that has these kinds of behaviors at times)
For about seven months everything was going really well and we all were getting along great, my aunt was even planning to come visit so she could see all of us.
Then last month something happened because my aunt who thought the world of my sister started sending her nasty messages claiming my sister wasn’t who she thought she was and that my sister told my mom about our cousin (aunt’s daughter) being arrested but my sister swears she didn’t and it is public online so I think my mom found it on her own and is just lying about my sister showing her.
Well anyways my sister and I both ended up blocking my aunt on social media because the stuff my aunt was writing to my sister was really awful and we felt she knew how my mom can be and that she shouldn’t have believed her so quickly / said so many nasty things.
Ever since we blocked her she’s continued to send harassing messages that say really awful things about us. The latest was sent to me on Mother’s Day and she basically wrote that I’m heartless and selfish for cutting my parents off and that both her and my mom think I must stay close to my sister because she gives me things which isn’t even true my mother has “borrowed” thousands from my sister and I’ve never borrowed any money from her ever. Before when she was talking to just my sister and I my aunt fully understood why we weren’t close with our mom and now she’s saying it’s wrong to cut her off.
She’s tried contacting me on Facebook, TikTok, phone, and even used someone else’s phone to contact me on Mother’s Day. I hate feeling like maybe I was wrong for cutting her off even though I didn’t really have a huge issue with her initially it was my sister being targeted by her and I also now feel guilty about cutting my parents off again.
So tell me, am I wrong?
2024.05.14 17:34 22_cat Wicked London 1920s supernatural setting literate community
“𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬, 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐟𝐮𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞.” Italo Calvino.
𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧, 𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟏. The dust has settled after the Great War but the peace is only nominal. Despite the stability proclaimed proudly by the prime minister, the world is changing quickly and inevitably, with rapidly progressing industrialisation leaving a mark on the life of the public, from those just barely scraping by to the blue-blooded families with names as old as Britain itself. Unrest marks the streets as gangs fight tooth and nail for influence and the working class calls for strikes in desperate attempts to secure better pay and more humane working conditions.
And unbeknownst to most mortals, an entirely different world exists hidden beyond just a thin veil of lies, diversions and ancient laws. Vampires stalk the alleyways looking for prey, the full moon bears witness to chilling howls in the darkness and powerful spells are used to make dreams –and nightmares– come true. The unrest of the mundane world intertwines with centuries-old feuds in subtle, but ever-present ways and the horrors known to mankind from whispered stories are very much alive.
ㅤ↳˗ˏˋ** 𝐖𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫: ▸： Safe, friendly and inclusive community for adult writers; queer and POC friendly, both OOC and IC. ▸： A rich setting based on history and folklore, with lots of room for the writers’ creativity to shine. Plotting initiative and lore contributions are welcomed and appreciated. ▸： An opportunity to craft stories and experience the dark atmosphere of the post-WWI London with a touch of supernatural flair in the company of other literate, multi-para and novella writers. (Writing sample required upon entry, 400 words/post minimum.) ▸： A compelling narrative & in-depth lore written by experienced Game Masters, focused on providing opportunities to craft a variety of stories ranging from layered political intrigues to exploration of characters’ relationships.ﾠ
𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝟐𝟏+ 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬ﾠ 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝟏𝟖 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐥𝐝.
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𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧, 𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟏. The dust has settled after the Great War but the peace is only nominal. Despite the stability proclaimed proudly by the prime minister, the world is changing quickly and inevitably, with rapidly progressing industrialisation leaving a mark on the life of the public, from those just barely scraping by to the blue-blooded families with names as old as Britain itself. Unrest marks the streets as gangs fight tooth and nail for influence and the working class calls for strikes in desperate attempts to secure better pay and more humane working conditions.
And unbeknownst to most mortals, an entirely different world exists hidden beyond just a thin veil of lies, diversions and ancient laws. Vampires stalk the alleyways looking for prey, the full moon bears witness to chilling howls in the darkness and powerful spells are used to make dreams –and nightmares– come true. The unrest of the mundane world intertwines with centuries-old feuds in subtle, but ever-present ways and the horrors known to mankind from whispered stories are very much alive.
ㅤ↳˗ˏˋ** 𝐖𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫: ▸： Safe, friendly and inclusive community for adult writers; queer and POC friendly, both OOC and IC. ▸： A rich setting based on history and folklore, with lots of room for the writers’ creativity to shine. Plotting initiative and lore contributions are welcomed and appreciated. ▸： An opportunity to craft stories and experience the dark atmosphere of the post-WWI London with a touch of supernatural flair in the company of other literate, multi-para and novella writers. (Writing sample required upon entry, 400 words/post minimum.) ▸： A compelling narrative & in-depth lore written by experienced Game Masters, focused on providing opportunities to craft a variety of stories ranging from layered political intrigues to exploration of characters’ relationships.ﾠ
𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝟐𝟏+ 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬ﾠ 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝟏𝟖 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐥𝐝.
Join us! https://discord.gg/TUKCVewW5W
2024.05.14 17:34 Professional_Disk131 3 Small-cap Gold Juniors to Take Notice of $ELEM $GLDR $SOMA
 | (The information on the three gold companies in this report is not definitive. Instead, this information will drive you to do more due diligence and make an investment decision.) submitted by Professional_Disk131 to PennyQueen [link] [comments] A different way to invest in gold is to look for great properties. If you bundle the three companies/properties in this piece, you could own three great properties collectively for under CDN2.00 a share. https://preview.redd.it/2a5jjgtnue0d1.jpg?width=1500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0b3e8b9fcfaec48738da64373c6f8f249e19adf3 GOLDEN RAPTURE MINING (GLDR: CSE) is a collection of premier Ontario mining properties in the Rainy River region that have done enough work to unveil potential, below but left a significant amount of gold with great g/t numbers. As of this morning, some numbers will indeed up its profile. Considering the stock has been listed for about two weeks, these results are excellent. Forgive the length of the table, but given the quality of the results, investors must get the whole picture. https://preview.redd.it/dx4gw4rxue0d1.png?width=833&format=png&auto=webp&s=78494f84852748f11fc863182e2394854238467c First, the newest, being listed in the last month, is Golden Rapture Gold. The Company intends to reactivate past mines in the Rainy River area of Ontario. The property is so new that management has only walked about 5% of it, but the numbers are already impressive over its two projects. The Company holds a 100% interest in the high-grade Phillips Township Gold Property, Rainy River District, NW Ontario. The land package totals 225 claim cells for approximately ten thousand acres located close to 4 mineral deposits. These assets include the New Gold Rainy River Mine (+8 million Oz.), the Cameron Lake Deposit (1.8 million Oz.), the Agnico Eagle-Hammond Reef deposit (3.3 million Oz.), the Tartisan Nickel, Copper, and Cobalt Deposit, and many others. Mature local infrastructure, workforce, heavy-duty equipment, hospitals, major highway systems, and local services are nearby. https://preview.redd.it/r8vp08xyue0d1.png?width=1135&format=png&auto=webp&s=5e86a9c6bf8b28f14ac73d53fb316cd8403093bc Mr. Richard Rivet, CEO of Golden Rapture, commented: “I am incredibly pleased that we have just made some essential and rapid steps toward identifying additional high-grade drill-ready targets. We were pleasantly surprised to discover many high-grade quartz veins on the surface, with the majority of them carrying gold. Unlike many exploration companies, we are not just chasing the typical geophysical anomaly but also many vast high-grade gold structures identified on the surface that can be drilled at any time. https://preview.redd.it/m5bzqc30ve0d1.jpg?width=1804&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1330fb14e92c8a55dcd3437f998209d3fc97eaeb https://preview.redd.it/nwmp4e30ve0d1.jpg?width=1732&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2fa11958d6804e1b7e1347317413903ec3161e33 The Company holds a 100% interest in the high-grade Phillips Township Gold Property, Rainy River District, NW Ontario. The land package totals 225 claim cells for approximately ten thousand acres located close to 4 mineral deposits. These assets include the New Gold Rainy River Mine (+8 million Oz.), the Cameron Lake Deposit (1.8 million Oz.), the Agnico Eagle-Hammond Reef deposit (3.3 million Oz.), the Tartisan Nickel, Copper, and Cobalt Deposit, and many others. Mature local infrastructure, workforce, heavy-duty equipment, hospitals, major highway systems, and local services are nearby. Ryan Yanch CIM, a director of GLDR, states***, ‘One extremely important fact is that GLDR’s drilling cost is an industry-leading CDN140 a meter. It is not unusual for other gold comp[anbies to spend CDN200-400 or more a meter. One major contributor to this is that one significant cost is the location of the drilling company. 17 km away from the properties significantly lowers the capital cost and allows a more robust drilling program”.*** Given the uniqueness and exceptional quality of GLDR’s properties, there could be excellent investor support. Gold is rallying, and the prospect of further rises may portend in the shadow of interest rate cuts. Previous work on the properties quickly removes the ubiquitous ‘drill’ on the property or other tropes. These are serious businessmen and women with decades of mining and entrepreneurial experience. In the world of junior mining IPOs, there is a feeling that the stars must align to profit. Au contraire***. The keys to investing success are the right properties, management, and, in this case, a rallying gold price.*** Numero Deux https://preview.redd.it/0jl49k71ve0d1.png?width=461&format=png&auto=webp&s=317b5b03c6bb0f579266a8d38f99042f0cef8e1b Element79 Gold Corp (the “Company”) (CSE: ELEM) (OTC: ELMGF) is a fascinating gold company and the second in our gold triumvirate located primarily in Peru through its flagship Lucero, Peru, property. (Full Disclosure: James Tworek, CEO of Element79, is an adviser to the GLDR Board. Your humble scribe owns a small position in each Company.) The past-producing Lucero Mine (“Lucero”) is one of the highest-grade underground mines in Peru’s history, with grades averaging 19.0g/t Au Equivalent (“Au Eq”) (14.0 g/t gold and 373 g/t silver). https://preview.redd.it/wacgvbu2ve0d1.png?width=557&format=png&auto=webp&s=af5e28a9d2941bf72eebecabb824716062a64c58 In its past 5 years of production, ending in 2005, it produced an average of 40,000oz+/yr. Assays from March 2023 yielded 21-ore-grade and high-yield up to 11.7 ounces per ton of gold and 247 ounces per ton of silver from underground workings, further validating the potential for a significant high-grade future operation. Consolidating its focus in this region and its impressive geology, ELEM acquired the Roxana Vein and surrounding 1200ha property, Lucero del Sur 28, via auction held on May 17, 2023. The property is located strategically just east of the high-grade Lucero gold-silver project. Instead of going into much history, let’s look at the Press release ELEM put out on April 23. New assays were released, and CEO James Tworek stated, “The data obtained is not just promising; it’s the cornerstone upon which our future endeavours will be built,” said James Tworek, CEO of Element 79. “These recent results, coupled with historical data, represent the bedrock upon which we are advancing our Lucero project.” Corporate Presentation. https://preview.redd.it/757zd444ve0d1.jpg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4b9b6543b7475c955bee27ce693350c718e6983c From the PR: A total of 97 samples were sent for assays, 56 of which returned greater than 0.1 g/t gold (up to 8.55 g/t gold and 523 g/t silver. Several samples also were rich in base metals (up to 23.7% lead and 9.9% zinc), all of which underscores the richness of our project, further supporting the Company’s belief a robust resource base can be delineated. (Actual assay numbers are shown in the PR) James C Tworek further states, “Element79 Gold has transformed from an asset amalgamator and seller to a near-term production story, responding to Peru’s government push for formalizing artisanal mining operations. We at Element79 Gold are thrilled to share our unwavering dedication to bringing our Lucero gold project in Peru into production. This past-producing, high-grade gold and silver mine holds immense potential to revitalize our Company and foster economic growth and prosperity in the region. “ The other ELEM property brings us back to North America. Nevada, to be precise. Reason to pay attention? https://preview.redd.it/yhcb5f95ve0d1.png?width=504&format=png&auto=webp&s=bfe06f46ebed40c20c58b486adb9d2ef29905928 Maverick Springs is adjacent to the Carlin Trend. For the uninitiated, the area contains several of the largest gold mines on Earth. The area includes a number of the largest gold mines on Earth. Maverick Springs is a blind deposit comprising a 30-120 metre thick, flat-lying zone centred on an anticlinal structure with oxidation pervasive to 120 metres and intermittent to 270 metres. (5) West Whistler property is in the same area as Maverick, closer to the Battle Mountain Trend, alongside Carlin: Near several gold deposits, including the Cortez Mine, North America’s third largest gold mine with 2021 gold production of 828,000 ounces. Finally, the Clover Property, 16 km west of the massive Hecla Mine in the Northern Nevada Rift. The property sits at the top and centre of the Carlin and Battle Mountain Trends. Nevada Gold’s active Turquoise Ridge Mine, the third largest gold mine in the United States with 537,000 ounces of gold production reported in 2020, as well as the Twin Creeks open pit mines and the dormant Pinson and Getchell mines. Element 79 has drilling programs announced for the 2023/24 years and a more vigorous program for 2024/25. https://preview.redd.it/c30916h6ve0d1.png?width=943&format=png&auto=webp&s=06c02fc942928e97ddaa5a38c0725175e5573ac7 As (GoldSilver.com) an aside, the gold price—and silver—have softened after particularly gold had a decent run. The first two in our group have slid a bit but seem to be holding in nicely. If one follows gold forecasts, the pundits call for USD 2500-3000 over the next few years. The strategy is simple: A move to USD 3,000 represents a 50% appreciation. However, that also comes with physical and liquidity issues should you want to sell. And the Gold price? On December 30, 2022, gold closed the year at $1,819.70 per ounce. Flash forward to one year later, and gold closed 2023 at $2,062.40. That’s a gain of 13.3% in a single year. With gold pushing to new record highs, it’s a fascinating time for gold investors. Predicting the future of gold prices is never easy, but to offer some insights into what 2024 might hold, we’ve (compiled an array of gold price forecasts, outlooks, and predictions from renowned banks, industry experts, and financial analysts. Let’s take a look. https://preview.redd.it/2o1f4i67ve0d1.png?width=1385&format=png&auto=webp&s=973e0778e971a7ab93672aa3ac10c4b11ea6a7b3 Numero Three https://preview.redd.it/l0fdxn3eve0d1.png?width=368&format=png&auto=webp&s=9cc5f9ec8672a68c10d2fbbde546f8b5e121122d Off we go to South America. This time, Columbia with SOMA Gold. (TSXV: SOMA) (WKN: A2P4DU) (OTC: SMAGF) (the “Company” or “Soma“) recently announced that gold production for Q1 2024 was 7,335 AuEq ounces, an increase of 8% over the same period in 2023. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. https://preview.redd.it/9soyq36fve0d1.png?width=625&format=png&auto=webp&s=00d351e23310ea8e9d2b607b5a012c302687f038 The Company owns two adjacent mining properties in Antioquia, Colombia, with a combined milling capacity of 675 tpd. (Permitted for 1,400 tpd). The El Bagre Mill is currently operating and producing. Internally generated funds are being used to finance a regional exploration program. https://preview.redd.it/55x97d2gve0d1.png?width=872&format=png&auto=webp&s=fa38819b9e52fd10910434894d64e823f2447798 Soma is further ahead than our previous companies, which doesn’t make it better; it is just a different stage of development. Corporate Presentation, 2023 results, Tech Report. https://preview.redd.it/wjhvosugve0d1.png?width=729&format=png&auto=webp&s=cbc332e83495ff1ac9e40b33f30609a7b02533ab Properties Cardero Mine
While I like the companies, I would buy them for their land positions. All have land that isn’t some dust pit but has either historical or proven assays. And most are near large producers. Element79; Nevada.Carlin Trend? Seriously? |
2024.05.14 17:34 napalmnacey Pool pump noise: Like being vigorously fucked in the ear by a sandworm.
So, my neighbour, with whom I would like to think I have a fairly friendly and warm acquaintanceship with, who also knows I have two small children, has a pool. I hear the family next door play in it in summer. It's nice!
His wife is an insomniac, apparently. This means she watches TV all hours of the day. VERY loud. I can hear it from my house if I have the windows open, like it's in the next room. But I don't usually have the windows open and the TV sounds remind me of when I used to live with my parents so I don't mind it so much.
But tonight there's a weird fucking pump sound, and my husband says it's a pool pump. If it were a sound in the air I wouldn't mind. I'd put on earphones, blast some white noise, do whatever and get the fuck to sleep.
But this sound? This sound is like the earth itself twitching. It's coming up through the fucking floor. I think I can feel it in my head. I have super sensitive hearing, too. I hate this. I have no words for how much I fucking hate this sound. I am a generally chill, mild-mannered lady. I don't swear at Jehovah's Witnesses. I'm nice to other people's kids and pets. I don't even get mad at people walking slowly in front of me.
This sound makes me want to go the full droog on their pool pump. A bit of the old ultraviolence.
Did I mention I'm already sleep deprived from "that time of the month"? Yeah. I'm not happy.
Is there anything I can do? I looked shit up and apparently I have to log it for two fucking weeks for it to be an offence. Quite frankly, if I had to put up with two weeks of this there'd be a pound or two of my own shit deposited in their pool by the darkness of night well before then. And the cat's too, for good measure.
Problem is, I don't want to do the following:
I reckon my neighbour (we'll call him Mick) owes me a nice bottle of wine or a day in his pool for this, cause parenting two children under the age of ten, both of whom have ADHD, on a night of not only little sleep but of aural torture of the low frequency kind, is a special kind of punishment than even the Hague would find pretty over-the-top.
I'm off to find a corner of the house where it's not terrible. I may end up sleeping in a closet. This is a shitbox house in Wanneroo somewhere, so when I say closet, I mean "You could bury exactly one average Texan in a coffin the size of this space" closet. G'night.
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His wife is an insomniac, apparently. This means she watches TV all hours of the day. VERY loud. I can hear it from my house if I have the windows open, like it's in the next room. But I don't usually have the windows open and the TV sounds remind me of when I used to live with my parents so I don't mind it so much.
But tonight there's a weird fucking pump sound, and my husband says it's a pool pump. If it were a sound in the air I wouldn't mind. I'd put on earphones, blast some white noise, do whatever and get the fuck to sleep.
But this sound? This sound is like the earth itself twitching. It's coming up through the fucking floor. I think I can feel it in my head. I have super sensitive hearing, too. I hate this. I have no words for how much I fucking hate this sound. I am a generally chill, mild-mannered lady. I don't swear at Jehovah's Witnesses. I'm nice to other people's kids and pets. I don't even get mad at people walking slowly in front of me.
This sound makes me want to go the full droog on their pool pump. A bit of the old ultraviolence.
Did I mention I'm already sleep deprived from "that time of the month"? Yeah. I'm not happy.
Is there anything I can do? I looked shit up and apparently I have to log it for two fucking weeks for it to be an offence. Quite frankly, if I had to put up with two weeks of this there'd be a pound or two of my own shit deposited in their pool by the darkness of night well before then. And the cat's too, for good measure.
Problem is, I don't want to do the following:
- Knock on their door in the middle of the night.
- Get mad or make a scene. I like these people, they're nice people.
- Ruin their pool fun. They've never made noise like this before. I'm not sure if it's a new pump or what but holy fuck. This pump makes a hypothetical rave next door sound like ocean noise imbued with binaural beats on a ridiculous expensive sleep app on my phone in comparison.
I reckon my neighbour (we'll call him Mick) owes me a nice bottle of wine or a day in his pool for this, cause parenting two children under the age of ten, both of whom have ADHD, on a night of not only little sleep but of aural torture of the low frequency kind, is a special kind of punishment than even the Hague would find pretty over-the-top.
I'm off to find a corner of the house where it's not terrible. I may end up sleeping in a closet. This is a shitbox house in Wanneroo somewhere, so when I say closet, I mean "You could bury exactly one average Texan in a coffin the size of this space" closet. G'night.
2024.05.14 17:33 22_cat Wicked London 1920s supernatural setting literate community
“𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬, 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐟𝐮𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞.” Italo Calvino.
𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧, 𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟏. The dust has settled after the Great War but the peace is only nominal. Despite the stability proclaimed proudly by the prime minister, the world is changing quickly and inevitably, with rapidly progressing industrialisation leaving a mark on the life of the public, from those just barely scraping by to the blue-blooded families with names as old as Britain itself. Unrest marks the streets as gangs fight tooth and nail for influence and the working class calls for strikes in desperate attempts to secure better pay and more humane working conditions.
And unbeknownst to most mortals, an entirely different world exists hidden beyond just a thin veil of lies, diversions and ancient laws. Vampires stalk the alleyways looking for prey, the full moon bears witness to chilling howls in the darkness and powerful spells are used to make dreams –and nightmares– come true. The unrest of the mundane world intertwines with centuries-old feuds in subtle, but ever-present ways and the horrors known to mankind from whispered stories are very much alive.
ㅤ↳˗ˏˋ** 𝐖𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫: ▸： Safe, friendly and inclusive community for adult writers; queer and POC friendly, both OOC and IC. ▸： A rich setting based on history and folklore, with lots of room for the writers’ creativity to shine. Plotting initiative and lore contributions are welcomed and appreciated. ▸： An opportunity to craft stories and experience the dark atmosphere of the post-WWI London with a touch of supernatural flair in the company of other literate, multi-para and novella writers. (Writing sample required upon entry, 400 words/post minimum.) ▸： A compelling narrative & in-depth lore written by experienced Game Masters, focused on providing opportunities to craft a variety of stories ranging from layered political intrigues to exploration of characters’ relationships.ﾠ
𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝟐𝟏+ 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬ﾠ 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝟏𝟖 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐥𝐝.
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𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧, 𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟏. The dust has settled after the Great War but the peace is only nominal. Despite the stability proclaimed proudly by the prime minister, the world is changing quickly and inevitably, with rapidly progressing industrialisation leaving a mark on the life of the public, from those just barely scraping by to the blue-blooded families with names as old as Britain itself. Unrest marks the streets as gangs fight tooth and nail for influence and the working class calls for strikes in desperate attempts to secure better pay and more humane working conditions.
And unbeknownst to most mortals, an entirely different world exists hidden beyond just a thin veil of lies, diversions and ancient laws. Vampires stalk the alleyways looking for prey, the full moon bears witness to chilling howls in the darkness and powerful spells are used to make dreams –and nightmares– come true. The unrest of the mundane world intertwines with centuries-old feuds in subtle, but ever-present ways and the horrors known to mankind from whispered stories are very much alive.
ㅤ↳˗ˏˋ** 𝐖𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫: ▸： Safe, friendly and inclusive community for adult writers; queer and POC friendly, both OOC and IC. ▸： A rich setting based on history and folklore, with lots of room for the writers’ creativity to shine. Plotting initiative and lore contributions are welcomed and appreciated. ▸： An opportunity to craft stories and experience the dark atmosphere of the post-WWI London with a touch of supernatural flair in the company of other literate, multi-para and novella writers. (Writing sample required upon entry, 400 words/post minimum.) ▸： A compelling narrative & in-depth lore written by experienced Game Masters, focused on providing opportunities to craft a variety of stories ranging from layered political intrigues to exploration of characters’ relationships.ﾠ
𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝟐𝟏+ 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬ﾠ 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝟏𝟖 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐥𝐝.
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2024.05.14 17:33 TemurTron MH3 Favorites and Hopefuls (Round 1)
Hey all, with the leaks seeming to be drying up and with actual spoiler season beginning next week, I figured now would be a good time to do a quick rundown of some of the cards I'm really excited about in MH3 so far. Note that this list does contain leaks, so turn back now if you're trying to stay leak-free.
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- [[Ugin's Labyrinth]]: Honestly I just can't get past the excitement of being able to Turn 1 Chalice of the Void in this format again. I'm a huge fan of fast mana and miss Simian Spirit Guide and Mox Opal dearly, so I look forward to a ton of degenerate brews with this.
- [[Ajani, Nacatl Pariah]]: This scratches a major itch for me as both a fair Magic card and an unfair Magic card. It's an insanely powerful 2 drop in a vacuum even before you consider the synergies, and I think it will really help a lot of white-based decks to shine. On the more degenerate side of things, I'm itching to do the line of Turn 2 Ajani, Turn 3 Saheeli Rai, copy Ajani, make a second cat, flip the original Ajani due to it triggering from the legend rule of the clone, then 0 Ajani to make a third cat and Bolt something, leaving you with 2 walkers and 3 cats by Turn 3. If that line doesn't get Copycat back to some realm of playability, nothing will.
- [[Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student]]: This card feels great to me on a lot of levels. A 1 mana 0/3 flyer is a fantastic blocker, and being able to chain card advantage over it without having to worry about ground-based combat is really interesting. Flipping it is pretty trivial in the right deck (or just wait til you accrue a few clues and crack them), but its flip side is a little weaker than I'd like overall. Its plus isn't that exciting, but it does build towards an INSANELY powerful ultimate. A 1 drop that can net you several cards and then ultimately potentially win the game on its own is no joke, and it seems destined to be a big part of the format somewhere.
- [[Necrogoyf]]: I can't resist the urge of an 8 Goyf brew even if it's a total pile. I love this little guy so much already.
- [[Ocelot Pride]]: This card just seems so good and unique in so many ways and I'm really looking forward to getting to the bottom of it. Everyone's been talking about how good it is on its own, but it's absolutely absurd in multiples. Alongside Ajani, these two cards make white creature-based decks feel appealing for the first time in what feels like years.
- [[Flare of Denial]]: I think this card is insane and instantly a top 5 counterspell in the format, maybe even better. I think any blue deck that runs more than a few creatures is going to spend a good deal of time planning how to make this work in the deck. And it is insanely hardcastable at only 1 mana more than Counterspell itself.
- [[Flare of Duplication]]: This card is harder to read and feels like it will fall on some extreme side of the spectrum like it'll either be insanely good and oppressive in the right deck or just not all that playable overall. There's a lot of implications here from countering counterspells to duplicating burn spells, to the use case of saccing a creature in response to a removal spell being used on it to copy the removal spell back at an opponent's creature, but time will tell where this really fits in the grand power level of things. I will say that any of the instant speed Flares do deserve a special look overall.
- [[Harbinger of the Seas]]: Absolutely awesome Magic card, and such a classicly simple case of what makes Modern Horizons sets great. Will love ruining days with it in Fish as well as trying to revive some Blue Moon shell with it. One way or another it represents a tremendous new way to punish nonbasic lands.
- [[Kappa Cannoneer]]: We've had one busted new Affinity card this year, but what about seconds? I think Kappa will finally be the piece to fill out the Affinity shells and make the deck consistently powerful again - Synthesizer gave the deck a great boost, but I think it always needed more than just 1 new powerful card, and Kappa seems to be the perfect fit. Frogmyr Enforcer should be a nice new upgrade as well, but I'm still a little iffy about that Red mana in the Frogmite side.
- [[Disruptor Flute]]: I've talked a lot about degenerate cards so far, but this is probably one of the best answers the format has known for a lot of cards. Having Flash on an effect like this is so insanely good, and I can see it being a go to answer for The One Ring, Karn the Great Creator (especially for Affinity), Yawgmoth, and a lot of others. I love the idea of them printing pushed hate cards in a MH set to keep things balanced, and I can see this going everywhere. I'll probably buy like 12 copies on Day 1 and have homes for all of them.
- [[Primal Prayers]]: I'm not quite sure what we're doing with this yet, but I'm pretty sure it'll involve [[Greenbelt Ravager]]. It's a powerful new combo engine and I'm sure I'll burn a ton of play points this summer trying to make it work.
- [[Buried Alive]] and [[Victimize]]: Putting these together as I think they represent just an insane new boost to graveyard decks. From bringing back Phoenixes to Vengevines to all types of strong interactions between the two cards (such as a cool two card combo of Buried Alive for a Narcomoeba, a Thassa's Oracle, and a Leveler, then Victimize the Narcomoeba to reanimate Oracle and Leveler and win on the spot). There's also that Black energy reanimation creature that I kinda forget what it does now, but I think it's actually pretty good too. Oh, plus the Recurring Nightmare Energy variant. Idk, one way or another we're eating really good in the Reanimator department post MH3.
- [[Brainsurge]]: I'm not sure if this will just end up another cool memey reference card like Brainstone, but netting 2 cards off a Brainstorm effect is crazy strong and is worth testing somewhere. Maybe a Cascade deck wants it, maybe not, but we'll see!
- [[Sink into Stupor]]: Just a really clever design for a modal land to have. Where this lines up compared to Otawara remains to be seen but I'm going to enjoy finding out!
2024.05.14 17:33 thedecryptorman My boyfriend compares jerking off to being an alcoholic.
My (31M) boyfriend is telling me (25M) that I need to control my jerking off/nutting the same way I have asked him to control his drinking. Am I in the wrong?
Here's the full story:
Last night we went to see my favorite band (it was absolutely amazing) and we weren't planning on having a drink last night, but we both thought it wouldn't be a huge deal. I ordered a tequila redbull and he ordered a beer. I drank half of mine and told him I couldn't drink any more. So he had that and the beer.
He's had issues in the past being emotionally abusive when he gets drunk, and he has finally admitted he is an alcoholic and is trying to only have one drink at a time. Last night was great, no issues with him drinking.
We left the concert super late and got back to my aunt's house (for one night instead of driving all the way home) and crashed at her place. She's not home and is away on business.
I have a really high sex drive and feel pretty stressed if I don't get off once a day. Sex is also about connection for me and intimacy is important to me. Often he doesn't actually want to have sex with me and would rather jerk off or it's like pulling teeth with him. He just never really is in the mood or makes moves on me unless he's drinking. I explained last night before bed I was horny and was asked if he wanted to do anything with me. He said he was tired and "maybe tomorrow"so I said okay no worries and we went to bed.
Morning rolls around and I asked him to roll over and just cuddle me while I jerk off. (I have a had time getting off to porn bc it doesn't feel real to me, but I often jerk off without it or my partner). He gets really upset if I jerk off next to him in the bed without asking him to be involved because he feels used.
He says he's really uncomfortable because we are at my aunt's house and it doesn't feel appropriate. I said "that's okay if you're not comfortable we don't have to do anything" he then started making fun of me and how I can't control myself and it's only been a day. I asked him to stop. He said if I feel the need to get off then he feels the need to drink and should start drinking. I said "this is different though" and he kept pushing me to explain why it was different. I explained one thing is about needing a substance to feel good and one is about normal body function. He then just repeated under his breath a couple times "normal body" then kept scrolling his tiktok. I got up to go take a shower and he seemed like he was trying to make sure I wasn't upset with him.
For additional context, he used to be a prostitute and has been with over 300 people he says. He tells me about all the different guys he's been with and he watches porn to get off about the same frequency we have "sex" (maybe 1 time a week) but also frequently scrolls porn on Twitter casually and often tells me about the cute guys in public. He has only started drinking less within our relationship after he got kind of abusive. (Those are his words)
Am I in the wrong?
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Here's the full story:
Last night we went to see my favorite band (it was absolutely amazing) and we weren't planning on having a drink last night, but we both thought it wouldn't be a huge deal. I ordered a tequila redbull and he ordered a beer. I drank half of mine and told him I couldn't drink any more. So he had that and the beer.
He's had issues in the past being emotionally abusive when he gets drunk, and he has finally admitted he is an alcoholic and is trying to only have one drink at a time. Last night was great, no issues with him drinking.
We left the concert super late and got back to my aunt's house (for one night instead of driving all the way home) and crashed at her place. She's not home and is away on business.
I have a really high sex drive and feel pretty stressed if I don't get off once a day. Sex is also about connection for me and intimacy is important to me. Often he doesn't actually want to have sex with me and would rather jerk off or it's like pulling teeth with him. He just never really is in the mood or makes moves on me unless he's drinking. I explained last night before bed I was horny and was asked if he wanted to do anything with me. He said he was tired and "maybe tomorrow"so I said okay no worries and we went to bed.
Morning rolls around and I asked him to roll over and just cuddle me while I jerk off. (I have a had time getting off to porn bc it doesn't feel real to me, but I often jerk off without it or my partner). He gets really upset if I jerk off next to him in the bed without asking him to be involved because he feels used.
He says he's really uncomfortable because we are at my aunt's house and it doesn't feel appropriate. I said "that's okay if you're not comfortable we don't have to do anything" he then started making fun of me and how I can't control myself and it's only been a day. I asked him to stop. He said if I feel the need to get off then he feels the need to drink and should start drinking. I said "this is different though" and he kept pushing me to explain why it was different. I explained one thing is about needing a substance to feel good and one is about normal body function. He then just repeated under his breath a couple times "normal body" then kept scrolling his tiktok. I got up to go take a shower and he seemed like he was trying to make sure I wasn't upset with him.
For additional context, he used to be a prostitute and has been with over 300 people he says. He tells me about all the different guys he's been with and he watches porn to get off about the same frequency we have "sex" (maybe 1 time a week) but also frequently scrolls porn on Twitter casually and often tells me about the cute guys in public. He has only started drinking less within our relationship after he got kind of abusive. (Those are his words)
Am I in the wrong?
2024.05.14 17:32 pitchthrowdodge Classic Starter Guide: An In-Depth Look
With all the new players entering the game as of late, a lot of the same questions get asked - specifically, ones like "How can I make the perfect team for classic/endless/etc.?". The guide ahead is an attempt at answering more common questions on the former end, from the perspective of someone who almost exclusively plays Classic and many wins under my belt in doing so. Community feedback welcome; hopefully something like this can expand into something like a wiki/full guide so we can help new players down the line, too!
Classic and You: Starting Out
So you just picked up the game, but not sure where to start. "Which starters are best?" "What team should I go with first?" "I unlocked [x] - can I beat Classic with this?"
Let me reassure you: you can beat Classic with anything. (Yes, even something like Caterpie.)
That said, it's understandable to not know where to start, especially if you don't know all the starters, or maybe haven't played all the various generations of Pokemon through the years. Many of them have their own strengths and weaknesses, and some are built stronger than others. For example: Fuecoco is commonly the #1 recommended starter out of the base selection you get when first starting the game. Why? His final evolution, Skeledirge, naturally learns Torch Song, which is a hard-hitting fire move that guarantees a Sp. Attack buff each time it hits. This lets you snowball fairly quickly, as each attack makes you stronger and stronger during battles. Many starters have "specialty" tricks like this that give them an edge - Sprigatito's final evolution, for instance, gets Flower Trick, a hard-hitting grass move that always crits (and therefore always ignores opponent defensive boosts and/or your own negative debuffs). Even with all these being the case, though, there's no "perfect" team to start with that will guarantee a win - and in fact, getting a win on your first run can be exceedingly difficult. Your starters all only have 10 IVs, neutral natures, and no egg moves - they're the bare bones minimum to get going. And that's okay. But it means you need to temper your expectations.
Pokerogue is a rogue-like - and in classic rogue-like form, you build upon what you start with little by little. Your primary goal shouldn't be to get a Classic win at the start. It's certainly doable, but even if you win, you're still likely without any reliable starter to take on Endless just yet, so there's no sense in rushing there. Instead, focus on that concept of building - specifically, building your starter pool. Every time you catch something, you unlock it as a starter (if you don't have it yet). You also get candies, which can be used to power up those starters by either unlocking a passive ability (unlocking additional features) or reducing their point cost, letting you bring more starters to each run (or more powerful ones!). Catching things with higher IVs also make your starting stats better - catching a 31 Speed IV Pidgey, for instance, means your Pidgey starter now permanently has 31 Speed IVs. More stats = more power, and getting higher IVs on your starters is probably the biggest early jump you can get on pushing your team further.
With this in mind, making a "perfect" team is less important than just making A team, so that we can go out and catch some things. As for what to catch, though, here's a list of things I'd keep an eye out for:
As you start going through your Classic runs, the main resource you're looking to accumulate at first is egg vouchers - as many as you can get your grubby little new player hands on. Beating gym leaders, Elite 4 members, the Champion, and beating Classic all reward you with them. Doing the Daily Run each day also rewards you with a 10x pull voucher. Rarely, they can even show up after beating a stage in the item choice rewards - if so, pick them, usually over most anything else. Eggs build on your starters, and usually with either massively boosted IVs or egg moves to give them considerable bumps in power. Rarely, you can even get shinies from them.
And speaking of the egg gacha: only pull from the Shiny gacha at first. The entirety of your goal as a new player should be accumulating shinies. The legendary gacha is misleading - you only get increased odds for the shown legendary, not all of them (at least as of this post), and even then legendaries often have a huge starter cost tacked onto them, making teambuilding difficult early on. Once you build up your starter collection with a good few handfuls of shinies, and are cruising along in Endless vacuuming up vouchers, you can spend some on the other gachas for specific niches if you like (move gacha for egg moves, legendary gacha for legendaries), but for the most part the shiny gacha is where the money's at. Besides, the shiny gacha can hatch legendaries, too - so you're not missing out on legendaries by not hitting its specific gacha.
I Got a Few Shinies And Legendaries - What Now?
Alright, so you've been cruising along, catching everything you see and building your starter pool like the rockstar rogue-like player you are. Keep building from here, but now you have more options - you can start bringing shinies on your Classic runs to improve the quality of item rewards you get at the end of each floor; you can maybe even bring a legendary/ultra beast along to have an easier time against the end boss and get that first win. At this point, if you haven't gotten that first win yet, now's the time to start knuckling down and making a serious go at it. Some general points of advice for Classic success I haven't yet covered:
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Classic and You: Starting Out
So you just picked up the game, but not sure where to start. "Which starters are best?" "What team should I go with first?" "I unlocked [x] - can I beat Classic with this?"
Let me reassure you: you can beat Classic with anything. (Yes, even something like Caterpie.)
That said, it's understandable to not know where to start, especially if you don't know all the starters, or maybe haven't played all the various generations of Pokemon through the years. Many of them have their own strengths and weaknesses, and some are built stronger than others. For example: Fuecoco is commonly the #1 recommended starter out of the base selection you get when first starting the game. Why? His final evolution, Skeledirge, naturally learns Torch Song, which is a hard-hitting fire move that guarantees a Sp. Attack buff each time it hits. This lets you snowball fairly quickly, as each attack makes you stronger and stronger during battles. Many starters have "specialty" tricks like this that give them an edge - Sprigatito's final evolution, for instance, gets Flower Trick, a hard-hitting grass move that always crits (and therefore always ignores opponent defensive boosts and/or your own negative debuffs). Even with all these being the case, though, there's no "perfect" team to start with that will guarantee a win - and in fact, getting a win on your first run can be exceedingly difficult. Your starters all only have 10 IVs, neutral natures, and no egg moves - they're the bare bones minimum to get going. And that's okay. But it means you need to temper your expectations.
Pokerogue is a rogue-like - and in classic rogue-like form, you build upon what you start with little by little. Your primary goal shouldn't be to get a Classic win at the start. It's certainly doable, but even if you win, you're still likely without any reliable starter to take on Endless just yet, so there's no sense in rushing there. Instead, focus on that concept of building - specifically, building your starter pool. Every time you catch something, you unlock it as a starter (if you don't have it yet). You also get candies, which can be used to power up those starters by either unlocking a passive ability (unlocking additional features) or reducing their point cost, letting you bring more starters to each run (or more powerful ones!). Catching things with higher IVs also make your starting stats better - catching a 31 Speed IV Pidgey, for instance, means your Pidgey starter now permanently has 31 Speed IVs. More stats = more power, and getting higher IVs on your starters is probably the biggest early jump you can get on pushing your team further.
With this in mind, making a "perfect" team is less important than just making A team, so that we can go out and catch some things. As for what to catch, though, here's a list of things I'd keep an eye out for:
- Anything with a missing and/or "dark" pokeball under their name. Just like in some of the main Pokemon games, Pokemon in Pokerogue will be marked with a pokeball if they've been captured before. If it's missing, and you want it as a starter, catch it! More importantly, though, is the "darkened" icon of the pokeball - this indicates that you've unlocked the starter, but this one has something you don't have yet; maybe a gender, or maybe an ability you don't have yet. For instance, a Meowth starter that you have may only have Pickup, but the one in battle before you now has Technician. Catching these "darkened ball" pokemon will unlock more options for your starters, letting you switch between these unlockables at the pokemon select screen when you start your later runs. I generally recommend catching as many of these as possible - in the beginning, it'll seem like every pokemon has a dark ball, but that's because you don't have many things unlocked yet. As you unlock more things, they'll get rarer - and more importantly, when you start looking for those elusive Hidden Abilities (HAs), these darkened balls will help you discover them more easily when you have everything else already unlocked. Remember, this is a rogue-like - we're building our starters here for future runs!
- Anything "rare". This is somewhat subjective, because "rare" can mean anything from "hard to find" to "legendary". In general, though, I recommend keeping an eye out for things you don't see often - starters, for instance, or legendary/pseudo-legendary/ultra beast/etc. "boss" monsters at the end of every 10 waves. But catching duplicates serves a secondary purpose - remember, it also gets you candies, which you can use to power up those rare pokemon starters you have later. Getting candies from friendship is certainly doable, but especially for rarelegendary pokemon, this can take a loooooong while. Catch them if you can to make it easier on yourself later. (A sub-point of this: If a rare or starter is available in a daily run, consider "farming" the daily run over and over to catch them again and again! Many of the daily run guides point these out intentionally for this reason - daily runs can sometimes be the best way to target farm candies in this way.)
- Anything you plan on using a lot. Somewhat of another sub-point of the above, catching duplicates of things you know you'll use often can be useful for candy collection. Specifically, this works well for things you know you'll use often - your first few shinies, for instance, or general-use pokemon that have Pickup. Build your Zigzagoon army! Candy collecting is especially useful for these to reduce costs, letting you take more of them with your legendary into Endless mode when you get to that point.
- Any shiny. This goes without saying for many, but shinies are the lifeblood of Pokerogue. You need them...a lot of them. They come in three flavors - starting from the weakest, a yellow shiny (Luck 1), then blue (Luck 2), and finally red (Luck 3), with the color being the "star" marker of the shiny pokemon on their HP bar. Eventually you'll want as many Luck 3 shinies as you can get your hands on, but when you're starting out, you're building from 0 - so catch any you see, even if it means failing your Classic run to do so. A new run takes an hour to start back up; a new shiny could take days or even weeks to find in Classic. (Ideally, though, don't be afraid to refresh/"save scum" to try and find a way to catch it without sacrificing your run if you can, and if you're willing. No sense in wasting all that work.)
- Don't neglect your team. Remember, our eventual goal is to win Classic...but more importantly, we're hoping to get as far as we can, and 190 if possible. The sprint from 180-190 is the most profitable floor in Classic for egg vouchers, with each Elite 4 member & the Champion at 190 giving them upon victory (Plus, first time wins get you bonus achievement vouchers too - two for one!). With this in mind, you want to make sure to balance your team out as you go, and don't neglect it as you progress. Perhaps your team needs a good rock-type wall to throw in the way of hard-hitting trainer pokemon. Maybe you're looking for a Ground-type to soak all those electric moves you keep running into in the electrical biomes. Good team building will carry you further than any IV or egg move ever could. Even the strongest legendaries can fold to a weakness.
As you start going through your Classic runs, the main resource you're looking to accumulate at first is egg vouchers - as many as you can get your grubby little new player hands on. Beating gym leaders, Elite 4 members, the Champion, and beating Classic all reward you with them. Doing the Daily Run each day also rewards you with a 10x pull voucher. Rarely, they can even show up after beating a stage in the item choice rewards - if so, pick them, usually over most anything else. Eggs build on your starters, and usually with either massively boosted IVs or egg moves to give them considerable bumps in power. Rarely, you can even get shinies from them.
And speaking of the egg gacha: only pull from the Shiny gacha at first. The entirety of your goal as a new player should be accumulating shinies. The legendary gacha is misleading - you only get increased odds for the shown legendary, not all of them (at least as of this post), and even then legendaries often have a huge starter cost tacked onto them, making teambuilding difficult early on. Once you build up your starter collection with a good few handfuls of shinies, and are cruising along in Endless vacuuming up vouchers, you can spend some on the other gachas for specific niches if you like (move gacha for egg moves, legendary gacha for legendaries), but for the most part the shiny gacha is where the money's at. Besides, the shiny gacha can hatch legendaries, too - so you're not missing out on legendaries by not hitting its specific gacha.
I Got a Few Shinies And Legendaries - What Now?
Alright, so you've been cruising along, catching everything you see and building your starter pool like the rockstar rogue-like player you are. Keep building from here, but now you have more options - you can start bringing shinies on your Classic runs to improve the quality of item rewards you get at the end of each floor; you can maybe even bring a legendary/ultra beast along to have an easier time against the end boss and get that first win. At this point, if you haven't gotten that first win yet, now's the time to start knuckling down and making a serious go at it. Some general points of advice for Classic success I haven't yet covered:
- Early on, focus on 1-2 pokemon. Ignore the rest. Same advice as in Endless works here. This perhaps sounds counter-intuitive, but until at least floor 30-40, try your absolute hardest to only focus on leading with 1-2 pokemon (and that second one should ideally only be necessary to cover the weaknesses of the first). Your immediate early-game hurdles are the two rival battles at floors 8 and 25 (and maybe a Gym Leader battle at 20), and if you try to level everyone evenly you're going to find it harder to win. The Exp All and Exp Charms you get from rival battles and item rewards will more than catch your team up later even if you don't ever use them...so don't worry about them for now. Right now, you're creating the Ultimate Early Game Juggernaut(s) to get you through the initial hurdles.
- Be frugal with your money in the beginning. In Endless, it's common practice to reroll often to look for specific items - candy jars, rare candies, etc. That's because in that mode, once you get set up you have almost unlimited income. In Classic, your income is much more limited (usually hovering ~$100k or so by the mid to late floors), and you don't have the luxury of blindly rerolling for optimal results. The option to "save scum" your re-rolls exists, if you were willing - after winning a floor, check the rerolls, and if you don't like any of the offerings, refresh the page. This will "start the floor over", resetting the rewards and refunding your money. This isn't really necessary, though; in fact, I rarely reroll rewards at all until floors 180-200, and often settle with generic healing/item rewards. Why? You'll notice through your runs that in the midgame (floors 50-150, mainly), you'll accumulate quite a bit of gold; instead of using this gold for rerolls then, where it doesn't help much, you should instead wait for the later floors where you start to take on the toughest opponents of the run - the Elite 4 and Champion on floors 180-190, the final rival battle at 195, and the final boss at 200. Specifically, 180-190 is where you'll buy more healing items than perhaps the rest of the run combined (to keep your team healthy in between each Elite 4/Champion battle), and 190-200 are where you really want to look for things like X [stat] items to give your team that extra "oomph". Even the strongest legendaries fear a Butterfree packing +4 X Specials and an X Speed. Money saved early on lets you dump it into rerolls later where it matters most. (Don't ruin your run by being *too* frugal, though - if your party is near death early on, spend it. You can't spend it later on if you're dead.)
- Pickup is NOT necessary (but it is helpful). I see a lot of general advice in posts on pokerogue that tell new players to stack Pickup team members on Classic. This isn't necessary, or even arguably desirable past maybe the first 20-30 floors unless you're running a very strong carry that can solo all 200 floors (which is extremely unlikely, and far more difficult to boot). I've won Classic many times without using Pickup at all, and I can't say as I miss it when I don't have it. More importantly, you need to be cautious which items you're picking up - the end boss can and WILL use them against you, so things like Sitrus/Enigma/stat boosting berries that you picked up along your 200 floors suddenly seem a lot less useful when they're in enemy hands. That said, if you bring someone along with Pickup, be generous with handing out berries and other items to your party regularly using the "Transfer" option, so you can reap the benefits all throughout your 200 floors. Sitrus, Enigma, and the speed/attack boosting berries in particular are great in trainerival battles where you expect to take hits and want to revenge kill things. In the endgame against the final boss, though, perhaps load everything on a party member you hope never to bring out (such as your Pickup mon) so they don't get stolen. (Hot take: I prefer to use no berries at all in my Classic runs if possible, with one exception: Lum! Lum is amazing for healing status effects, especially when it feels like some trainers have all the hacks against you, and it doesn't feel bad if/when it gets stolen later.)
- The same goes for Pokerus. The biggest advantage to having pokerus is capping out your levels faster; even without it, in the later floors you'll still cap your levels by each final stage so long as you pick up a charm or two along the way (which you'll usually do, pokerus or not). It's also a decent help for that floor 11-25 range where you're at your weakest and that second rival challenge comes knocking. In Endless it's common practice to take a pokerus pokemon so your carry can keep up with the level gains of the floors until you get fully set up; in Classic, the scaling doesn't feel nearly that punishing. If you can bring a good pokerus pokemon, though, it's more helpful than not - just don't go out of your way for it or feel like it's "necessary".
- Understand how biomes work, at least somewhat. Many of them chain into each other naturally, which is part of where the memes come from regarding "endless water biomes" or similar. As you start to expand your starting 2-3 into a full 6, know what biomes you need to look for and what to avoid. This is part of why the Map is one of my favorite item rewards to pick early on - it lets you target farm the remaining members of your team much easier, and towards the last 50-80 floors you can choose the easier ones to coast through while you finish building your team. In particular, routes you need to keep in mind:
- You always start in "Town" and move into "Plains"; this is 100% guaranteed in every Classic run. This means the first 20 floors are always weighted heavily to normal- and grass-types. When building your starting team, it's helpful to keep this in mind - for instance, picking up things strong against these two types (shoutout to Flamigo/Hawlucha!) and maybe not bringing a grass type knowing that you're likely to catch one early on if you're desperate for filler.
- "Metropolis" vs. "Lake" vs. "Grass": Moving out of Plains, these are your three options available if you have the Map by now. The biome you leave Plains for is the biggest observation you can make for your run - it will dictate how you form the rest of your team as you progress into the midgame. If you get diverted to Lake, but need an Electric-type (for instance), you need to find a way to get the map to divert to "Construction Site" or loop back to Plains, or you may be hard pressed to find an Electric-type at all in your entire run. The same goes for Fairy- and Steel-types - "Fairy Cave", the biome with the largest quantity of fairy types, is only accessible through "Meadows", which requires you to go through the forest biomes first. If you're not looking like you're going through those areas, you'll need to be less picky about what fairy-types you come across if you hope to snag one. (I recommend visiting the wiki for their nice little flowchart diagram if you ever want a more nuanced look into each path and where they can potentially lead, along with what spawns in each.)
- Build a well-rounded team. Building mono-type teams is cute, but ultimately extra work. Focus on coverage and being able to handle anything that comes along - remember, the last floors feature a variety of Elite 4 members and the Champion, all of which will require a varied approach on what types of Pokemon to bring for best results. By floor 100, you should either have most of your team set or a plan to fill the rest out by the time you reach ~170. By 180 it's likely too late (with the exception of maybe getting a last Mushroom or TM to fill out a moveset).
2024.05.14 17:32 22_cat Wicked London 1920s supernatural setting literate community
“𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬, 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐟𝐮𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞.” Italo Calvino.
𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧, 𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟏. The dust has settled after the Great War but the peace is only nominal. Despite the stability proclaimed proudly by the prime minister, the world is changing quickly and inevitably, with rapidly progressing industrialisation leaving a mark on the life of the public, from those just barely scraping by to the blue-blooded families with names as old as Britain itself. Unrest marks the streets as gangs fight tooth and nail for influence and the working class calls for strikes in desperate attempts to secure better pay and more humane working conditions.
And unbeknownst to most mortals, an entirely different world exists hidden beyond just a thin veil of lies, diversions and ancient laws. Vampires stalk the alleyways looking for prey, the full moon bears witness to chilling howls in the darkness and powerful spells are used to make dreams –and nightmares– come true. The unrest of the mundane world intertwines with centuries-old feuds in subtle, but ever-present ways and the horrors known to mankind from whispered stories are very much alive.
ㅤ↳˗ˏˋ** 𝐖𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫: ▸： Safe, friendly and inclusive community for adult writers; queer and POC friendly, both OOC and IC. ▸： A rich setting based on history and folklore, with lots of room for the writers’ creativity to shine. Plotting initiative and lore contributions are welcomed and appreciated. ▸： An opportunity to craft stories and experience the dark atmosphere of the post-WWI London with a touch of supernatural flair in the company of other literate, multi-para and novella writers. (Writing sample required upon entry, 400 words/post minimum.) ▸： A compelling narrative & in-depth lore written by experienced Game Masters, focused on providing opportunities to craft a variety of stories ranging from layered political intrigues to exploration of characters’ relationships.ﾠ
𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝟐𝟏+ 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬ﾠ 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝟏𝟖 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐥𝐝.
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𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧, 𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟏. The dust has settled after the Great War but the peace is only nominal. Despite the stability proclaimed proudly by the prime minister, the world is changing quickly and inevitably, with rapidly progressing industrialisation leaving a mark on the life of the public, from those just barely scraping by to the blue-blooded families with names as old as Britain itself. Unrest marks the streets as gangs fight tooth and nail for influence and the working class calls for strikes in desperate attempts to secure better pay and more humane working conditions.
And unbeknownst to most mortals, an entirely different world exists hidden beyond just a thin veil of lies, diversions and ancient laws. Vampires stalk the alleyways looking for prey, the full moon bears witness to chilling howls in the darkness and powerful spells are used to make dreams –and nightmares– come true. The unrest of the mundane world intertwines with centuries-old feuds in subtle, but ever-present ways and the horrors known to mankind from whispered stories are very much alive.
ㅤ↳˗ˏˋ** 𝐖𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫: ▸： Safe, friendly and inclusive community for adult writers; queer and POC friendly, both OOC and IC. ▸： A rich setting based on history and folklore, with lots of room for the writers’ creativity to shine. Plotting initiative and lore contributions are welcomed and appreciated. ▸： An opportunity to craft stories and experience the dark atmosphere of the post-WWI London with a touch of supernatural flair in the company of other literate, multi-para and novella writers. (Writing sample required upon entry, 400 words/post minimum.) ▸： A compelling narrative & in-depth lore written by experienced Game Masters, focused on providing opportunities to craft a variety of stories ranging from layered political intrigues to exploration of characters’ relationships.ﾠ
𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝟐𝟏+ 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬ﾠ 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝟏𝟖 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐥𝐝.
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2024.05.14 17:31 Particular_Ambition8 Chances of finding a 700sqft+ 1 br 1bth south of central park for 4k or less?
Planning on moving soon and been looking at some listings. However almost none of the listings have sq ft listed anywhere. And when i message them asking about it, they ignore the question and ask to schedule a house tour instead which is hard since i live in Florida. Probably the most frustrating thing ive dealt with in years.
Some things im looking for: 1. 700 square feet or more. Can be 1 or more bedrooms. 2. Allows cats 3. Dishwasher. 4. In building or unit laundry
Most listings I’ve seen also have shitty pictures of the unit and dont do a good job showing all rooms and make it hard to tell the size. Im just assuming those are small. Any websites recommended?
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Some things im looking for: 1. 700 square feet or more. Can be 1 or more bedrooms. 2. Allows cats 3. Dishwasher. 4. In building or unit laundry
Most listings I’ve seen also have shitty pictures of the unit and dont do a good job showing all rooms and make it hard to tell the size. Im just assuming those are small. Any websites recommended?
2024.05.14 17:31 Realistic_Row_9490 Ethernet sockets
I want to have wired internet in my office upstairs and the loft where I plan to have a server running. The idea I have and want to run by the more experienced among you is as follows:
Install ethernet socket next to wireless router that runs all the way up into loft where it plugs into a networking thingy with many ethernet ports (switch?). Connect wireless router to said ethernet socket to link up with switch in loft. Run cables from loft switch through the walls to any rooms requiring ethernet sockets. Does this make sense?
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Install ethernet socket next to wireless router that runs all the way up into loft where it plugs into a networking thingy with many ethernet ports (switch?). Connect wireless router to said ethernet socket to link up with switch in loft. Run cables from loft switch through the walls to any rooms requiring ethernet sockets. Does this make sense?
2024.05.14 17:29 Traditional_Bus7036 MSC world cruise 2024......900+ passengers sign petition.
I was on the MSC 2024 world cruise and it was terrible. A huge rip off! I seriously regret my decision, but i wàs seduced by the great itinerary. Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia at the one end and Greenland at the other end. None of which happened! Now i understand the war in the middle east impacted our travel plans but MSC said we would replace with Rhodes, Malta and Cyprus. Ok, well now that didn't happen. We had 6 stops in Spain, each the same as the one before. Then Port Verde which is a dump. We then raced down to the other side of Africa with 1 stop for gas in Namibia. Raced again to Durban. In 21days we spent 18 at sea. Disgraceful. People paid a lot for this cruise and got very little in return. Some of the “out of the way stops” were dumps where we were told not to wear jewelry, watch out for our phones, don't go anywhere alone.
The food was atrocious. I am diabetic and had to fight for 3 weeks before I could get sugar free Ice cream. The food in the buffet was the same day after day. The salad bar was not appetizing, with bland vegetables. Dishes supposed to be hot were cold, and vise versa. After Africa the ship ran out of certain foods. They watered down the yogurt. MSC was contacted by a number of upset people but they refused to do anything. The passengers of all nationalities got together and 900 + people signed a petition which was sent to MSC offices in numerous countries. PEOPLE wanted compensation for the atrocious 1st leg of the trip. They ignored us until after other cruise lines stepped up. MSC gave 500 euros for each adult and 10% on a future cruise if taken in the next 2 years. Disgraceful. 500 euros is less than 5% of what we paid, and I will never take an MSC cruise again. I don't care how much the offer me. It doesn't end here. We went to canada in april. The shopkeepers told us that a cruise ship never comes before may. Then we were to go through Belleisle straight and on to greenland. The captain canceled our trip to greenland. He tried to imply it was the ice and winds. What he didn't say was that NO CRUISE SHIPS GO TO GREENLAND BEFORE JULY. They have to wait for the icebergs to melt. THE BELLE ISLE STRAIGHT IS NEVER OPEN BEFORE JUNE. It is my belief that they never intended to go to Greenland as i don't believe a company as big as MSC didn't do the research. We also found out that the ship we were on, the Poesia, was not equipped with the lights and other equipment necessary to go through the iArtic at that time of the year. They never intended to go. One huge rip off. The word fraud comes to mind. The French passengers got together on the ship and submitted another petition on the Greenland situation. They gave us 300 euro and announced that they would give 50% off for a cruise to Greenland this summer or next. I will say again, i will never take an MSC cruise again. Entertainment was blah and if you didn't want dance lessons, bridge or exercise routine, there was nothing for you to do. One of excursion members blatantly lied to my face. Now the lower staff members, housekeeping, waiters, dining room staff were just awesome, the middle to upper management felt they were better than the passengers. People who were handicapped were treated so badly and for a number of the earlier stops, had to stay on board as it was too much trouble to facilitate them getting off the ship. One lady I know sat and waited on a bench in the heat for almost 4 hours waiting for a wheelchair to help her back on the ship. One of the passengers went and got a wheelchair himself to help her. I COULD GO ON BUT YOU GET THE POINT.
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The food was atrocious. I am diabetic and had to fight for 3 weeks before I could get sugar free Ice cream. The food in the buffet was the same day after day. The salad bar was not appetizing, with bland vegetables. Dishes supposed to be hot were cold, and vise versa. After Africa the ship ran out of certain foods. They watered down the yogurt. MSC was contacted by a number of upset people but they refused to do anything. The passengers of all nationalities got together and 900 + people signed a petition which was sent to MSC offices in numerous countries. PEOPLE wanted compensation for the atrocious 1st leg of the trip. They ignored us until after other cruise lines stepped up. MSC gave 500 euros for each adult and 10% on a future cruise if taken in the next 2 years. Disgraceful. 500 euros is less than 5% of what we paid, and I will never take an MSC cruise again. I don't care how much the offer me. It doesn't end here. We went to canada in april. The shopkeepers told us that a cruise ship never comes before may. Then we were to go through Belleisle straight and on to greenland. The captain canceled our trip to greenland. He tried to imply it was the ice and winds. What he didn't say was that NO CRUISE SHIPS GO TO GREENLAND BEFORE JULY. They have to wait for the icebergs to melt. THE BELLE ISLE STRAIGHT IS NEVER OPEN BEFORE JUNE. It is my belief that they never intended to go to Greenland as i don't believe a company as big as MSC didn't do the research. We also found out that the ship we were on, the Poesia, was not equipped with the lights and other equipment necessary to go through the iArtic at that time of the year. They never intended to go. One huge rip off. The word fraud comes to mind. The French passengers got together on the ship and submitted another petition on the Greenland situation. They gave us 300 euro and announced that they would give 50% off for a cruise to Greenland this summer or next. I will say again, i will never take an MSC cruise again. Entertainment was blah and if you didn't want dance lessons, bridge or exercise routine, there was nothing for you to do. One of excursion members blatantly lied to my face. Now the lower staff members, housekeeping, waiters, dining room staff were just awesome, the middle to upper management felt they were better than the passengers. People who were handicapped were treated so badly and for a number of the earlier stops, had to stay on board as it was too much trouble to facilitate them getting off the ship. One lady I know sat and waited on a bench in the heat for almost 4 hours waiting for a wheelchair to help her back on the ship. One of the passengers went and got a wheelchair himself to help her. I COULD GO ON BUT YOU GET THE POINT.