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Cash only via PayPal F&F, need to thin out the collection. All prices include shipping USPS Priority. All come with original packaging. They have been fidgeted with at home to loosen them up and then put away in storage. Factory edge. No trades
Nimbus V2 Natural Micarta SV 120 Has a couple of scratches close to the tip on the show side. I don’t remember how. Urban EDC F5.5 Micarta SV 200 Urban EDC F5.5 Orange SV 200 Paramilitary 2 S35VN SV 120 Price has been reduced. (Has a couple of scratches on the show side I think due to cleaning it with a too abrasive cloth or paper towel)
YOLO over DM

I'm 28, working currently as a supervisor in london for a drylining company for the past 3 years delivering 2 projects (high end/residential), currently on my 3rd project which is the biggest this company have taken on and the pay is not worth the burnout (£33k). I originally trained up as a plumber and done that since I was 17/18, as an explanation for the change of trade I saw it and fancied the change up basically.
At a point now I have a mortgage and a baby so I need to be making more ideally. To explain the burnout: the main contractor is constantly up our arses and my higher ups are about as useful as a chocolate teapot lately, I end up dealing with the BS of the day (we have another supervisor equivalent to me who's stepped up from being a fixer on probably 180/200 a day and he's ready to go back on the tools as well).
My average day will include: man management, logistics, material distribution, invoice auditing, co ordination with main contractor + other trades, QA etc.
Qualifications wise I have City and guilds plumbing lvls 2+3 Building services lvl 2 Sssts First aid at work Sia badge Pasma Cscs
I'm not afraid of physical work or opposed to going back on the tools, but right now I feel there must be something I'm not thinking of, I'd even consider another sidestep at this point.
I appreciate all input and thank you on advance

My chocolate lab used to be so sweet and kind and nice. Now, whenever he is just lying down and I approach him to play, or cuddle or just to pet him he shows me his teeth and growls. He does this around 50% of the times I try to interact with him. It has become so common. Some things to note:

1. He has a very good life. He gets water, high quality food, tons of toys and treats, etc. I give him so much attention and play a lot (Well now a lot less since I can barely interact with him anymore!) It is not like his basic needs or not being met or anything like that

2) I have never in my life showed any aggression towards him, laid a finger on him, etc. He has no reason to be "scared" of me if that is somehow the case

newbie...
I hear FlowDesigner is buggy. Are there any alternatives on the platform? ... like writing one (or few) plain ol' Javascript scripts? thanks!
or maybe there is a 'plugin' concept where one could just write Java and side-load it somehow? thanks x 2!

This might be a long read so brace yourself ...
When I'm asking if I'm being in the wrong here I only mean in terms of accountability and in regards to the situation and not so much about the wrong or right itself and would like some insight/advice basically..
TLDR:

Mixed feelings about a girl I just been dating for a few weeks or so? We only met around 2 times in person since she's somewhat busy. I feel like I'm putting more effort and energy than receiving it but unsure if it's just because the other person prefer taking things slow but I can't tell because whenever I ask her if she's interested, she's always kinda deflecting the subject. She's going to be away for the next 4 months so I won't be able to talk to her and our last convo this morning was kinda awkward ..

Relationships Background: I met my first ex a few months ago and she gave me a speedrun of everything most couple would usually do after a few months and since I didn't know any better I just went with it since she was my first everything. It ended with her initiating the breakup after less than a month after 2 weeks of long distance after she came to visit me. She gave me the "it's not you, it's me" and "you are the first one to treat me right" (she had multiple partners). She was also a bit insecure and sensitive and needed constant reassurance.
In the case of [HER], all her exes are by products of one night stands which ended up into relationship because they all asked her for one to her surprised and she just agreed with them. She described as liking them but not really ever falling in love with them so I guess I'm the first one to be fall into that category. In [HER] case, she is highly confident about herself and in what she accomplish (makes a lot more money than the average person). She gets self gratification from making money even though she can just live off her parents wealth but she finds having nothing to do boring so she became independent.
With that in mind, here's how this story starts.
On April 3rd, I reinstall Hinge because I want to have some new connection after moving on from my ex. It's not until April 23rd when I match with [HER]. At first I was surprised since I didn't expect it so I express my surprised via text in which she later explained her side via a voice note saying that she thought I looked like one of her students so she was afraid someone would recognize her which is her fear so she never matched with me. (I sent her a total of around 4 likes because I used to delete my account and make a new one again and her acc would always show and she kinda recognize from that as well.)
After that, we just exchange a lot of voice notes talking to each other about stuff and things which later I ask if its okay for me to ask her to go out on a date at this point. She then explains she has some requirements before actually going on a date with someone, she prefers getting someone a little bit more and seeing if we're compatible before meeting since she finds it weird how most people would rush which I agreed.
From there, we talk a bit more via voice note where she asks me what's my definition of love and my concept of relationships which she said almost is the same as hers. She explained for her to fall in love for someone it would at least take her 5 years or so and that's after they're able to past the 4 stages of love described in her own way; honeymoon phase, difference, compromise and initial stage of love.
The next day we just talk some more via text and and voice notes till 2 AM and what not talking about random things and life. At this point, I thought we had some good chemistry or so. We later talk about our exes and stuff.
A few days later I then try and ask again for a date since it felt like we had established some sort of rapport and knew a bit more of each other. She then tells me more about her schedule and how busy she'll be and how she'll be traveling soon in the next 2 weeks for her school stuff. At some point she said she had a symposium she was organizing at the university and I asked if it would be weird If I came to see her.
She said she didn't mind but wouldn't have time to cater me since it would be busy. Please also note that up until this point, I didn't know her real name since in Hinge she's using some random name and I didn't really ask her about it since I guess she didn't want to but I figure me showing up to that event, I would at least find what's her name which I did.
Anyways day comes and I show up to the event, it's is a medium size classroom. I didn't recognize her at first since she had a different haircut. I didn't wanna intrude or anything so I just sat there listening to the event till the end. I didn't really get the chance to talk to her or anything by the end since they had an after party and whatnot so I decided to head home instead feeling somewhat weird? So rather than just heading straight home I just sat there on the subway train listening to music instead. I texted her saying I wished we could have spent a bit of time together but you looked so busy and what not.
After a few minutes later I decide to head out for a walk because I was just feeling weird, I then see a text from her inviting me to help with returning books to the library if I want to which I agreed. To my surprised she showed up with two luggages .. which we just walked around till we reach the library. From there, I got to finally meet her in person and talk to her for a bit. I thought we had a good time, by the end I walked her home and that was mostly. We just kinda waved to her each and say goodbye to each other. I was kinda thirsty that night so I asked her for water but she gave me some korean brand banana juice instead. I then later send her a text thanking her for inviting me to help her which she doesn't reply to.
She's usually only replies if I initiate the conversation first which then let me gaslight myself into thinking it's because she's probably busy .. anyways we text each other for a bit that night because I asked for her number later instead of using Hinge. I then get somewhat down bad and ask if I can see her again tomorrow in which she replies "what's the benefit of seeing you again tomorrow?" which I thought was funny but she was serious. She had to write her REB so I guess she didn't really have time.
It's then the weekend and on the morning of Saturday she invites me to join her to the library and then we can eat at some place later if I want to where she'll be busy working on some stuff. She emphasize that she'll be annoyed if she is disturbed while trying to get work done which I didn't mind since my work is online and I only need a laptop to work.
I showed up at the library a bit early and letting her know, she then tells me she's going to get some coffee nearby first and then meet me so I wait for her at the library. Around 30 min goes by and I start getting a bit worried because she still hasn't showed up and hasn't given me any updates at which point I text her if anything is alright or if she's safe and what not. I get no answers for a bit then later she texts me she's inside where I was on my way to the coffee so I go back inside and then we just sit near each other and focus on our work. I give her the same korean banana juice which I found later at some korean market I went by to buy before meeting her. A few hours goes by we then go to a japanese place by walking there so I get to speak with her for a bit which was nice. I then pay for the bill then walk her home and then again we just wave to each other and say goodbye.
At this point, there has been no physical affection or the sort. Her body language isn't really telling me she's comfortable so I'm not really going for it even though I'm starving for it. I figure she prefers taking things slow so I'll go at her pace. Again, I text her later thanking her for inviting me and spending some time together which I appreciate. She doesn't really reply and giving me back the same energy.
So constantly, I'm always wondering if she's interested in me or enjoy spending time with me. When I ask her about it, it most of the time gets deflected or maybe it's a language barrier and I don't always get what she means when she sends some of her texts if I'm being honest but for some reason I find it cute. it's not like she's playing hard to get but it's confusing to say the least.
Anyways, because of that, I became hesitant to make plans to see her again since she doesn't really people calling her on the phone either unless absolutely necessary she explained to which I joked saying if I'm about to die then I'll call you.
After that second "date". i just try to limit my interaction to texting her a few text daily or so because I just wanted to have some kind of interaction with her. At this point I realized this may or may not be a one-side interest but then I gaslight myself thinking, she's a busy person and still makes some time for me so surely she's interested in some way?.
After a week or so of daily interaction I decide to somewhat stop contact because I also wanted to focus on my stuff and perhaps explore my other dating options if any .. a week goes by and I never hear from her again until one day she just sends me a text that just finished working at some factory as an interpreter and that her phone will be temporarily be disabled because she'll be traveling.
I then expressed my surprised because I figured she had forgotten about me and whatnot. We then exchange a few text here and there, we both caught a cold and talked about how shitty the weather is here and stuff. Again, I'm always the one having to initiate or there won't be any contact .. like at all. So it's hard for me to know if the person is interested even when being asked so I'm left with just overthinking.
Anyways, I ask her more about what time she's leaving and what time and if she wants to spends the last 2 days eating out and spending time together and stuff.
She said she went to some resto the day before but it was busy and had no table because of mother's day. At this point, I looked up the resto because I wanted to make some reservation so we could go there but I stopped myself because I had no idea what kind of situationship this was and if I was putting more effort and not receiving any. So I ended up sleeping instead.
The next day in the morning she texts me she went back to that resto but found out it's only open on certain days for brunch so she was sad and we exchanged a few random texts from that.
then the next day, this is our last conversation this morning before she's away for the next 4 months ..
ME

Will I see you again after 4 months or this is goodbye..? I feel a bit envious of your exes because they all got to be in a relationship with you and meet the girlfriend version of [HER] and all I ever got seems to be the busy version that just sends me off saying bye bye and leaving me confused most of the time with her texts haha 😅

HER

? wtf you don at 6 am plus even boyfriends need to see me off for the summer. I only going for fieldwork, not leaving. don't worry, you will see me when I'm back

ME

I was trying to fix my sleep schedule and I ended up waking up early randomly and then you were in my thoughts idk What do you mean I'll see you after you're back, are you saying you want me to wait for you? 😭 I don't even know what we are, I figured you're too busy to think about that or me as an option so I'm left overthinking.. I would have wanted to see you off but I didn't know where we stand

HER

I thought you gonna visit yesterday since you asked

ME

I wanted to but I didn't know if you wanted me to since it seemed you wanted to go to [restaurant] I was gonna make reservations there but then I realized I might be doing too much because I don't know we're in a relationship or just buddies. Now you leave in one hour and I'm even more confused

HER

Can't you see the problem in your first 'relationship' is that you guys rush everything? In my opinion, you don't know how to form healthy relationships. Take it slow. If you want to see me, make plans. Don't moan afterwards this and that. I can tell you I have always been very busy even with boyfriends. I suggest you set goals and we can celebrate together once you achieve them. I will be back in September. You're welcome to contact me then.

ME

Yes I agree that rushing was the issue in my first but in this case it's more of a mutual interest and communication. From my perspective, it seems like I'm chasing you for some reason because I'm not getting the same energy that I'm sending out. It seems you only respond if I initiate first. I'm always left wondering if you actually want to spend time with me or interested. When I ask you about that, you seem to be deflecting instead of giving me a straight answer or tell me how you feel.. I literally have no idea what you feel most of the time aside from being busy

I can take it slow as a 100 years as long that I know the other person is also interested in building something together in the near future with me. I do want to make plans but it's hard to differentiate if I'm being used for my kindness or for attention when I receive no reassurance when being asked for it? Surely you understand the concept of return on investment.
Or maybe you're right, maybe I'm the problem idk..
HER

well, investment. I would say even my friends invest more on me than you, if you really want to argue that. I also think if we can't make good friends, we won't make good couples. If you rush things, I will retreat because I need my independence more than anything. Make you own choice. Do not talk like a victim.

I didnt really reply anything after that because well not sure how to respond after reading that so I ended up on reddit instead.
NEED OBJECTIVE OPINIONS/ADVICES? I consider myself pretty in tune with myself and my emotions but here I find myself a bit confused and I can't tell if I'm getting clingy or obsessive or too close to the situation to think clearly so I figured I'd make a post and hear some of yall thoughts on this to see if maybe I'm the one who still need to work on myself or maybe we're just not compatible? I guess it would also help me get some closure and not feel so shitty.
p.s if you made it this far, thank you for reading and hopefully you have some insight on my situation since I do not have that much experience when it comes to dating certain girls.
i also passively use twitter and saw this tweet that goes: I’ve noticed I don’t have an issue communicating. My issue is people’s responses . It’s the lack of accountability and the one-sided perceptions that I cannot tolerate.
And I thought that was kinda how I'm feeling right now but not sure ...

Recommended watch: Liquid vs Secret game 1

Meta

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2-2

Boom vs Shopify Rebellion

Boom: 0-2 vs XG, 2-0 vs Heroic, 2-1 vs Secret, 1-2 vs GG
SR: 0-2 vs BB, 2-1 vs VP, 2-0 vs Liquid, 0-2 vs Aurora
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Boom were in a downward spiral post-laning stage. After back-to-back fights where the Morph was caught in a Static Storm and killed (the first time was almost griefing when he was agi shifting), Shopify barreled down mid and continued their aggression. SR fearlessly dove their enemies past tier 3s. Boom no longer wanted to be part of the game after 27 minutes. SR with the convincing opener. SR 1-0 Boom.
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The Bristleback became too much of a problem for Shopify. Boom's cores had considerable damage over time so SR needed short fights but there simply was no bursting the tanky cores on Boom with an Io backing them up. A lot relied on the Black Hole of Saberlight but a game-altering opportunity was never presented to Enigma. The final high-ground siege came with a Refresher on Brewmaster who bullied his opponents. The Dire couldn't even get close and even if they did, Kunkka's Water Park was too much of a nuisance. The Dire had to use their BKBs to run away. The Weaver with his BKB on cooldown got decimated in the aftermath. Enigma had to buyback and he forced a desperate Black Hole with no spell immunity which lasted less than a second. It was all Boom at the latter stages and they did a brilliant job forcing a game 3. Boom 1-1 SR.
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The two sides were fairly even early on but the lack of any impactful Chronos as the game progressed meant Boom had an easier time taking over. This is not an attack on Artour but that was a very lacklustre performance in an elimination game. Boom grew in confidence as the game got late (which shouldn't be the case against a Void). Boom had no trouble controlling and destroying the Void in fights. The final nail in the coffin came in the 40th minute. Void and his 2 supports get a kill on a solo Hoodwink. Void carelessly sticks around in the mid lane. Gets caught by a Grip. Dies for 90s with no buyback. On his respawn, the game is over. As a result of this loss, NA will be the only region not present in the playoffs and Boom will be the flagbearers of South America. Congrats to Boom. Boom 2-1 SR.

G2.iG vs BetBoom

G2.iG: 0-2 vs Liquid, 1-2 vs Secret, 2-1 vs AR, 2-0 vs Nouns
BB: 2-0 vs SR, 0-2 vs Aurora, 2-0 vs Mouz, 0-2 vs Spirit
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BetBoom were trying their best to make things happen around the map early on but iG were reacting accordingly and made sure the opposition didn't get much. As the match progressed, iG's grip on the game only became tighter. The Chinese greedy strat of the pos 4 becoming a core was in full effect. Boboka's Clinkz was phenomenal. He ended with a higher networth than Brew & Timber. The Bone Fletcher provided great scouting for his team and was an incredible source of damage during the fights. Along with Luna's toolkit and Slardar's control + minus armor, BB dropped like flies in the fights. It got one-sided real quick and the Eastern Europeans had no way back into contention. G2.iG 1-0 BB.
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The scripts were flipped for the second game. This time, it was BetBoom's turn to give a drubbing. G2.iG were spanked in the lanes. Boboka looked like he was trying to end global hunger with the way he was feeding in the laning stage. BetBoom snowballed and G2.iG got trampled on. We go to game 3. BB 1-1 G2.iG.
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The Slap Fighting Championship continues and it's G2.iG's turn to slap. BetBoom couldn't really get anything going. During the fights, they had to commit so much to take down 1 core target. TA became such a monster that even Sven didn't want to trade hits with her. The Zeus paired with the TA Traps gave great vision which complemented the long-range disables the supports of G2.iG had. Shoutout to xNova for the spectacular display on Disruptor. 0 deaths! A rushed blink dagger meant BetBoom had to be extra careful with their positioning. He gave his opponents hell with his Glimpse plays and gave his team an easy victory. After finishing 2nd in Birmingham, BetBoom continue to show their inconsistent end product and will bow out in the groups. As for G2.iG, after losing their first 2 series to start the tournament, they have woken up, won 3 straight series, and will be the second Chinese team to play in the playoffs. Congrats to them. G2.iG 2-1 BB.

Liquid vs Secret

Liquid: 2-0 vs G2.iG, 0-2 vs XG, 0-2 vs SR, 2-0 vs Mouz
Secret: 0-2 vs GG, 2-1 vs G2.iG, 1-2 vs Boom, 2-1 vs VP
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Secret looked like they were going to run away with the game. They had a great lead and a Sniper who looked untouchable with an Io backing him up. But Liquid had other plans. An Aegis siege for Secret at the 40th minute would be the beginning of their downfall. The Sniper's first life was the first casualty and chaos would ensue. Micke was incredible in weaving in and out of the fight while dishing out extreme damage to take out the opposition. DK would end up as the lone survivor for Secret as Liquid had a successful defense with no buildings lost. Secret's undoing continued in the Rosh pit. Secret were taking out Roshan but they only finished him once he was already in front of the twin gates. A brave 33 who went through the twin gates got rewarded as his Water Park secured him the Aegis. Secret would get decimated in the ensuing fight with only Engima surviving. Secret would continue to crumble. They could not offer the same high-ground defense as their opponents. Bane and Batrider were able to secure valuable targets before a defense could even be done. A lot was on the shoulders of Enigma's Black Hole but Insania understood the assignment. The Grip was patiently used to cancel Enigma's ult and dash any hopes Secret had. Liquid pulled off another incredible comeback. Liquid 1-0 Secret.
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The second game had a completely different script from the first. Secret were the ones who did the chasing but this time around, there was no catching up. Liquid accrued an insurmountable advantage. Secret did show a lot of fight despite the hole they were in but they had zero answers for Nisha's Timbersaw. Rizzrack was beyond dominant. He was completely untouched for the second half of the game and it all became too much for Secret in the end. Nisha takes his team to the next round. Liquid 2-0 Secret.

Before I start yet another new game, could you guys just have a quick look over my LO? I'm at my wits end now. I'm tired of losing saves and starting again. I thought I had this modding malarkey down.
Master Files:

• [XB] Clean My Settlement • Workshop Framework [XB1] • Integrated Commonwealth • You and What Army 2 By Glitchfinder • USO Base Game (Core Component Of Unlocked Settlement Objects) • Sim Settlements Three In One • IDEK's Logistics Station 

Fast Starts and Frameworks:

• No Quest AutoStart • USO Add Ons • USO Next Gen Patch • HUDFramework • Holotape Of Quest-Fixing • SKK Fast Start new game [Xbox] • SKK Fast Start Minutemen [Xbox] 

Faction and AI Overhauls:

• Fallout 4 AI Overhaul 

New Landmasses:
New Factions:
Vanilla Quest Modifications:

• Keep Radiants In The Commonwealth [XB1] • Radiant Quest Marker (Complete) • [XB1] DiMA's Memories: Skip Far Harbor Memory Puzzle 

Settlement and Workshop Menu Items:

• Place Everything!!! • Settlement Objects Expansion Pack - All DLC - Xbox One 

Settlement and Workshop Menu Items (scripted):

• SKK Workshop Ownership Utilities [Xbox] • Crimsomrider's Convenient Power And Electricity • Convenient Resources by Crimsomrider 

Settlement and Workshop Menu Overhauls:

• Settlement Menu Manager 

Game-Play Changes and Tweaks:

• Immersive Fallout (DLC) • Quick Main Menu - No Music • Very Short Nights (And Very Long Days) - DLC • Locksmith • Simple Artillery Strikes 

New Companions:
NPC and Companion Changes:

• Settlers of the Commonwealth • Settlers of the Commonwealth - City Leaders • Essential NPCs Expanded • Moddable Robot Settlers • Everyone's Best Friend • Stronger DogMeat XBONE • Settler And Companion Dialogue Overhaul 

Radio and Audio Tweaks:
Visual, Texture and Atmospheric Changes:

• Boston - Less Enemies • Reduced Grass Density - Medium • Faster Terminal Displays 

Lighting and Water Changes:
Vanilla Settlement Changes and Tweaks:

• Building Budget Extender 

Sorting Mods:

• Better Sorting [XB1] 

HUD and DEF_UI:

• Disable Tutorials • Disable Screen Blood and Low Health FX 

Character Model Replacers, Enhancers:

• (Official) Caliente's beautiful Bodies Enhancer - CBBE- Curvy AIO 

Pip-Boy and Map Mods:

• Improved Map With Visible Roads [XB1] • Pip-Boy Flashlight - Large 

New Gear:
Craft Your Own:
New Settlement, World Edits:
New Quests:
Weapon and Armor Modification:

• 10mm Pistol Debulked Remeshed 

Scrapping, Previs, Precombines:

• Build Anywhere • [XB1] STS • Just A Little Cleaner AIO • Clean & Smooth Jamaica Plain • The Castle Fully Restored In and Out • Vault 88 - Build Ready • [XB1] Raze My Settlement By Bionicyardiff 

Framework Bottom:

• Cheat Terminal [Xbox One] • A Touch Of Life • Place Anywhere [XB1] • Better Settlers • Amazing Follower Tweaks FO4 Edition • Nobody's Leader Pack 

I have been on this journey for over 6 months now. Launched many different stores across a few niches.
I am taking a small break from everything after grinding at it for 6 months straight (and managing life as well, sort of).
Overall, I am doing something wrong. While I learned a lot, I have not been able to be profitable with any of the stores I've built. So I am taking this time to reflect, share and re-strategize.
First Store : Printers & Labels
Obviously, this was my first ever store. While the design wasn't too bad. My creatives sucked, plain and simple. My marketing offers were absent, and I was targeting an audience without a CC or money at all (young students). I was doing organic TikToks and Paid Meta Ads. So I am not too mad about it and used what I learned to launch a second store. Ran this one for about a month before pivoting.
Second Store : Seasonal Product in the Hat Niche.
Launched the store much quicker. Setup some FB ads only and focused on them. This one I am kinda still mad at myself. I had found a product, a niche and some interest (in Eastern Europe and Ukraine specifically), but the margins were razor-thin to non-existent. And a big mistake of mine was not validating the entire checkout process, which made me miss the first 30 sales from the Meta Ads campaign. (This one kinda hurt after failing to do proper QA). I believe I would have been in a different place than I am now and could have made a few grands with this store. Although, the margins were bad and the product had high interest, but was seasonal.
Third Store : Pet niche (cats).
After failing to regain traction and completely messing up my Facebook pixel from the second store, I decided to buy a course to learn the ins and out of Dropship and FB ads. Gained a loooot of knowledge through it, although I would have been fine with a free course as well from YouTube. Launched an entirely new store with a done-for-you offer from the course. All you had to do was to build product descriptions and marketing offers (of course you were free to overhaul the store to your taste, which I did not do as other members of the group were selling in different niches and in the same niche as me).
I failed again. Ran the store for 3 months. Made a few sales here and there from FB Ads (reached breakeven on one product) but was, overall, still not a profitable store.
So I scrapped it. As I was growing frustrated with it not working. I figured selling pet products in a country where pet stores are pretty common (France) would further put me at a disadvantage. (Of course it isn't always the case, when you're good at marketing, there is almost no such thing as a saturated market).
Fourth Store : Jewelry Niche
If you've been in the dropshipping game (and E-commerce in general) for long enough, you know that you have to play a different type of game in this space, as you solve no real problem to the consumer. Decided to go organic to test the product this time. Created so many TikToks in a short amount of time (around 40 TikToks in 2 days that I posted on TK, YT Shorts, IG reels). None of them went viral. I did get some traffic on the store. But no conversion. Selling jewels source from some Factory in China won't be as easy. Killed the store after 2 weeks.
Fifth Store : Beauty and Skincare Niche
So you might have seen my post asking for feedback a month back or so about this store. Again, produced 60~ TikToks in a week or so and shared them on IG, TK, YT and Snapchat to see if the product would be a fit in the market. After seeing some traction, decided to launch a paid ad campaign on TikTok. Launching product in the big 4 + UAE (wanted to launch in Asia as this product would have been more popular and the product name less shocking there as it is from here in NA). The result? Some ads got banned as the ads showed too much skin for the country's law in the UAE, had to cancel some orders from countries in Asia as the supplier did not have shipping lanes in some markets there, and even though I had multiple ATC events from the TikTok Ad campaign, I've got ZERO conversions.
So here I am. Sitting on my rock contemplating about life and wondering how dumb must I be for not at least finding/making this business model work. While some 20 something youngsters are killing it. (Big props to them!).
Now before I launch another store, I am open to learn more about what I missed or what I have been doing wrong. I genuinely want to get better, otherwise I am just wasting my time.
I documented everything. Willing to share my creatives to know where I went wrong. There is definitely room for improvement.
One day I will make it. One day.
So for those of you who are on this journey, I feel you. This is a long term game. Keep up the good work!
Cheers.

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Has anyone hit up the new factory outlet in Cincy recently? Have an unexpected day off tomorrow and trying to decide if it’s big enough to be worth the drive from just under 2 hours. I know some outlets are super small with limited options. Thanks!

Greetings all, I am a screenwriter working on a new script that involves a small town sheriff. I have a couple of questions that I'd love to get clarified from the members of the community if possible. These pertain only to my desire to make the script accurate, and whatever is said will not be published anywhere. 1. The story takes place in a small town of less than 500 people, where there is evidence of an old murder discovered in the woods (bones). I can only imagine that a town of this size would not have the necessary equipment at their disposal to fully evaluate such a scene. DNA, etc. What would standard practice be in such a case? Are there task forces from neighboring cities that would be dispatched, is the evidence collected and mailed out to a "lab"? I know remarkably little about how this process works, so any information is useful. 2. What are standard file keeping practices for a town of this size? In my mind they would not necessarily have the most up to date system for record keeping, therefore things are still analog. Like, literal files in filing cabinets. But this may be misinformed or totally off base.
Thank you all in advance for your help!

TLDR: Will tire pressure sensors for a w212 work on a w211 wheel? (I think the tire shop is full of shit.)
Wanted to ask before I go somewhere else.
When I bought my 2011 e350 the factory 18s were in poor shape with multiple cracks and lots of curb rash. I found a good deal on some factory w211 17s with good tires off a 2006? E350 so I got them and never had tire pressure sensors in them. Now 2 years later I bought new tires and finally sensors to have put on now the tire shop is telling me that the sensors won’t work because they are 17s not 18s. I personally don’t agree with them but wanted to ask here before I go somewhere else.

# apt install net-tools # nano /etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/ getty@tty1.service ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty -o '-p -f -- \\u' --noclear -- autologin marietto %I $TERM # apt-get install python3-tk curl gpg sudo mousepad # Add cloudflare gpg key : # curl -fsSL sudo gpg --yes --dearmor --output /usshare/ keyrings/cloudflare-warp-archive-keyring.gpg # Add this repo to your apt repositories : # echo "deb [signed-by=/usshare/keyrings/cloudflare-warp- archive-keyring.gpg] $(lsb_release -cs) main" sudo tee / etc/apt/sources.list.d/cloudflare-client.list # Install : # sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install cloudflare-warp # nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cloudflare-client.list deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usshare/keyrings/cloudflare- warp-archive-keyring.gpg] bookworm main # warp-cli register # cp /ussbin/iptables /usbin # cp /ussbin/dhclient /usbin # systemctl set-default # nano /home/marietto/.profile /usbin/warp # nano /usbin/warp function jumpto { label=$1 cmd=$(sed -n "/$label:/{:a;n;p;ba};" $0 grep -v ': $') eval "$cmd" exit } start=${1:-"start"} jumpto $start start: sleep 2 warp-cli disconnect sleep 2 OLD_IP="$(curl -s api.ipify.org)" #echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward # I've uncommented this parameter inside the file /etc/sysctl.conf) sudo iptables -A POSTROUTING -t nat -s -j MASQUERADE warp-cli connect sleep 2 NEW_IP="$(curl -s api.ipify.org)" echo Connected to Cloudflare Warp... echo OLD IP is $OLD_IP , NEW IP is $NEW_IP mid : sleep 2 if [ "$OLD_IP = $NEW_IP ] then echo OLD IP is $OLD_IP , NEW IP is $NEW_IP : it does not work anymore,reconnecting... sleep 10 jump foo else echo OLD IP is $OLD_IP , NEW IP is $NEW_IP : it still works. sleep 10 fi sleep 2 jumpto mid foo: warp-cli disconnect sleep 2 OLD_IP="$(curl -s api.ipify.org)" warp-cli connect sleep 2 NEW_IP="$(curl -s api.ipify.org)" echo OLD IP is $OLD_IP , NEW IP is $NEW_IP : it works again. sleep 2 jumpto mid # chmod +x /usbin/warp # nano /etc/sysctl.conf net.ipv4.ip_forward=1 # nano /etc/sudoers marietto ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usbin/iptables marietto ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usbin/dhclient marietto ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usbin/ifconfig 

nano /boot/loader.conf if_tap_load="YES" if_bridge_load="YES" bridgestp_load="YES" nano /etc/sysctl.conf : net.link.tap.up_on_open=1 net.link.tap.user_open=1 net.inet.ip.forwarding=1 net.inet.ip.random_id=1 nano /etc/rc.conf : cloned_interfaces="bridge0 tap0 tap1 tap2 tap3 tap4 tap5 tap6 tap7 tap8 tap9 tap10 tap11 tap12 tap13 tap14 tap15 tap16 tap17 tap18 tap19 tap20 em0 lo1" ifconfig_bridge0="addm em0 addm tap0 addm tap1 addm tap2 addm tap3 addm tap4 addm tap5 addm tap6 addm tap7 addm tap8 addm tap9 addm tap10 addm tap11 addm tap12 addm tap13 addm tap14 addm tap15 addm tap16 addm tap17 addm tap18 addm tap19 addm tap20" ifconfig_em0="inet 192.168.1.5 netmask 255.255.255.0" defaultrouter="192.168.1.2" 

if ! pgrep -f qemu &> /dev/null 2>&1; then echo "The qemu / Debian-warp vm is not running,starting..." /uslocal/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 -machine q35 \ -cpu kvm64,hv_relaxed,hv_time,hv_synic -m 1G -vga std \ -drive file=Debian-warp.img,format=raw -rtc base=localtime \ -device usb-ehci,id=usb,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x3 \ -device usb-tablet -device usb-kbd -smbios type=2 \ -nodefaults \ -netdev tap,id=mynet0,ifname=tap20,script=no,downscript=no \ -device e1000,netdev=mynet0,mac=52:55:00:d1:55:01 \ -device ich9-ahci,id=sata \ -drive if=pflash,format=raw,readonly=on,file=/uslocal/ share/edk2-qemu/QEMU_UEFI_CODE-x86_64.fd \ -drive if=pflash,format=raw,file=/uslocal/share/edk2-qemu/ QEMU_UEFI_VARS-x86_64.fd -nographic -serial none -monitor none & else echo "The qemu / Debian-warp vm is already running." fi 

A Primer on DojoSwap
DojoSwap is an AMM/DEX in Injective that launched in January 2024. It provides liquidity rails into, out of, and within the ecosystem with TVL and prices peaking at $60M and $1.2, now at $27M TVL and $0.3 respectively. Despite the drop, DojoSwap’s fundamentals have strengthened with launches in the last 2 months including:

• First CW404 token in Cosmos, $SUSHI
• First reflection token in Cosmos, $BABYDOJO
• First Protocol Owned Liquidity (POL) token, $DAOJO
• Presale token factory to facilitate meme szn and ease token launches
• Dashboards and utility for the Dojo Ecosystem ($SUSHI, $BABYDOJO, $DAOJO)
• DojoLabs which invested in Black Panther

If it’s not already clear by now, DojoSwap has evolved from an AMM/DEX into a full-fledged ecosystem.
The Impact of Creating More Tokens
Tokens launched by DojoSwap are paired only with $DOJO, retaining value in the ecosystem. This means that money that has entered the Dojo ecosystem and used to purchase $SUSHI, $BABYDOJO or $DAOJO will not impact $DOJO prices. This is critical in ensuring value is captured in $DOJO in addition to functioning as a traditional AMM/DEX.
Major catalysts in the near future

• Tier 1 CEX listing.
• Burn of >50% of total supply to be voted via the DAO
• Launch of synthetic stablecoin which might come with its own protocol token
• Announcement of $OMA which creates buy pressure on $SUSHI and $DOJO
• Utilities from $DAOJO (governance, staking, bonding) which creates buy pressure on $DAOJO and $DOJO

Join us
Don't hesitate to join our community, there's always someone to answer your questions. Links below:

• Website: https://dojo.trading/
• TwitteX: https://twitter.com/Dojo_Swap
• Telegram: dojo_swap

SOLD ❗️❗️
Selling brand new Rome Factory 19S iridescent blue wallet on chain. This was the "mistake version" because the hardware is regular gold hardware instead of light gold hardware. It is barely noticeable in person and very few will know the difference. Selling for 50% off due to receiving 2 wallets for price of one.
Asking $120 including shipping to continental US.
Willing to ship worldwide, you pay extra for shipping.
Authentic: https://juliaroseluxury.com/Chanel-Wallet-on-Chain-19S-Blue-Iridescent-Caviar-Leather-with-Light-Gold-Hardware-Full-Set-p171344458
Actual pics here: https://imgur.com/a/BLuQR8s
🔵Please keep in mind US shipping is at least $20, that is currently baked into pricing by purchasing these, you acknowledge that these are replicas and there are no returns or refunds. If shipping outside continental US, you pay extra and assume risk of seizure. I have sold successfully several times on Reddit, and am a WL and LL member and former RL and RLBST member.
🔵 I no longer assume responsibility once the package has been shipped by me I will provide shipping tracking.
🔵 Payment via PayPal friends & family serious buyers can contact me via chat or DM, I will not initiate purchase via comment

26 @ $5
Total Price: $130
Make and Model: Spyderco Swick 6
Timestamp and Pics: https://imgur.com/a/Jv7eGvd
Price Justification: https://old.reddit.com/Knife_Swap/comments/1cnam9z/wts_spyderco_swick_6_armatus_sheath_130/
Escrow:N/A
Description: Factory edge, not seen carry or use. Comes with sheath. Have heard this described as 'the perfect tool for pruning' since you maintain dexterity with the finger hole.
International shipping: N/A
Shipping anywhere in the US via Priority Mail. 26 slots @ $5 each. Once you claim a spot I will pm you with payment info. Send funds through PayPal F&F with nothing in the comments. Thanks!

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