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2024.05.21 21:06 CampingWorld What Are The Best RV Trips for Beginners?

There’s a lot to learn when you’re new to RVing. After purchasing your RV and equipping it with the right gear, the last thing you want is to feel overwhelmed trying to select where to camp. So we asked the question: what are the best RV trips for beginners?
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The Best RV Trips for Beginners in the Northeast

Bayley’s Camping Resort – Scarborough, Maine

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Kennebec River Campground – The Forks, Maine

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Gettysburg Battlefield RV Resort – Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

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Quechee / Pine Valley – Hartford, Vermont

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Cherrystone Campground – Cape Charles, Virginia

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Holiday Trav-L-Park – Virginia Beach, Virginia

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Virginia Beach Holiday – Virginia Beach, Virginia

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New River Gorge Campground – Lansing, West Virginia

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Wind Creek State Park – Alexander City, Alabama

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Everglades Isle – Everglades City, Florida

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Orlando / Kissimmee – Kissimmee, Florida

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Fisheating Creek Outpost – Palmdale, Florida

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Big Lagoon State Park – Pensacola, Florida

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Smith Ridge Campground – Campbellsville, Kentucky

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PirateLand Family Camping Resort – Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

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Anchor Down RV Resort – Dandridge, Tennessee

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Cherokee Dam Campground – Jefferson City, Tennessee

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Camp Margaritaville RV Resort and Lodge – Pigeon Forge, Tennessee

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Little Arrow Outdoor Resort – Townsend, Tennessee

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Sycamore Springs Park – English, Indiana

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Lake Rudolph Campground and RV Resort – Santa Claus, Indiana

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Grand Haven State Park – Grand Haven, Michigan

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Otsego Lake State Park – Gaylord, Michigan

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Itasca State Park – Park Rapids, Minnesota

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Silver Dollar City Campground – Branson, Missouri

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Lake Mcconaughy State Recreation Area – Brule, Nebraska

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Mt. Gilead Holiday – Mt. Gilead, Ohio

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The Best RV Trips for Beginners in the South

The Woodlands RV Resort – Heber Springs, Arkansas

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Sarah’s Seaside RV Oasis – Grand Isle, Louisiana

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The Best RV Trips for Beginners in the Southwest

Mather Campground – Grand Canyon Village, Arizona

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Tucson Lazydays – Tucson, Arizona

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Caballo Lake State Park – Caballo, New Mexico

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The Best RV Trips for Beginners in the Northwest

Coloma Resort – Coloma, California

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Arrowhead RV Park – Cascade, Idaho

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St. Mary / East Glacier – St. Mary, Montana

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Cape Blanco State Park – Port Orford, Oregon

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Seven Feathers RV Resort – Canyonville, Oregon

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2024.05.21 20:48 Comfortable_Read_597 Need help with Oldsmobile

One of my friends has a 2002 Oldsmobile Alero with the 3.4L V6 with 300,000 miles, they say when they step on the gas it doesn't go like it should, I have ideas in my head of what it could be but don't know the best place to start, I do know the air filter is really nasty but beyond that I'm stuck, any help is appreciated.
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2024.05.21 20:45 According-Ring-8678 The Charles Markward Situation (POSSIBLY IMPORTANT)

I apologize in advance for the length of this thread, but by far this is the user that wrote the most comments in the video of our song. At first, he suggested Scepter and Reign, but he debunked this lead by saying: "Scepter and Reign can be crossed off. I have been corresponding with the lady whose name is mentioned in the legal document, Naomi (first name used with her permission, and only her first name) since Thursday. She was legitimately shocked her name was on the document because in all these years NOBODY ever contacted her regarding it. She thinks they may have realized how much money it would cost and probably withdrew. She knew both bands fairly well, scale of 1-10 she answered "6.5 maybe 7'ish". She designed 1 "logo" for each band that was literally just a sketch she made with their band names on them she could print out in the Xerox store she worked at. Scepter's original name was actually "Dungeon Master" but they changed it to fit their name on her design. As for the abandoned demo from Scepter, she said they abandoned it because they couldn't afford to produce it. They didn't even make it far enough to name their 3 or 4 songs. So, on to the big question, are either bands involved with this song? According to her both bands came out in 1985, and according to her this "The Falling King" song predates both bands by a year or 2. This is not Scepter or Reign, this song is older than both bands. According to her, she first heard this song on a Detroit station while visiting family. Even back then, the Detroit station personnel had absolutely NO CLUE who this was. She remembers her father making fun of the singers accent claiming it was a "Posh" accent and also used to think the lyric was "The fall, the fall in the king" lol. I explained how this song was recorded off of several stations in 1987 and she replied "How many songs do you hear on the radio that are several years old?". She was stumped this was played on Z-Rock because this does not sound like an amateur band to her. She is not the only person to make comments that this does not sound like an amateur band, this sounds professionally recorded and produced, something EXTREMELY few amateugarage bands could have done. I thought i had something, but at least i tried. By the way, apparently Reign still performs in the Pittsburgh area under the name "Metallic Thunder"." (THIS IS HIS LATEST COMMENT) If this is true, it means our search will be even more difficult.
In one of his earliest comments he said this: "My 2 oldest sisters (born in 1970 and 1972) actually remember this song being played by garage bands and local talents in the Coatesville PA area. However, they both swear on mom and dads ashes that the first time they heard this song, a local music festival in Exton PA, I was NOT born yet (I was born in 1984). Even back then nobody could say who it was or what the title was. In fact the one band from Downingtown PA used to refer to it as "The Dungeons and Dragons song". And by that i mean, according to my sisters the lead singers girlfriend (or his sister....they could never tell?) would be in the crowd and when they were ready to end their performance she would shout "Play the Dungeons and Dragons song". My sisters also remember the adults thinking this song was somehow a promotional thing for the PA Renaissance Fair. Unfortunately they cannot offer any clues to the identity of this band or songs title, their guess, back then and still today, was Manowar."
At first, he claims our band is Manowar, explaining: "I do not think Manowar is an obscure band, nor do my sisters. The "obscure" bands mentioned in my postings are all the local garage/amateur bands that they remember playing this song and most of those garage/amateur bands even back then, along with my sisters, were under the impression this was a Manowar song. Many people, not just on this post but others feel this is Manowar "pitch" song, other bands thrown around have been Iron Maiden, Overdrive (Or Overkill, i'm not sure if it's the same band?), Blackmane, Axis and Cirith Ungol (spelling?). Keep this in mind, it's not that uncommon for mainstream/well known bands to have unreleased music in their "library". A good example, ask the most diehard Rammstein fans what their first song ever was, they'll probably answer Du Recht So Gut or Rammstein. Most people have never heard their 1992-1993 pitch song, "Tier" (Monster, beast). In fact, Till Linderman himself stated in 2018 he was unaware Tier was ever recorded by anyone, yet alone put up on the internet. Like this "Fall of the King" song, "Tier" was toted as an mystery song for years but was in a group of 4 or 5 other songs that Rammstein did but never released. One of my favorite bands, Corvus Corax, actually had something similar happen, a song they did back in the early 90's, "Vampire", opening for another band was recorded by a fan in the audience and made rounds on the Neo Folk community ages later. Corvus Corax themselves heard it on a radio station in Denmark roughly 2009'ish and called them asking how and when they got that song because they NEVER recorded it for public use. Personally i cannot give a wager who this is? I am not that good with this genre so i go with what people older than me and much better with this music say. To me it could be Manowar, something they never intended to be released publicly, it could be the Z'Rose a bunch of people feel it is, it could be Overdrive/Overkill (i do not know if these names are the same band or 2 separate ones?), it could be me time traveling impersonating my great uncle Fred......ok that last one was just meant to be a joke lol." Then someone says: "has your sister contacted erik to see about the the song?" and he says "OH HELL NO!!! They haven't spoken since they broke up in 1991-1992. I did reach out to his brother probably a year ago and never heard back."
He suggests it's either Manowar or Sarissa (he mispelled them): "@aSome1 There's some confusion, my sisters never said Z'Rose was playing the song in our hometown area. Local teenage to early college yrs bands were playing it. They recognized this song when I was on a family Zoom chat, i had this song on in the background (by accident actually lol) and my oldest sister (#1 born in '70) asked what i was listening to. I turned it up and she shook her head and asked the other sister (#2 born in '72) "Oh my gosh isn't that that stupid Manowar song Erik and his brother used to play all the time?". Erik was the name of her high school boyfriend. They remember hearing it first at an amateur music fest when my brother (born in '82) was still a baby. Mainly they remember mom fitting all of them in her old "Batmobile" station wagon. By the time i was born in '84 that station wagon was gone for at least several months. The band names they specifically remember playing this, and keep in mind these were "Garage bands" from the 80's were: Venomous Vomit, Razors in your Coffee (Erik's band), Ash to Ash, Cauldron Kings, Coven of Metal, Pridesville, South of Hell and Purgatory. They said there were a few more, but didn't remember....or care....to know their names. (Disclaimer: Several peoples associated with those mentioned bands have been contacted by me and several have replied.....the most common reply is "How the hell do you know us!?" lol)
"I have actually been looking at this song for almost 3yrs. I've had some "good leads" and some "bad leads" and i've also had "WTF leads".......but at the end it is still unsolved. So far the biggest contenders, from people way better with this music than me (I'm more a symphonic or extreme metal person) have been: Manowar, Iron Maiden, OverDrive, Overkill, Onslaught of Destruction and Sonic Mahem. My sisters really believe it is possibly an unreleased or "pitch demo" of Manowar but they also said it might be a Greek band from the early 80's called Sarassa or something like that?"
Then he denies it's Z-Rose: "@lostwavefinder587 I have seen that name tossed around a lot on forums and random chats (this being one of them). Most people way smarter and better with this music than myself seem to have the opinion that it is not Z'Rose. They range in reason from: the equipment sound professional and they were not, the dates don't add up, Z'Rose only did covers so even it is them in the recordings it's still not their song.....one individual (a supervisor at work who lived in Texas during this time frame) actually said "Z'Rose wouldn't have been sober enough to finish that song". I have only heard 1 Z'Rose recording, and unfortunately the person who recorded it (I think the date says 1989?) spends the majority of the 5 minute video talking during the performance so all i hear is them and not the singer. I have to emphasize about %99 of this info i'm presenting is NOT from me but people who know this genre of music way better than me....i'm more Symphonic metal and neo folk (Corvus Corax, Heilung, Faun etc."
"Out of curiosity, since a lot people think this might be Z'Rose, has anyone contacted the family/families of Nick or Joe Cavazos? My "team" is looking into a blog page from 2018 of a pretty intense exchange between a blogger and a woman who is believed to be "Rocker Joe's daughter. In this exchange she states this song is NOT her dad and uncle's band. But it gets pretty rough because the blogger keeps pressing and let's just say some NSFW language is exchanged. I will only say this, the woman's name does match one of the names in Julio "Joe" Cavazos obituary, but they can't tell if it is actually HER or someone posing. I also find it interesting that in another posting of this song someone is claiming to be the nephew of both Nick and Joe.....but about a dozen people ask about this song and he does not answer them......but someone else will ask something unrelated to this song and he answers??"
"About a year ago on another posting of this song, someone had a link to a conversation with a woman who was allegedly Joe Cavazos daughter. She very adamantly denied this was her dads band, Z'Rose. They person kept pressing her and she did not budge a single inch, "NO, its not my dad's band". The only thing that could be confirmed was the woman's name did match a name in Julio "Joe" Cavazos obituary as his daughter. But if it was her or not I can't say? Many peoples on other postings and on forums have all claimed to have gotten in contact with Z'Rose and stated they responded "No" to this being theirs.
So the "Kings Fall" song by Bernard Cavazos is actually a completely different song. He is also not related to the Z'Rose Cavazos. Somewhere I read that the "Kings Fall"/"Fallen King" song by Bernard Cavazos is about a corrupt politician or mafia like "king" not an actual king. Again none of this is from me, it's from things I read, not me.
When 'Wang' did a video about several mystery songs he included this one. In his video (I don't know if he made more than one?) he talked about how that Bernard Cavazos has been contacted and has denied this is his Fall of the King song. If my memory is correct Wang read a message from him explaining his "king" was a corrupt politician or gang leader like king. Wang also mentioned there was another Bernard Cavazos who was a doctor and he is sick and tired of people contacting him about this song"
Someone that replied to him said:
"@CharlesMarkward probably this tape recording was an attempt from them to make something of their own, many bands have started this way, an example is the Brazilian power metal band Angra, they were first meant to be an Iron Maiden tribute but as things went by, they have decided to release things of their own...I couldn't find anything about this "Z'Rose" band in metal-archives, neither at Google with a simple research, but the data gathered until this moment make sense: the Z Rock radio is from Texas, the so called "Z'Rose" band is also from Texas, it was the 80's, so, without internet, this was the way bands used to promote their work...but your story adds some drifts from this sensible data available until now...they are/were from Texas, ok...but until then, they weren't any big group, which means they were probably 9 to 5 salarymen whose musician activity was on weekends and the money earned wasn't enough to keep up with, so, a trip from TX to PA is a long ranged one and expensive for their then standards, I can remember when I've read the Mick Wall's Metallica biography, in which they highlight how hard was for them to go all the way from CA to NY to record Kill em' All, well, unless someone sponsored the so called "Z'Rose from Texas" (like the Zazula couple to Metallica) to play in the events you've mentioned in PA...which means they were good and had potential (this "mysterious recording" doesn't let me lie), because it takes a lot for someone at the other eastern extreme of a big country like the USA to call someone all the way from TX to play in an event when probably there were good bands around and without the need of a sponsorship to travel and get some place to sleep and eat..."
Therefore Charles says: "Also, i am not the one saying it's not them. People much better with much more access to metal archives/records are saying it's not them. BUT, everything you said makes perfect sense to me and I have no argument against any of it. It would make perfect sense if it was a possible pitch demo Z'Rose recorded and kept along for a few years before a station played it. My sisters are %98 certain it was a Manowar song, the only other band they mentioned as a possibility is a Greek band i can't find anything about called something like Sarassa??"
Someone told him to contact Erik: "A little bit ago someone in here suggested i contact my sisters ex and ask where he got this song. I could not get a hold of him, but i did get in contact with his brother he played with. According to the brother they got the song from their aunt who lived in Philly (Center City) and would send them tapes of songs to play. This song was on a tape sandwiched between "4 or 5" Manowar songs. He specifically remembered this for 2 reasons: 1, their aunt wrote "Killing of the king by No Name" and 2, the last song on the this tape was labled as a Venom song (he did not recall which) but was actually "Melody of Love" by Bobby Vinton😂. So i think this is why my sisters keep saying it's Manowar, because if it was on a tape with a bunch of their songs that chances are they heard a crapload of times?"
He contacted Erik's brother (Erik is supposedly the ex boyfriend of one of his sisters) and received this reply: "Erik's brother returned another email I sent about this song. I made a post about it about a week ago. The brother says their aunt who lived in Philly included this song on a mix tape of stuff for him and his brother to play. This song was sandwiched between several Manowar songs and the last song on the tape was supposed to be a Venom song but was actually Bobby Vinton's "Melody of Love" 🤣"
Therefore debunking the possibility it's a Manowar song, he also adds: "She (the aunt) passed in 2014. She would record songs off the radio for them. She lived in Philly (Center City) but also had a place in Florida, so he was never sure which cities radio stations she would record from. This song she wrote "Killing the King?" As the title and "???" as the band name, but it was between several Manowar songs. I think this might be why my oldest sisters are so insistent this is a Manowar song because they may have listened to it with Erik and his brother.....it's a theory lol"
He also thought of Iced Earth as the possible band: "lostwavefinder587 I immediately thought of Iced Earth when I heard this song. Although it's likely just a coincidence, it's interesting to note that Iced Earth was originally called "The Rose".
Someone said to him: "if that's any help, the Greek band's name you're talking about is probably Sarissa. I don't think it's them, though: the vox sound kinda different, and their songs are mostly Ancient Greece-themed." And he replied: "Yes, thank you! All this time I've been spelling it wrong. I gave a quick listen to a demo of theirs from '86. In terms of sound and beat and tempo etc, they are pretty close to this song. In terms of vocals, they sound nothing alike." Therefore, he debunked Sarissa himself.
Now here he changed his version and provides a new lead given by his sisters:
"Holy crap for some reason my last post got cut in half and didn't include the following info, sorry! So the individual i spoke to and got the new possible lead is the former singer of the one band my sisters mentioned, Purgatory, (i do NOT have his permission to use his real name but his stage name was Tarantula). He confirmed he played this song "once or twice" but didn't know the lyrics so they just repeated several "blocks" over and over again. He heard it from a band in NJ and when he asked if he could use the song they replied along the lines of "It's not our song, we don't care" but gave no indication who it was or they even knew who it was? He suggested the band "Knightmare" because they were from Texas and he remembers all of their songs being medieval or medieval fantasy related. Supposedly they wore what looked like full on plate armor (he does not know if it was actual metal armor or something made to look like it). He saw them perform a handful of times because he spent summers in Texas on his grandfathers (mistakenly said uncle in my last post, sorry) ranch and would sneak off at night to "the metal scene" (i do not know if that was a club name or if he just meant that in general?). He began visiting his grandfathers ranch in 1980 and stopped when his grandfather retired in 1992. He gave an estimated timeline for "Knightmare" of 1981-1989."
He corrects himself by saying they are not called "Knightmare": Interestingly, my supervisor at work lived in Texas during this timeline (roughly mid 70's to mid 90's from what i can gather?) and when I asked him about Knightmare he had no idea. But when i mentioned they dressed up like knights in armor he suddenly looked startled and said "That wasn't their name, their name was Battle Battalion or some s*** like that".
But then he says: "So i posted a few months ago about this song, my sisters remember garage bands in the area playing this… I checked every band called Knightmare on Metal Encyclopedia and it doesn’t look like it’s our band." "Forgive my French.....Damn. I thought maybe it could have been a lead but i guess like dozens of others I've come across, dead end. I did a quick search for Knightmare a few weeks ago and I got all excited i saw one band dressed up like monks or Druids, but that band only came out in 2017. I think it's safe to say the name has been used by many bands."
Then someone asks him: "Does the name "Battle Battalion" show up on any Metal "pedia" sites? That's what my supervisor claims this "dressed up in medieval armor" bands name was?" and another one told him: "I saw some bands with Battalion on the metal encyclopedia and discogs and none of them are our band. I don’t think we should go based on what a band wears as our lead."
Then he debunks the Knightmare (and the Conquest) lead: "So a little bit ago i mentioned a band name "Knightmare" as a possibility for this song. Well the band was actually called "KnyghtBlyde" (Knight Blade) and i got in contact with the daughter of the vocalist last night. I played this song for her and after some confliction/hesitation she said it is NOT her dad. The biggest thing was all of her dads songs were based of Aruthurian lore and filled with references to Camelot, Arthur, Morgana, Lancelot, Excalibur etc. Since this song has none of that, its not them. She has no idea who this is. I did a quick search "Conquest 80's metal band Texas" and found 3 results. Conquest from San Antonio, split in either '85 or '87. Conquest from Dallas, '86 - '90. Khan'quest (possibly same band as Khanquistador?), no location given but split up in '88 then reformed in 2000 then......nothing? I could not find anything about any of their songs or demos or releases or band members. But it's obvious I was thinking of the wrong Conquest bands 😂 Conquest was ruled out. Someone who owns the tape was contacted and told us this isn't them."
And he says the singer of KnyghtBlade is convinced this song is from Battallion:
"So a little bit ago I mentioned getting in contact with KnyghtBlyde singers daughter who states that this is NOT her dad. She contacted me this morning, her father thinks this song might be by a band called Battalion. But her father said Battalion also went by the name AAA, Anti Aircraft Assault (or Artillery) in their early days. According to her father AAA/Battalion were from Texas but at least 2 of their members were originally from Chicago. Has anyone ever heard of either Battalion or AAA, Anti Aircraft Assault? The closest I can say is my one supervisor at work mentioned a band Battle Battalion from Texas when he lived there."
Then someone replies to him: "you are right there is a band named Battalion formed in 1984" He says: "I cannot find a single piece of music from this particular "Battalion"? From what I could find they formed between 1983 and 1985, split, reformed under a few possible names, split, repeat. 2 people I asked did say they remember a band of some sort from "out west" Anti Aircraft A-something, but neither could give any info."
Now here, he suggests it could be a Talon song:
"So here's a potential lead for everyone: I was just playing this song for a friend who is obsessed with all metal music. She asked me "Where did you get that Talon song?" Talon was/is a German heavy metal band from the early 80's that released several demos and full on albums between '83-'89. Almost all of there songs were medieval themed, especially their 2 demos. Herr's the thing, they supposedly have 3 unnamed tracks from both demos, one allegedly called "King Slayer". I listened to a bunch of there songs and I have to say there are several songs where the singer sounds exactly like our mystery singer, but then the next song they sound nothing alike. There was one song called something like "Execution" that the opening guitar sounds like this songs opening only slower? I'm not saying it is Talon, but it is possibly something to look into or at least consider?"
He also claimed the singer sounds like Bruce Dickinson (which has been suggested many times):
"I've said many times that I personally feel this vocalist sounds extremely close to Bruce Dickinson. There is a clip of Bruce singing Tom Jones' "Delilah" on either a talk or game show, and his opening of that song is nearly identical to this Fall of the King vocals! Tone, tempo, cadence, pitch......it's really really on spot. I am NOT saying it is Bruce, I'm just saying whoever it is does a good job singing like him."
He says this song could be made by Eviscerator:
"Hello again everyone, has anyone ever heard of a band from Britain, late 70's through late 80's called "Eviscerator"? Very very long story short: I played this song at a Viking/Pagan/Neo-Folk/Black Metal "bar" about half a mile up the road from my place and the one patron who looked like Elvira and Lilith Bathory had a daughter together (HOT HOT HOT) comes over and asked me to replay it and she sang along with the recording with about %95 accuracy! Oddly, at the end after the 4 or 5 "The Fall of the King"s, she suddenly sang "The evil one now wears the crown, all hail the evil one" and head banged for a few moments. According to her, this song was by a band called "Eviscerator" and they always claimed this song was written as a pitch track for the movie Heavy Metal? I mentioned how this song by numerous accounts was recorded here in the USA in 86-87 from stations in Texas, Chicago, Cleveland, NYC and (by only one account) possibly Florida. She didn't feel there was an issue with that as stations will often play random things just to fill the spot including songs that are several years older. I asked about her added line at the end and she stated "I didn't add s*** bud, whoever recorded it must have cut it off before they got to it". I mentioned how numerous people strongly believe this is the work of Z'Rose, she said they probably covered it a bunch of times but it is not their song and even stated that this particular recording sounds like it could be them covering. She was more familiar with Z'Rose than me, she commented "The 3 Cavlaros brothers from Texas right? The singer was the oldest brother Jeff?" (I know that's not their name, i only included it for aunthenticity per context of our discussion, the last name is Cavazos and there was only 2 of them right?). She also told me Z'Rose had about a dozen other names through their years including "Gypsy Rose". I asked how she knew this British band "Eviscerator" and she answered that she lived in London from 78-85 and this song was played a lot on "amateur hour" on several stations, especially university stations. This kind of took me by surprise because i thought she looked younger than me (I'm 39) but she lived in England for college and her first husband in the late 70's??"
"In my last comments i mentioned a bar i went to was going to have a mini concert featuring bands that specialize in black metal and 80's tribute metal and i would play this song to see if any of the band peoples or concert goers would chime in. I did just that and got a few hits on the radar with a few of the band members. The one band, Inviaat, the singer says he remembers this song being played on a radio station in Philly PA for an entire summer because that station was trying to find the band. He does not remember the specific station but said it was near the Taylor University campus (my understanding is that there is several?) because the station thought it was the students from that university's music program. When i asked him when exactly that would have been he said Summer of 1983 because he was married on Halloween 1983 and was hoping the station would find the band so they could play at his wedding. A member from the local band "inductus Mortis" said he recalls that song being played "somewhere in the mid 80's" but does not remember if he heard it in Chicago or Cleveland because he bounced between them. I asked several bands, include the Venom tribute band Poisonous Whisper if anyone had ever heard of a band name Eviscerator from the 80's. Only one person thought he heard the name but it wasn't a band name it was a compilation album of NWOBHM from roughly '83-'84, but couldn't tell me anything other than that. As for the other concert goers, the #1 response i got from them was along the lines of "Dude you can sing, you should go pro!".....in other words they thought it was me promoting myself (I wish i could sing like that!!). the #2 response was people thought it was Manowar. After those 2 the guesses were the usual ones i have seen here and everywhere else this topic comes up: Blackmaine, Axis, Overkill, Overdrive, Black Sabath, Iron Maiden, Anthrax, Slayer, WitchAxe and 2 people even asked if it was an Ozzy Osbourne demo."
"I asked around, including my oldest sisters I've mentioned in my postings, about Eviscerator. The only person who heard of them, the one from this time-frame not the other 8 or 9 bands from the 2000's with that name, said they were a generic ManowaIron Maiden/Judas Priest tribute or more accurately, ripoff, band who sucked. I am not saying I buy this woman's account, but i'm also not discrediting it or calling her a liar. Her familiarity with this song and her accuracy with the lyrics makes me believe she knows this song from somewhere.....what that somewhere is, i can't comment because i don't know?"
"So far my friends and I have several "pings" to look into, the name Eviscerator has absolutely nothing from the time frame we're looking at. But there is (was?) a "Lee Lesaat" Canadian/British "mercenary" (did not belong to any band but would play for others) drummer who now lives in NYC my friends are looking into.
There is an 80's metal/black metal tribute concert this Saturday at the bar I was at last weekend. After the bands play their sets they have an open mic like set up where you can play your own music (as long as it fits the theme). I'm going to try and play this song and see if anyone, bands or crowd or food vendors etc, have any reaction.
And by "pings" I just mean responses/possible possible long shot leads. The guy or girl claiming to be a psychic vampire who time traveled and wrote this song for The Lost Boys movie is NOT going to be one of them😂"
Then someone asks: "What band is this Eviscerator ? I found a band that was formed in 2012 . Furthermore tthe song is not in the metal archives I searched through lyrics was not found." He says: "Allegedly they were in England in the 1980's, but the woman stated 2 of them had New York accents. If all of her account is true and accurate, they were NOT a professional big name band. I did find several bands with the title "Eviscerator" (in different variations) but all of them were from the 2000's. The only "pro" band with that title I could find was a Hungarian band from the mid 2000's. I asked Satanic lady if she remembered any of the other bands that played alongside "Eviscerator" and she only remembered 3: "Band-Shee" (an all female band....get it?) Gargoyle, and Werewolf Tears."
"I have a very very small update for everyone, but it's still an update nonetheless. The mystery succubus looking woman who said this song was by Eviscerator and sang along to it (even when I "accidentally" muted my phone to see if she was just repeating what she was hearing.....she was not) has been identified by my journalist friend! We are going to try and get in contact with her and see if there is anything else she can remember about "Eviscerator" that could help. I'm not going to get my hopes up, but her familiarity with this songs lyrics and the fact she sang almost in perfect synch with the beat makes me feel she really did know this song from somewhere in her past. That or she is a very good actress? Lol
I found only 1 solid, confirmed band with that name but they were from mid 2000's Hungary. But several peoples now and then tell me they remember hearing that name in the 80's as various things; crappy garage band, NWOHBM compilation album/work, some sort of event space or name, most recently someone claimed he thought it was the stage name of a singer but didn't know who or what band. I'm trying to get in touch with the woman who originally mentioned that name."
He posted this comment that lead nowhere: "2 very small updates for everyone:
1) The Viking/Pagan/Goth/Black Metal themed bar just around the corner from me is having a New Years event tomorrow night. They actually agree to give me a "booth" where i can have a "guess this song" set up. And, it will be right next to where the bands play...I'm going to be between the "stage" and the food truck lol
2) The one radio station i submitted this song to will play it on their "X hour" on 1/8/24. It is not a hugely popular segment, maybe a few hundred listeners, but it's better than nothing.
Here's to the New Year and hope this song and numerous others get solved!"
"So the station played this song Sunday night/Monday morning. They played it 4 times between 2:07am - 3:12am. They received 9 calls about it and about a dozen emails (I seriously didn't know they had an email!?!?!?). Unfortunately the majority of contacts were people either asking for them to replay it or people thinking it was Manowar. There were a few Iron Maidens and one or 2 Ozzy Osborne's. Only 2 people stated they heard this song before. Unfortunately they heard it from "some kilt wearing guy at blank bar plays it, I think it's him self promoting". Yes that's me they referenced and no it is not me singing lol"
He suggest matrixx as a possibility: "There's a band called matrixx that has been giving me interest. They were only around for two years due to financial struggles in their stage. If you look up attaxe and fiinal notice they share two members of matrixx. Their drummer and guitarist sound very similar to the band from this song. It's pretty crazy too because they have a song called defy the king. They also had a label to produce their songs which is called Suma Recording Studios. This may be the reason why the audio sounds too good for a small band. I hope that this is the band! Too many good clues that I found"
He debunks the Steven Lindfield lead: "One of the names thrown about here and there on posts about this song is a Steven Linfield ("Lindi") who bounced between Chicago and NYC in the 1980's. His alleged involvement varries between being the DJ who allegedly played it on a NYC station, to being a Chicago stations record manageclerk etc etc. I got in contact with him yesterday. He denies having ANYTHING to do with the airing of this song and does not know how or why his name came up. While he did work at 2 stations (NYC, then Chicago during the summer) he was an overnight watchman (security). However, he does recall this song being played on "some amateur hour crapshoot" in '86 in NYC a bunch of times. At that point in '86 he claims people were referencing it as "The King Song" or "The song of the King" (drawn out to match the singers "The Faaaalllll, the fall of the kiiiiiing") and it was already 2 or 3 years old at that time. He did explain that at least at the Chicago station there was an amateur drop-off slot that the dj's would pick through and play random "no namers" labeling them as "space filler". Because they would be played, literally just to fill space, they were NOT mandated to keep any records of them. Sometimes the dj's would just make up names to some of these. One of his main duties was to check the drop-off to make sure there were no bad things thrown in there instead of cassettes. Another dead end, but at least we rulled out one theory......silver lining??😂 LINDFIELD, not Linfield. Darn autocorrect on this phone."
He is convinced it's a professional band's demo: Thats why a lot people I have introduced to this song think it's a professional band, or at the extreme least an amateur band playing with top level equipment/sponsor? 1983 guy stated they sound like they have equipment his garage band "couldn't even afford to dream about looking at yet alone use". It's also one of the reasons my 2 oldest sisters insist this is a professional band (sister #1 says Manowar, #2 says Manowar or Sarissa) because there are no goofs or mistakes or errors. My sisters gave an example of a garage band from their Kutztown university days, "Freefall Abyss" that self released a demo and in one song you can hear a telephone ringing in the background and in another you can hear a fan or ac unit going.
He contacted a girl named Della: "This song was actually played on an old Philly/NJ station on the segment "Della names your tune" in 2009. I was able to get in contact with "Della" (real name withheld by her request) who at first stated "I played thousands of unnamed songs bud, I probably played this one 100 times, sorry i wont be much help" . Then a few days later replied "I do recall this one, it was sent in from a local listener who had it labeled as Dungeon Master or maybe Dragon Master on a CD with a bunch of old early Manowar, JudaPriest, Iron Maiden, Megadead, Metallica and AngelWitch songs. He or she claimed their father had this song on a tape from his college days. Nobody knew what or who it was back in '09 or '10 and as far as I know nobody figured it out when I left the program in '15." The only name she gave, and I don't know if this was even a real name or the drummers "stage name" was Leopald Lestat.........I do have 2 people looking into it (from a metal dating site of all places). Disclaimer: I know some of those bands are misspelled, I purposefully left it that way because that's how she sent it to me."
"I went down that road, you nailed it right on the head. There is no way to track down who that listener was. The only hint she had, in the form of the note attached to the CD was the person said they were from Radnor PA. I couldn't tell you because the other songs kind of bounce around in terms of year: there's a Judas Priest and an Angel Witch song both from 1980 but then there's a song from Megadeath (I believe Megadeath came out in '85?) and a Metallica song from '86? For some reason my one comment didn't show up? Della gave a pretty big hint, she said the mailing address on the CD was from Radnor PA, but the phone number included was a landline for a Chicago address. Her and the station managers assumed it was a "shadow number" and didn't bother keeping record of it. A lot of her requests had local addresses with out of state phone numbers, cellular and landline."
He suggests Dungeon Masters: "I have a potential lead, "Dungeon Masters" from Pittsburgh PA? Long story short: everyone at work talks about a "hot nerdy chick" who works at the one antique book store in town and she is a music genius and knows EVERY song people play. So i decided to test it. I played this song and she stated "I think thats Dungeon Masters, they were from my hometown of Pittsburgh PA back in the early to late 80's. Thats either Dungeon Masters or someone doing an incredible job imitating them?". Given that Cleveland is only a 2-3 hr drive from Pittsburgh (from what Steelers players say) i think this could be a possible lead and explain the Cleveland recording? Again, this is only a POSSIBLE lead, but i think it has potential?
Currently my one "source" is looking into it. He is not always accurate (as evidenced when we were looking into Conquest) but its better than nothing."
And someone adds this: "Della said the same Dungeon Masters so better look into it"
But he says this: "Close, "Della" stated the listener who sent in the CD had this song labeled as "Dungeon Master?", not a band name. But I am looking into it as best as I can. I found a Pittsburgh band "Dungeon" but they're NOT metal they're an Omnia/Faun like band (neo-folk I think is the term?) formed in 2018. I sent word out to the people I know and my "team". Now it is a waiting game."
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2024.05.21 20:43 JYA_Painter Homebrew Lore!

Homebrew Lore!
So my OCD has gotten away with itself a bit and in an effort to decide on a colour scheme for my Tau I’ve had to come up with some lore about where they are and with the help of chat GPT to keep things coherent I’ve accidentally started writing a short book!
Here’s the first chapter for anyone who’s interested, I’d love to hear some feedback
Formation of the Fal’Niaa Dominion
Chapter 1: The Shattered Gulf
Deep within the desolate void of the Damocles Gulf lies the hidden and bountiful world of Dáesos. This world, once a vital stronghold for the Imperium, provided sanctuary and resupply for imperial forces traversing the Gulf. Known in High Gothic as Dáesos, it was a beacon of hope in an otherwise harsh and unyielding region of space. However, by 999.M41, Dáesos had been reclassified as a death world and erased from Imperial maps and records.
The beginning of Dáesos' downfall came with the catastrophic arrival of a rogue space hulk that crashed into the system. From its wreckage emerged a horde of savage greenskins, the Orks, who poured out in an unending wave of violence. The relentless fighting that ensued led to the rapid spread of ork spores across the planet. One by one, the citadels that had stood as bastions of human civilization fell to the green tide. The lush forests that had sustained Dáesos for centuries began to reclaim the fallen citadels, and an eerie silence fell over the once-thriving world, broken only by the sounds of the wild reclaiming its domain.
By the time the first Tau set foot on Dáesos, the Beg’el population had devolved into savage tribes warring for territory whilst the humans fought daily to hold onto the few citadels they had left. It was Shas’O Monat’ai’s fateful descent that marked the beginning of the Fal’nia Dominion, setting the stage for a new era on Dáesos.
Shas’O Monat’ai and his cadre found themselves adrift in the endless void of the Damocles Gulf after their sept world was overrun by the greenskin Be’gel. Their desperate calls for aid were met with hollow reverence, honoring their sacrifice for the Greater Good. The Tau Empire, in its strategic calculus, deemed the entire sector—once a crucial launching point for defectors venturing into the forbidden zone—a liability. As a result, the sector was cut off from all resupply, condemning hundreds of loyal fringe septs to desolation.
The realization of this abandonment struck hard. As Monat’ai’s fleet attempted to return to friendly sept space, they were intercepted by mysterious Tau craft bearing no sept iconography. These enigmatic ships, ruthless and efficient, obliterated the fleeing vessels. Only Monat’ai’s command, aboard an experimental void craft capable of bursts of faster-than-light travel, managed to escape the slaughter.
The escape was bittersweet. Saved from the certain destruction that claimed the rest of his sept, Monat’ai now grappled with the haunting realization that he might have led his people to an even worse fate. The battle had inflicted significant damage on their ship, and the subsequent jump into the void took a heavy toll. Their experimental craft, once a beacon of hope, was now a fragile lifeline drifting through the endless blackness at a snail’s pace, leaving Monat’ai’s cadre at the mercy of fate.
After many tau’cyr drifting through the void, long after the crew of Monat’ai’s ship had gone into stasis to conserve resources, a strange energy signature was picked up by one of the ship’s long-range sensors. The ship’s artificial intelligence, ever vigilant, made the necessary course adjustments and began the journey to the Dáesos system.
As the silent vessel neared the anomaly, a system of dead worlds slowly came into view. In place of a centralized star, these worlds orbited the planet Dáesos itself, which was shrouded in a thick atmosphere of radiated gases. The unique ecosystem of Dáesos was revealed as the ship drew closer. Unlike typical planets, Dáesos lacked a central star to provide heat and light. Instead, the flora and fauna on the surface received energy from a mesmerizing aurora that danced across the sky, generated by the interaction of the planet’s magnetic field with its thick atmosphere.
Cavernous, flooded hollows dotted the surface of Dáesos, emitting radiation in a cyclical pattern. These hollows would heat for approximately six months, creating a prolonged day period, and then cool for an equal period, plunging the planet into an extended night. This extreme day-night cycle had forced the plant life on Dáesos to adapt in remarkable ways. The surface was covered by a creeping moss that spread onto any available surface during the day periods. As its roots took hold, the moss released enzymes that broke down both organic and inorganic matter, creating nutrients stored for the colder night cycle. From this moss sprouted a variety of flowers and large leaves, which performed photosynthesis and provided food for the vast ecosystem that thrived within its domain.
The symbiotic relationship between the plant life and a pervasive fungal root system was particularly intriguing. This fungus covered the entire planet, acting as a vast, interconnected network that distributed nutrients and communicated environmental changes. The creeping moss, during the day, would produce vibrant flowers and large leaves, creating a lush, verdant landscape. As the night cycle approached, these plants would retract, conserving their energy and resources.
As Monat’ai’s ship settled into high orbit above Dáesos, its long-range scanners began mapping the topography of the world below. Awakened from stasis by the ship's artificial intelligence, Monat’ai was greeted with a holographic readout of the planet, revealing its rich deposits of resources and potential dangers lurking on its surface.
Recognizing the threats posed by this alien world, Monat’ai decided to lead a small strike force of Fire Warriors into one of the overgrown, abandoned citadels located in the southern hemisphere. The citadel's structure was formidable, with enormous concentric walls encircling labyrinthine streets, towering habitation blocks, and miles of subterranean tunnels.
Monat’ai surmised that if he and his team could infiltrate the innermost wall of the citadel—an area least reclaimed by nature—they could secure a foothold for the rest of his cadre to arrive from orbit. Moving with precision and stealth, Monat’ai and his Fire Warriors prepared to descend into the depths of the ancient, forgotten stronghold, ready to face whatever challenges awaited them in the shadows of Dáesos.
Though it would have been far simpler to drop directly into the central ring from orbit, Monat’ai’s scanners revealed that many of the anti-air defenses littering the rooftops of the desolate buildings were still active. Realizing that a direct airborne approach was nearly impossible, the cunning commander opted for a different strategy.
He decided to lead his team through a breach in the eastern wall. Utilizing Devilfish transports, they would navigate safely and swiftly through the crumbling, overgrown ruins of the once bustling citadel streets. This approach would allow them to bypass the formidable air defenses and infiltrate the citadel more covertly, ensuring their mission's success.
Once inside the central wall, strike teams swiftly secured the control stations responsible for the defense grid, disabling the air defenses and allowing the rest of the cadre to land uncontested.
Over the following two tau’cyr, Monat’ai and his people worked tirelessly to fortify the central ring. Earth Caste engineers dismantled the voidcraft that had brought them to Dáesos, repurposing the components to construct advanced security systems and camouflaging fields around their new stronghold. As their defenses solidified, scouting parties were dispatched into the wider citadel to secure additional viable land.
Monat’ai felt a glimmer of hope for his people, now hidden from the empire that had treated them with such disregard. However, unknown to the enigmatic commander, danger lurked just beyond the horizon, threatening the fragile sanctuary they had built.
The Mon’La contingent
In the aftermath of the Farsight Rebellion and the formation of the Enclave worlds, the Damocles Gulf was designated a forbidden zone. The sept worlds on the edge of the Gulf, as well as the forces operating within, were deemed expendable and abandoned to stem the tide of defectors using these worlds as a launching point. Left to fend for themselves, these worlds became isolated in the void.
To ensure this region remained benign, a highly secretive contingent was formed on N’dras and deployed into the Gulf with a mission to purge the area of defectors from the Greater Good. This merciless force was led by the lethally skilled yet widely unknown Shas’O Ranerra. Various Imperial records strongly suggest that he is the same commander known throughout the region as "The War Ghost."
The War Ghost earned his ominous title by appearing in the heart of raging conflicts, often turning the tide with a lethal assassination or a devastating blow to enemy supply lines. Though his true agenda remains shrouded in mystery, his presence on the battlefield heralds a storm of carnage and slaughter. His soot-black visage streaks through the skies, while the ash-white armored forces of his contingent attack from unseen angles, striking with deadly precision before vanishing like phantoms.
Traversing the Damocles Gulf in cutting-edge voidcraft outfitted with advanced mirror fields and reconnaissance systems, the Mon’La cadre became the apex predator of the region. When the forbidden zone was first declared, Shas’O Ranerra and his forces were sent into the fringes of the Gulf to seek out any Tau settlements that had chosen to remain.
Utilizing his strategic genius, Ranerra orchestrated cataclysms and rebellions across the sector. He assassinated key commanders and diplomats, collapsing entire civilizations from within and baiting Imperial and Be’gel forces into sector-wide genocides. His cunning tactics and ruthless efficiency left a trail of chaos and destruction, further isolating the Damocles Gulf.
Between conflicts, Ranerra and his cadre employed experimental stasis technology to keep themselves youthful and battle-ready at all times. While they slept, advanced artificial intelligence systems monitored their health and any external threats. Long-range reconnaissance drones continuously fed back vital information on potential targets in the sector.
Ranerra and a few of his most trusted commanders opted for a different kind of stasis—one that slowed their metabolism to a near halt while keeping their minds fully active. This allowed them to remain ever vigilant, honing their tactical doctrines over many lifetimes. In this state, they were able to plan and anticipate every move, ensuring the Mon’La cadre remained an unstoppable force in the shadows of the forbidden zone.
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2024.05.21 20:40 mylinuxguy Walking and Nutrition - newbie questions

Sorry... lot of words here... hopefully it will make sense....
I've been walking 7 miles every day ( ok.... I didn't walk my 7 miles on Jan 14, but... other than that... 7 miles every day is what I do. ) I've walked over 3,000 miles in the last year or so. Walking is not new to me. I've got the walking every day part down. I get up at about 6:30 am-ish, drink a cup of coffee, check my emails, take care of some bathroom tasks and am out the door between 7:15 and 7:45. I go to the mall, I walk for 2 hours and 20 minutes to 2 hours and 30 minutes and get about 15K steps in. I've also started ( about 8 weeks ago ) walking with a weight vest. I started off with about 10lbs and I could only do every other mile. Now... I can do all 7 miles with a 25lb setup on my weight vest. I'm about to add another 6 - 10 lbs to my vest. I did all 7 miles with the 25lb setup and I feel really good... no lingering back pain. I think that the vest is helping strengthen my core. The mall has water and restrooms, air conditioned / heated, etc... so it's a perfect walking environment for me. I am 60 yrs old. I was 275lb for YEARS... ( down from 320 when I was 30-ish. ) I started walking, eating a TON of lettuce for lunch and oatmeal for dinner. I was down to 169 lbs ... but then I started eating more protein ( chicken, beef soup, less lettuce ) and I might have started eating more sweets. I am back up to 205 lbs.... loosing weight is still hard.. it's always been hard... but it's something I can do... it's just not easy.
I have some weights at the house and a rower and ab bench... but I just don't use them that often. I should.... probably... but it takes me most of the day to recover from my 7 mile morning walk. I am not all super energized at 5pm.. wanting to do rowing and weight bench stuff.
Anyway... this is my world now. I eat less ( than I used to ), I eat what I think is healthier that I used to, and am I walking 7 miles every day with my weight vest.
I drink a 30g protein drink on my drive to the mall... that's most of my protein and besides a cup of coffee... that's my breakfast.
After my 2 hr and 20+ minute walk when I get home, I snack on peanut butter pretzels ( a handful or two ) or 3 graham cracker or a few handfuls of vanilla wafers. At 12:00 I feed my cat and I eat about 100g of shredded romaine lettuce, some thousand island dressing and croutons and some crackers.
I snack and drink lots of coffee... I drink about a gallon of coffee a day.
At 6pm I feed my cat and I make myself a 1/2 cup of 5 minute oatmeal. I have that and 2 - 4 slices of 45cal toast.
Then I snack a bit and stop eating stuff after 8:30pm.
So... that's my day.... should I eat something BEFORE I go on my walk? It would need to be quick... or I'd have to get up earlier to fix it and eat it. I need to get my walk going by 8am so I can walk and not have to worry about mall crowds.... got to start by 8am.
When I get back.. is there something better than my snacking... probably... but what?
my goal is to get back down to 175 or so and maintain that weight. I want to stay way below 200. I also don't want to loose mussel as I get older.... 60 this year... so I know that I need to think about that too.
What do you guys think... any common sense suggestions?
Thanks - jack
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2024.05.21 20:20 SeasonElectronic Nissan Versa 2017

Good afternoon, I am seeking advice regarding the maintenance on a 93000 miles service. I could not find information in the maintenance manual. I know I'm supposed to change the oil and oil filter and air filter every 10000km. But no information on what to do at 150000 Thanks
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2024.05.21 19:48 joman394 Things from Ye Olde Days of Dokkan for nostalgia's sake

I've been playing since before STR Broly's initial release. Here's some things that I just remember from the... Fun times that was early Dokkan Battle. These are in no particular order.
Leave your fondest memories of Dokkan below!
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2024.05.21 19:44 LiseEclaire [Leveling up the World] - Nobility Arc - Chapter 941

Out there - Patreon (for all those curious or wanting to support :))
At the Beginning
Adventure Arc - Arc 2
Wilderness Arc - Arc 3
Academy Arc - Arc 4
Nobility Arc - Arc 5
Previously on Leveling up the World...
The ground kept disintegrating in a five-mile radius. The number of point and line attacks targeting Dallion was so great that even the domain itself had trouble keeping up to protect him. Spikes would injure dozens, occasionally killing one or two in the process, but that would do little to hinder the mass of steel.
The noble with the steel tendrils slashed through the air, sending hundreds of line attacks in one blow. While each was individually weaker than those of a normal person, together they were a serious threat. It didn’t help that they indiscriminately sliced through soldiers on their way. The countess had no value of human life, least of those belonging to her.
Splitting into instances, Dallion combined a vertical line strike with a multi attack.
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ATTACK NEGATED
VALORR’s attack has been sliced in two.
Attack has no effect.
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Dozens of red rectangles blinked in and out of existence, though even they proved unable to stop everything. The solution was for Dallion to fly higher into the sky, even though that would make him a prime target. At the same time, it also gave him the possibility to perform an area attack of his own.
Taking a deep breath, he did a spiral attack aimed at the archduchess, followed immediately by a magic music attack. It would have been better if he still had rays of destruction remaining, but most of the clay cylinders had already been used up, and Dallion didn’t want to risk venturing into his realm to make more.
As expected, hundreds of soldiers leapt in front of their nobles, performing an array of defensive line attacks. None proved strong enough to stop the spiral attack, but managed to slow it down so that the only thing that reached Priscord were drops of blood.
“I’ve over ten thousand, in case you’re counting,” she said in an amused voice. “And that’s without counting the reserves. But should you somehow manage to deal with them, the emperor has entrusted me with several legions as well.”
The boast made Dallion think. There seemed to be more beneath the spite. While ten thousand awakened was a massive army, it wasn’t the largest, and it definitely wasn’t worth bragging about. With the exception of the archbishop, all conquerors had armies in the millions. Not only that, but while she claimed that the emperor had entrusted her with his legions, there didn’t seem to be any cloud forts in the air.
“Then how about I take them at once?” Dallion whispered.
A wide patch of ground beneath the archduchess and her armies suddenly fell through, creating a deep pit. The armies in full plated armor scattered, in an attempt to escape, yet less than a thousand seemed to do so. The empress, in contrast, didn’t budge. The horse she had mounted remained floating in the air, as if nothing had changed. Not only that, but magic threads had also extended, keeping the two harpsisword nobles in the air as well.
Harp, what’s that? Dallion asked.
It’s not a creature I’ve seen, the nymph replied.
Having Vihrogon here would have been better, although Dallion strongly suspected that the creature had been created, or rather modified, like the crimson furies.
Taking no chances, Dallion quickly closed up the enormous pit. Before he could manage, however, thousands of soldiers flew up, filling the air. A few hundred were squished by the earth, slamming together, though not nearly as many as Dallion had hoped.
“Living armor,” he said. How come he hadn’t noticed that before? Whatever magic there was in the armors, it had to be hidden deep inside. “They’re a bit smaller than I remember them.”
“The original creators had a lot to compensate for,” Priscord replied. “I don’t.”
A new series of attacks filled the air.
In the blink of the eye, the entire space was filled with instances. Even if the common soldiers weren’t able to split into more than twenty, that made close to a quarter million facing three hundred.
A moment of shock went through Dallion, quickly replaced by a new sensation—the thrill of battle and the desire to defeat everything thrown at him.
The archduchess had covered all the angles: echoes to grant her minions strategy, artifacts to give them flight. It was also noticeable that despite their low levels, their speed was quite close to a hundred—another magic artifact or spell that had been cast. Even so, there was one thing that the woman had forgotten: a thousand people with a thousand separate skills couldn’t compare to one who could manage a combination of all, especially within his domain.
“Countess,” Dallion shouted, deliberately aiming to irk her. Red rectangles flashed non-stop as line attacks canceled each other constantly. “You’ve never been to the Academy, have you?”
“No.” The archduchess retained her cool. “I never considered it worth anything much, even when I gained my current title.”
“Let me tell you one thing…”
Of all the remaining buildings, books and scrolls flew out of the shelves. Like swarms of insects, they amassed, flying from all directions straight towards Dallion. It would be several minutes until all of them arrived on the scene, but that wasn’t of consequence, especially for what Dallion had in mind.
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DOMAIN AWAKENING
​
Reality shifted. It didn’t shift just for Dallion. In less than a second, everyone in the real world was transported into the realm of his new domain. In many regards, things were no different than they had been before. Here, just as in the real world, Dallion maintained control over the realm. There were also a number of differences as well. For starters, Dallion’s feet existed here, as did a host of area guardians.
“Goldy, get her,” Dallion ordered.
The golden colossus emerged from the ground, dashing straight for the countess. In contrast to everyone else, its strength and speed were considerably faster, not to mention it was immune to spells.
Not in the least taken aback, Priscord snapped her fingers. All the armors of her soldiers—nobles included—burst, increasing tenfold. Apparently, the living armors were also blooming items as well. Being taken into the awakened realms had boosted their size and abilities to a considerable degree. How considerable, would soon be seen.
“You disappoint me.” Archduchess Priscord yawned. “Did you think that I wouldn’t have a counter for this? You think you’ll impress me by being a domain ruler? I’ve fought in such battles decades before you showed up.”
“That’s not the reason I brought you here.” Dallion attempted to complete a guard sequence, but the attackers didn’t let him, always disrupting it halfway through. “As I was saying, the Academy is probably the one place in the world that has the largest number of physical books.”
At that single moment, a spark of concern emanated from Priscord. She had grasped what Dallion was going for, and by all accounts it was too late to do anything about it.
Scholar skills combined with music, spell craft, and attack, releasing thousands of aether quills from the hundreds of thousands books and scrolls that existed in the realm. Like deadly hail they ascended on Priscord’s army on all sides. The outermost layers of the army tried to block the quills’ advance only to be drilled full of holes, like bullets drilling through a rotten scarecrow. And best of all, Dallion didn’t have to worry about the colossus guardian, since they didn’t affect him in the least.
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TERMINAL HIT
Dealt damage is increased by 1000%
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TERMINAL HIT
Dealt damage is increased by 1000%
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TERMINAL HIT
Dealt damage is increased by 1000%
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Red rectangles filled the air like a sea of red. There were so many of them that they covered the entire sky, making it seem like a crimson sunset.
The sudden change in circumstances had forced a large part of the army to shift. Even with their boost, they still had to deal with the colossus, while also protecting Priscord from the aether quills. The momentary chaos created a single opening.
The harpsisword seemed to move on its own, slicing through two soldiers that blocked his way. The spark covered edge went through the massive armor as if it were butter, causing it to blast from the inside.
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TERMINAL HIT
Dealt damage is increased by 1000%
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TERMINAL HIT
Dealt damage is increased by 1000%
​
Two red rectangles emerged, after which the soldiers vanished as they were thrust back into the real world, their awakening powers sealed. That wouldn’t get rid of the echoes inside then, but at least made Priscord vulnerable here.
Thrusting his aura sword forward, Dallion cast a series of magic circles. Aether shards began shooting out, while chains targeted the nobles protecting the archduchess. To further cut off her support, Dallion pulled up the ground surrounding her, creating high cliffs. Unlike the other terrain changes in the realm, no one would dare attack these with line attacks out of fear of harming her. At this point, only one unknown remained—the horse.
Three of the nobles flew at Dallion, attacking him with their special weapons. Their armors, too, had blossomed into more elegant versions of living armor.
Bursting into instances, Dallion evaded the tendril sword’s attacks. At the same time, Gem flew in to meet the ax of another attacker head on. A loud cling resonated, pushing the aetherfish back, though by no means diminishing its determination. Meanwhile, Lux transformed the weapon he was inhabiting from a pair of bows to a crossbow, firing bolts of light at the third noble like a machine gun.
“Good work, guys,” Dallion whispered as he flew past, continuing towards his target.
I could take care of them easily, Gleam said, itching for blood.
I need you to keep an eye on Aqui, Dallion insisted.
She’s a great dragon! Even if she’s a cow, killing her won’t be easy.
Keep an eye on Aqui, Dallion said in a firm tone that quickly ended all protests.
A short distance away, the two nobles had combined their music skills, creating a shield around Priscord. Their skills were impressive, though nowhere near anything he’d seen in the former House Elazni. It was a novel use of their powers, though. Dallion made a note to experiment using in the future.
“Move away!” He shouted, using his own music skills, combining it with magic. His own music strands tore through the defensive mesh, striking both of the nobles.
​
PERMANENT EFFECT - PARALYSIS
IHIJON has been rendered incapable of movement for 20 minutes.
The status continues to be in effect in the real world.
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PERMANENT EFFECT - PARALYSIS
AVIRA has been rendered incapable of movement for 20 minutes.
The status continues to be in effect in the real world.
​
That’s two down, Dallion thought, tightening his grip round the hilt of the harpsisword. Only one left.
Splitting into fifty instances, he unleashed a spiral attack right at the archduchess. His expectation was that the horse would transform into something and block the attack. No such thing happened.
Priscord herself leaped off the creature’s back. A one foot dagger appeared in her hand with which she slashed the air, performing a line attack.
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ATTACK NEGATED
Your attack has been sliced in two.
Attack has no effect.
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Huh? Dallion instantly performed a series of line attacks.
This was the first time he’d seen a spiral attack be stopped and in such an effortless way. There was no way this could be due to Priscord’s strength. Even if he wasn’t able to see her white rectangle, the woman’s traits were well beneath the hundred. If nothing else, she wasn’t an otherworlder and thus subject to limitations. It had to be some artifact she was wearing.
“Admiring my weapon?” the woman asked, as she kept on negating Dallion’s attacks. “It’s a nice trinket given to me by the emperor. One of several.”
“So, it’s your trinkets versus my trinkets?” Dallion asked, taking the opportunity for a music attack. To his surprise, the harpsiswords held by the paralyzed nobles played on their own, negating it as well.
“Yes.” The dagger glowed purple. “That’s precisely it.”
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2024.05.21 19:38 AnActualCriminal Desolation and Depravity (Lemarcia)

Desolation and Depravity (Lemarcia)
She descends upon South Lemarcia like a storm, a legion of howling ghosts trailing in her wake. To Vulkan's peons she was spoken of in hushed whispers as The Wraith of Lemarcia. To the myriad of dead in her thrall yearning for vengeance against an unjust world she was reverently known as The Broken Child. But what felt like so very long ago she was known simply as Wyrmling. Pyroclast. Elementalist. Eternal curmudgeon. Friend.
So little of that left now. Her consciousness lost in the endless tide of millions of the dead. It took so much effort to conjure up even that name.
Wyrmling.
And with it always came pain.

"VULKAAAAAAN! YOU TOOK HIM FROM ME!!! YOU TOOK EVERYTHING!!!

No one is here to answer. South Lemarcia was meant to stay barren and empty for all time. As the undead dragons fell in around her like drops of rain she supposed it still was, in a way.
"Where am I? It's s-s-so cold!" "I can't feel my legs!" "SOMEBODY HELP ME!"
Once more the hoard of voices takes the helm, and Wyrmling descends into near thoughtlessness as The Broken Child continues its task. Such horror should not be a relief, but it is all the same. Miles away in East Lemarcia, the good people who long disdained Vulkan's ways would see the creeping hoard test their borders again. Kill again. Without Wyrmling holding the burden of their endless wrath upon her shoulders.
"I... I can't breathe..."
The air was thick with poison and mana and death, all pouring from the tiniest of cracks in the great door in the barrow-hill. The Greathill, titanic tomb of the greatwyrm Thrangard the Wise. Thrangard the Skinned. Beloved of all Lemarcia. Poisoned and butchered by a kobold hoard.
"So much blood..."
The mana ever-billowing from the corpse of a greatwyrm contained by the Barron's wards. It was the crypt's most simple but most effective defense. Opening the door would cause it to erupt, killing, no erasing whatever defiler dared attempt such a thing.
But there it was. A crack. The mana was leaking out slowly, alongside the bottled-up fumes of whatever festering poison was strong enough to kill a creature large as a mountain and powerful as a demigod.
The Broken Child approaches the door, and she does countless specters coalesce around her, forming a protective shell to keep out the toxic cloud. There were strong souls in her army. Dead strong enough and with enough willpower to keep their heads above the endless tide of mourning voices. Generals of legions. And those generals needed powerful bodies.
Bodies like Thrangard.
The thing that once was Wyrmling twitches the broken ruin of the prosthetic claw Infernice made for her. Spectral arm after spectral arm lash out in response, grasping at the crack, hauling it open wider and wider and wider. Poison and mana surge forth from the breach like a geyser, and Wyrmling digs hard into the earth with twisted metal talons to remain upright against the torrential last breath of one dead who should not be despoiled. Somewhere in East Lemarcia, a family dies. Joins the hoard.
"Infernice wouldn't want this."
Her own thoughts. Almost feels strange after everything. All across Lemarcia the dead legions stop in their tracks, if only for a moment. Then she remembers. Hatched eggs. An abandoned nest. Her own twisted diminutive form left behind by a family that never wanted her. Dragons. They deserved this. They all deserved this.
The door opens wider and wider. She can just barely make out the vast carcass of the greatwyrm.
"This is the end."
Something's wrong.
"Oh gods, this is the end!"
The sky goes dark at midday.

"THIS IS THE END!!!"

The Emilitas, Last Mourner of the Lyndwyrms surveys his mistress's army. Over a thousand wyrms were here with him. Arrogant ones brought oh so low. He marches ahead of them. Crawls really. Dragging the fetid bulk of the body he inhabits towards Mt. Fifthshead and the church of Tiamat. Vulkan would die. Every dead kobold in Lemarcia was now swarming up the appropriately named "Mt. Kobolddeath" as the opening salvo. But not before Emilitas tore down his god's house.

"WITNESS THE POWER OF A NECROMANCER ASCENDANT YOU MUDREROUS CURS!"

A wave of bitter cold creeps up the mountain, all life in its path... isn't. Magma cools to black, frost-encrusted rock, paving the way forward for the dead. The first of the dragon zealots pour forth like bats at sunset, then fall like rocks in the cold, then rise again as his. Tiamat's defenders are driven back as a blizzard builds over the cauldron of fire.
"Tell the commander! Something's wrong!"
The Mourner's attention snaps suddenly to the sky in horror. A meteor the size of a mountain is descending towards Lemarcia. Towards him? No.
The Greathill. His mistress. He thunders away from the battlefield, headed southeast. Trusting the hoard and his spellcraft to manage in his absence. But it's too far away.
There's nothing Emilitas can do but watch.
As the great burning ball descends, flying carcasses lift from the earth, thudding against the surface of the meteor again and again, straining back against it with all their might. Endless spectral arms coil together, forming a vast, gnarled claw. The Broken Child directs it and it meets the meteor in midair. The meteors descent finally halts.
Suddenly, laughter from on high. Vulkan's fell wings cast a shadow overhead. Impossibly, the meteor becomes red-hot. Accelerate's once again. The spectral claws arm shatters just below the wrist, and the great rock finds its mark. The Greathill erupts, spilling out centuries of built-up mana and death, unmaking the landscape. South Lemarcia is turned to a ragged crater, and one by one, the dead across the continent go still.
The first of the dead to move again is a lone kobold skeleton at the foot of the mountain. Then a white dragon lying dead next to a lake. More follow. More stir. More. MORE. MORE!
"It wasn't enough."
"IT WASN'T ENOUGH!"

"IT WASN'T ENOUGH!!!"

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2024.05.21 19:37 Jdawg_mck1996 Completely lost with my TDI

Bought a Pre Owned Jetta TDI last year. love the thing to death. Great mileage, comfortable, etc. just didn't realize how much maintenance goes into a diesel.
Over the last 5 weeks, I've had the engine flushed, Oil/fuel/air filters replaced, and the emissions system and DPF cooked out. Whole thing ran me a little over $3k and I was still throwing code for soot levels and a manifold runner. Mechanic told me it was probably the O2 sensor and that they'd order new parts and call me when they came in.
Well yesterday coming home the fucker died on me. Started with a rattling under the chassis and the engine started to lose power. Then I blew smoke from the exhaust. Started white, turned jet black, then cleared. Immediately followed by the engine redlining above 8k RPMS and the vehicle wanting to take off on me even if my foot wasn't on the gas.
We rolled a little less than a quarter mile before she stopped, turned off, and then refused to start back up.
I have absolutely zero clue what the hell is going on and the dealership won't have a spot to even look at it for 8 weeks. Local guy won't touch it anymore.
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2024.05.21 19:33 MysticSwordLesbian Wind Swept Petals Under A Burdened Moon

A distant memory too precious to be Forgotten Bore of fruit so pure Ethereal and close to perfection The seeds were always destined to turn rotten I blame grandmas and grandpas. Their lessons never led to other options
So here I sit, obtuse Coiled Glaring as petals dance about a gravestone Wishing the Moon would cast a little less shade Lacking the strength to avert my gaze Perforated and unholy
I know it’s the greed talking Hell Could just be the wind in the reeds mocking Me? I’m not so sharp anymore Still can’t tell Life’s been a strange mile Must keep walking The ghosts are listening again Laughing Never imagined this would be my fate But I hope they can still relate
Shit I’m just happy to see them smile again
The moon still seeps in her silent wind The air is stale It reeks of cherry blossoms In my mouth Words die quickly Under my shoes Promises live forever Despite ones I wore that day Didn’t possess anything that made me better
1 and 2
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2024.05.21 19:28 Prestigious-Box3169 eBay forcing you to buy label through them?

I have been selling on eBay for close to three years now. The majority of the items I sell are pretty small packages and I always have the buyer pay shipping. Just yesterday I went to list an item and the normal calculated shipping of 5.70-9 dollars was crossed out and shows 4.21-8.02 as shown in the picture. I always hand write my labels because I don’t have a printer but it seems like they are now forcing me to buy a label through them? There’s no way to change it. My shipping is already as low as possible and I often times have to pay $.50 or more out of my own pocket for shipping . If they force this lower price then I will have to pay multiple dollars out of my pocket for shipping on top of all the fees they take has anybody else had this problem? I guess I could solve it by having a flat rate but I ship all over the country someone in my state would only pay 5.70 while someone 1000 miles away would be close to 7. I don’t want to rip off my buyers but I also don’t want to rip off myself because a lot of what I sell are low priced items with a small profit margin so that 50 cents-2 dollars makes a difference.
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2024.05.21 18:58 NeverKnowinG 2010 Mazda 6 2.5L manual. Help with a misfire I'm struggling with

I was periodically having the car throw a misfire code on start ups, maybe happened once a month at most but I never felt or heard anything. A few days ago it become constant, and sounds more like a putting sound than a typical knock but the engine is shaking pretty strong. Says misfire in Cylinder 4. I changed the spark plugs, which I had found oil on 3/4 of them with only cylinder 1 being the dry one, and swapped positions of the coil packs in case those were the issue and it stayed the same. Fresh oil, coolant is also fresh, and air filter is good. My assumption at this point is it is losing compression from something but I don't have a way to test it and all the local shops were jammed up and unable to test for me. Any ideas of what I can do? Car is at 215k miles and beat to hell but I cant afford to replace the thing. It also weirdly seems to stop misfiring at highway speeds. I cannot feel or hear anything once I'm at 55mph.
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2024.05.21 18:58 leximanthey Just got blood lab results back and the nurse called to schedule an appointment to "go over my diabetes"

As the title says, apparently im diabetic now. But I've never "felt diabetic". Yes my weight has been a problem in the past, highest was 250lbs in 2017, this past year ive been down 230 to currently 225. Im a 5'5 woman, 29 years old. And im really shocked to have this to be perfectly honest. Yes my mom and mom's grandfather have/had it. But id how much of me having it is purely genetic.
I don't mean to throw the kitchen sink at you here. However, upon trying to understand my blood-results, I did look up glucose 239 and A1c levels 10. And I'm really concerned about how high they both are, especially when I've been trying to do the right thing especially within the last 6 months. Well really the last year but I say the last 6 months as that is when I started taking note of everything again.
I go to the gym 3-4 times a week, with a walk 5-6 out of the 7 days. I have a weightlifting journal and I’ve only been going up in weight, and can currently do 3ish miles in an hour (with little difficulty) when I walk my neighborhood. Most days I do about 2.5-2.75 because I like to take in my scenery when I’m walking or I get distracted by a critter or bird or a dog.
I have a 32 oz bottle that I try to drink twice a day, my soda intake is minimal. I'm known to have a week or two where I make a diet coke, my drink of choice in between the water but that's every few weeks maybe one week a month.
I track my calories a bit off and on, mostly because I get a tad obsessive about it to the point I know I need to stop. However, when I do track, it’s just to gauge what I'm eating/how much to make myself aware. My diet really doesn’t change that often, and the fast food and takeout food is kept to a minimum. As I mentioned I live with my parents so maybe once a week every other week we do a take out of some kind but that's not the bulk of my diet.
Most days look something along the line of:
Breakfast is usually a cup of coffee with no more than 1/4 cup of milk (sometimes I measure, sometimes I don't), and 1-2 teaspoons of sugar. Then most often eggs of some kind and frozen shredded hash browns with one of those spray can oils/low calorie oil sprayers.
Lunch tends to be a sandwich of some sort, a deli meat sandwich, rarely chips with it. Only if I'm craving them then I honor it and eat a few so I don't binge them later.
Or its a plate of a little bit of this and that, like a veggie and dip and yogurt with fruit and maybe some cheese and protein
Dinner is kind of a wild card in the sense that it's never the same thing twice. I'll try to get screenshots of when I used a tracking app in the past month for a general idea, but it's usually a protein and veggie. Sometimes a carb is like rice, but not really a daily thing.
Now I will also say my boyfriend has visited once a month for the last 5 months and for sanity sake I don't usually track when he's here. However when he is I normally only tend to eat breakfast and dinner with him. (He's a late riser, so breakfast for him if he has it is usually lunch time.) We tend to stay at a nearby hotel for privacy and so eating out is a bit more frequent in that week, breakfast for me is still usually eggs and potatoes of some kind, it's what keeps me the most satiated. Dinner is a bit of a wild card. But I'm always mindful to at least get protein and veggies when we do go out. So even then when he's here my eating habits don't vary too wildly.
I average between 1500-1800 calories a day, the app I use from time to time has me around 1600, i use that as a goal so to speak. I know my TDEE is about 2100 depending on the calculator I use, so I know as long as I stay under that I'm in the green. I don't find I have a bad relationship with food in terms of feeling out of control or the need to binge. If I have a craving for something, 9/10 times I'll eat what I'm craving in a reasonable amount and move on with my day. The only “out of control day” I have is a day somewhere in the week leading up to my period, I get a bit ravenous. But that is only one-two days out of the month so it’s not an all day everyday thing, and it’s been like that since I was a teenager and was never a cause for concern among past doctors.
I feel scared and sick and nervous all at the same time because I've been trying to do the right thing. I know im still technically obese but I've been working on it not to be. apparently i have really high blood pressure too even though I don't feel any of the symptoms that i guess I should have.
Ill meet with my doctor next friday but im really scared to.
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2024.05.21 18:42 humdizzle looking for a used (2021-2023) small SUV around $50-60k

As the title says. We are planning to downside the number of cars we have and get something with a bit of luxury (i have a gt3, m2 comp, new civic, and she has a 2019 tlx aspec. We would sell the M2 and her TLX for this vehicle). This car would be primarily for my wife who goes to the office one day a week and for me to use sometimes for work on the bad winter days.
Her main criteria is that it has to be an SUV, pano roof, japanese or euro. We will also use this for occasional road trips from the midwest to the coasts a couple times a year.
we dont care about sportiness or space. We don't have kids.
So far we have test driven a few cars:
  1. X3 M40i --- we both liked it on the test drive. B58 and ZF8 are the highlights compared to the competition. power is very impressive and good highway mpg. ride is good and well damped. but again, i dont really care to go fast in an SUV and neither does she. My main gripe with the car is the HK stereo is god awful. I dont feel like having someone rip out all the interior panels to upgrade it.
  2. Lexus NX350h -- she really likes these. mainly the styling and lexus' reputation of reliability. mark levinson stereo is good. its quiet. i can't really find much fault with the car other than its got the personality of a broom. it was a very forgettable experience.
  3. Volvo XC60 recharge -- we had one as a rental on our recent trip to nurburgring. So we had alot of time in it. We both liked it. The EV torque down low was very nice. It rode well. It was very quiet in EV mode even with the engine on. the PHEV part is what interests us. she can use electric for work, and then we can use gas for trips without having to wait at a charger like a pure EV would. the Bowers stereo is on another level even compared to lexus and makes the bmw hk sound like an alarm clock radio. I like the interioext styling more than the others. the seats are very supportive. massage seats and air suspension are availabe unlike the others. However the main con im seeing is the reliability issues (software glitches, weather stripping issues). the nearest volvo dealer is 120 miles away.
  4. Macan -- drove one last year and it was ok. interior fit and finish is excellent. it was a base 4 cylinder loaner car and we'd probably get the 'S' with v6 if we go this route. it is a bit expensive for what it is, but it will also probably hold value better than the others. again, we dont really care about performance/handling which is what the car is really known for.
is there anything else we should consider ? Audi SQ5 ? Personally at this point my brain says BMW, but heart says Volvo.
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2024.05.21 18:19 bisexualtony Top 5 characters and why

I know this has been done a thousand times before, but let's renew it and talk about our faves and why we came to love them.
Recently I watched the chronological lost edit and it made me have all the feelings again.
So let's start!
James Ford - From the very first time I watched lost, even in pilot, he was my favorite. I just knew, no matter what he did, I was going to love him. And I think we all know why, I mean, look at him. But looks aside, James just kept growing and growing with each season. And none of his growth was overnight. He had so much good character development that when he finally reached his full potential in season 5, it felt so natural and believable,
Benjamin Linus - I think, with me, there's always going to be pattern of me liking characters who have done terrible things. Ben Linus is such a richly written character, with so many nuances that it's hard not to love him. Even when you're supposed to hate him, there's a fascination with him that you just can't quit. Ugh. Ben captured me every single moment of his screen time. He was so engaging to watch.
Juliet Burke - Tragic, beautiful, strong, trapped, resilient, brave, uncompromising, selfless, insecure... Juliet feels the most real to me. She's opposite sides of the spectrum at different points of her life and somehow she makes it work. She's unable to fully stand up to Ben or her ex husband, but she's also cold, calculating, and willing to kill for survival. She's manipulative and hard to read, and yet juliet is one of the few characters that get manipulated the most. She's so wholly selfless and brave, and yet she still falls victim to insecurities and jepordizes the perfect life she built with her life partner. She spent her entire existence on the island trying to leave, yet she refuses to get on the raft until everyone else is on it first. When she has a genuine chance to leave the island for good, she stays back because a friend asked her to. She's amazing. Because she's not someone who has their shit together, she's flawed, she's broken, and then towards the end of the series she's pieced together in this beautiful way that still had cracks to reveal the former person she was. Juliet Burke is the exemplification of phenomenal writing.
Hugo Reyes - If there is one lost character who's genuinely and inherently good, inside and out, its Hurley. It's the reason he led the island, it's the reason he was able to forgive, it's the reason he's able to see the good even in the worst of people (i.e Ben and James). I believe without Hugo, a lot of the main characters wouldn't have the growth they needed to become better versions of themselves.
Miles Straume - I think Miles is so underrated. He was just amazing to watch on screen. As a person who's watched Lost a thousand times, I usually have a tendency to skip episodes and scenes, and Miles is one of the few characters who's screentime I will never skip. Also his dynamic with James and Hurley are unmatched. I really wish we had better moments with him in s6, but the flash sideways kind of made up for that.
Honorable mentions are Desmond, Locke, Jinn/Sun, Sayid, and Rose/Bernard.
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2024.05.21 18:18 Rageclinic_1992 Interested in selling, can deliver

Interested in selling, can deliver
I have a 2019 Ford Transit that I self converted. I'm somewhat interested in selling, but dont know what a viable price is, as I've done 0 research. I've been traveling the US working remote as a software engineer, that's why the executive desk. Would be interested in hearing offers, and I have no problems delivering.
Highlights: 195k (ish) miles -600 amp hours lithium batteries (renogy) (Bluetooth available) -400 watts of solar on the roof (renogy) -two fully functioning max air fans -dc/DC charger for charging off alternator -wired for shore power -stand-up wardrobe for clothing -ample overhead storage -fully functioning sink -propane gas range with oven -executive computer desk with 32" gaming monitor mounted to Wall -starlink satellite Internet that I can throw in -i have almost $500 extra tools /supplies I can throw in thar are all for the van (wiring, wire cutters, drill etc)
Lowlights: I am an amateur craftsman in every way, and it shows throughout the van. Poorly measured spots, spots where the wood got away from me so the cut is just ugly. I wasnt able to hide most of the wiring as we did it away too early. Slight water damage near the kitchen max air fans in the ceiling from not water proofing quick enough after build out. The sink counter and desk look so good as I bought kits from some cabinet place. The van also could have been insulated better. I did stuff a s*it load in the walls and use foam board for the ceiling, but I could have doubled up. As long as you're in the or up north in the summer, it's not a problem though.
Any other questions, feel free to ask.
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2024.05.21 18:12 Nolucho25 2013 Honda Civic EX Belt tensioner & AC condenser question

I have a 2013 Honda Civic EX with 83,000 miles on it. I recently noticed the A/C unit taking 30-45 minutes before producing cold air on hot days (I live in TX, so AC is a must). The dealership quoted me $750 to replace the condenser, saying there is a leak. They also came back with a recommendation to replace the belt tensioner bearing. I'm not necessarily surprised at this, as I can hear a mild clicking around the belt when running. I did a bit of research and it seems like this is about the time to replace this part anyways. The total out the door cost on both is $1,500. I have 2 questions: #1 - Is $1,500 a reasonable price? #2 - Can I expect any future major (over $1,000) repairs in the future? I'm trying to decide if I should keep the car or trade it in for something newer.
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2024.05.21 18:05 Brilliant_Shine2247 My Response to the Guy Telling You About Them Homeless Folks

This is for the guy trying to say not to give money to homeless people flying a sign. This my personal experience from being homeless in Wilmington. I can't say as I speak for everyone, just my experience.
I'm still homeless, but I've moved out of Wilmington. I had to teach myself how to read and write all over again, and this is what I do now. I hope you enjoy.

 Six-thirty am, I woke up to my alarm. I had to be at work at nine, and I didn't want to be frazzled from being in panic mode on my first day, hurried, and hassled. No, sir. You don't get too many chances to make a first impression. 

 Rolled out of my sleeping bag with a smooth, well practiced motion, unzipped the flap, and made my way out into brisk spring morning air, taking a brief pause, taking in the natural beuaty of the forest. If it hadn't been for the sounds of the highway a few hundred yards away, this scene could have been from a camping trip or hike that I remembered from days gone by. I didn't pause to think about too long due to the urgency to find a suitable tree to relieve myself. Fifty feet, at least. Fifty feet. Otherwise, that smell could come back to haunt you. This wasn't a camping trip but rather where I lived. My homestead, abode, residence, shelter, and as far as I could tell, it would be for a long time to come. 

 I decided to drink my energy drink, which had come to replace my morning cup of brew, outside this fine morn, so I made my way back to the tent and pulled my Monster can and my half full box of handrolled cigarettes from their hiding places, turned around and walked the fifteen feet to my "visiting bench". Aptly named because that's where we all sat when someone came visiting, which wasn't very often, a few feet in front was the small firepit. A hundred or so yards beyond, down a respectable hill, sat Frankies tent, another fifty yards at the split in the trail was Chris's small pup tent, where a small pile of trash meant that Chris and I needed to talk. This was my site, and I had few rules, and trash was something I didn't want to see. 

 According to the rules out here, our social contract, the first person at a campsite was in charge and I had spent the last month of winter all alone here to earn the right to call the shots. After all, it was deemed The Allen Compound for the Criminally Insane by my friend who led a real boots on the ground street outreach in town, someone that I had insane respect for and not a small bit of love. We weren't. I won't speak to insane. 

 I took a seat on the bench, popped the top on the Monster, lit up a smoke, and took a big long pull of the drink. Spring was starting to show now, and the highway was slowly starting to hide behind the new growth of forest. My tent was already invisible from the road thanks to a large camouflaged tarp that I had strung to block the view once I recovered from the panic attack following the discovery of how visible it once was. That discovery came not long after I set up camp, as I was returning from town. Walking down the shoulder of the highway, I just happened to look up in the direction of my camp and saw that my tent sat in the middle of a big clearing of branches, making a perfect frame for my work of art. The realization that thousands of people could have seen that on a daily basis. I was live bait for any psychotic person or persons to visit on a full moon. Recalling the stories of people setting sleeping people on fire for the fun of watching a human cook, I instantly turned on my heels and headed back into town, a spy who just realized he'd been compromised. I didn't return until I had a tarp, but even then, it was some time before sleep came easy. 

 Seven am and the spring sun were now spreading its rays of love to its children in the forest undergrowth, letting everything know it was day shift now in the kingdom. Down below, I spied Frankie, who piled out of his tent and sprinted to a tree like his bladder had caught fire. At the sight of this, I barked three times in greeting. He threw his head back and made a rooster crow, knowing it would wake Chris up long enough to feel the urgency. And by the time I stood up finish the last bit of my morning nectar, sure enough, scrambled out of his tent and instantly let it go right beside where his head would lay when he slept. I shook my head and trudged to my place to change clothes. A light blue polo type short sleeve tucked neatly into my cleanest pair of jeans, then a long sleeve light flannel over that as a precaution, because a lesson learned early is that you dressed for all day. There was no going home to get a coat when the temps plummeted, so it was wise to have that coat ready at all times. I changed my socks, put on my shoes and out of the flap I went. I closed it up and placed a pine needle inside the zipper that would let me know when I got back if anyone had violated my space. 

Seven ten am, and I was on my way. I had fourty minutes to be at the bus stop a little over a mile from the camp and I didn't want to be late, so off I went down the trail, just past Frankies tent I took a left, pausing just long enough to notice that Chris had gone back to bed and left his flap door open, then another fifty yard and over the fence to what I referred to as the 'exposed zone'. There, I was out of the woods walking down a small trail hidden only from the waist down by overgrown weeds and grass. The exposed zone went about a hundred and fifty yards to the shoulder of the highway, where I would merge left, facing the oncoming traffic. At that point, it wouldn't be so obvious to passing cars that I had just emerged from the woods, and the exact spot would no doubt be a mystery. There, my pace stepped up to an average of four miles an hour, something that I had clocked many times, and these days, it was a knowledge that came in handy. I could deal with being homeless, but not tardy. Every minute I walked along the shoulder of the highway, I was fraught with danger, at least in my overactive brain. I could envision cars swerving to miss the car ahead and turning me into a hood ornament, or blowing a tire and taking me out when the driver loses control for that half a second. Maybe something would fall out of the many dump trucks that passed frequently at seventy miles an hour and cleanly decapitate me before I even saw it coming. Why not? It's not like I was having a good luck streak, let's be honest. 

Seven fifty am and I managed to make it to the bus stop with all my organs just where they should be and my head still attached to my body. I lit up a smoke and fished three quarters out of my pocket, ready to pay my way and go to work. The bus pulled up on time, and I climbed aboard, nodding to the driver in solidarity, one working man to the other, dropped my coins of passage into the box, turned and found an empty seat by the window. I watched as the scenery went from historical homes with their gates and carefully tended lawns to the brown crabgrass and dirt yards where the children played in poverty, then to the blocks of businesses where hopes and dreams were born and died, with their big banners proclaiming another last chance at big savings, or let you know that for the twentieth time this furniture store was going out of business and these prices wouldn't last. Nothing but a higher class of a carnival barker. Free financing, limited time only, no interest for ninety days, credit same as cash, act now, last chance to save, overstocked and marked down, employee pricing, never before savings, trade ins welcome, don't miss out, and my all time favorite, below wholesale. Imagine that a business surviving by losing money. The saddest part of it all is that these tactics worked on people. For the second time that morning, I shook my head. 

Eight thirty eight am and the doors open at my destination, my job site, half the bus stood up to depart. Standing up and slipping No. 7 onto my shoulders, I let the line shuffle past me with the knowledge that I had time to spare 

 Eight forty, I stepped off the bus, gravitating to have a smoke with a small group of like-minded people who nodded their approval as I approached. The signal that I was accepted in the circle of debauchery. I made it clear, though, that I had no time to make small talk because I had to go to work and I was a responsible person. On time, it was late, and ten minutes early was on time. That was my motto, starting now, at least. Eight fourty five am I started to the job site, feeling the anxiety butterflies come to life in the pit of my stomach. I had never done this sort of work before, and I hoped I would catch on quick. 

 Eight fifty am, and I was standing beside the exit lane of the Walmart Superstore on a patch of grass where the stopsign was planted, dropping No. 7 to the earth. I bent over and unzipped the section that contained the piece of cardboard. As I put my fingers on it, I felt emotions pour over me, a mixture of shame, embarrassment, and determination. This was my third try at this, but I was determined not to chicken out this time, so, choking everything back down I pulled the sign from my bag and turned to face the cars coming up to the stop sign so I could show them the story of my life, condensed down to some scribbles from a Sharpie which read, 'Traumatic Brain Injury' in large lettering, with a smaller, 'Please Help' below. I'd never felt so alone as I did in that spot light that day at Walmart, that my life had led me to this point, here with a sign begging for money from strangers to get things I needed. It seemed like I couldn't even breathe with my phone service cut off, as I still felt sure that my son would call me at any minute to see how I was, and knowing that life line was severed was unbearable. 

 A grey van with a logo pulled up to the stop sign and I heard one of the doors open, then close, so I turned around to see someone jogging up to me, holding out his hand with a twenty dollar bill pinched in his fingers, "Here you go, brother. Take care of yourself, my man, "then back to the van and was gone.

I broke. Just like that. I broke.
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2024.05.21 18:04 phatsonkey Sluggish launch control

I have a 21 DCT VN with 18k miles. I bought it May 1st used. This morning on the way to work I tried the launch control. Level ground, maybe a bit humid but dry road. New tires 2 weeks ago.
Launch RPM of 3300. The car timer showed 6.6 seconds 0-60.
I'm not sure how accurate that timer is, but it didn't seem quick. No wheel hop or wheel spin at all. The car just feels like it's being held back.
I'm going to run a can of BG 44k thru it to hope it's dirty injectors or something. This weekend I'll also check the intake valves. My brother has a walnut blaster if they're dirty enough. I ordered a new air filter in the event the factory one is too dirty. It doesn't look dirty though. Nothing big stuck in the grooves or anything. Just dust looking.
Anyone else have any issues with the car just not feeling like it's performing right. I've seen on other threads people are getting low 5's and dipping into the 4's. This test was with just me and maybe 2 gallons of fuel in the car. What gives?
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2024.05.21 17:54 Tomato_on_the_table Is this a reasonably accurate way of estimating power?

Hello! I ride daily and I've never really measured my performance. I also have no interest in investing in a power meter.
I was curious and wanted to use an online bikecalculator to estimate my power and calories burned for my typical commute. I plotted the route I usually do, finding the gradients. It's mostly flat, with a lot of climbing towards the end at around 4 percent and 10 percent for the last half mile. It's 120m of climbing overall. I took the distance and calculated an average gradient (1.73 percent for 7.5 miles), input my weight (186 lbs with hip pack) bike weight (25 lbs), riding position (drops) and my typical times to complete (27 minutes average with stops, 24 when I don't hit any red lights)
I got 240 watts for 27 minutes and 290 watts for 24 minutes
Is calculating the gradient this way a reasonable assumption to get my average power in this case, and are these realistic power numbers?
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2024.05.21 17:53 Fragrant-Dirt-1597 Small changes

Changes I am/going to make:
What other things can I add to help my weight loss journey? I also wanted to ask if there was a way to calculate how much walking I'd need to do to het to my goal?
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