Preface
Im turning 40 in a few weeks and decided to treat myself with a set of stereo system - something I wanted for a long time. My experience is very slim yet my love for music in stereo is a big part of my life.
I live with my wife and our two small children in our townhouse i northen scandinavia. Which also affects my decisions as my wife is not fond of big speakers/amps or think its justifiable to spend a heap of money on it. So its a game of trade off with size, aesthetics and price.
Our budget is roughly 1000-1500 usd. I went to HiFi-klubben (a hifi store) which showed me a pair of Dali Oberon 1 together with Powernode Edge. I was blown away by the sound. It fits within our budget and ticks off the rest of our boxes. Oberon 3 sounded even bigger yet they will be to prominent in our livingroom which is not appreciated by everyone in our house. A sub will be added on later, but thats a topic for another thread.
The system will primarily be used for music playing using a streaming (spotify) and as an addition to the TV sound when we watch a movie which happends once about once a month when the kids are sleeping so now need to blow the roof off. The speakers will go at either side of the TV roughly 2.5 meters a part and the amp beside the TV.
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Main issue
I have read that the Powernode has some irritating popping sound (https://support1.bluesound.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/4414772286487-Popping-sound-when-changing-input-or-track-Powernode-n330). Thats a big concern as I want the devices to be flawless at that price tag. When Ive looked for other amps Ive come a across Aiyima T9 pro and Arylic A50+ as an alternative to the Edge.
And personally I love the look of the T9. What a retro futuristic beauty! I realize non of the alternatives above have HDMI Arc, but Im not sure if its really an issue other than convinience? I know the Edge is praised for its streaming capabilities, but would I loose streaming quality if I went with either T9 or A50+? Perhaps I would need more devices to make up for it?
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As I stated above, Im new to this, so please correct me if Im wrong with anything.

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Hi, I was wondering about your experience with combining Omega 3 dietary sources with supplements and how much is too much, eventually. I am currently supplementing 1000 mg EPA and 500 mg DHA daily and started boosting dietary sources, in particular:

• 1 portion of salmon weekly (200 g filet)
• 10 g chia seeds (1 tbsp) every morning with oatmeal (1.8 g omega 3?)
• 7 g ground flaxseed (1 tbsp) to be added with oatmeal (2 g PUFAs?)

I believe that there are some differences in bioavailability, proportion of ALA, EPA, DHA but this is where it is getting a bit complicated for me. Is the "stack" above too much? Any advice or piece of information that I should be aware of? Thanks!

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Hi! This is the first post in what I hope to be (about) a 7 part series following the adventures of a human destroyer with a crew who was not trained for diplomacy becoming the last chance for peace between two alien species who aren’t very happy that their first contact with humanity is a purpose-built warship blundering into their space. Kida sorta. This is my first time writing anything like this, or really anything at all for public viewership, so feedback is welcome!
This is the prologue, the framing sequence is kinda vague here, this is mostly just to set up the main cast of this show and the titular gunboat, the UNS Crazy Train, so apologies if it drags a bit in a couple places, but I figured it’d be best to exposit now and focus on a more character driven story later (unless y'all really like exposition). Future chapters will probably use the memory transcription framing sequence, the next one will for sure, but I'm not great at writing in first person, so it depends after that. I’m aiming for one post a week, but IRL may have other plans for me.
Credit to u/SpacePaladin15 for his original series, The Nature of Predators, It is very good! Read it if you haven’t because, 1:why are you on the NoP subreddit without reading NoP? Silly. And 2:None of this will probably make sense unless you already know a good chunk of NoP’s plot.
I started working on this before part 98 came out, but this story is not set in the primary canon, so effectively that's about where it diverges from the normal timeline. I'll do my best to avoid contradicting lore from before 99 wherever possible!
That's enough introduction, on with the prologue!

Historical Record: July 12th, 2137
“Captain Krenshaw?”
The captain didn’t look up from his datapad, beckoning the visitor into his office. Probably just another new batch of paperwork for me to sign. While he was enthusiastic about captaining the UNS Crazy Train, the first in the UN’s new class of siege-breaker destroyers, he hadn’t anticipated the amount of documents he would have to sign and submit before. Liability waivers for every new piece of equipment on board, confirmations of deliveries of a dozen different ammo types, and signing the admittance documents for every one of the six hundred and thirty souls on board. Maybe the engineers have a new type of wrench they need approval to distribute to the workstations, he thought with a rueful smile.
The ship had been scheduled to launch five days prior, but the fueling shuttle had somehow brought fuel rods half again too long to fit in the reactor, and so the geniuses in engineering had figured out a way to cut them down to size. It was faster than waiting for replacements, but by no means a fast process, and some logistician had decided to take advantage of the ship sitting in dry dock above Mars and managed to add thirty tons of cargo to the manifest.
“The last of the ammunition has been loaded, we have one last matter to attend to before we are cleared for cast off.” The visitor said while handing him a clipboard.
The captain stood, recognizing the voice of Commander Wilson, his second in command and long time friend. If the commander was hand-delivering a hard copy, this must be an important piece of cargo. A cursory reading of the document proved him right, much to his consternation.
“We’re transporting war criminals now, Hanah? I thought four hundred incendiary bombs for the Fissan’s new “terraforming” project was a bit much, Lieutenant Kiref was already complaining about how he wouldn’t get any time to train with his marines with all this guard duty, and now he’s going to have to have to incorporate at least ten people into prisoner watch.”
Wilson shrugged. “I tried to argue with them, but apparently these criminals need to be delivered to the Venlil High Courts pronto. UN command wants any Arxur sympathetic to our cause to know that we don’t use exterminator tactics on defectors.”
Krenshaw sighed, “Great, just what I need to be worried about, racist pyromaniacs on a ship packed to the brim with napalm charges. I suppose I should go and talk to them before we set off, acceptable conduct and all that.” He rolled his eyes. “We’re ready to go other than that?”
Wilson nodded, and Krenshaw followed her out of his office, leaving her in the battle bridge to make final preparations, while the captain got in a lift down to the dock connecting them to the Martian Shipyards.
As he passed the levels, he again marveled at the warship he was now in command of. The Crazy Train was not a particularly large ship, coming in at just under half a klick long and a quarter of that in width and an eighth in height, but the armor made her literally second to none. While the lower half of her twin hulls were armored comparably to any other human warship, the top halves were covered and connected by a series of armor plates collectively thicker than the wingspan of Earth’s largest fighter, not even including spacing. In order to account for her massive weight, the four primary propulsion thrusters (one at the front and rear of each hull) could rotate to face straight down for atmospheric flight.
Her design had been the result of information gleaned during the UN Shadow Fleet’s marauding attack through Chief Hunter Shaza’s sector, notably the complete lack of any anti-capital ship weapons on the surface of any of the Arxur cattle worlds. A conversation with some of the Arxur sympathetic to humanity, and interrogation of one of the cattle farm overseers revealed the reason: apparently, about sixty years ago a cattle world had been drained of guards for another all-out attack, leaving just under one hundred Arxur in charge of roughly three thousand Mazics. One stampede later, and the Arxur had lost control of the farm and all of its anti-starship heavy plasma railguns. The facility was removed with antimatter bombs, but over a hundred bombers were lost in an operation that, had the guns not been operational, could have been handled by three or four. Rather than rework their entire military strategy to rely on smaller, more flexible forces that didn’t require reducing entire galactic sectors to skeleton crews, the Arxur just moved all the heavy guns to orbital installations.
As a result, the UN commissioned three new classes of warship under “Project Rustler,” with the objective of creating purpose-built warships for eliminating orbital defense platforms and liberating cattle farms. The designers of the Crazy Train had come up with the quintessentially human tactic of building a ship so heavily armored and with such powerful engines that she could hard burn past the platforms, dumping dozens of boarding torpedoes and enough countermeasures to cloak a small fleet in her wake, hover above the farm, drop the onboard detachment of marines to the surface, rescue as many cattle as possible, and escape virtually unharmed due to the upper armor plate being thick enough to take dozens of shots that would split a larger ship in two in stride.
Captain Krenshaw’s musings were interrupted by the bell indicating someone else was getting on the lift. The doors slid open, and the massive form of an Arxur blocked the doorway before quickly ducking inside the elevator.
“Mornin’ Captain” growled Lieutenant Kiref, crouching slightly to avoid whacking his head on the seven foot tall ceiling. “I’m heading down to the docks to take delivery of that batch of prisoners. Where are you headed?”
“Same place actually, I figured you might need some help.”
The Lieutenant waved his tail to indicate his skepticism. “Captain, I am more than capable of taking delivery of three Venlil, who are already cuffed. If they are that heavy, I can requisition some marines to help drag their bodies to their cells after they faint. Why are we hauling prisoners anyway? The version of the orders I got were blocked out.”
“Kiref, these are war criminals, exterminators deployed with the UN army on an Arxur scientific research base.”
Kiref cut in, “Well at least they should be accustomed to seeing sentient predator species then, shouldn’t that make them easier to handle?”---”Sir?” quickly correcting his mistake. Captain Krenshaw is tolerant of a lack of decorum, but I really need to get the hang of these human honorifics for the next time I have to justify my service to some admiral Kiref internally chastised himself.
“They were found by their commanding officer after having burned several defectors to death, so I think fainting is nowhere near the worst situation we could have.” Kiref’s yellow slitted eyes went wide, then narrowed with anger. “What’s more, there was another defector who was still on fire, and survived, so this will definitely go public. The UN wanted to try the exterminators at the Hague, make sure everybody else knows that’s not how humanity treats defectors and POWs, but Tarva insisted that they be tried on Venlil Prime. The UN wants to announce the trial before the story breaks, so the prisoners are taking the next ship to Venlil Prime, which is us.”
“Thanks for the heads up, and glad to know the ship’s leaving soon.” The captain nodded in agreement to the last sentiment, as the doors to the lift opened, revealing the ready deck, which was supposed to be kept clear for troops and equipment for planetary landings, but which was currently packed to the brim with shipping containers full of napalm and canned fruit. The pair made their way through the labyrinth to the airlock connecting the Crazy Train to the dock, Kiref taking note of the lack of any dropships within the hangar.
“Captain, has there been any word on when we will be taking on any landing vessels, and of what type they may be? I was hoping to run disembarkation drills with the landing party.”
“Some new Nevok design they don’t want to be sending the schematics over long range broadcast, probably a good idea given how poor the cybersecurity on those old Fed transmitters is.” The captain replied, with a chuckle at the last part. “You should have at least some time to train on the way to the rest of the fleet. I understand you had planned on using the ready deck to train for surface combat, but since that isn’t an option, I’ll set aside the living quarters and sickbay for the freed prisoners as a simulation for boarding actions.”
Kiref swung his tail in a gesture of appreciation. “I thank you for your consideration sir. I will make sure my men will be capable of securing any ship in the Dominion or Federation within less than a half an hour after boarding.”
Stepping through the airlock, the pair walked onto the dock, which was as large as a highway, and populated sparsely by crewmen loading the last few containers and a squad of marines who snapped to attention as the two officers walked passed. Sticking out like a sore thumb among all the sailors were three of the baldest looking Venlil either man had ever seen seated in benches a little way down the dock, flanked by four uncomfortable looking guards in UNMP uniforms. Upon seeing the alien’s strange haircuts, Kiref glanced quizzically at his commanding officer, who just muttered “exterminators” in response, causing Kiref to roll his eyes. The exterminators were wearing hand (or paw) cuffs clearly designed for someone much larger than them, and The lead exterminator, judging by the insignia pinned to his fire-resistant uniform, glared at Kiref with a look that betrayed not so much fear as anger and disgust.
As Captain Krenshaw began signing over custody of the prisoners, the lead exterminator let out a yell. “Hey human! You know you got a monster in your crew?” The captain put down his pen and turned to face the Venlil, a terrifying look in his eye that made the other two Venlil back down. The leader carried on, oblivious “We could take care of it for you! That thing’s a danger to anybody on board, at least get your chief of security to confine it to a cell!”
Lieutenant Kiref snapped his eyes over to the Venlil, and unsheathed his claws, causing the exterminator to take an involuntary step back. “I’m sorry prisoner,” said the Arxur, his every syllable dripping with venom “I didn’t quite hear you, would you care to repeat that?”
The captain jumped between the two aliens. “THAT’S ENOUGH!”
“Look, human, that thing-”
“I SAID ENOUGH. For future reference, his name is Lieutenant Kiref, not ‘it,’ mine is Captain Krenshaw, not ‘human,’ and as commander of my ship’s marine detachment, he is the security chief. You are under his charge for the duration of our voyage, so I suggest you treat him with the respect he is due.” The captain turned to the Lieutenant. “Take these war criminals to the brig. You know the handbook on prisoner transport inside and out, I trust you will have no problem keeping them confined?”
“None whatsoever” said Kiref, grinning at the now cowering Venlil. He motioned for two marines who were coming back from the interior of the shipyard, and the three of them escorted the cuffed Venlil into the bowels of the ship.
The captain sighed and turned back to the four military police officers, and finished filling out the clipboard before handing it back to the officer who had given it to him.
“Safe travels, captain, and good luck” The man said.
“Thanks, we’ll definitely need it.” Captain Krenshaw turned and began calling over his radio to the crew, “Alright, seal all airlocks, disconnect all umbilicals and prepare to release docking clamps, we will be underway within the hour.”
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The ship wasn’t under way for very long.
The UNS Crazy Train exited hyperdrive about four lightyears from the edge of the Sol system, just over a day and a half after departure in a patch of seemingly uninteresting space. Captain Krenshaw ran onto the bridge, disheveled but attempting to put on a professional face, buttoning the last button on his jacket. “What’s the status?” This was a charted area of space, if there had been an asteroid or large space rock,it should have been marked on the map, and the only other plausible option was an enemy fleet, which seemed absent.
Commander Wilson turned at his entrance, vacating the command chair “We’re not sure what it is, the automated navigator detected an absurdly large object in our path, but only picked it up at the last second, and was able to break us out of FTL within just forty klicks of the object. Scanner Officer Casey is investigating now, but we haven’t seen anything since going sunlight.”
The captain took a seat and looked over at the sensor station. “Any ideas yet Caysey?” Officer Casey was by far both the youngest and least experienced member of the Crazy Train’s bridge crew, but Krenshaw was somewhat concerned with the Dossur’s ability to perform his duties under stress. He had been diagnosed with “predator disease” which manifested as an extreme lack of fear response, which meant that he was capable of exchanging small talk over lunch with Kiref for three whole minutes before fainting. Krenshaw had been assured multiple times that the diminutive officer would be just fine in performing his duties as long as the enemies stayed on the other side of a screen, and the Dossur’s natural extremely fast reflexes proved Caysey was adept at identifying and distinguishing targets, so the captain was hopeful, if a bit cautious.
Caysey looked up from his screen, his field of view severely limited by his blinders. “Captain, the only thing that could have blipped into and immediately out of sensor range that fast was another ship passing dangerously close without announcing it’s heading, headed inbound for Earth.”
“An invasion fleet perhaps? Should we turn around?”
“I don’t think so, It would have skipped in front of us for a fraction of a second. The object was detected for over a second, at the speeds we’re talking about, in order to do that the ship would have to be literally light-seconds long, and wide too given the distance this thing seems to stretch on to the sides” The scanner officer looked back to his panel and took several deep breaths before continuing. “I think sensor error is the more likely option. Possibly also some sort of energy field orbiting a local sun at superluminal speeds, but that’s not supported by any scientific theories I know of,” Caysey hastily added.
“I think we’ll avoid examination of theoretical physics for now, drop a beacon and we’ll see if anyone wants to send out a science ship later, helm, continue at sunlight speeds until we clear this field.” The captain said, relaxing a bit. We were needed at the front weeks ago, every day we aren’t there, more people die in Arxur farms.
The ship slowly trundled forwards at sunlight speeds for a few minutes, all eyes were looking at their instruments. The bow punched into the zone, the bridge crew collectively taking deep breaths.
“We should be clear in twenty seconds” Wilson called out.
The whole ship was in the space where the disturbance had been now.
“Fifteen seconds…”
No objects on scanners within the collision warning perimeter
“Ten seconds…”
The bow had reached the far side.
“Five…”
With one and a half seconds to go, Caysey yelled out “WAIT-” but it was too late. Within half a second the entirety of the UNS Crazy Train was engulfed in a bizarre energy field. The standard lighting on the bridge cut out and the emergency bulbs burst from the power surge, plunging the ship into total darkness. The ship rocked violently as the engines gimbaled in random directions. Faster than even the Dossur could react, every electrical system on the ship was flooded with power levels dozens of times higher than what they had been designed to handle. The helmsman screamed as his hands were electrified by the absurd amperage traveling through the ship’s wheel. The ship's reactors tripped, dropping the control rods within another half second, triggering warnings on every panel on the engineering decks.
Within another second the energy had passed, leaving the Crazy Train drifting lifeless in deep space. The turbines slowly winding down triggered the emergency batteries to connect to the ships power, keeping the remaining systems functional, for now. The backup computer activated, rerouting power through backup conduits wherever possible, and developing a list of what needed to be replaced.
Captain Krenshaw was the first to get to his feet. “Is anyone injured?”
“Helmsman Jones' hands are burned pretty badly, should I escort him to sickbay?” said Commander Wilson, helping the injured man to his feet.
“Please do, then help Dr. Mulvan get a triage going.” The captain replied. “Is there anything on scanners, Caysey?
“No s-sir” panted Caysey slowly getting to his fleet. “I should be able to check the beacon we dropped just before we entered the field.” The Dossur was quiet for several seconds. “Sir our comms and scanners may be more damaged than the computer says, I can’t even establish that the beacon is there. Should I launch another?”
“If we have that functionality, then do so. It seems your superluminal energy field hypothesis may have some merit after all” replied the captain, still a bit shaken.
Caysey punched a few buttons before frowning. “The next beacon is launched, and it’s meeting all expected readings. It’s like the other probe just disappeared.”
Krenshaw didn’t give it much thought, contacting engineering to see when the situation on damage control was. The damage turned out to have been mostly superficial or to redundant components, mainly to lighting systems and some CIWS targeting systems. All things that could be replaced in-flight or swapped out quickly at the next port. The only crucial component the ship was missing was the long range communications array, leading to the captain's decision to continue on towards Venlil Prime. At least they have an approach vector lined up for us, we would be cruising into extremely heavy traffic with no comms and dodgy sensors if we head back to Earth. So much for a peaceful maiden voyage, although at least it’s not the worst thing that could have happened...

Thanks for reading, it means a lot! Again, thanks to SpacePaladin15 as well! Hope to see y'all next time on Gunboat Diplomacy!
(also did anybody else know disembarkation was the proper word? I just kinda assumed it was disembarkment until google and spellcheck corrected me)

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Good morning everyone,
So last week I received a £60 PCN from a company called Parking Control Management. Appealed obviously and sent them screenshots showing I was delivering a parcel to the address at the time. I expected it to be left at that but received a letter today rejecting my appeal, they said “I understand that you were working as an amazon driver at the time and only parked for a short period of time”… “it is advised whilst making deliveries to a PCM managed parking area to contact PCM and obtain prior given permission to park temporarily”.
They also added “an operative would generally grant a grace period of 10 minutes for a delivery”…”the vehicle was observed to be parked for a period of at least 14 minutes”. Despite claiming it was parked for 14 minutes there is only 45 seconds between their attached timestamped photos and I seriously doubt going up the elevator took me any longer than about 3 minutes. I didn’t see any ticket warden so clearly they were already long gone by the time I had got back.
Can anyone advise on if they have had a similar experience and what I can do in this situation? Thanks in advance.

Hello Steven! First of all, thank you for writing OG2. It's an astonishing book that has helped me a lot in my bodyweight training!
A short background: I have trained at gym for many years, when covid pandemic hit and gyms closed I decided to explore bodyweight training. Loved it so much that when gyms opened I decided to stick with bodyweight for upper body, while going back to weights for lower. I started with the recommended routine and made good progress. Later I bought your book and constructed my own routine, that looked just like the recommended routine but substituted chin ups and dips for pull ups and pike push ups.
I started this year with a hypertrophy focus for upper body and increased volume by adding a push and a pull per workout, so 3 push and pull for 3 sets each of 5-8 reps totalling 9 sets. Lower body volume has been unchanged. This worked well for the first mesocycle, as I started the second stronger. During the second I stalled and started the third mesocycle weaker. Mid third cycle I got problems with sleep, fatigue, legs felt heavy all the time so I did my recovery week earlier followed by a week of complete rest and now I feel much better again. So the lesson from my hypertrophy attempt was that it was too much workload and not enough recovery for my ability. The hypertrophy focus worked though, as I have made visual progress in my upper body. Both my girlfriend (who of course is biased) and friends have commented on my body composition progress. Anyway, now I need to go back to a workload that I can handle and a routine that incorporates what I liked from my hypertrophy routine. The routine i followed 3 times per week looked like this, with 3 sets per exercise and 5-8 reps:
chin ups pike push ups FL row progression pppu pull ups dips
I liked the 3 push and pull structure as it had both pike push ups and dips. I was also thinking about progressing with weights for chin ups and progressing with higher pulls for pull ups. Reducing sets to 2 per exercise would total 6 sets per push and pull, which has worked well for me before. the possible downside is imbalance between vertical and horizontal pull. I have had imbalance in my gym training and horizontal pull has significanty improved shoulder and back health for me.
Another option I thought of is an A and B full body split, looking like this 3 times per week:
Workout A: chin ups pike push ups FL row progression pppu
Workout B: FL row progression pppu pull ups dips
This would be balance between vertical and horizontal pull. However frequency of pike push ups and dips would be 1,5 times per week. A solution to increase push frequency could be to also include a workout C:
pull up dips FL row progression pike push ups
This would increase frequency of pike push ups and dips to 2 times per week. but from what I understand it is better using the same workout template as much as possible with full body routines?
So as the title says, my main question is: Using my hypertrophy training template as a starting point and modifying it, would it be better with reducing sets or reducing exercises? I train 3 times per week, occasionally missing one due to life circumstances but it is quite rare. For that reason I prefer full body training and I did the same when training in the gym. I haven't listed lower body training but it is included and my question is only about upper body. I am not asking about a new hypertrophy focused routine, as I am looking for a new starting point with general strength and hypertrophy for a while. My next hypertrophy focus attempt I will maybe try something else than what I did, or I will try what I did again and see how it goes.
Additional questions:
1 - Pppu with feet at shoulder vs hand level. I understand that if planche is the goal then elevated feet is superior. But if general strength and hypertrophy is the only goal, does it matter? I find that feet at hand level is significantly harder at bottom while feet elevated is significantly harder at top. I find it hard to decide which variation to include, since achieving a planche is not a goal for me at the time.
2 - Leaning dips and pppu. I have started doing leaning dips and wonder if they, due to the lean, have the same strength and hypertrophy effect as pppu? As the progression is more lean, do they over time accomplish the same thing, perhaps the dip even starting to look more like a planche push up variation?
Thanks!
EDIT: Tried formatting the workouts so easier to read, didn't work out as I wanted.

I got my 1zpresso jx pro about a week ago (I used a hario grinder up until then. hopefully this will be an upgrade) and just got a notification that I can go collect my hario switch (the smaller 02 version).
I currently make my morning coffee in a moka pot but wanted to give pour over a try since I always liked it when I drank it in coffee shops.
anyone can recommend a simple "recipe"? I have small kitchen scale but timing is probably something I won't bother with early in the morning.
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Hi. Last week I took two days (two doses/1 a day) of Wellbutrin XL 150mg. The second night developed insane ringing in the ears/head & pressure/ear pain (like I have two ear aches. This hasn’t gone away).
I had been on Luvox(aka Fluvoxamine) 75mg (an SSRI) for five months and then doctor (GP) added Wellbutrin last week. He warned of Serotonin syndrome but nothing else - I had no reason not to trust him.
30F completely healthy - not diagnosed depressed, doctor was trying to help sadness/motivation.
I immediately stopped both. Doctors didn’t believe it was from the Wellbutrin, neither did the ER who said it (otoxicity) only happens with “strong cancer drugs”.
Got to ENT today who said nothing I can do but not stress & create a feedback loop. He prescribed Prednisone.
I haven’t slept in days - I cannot read, focus, think, or function because of the intense ringing.
I never would’ve taken this had I known and wish I could go back in time. I’m trying to stay positive.
Should I take the Predisone? I asked my GP and no one has advice. I don’t want to make it worse, but I also don’t want to miss any window of time I may have to help. I can only find literature on Prednisone for non-medicine induced tinnitus. Can’t see a psychiatrist any time soon.
Should I worry about the cold turkey Luvox drop?
Is there any chance at all this will improve?!!?!
Thanks so much. My life literally changed overnight and no one understands.

I have a client that is getting bookings, but when you look at the number of people coming to the reservation page actually to follow with a booking, it is pretty low. The possibility is that a lot of the weekends are now booked up as they are the most popular. Do you guys have any tactics for targeting people who be happy to book a rental in the week rather than weekend? I've looked at keywords, and there really isn't a search volume for 'weekday rental'. I've thought of possibly having an ad group focusing on terms around 'budget/cheap rental', as people tend to know that the cheapest time to book is in the week. I also thought it best to be transparent with the ad copy, letting them know there are deals for weekdays only, so it stops click-throughs from people expecting to be able to book on the weekend. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Hey y'all, new puffer mom here. I had a brackish figure 8 puffer for 3 years and never had an issue. I've got 5 peas now in a 29 gallon, newly established tank. I have about 20 pieces of Frogbit, Java fern, 3 potted grasses, and some other floating stuff, I'm sorry I don't know the name of it. I'm very new to a planted tank. The parameters were perfect last week, but today, even after a 25% water change last night, the nitrite is reading 1.0. I'm going to do another change tonight after work. I have an Aqua clear 50 gallon filter on the tank, was thinking of adding another filter to help out at this time. Everyday after feeding I vaccum all the left over food. I know I need to get some type of bottom feeder. Any tips are truly appreciated.

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Since my original post, I've become friends with one of the other guys my ex gf wrote about in her manuscript. He saw my post on Reddit and sent me a message. I didn't read or respond to his message for weeks because I was struggling to keep up with all the other messages in my inbox. When I finally opened his message, I realized he introduced himself as The Virgin, which made me think of one of the chapters in the manuscript. I checked the manuscript, and sure enough, there it was, The Virgin, chapter 52.
The Virgin's message to me had details about my ex gf and her manuscript that I never shared with anyone on the internet. Based on what he shared, I was convinced he was who he said he was. As we were comparing notes, it became clear to me that he hated his chapter more than I hated mine. The Virgin, according to the manuscript, was ashamed to tell my ex gf (or our ex) that he was a virgin before the two of them eventually had sex, but he was proud to inform her that he probably made more babies than most non virgins because he was a regular sperm donor at the local fertility clinic. He also frequently used the suggestion box at the clinic to request that the Scooby Doo porn parody be added to the porn collection.
He did not appreciate the fact that our ex decided to document the first time he had sex AND add anecdotes about him that he shared with her in private. His response to my ex when he was done reading her so called manuscript had repeated use of the B word. I knew we would be friends. We realized we have a lot more in common than the same crazy ex. We actually live close enough to see each other from time to time. Hopefully none of you end up reading about us in a book.
TL:DR The Turtle and The Virgin became friends.

Hi all, I'd like to know if anyone has done this before, having both the implant and taking the pill at the same time.
Ive been on the implant for 10 months now, and whilst it's been good in general, I cant stand the frequent long spotting (about 5 weeks at a time with only 2 week breaks inbetween). My GP prescriped me Rigevidon for 3 months, and being on both together was perfect, no bleeding, no side effects at all other than random pimples which is fine. The moment I got off it, its back to the same old random spotting for weeks on end.
Id get the implant removed and just go on the pill, but I am going long term travelling with my partner in 4 months time (for 6 months+), and the last thing I want to deal with is stressing out about missed pills/timezone differences/etc. Cant I just be on both till I come back (for about 10 months?). My body reacted really well to that mix of hormones, that added estrogen made all the difference. Also I dont have any conditions that would make the pill risky for me. Both those methods are low dose as well, so probably add up to the amount of hormones as in one medium dose method. And nope, I deffinitely dont want to get an IUD, it sounds way too invasive.
I will ask the GP as well but its almost impossible to get through to them, their phone appointment system is so messed up. Its getting to the point where Id rather just buy the pills online myself than deal with the hussle of wasting hours upon hours trying to reach a GP. Anybody got personal experience with this pls? Your stories would be greatly appreciated.

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I currently have been in the same class for almost 4 full years. It is true that while others entered the class via the exam score, I was transferred, but I do not think that matters. I have never been the social type, mostly staying with my head in the phone or at home, doing things like playing video games or watching TV. At the beginning of the first year, I was introduced to the other kids. They seem to have already made groups, really divided ones, that are still holding to this day. I, however, cannot find myself in any. I would, of course, like to be inside the boy’s group, but I do not think they like me. First, I should define those groups. There are around 3 girl groups and 1 group made of mostly boys. There are 30 students in total (including me), 15 boys and 15 girls. Now, the groups are:
-The smallest one (could not find a proper name, it is complicated) formed of 2 girls
-A smart girl's group, composed of 5 girls
-A big group formed of the rest, does not have a classification really. It is formed of the rest of the girls, as well as a boy
The boys got one, big group named “The Boys”. They usually play football or harass each other during breaks and talk about girls. They also have a girl that goes around them but she is in another group. I, however, cannot find a group to fit in. I am not athletic, but I also do not really talk a lot, preferring to listen. I, however, try to get involved in as many conversations as to gain their friendship. I have been doing this for 3 years, and to no prevail. I also feel like a boy has a grudge on me, as he keeps picking on me at random times and keeps talking bs about me. I, so far, only set up one friendship, but I am not sure if it is real, as the person seems to be cold and avoid me at times. The other kids in the class also seem to avoid me, usually not pairing up with me or sitting in the same desk as me if it’s free, choosing the other desks.
The event that signaled me was when the boys started to stop inviting me to events. First, they have a group chat with only them. I have asked repeatedly to be added, but I only received an ok, and to this day I am still in the same situation, outside it. They also go out to caffes and restaurants, or even parks. Last week, they were planning to go to a restaurant after an event. I happened to overheard the conversation. I waited patiently to see if I was going to be asked, but that never happened. A month ago, a boy celebrated its birthday. Invited every single boy and some girls in the class and even went as far as to ask some girls an around 10 boys from the other class. I waited, again, to see what he was going to do, but he never invited me. I really do not know what I am doing wrong. I am currently caring for my face, shaving, showering every day and working out, but am still not able to integrate in the group. I have adapted a bit to living without many friends, but I still cannot bring myself to peace, staying up all night and trying to find what I did wrong or what I could’ve done to improve it, but never find a practical solution. So, am I that unbearable?
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(If you have any advice, I am more than willing to hear them)

Hiya, dear Indie Frag hags. (w/♡ ofc :’D)
I am here once again. Which means more FS’, (added Astrid, Arcana Craves, Death and Floral, S92 + AM sample bundle, & lowered some prices on the ones that haven’t sold in the past few weeks.) it may take me about a week to ship, shipping is $5, and I often reuse packaging. (let me know if that’s a problem.) from a pet friendly, smoke free home; perfumes stored in a dark, wooden chest.
listed are full size perfumes, ranging from about 3-5ml (AM saltwater taffy due to me decanting from it) and two 8ML. Plus samples. Feel free to ask for photos for fill lines. Due to the new addition of samples/bundles offers, I’m going to have to ask ya peeps to try to stick to a $4 minimum, if possible.
*Let the list ‘o smellies commence !
Arcana Craves partials- priced separately, but feel free to ask me about bundle Deals on any of the following
ARCANA

• Pumpkins Crave Vampire Squid: Richly spiced pumpkin with black squid ink accord, Transylvanian amber, black leather, dry woods, and a drop of motor oil. $14 Fill to just above TOL RIS oil
  
• Pumpkins Crave Terror: (burning frankincense, sandalwood, deep myrrh, and dusty beeswax candles) with glowing pumpkin and a small dash of pie spices. $12 ~70% fill RIS Oil
  
• Pumpkin Milkshake LN (label has some discoloration.) - 60% $8 RIS oil (Also open to swapping for partials of Arcana’s: whipped cream, cardamom, glittering white, VC Aphrodite, Holy Terror, Haint, Tart, Trust, Frigg, Nott, and Sjöfn, etc.)
  

ASTRID FS

• Extinguish: Smokey woods, vanilla, tonka bean, patchouli, and amber. $20 97% fill can send with box, but box has some wear and tear. RIS Oil

Butter Toki (perfume house closed)
Let ‘em eat cake! - Tokyo Milk Dupe. notes on Parfumo.net: sugar, milk, buttermilk, vanilla orchid, white musk. ~90-95% fill $8 RIS Oil
DEATH AND FLORAL FS
Two cups of Tea, a Summer Monsoon, and Me and You: Rain on cracked soil, wet creosote, a swelling monsoon, desert cedar, black tea. 80%, RIS, $11 oil Half Hoping to be Eaten by a Bear: woody, sweet bare skin; the lingering scent of dry leaves on a cold morning. Square bottle w/ screw top about 97% full. $8
Take Both D&F for $17
Hexennacht
Samhain (perfume name label wore off) - pumpkin pie cream puffs drizzled with honey. 90-95% $13 OR Swap RIS Extrait
Hex full dram sample $4 - Moon in the 12th House - prickly pear, white sage, black sage, red musk, cedarwood, sandalwood, amber, ozone, hot sand, pink pepper, jammy fir balsam

• I’d likely swap for Witchboard, Gold Skulltulla, Black Mass, Baltic Amber, Red musk superior, Amber D’or, Black Vanilla (extrait or oil)- but try me on most dark, vanilla, and resinous scents. Would also swap for or buy Hex Le chat Noir decant or partial. Would buy Witchboard FS or partial outright.

Alphamusk samples -

• EGGSHELLS (about 60% full chonk; $3) a pinch of pale tender lilac, warm soft ambers wrap around the smell of milky sweetened egg yolks, touch of smooth creamy sandal, orris as dry as the outer shell, dry smooth texture evoked in an atomspheric iso mist, animalistic vanilla musk.
• COZY BEAR (Slink ~60%; $1.50): a furry musk, with some of that animal skank but it’s softer and creamier. It’s something that brings you close in to yourself and cuddly with that vanilla, woods and incense. Just a touch of bergamot keeps things more interesting and the notes more alluring.
• Velveteen Vulture:: red musk sup., black amber resin, incense ash, a shiver of dry black oud, black fur musk, blood covered feathers, dry bones. 85% fill $2)
• DADA BITCH: Sculptures set on fire, soot, cheap whiskey, mint musk faux fur, wilted funeral arrangements. (~80% full $2)
• all oils Take all AM samples for $7 ***note: I know I have a Mostly full sample of Fuzzy lychee drops around somewhere, if anyone is interested pending my finding it.)

S92 samples $3 each (tall slinks) or take all 3 for $8 (all around 70% full, if not more.)

• Time After Time: watermelon lip gloss, Peony blossom, new roller skates, vanilla musk, sugar musk.
  
• Vulpecula: rainwater, soaked petals, tomato leaf, decaying tree bark, wild brambles, dusty fur.
  
• This is my Costume: An autumnal cornucopia of sugar pumpkin, smoked vanilla, maple sap, honeycrisp apple, coffee liqueur, and blackened marshmallow.
  

Solstice Scents sample bundle - $3/6 (tell me your likes and dislikes.) I will also throw in 1-2 sample freebies, depending on your purchase.
Also.. Still looking for a sample, or decant of Hex *Le Chat Noir, Dark Shadows, Amber d’or, Baltic amber, and black vanilla. Also Poesie Forest Cat, Tempus Fugit, Enchanted Forest decants. (May consider a partial, or as part of a swap)

• FYI items have been cross-posted; will consider reasonable offers :) thank you for looking, and mad props if ya managed to read this far! 😅