Hi all,
A week ago, I sustained an injury while on the job that resulted in me needing medical attention. My supervisor gave me approval to leave work early. Next day, I get a phone call from the temp agency saying I was being terminated for leaving early. A week goes by, I've been seen by medical staff and diagnosed with recommended treatment given. Today, I get a call from a senior manager (the boss of the man who fired me) begging me to come back and that he will work on getting me hired on as a full employee.
Is it acceptable to ask for a pay increase + ask to be hired on as a full employee immediately on the spot as conditions for my return? My injury has not yet healed and I still feel pain from it. I have a job offer lined up that offers a 20% increase to what I was being paid beforehand. Should I ask the senior manager to match my current offer from another company? If so, what's a good way to word it on the phone? Any help is very appreciated..

Hi All, I have some nice garments up for grabs. I've added some new things and dropped prices on items listed previously. All items are men's size medium and are in either new, like-new or excellent lightly used condition. Prices don't include shipping as I'm thinking that someone might want to purchase multiple items which will help trim the overall shipping cost. I prefer PayPal F&F, but you can add 3% to cover PayPal fees if you want to do a G&S transaction. I have sold dozens of items on GearTrade, ULgeartrade & BikeShop over the last few years with no unhappy customers. Buy with confidence! Please take a look...
Mountain Hardwear Tim Lahan Artist Series T-shirt
https://imgur.com/gallery/ZVEBP6H
This is a beautiful heavyweight tee featuring a cool climbing/mountain graphic by Tim Lahan. This very durable shirt is made from 100% organic cotton and it's in excellent lightly used condition with no flaws. Color is a dark navy blue and it weighs in at 8.9 oz. Retailed for $45.00. Asking $25.00
Mountain Hardwear Short-sleeve Button-up
https://imgur.com/gallery/OZb52Nn
It's "sun's out, guns out" time and you'd look fantastic in this beautiful shirt! Made from 60% cotton & 40% polyester, this shirt is new and has no flaws. Weighs in at 6.7 oz. and retailed for $60.00. Asking $30.00
Mountain Hardwear Short-sleeve Canyon Shirt
https://imgur.com/gallery/0IRfjnS
This is the previous and, in my opinion, superior version of the venerable Canyon Shirt. It features ventilating mesh side panels on the inside of the arms and down most of the torso sides. Two large ventilation ports span the back of the shirt and there's an expandable collar to cover more of the neck if so desired. This awesome shirt features one horizontal zipper access chest pocket and one large vertical access chest pocket with Velcro closure tabs. There is a very minor amount of wear on the inside of the collar. 70% nylon/30% polyester. Overall this shirt is in great condition and is ready to keep you cool for years to come. Weighs 7.1 oz. Current retail on the Canyon Shirt is $60.00. Asking $25.00
prAna Short-sleeve Polyester T-shirt
https://imgur.com/gallery/xqopMGL
This soft synthetic tee is in like-new condition with no flaws. Great for working out and for casual wear. Made from 100% polyester, this sweet tee weighs in at 5.1 oz. Retailed for $39.00 Asking $20.00
prAna Cotton/Poly T-shirt
https://imgur.com/gallery/z0fNu0B
This cool tee is made from 60% organic cotton & 40% recycled polyester. It's in like-new condition with no flaws and weighs in at 6.0 oz. Retailed for $35.00. Asking $17.00
The North Face Short-sleeve Button-up
https://imgur.com/gallery/XBHqdFL
Here's a really nice button-up that's perfect for the office, the pub or date night. It's made from 56% cotton & 44% polyester and is in excellent lightly used condition with no flaws. It weighs 6.6 oz. Retailed for something north of $50.00. Asking $28.00
Patagonia Short-sleeve Polo Shirt
https://imgur.com/gallery/dujv7Xx
This nice polo is in excellent lightly used condition with no flaws. It's made from 100% organic cotton in a comfortable and durable knit. Weighs 8.7 oz. Asking $25.00
prAna Short-sleeve Polo Shirt
https://imgur.com/gallery/kea5Ljj
This beautiful lightweight three button polo is made from 89% recycled polyeste11% organic cotton. It's in excellent lightly used condition with no flaws. It weighs 6.0 oz. and retailed for $49.00. Asking $25.00
The North Face Long-sleeve Shirt
https://imgur.com/gallery/aL1HyDk
This beautiful shirt is made from a comfortable and durable 80% cotton/20% polyester fabric. It has a cool hidden interior chest pocket that's perfect for stashing cash, passport, credit cards, etc. This shirt is in like-new condition and weighs 10.3 oz. Asking $28.00
The North Face A5 Series Track Jacket
https://imgur.com/gallery/awuIHBK
Here's a really sweet full-zip sweat/track jacket in a nice green/brown/white color scheme. 85% polyeste15% cotton and weighing in at 22.8 oz. It features two zippered hand pockets and two large interior "drop" pockets. This jacket is in great condition with two very small imperfections (shown in pics) that are hard to spot. This jacket retailed for north of $100.00. Asking $33.00
The North Face Shorts
https://imgur.com/gallery/zVQSDj2
These shorts are made from a very durable 100% nylon fabric. They feature an integrated adjustable nylon belt, two hand pockets in the front, two "wallet" pockets in the back, two large cargo pockets with Velcro flap closures and one 4"x4" pocket on the right thigh. These shorts have a gusseted crotch with 8" inseam and weigh 11.0 oz. Asking $19.00
Columbia Sportswear PFG Bobbers Best Print Short-sleeve Shirt
https://imgur.com/gallery/x3Hu1yo
This awesome shirt is new with the tag still attached. It's made from 100% cotton. This shirt has a nice roomy fit and large mesh-lined ventilation ports on the back to keep you cool when the temps go up. Weighs in at 7.3 oz and retails for $45.00. Asking $20.00
Thanks for looking and please let me know if you have any questions. Be well.

Hi All, I have some nice garments up for grabs. I've added some new things and dropped prices on items listed previously. All items are men's size medium and are in either new, like-new or excellent lightly used condition. Prices don't include shipping as I'm thinking that someone might want to purchase multiple items which will help trim the overall shipping cost. I prefer PayPal F&F, but you can add 3% to cover PayPal fees if you want to do a G&S transaction. I have sold dozens of items on GearTrade, ULgeartrade & BikeShop over the last few years with no unhappy customers. Buy with confidence! Please take a look...
Mountain Hardwear Tim Lahan Artist Series T-shirt
https://imgur.com/gallery/ZVEBP6H
This is a beautiful heavyweight tee featuring a cool climbing/mountain graphic by artist Tim Lahan. This very durable shirt is made from 100% organic cotton and it's in excellent lightly used condition with no flaws. Color is a dark navy blue and it weighs in at 8.9 oz. Retailed for $45.00. Asking $25.00
Mountain Hardwear Short-sleeve Button-up
https://imgur.com/gallery/OZb52Nn
It's "sun's out, guns out" time and you'd look fantastic in this beautiful shirt! Made from 60% cotton & 40% polyester, this shirt is new and has no flaws. Weighs in at 6.7 oz. and retailed for $60.00. Asking $30.00
Mountain Hardwear Short-sleeve Canyon Shirt
https://imgur.com/gallery/0IRfjnS
This is the previous and, in my opinion, superior version of the venerable Canyon Shirt. It features ventilating mesh side panels on the inside of the arms and down most of the torso sides. Two large ventilation ports span the back of the shirt and there's an expandable collar to cover more of the neck if so desired. This awesome shirt features one horizontal zipper access chest pocket and one large vertical access chest pocket with Velcro closure tabs. There is a very minor amount of wear on the inside of the collar. 70% nylon/30% polyester. Overall, this shirt is in great condition and is ready to keep you cool for years to come. Weighs 7.1 oz. Current retail on the Canyon Shirt is $60.00. Asking $25.00
prAna Short-sleeve Polyester T-shirt
https://imgur.com/gallery/xqopMGL
This soft synthetic tee is in like-new condition with no flaws. Great for working out and for casual wear. Made from 100% polyester, this sweet tee weighs in at 5.1 oz. Retailed for $39.00 Asking $20.00
prAna Cotton/Poly T-shirt
https://imgur.com/gallery/z0fNu0B
This cool tee is made from 60% organic cotton & 40% recycled polyester. It's in like-new condition with no flaws and weighs in at 6.0 oz. Retailed for $35.00. Asking $17.00
The North Face Short-sleeve Button-up
https://imgur.com/gallery/XBHqdFL
Here's a really nice button-up that's perfect for the office, the pub or date night. It's made from 56% cotton & 44% polyester and is in excellent lightly used condition with no flaws. It weighs 6.6 oz. Retailed for something north of $50.00. Asking $28.00
Patagonia Short-sleeve Polo Shirt
https://imgur.com/gallery/dujv7Xx
This nice polo is in excellent lightly used condition with no flaws. It's made from 100% organic cotton in a comfortable and durable knit. Weighs 8.7 oz. Asking $25.00
prAna Short-sleeve Polo Shirt
https://imgur.com/gallery/kea5Ljj
This beautiful lightweight three button polo is made from 89% recycled polyeste11% organic cotton. It's in excellent lightly used condition with no flaws. It weighs 6.0 oz. and retailed for $49.00. Asking $23.00
The North Face Long-sleeve Shirt
https://imgur.com/gallery/aL1HyDk
This beautiful shirt is made from a comfortable and durable 80% cotton/20% polyester fabric. It has a cool hidden interior chest pocket that's perfect for stashing cash, passport, credit cards, etc. This shirt is in like-new condition and weighs 10.3 oz. Asking $28.00
The North Face A5 Series Track Jacket
https://imgur.com/gallery/awuIHBK
Here's a really sweet full-zip sweat/track jacket in a nice green/brown/white color scheme. 85% polyeste15% cotton and weighing in at 22.8 oz. It features two zippered hand pockets and two large interior "drop" pockets. This jacket is in great condition with two very small imperfections (shown in pics) that are hard to spot. This jacket retailed for north of $100.00. Asking $33.00
The North Face Shorts
https://imgur.com/gallery/zVQSDj2
These shorts are made from a very durable 100% nylon fabric. They feature an integrated adjustable nylon belt, two hand pockets in the front, two "wallet" pockets in the back, two large cargo pockets with Velcro flap closures and one 4"x4" pocket on the right thigh. These shorts have a gusseted crotch with 8" inseam and weigh 11.0 oz. Asking $19.00
Columbia Sportswear PFG Bobbers Best Print Short-sleeve Shirt
https://imgur.com/gallery/x3Hu1yo
This awesome shirt is new with the tag still attached. It's made from 100% cotton. This shirt has a nice roomy fit and large mesh-lined ventilation ports on the back to keep you cool when the temps go up. Weighs in at 7.3 oz and retails for $45.00. Asking $20.00
Thanks for looking and please let me know if you have any questions. Be well.

I just want to talk about my little chef Rosemary, and my experience playing and roleplaying a bard.
I'll go over build and spells by memory then my playstyle with her.
Love Grows where Rosemary Goes. Tabaxi (MPMM) 10 Lore Bard. 8 STR / 14 DEX / 15 CON / 10 INT / 12 WIS / 18 CHA
Background: Custom (Brewers Supplies, another Toolkit), and 2 Skills Level 4 Chef Feat Level 8 Telekinetic Feat
Spells 1: Healing Word, Hideous Laughter, Dissonant Whispers 2: Mirror Image, Shatter, Web, Invisibility 3: Hypnotic Pattern, Dispell, Create Food, Counterspell* 4: Polymorph, Freedom of Movement 5: Animate Objects, Cure Mass Wounds, Holy Weapon*
Do firstly playing a bard feels somewhat difficult, because I'm always in the back, out of danger. I rarely feel like I'm contributing to the fight, my turns are spent harrasing enemies with my words, psychically pushing them, or restricting movement of enemies.
In the morning I give people snacks. That give very minor benefits of temp HP. I do my best to keep allies alive by using Cutting Words to make enemies miss, and transform myself or allies into T Rex, Crabs, or Gorillas to keep them alive. I keep a low profile, appear small, fragile, not a target as my teammates take hefty beatings. I rely on them to carry me. I pick them up if they go down, and end any charms on them. So combat wise, there isn't much glory in being a bard. This bard does not do big damage, but she sustains her allies. She's been a lot of fun to play though. I've been enjoying being the chef, describing what we're cooking. My game doesn't get a lot of short rest, but Song of Rest + Chef Feat + Cooks Utensils makes an amazing short rest bard who inspires others with her food, and uses food ingredients to cast spells, such as throwing salt on someone to wake them up (Healing Word).
The most effective thing in combat I can do is turn into a Trex. Starting now though, I'll be enchanting someone else's weapon, and hiding to maintain concentration.
Character Bio Name: Rosemary — Love Grows Wherever Rosemary (Goes) Race: Tabaxi Class: Lore Bard Chef Background: Celebrity Adventurer's Scion (Customized) Chef Goals: I want to learn how to cook every dish to create the ultimate Heroes' Feast! and create a touring restaurant. To accomplish this goal, I will travel the world, hunt exotic animals, and collect rare ingredients.
Personality: I love to learn about food and ingredients from different cultures. I cannot rest until my cuisine is perfected. Nothing is ever perfect. Ideals: Culinary arts takes me to wonderful new places. Bonds: I never won an important cooking competition, but I will one day Flaws: I am jealous of anyone who can cook better than me.
Bio: Love Grows Wherever Rosemary Goes occasionally has trouble finding stable employment as a chef and is legally required to wear a specialized top half fishnets to greatly reduce the chance of her hairs from getting into the customer’s food. Born one of septuplets and being born poor, the Love Grows family had to make due with their limited resources. Rosemary had a natural love and joy for cooking, combining different ingredients, adding filler to feed her entire family. She was given a cookbook that contained recipes and advice to spice up her cooking. She served sometime working at a military kitchen to gain enough money to put herself through culinary school. Along the way she picked up a few other skills to aid her in her cooking such as Mage Hand to help multitask, prestidigitation to rapidly warm and cool food, shape water to put on a spectacle while mixing drinks. Cooking is an art and a performance.
Appearance: TBD, currently half orange, half black

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Please forgive me if I use the wrong terminology.
We bought our house 2 years ago. It had a 15 year old A/c in it.
Worked fine for the first summer. Now come this year. It started to no longer blow cold air and couldn’t keep the house cool.
Called HVAC repair guy. Said it’s leaking Freon you can either recharge and do a leak kit for $1000 ish. Or get a new set up for $3000.
Decided to replace A/C. Upgraded from a 1.5ton to a 2 ton. Because he said it would work better with the heat from the computer.
First 7 days. Works great. No problem. He installed it and set it to 18 c and it got the house to that temp in no time.
Now the outside temperature is 28-33 Celsius and the A/C Coil? The pipe with the black foam around it. Is freezing up and creating a lot of ice on anything touching it. (Metal straps holding it up, furnace joint, side of furnace)
Have had the people who installed the A/c out 3 times. They have looked at all return ducts, our vents, checked levels and installed a hard start and topped up Freon again. Every time he comes he says it shouldn’t be freezing it up this doesn’t make sense and he doesn’t know why.
It has now frozen again and I am stumped.
Some facts that may help.
If we set the thermostat to 22.5 Celsius or give the a/c a break manually it seems to delay the freezing process.
Our thermostat is upstairs and is set at 21 Celsius all the time.
House is approx 1200 sq ft
It seems to freeze quicker the more humid and hot it is outside.
From what I have gathered from my google searches etc is.
1.) we don’t have enough airflow over the coil 2.) our new A/C unit is too big for our current house. 3.) our ducts and A coil on furnace need to be cleaned. 4.) the a/c unit is low on Freon or is faulty? Not sure on this one.
Any advice or things to say to the company before I call again?

throwaway for obvious reasons.
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for close to two years i've been employed (had been?) by a corporate chain restaurant. i've always been a team player who pitches in all over the restaurant, a great employee who comes in early, stays late, works on days off, etc. i've never been written up or even called into the office to talk about my performance, and routinely do tasks that aren't my responsibility to help everyone else. i've always gotten along great with co-workers and management.
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treatment of employees runs the gamut, depending on who you are and how the managers, GM specifically, feel about you personally. accountability is only for certain people while others get held to different, or no, standards. ethics flew out the window a long time ago. management is willing to turn a blind eye to certain offenses for certain people, while others get fired for the same thing. favoritism is rampant, blatant, and obvious. personal information about employees, including things like who's getting written up and for what, is passed around to other employees by management. while some employees are held accountable for not finishing their work before clocking out, others not only don't finish their work, but chat with managers while everyone else does.
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early last week, i was asked by the GM to perform a task that is not listed as a duty of my position and for the first time in two years, said no. that task hadn't been completed by the earlier shift and instead of addressing it with them, the GM rather expected me to do it for them. when i said no, i asked the GM why it hadn't been done by the people that were supposed to do it, and without an answer they walked away.
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a couple of days later, when the new schedule posted for the following week (this week) my shifts in my primary department dropped from 5-6 (with doubles) to 3. i've been full time, five days a week, for at least 1.5 years. i asked a couple of the managers why (although not the GM) even though I knew why, and one of them confirmed that the GM went behind their back to change my schedule and remove shifts after the manager over my department had finalized it. i was also demoted from my position as a trainer without a word or a conversation or any notice at all, i found out when I went to clock in the same day the schedule posted and saw that my clock in code for the trainer position had been removed. i've been training for at least a year, if not longer, and in a conversation about 3 months ago with the GM they told me that i was going to be the primary trainer for that department, and said "i want a whole team of boopthesnoots. i want everyone on that team to work like you do." it's been roughly a month or so since someone trained in that position, and i was the one that trained them.
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the list of violations in that restaurant are absolutely insane, ranging from things that the health department, osha, the CDC and the fire department would absolutely be interested in. issues are most certainly made aware to management and the only time anything changes is when a 'big boss' stops by for a visit, and then things revert to 'normal.' i reported a serious health code violation to a manager on saturday morning and when i returned to work on wednesday, nothing had changed whatsoever. i can't stress enough that these aren't small things like hair nets not being worn when preparing food, gloves not being worn when handling food, i'm not even talking about the pests in the ice machines that an exterminator has never been called out for, the kitchen knives that are never washed even when they come into contact with allergens or raw protein before being used on produce, or the cold foods that are kept too warm or the hot foods that aren't to temp when served. i'm talking about being told to serve expired food, pathogen exposure, and very unsafe methods of handling foods that contain salmonella. osha would have a field day . the fire department would lose their gourd.
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tonight a team member discovered that an item that had been served throughout the day, for close to 8 hours at that point, contained protein that had not been thoroughly cooked and was still raw in some areas. (think a stew or a casserole where everything is mixed together.) that team member told me when it was discovered as i was looking for that item, and a member of management was immediately informed. 20 minutes later, i saw an employee scooping that same food item from its pan to serve - because it had not been removed and because employees had not been told to not use it. the rest of the batch was discarded by the team member that made the discovery.
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at this point i felt that it was time to inform upper management- beyond the GM, who was not in the building today, that raw proteins known to carry salmonella had been served throughout the day and that the food item had not been removed upon discovery of said rawness. i sent a message through our internal communication platform to the district manager, who is the next step above the GM, simply saying i needed to speak to them immediately. they responded in approximately 6 minutes saying they were with family but i could leave a message with my number and they would reach out in the morning. i responded saying that it was a health issue, and that it was serious, and never received a response. about an hour later i received a message through a personal form of communication from an employee telling me that the district manager had forwarded my messages to the GM, wanting to know why i was talking about reporting health and safety issues, without ever responding to gather information. this same DM was in the store today, although they left before the issue was discovered.
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returning to work is not an option. while i know they can't fire me for reporting this, they can and will make my life hell until i either quit or they find a 'legitimate' reason to fire me. i refuse to return to what is now a hostile environment. i've seen many people get screwed over for trying to do the right thing, and the GM can and possibly will make it very difficut for me to find a new job. the GM has absolutely been known to reach out to other businesses to prevent them from hiring a former employee, or even current employee that had been looking. at this point i need to consult an attorney to figure out what my next steps should be, before speaking to anyone from the company. all the pleases and many thanks, if someone could point me in the right direction, i'd be eternally grateful. location is ohio.

21 y/o, female, non-smoker, non-drinker. No medications, vitamin D3 deficiency. I randomly got some patches of vitiligo on my neck that initially started off as mild rashes within the past couple months (idk if its useful or not for this, but leaving it here JIC). Most recent blood work (aug 2022), showed normal thyroid. not pre-diabetic, or diabetic. high triglyccerides by 1 point.
Since a few days ago, I noticed that after every time I eat, I get this dull pain localized to my upper left abdomen and it carries over my midback on the left side and my total lower back. The back pain felt exactly like my period, but the upper left abdominal pain was a new experience. I am usually not gassy or have any gas issues, but since this started I have been realllyyy gassy (burps, farts, etc.) I would say average 5-12 in one hour, which is not normal for me at all. On top of it, I have been having soft, loose stool, in small pieces, with a lot of gas as well. I feel nauseous all the time as well, at least during the pain episodes (after eating). I have not thrown up, but I easily can. I work at the hospital, checked temp, BP, pulse - everything came out normal. bloating and feel some pressure in my abdomen. These pain episodes last 30 min to a few hours. I am not currently in my home state, so I have not seen a doctourgent care/ ER yet.

I'm looking to install central AC and received a few quotes and options from contractors. I currently have a gas furnace that is 15 years old. Initially, I was thinking of only installing AC but decided to ask for quotes on replacing the furnace as well (via a heat pump).
The options I received were: - AC only with Gree 2-3 Ton Slim AC/Heat Pump R-410A FLEXX36HP230V1AO - AC + heat with the same Gree equipment - AC only with Carrier 38MURAQ36AB3 3T
Another contractor is getting back to me tomorrow with a recommendation for either of these options: - A gas/electric hybrid unit of some sort that can switch between both - A Mitsubishi heat pump
I am looking for some advice on whether I should replace the furnace as well or go with one of the AC only options, as well as whether or not the quoted equipment is recommended.
More context in case it is helpful: - My furnace still works fine. - The temperatures around here are fairly moderate (northern California temps) - I don't run the heater often and probably wouldn't run the AC often either but want to install since the summers seem to be getting hotter each year - Looking for slim units to save in yard space

I have a Ender 3 v 1 that i have had about a year and a half. I have printed hundreds of prints on ti but last fall prints started failing like crazy on it. I mostly print petg but also print pla sometimes. I quickly got into modding this machine since i got it as a christmass present in 2001. I have done the following upgrades on the machine.
4.2.7 silent board
glass bed then a pei bed recently
sprite pro extruder
sprite HF hot end with copper heat break
Sprite HF nozzle nickel plated copper hot end
dual z axes upgrade (creality's version)
i first upgraded the bed springs and now have a solid mount for the bed using locking washeres and two sets of leveling wheels using this post https://www.reddit.com/ender3/comments/r20r7c/ender_3_v2_solid_bed_and_what_it_took_to_get_me/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
This works great BTW
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I had installed klipper on a raspberry pi 4 and am not running it on a sonicpad.
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I also added a cr touch at some point
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Anyway i am getting horrible first layers for months now and a few months back i picked up a ender 3 s1 regular for a very cheap price and have been using it instead with my sonic pad. I am now attempting to get the original ender 3 winch is almost a s1 now by way of upgrades working so i can have two printers to bang out a bunch of projects i currently have. My bed mesh with a new pei sheet i bough with a bed magnet to adhere it is horrible. I am probing it and getting a variance at printing temps of almost 1 mm. My logic is telling me my bed is very warped especially when doing a 9 x 9 prob and one square is a variance of over .5 mm from the next one or previous one. Can anyone recommend a better bed for an ender 3 and one that maybe has a better heater. I would like to keep this printer in operation since i have spent so much in upgrade and it also was my first printer.
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I also and looking to do a lack enclosure on this machine along with my s1 and then print out a voron 0.2 ad eventually get a k1 max or a bamabu labs x1 carbon with ams. but i still want this printer available for production. I just don't want to give up on it.
Thanks in advance for any advice.

My OpenPowerlifting

Overview

After browsing through tons of meet recaps, I have yet to notice a post by a teenage powerlifter, so I decided to make this post to showcase an alternative perspective to a powerlifting meet. This is the recap of my meet on 5/7, which I am currently writing a month later to capture the meet in full retrospect.
Not only was I a complete amateur in the sport of powerlifting, but this meet prep was as unconventional as it gets. At the time, I had been lifting consistently for around a year and a half and began actual powerlifting training just a mere 2 months before my meet, and it wasn't until 6 weeks out that I properly programmed a peaking cycle. Additionally, I also switched from sumo to conventional two weeks out as while pulling sumo, I would hitch anything over 350 pounds on my legs.
Nevertheless, with minimal prep and a self-made program incorporating Dr. Mike Israetel’s teachings, two friends and I drove from Charlotte to Atlanta, ready to take on my first powerlifting meet.

2-1 Days Out

Two days out from my meet, I began a water cut from my normal weight of 76-77 kg /167-169 lbs down to 75kg/165 lbs. On weigh-ins 1 day out, I made it at around 3 pounds lighter than what I needed. Thanks to USPA’s 24-hour weigh-ins, I was able to have an entire day to carb up so the water cut wouldn’t be as brutal.

Squat

Attempt 1: 162.5 kg/358 lbs ⚪️⚪️⚪️
Opener flew at around RPE 6. Here is a video of it
. I was extremely nervous going into this squat and I walked out feeling a lot better.
Attempt 2: 172.5 kg/380.3 lbs ⚪️⚪️⚪️
Moved a bit slower than the first but still got it up at around RPE 7.5. I felt good and my friends urged me to go into the 400s for my third. The most I’ve ever done on squats was 425. However, my form sucked and I didn’t hit competition depth. So it was definitely risky but we went for it nonetheless.
Attempt 3: 182.4 kg/402.3 lbs ⚪️⚪️⚪️
Biggest grind on a squat single in my life. Here is the video
. When I was in the hole, I genuinely thought I wasn’t able to get it up. My form also significantly faltered on the ascent and it messed up my right elbow. I think I may have overextended my shoulder a little which caused elbow pains to flare up, or it could just be me using my arms to hold the bar instead of my rear delt. But overall both the crowd and I were very hype. I got the lift up and I felt like all my prep finally paid off at the end. I was also super happy with the 9/9 white lights.

Bench

Attempt 1: 94.5 kg/209.5 lbs ⚪️⚪️⚪️
After I iced my elbow for around ten minutes and massaged it extensively. The pain subsided and I felt ready for the bench, which is my worst lift by proportion. I went into this attempt really unprepared as my name was on the board a lot sooner than expected. I went in and got the lift up at RPE 5 without wrist wraps.
Attempt 2: 97.5 kg/215 lbs ⚪️⚪️⚪️
Just a five pound increase from my opener but it moved a lot slower. I misgrooved when I was locking out and it didn’t really feel right. Also if you watch the video
, I had a completely unnecessary and stupid interaction with the announcer, which was on my part. But I apologized to him after and he was completely cool with it.
Attempt 3: 102.5 kg/225.9 lbs 🔴🔴🔴
This is a weight I’ve previously hit in prep and I felt like I should’ve got it. I had a huge struggle around 4 inches up from my chest and it didn’t bulge. Looking back at the bench attempts, the weights I chose were pretty stupid: a 6 pound jump from a smooth opener to a misgrooved second attempt into a 10 pound increase just feels awkward. This is what I would’ve done instead today.

• 209.5
• 220
• 226

Deadlift

Attempt 1:175 kg/386 lbs ⚪️⚪️⚪️
This is the heaviest weight I’ve done in prep conventional. With the bars they use at USPA meets I definitely like a couple inches were taken off from my range of motion, which made the opener easier than expected.
Attempt 2: 184.5 kg/407 lbs ⚪️⚪️⚪️
First time hitting the 400s in conventional. Moved at around RPE7. My form was most definitely terrible and I’ve done a lot of work recently to fix my lumbar rounding.
Attempt 3: 190 kg/418 lbs ⚪️⚪️⚪️
Deadlift ATPR attempt. I was very pumped on caffeine and ammonia salts and may or may not have yelled at the top of the lift. I was ecstatic I hit most of my goals at my first meet and went 8/9; 24/27. I came in first for my weight class of 75kg and age group of 16-17 and I can’t wait to see what the future holds for me in powerlifting.
Thanks for reading

Like the title says, today I saw that cpu cheap as fuck and couldn't resist to upgrade my R5 2600. There shouldn't be any problem with the psu (both consume 65w) and mobo (compatible bios), but I'm not sure if the cooler would be enough.
My current temps are between 25-40 when iddle depending on ambient temperature, I read the 5700x is hotter than the 2600 and now I'm thinking about having to buy a new cooler too.
So, what do you guys think?

I live in southern AZ where it is just hot a lot.
So in the preset temperatures you can only do the heat + cool version, you can’t just do cool.
I set the preset to schedule to heat 50, cool 71… so theoretically, the heat should never turn on because it’s always hot here… But when I get home at night from work, the thermostat is set to heat 50, not cool 71, even though it says the current temp is 82.

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Rank will be further down (no cheating jollz)
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Context: my PC is about 5 years old. I noticed the CPU temp was running super hot under load (around 95 degrees Celsius) and not much better at idle. When I checked the CPU visually, I noticed the cooler mount had cracked and only three screws were holding it in place (the corner with the crack was lifted slightly off the CPU).
I removed the cooler and saw that the thermal paste was done for, so I bought some more, removed the cooler again and re-applied the paste. When I went to reinstall the cooler, the back mount of the bottom bracket separated from the wall of the motherboard, so the bottom two screws had nothing to screw into. The top left one was cracked, the top right screwed in fine.
I'm currently editing the photos from a wedding and need to deliver them soon, will the cooler be OK to leave as-is until I can replace it? Since the new thermal paste, the temp is holding steady at around 50 degrees Celsius, even without the cooler being firmly mounted to the CPU (it's in the right place and rock steady, otherwise), and that is a huge improvement over the temps from before the paste.
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Beginning: After dealing with Trish and Zoey, Becky sets her sights into reclaiming the Smackdown Women’s title from current champion Rhea Ripley. Rhea, now bored being champion, is hungry for more challengers and wonders who the next one will be. Becky comes in and darts her sights at Rhea as the two stare down from one another. Dom, Rhea’s pet, boasts about how The Man is no match for Mami. Rhea shockingly hushes Dom and proclaims that she will beat The Man and that once she beats her there is no one stopping her from continuing being champion. Rhea also proclaims that she is the future just like Becky has said in the past and that The Man’s time is coming to a end. Becky instead of saying something throws a punch towards Rhea and the two brawl. Becky then challenges Rhea at Clash of Champions to see who is the top female star of WWE.
Clash of Champions:
It’s Clash of Champions now and the two are fighting it out. It seems Rhea has underestimated The Man as Rhea has been so used to squashing her opponents that someone like Becky is making her work harder than ever. However, Rhea gets an advantage when Dom distracts Lynch and even interferes in the match for Rhea to get the pin. Rhea is not really happy about this result and while she did win, she feels like Dom’s help was unnecessary for her. She tells Dom while she appreciates him, she’s gotta fight her own battles and Lynch is unlike anyone she has ever faced. Dom throws a tantrum and says Mami shouldn’t have time for such meaningless opponents like Lynch but Rhea gives a cold stare and Dom hushes. In a backstage interview, Lynch talks about how Rhea might be her toughest opponent yet more so than Charlotte or Bianca. When Cathy Kelley mentions how Finn Balor is the leader of Judgment Day, the group Rhea is with, Becky briefly looks down and instead abruptly leaves with Cathy confused as a result.
End of Part 1