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Re: Pony Joe's: Post Not-So-Great Things That Happened

Post by Fizzbuzz (?) » Wed Jan 17, 2018 11:14 pm

Depending on how "with it" your parents are, I can understand why they might not get that it was a fad diet. It definitely is one, of course, but it was a fad about 12-14 years ago.
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Post by Kronos (?) » Fri Jan 19, 2018 12:26 am

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Depending on how "with it" your parents are, I can understand why they might not get that it was a fad diet. It definitely is one, of course, but it was a fad about 12-14 years ago.
I just told dad it's a fad diet.

Got a 15 minute rant about how it's not, how "new science" is proving otherwise, and how "great" he and my mom are feeling (while I've been having trouble sleeping and feeling tired all the time)

I don't even get to enjoy fucking CAKE on my birthday now because it's in the middle of this two week bullshit.

I'm feeling trapped in my own house because I have no job, I can't even eat small amounts of chips regularly (I sneak them because I'm going to fight this any way I can), and the monotony of protein heavy meals is getting to me. And reading up on all the bad things this diet can do to your health is making me fear for my own because I don't exactly have health coverage right now.

I need something BIG, like a major publication saying this big push by many sources is completely invalid and these people are lying their asses off to get any traction. And because everything dates before that goddamn nightmare book that's convinced them of this insanity, THEY REFUSE TO BELIEVE ANY OF THE EXISTING EVIDENCE!
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Post by RedTerra (?) » Fri Jan 19, 2018 12:45 am

siiiiiiiighs deeply and audibly...

So I'm interning at the UN in Thailand, communications department and initially it started out great. I had an intern partner to work, chat, and help with and at first the supervisors had me design a lot of posters, social media cards, banners, and so on.

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Annnnnnnnnd everything went downhill after November. The partner's internship ended so she left. Not only did that mean I had no one to socialize in the office with but it also meant I stopped being adventurous in the sense that we would go to these events whether UN or local related (like festivals) and thus hang out with other people. She was kinda like my link to other people. Once she was gone, i stopped seeing them and her friends never invited me or contacted me too. Worse though, in November they hired a paid graphic designer and since November, they relegated me to doing boring-as-f*** paper-f***ing work
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"Please count all the shares, likes, views from our social media from the last year."
"Please label all 156 photographs with the names of the photographer"
"Please rename all files in the P Drive to the new standard"

Like, this is just soul crushing to do. And it wasn't like the supervisors said my work was bad. Unless they lied and wanted to not offend me, they always said they liked my design work. Yeah, the paid designer is better and she can draw but i've now been completely denied from doing the job I was hired to do in the first place and i'm just doing these tedious mindless work.

I've asked if I could do design work and both the paid designer and the supervisors said there's no need and that I should continue doing the paperwork nonsense. Much of that used to be my partner's job but since her position is still vacant.

This sucks. I wonder why I even come to work when 98% of the time I spend here is just doing nothing. It's so boring i dont want to do work at the office thus I find myself mostly just reading articles, chatting, watching vids, etc.

And yeah, lastly, this internship is unpaid. And the supervisors say they can't pay interns or even continue hiring consultants (like our department's videographer who left because they couldn't continue paying him), while they're having these big expensive feasts and meals. Plus they're foreigners living in Thailand so you can damn be sure they're not struggling to pay the bills.
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Post by Snowfire (?) » Fri Jan 19, 2018 12:29 pm

Still no offers for work. Other than some part time retail places offering me to be a cashier. Sigh...

My unemployment requires me to find full time work, and any part time money I make gets taken out of my pay from unemployment, so I basically get punished if I get part time work. Fuck this shit. :fluttersmith:
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Post by Perrydotto (?) » Sun Jan 21, 2018 12:37 pm

The combo of migraines and periods really sucks. Just wanted to say that.
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Post by West Filly (?) » Mon Jan 22, 2018 1:29 pm

Perrydotto wrote: โ†‘
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The combo of migraines and periods really sucks. Just wanted to say that.
That sounds like some biblical trial shit right there :fluttersmith: .
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Post by Captain Rufus (?) » Mon Jan 22, 2018 8:10 pm

The human body is a right bastard.

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Post by Kronos (?) » Tue Jan 30, 2018 10:38 am

Due to what appears to have been unintentional damage dating back to when my house was first built, a water line broke yesterday and it was not fun trying to figure out how to shut it off. Eventually Dad and I did, but we're waiting for my uncle to come visit before attempting a repair (Dad's idea, I would have just called the plumber). Fortunately, the line itself was the line providing water to the refrigerator, meaning the only negative side to shutting the water off on that line is the fridge can't make ice or dispense water for a while, and we have ways around that in the meantime.
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Post by West Filly (?) » Tue Jan 30, 2018 12:43 pm

My motorbike's rear tyre picked up a wood screw somewhere on the road. It thankfully didn't deflate on the road, but at home I found that the screw went all the way through. Gonna cost money.
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Post by Octavia (?) » Tue Jan 30, 2018 5:29 pm

West Filly wrote: โ†‘
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My motorbike's rear tyre picked up a wood screw somewhere on the road. It thankfully didn't deflate on the road, but at home I found that the screw went all the way through. Gonna cost money.
Does Pep Boys exist in your area? I don't know if it's just national in the USA or worldwide, but if you buy tires there, they have a road hazard warranty that lasts up to the mileage rating of your tires. I ran over a nail a few months ago and they fixed the puncture for me free of charge because I had purchased my tires there.
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Post by West Filly (?) » Wed Jan 31, 2018 9:36 am

While there's no Pep Boys in the UK, this post did give me the idea to scout out a dealer who has a guarantee on their tyres. They might run the old "the tyre's lifetime ends the moment it has been punctured" racket, but I'm hoping not to find out either way.
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Post by Jill (?) » Thu Feb 01, 2018 8:16 am

seems my lung has already collapsed again :shenanigans:

my doctor said they'd just use some special substance to "glue" the lung to the inside of my chest cavity if this happened again, to prevent it from ever happening again. i'm still not sure why they don't just do that in the first place, because there's like a > 50% chance you will end up back in the hospital when they don't

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Post by Mir (?) » Thu Feb 01, 2018 9:34 am

"Again"? :flutterdear:

Umm, holy crap. How do I ask if you're okay without sounding stupid because you have a collapsed lung and are clearly not okay?

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Post by Jill (?) » Thu Feb 01, 2018 10:52 am

eh, it happens :v:

"collapsed" is a bit misleading because the lung is still functional, but it's usually how they refer to the situation without the unwieldy term "Spontaneous Pneumothorax"

from my understanding there's a tendency with people who are tall, thin, and/or smokers to have their lung leak air out into their chest cavity over time, where it gets trapped with nowhere to go and eventually ends up putting pressure back on the lung (and sometimes the heart), which results in the lung shrinking, which in turn makes it painful to breathe in too deeply. the word "spontaneous" is used in this case because (according to one of the doctors who saw me last time) they are only able to identify a cause for the leaking lung in about 50% of patients. the rest of the time, air apparently just kinda slips out from the lung without any sort of escape route that can be detected by x-rays or CT scans

either way, the treatment for this involves using a one-way air vent to remove the air from between the chest wall and the lung, which lets the lung re-inflate itself, which is how things went last time. but since this is the second time, i can look forward to the surgical glue thing i mentioned earlier
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Post by Mr. Big (?) » Thu Feb 01, 2018 11:30 am

Hoping the second treatment will work better this time, Jill. This sounds terrible.

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Post by Princess Flufflebutt (?) » Thu Feb 01, 2018 2:02 pm

Aw jeez. Hope this time goes right! :ohdear:
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Post by Jill (?) » Thu Feb 01, 2018 3:18 pm

well, things are moving this morning. i didn't have to go to the ER because my doc was able to see me and then order some immediate x-rays (under normal circumstances i would have just gotten follow-ups about a week from now)

we just got home and the doctor's office has already called and said that my lung is back down to ~80% capacity and one of the specialists is around, so it's time to head over to the hospital

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Post by Perrydotto (?) » Fri Feb 02, 2018 1:56 am

Get well soon, Jill! I really hope they can fix it permanently this time.
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To say that sounds scary as hell is an understatement.

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Post by Princess Flufflebutt (?) » Wed Feb 14, 2018 5:26 am

I feel annoyingly lonely today. On top of sleep-deprived and sad.
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Princess Flufflebutt wrote: โ†‘
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I feel annoyingly lonely today. On top of sleep-deprived and sad.
Looks like I was asleep at the time you posted. Think you could reach me on Discord when it hits? I know all too well what that's like so I'm naturally going to feel this compulsion to help you out with it. Heck, I'd go so far as to say you can appeoach me and just flat-out tell me that you're feeling lonely and isolated. Think you can do that?

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Post by Sailor Yue (?) » Tue Feb 20, 2018 3:21 am

I am so sick of getting skipped out on fares. I need to get into n apartment by the end ofthr month, but if I keep losing fares that are $20-50 that's me losing money

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I can't get an internship for the summer, I've sent out 20-50 applications including one in literal fucking North Korea which I figured no one else was crazy enough to apply for. I've gotten 5 callbacks, 2 were asking me to do an unpaid internship, 1 was a MLM according to glassdoor reviews, and 1 wanted me to do a different position than the one I applied for.
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Cthulhu Inc wrote: โ†‘
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I can't get an internship for the summer, I've sent out 20-50 applications including one in literal fucking North Korea which I figured no one else was crazy enough to apply for. I've gotten 5 callbacks, 2 were asking me to do an unpaid internship, 1 was a MLM according to glassdoor reviews, and 1 wanted me to do a different position than the one I applied for.
I know the feeling, given I've had the same luck in the job pool (which I got thrown back into after getting fired from my new job only a week in over something relatively minor) for years.

And be careful - glassdoor reviews that are positive can be deceptive plants. I learned that the hard way last year.
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Post by Sailor Yue (?) » Thu Feb 22, 2018 1:52 pm

I got into an apartment very much yay... But I need extreme help. I can't pay the first month rent cuz I have 2 storage unites I need to pay too. If I don't pay the rent I can't move in and tjen I can't get my daughter moved in. I'm only $300-400 short and idk if I can get enough taxi fares by the first to cover that! I'm hoping I can, but things are decidedly tight. Once I get into this place everything will fall into place and go right.

I can't even work today at all. This puts a huge damper

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Post by Sailor Yue (?) » Mon Feb 26, 2018 3:40 pm

So still a bit short on rent and 3 days to get another $250 for the rent. I might end up having to push back the move in day. I really want to be moved in by the 6th.... 6th is my next conference with the department. I also have 2 storage units gaining too this sucks

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Post by princess spaceship (?) » Sat Mar 03, 2018 7:57 pm

I wrote a long thing about being frustrated and discouraged about not being able to sell things I make due to a perfectly reasonable law & the websites that would help me to comply (or at least get to the next steps) being "under maintenance" for an unknown amount of time. Also, I am afraid to spend any money on things that aren't the least expensive, prepare-at-home food options.
So I've been preparing to open an Etsy shop. I've got 7-8 plush ready to list, which- okay, doesn't seem like a lot at this point but that's a ton of hours spent working the past month to try to get a decent enough stock before Easter... Anyway, as I was hunting through the Etsy forums to figure out how other plush- makers price their stuff, I discovered that I have a larger, more important hurdle: the Consumer Product Safety Information Act (CPSIA). Wait, what? Why havenโ€™t I heard of this before now, seeing as itโ€™s been around for almost a decade? In the past year or so Iโ€™ve been reading tutorials on making stuff, either from their patterns or as a how-to-make your own patterns kind of thing. Shoot, some people say โ€œyes, you can sell items made from this pattern as long as you tell people who made the patternโ€, but they fail to mention the other steps you have to do to actually make it legal.

So, before I can sell anything, I have to register as a small batch manufacturer (that website is currently under maintenance for who knows how long), then (I think?) get a sample plush from any pattern I sell tested for safety from an approved 3rd party (again, website with list of folks is unavailable at this time), then (if things get approved) I need to get labels with all the relevant information(what does that even mean??) printed on them sewn into all my items... So, after I figure out what needs to be said, I'll have to find somewhere that will print that stuff, then there's 7 items I'd need to gut (at least partially) to insert those tags.

I'm feeling overwhelmed and discouraged. I mean, I want my stuff to be child friendly/safe, & have been mindful of that need from the offset (my kids are 4 and almost 2), so I'm pretty sure they won't fail any of the tests, but what if they do? & I've given stuff to friends as gifts (even for some of the Secret Celestia events in years past), without a second thought of conforming to laws like this. & I can't actually do anything about any of it since these websites are closed for the time being. I'm not under a financial strain at the moment; I don't need the money. But I don't think I should just give up on something like this. Expletive, I've been keeping myself away from making more of my cooler character/Pokemon plushies, that I'm sure I could sell for more than my other stuff, just because I didn't want to risk copyright violations, & now I'm worried that I could be fined up to $100K if one of the giveaways ends up hurting a kid somewhere out there (I'm scared about any children getting hurt, too)...

Yeah, I'm a little on edge. Making these things gives me such a sense of accomplishment and worth, which I really value right now as I've been kind of battling with depression for a while now. I've already been feeling super anxious in approaching the shop to begin with, uncertain if anyone would even want to buy the stuff at fair labor prices. I've been telling myself that forming an Etsy shop/selling my plush things/art would be my own way of just getting guilt-free spending money. So this discovery makes me feel super discouraged, as if someone is saying โ€œNope, your stuff is junk and you canโ€™t buy things for yourself. :mic drop: โ€ & I legitimately wanted to make things to donate to Seattle Childrenโ€™s Hospital, but I canโ€™t do that now either.

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Post by Perrydotto (?) » Sat Mar 03, 2018 10:30 pm

That's very interesting, and very discouraging at the same time. I really do hope you find ways to deal with this, Princess Spaceship, because I think your plushes are lovely, safe and very much worth selling, donating, what have you. These laws are definitely coming from the right place, but I still gotta question how uptodate they are for the day and age of people selling selfmade things online, on a small handmade basis. Safety is good, but if the online resources don't even work right now and the process is needlessly complicated, how likely are people to go the proper route instead of just selling their stuff anyway?

I apologize if you've seen these already, but there is a community on Etsy with a bunch of advice that could be worth your time. I'm assuming "relevant information" means the typical stuff like materials used, how to wash, and what age the plush is appropriate for, on the tags sewn onto the butt or side of the plush somewhere.

It's super understandable all of this looks daunting and takes all the wind out of your sails right now. However, I do hope you don't give up on wanting to make things you enjoy, wanting to get some recognition and money for them in return, and wanting to spread joys to kids in hospitals that could really use it. The things you make are not junk, not even close - They just sadly fall under a law you weren't aware of and that's not being particularly approachable right now. Keep making things that make you happy, and tackle this issue step by step as you feel up for. Try not to stress yourself over what ifs since you don't have that information and realistically can't until you've actually gotten in touch with someone.

PS: Copyright is definitely the least of your worries. I know this is purely anecdotal, but from my experience and that of the literal dozens of other artists, sellers, etc. I know who make works based on copyrighted characters and sell them online, most big companies have a "live and let live" attitude about it. As long as you make it clear it's a fan- and handmade item, you should extremely likely be fine. Heck, I've bought several Pokemon items on Etsy alone that were not officially made and those shops have been operating for years without a hitch (I'm eyeing this Wailord next). I've not dealt personally with the Pokemon Company, but I have dealt personally with Hasbro, and my experience is that as long as you are not producing on a mass-manufactured scale and you are not making a product that is outright masquerading as an official product, you are very, very likely fine (That's why they try going after bootleggers mass-selling on Ebay, but not hand-made items sold on Etsy, at conventions, etc). Some more particularly paranoid companies love issuing takedowns, but from my experience the Pokemon Company is not one of them, and Hasbro isn't one of them. Most of these people know that their thriving fan community is something worth cherishing, and that Nerd McFanface sewing maybe two to three dozen of plushies per year is not worth going after considering the amount of trouble it would cause for what little, if any, gain it would bring.

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Post by RudeCyrus (?) » Sun Mar 04, 2018 10:49 pm

Ugh, I'm pretty pissed off about my job situation right now. I tried going to the Department of Human Services, which seemed to be going in a positive direction, but now we're going in circles, which I should've expected from a chronically underfunded and overworked sector. I'm stuck with having no marketable skills or connections and no work experience. I really wish I had a friend to guide me through this stuff, but I have to rely on my aging, broken-down parents and it's infuriating.

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Post by Perrydotto (?) » Mon Mar 05, 2018 8:43 am

We sadly can't be there for you in person, Rude, but if you are okay talking about the issues here or on Discord, people would surely try to help you out.
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Ugh, I'm pretty pissed off about my job situation right now. I tried going to the Department of Human Services, which seemed to be going in a positive direction, but now we're going in circles, which I should've expected from a chronically underfunded and overworked sector. I'm stuck with having no marketable skills or connections and no work experience. I really wish I had a friend to guide me through this stuff, but I have to rely on my aging, broken-down parents and it's infuriating.
I feel like I'm much in the same boat, currently - dad's been "retired" for three years to work on his screenplay career (which is going nowhere as far as I can tell), mom's working part time at least but it's not enough to support the family long term and we've got no insurance.

All I got is some entry level computer skills but nobody wants that it seems - it's experienced people of GTFO as far as I can tell.
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Post by Sailor Yue (?) » Fri Mar 09, 2018 4:55 am

I am so sick of people taking advantage of me as a female cab driver. I have been ripped off so many times it's not funny! I've lost so much money and time gas and the fares alone. People give me the excuse oh i'll just be a couple of minutes I need to go run in and get the money... And they never come back out! I'm fucking pissed as hell! And I don't even know how to prevent this shit from happening to me. I swear there's no signs in my cab that say free rides. I'm pretty sure I'm not telling them when they are getting my cab "don't worry I'll forget about the fair when we get therex. I don't even know how I'm supposed to be able to start being able to pay my bills and maintain my apartment if I keep getting ripped off like this it pisses me off so fucking much

Any of this comes up looking weird I'll go back and fix it when I can it's just I'm too upset to try to type all this out I'm using my Google Voice Assistant

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Post by Dragoness (?) » Fri Mar 09, 2018 6:21 pm

Blegh, I feel like a total wreck as of late. Been sick the last week or so constantly, several friends have just been ignoring me and I have no idea why; at the very least they could at least tell me what I fucked up so I can fix it or try to but no, just no response.

Also I just got a call about owing a doctor's office from a visit last year and if i don't pay something on it soon it goes to collections but i can't afford to pay anything on it so it's probably going to collections and that'll just be *great*
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Re: Pony Joe's: Post Not-So-Great Things That Happened

Post by Yuudachi (?) » Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:21 pm

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I am so sick of people taking advantage of me as a female cab driver. I have been ripped off so many times it's not funny! I've lost so much money and time gas and the fares alone. People give me the excuse oh i'll just be a couple of minutes I need to go run in and get the money... And they never come back out! I'm fucking pissed as hell! And I don't even know how to prevent this shit from happening to me. I swear there's no signs in my cab that say free rides. I'm pretty sure I'm not telling them when they are getting my cab "don't worry I'll forget about the fair when we get therex. I don't even know how I'm supposed to be able to start being able to pay my bills and maintain my apartment if I keep getting ripped off like this it pisses me off so fucking much

Any of this comes up looking weird I'll go back and fix it when I can it's just I'm too upset to try to type all this out I'm using my Google Voice Assistant
Would it be possible to set up a camera facing towards the rear seat so you can report them to the police or something? I know some uber drivers do this.
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Re: Pony Joe's: Post Not-So-Great Things That Happened

Post by Octavia (?) » Sat Mar 10, 2018 11:38 am

Yuudachi wrote: โ†‘
Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:21 pm
Would it be possible to set up a camera facing towards the rear seat so you can report them to the police or something? I know some uber drivers do this.
Make sure you know your state's laws if you're gonna do this.
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Re: Pony Joe's: Post Not-So-Great Things That Happened

Post by Sailor Yue (?) » Sat Mar 10, 2018 12:50 pm

Without a full name or location, any police reports will have to wait to see if they can find someone that matches the description of them . Colorado allows for secret recordings unless otherwise posted...

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Re: Pony Joe's: Post Not-So-Great Things That Happened

Post by Fizzbuzz (?) » Sat Mar 10, 2018 4:35 pm

Dragoness wrote: โ†‘
Fri Mar 09, 2018 6:21 pm
Blegh, I feel like a total wreck as of late. Been sick the last week or so constantly, several friends have just been ignoring me and I have no idea why; at the very least they could at least tell me what I fucked up so I can fix it or try to but no, just no response.
I can understand if, for example, one friend of yours wouldn't be able to respond because of sudden bad stuff going down. But multiple people ditching you really must be a bother. I'm sorry you have to go through that at the same time you've got other crap going on too.
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Re: Pony Joe's: Post Not-So-Great Things That Happened

Post by Cthulhu Inc (?) » Tue Mar 13, 2018 2:03 am

Octavia wrote: โ†‘
Sat Mar 10, 2018 11:38 am
Make sure you know your state's laws if you're gonna do this.
A sign:
For your safety, this cab has video monitoring.
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Post by Yuudachi (?) » Thu Mar 15, 2018 9:49 am

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Re: Pony Joe's: Post Not-So-Great Things That Happened

Post by Adiwan (?) » Wed Mar 21, 2018 1:05 am

A few weeks ago I deleted one week of progress and i backed up the wrong thing during that time.
I could restore the one week of work in one day because I knew what was done and where (also I could clean up the code).
But it threw up my schedule and morale down the drain.
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