Hello, This is my first post on reddit and I need some pointers on developing a good pipeline for my multiple items forecasting.
My situation: Right now I have created a code to run best fit ML forecasting using scikit-learn based model. There are about 500 of items to forecast and some of the item's features are generated by other item's features. i.e: The forecasted demand of item A will be impacted by the sales of item B, because those items are closely related. To deploy my model into production I need to develop a pipelines to handle the processing from raw sales into weekly features that can be feed to the model for training and inferencing.
I did build a custom pipeline that turned out to be quite a hassle because they are hard to maintain and looks messy in general. I need some pointers to create a multiple items pipeline to process the raw data into features to be fitted into my model. I did research on using SKLearn Pipeline but I'm open to any suggestion on how to use it properly for my case or other tools
Thank you!

I haven’t read everyone’s post but I’m starting to question my own experiences. When I was 25, I herniated my disk and was in so much pain I was wheelchair bound for a couple of months. I couldn’t move without pain, I felt like even moving my arm caused it to be worse. I eventually did a bunch of PT that did its best n then it kinda plateaued, then I got a cortisone shot and it worked and decreased the pain by like 60% of what it was at the time, but that’s it. I got suggested surgery but bc of my scoliosis, I need a surgeon that’s experienced in difficult cases.
The pain has let up since the first (it’s been almost 5 years now), but every day it hurts. More some days and less others. But it’s absolutely constant. At one point I think I may have herniated another somehow? (I didn’t get an MRI, those are expensive and this is American healthcare) but the pain was exactly like that first year of when I herniated the first one. But I also think it may have been the temperature that just did an awful flare up. It was warmer and more humid than I’m used to, and I’m not sure if others experience this? If the outdoor temperature is warmer (I believe it was around wanting between 75-85 when it was at its most painful) does it cause you to flare up? Like it was lay down and pray for sleep that will never come pain, and I thought heat was supposed to help
I also want to know, if anyone else is just.. not getting better after years. I’ve seen people talk about getting better and getting some sort of resemblance of their life. But i feel like I got the best it’s gonna get and I’m not gonna get what my life used to be back or something that’s even remotely the same.i used to run a lot and play sports, i have a walking pad and it slaughters me after 30 mins and I have major flair ups the rest of the day and the next couple depending.

Just wanted to say thank you to every quilter here!
I have always loved quilting as an art form and appreciate what you all do SO much
Although I can sew, quilting is such a precision skill and takes far more time to complete a project than what I’m used to (easy dresses/quick-fix tailoring) so Im not going to learn it myself anytime soon - that, coupled with being an overly-frugal person, I gave up on ever having a lovely handmade quilt of my own.
Recently I purchased 4 quilts at an estate sale all handmade by a lady who recently passed away and am even more enamored… I am eternally grateful to the beautiful crafter who took YEARS to make some of these in her spare time during retirement.
They all have stains from bleeding but regardless… they are exquisite and masterfully crafted. I’m glad the surviving family members kept any unmarred ones and didn’t sell them. Her skill-level was truly heirloom quality.
One in particular has become my most treasured possession. It’s just… gorgeous.
I joked with my husband that now we have to make a baby so we have someone to pass it to!
Please, please if you are able to… stitch your name/year(s) made/location into the quilts so whoever loves these later knows who to thank!!
The woman who made them started my favorite quilt when she was 66, after quilting for only 3 years, and completed it at age 73. She passed away this year at the age of 83.
She was a math and science teacher named Jonaquine. I didn’t know her but I will never forget her.
None of the required Flair tags matched so here is my Product Review:
Jamestown BOM quilt pattern from 2006ish is great… in the hands of a skilled artist.
Anyway. Just thank you so much, Jonaquine, and thank all of you for quilting.

Seeing car prices go up into the 100k range and I am thinking, ya a new corvette z06 would be nice , but for 150k I could be rocking a lamborghini for that money.
I know ist just "autotrade dreaming" for the most part , but is it?
in a few years I will be moving to a big city and won't drive as much anyway, why not a lambo? I take care of my cars and only would be driving maybe 2k miles a year.
https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/vehicle/708239583?makeCode=LAM&modelCode=GALLARDO&newSearch=true&numRecords=25&referrer=%2Fcars-for-sale%2Fall-cars%2Flamborghini%2Fgallardo%2Feureka-ca%3Fzip%3D95501&sortBy=relevance&clickType=supplemental
I shared this link because most of the gallardos in this price range have "minor" accidents on the carfax. and the link seems to be the exception.
Anyway I could likely afford a 2k plus a month carpayment so could I realistically obtain a lambo and get the limited use I need for light use?

I originally wanted to post this in Simple Questions thread but I realize it's not just one simple question as I yapped more.

tl;dr at the bottom if you're not interested in the yapping, no full build as I just need to see some opinion on motherboard choices

I'm finally back in the market after 7 yrs, the goal is to:

1. Upgrade my 7 yr old Ryzen 1700 to 5800X3D

2. Upgrade my wife's old but trusty i7 Haswell to Ryzen with my Ryzen 1700(She only plays Maple Story and board games like Armello or Strategy games like InkBound)

The opinion I need help on is:

1. Building a new com for wife to do work on(Some science software that's quite CPU and GPU intensive since she's in Aqua Science field) and for me to do 3D rendering and code compiling on as a separate user

I already bought the 5800X3D when it was on sale a few months back. I'm currently overseas for work assignment and decided to browse the local 2nd hand market websites for X570 motherboard, I came across a unique listing(for the sake of ease all prices already converted to USD):

2nd hand X570 ASUS Crosshair Dark Hero with 1 yr 11 mths international manufacturer warranty remaining - $370

Is this board still worth $370? Seller bought it on impulse, immediately had buyer remorse since he didn't need the OC functions and other high end features meant for overclockers(I am definitely overclocking it, especially since it comes with Probelt Measurement point which makes it much easier for my multimeter).
That motherboard currently retails for $850 in the country that I'm currently staying for work assignment and $580 on Amazon in the states, so he essentially bought and listed it. No worries about scam since he already cut price 4 times from $700 to $370 and have about 100+ reviews from selling a bunch of his own stuff over 14 yrs timeline.
My alternatives are

1. 2nd hand X570 GIGABYTE Gaming + Ryzen 5 3400G - $190 no warranty($270 if I buy his 2x32gb ram too), basically a whole PC since I already have rest of the parts
   
2. 2nd hand ASRock Taichi X570 - $140 no warranty
   

I already own a X370(ASUS Crosshair VI Hero), do I even want to get a X570 board(I have a 3090 so I definitely benefit from upgrading to PCIE 4.0)
Of course I can wait till I head back to US next month to browse 2nd hand market or look for new ones instead, but the prices got me thinking if I should just buy it here first and bring it back. If I'm not buying it then I might try to find a 2nd hand X370 or X470 board for the Ryzen 1700 so it can be upgraded with a 5700X3D or something in the future

Assuming I buy the Dark Hero or any of the alternatives:

My PC

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 3.4 GHz 8-Core Processor
Motherboard	Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero ATX AM4 Motherboard or any of the alternatives	$370, $190/270, $140,

Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-05-19 21:19 EDT-0400
My wife's PC

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 1700 3 GHz 8-Core Processor
Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO ATX AM4 Motherboard	-

Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-05-19 21:21 EDT-0400

Assuming I'm not buying any of the alternatives

My PC

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 3.4 GHz 8-Core Processor
Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO ATX AM4 Motherboard	-

Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-05-19 21:29 EDT-0400
My wife's PC

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 1700 3 GHz 8-Core Processor
Motherboard	Basically any X370 or X470 2nd hand motherboard I can find for cheap

For the new PC...

Should I wait till AMD 9000 series drop before building it? It's 100% going to be an AM5 so it's future proof as I do not want to build a 3rd AM4 PC when it's already kinda end of the line in-terms of RAM(DDR4) and in spite of the 5000 series XT refreshes that's coming later this year. I'm not in a rush to build it for now since I have a workstation loan to me for work that's rocking a i7-14700K, I just wanted one that can be used by my wife too since I have strict usage condition with the workstation and she can't use it.

tl;dr Is the 2nd hand Dark Hero worth the price? Should I buy a X570 at all? Should I build an AM5 system now or wait for 9000 series?

Thanks in Advance, I'll check back and respond after work in abt 9 hrs time

In addition to stiffness if it’s the vans skate version. Unless to use as a skating only shoe? Which they more likely buy online and not by randomly buying it at a Vans store which is mostly a tourist thing these days.
It appears most people buy and wear the classics when out and about including skateboarders who may or may not wear the skate versions when actually skateboarding? Due to stiffness and it being hot and sweaty inside? I see how John Hill skateboard YouTuber did a video on the overall discomfort of skate shoes I find interesting.
I do know comfycush despite the extra comfort is disappearing likely due to quality issues. I am curious whether skate shoes went the way of basketball shoes in 2010s which they may have performance trample comfort and/or that comfort would indicate a red flag on poor durability.
Also is it wise to go half size up for people with wide feet for all versions of Vans half cab or sk8 high? Or are we supposed to let the shoes flex overtime to accommodate different feet shapes?
I still have a pair of old skool pros that might need to be retired due to age. But they are surely pretty durable even though they do meet griptape from time to time and show little sign of wear, but a bit sweaty.

Monday
Dimmy: I hope you all had a great Mother’s Day! Stevie Kate surprised me with a balloon, baguette, half-eaten apple, and pinworms she picked up from the feral Denner tots, and I surprised Stevie Kate and London with a Sol Brush powdered sunscreen shill and carcinogenic particles of zinc oxide and titanium dioxide in their lungs. Stevie Kate’s spent the past 48 hours in her pajamas tearing through a bag of rotisserie chicken, so I decided to resume potty training to get her to stop binge-eating chicken. I am finally ready to start potty training again now that we are going through so many diapers with twice as many Contentots in the house.
Dimmy: Ta da! Here is Stevie Kate’s adorable potty setup! Complete with balloons and princess underwear! Stevie Kate, are you ready to go on the potty and wear your underwear? Stevie Kate: I’m ready right now! Neighbor Boy Harry: Uh… Imma head out and go help my mom with her shitty stationery line! 🏃‍♂️🎒
Tuesday
Dimmy: Would you like to give us an update on how potty training is going? Sassy Kate: Would you like to give us an update on how you and daddy exploit your children on the internet for financial gain? Dimmy: I’ll give you a cookie if you detail every bodily function from the past 24 hours. So Fed Up Kate: I’ll give you a swift kick in your bad knee if you don’t stop talking about my toilet training. Dimmy: That’s it, your punishment for being sassy is you have to stay in your pajamas again all day. Sleepwear Kate: We all knew that was going to happen anyway.
Dimmy: I need to get your guys’ thoughts. With potty training, do I just stay at home? Or do I carry the miniature singing toilet with balloons attached everywhere we go? I’ve been staying at home the past 24 hours and it is torture! We haven’t even been able to go visit the Astroturf at the shopping center by our house. Stevie Kate’s been doing pretty good. We’ve had a couple accidents today, but she’s been doing really well for the most part- OW! Why did you kick me in the knee, Stevie Kate? Here, go play with this bag containing an entire rotisserie chicken and eat as much of it as you want. Mommy’s busy talking to the people in her phone who fund our lifestyle. Anyway, I can’t just stay inside for the next two weeks! That’s insanity! I need your help! How do I go out with Stevie Kate while potty training? Drop your tips in the box! I know I could just ask my sisters, Iris, or Meta AI on Instagram instead, but that doesn’t drive up my engagement numbers like responses from you sorry losers do!
Dimmy: Speaking of Iris, I did text it for craft ideas to keep School’s Out Kate busy this summer. Also I contacted Iris for a color analysis and Iris responded that bright orange parachute I wore car shopping looked great with my skin tone, and I should consider cutting up some of the parachute material to sew it into a dress. I tried to explain to Iris that it already was a dress, albeit a voluminous one, but Iris just responded with these bizarre outfit suggestions of monochromatic business looks for fall and winter where each outfit is the color of Tiffany’s self-tanner-applied orange skin. I tried to tell Iris it’s summer time and it’s hot as fuck here in Texas, plus I mainly wear athleisure and billowy dresses, not business clothes, but Iris said who cares, these aren’t real clothes anyway, just weird hypothetical Fashion Plates looks a robot mocked up. Iris said whatever I do, to avoid wearing cheetah print. What the fuck! That’s never going to happen. I love cheetah print. Still, I think you gullible assholes should subscribe to Iris anyway and use my code BOYAREYOUDUMB for 50% off your first month! Don’t you want to be able to TEXT Iris instead of carry a computer around 24/7 to use ChatGPT? I know that question makes no sense, since you don’t need four laptops in a Nordace backpack to use ChatGPT, but all of my followers are gullible idiots and will subscribe to Iris despite my idiotic statements!
Thursday
Dimmy is wearing loads of dark makeup and another gigantic billowy dress, and you know what that means… time to go car shopping again with paid pal Diana! Dimmy shared stories from Wednesday’s car shopping excursion to Hyundai and Kia and once again the trimmed-down troll was “too busy” to go along. Sidekick Kate was a good sport through the whole car shopping ordeal, despite hopping from bathroom to bathroom, the charge running out on her Tonies box, and her Mylar princess balloon sailing away in search of a beach to pollute. Screenie Kate forgave Dimmy for losing her balloon since she knows there’s always plenty more where that came from and she has Wina from Balloonish on speed dial. Dimmy sailed from new car to new car thanks to a strong breeze and her billowy dress, looking for the SUV with the most charging ports for all of her devices and the largest number of adjustable cup holders big enough to fit even the most gigantic of Stanley cups in her collection. She found the “Hun-Die” Palisade fit the bill, with chargers and cup holders galore. She wasn’t as impressed with the Kia “Tell-a-ride” because it didn’t have as many cup holders and ports to charge her numerous devices. Dimmy is now torn between buying either the Palisade or the Escalade because those were the only cars she found that rhymed with “getting paid.” Should she go with the practical, convenient “Mom car” Palisade or the super nice and luxurious Escalade?
Today Jen is grateful Kimmy, Stevie Kate and London are coming over to bring hugs and content. Stevie Kate was excited to show off her potty training progress to Minnie and Papa.
Jen: Stevie Kate, what are we doing today? Sugarless Kate: Baking sugar-free cookies on this damn, dirty floor, like usual. Jen: Why are you using ghost-shaped cookie cutters? Spooky Kate: Because Mommy is a ghost! Jen: Your Mommy is a ghost? Stevie Chef: Yes! Because I want her to disappear!
Tiffany was furious when she saw on stories that Kimmy, Stevie Kate and London were getting all of Jen’s gratitude and attention, so she threw a giant bow and no shoes on Lily and sped over to crash their party and divert all the attention to herself. She immediately whipped out her boobs to shill her Eby bra when she saw Dimmy nursing, claiming she and Jen might start lactating at any moment. Then she publicly shamed Stevie Kate for having an accident in her car seat on the way to Jen’s.
Meanwhile, London is still alive despite the clouds of Sol Brush sunscreen powder raining down on her face yet again as Dimmy’s fascination with demonstrating how to use the high-commission product continues. Dimmy headed to the airport to pick up yet another sister to help her out with London, but not before posting a Ritual vitamin shill so she could take the day off stories tomorrow.
Saturday
London is finally being a cooperative Contentot, smiling for Instagram from beneath her giant bow, and doing a picture-perfect Swaddle Stretch channeling her older sister’s performances from back in her newborn days.
Sol Brush is back in stock and Dimmy is bursting with joy at all the commission she’s going to make from more sales of the ineffective sunscreen, her kids’ lungs be damned. If Sunburnt Kate doesn’t convince Dimmy’s followers it doesn’t work, I don’t know what will.
Stevie Sunburn headed indoors to get a break from the sun and play with the robot bug toy Dimmy’s sister brought her. Thank goodness the Tacky Screech Owl found an Amazon link for the gift so she can make money off that too. Dimmy even had an active Active Skin Repair code, so she shilled it them sprayed Stevie Sunburn to give her some relief.
Street Urchin Kate looked like a Victorian Orphan by mid-afternoon as her Belle princess dress mopped up dirt, sidewalk chalk, Dimmy’s makeup, and everything else in her path. Dimmy left Disheveled Kate with her sister and cleaned herself up, threw on her Paris dress, and headed to a baby shower for the Houghtons’ wealthy family friend Anna. The beautiful florals and tasteful spread at Grange Hall were too elegant for the tacky turtle bunch, so Jen set the centerpiece flowers on fire with the votive candles to protest the lack of balloon arches, then escaped by helicopter to go terrorize another Texas city, Austin.
With two days off this week and tomorrow being Sunday, Dimmy’s Saturday shilling was at an all-time high. She’s linking up everything but the kitchen sink, and she’d link that up too if she had a code for it.

Letting go of a car can be a bittersweet experience. Maybe it’s been your trusty companion for years, or perhaps it’s time for an upgrade. Whatever the reason, selling your car can feel overwhelming. But fear not! This comprehensive guide will equip you with the knowledge and confidence to navigate the “sell my car” journey, no matter where you are in the world.

Part 1: Where to Sell My Car? Exploring Your Global Options

The global car market offers a variety of avenues to sell your vehicle. Here’s a breakdown of some popular options:

• Dealerships: The familiar route. Dealerships handle the selling process, but typically offer below market value.
• Online Marketplaces: These platforms provide a wider audience, with global giants like CarMax (https://www.carmax.com/cars) and regional powerhouses like Carsales (https://www.carsales.com.au/) in Australia.
• Car Buying Services: These companies offer a quick and convenient way to sell, often giving a fair market price, though potentially lower than a private sale.
• Private Sale: This method allows you to potentially get the highest price, but requires more effort in marketing and paperwork.

Choosing the Right Option for You:

Consider these factors when deciding where to “sell my car”:

• Time: Dealerships are generally the fastest, while private sales take longer.
• Effort: Dealerships require minimal effort, while private sales require more legwork.
• Price: Private sales offer the highest potential return, while dealerships typically offer the lowest.
• Research: Familiarize yourself with local regulations and legalities of car sales in your region.

Part 2: Prepping for Sale: Enhance Your Car’s Value and Attract Buyers

First impressions matter! Make your car more appealing:

• Give it a TLC Bath: A clean car instantly looks more attractive. Wash, wax, and vacuum both the interior and exterior.
• Address Minor Issues: Fix any small problems like flickering lights or worn-out wiper blades.
• Consider Major Repairs: Evaluate if major repairs might be worthwhile to increase the selling price.
• Service History is Key: Gather all service records to demonstrate your car’s maintenance history.

Part 3: Knowing Your Car’s Worth: Market Research is Your Friend

Before setting a price, research the market value of your car. Here are some helpful tools:

• Online Valuation Tools: Websites like Kelley Blue Book (https://www.kbb.com/) and Edmunds (https://www.edmunds.com/) provide estimates based on your car’s make, model, year, mileage, and condition.
• Local Classifieds: Browse online car classifieds in your region to see similar cars and their asking prices.
• Talk to Dealers: Get quotes from a few dealerships to gauge the trade-in value they might offer.

Part 4: Pricing Your Car: Striking the Right Balance Between Value and Profit

There’s a sweet spot between attracting buyers and maximizing your profit when you “sell my car.” Consider these factors:

• Market Value: Use your research to determine a fair asking price in line with the market.
• Condition: Adjust the price based on your car’s condition. A car in top shape can command a higher price.
• Urgency to Sell: If you need to sell quickly, you might be willing to negotiate or lower your asking price.

Part 5: Crafting a Compelling Ad: Showcase Your Car’s Best Features

Your car’s online ad is its virtual handshake with potential buyers. Here are some tips for writing a compelling ad to sell your car:

• High-Quality Photos: Include clear, well-lit pictures from multiple angles, both inside and out.
• Detailed Description: Highlight your car’s key features, condition, and any recent maintenance performed.
• Honest and Transparent: Be upfront about the car’s condition. Don’t sugarcoat any issues.
• Keywords: Use relevant keywords like “make,” “model,” “year,” and “mileage” to improve search visibility.

Part 6: The Sale is On! Tips for Safe and Smooth Transactions

Once you have a buyer, ensure a secure and smooth transaction when you sell your car:

• Meet in a Public Place: Arrange to meet potential buyers in a well-lit, public location during daylight hours. Consider bringing a friend or family member for added security.
  
• Verification is Important: Verify the buyer’s identification before proceeding. For private sales, avoid accepting personal checks or money orders. Cash or a certified cashier’s check are safer options.
  
• Legal Matters: Depending on your location, there might be paperwork involved in transferring ownership. Research and complete any necessary legal documents, such as consulting your local Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) or its equivalent.
  
• Test Drive Time: If applicable, allow the buyer to test drive the car with a valid driver’s license and proof of insurance.
  

Conclusion: A Global Farewell with Confidence

Saying goodbye to your car, whether in bustling Tokyo, the sunny streets of Sydney, or anywhere else in the world, can be a smooth and successful process with the right preparation. By exploring your selling options, enhancing your car’s value, understanding market value, crafting a compelling ad, and prioritizing a safe transaction, you can confidently navigate the “sell my car” journey. With this knowledge in hand, you’re well on your way to finding a new home for your car and embarking on your next adventure!
Bonus Tip: For a more global audience, consider including links or mentioning resources specific to different regions in the world. Phrases like “consult your local Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)” or its equivalent in different countries can add a touch of international flair to your article. Reading these information, don’t ever ask others, where to sell my car, from next time. Letting go of a car can be a bittersweet experience. Maybe it’s been your trusty companion for years, or perhaps it’s time for an upgrade. Whatever the reason, selling your car can feel overwhelming. But fear not! This comprehensive guide will equip you with the knowledge and confidence to navigate the “sell my car” journey, no matter where you are in the world.

(I'm a Cis woman, 31 for what it's worth) So my doctor has been treating my pots by putting me on Testosterone (Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy). My doctor is the leading Hormone expert in the greater Atlanta area and has been seeing really great results for a variety of illnesses by treating people's Hormone levels. He's been monitoring my pots and other issues for a few years. Even though I'm younger than most patients on bhrt (usually it's to treat menopausal and post menopausal women) he put me on a low dose of T in December. My Pots symptoms are largely in remission. This time last year I was mostly disabled, I couldn't walk without a cane and sometimes just had to use a wheelchair. I couldn't drive for fear of passing out while driving.I had to quit my job. It was awful. I thought I would be disabled for the rest of my life I was completely housebound. Now I'm working a full time job, caretaking for a disabled relative, have a social life, and I haven't had a real flare up in weeks. I still have to take beta blockers and get my salt and electrolytes up but the T has undeniably helped me have the energy to survive while dealing with this thing. Just thought I would throw this out as something to look into if you have a good doctor to work with. I was fortunate to marry into a family with a doctor that knows a lot about POTS. I know it's so hard to find a doctor to take it seriously 😰
As always of course, this would be something to consult with your doctor, I'm not promising a cure just maybe a hope for some help maybe

1. Carlin had a big week of giggles and guffaws for the camera. She took an influencer trip to Skyland Ranch, used a Billie Eilish song on an IG reel of her children and then gaslit her audience into believing she and Evan have well known catchphrases “CrAAzy”, “Love, Bye” and “bruh”. They slapped these random words on hats and TShirts and people STOOD IN THE RAIN to buy them. I saw a grown azz man in a “BRUH” hat. Other wild things that happened at their Cash and Carry sale included someone taking pics of their kids in front of the Tesla, referring to the dresses as “she” and calling their vlog “vloggy”.I have cringed too much over all of it. Layla put on a full show for the camera at a nail salon AND the dance studio while Zade earned his keep wearing pretend high heel shoes. They wrapped it all up in a big terrible bow by featuring Hobby Lobby.
   
2. Whitney played second fiddle all week to Carlin… folding shirts, holding babies and modeling Temu dresses that they marked up 347%. Zach was back in the Bates Kitchen this week and decided the best way to get views was to bring in the kids so we got to watch Kacie mix and mess and poke around in cake mix and canned frosting to concoct cake pops. Then the grossest thing happened… ZACH BATES FARTED. During a COOKING SHOW. IN THE KITCHEN. I mean he ripped a big ole juicy poot and they all laughed and decided to air it and then they SOLD those dang FART POPS at the Cash and Carry sale. He also made some terrible Psychology jokes. I bet soon enough they will have “fart pops” on a hat for sale.
   
3. The Balka crowd were living it up this week in a 600$ a night beachfront condo that included a beach chair service. This family trip was really just a content mill and man did Josie churn it out. She is full on exploiting her children while drowning in a sea of beige. What has happened that she is suddenly, desperately pouring out content on every platform… did Kelton tell her she needed to make some money to pay for her Sephora habit OR is a product launch in the works? Our Fundie Kim K.is pushing links while living life through a gauzy filter featuring tinkly music.
   
4. Katie had to let Travis go on this fake tour, but not before she let all the groupies know that was her mans. Trav said he was only singing 3 or 4 songs at each show so tell me again why they moved from Jersey for THIS? Speaking of Jersey, the vlog featured just a blip of the Clark family and it looks like GiGi has been drowning her sorrows by remodeling at her house. Katie got them back to the hive as quickly as possible and spent her week with Carlin and co at the playground and pool.
   
5. Lydia is bored bc she is married to Trace. All of her photography skills are now used to take pics of sneakers, weights, water bottles and pickleball. This crew has been featuring Lydia’s family pretty heavily lately, including spending Mothers Day with them where they made small talk with Trace and pretended to like him. Trace spilled the beans that his parents gave away all the pets at the big house while simultaneously telling us that Lawson doesn’t take care of Duke bc he gets dropped off there at least once a month. Later they debuted 40 minutes of Trace painting Lydia’s face like it was a fence while mouth breathing. Lydia’s mom called to show her the pet emu eating cherries and that was the best darn thing they have shown us in months. More emu please-less Trace!
   
6. Michael and Brandon brought in the professionals this week and exploited Layla and Zade Stewart. Layla is as good as any second year stage student at this point… BUT Aunt Michael has rules so she had to slow her role. Brandon was excited to draw Layla a princess after 3 weeks of sharks and whales… honestly everything he draws sort of looks the same. They also went to Honea Path to see Poppa Bill and Momma Jane who was smiling that it wasn’t one of the grands with 18 kids.
   
7. Down in passive-aggressive land Alyssa Webster told the tale of how all FOUR of her girls were asked to be flower girls and how that had NEVER happened and how SPECIAL that was. After several posts exclaiming her undying devotion and love to “buddy” she showed off the bad 80’s prom dress she was given by that dress shop she promotes. If a flame came anywhere near her it would have been all she wrote for Mrs. Webster. That dress was awful… but not as bad as the one she was gifted from BSB(which she called “my sister’s boutique”). The vlog shows John being an absolute jerk while Alyssa sneers and snarls and tries very hard not to say that her Mother’s Day sucked. It did suck and in order to make it up to her, daddy Webster put on a button down shirt and took her to the Cheesecake Factory. After all of the slap happy crappy birthday parties and Christmases she has given her girls… she expected WHAT for Mother’s Day??
   
8. Lawson made an absolute fool of himself while revealing the worst kept secret ever… it’s a boy, yall. Michael and Brandon punished themselves by throwing the party and doing all of the work while Tiffy and Lawson preened for the camera and asked people over and over what their guess was. This was filmed on I Love You Day weekend at the IBLP leaders church so this is old, old footage aaand these people are all perfectly fine with what their dad does. Tiffy and Law made it a point to say there was a bigger crowd than was at their wedding. Tiffy cried after finding out she is carrying a little Lawson and Duke was nowhere to be found. I do think he congratulated them on IG though, so all is good.
   
9. Oh Erin… what a week you had. You got Momma and Daddy Bates all to yourself for Mothers Day and for Carson/Charles’ birthday. Gil and KJ also picked up a nice paycheck for speaking and preaching at the Paine’s new church. Even though Erin happily joined a church that prides itself on promoting the corporal punishment of children, she still put together a glowing reel for Carson/Charles’ special day that featured him down at it at his second job of brothermomming. Not one picture of herself with the child was included. Later Erin threw a free notebook in with her construction paper cards as an incentive to buy. Free paper for buying paper is super exciting, right?
   
10. Bits and Bytes… Jadon and Layla are the same height. The Utah photographer that Alyssa used is followed by ALL of the Bates. Everyone of these Trad Wives are now promoting Easy plants. Why can’t Zach have any closeups in his cooking videos? Jeb/Jud broke his arm.
    

Have a great week friends and… how many Baptists does it takes to change a lightbulb…. CHANGE?!? Who mentioned CHANGE!?🫠😜

1. Carlin had a big week of giggles and guffaws for the camera. She took an influencer trip to Skyland Ranch, used a Billie Eilish song on an IG reel of her children and then gaslit her audience into believing she and Evan have well known catchphrases “CrAAzy”, “Love, Bye” and “bruh”. They slapped these random words on hats and TShirts and people STOOD IN THE RAIN to buy them. I saw a grown azz man in a “BRUH” hat. Other wild things that happened at their Cash and Carry sale included someone taking pics of their kids in front of the Tesla, referring to the dresses as “she” and calling their vlog “vloggy”.I have cringed too much over all of it. Layla put on a full show for the camera at a nail salon AND the dance studio while Zade earned his keep wearing pretend high heel shoes. They wrapped it all up in a big terrible bow by featuring Hobby Lobby.
   
2. Whitney played second fiddle all week to Carlin… folding shirts, holding babies and modeling Temu dresses that they marked up 347%. Zach was back in the Bates Kitchen this week and decided the best way to get views was to bring in the kids so we got to watch Kacie mix and mess and poke around in cake mix and canned frosting to concoct cake pops. Then the grossest thing happened… ZACH BATES FARTED. During a COOKING SHOW. IN THE KITCHEN. I mean he ripped a big ole juicy poot and they all laughed and decided to air it and then they SOLD those dang FART POPS at the Cash and Carry sale. He also made some terrible Psychology jokes. I bet soon enough they will have “fart pops” on a hat for sale.
   
3. The Balka crowd were living it up this week in a 600$ a night beachfront condo that included a beach chair service. This family trip was really just a content mill and man did Josie churn it out. She is full on exploiting her children while drowning in a sea of beige. What has happened that she is suddenly, desperately pouring out content on every platform… did Kelton tell her she needed to make some money to pay for her Sephora habit OR is a product launch in the works? Our Fundie Kim K.is pushing links while living life through a gauzy filter featuring tinkly music.
   
4. Katie had to let Travis go on this fake tour, but not before she let all the groupies know that was her mans. Trav said he was only singing 3 or 4 songs at each show so tell me again why they moved from Jersey for THIS? Speaking of Jersey, the vlog featured just a blip of the Clark family and it looks like GiGi has been drowning her sorrows by remodeling at her house. Katie got them back to the hive as quickly as possible and spent her week with Carlin and co at the playground and pool.
   
5. Lydia is bored bc she is married to Trace. All of her photography skills are now used to take pics of sneakers, weights, water bottles and pickleball. This crew has been featuring Lydia’s family pretty heavily lately, including spending Mothers Day with them where they made small talk with Trace and pretended to like him. Trace spilled the beans that his parents gave away all the pets at the big house while simultaneously telling us that Lawson doesn’t take care of Duke bc he gets dropped off there at least once a month. Later they debuted 40 minutes of Trace painting Lydia’s face like it was a fence while mouth breathing. Lydia’s mom called to show her the pet emu eating cherries and that was the best darn thing they have shown us in months. More emu please-less Trace!
   
6. Michael and Brandon brought in the professionals this week and exploited Layla and Zade Stewart. Layla is as good as any second year stage student at this point… BUT Aunt Michael has rules so she had to slow her role. Brandon was excited to draw Layla a princess after 3 weeks of sharks and whales… honestly everything he draws sort of looks the same. They also went to Honea Path to see Poppa Bill and Momma Jane who was smiling that it wasn’t one of the grands with 18 kids.
   
7. Down in passive-aggressive land Alyssa Webster told the tale of how all FOUR of her girls were asked to be flower girls and how that had NEVER happened and how SPECIAL that was. After several posts exclaiming her undying devotion and love to “buddy” she showed off the bad 80’s prom dress she was given by that dress shop she promotes. If a flame came anywhere near her it would have been all she wrote for Mrs. Webster. That dress was awful… but not as bad as the one she was gifted from BSB(which she called “my sister’s boutique”). The vlog shows John being an absolute jerk while Alyssa sneers and snarls and tries very hard not to say that her Mother’s Day sucked. It did suck and in order to make it up to her, daddy Webster put on a button down shirt and took her to the Cheesecake Factory. After all of the slap happy crappy birthday parties and Christmases she has given her girls… she expected WHAT for Mother’s Day??
   
8. Lawson made an absolute fool of himself while revealing the worst kept secret ever… it’s a boy, yall. Michael and Brandon punished themselves by throwing the party and doing all of the work while Tiffy and Lawson preened for the camera and asked people over and over what their guess was. This was filmed on I Love You Day weekend at the IBLP leaders church so this is old, old footage aaand these people are all perfectly fine with what their dad does. Tiffy and Law made it a point to say there was a bigger crowd than was at their wedding. Tiffy cried after finding out she is carrying a little Lawson and Duke was nowhere to be found. I do think he congratulated them on IG though, so all is good.
   
9. Oh Erin… what a week you had. You got Momma and Daddy Bates all to yourself for Mothers Day and for Carson/Charles’ birthday. Gil and KJ also picked up a nice paycheck for speaking and preaching at the Paine’s new church. Even though Erin happily joined a church that prides itself on promoting the corporal punishment of children, she still put together a glowing reel for Carson/Charles’ special day that featured him down at it at his second job of brothermomming. Not one picture of herself with the child was included. Later Erin threw a free notebook in with her construction paper cards as an incentive to buy. Free paper for buying paper is super exciting, right?
   
10. Bits and Bytes… Jadon and Layla are the same height. The Utah photographer that Alyssa used is followed by ALL of the Bates. Everyone of these Trad Wives are now promoting Easy plants. Why can’t Zach have any closeups in his cooking videos? Jeb/Jud broke his arm.
    

Have a great week friends and… how many Baptists does it takes to change a lightbulb…. CHANGE?!? Who mentioned CHANGE!?🫠😜

Huge sale! All must go! Prices as marked. If condition is not listed then it is brand new.
Rules:

• Paypal G&S Only. I can only ship to the address you put in paypal so please ensure it is correct.
• 2 hours for payment before 11pm otherwise waiting until the AM is ok
• Shipping + material starts at $6. Anything over 12 oz will need to be shipped USPS priority mail. Cost is $9+
• Minimum purchase of $20 before shipping. Happy shopping!!

Complexion Album 1: https://imgur.com/a/complexion-album-1-miukwg3

• CHARLOTTE TILBURY Nudegasm palette, one shade swatched. $70
• CALIRAY Hideaway Corrector, Dawn BN $10
• DIOR Forever Concealer 2CR BN $22
• MAKEUP FOREVER HD Skin Concealer 2.1 Y BN $15
• PAT MCGRATH Concealer Shade 5. Used 5-6x $10
• RARE BEAUTY Powder, Deep BN $5
• SURRATT Perfectioniste concealer palette Shade 6 $30
• PURLISSE BB concealer Fair $8
• OLE HENRIKSEN Banana Bright CC Stick Apricot BN $8
• PIXI Makeup Fixing Mist BN $10

Complexion Album 2: https://imgur.com/a/complexion-primers-highlighter-2-d9Yb852

• BY TERRY Brightening CC Serum Apricot BN $25
• BITE Changemaker Foundation $10
• BY TERRY Hyaluronic Hydra Powder Mini BN $10
• GLOWISH by Huda Concealer Fair Light BN $15
• MAKEUP FOREVER Mist and Fix BN $15
• MILK Future Fluid Concealer 3N $10
• OLE HENRIKSEN Banana Bright Pumpkin $10
• Pixi Mind Your Own Glow Palette $10
• REM BEAUTY Concealer Fair 6N Swatched $10
• SURRATT Foundation Shade 4 Used once $30

Complexion Album 3 https://imgur.com/a/complexion-album-3-8eSagXH

• ARMANI Fluid Sheer 8 $25 BN
• ARMANI Fluid Sheer 2 $25 BN
• ARMANI Fluid Sheer 10 $25 BN
• Bobbi Brown Skin Longwear Warm Ivory BN $15
• DRUNK ELEPHANT D Bronzi Swatched (has box) $20
• ESTEE LAUDER Futurist Hydra Rescue Foundation 1W1 Bone swatched. $15
• GIVENCHY Prism Libre 260 Matte. Used 3x. Pump is finicky. $15
• GUCCI Foundation Mini 220W $8
• HOURGLASS Veil Powder BN $30
• HOURGLASS Veil Hydrating Tint 6 $30
• PIXI Glowy Powder $6
• ROSE INC Softlight Foundation 7C $25

Blush Album 1 https://imgur.com/a/blush-bronzer-wpgYiPt

• Clinique Blush Trio Blush Pop BN (rare) $30
• DANESSA MYRICKS Colorfix Matte Latte $10
• GXVE Heatwave Contour $8
• GLOSSIER Cloud Paint Bronzer, Sail, Swatched with a pin (foil not fully opened) $15
• Lilah B Bronzer used 3x $20
• Kosas Blush Duo used 3x (papaya) $10
• Kosas 8th Muse Duo BN $10
• MILK Bionic Bronzer Shapeshift BN $10
• PAT MCGRATH Blush Nude Venus used 1x $25
• RARE BEAUTY Soft Pinch Powder Blush Hope $18 BN
• RARE BEAUTY Soft Pinch Powder Blush Joy $16
• RARE BEAUTY Dewy Liquid Blush Joy $16
• SURRATT La Vie en Rose Blush BN $20

Blush Album 2 https://imgur.com/a/blush-bronzer-album-2-lighqGI

• BITE Coconut Rum Blush used 1x $5
• BOBBI BROWN Golden Brown Pressed Powder swatched $15
• CHANTECAILLE Radiance Chic Rose Duo BN $50
• EM COSMETICS Blush Pearl Tea used 2x $20
• EM COSMETICS Bronzer, Summer, $15 used 2x
• FRECK Cheeckslime Love Flush BN $15
• GUCCI Blush, Apricot used 3x $25
• LYS Blush Kindness (usage shown) $10
• MAKEUP FOREVER HD SKin Palette (Tan) BN $40
• NUDESTIX Sunset Strip used lightly $5
• ROSE INC Brilliant Highlighter Refill $7
• ROSE INC Foxglove Blush Refill $10
• SURRATT Blush used once $20
• TATA Harper Blush, Usage shown $10
• TANLUXE Illuminating Self Tan Drops BN $10

EYE Makeup ALBUM 1: https://imgur.com/a/eye-makeup-cxlVmdW

• BOBBI BROWN Eye Shadow Stick Bone used 2x $10
• DANESSA MYRICKS Groundwork Blooming Romance BN $40
• COLOURPOP The Zodiak Libra $10
• HOURGLASS Curator Lux $10
• HOURGLASS CURATOR 3 shadows in palette swatched $30
• PAT MCGRATH Eyedolls Rose Venus $20
• URBAN DECAY Primer Potion Eden (swatched) $10
• URBAN DECAY Naked Sin Mini Palette $20

Eye Makeup Album 2: https://imgur.com/a/eye-makeup-album-2-a08o8cC

• Fenty Mascara Cuz I'm Black Full Size $8
• Kaja Play Bento 01 Buttercup $15
• GLOSSIER Play Colorslide Disaster Class BN $20
• LILAH B Quad Swatched $10
• OLAPLEX Lashbond Serum BN $20

LIPS https://imgur.com/a/5MdNdDY

• NATASHA DENONA I need a Nude Lip Crayon p3 Swatched $10
• URBAN DECAY Manci Cream BN $10
• URBAN DECAY Backtalk Matte BN $10
• HOURGLASS Unlocked, Magnolia BN $18
• SUMMER FRIDAYS Rosewood Nights Lip Oil BN $20
• SUMMER FRIDAYS Soft Mauve Lip Oil BN $20

BODY CARE / FRAGRANCE: https://imgur.com/a/PqiIhwF

• DIPTYQUE Roses Candle (LE Vessel) - never burned $70
• DIPTYQUE Do Son EDT 3.4 oz LE Blue Bottle - Not used $150
• FOREVR MOOD Hard to Get Mini 10ml $10
• FLORAL STREET Wild Vanilla Orchid 10 ML $10
• SOL DE JANIERO Beija Flor Body Wash 13 oz (priority Ship) $10
• SOL DE JANIERO 59 Cheriosa Perfume Mist FS $25 sprayed 1x
• NEST Lychee Rose 10ml Roller Ball $20

BODY CARE AND BRUSHES: https://imgur.com/a/Ti3AHAP

• BEAUTY BLENDER Little Wonder Set of 2 $10
• CHARLOTTE TILBURY Eye Blender Brush $10
• ISLE OF PARADISE Express Self Tanning Mouse BN $15
• NECESSAIRE Le Shampoo (heavy) BN $12
• SURRATT Smokey Eye Brush $30 BN
• SURRATT Artistique Highlight Brush BN $50
• ST Tropez Self Tan Serum BN Heavy $15
• SOL DE JANIERO Bum Bum Body Scrub (heavy) $25
• SOL DE JANIERO Bom Dia Body Scrub (heavy) $25
• SOL DE JANIERO Bum Bum BOdy Oil (opened and swatched) $30 (heavy)
• ST TROPEZ Getaway Kit BN $20

HAIR ALBUM: https://imgur.com/a/XOUqehv

• BRIOGEO Don't Despair Repair Leave in treatment 4 oz $15
• BRIOGEO Don't Despair Repair Shampoo travel size $8
• GISOU Honey Infused Hair Mask 75ml BN $20
• OLAPLEX No 3 100ml $20
• OLAPLEX No 5P Shampoo BN $15
• SUPERZERO Thinning Hair Shampoo $10
• OUAI Medium Hair Shampoo & Conditioner (heavy) $35
• OUAI Anti Frizz Creme $15

SKINCARE ALBUM 1: https://imgur.com/a/UT4JTZE

• DRUNK ELEPHANT Bora Barrier Repair BN $35
• FRESH Lotus Resurfacing Serum $30
• GOOD MOLECULES Hyaluronic Acid Serum $5
• HYLAMIDE Pore Flush 90% left $5
• ELEMIS Pro Collagen Marine Cream PENDING
• FARMACY Honey Milk Heavy $15
• HERBIVORE Star Seed Sunscreen BN $20
• JOSIE MARAN Pro Retinol Body Butter BN $20
• PETER THOMAS ROTH Max D Fense Sunscreen $20
• SUPERGOOP Mineral Sheer Stick BN exp 2025 $20
• SUPERGOOP Mineral Unseen Sunscreen $25
• SUPERGOOP Superscreen BN $25
• THE OUTSET Masque Purifiant $25
• YENSA Pink Lotus Cream $7

SKINCARE ALBUM 2: https://imgur.com/a/doHPaep

• DHC Deep Cleansing oil Mini $5
• FRESH Kombucha Essence 5 oz BN $25 (heavy)
• FRESH Sugar Lip Polish $10
• FRESH Sugar Lip Treatment $10
• GLOSSIER Invisible Shield SPF 50 $20
• KYLIE Body Glow Mini 50 ML $10
• LA ROCHE POSAY Anthelios 50 (FRENCH VERSION BOUGHT IN PARIS) $25
• LIONPOSE Unspotted 4x BN $25
• MARA Lagae Retinol Face Oil BN $25
• LANEIGE Firminig Retinol Cream BN $15
• LANEIGE Water Bank Intensive BN $20
• ORIGINS Ginzeng SPF 30 $18
• DR ZENOVIA Retinol Repair $10
• PAULAS CHOICE Mandelic Acid BN $20
• REN Ready Steady Glow BN 250ML $10 (heavy)
• SHISEIDO Oil Free UV $15
• THANK YOU FARMER Rice Toner BN $10

SKINCARE ALBUM 3 https://imgur.com/a/ATUTAKv

• A313 (bought in France) $30
• GLOW RECIPE Plum Plump Serum $25
• LANEIGE Cream Skin BN $25
• KATE SOMMERVILLE Hydra Kate BN $25
• THE INKEY LIST Succinic Acid Treatment $5
• SUNDAY RILEY B Nice $30
• TATA HARPER Regenerating Cleanser Mini $5

SKINCARE ALUBM 4 https://imgur.com/a/T1Xt9AT

• CHANTECAILL ROse DE MAI Usage shown $25
• DIEUX SKIN Air ANgel $30
• DRUNK ELEPHANT Protini Serum $35
• FARMACY Filling Good Mini $5
• FRESH Black Tea OVernight Mask PENDING
• FRESH Rose Face Mask 1 oz $8 (heavy)
• FRESH Black Tea Perfecting Mask (pending)
• FRESH LOTUS Youth Preserve Moisturizer BN $20
• GLOW RECIPE Plum Plump Cream $20 (heavy)
• GLOW RECIPE Water melon Glow Pink Juice (heavy, FS) $20
• GLOW RECIPE Watermelon Glow Hue Drops $25
• GLOW RECIPE Plum Plump Serum $25
• PAULAS CHOICE c5 Super Boost Moisturizer $20
• PAULAS CHOICE Hyaluronic Acid Booster $20
• PAULAS CHOICE Calm 1% BHA $20

SKINCARE ALBUM 5: https://imgur.com/a/ZmLaI8N

• BEAUTYSTAT universal C Mini $5
• BIAFINE bought in paris $25 (extra large size)
• CLARINS Beauty Flash Peel $20
• TAN LUXE The Creme $15
• KRAVE BEAUTY Hemp Body Wash $10 (heavy)
• SUPERGOOP Glow Stick 2/25 expiry $15
• THE INKEY LIST Oil and Water Cleanser $10 (heavy)

Hi friends, I'm not a frequent reddit user, so apologies if anything below was formatted/phrased/etc incorrectly!
tl;dr - Consistent printing misalignment across multiple firmware updates has me wondering if it's time for a new printer, or if there's some esoteric setting or troubleshooting I need to do to get my hardware to cooperate. I am looking for recommendations on a new printer, but am also open to troubleshooting tips for my current printer.
Details: My current home printer is an Epson WF-2830. One of the most common things I need it for is to print price tags for my small business. My current efforts for this involve those pre-perforated tag sheets that you're meant to print on and then tear the tags out of. This is what my current printer is doing when I try to print on these pre-perforated sheets:
The alignment gets worse from top to bottom
This is the left hand column of the last sheet I tried to print. I did have the sheet oriented properly in the printer.
The alignment in the upper left-hand corner is already off, but would be usable. The alignment gets worse from this corner outward.
And this (above) is the full sheet, with the alignment just degrading tag by tag and row by row. Below here is what it should look like:
Behold, my layout
I am using templates provided by the tag manufacturer, OnlineLabels(dot)com, and doing my formatting in Adobe Illustrator. My background is in graphic design, so I know my way around Illustrator pretty well; the alignment is properly formatted within the software (see above).
Printing from Illustrator vs. exporting to .pdf or other file doesn't appear to have any effect on print alignment. I did this successfully on a former printer, which was a Laser Jet M234dwe. Kinda wishing now I'd kept that printer >_>
I am not currently looking at any specific printer models. There are so many options and I don't have much recourse if a new printer still doesn't do what I need it to, so I wanted to seek advice from people who know more about this than I do. So hi : ) I plan to retain my current Epson, so I don't even care if the new printer is multifunction (ie scanning and whatnot) as long as it will allow me to print my hanging tags for work.

Minimum Requirements

• Budget: My husband all but came out and said this could be a birthday present, so nothing crazy expensive, but also not "need to go garage sale trawling to be as inexpensive as possible"
• Country: USA
• Color or black and white: B&W is fine, my tags are all monochrome
• Laser or ink printer: No preference
• New or used: No preference
• Multi-function: No preference
• Duplex Printing: No preference
• Home or business: Home
• Printing content: Graphics that need to be appropriately aligned either for pre-perforated tag sheets, or cutting on a Cricut later
• Printing frequency: As needed
• Pages per minute: No preference
• Page size: 8 1/2" x 11"
• Device printing from: Laptop
• Connection type: Wifi

The Laser Jet M234dwe had enabled me to just print my graphics on cardstock and then cut out my tags myself using my Cricut machine, the alignment was so good. I'm not sure if this is super relevant to the current situation, I just miss that reliability and am currently very frustrated that I can't just do that right now ;_;
If you've made it this far, thanks for reading! I look forward to any input y'all can afford : )

Welcome back once more, for our final discussion of Armadale. I apologize again for the discussion being late. Last week, my excuse was that I had to spend time with my sister's family, including a labradoodle. This week, I am dog-sitting my mother's beagle, who has separation anxiety and gas. I am horribly sleep-deprived because this dog insists on sleeping next to my bed every night, snoring loudly and farting. Speaking of people breathing in poison in their sleep, let's get to the recap:
Allan has just set off for the Adriatic, with his cash converted to gold, obviously the result of Manuel's suggestions. Lydia and Ozias have been transferred to Turin by Ozias's employer, and Lydia pretends to have gotten a letter from her mother, asking her to come home, so she has an excuse to go back to London. Once there, she checks the newspaper for any articles or obituaries indicating that Allan has died. She also finds Mother Oldershaw's new address, but decides not to visit her.
After a few days, she finally gets the news she's been hoping for. Allan's yacht sunk off the southern coast of Italy, and everyone on board perished. Her next step is to write to Bashwood:
My dearest Bashwood,
I desire you... I mean, I desire to *meet with you... to apologize for my previous behavior towards you. I have foolishly made the mistake of marrying an immature child. If only I had married a real man (realness not necessarily extending to his teeth and hair)!*
Please, do not show this letter to anyone. Let us meet clandestinely.
Sincerely,
Lydia Armadale (note the last name)
Lydia then considers the marriage certificate, and realizes a glaring flaw in her plan: Ozias's handwriting looks nothing like Allan's. In a panic, she decides that her only option is to get advice from Mother Oldershaw. Unfortunately, Mother Oldershaw appears to have found God, and no longer wants anything to do with Lydia's plans. (Of course, she refuses to give Lydia the signed paper that she was going to use to extort money from Lydia if her plans succeeded.)
While leaving Oldershaw's, Lydia runs into Dr. Downward... excuse me, Dr. Le Doux, totally legitimate sanitarium owner. She realizes that he may be able to advise her, and asks to meet him later at the sanitarium. The sanitarium is basically what you'd expect a 19th-century sanitarium to be: creepy old house with shelves containing jars of preserved "creatures," a "galvanic apparatus" for providing electric shocks, etc. No patients yet, though.
Lydia tells the doctor her story, leaving out the worst details (he doesn't know that she's the reason the yacht sunk, or that her husband goes by the fake name "Ozias Midwinter"). Downward agrees to assist her by claiming to be a witness to the marriage... for a fee of six hundred pounds. Lydia agrees, and he assists her in sending a letter to Thorpe Ambrose, claiming to be Allan's widow.
The next day, Lydia gets a visit from Bashwood, who delivers the news that Neelie is beside herself with grief, and Mr. Darch is handling the matter of the inheritance, which was going to go to Allan's cousin, before Lydia announced her claim.
Bashwood returns a few days later with a shocking letter from Yugoslavia: Allan is alive! This is where I'd normally try to write a funny version of the letter, but nothing I could possibly write would be funnier than the actual letter's opening line: "I have been the victim of a rascally attempt at robbery and murder." Yes, "rascally." Oh, Allan, never change. One of the would-be murderers took pity on Allan and didn't securely board up his cabin, so he was able to escape instead of sinking with the yacht.
Lydia turns to Downward for help.
Downward: What if we trap Allan in the sanitarium?
Lydia: And murder him?
Downward: WTF, no. We get him to agree to not press legal charges against us.
Lydia: And then we murder him?
Downward: I have so many regrets about teaming up with you
Lydia: How do we catch him?
Downward: You could get Bashwood to lurk around the train station and intercept him before anyone else sees him. Have him tell Allan that Miss Milroy was sent here because she was driven insane by her grief for him.
Lydia: Can we murder Allan and Miss Milroy?
Downward: I am running an unlicensed sanitarium under a false name, and even I think you're unhinged.
Lydia: Gwilty as charged
Downward: But wait, what if he doesn't agree immediately, and we have to keep him here for months? What if I have actual patients at the time, and they report us?
Lydia: What if...
Downward: ...please don't say "murder"
Lydia: ...what if he had an accident?
Downward: Oh. Well, if it was an "accident," that would be okay. I don't know how an accident could happen, though, if you aren't an inmate here.
Lydia: I'll think about it
Meanwhile, Bashwood keeps vigil at the train station, until one day he sees... Ozias, who is searching for Lydia because she's stopped writing to him. While they talk to each other, Bashwood can't contain his shock at hearing that Lydia is Ozias's wife, and accidentally calls her "Mrs. Armadale," which understandably makes Ozias suspicious, so he follows Bashwood to see where he goes, which of course leads him straight to Lydia. Lydia pretends she was never married to Ozias, and Ozias faints from the shock.
Lydia heads straight to the sanitarium, tells Downward she's going to be an inmate, and asks for a sleeping draught. Downward prepares the draught, but first places yellow liquid in a purple flask. He then informs Lydia of what he thinks they should say at the inquest after Allan dies: The two of them knew he hadn't drowned, but when he arrived in England, they decided to trap him in the sanitarium because, shortly after his marriage to Lydia, Allan had starting having a delusion that he was engaged to Neelie. Once in the sanitarium, Downward diagnosed Allan with an incurable and fatal brain ailment, and that's what killed him.
Downward has scheduled a "Visitors' Day" so that people will witness Lydia as an inmate in the asylum. The visitors are mostly women, because life as a woman in Victorian England was so boring, they had nothing better to do than go to sanitariums to gawk at the mentally ill people and see where they will eventually live when the hysteria finally drives them mad. (I am only barely paraphrasing. The actual quote is "In the miserable monotony of the lives led by a large section of the middle classes of England, anything is welcome to the women which offers them any sort of harmless refuge from the established tyranny of the principle that all human happiness begins and ends at home.")
Downward shows them around the sanitarium and explains how it will be run, including only allowing novels that make people feel comfortable. (I assumed this was an intentional satire of Wilkie's critics, and the notes in the Oxford World's Classics edition confirmed this.)
But then Downward gave a sales pitch that damn near sold me on his sanitarium. "I throw up impregnable moral intrenchments between Worry and You. ... Will ten minutes’ irritation from a barking dog or a screeching child undo every atom of good done to a nervous sufferer by a month’s medical treatment? There isn’t a competent doctor in England who will venture to deny it!" Considering I almost couldn't post last week's discussion because of a few hours' exposure to two loud children and a labradoodle, I'm about ready to self-diagnose with hysteria and deranged lunacy.
He also explains that while the bedrooms lack fireplaces, they're heated with hot water. This impressed me because I've read about Victorian insane asylums not having fireplaces in the bedrooms (since the inmates might burn themselves), but I always assumed this meant that the inmates were cold in the winter. But wait... the bedroom also has secret controls that let him open, close, and lock the window and door from the outside, and a vent that lets him pump gas into the room. Whaaat? I rescind my diagnosis of hysteria and deranged lunacy. I want nothing to do with this.
After the tour is finished, Downward demonstrates to Lydia how to prepare the poison, and then breaks the bottle so that his assistant (who doesn't know about the purple flask) will think there's no more of that chemical in the house.
Meanwhile, Ozias is stalking Bashwood at the train station. He thinks Lydia is cheating on him, and Bashwood is waiting for Lydia's lover. But then he sees Bashwood with Allan. After confronting the two of them, he learns Bashwood's story about having to take Allan to Neelie in the sanitarium. Realizing that Lydia is probably still behind Bashwood's actions, Ozias insists on going with the two of them. On arriving at the sanitarium, Allan is informed that Neelie cannot see him until the morning, but he and Ozias are welcome to spend the night: Allan in Room Four, and Ozias in Room Three.
Lydia sets Bashwood up to spy on Allan's door from a room with a grate in its door. She tells him to make sure Allan stays in his room all night. Later, watching from the grate, Bashwood observes Ozias leave his room and examine the fumigating apparatus connected to Allan's room. Then Ozias stuffs his handkerchief in the grate, blocking Bashwood's view, before going into Allan's room and convincing Allan to switch rooms with him.
Later that night, Lydia returns and asks Bashwood if anything happened. Too afraid to tell her about the handkerchief, he tells her nothing happened, and she dismisses him to bed. After almost convincing herself to not go through with it, she then starts the process of pouring the poison at five minute intervals. While waiting for one of the intervals to pass, she notices Ozias's handkerchief and realizes that Bashwood lied to her. She checks in Room Three, and finds Allan asleep where Ozias should be.
In a panic, Lydia rushes into Room Four and drags the unconscious Ozias out. She then continues to pour the poison, writes a last letter to Ozias, and locks herself in the room.
We end with an epilogue that rapidly ties up all the random loose ends. Lydia has been buried in a nearly unmarked grave. The doctor is apparently still running his sanitarium. Allan and Neelie will be married in the spring. Mrs. Milroy doesn't have much longer to live, but she's undergone a personality change for some reason and she and the Major are happy for once. Ozias is recovering and living with Allan. Mother Oldershaw is a religious speaker, apparently. Bashwood has gone insane. Manuel drowned.
But wait, one last thing: Wilkie has something to say to us. He wants us to know that he intended the dream to be left up to interpretation. Thanks for handing me a discussion question like that, Wilkie. He also shares a weird-ass story about how, after he'd finished the rough draft and while the story was in the middle of serialization, several people were poisoned in their sleep on a boat called The Armadale. Okay, Wilkie. Thank you for that incredibly weird anecdote.

In North Dakota I signed a consignment agreement for a dealership to sell my pickup, the agreement stated that the consignor is responsible for all insurance coverage while the vehicle is in the consignees possession, while my vehicle was at this dealership it was heavily damaged to the point where it’s not drivable, a guy was caught on their cameras vandalizing it and he was caught by police later that week. I later found out that this dealership never posted my vehicle for sale in the 2 months it was their and that their license to sell used vehicles was revoked back in February, I was wondering is their anything I can do to get the damages covered or if theirs agreement is a valid agreement considering they don’t have a dealership license

Maybe this is just my ignorance as the nontechnical part of the team.
I made some sales last week, and the enterprise customer requested to pay in lump sum for the year rather than on a month by month subscription basis. The trouble is, our product is currently only coded to take monthly subscriptions (my fault — I should have seen these kinds of requests coming).
My technical cofounders are very smart, but none of them are really payment folks. Does anyone know where I can source a useful tutorial for them on setting up the backend of an AI product to accept annual payments for each user? Thank you in advance!

After spending quite some time poring over various financial strategies and loopholes, I believe I've stumbled upon a rather intriguing method that might just be the golden ticket for anyone looking to manage their finances in a more proactive way. The crux of this method hinges on the utilization of a Square merchant account—yes, the tool commonly used by small businesses for transactional purposes.
Here’s the twist: Instead of processing sales transactions, I propose using this account to swipe my own credit card. This isn’t your typical transaction, though. By doing this, I'm essentially generating what could be considered a cash advance, but here’s the kicker—without the burdensome fees or the exorbitant interest rates that typically accompany traditional cash advances from credit cards.
Now, before you dismiss this as mere financial folly, consider the possibilities. With this newfound liquidity, free from the usual financial constraints, the question arises: what to do with this capital? One idea that particularly excites me is the prospect of investing in real estate, but not just anywhere. I'm talking about venturing into markets that are not just emerging, but significantly undervalued—countries with lower economic profiles but high potential for growth. Think of the potential return on investment in such untapped markets!
Of course, this approach isn’t without its moral and ethical considerations, especially regarding economic impact on these poorer regions. However, the overarching idea here is to use the financial system in a way that could potentially benefit both the investor and the local economies, assuming the investments are made wisely and ethically.
What do you folks think? Is this a viable strategy, or is there something I'm overlooking in my financial zeal? I’m all ears for your thoughts and insights!