I'll keep this as short as possible. Me 21M Male, my ex 21F Female. We were together for about three and half years until she broke things off. We did all kinds of things together, such as going on trips, vacations., Spending time with eachothers families etc. Things were really good, Until she moved in with me into my appartment. As time went she started to complain about how we did not live in the town that her job was in. We lived in another town, which was roughly twenty minutes away (by car) she told me that she wanted us to move to her town, which i replied that we can very well do so if she gives me the time. Mind you i only lived in my appartment in my town for about a month before then. Asking her to give me time to find us an appartment in her town wasen't good/quick enough for her. So her response was to break up with me. I begged her to stay, asking her what i did wrong and how i could fix this. Which she replied claiming we were totally diffrend kinds of people, even tho i always was on her side and supported her and her decisions. She left just like that without giving me even an heads up the day before. 3 months passed and im newly single. we've had NC during these 3 months until one day. I bump into her in the store. I acted like she was nothing to me but a stranger, and walked right past her. An hour passes and all of a sudden im getting a text from her on my phone, how she wants to meet up and talk. She tells me how big of a mistake she made and wants me back. So as idiotic i am. I tell her, If you give me time and convince me that you actually want me. It can be us again, which she replied that shes willing to do just that. Two weeks passed until she changed her mind again, saying how unsure she is about us once again. She told me that she loves me deeply but isnt in love with me anymore, and therefore cant be with me as a partner, she wants to have contact with me as friend but only as that. More or less she alot of back and forth. One day she loves me so much that she wants to get together again, while the next day she just wants to be friends.
Please help me, any advice or tip's is appreciated. Whats "eating" me up the most is the memories we have together, the thoughts/plans i had of her and i getting old together, the future more or less. I really dont know what to do anymore. Im sad and feeling just hopeless.
Thanks in advance!.
I'll keep this as short as possible. Me 21F, my ex 21F. We were together for about three and half years until she broke things off. We did all kinds of things together, such as going on trips, vacations., Spending time with eachothers families etc. Things were really good, Until she moved in with me into my appartment. As time went she started to complain about how we did not live in the town that her job was in. We lived in another town, which was roughly twenty minutes away (by car) she told me that she wanted us to move to her town, which i replied that we can very well do so if she gives me the time. Mind you i only lived in my appartment in my town for about a month before then. Asking her to give me time to find us an appartment in her town wasen't good/quick enough for her. So her response was to break up with me. I begged her to stay, asking her what i did wrong and how i could fix this. Which she replied claiming we were totally diffrend kinds of people, even tho i always was on her side and supported her and her decisions. She left just like that without giving me even an heads up the day before. 3 months passed and im newly single. we've had NC during these 3 months until one day. I bump into her in the store. I acted like she was nothing to me but a stranger, and walked right past her. An hour passes and all of a sudden im getting a text from her on my phone, how she wants to meet up and talk. She tells me how big of a mistake she made and wants me back. So as idiotic i am. I tell her, If you give me time and convince me that you actually want me. It can be us again, which she replied that shes willing to do just that. Two weeks passed until she changed her mind again, saying how unsure she is about us once again. She told me that she loves me deeply but isnt in love with me anymore, and therefore cant be with me as a partner, she wants to have contact with me as friend but only as that. More or less she alot of back and forth. One day she loves me so much that she wants to get together again, while the next day she just wants to be friends.
Please help me, any advice or tip's is appreciated. Whats "eating" me up the most is the memories we have together, the thoughts/plans i had of her and i getting old together, the future more or less. I really dont know what to do anymore. Im sad and feeling just hopeless. What should i do?
Thanks in advance!.
I'll keep this as short as possible. Me 21 (M), my ex 21 (F). We were together for about three and half years until she broke things off. We did all kinds of things together, such as going on trips, vacations., Spending time with eachothers families etc. Things were really good, Until she moved in with me into my appartment. As time went she started to complain about how we did not live in the town that her job was in. We lived in another town, which was roughly twenty minutes away (by car) she told me that she wanted us to move to her town, which i replied that we can very well do so if she gives me the time. Mind you i only lived in my appartment in my town for about a month before then. Asking her to give me time to find us an appartment in her town wasen't good/quick enough for her. So her response was to break up with me. I begged her to stay, asking her what i did wrong and how i could fix this. Which she replied claiming we were totally diffrend kinds of people, even tho i always was on her side and supported her and her decisions. She left just like that without giving me even an heads up the day before. 3 months passed and im newly single. we've had NC during these 3 months until one day. I bump into her in the store. I acted like she was nothing to me but a stranger, and walked right past her. An hour passes and all of a sudden im getting a text from her on my phone, how she wants to meet up and talk. She tells me how big of a mistake she made and wants me back. So as idiotic i am. I tell her, If you give me time and convince me that you actually want me. It can be us again, which she replied that shes willing to do just that. Two weeks passed until she changed her mind again, saying how unsure she is about us once again. She told me that she loves me deeply but isnt in love with me anymore, and therefore cant be with me as a partner, she wants to have contact with me as friend but only as that. More or less she alot of back and forth. One day she loves me so much that she wants to get together again, while the next day she just wants to be friends.
Please help me, any advice or tip's is appreciated. Whats "eating" me up the most is the memories we have together, the thoughts/plans i had of her and i getting old together, the future more or less. I really dont know what to do anymore. Im sad and feeling just hopeless.
Thanks in advance!.
Soo I cleaned out some stuff from my childhood home and found a guitar that was signed by Max and the band back in maybe 2009? Is there anything I can do with this? Do you think trying to return it to him would be a nice gesture or he wouldn’t really care?
The story of how I have it- I was living in Brooklyn in a warehouse building. My neighbor was friends with Max and had his guitar stored at his apartment. The neighbor had a party one night where someone apparently took a chainsaw and started messing the place up. Neighbor gave us the stuff that could be salvaged to store while he cleaned up. After a few months he took back his stuff and said we could keep the guitar since Max thought it was destroyed at the party anyways. I honestly don’t know how much of this is even true, just what the neighbor told me. Any thoughts?
Hi all,
I went to Fortress Festival in Scarborough this weekend just gone and had a blast. There's some discussion going on
here but I wanted to do a write up specifically for those who couldn't make it. I've included links to respective bandcamp pages and all of the band pictures/videos are mine!
First of all...
The Venue After driving almost five hours to get there and checking into the BNB, walking up to
this was quite an experience. Right on the sea front, Scarborough Spa is made up of multiple rooms. The entire festival took place on one stage in this
room. There was a bar at the end and another in a quiet room downstairs (which also doubled up as a great place to charge your phone). Carling, Madri, Caffreys, Aspalls, and a couple others on draft. Cheapest pints were £5 and there was a
lovely Fortress reusable cup you could get for £3. Made the mistake of doing this straight away on Friday and having to carry it around for the rest of the day. There was also a lovely Fortress ale for this event but it ran out pretty sharpish. Also worth noting that staff were incredibly friendly, from the local security + bar staff to the festival organisers themselves.
The only food on offer were things like sandwiches and pots of salad and pasta behind the bar. I'd heard they wanted food trucks but couldn't get them in due to a wedding going on on the Saturday. Apart from a couple of hours during the wedding,
there was a great big balcony with a fantastic
view of the sea and plenty of places to perch.
Entering the venue was super easy, hand in the paper ticket and receive your wristband. I'd heard of a few people forgetting their ticket but apparently confirmation of purchase was enough to claim your wristband which was nice. IN the entrance foyer there was the Fortress Festival merch stand as well as a few others. One who's name I didn't get were selling tons of pins and patches, then there were records and tapes from
Onism Productions and
Dark Earth Records. If you know any of the other companies there let me know! The band merch was just inside the main room and there was some great stuff on offer. I left with a Nemorous t-shirt and a Panopticon tour t-shirt as well as a copy of Kentucky, which was kindly signed by Austin Lunn after I bumped into him in the crowd. That really made my weekend.
The Music Friday The important bit. Friday kicked off at 2pm with English BM band
Andracca and
what an opener it was. Crowd was disappointingly light for them and I felt a little bad but it
was the very first set of the entire festival. They still earned some new fans, myself included. Great energy and intensity.
Next came another English BM band -
Andartar. Heavier than Andracca but
similarly great intensity. I knew I'd stumbled upon a brilliant festival already at this point.
Another pic. Lighting was great throughout the whole fest.
Slight change of pace next with
Devastator, a black thrash band from Derby. First pit of the weekend starts, even if it only consisted of around 6 people. They got a great reception and put on a good show and their set was 30 minutes, same as the two before.
Then we get to our first jaw drop of the festival.
The Sun's Journey Through The Night. One man band from England recently nominated for Metalhammer's Song of the Week. Incredible performance and highly recommend them.
Nice theatrics with the horned skull mask and
just fantastic energy from everyone involved. I also got a drumstick from them, cheers!
Wode come next. 40 minute set this time. Manchester black/death metal.
Loved his vocals.
Then we have Finnish pagans
Havukruunu. Setting the 'atmospheric' tone for the rest of the evening with a nice intro. Place was looking full now, though it was amazing how spacey the room felt. Should also note the crowd was really chilled and friendly.
Great set, loved the
bassist's bullet crown.
Time for the headliners. I say headliner
s because they both played for the same amount of time and both felt like they had the right to finish the first day off. So - an hour's set from the magnificent
Can Bardd from Switzerland. Beautiful
atmospheric folky black metal, many people said they were their favourite band of the weekend. Great set and,
as you can see, the place was
really alive. Popped out for a smoke and thought '
what a place'.
To finish off,
Saor from Scotland.
First time hearing electric bagpipes which was a fun experience. Just like every other one that day it was a brilliant set, the crowd were really into it and
I especially enjoyed the flute(?). Frontman Andy engaged spoke with the crowd a few times. Devastated to find out from someone that he was a Rangers fan but seemed a nice guy.
Nice view leaving the spa. Day 1 over, time for
this fucking incredible kebab. So good.
Saturday Made the 30 minute drive to Whitby before the festival kicked off, mostly to see
Dracula's gaff. Impressive place but cost £15 to get in - FYI, you can just walk in through the exit in the gift shop...
Made it back to Scarborough Spa - which was once again
looking ravishing - just in time for the post-black metal openers from Birmingham,
Lunar Mercia, at 12:30.
Really nice sound and lovely vocalist who I'd spoken to the day before.
Next we have
Nemorous. Basically Wodensthrone v2 as it's made up of mostly ex-members. Started amazingly, finished amazingly, but suffered a very unfortunate snapped guitar string in the middle that seemed to take an AGE to restring. The crowd was totally sympathetic but you could feel the frustration from the entire band, I can't imagine how disappointed they were. Think they only managed around four songs but they did a great job and I went and bought a t-shirt afterwards.
Visceral vocals and first keyboardist of the festival. My personal highlight of the weekend came at the end of Nemorous' set. Just before they started I checked in at the Panopticon stand and got myself a copy of Kentucky. £80 on Discogs currently but they were selling them for £35. That alone made me very happy, but, whilst watching Nemorous, I noticed a familiar face. There was Austin Lunn from Panopticon, the reason I bought the ticket to this festival,
going ham at the barrier (the guy with the hair, obviously). Once the set finished he very kindly
signed my copy of Kentucky after I frantically searched for a marker pen and got a photo with him. He stuck around to chat for a few minutes and was one of the nicest musicians I've ever met. So enthusiastic and asking loads of questions. My weekend was made and absolutely nothing could've ruined it at that point.
I missed Wyrdstaef and Glemsel, though I hear both were great, so I could take my merch back to my lodgings before I got stuck into the rest of the day.
After a short break and a few beers I got back in time for
Ard. Described as 'Monastic Northumbrian doom', Ard is the project of Mark Deeks from Winterfylleth. As a one man project he was naturally assisted by the rest of Winterfylleth! This was a real change of pace from the black metal we'd been listening to since early Friday afternoon and he did thank everybody for sticking around for him 'even though there were no blast beats'.
Really enjoyable set.
Next,
Ante-Inferno, from Scarborough itself, with the drummer being the organiser of the festival, Gary. Really been enjoying their most recent album 'Antediluvian Dreamscapes' and
they were a class act. In case you haven't caught on, everyone at this festival was fucking great. Really loved the vocals here.
Here we have one of my biggest highlights of the weekend and a band I've not stopped listening to since I left Scarborough.
Afsky, from Denmark. They rendered me absolutely speechless. Sure,
the wood and the torches and the industrial fan were a nice touch, but they played with an intensity I hadn't seen to this point.
The sound was amazing and the screams were just top drawer. As you can see in this video,
it was way busier on the Saturday. Room was packed but, like Friday, far from cramped. I've listened to them every day since Saturday and I finished one of their albums on the drive home.
It was getting real misty at this point. Eldritch powers or smoke machine, who can say?
Penultimate act of the day, English black metal darlings
Winterfylleth. Mark Deeks from Ard back behind the keyboard this time. I'm a fan of Winterfylleth and it was my first time seeing them but I wasn't really blown away. They were good, I think I just expected them to be better. Or maybe it was the anticipation of Panopticon around the corner... either way,
there was a better pit this time as well as a few corpse-painted balloons floating around. Very kvlt.
Finally, my time had come. I bought my ticket for Fortress the moment I heard Panopticon were there. One of my favourite black metal bands, with Kentucky being one of my favourite albums of all time. At this point, around 21:30, I hadn't had a pint for about 2 hours to avoid needing a piss and losing my spot at the front. I got right to the barrier, which was insanely easy, and waited it out. Soundcheck took a little while and the whole fest was probably running a solid 15/20 mins behind. Think Austin Lunn spent more time trying to balance his 'Commonwealth of Kentucky' flag on his amp than actually doing the soundcheck, not that I was complaining.
And then we were off.
They were fucking amazing in every way. I was emotional. So much Kentucky material, including the wonderful little folky bits. Austin wasn't satisfied with the sound at the start and kept asking for more guitar, not that it interrupted his flow at all. Though, the string instrument they were using (fiddle? violin? idk) could've definitely been a bit louder. Austin's vocals were fantastic but
I was utterly blown away by their keyboardist, who's name I don't know.
Guitar work was fantasticand at times it sounded just like the studio album.
Austin did an impromptu meet and greet afterwards, just jumped down from the stage and started to chatting to people. Really phenomenal set. Sadly it was the end of the road for me, as I couldn't stay for Sunday's lineup due to work, but I had had an incredible time and finishing with Panopticon was a moment I'll never forget.
I heard Sunday was also good, though I think it would be fair to say the lineup was slightly weaker. Heard great things about Abduction and Cenotaphe, though I've heard a few things about Bolzer having a nightmare with soundchecking (as in it took fucking ages and he had a go at the sound engineer - and someone may have heckled him?) but I can't say much more as I wasn't there. A friend did say they were really good once that got out of the way.
Final thoughts Favourite sets: Panopticon, Afsky, The Suns Journey Through The Night. In that order.
Best pint: Caffreys. What a drink. Don't see much of that down south.
Best moment: meeting Austin Lunn and getting him to sign my Kentucky record. And that kebab.
Fortress is one of the best festivals I've ever been to. Not because it was flashy or had the best lineup or anything like that (though Panopticon puts it up there for me), but just because it was so well organised and chilled. Everyone was super friendly, there was zero hassle, the venue was incredible, and all the bands delivered. They've already confirmed they're going again for 2024 and they're moving to the bigger room at Scarborough Spa which holds 1800 and looks awesome. It's going from 3 days to 2 days (Saturday and Sunday). Here's their
Facebook page and
there's a forum with plenty more pictures and discussion and links to other black metal gigs in the UK, worth joining.
There's nothing new here for people that did go, but I'm hoping it'll be an enjoyable read/watch/listen for some who didn't and it may entice you to buy a ticket for next year. I've got no affiliation with the festival, just a new regular! Thanks for suggesting I do a write up,
ScarlyLamorna. Thanks to anyone who reads my wall of text. I'm not a writer or anything of the sort, this is just some personal musings with some action shots. Also, if anyone went Sunday and wants to add a write up, please do!
Feel free to ask any questions/request any more pics or videos.
DISCLAIMER: I am no professional and trying to educate myself on the go.
Hi, I started to plan a homelab for myself and did quite a lot of work on that so far. Planned nearly everything out and am currently looking for HW and starting to feel down. I layout out my
future rack (left is front, right is back) and noticed it's going to be expensive but that's fine as I am going to do it modularly so step by step. Even though it's going to stay in the planning state for quite some time as I want to do it properly and not spontaneously.
In general, I want to have something like a "three node" setup (one node optimized for cpu power for tasks like virtualization and for example cfd, one node for gaming and GPU accelerated computing, and one "node" [consisting out of at least 3 low power nodes] for HA and serving services like DNS, pihole, website, etc) The
Diagram is quite complicated but you maybe get the idea. I want to only have the HA nodes running all the time and powering up the "bigger" ones only when I need them.
My main focus for hardware is the ability to scale the "power" nodes up. So a great mainboard in which I could for example easily put more and more ram or more GPUs without having to change the mainboard. Feeling like "Oh I need more RAM" Okay just buy it, put it in, and be done without the overhead of needing to change the mainboard and so on. The goal is to make them more overpowered as money finds its way into my pocket.
What I am struggling with now is finding suitable hardware for that purpose and it makes me question the whole project. So I just thought I could share my progress so far with planning, maybe a lil sanity check, and some recommendations on trusted stores for used commercial-grade server components to get the motivation up again. Also, a lot of concerns in posts on here about noise and heat, and the classic only get what you need is stressing me a bit out. So as I plan and read on here I feel more educated but also more delusional about my project.
Also how much did you guys plan and how did you cope with struggles while doing so? Or did you just go with the moment?
If someone feels like talking about it on maybe discord or sth I would be more than happy about that.
Just for fun here is my
network diagram but I don't think that is important. I am going to try to realize it with Proxmox and VLANs.
Please ask for any more information you want/need and give feedback on my post itself.
By the way, I see the whole planning and homelab as a hobby so I am not interested in rented or cloud solutions.
So please share your thoughts if you have time and maybe I get a great new idea.
| https://preview.redd.it/b92ef413ej4b1.jpg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9896edae52b7f98b79ae5774c74a17fd5af40d96 In this post, we'll show you the top 10 things to do in Madrid. This post is based on our fun trip to the Spain’s capital city. Don't forget to like this post, subscribe to our channel, and enable notifications. And share your own experience or ask a question in the comments below. Sponsored by Beeyond compression packing cubes for travel. The link is in the description. And stick around until the end because we have a bonus for you. Top 10 things to do in Madrid ⭐ Sponsored by BEEYOND packing cubes, a revolutionary new way to pack your luggage 🧳 🎒 👉 https://amzn.to/3P2ipML 👈 (on Amazon) 🔥📚 MADRID PDF Guide 👉 https://amzn.to/42tM2tF 🔥 Here are our top 10 picks: Number 10: Plaza Mayor Plaza Mayor is one of the most important public spaces in Madrid. The square which once hosted coronations and executions, was first constructed in the 16th century. 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This unique art form is believed to have developed from intermingling cultres of Andalusian Roma, Sephardic Jews and Moors from southern Spain. There are many other attractions and neighborhoods to discover in Madrid. We wish you a fantastic trip to this amazing metropolis! submitted by hnqn1611 to TopPersonality [link] [comments] |