Car clinic in puyallup

HERE are some pictures and videos taken by me or others over the course of the last year and a half.
My local university was conducting a medical study on the affects of different diets on weight gain. I signed up and was chosen and the potential money to be made was very appealing. The first two months of the study involved simply eating at a calorie surplus on a premade diet to see how it affected my body’s weight gain. After taking measurements after these initial two months, if my body’s measurements represented any kind of high percentile outlier, I would be selected to potentially continue for the entire 1.5 year study focused on a particular area of the body. Of all of the participants, my abdominal girth was at the highest percentile ratio of girth compared to weight/height, so they selected me to participate focusing on abdominal weight gain and to see how severe it could be.
They paid me about $3,000 a month and had all of my food paid for as I followed a specific premade diet plan that changed every 2 or 3 months to study the affects these specific diets had. Some were dairy heavy, carb heavy, specific types of meats only, mixing in alcohol consumption, specific supplements, etc. I’m incredibly busy in my life with work right now and having a free premade meal plan plus so much extra cash was too good to pass up. So I decided to continue for the entire 1.5 year study.
Fast forward to now, having finished the entire trial, I am starting to have some serious regrets. I’ve put on nearly 115 pounds since last January and I never expected the results to have me looking like this. Honestly, I think even the researchers themselves were really shocked by my result. My ratio of abdominal girth to height/weight is at the highest percentile of the study, their entire student body, and anyone who has participated in the study before. I gained most all of the weight in my torso, which they are severely attributing to genetics and simply the effectiveness of the tailored diets they had me following.
I obviously look ridiculous now. I haven’t even been able to keep up with buying a new professional wardrobe for work (as you can tell my the pictures and videos linked). I was gaining an average of 7 pounds a month, some months being just 3 pounds and some being an entire 15 pounds in a month. So many things are difficult… I break a sweat going up one flight of stairs, I can hardly put my shoes or socks on, fitting into restaurant booths is nearly impossible, getting in and out of my car or off the couch takes preparation. People stare at me in stores or on the street. I had a homeless guy ask me “Jesus Christ, what the fuck? Are you pregnant, dude?” once. My coworkers are polite but make comments here and there.
I haven’t seen my family since early in the study when the weight gain wasn’t very noticeable. I’m seeing them in 2 weeks for a reunion, and I cannot even imagine what they are going to say. I didn’t tell them I took part in this because I knew they wouldn’t approve, but now I wish I had because how am I going to prepare them or explain to them why I look like this now and how it happened so fast. I’m worried to fit on the plane on the way there and having to travel. I’m so nervous to see them. And honestly would like any genuine opinions of whether or not I’m blowing this out of proportion or if they are genuinely going to be shocked. Maybe I can hide it better if I find the right clothing.
I really regret doing this now for the most part and hope I’m able to start reversing it as soon as possible. Thanks for letting me vent. Happy to also answer any questions on what I learned nutritionally and what the different diets did and how they affected me too.

Hi there! I am a newer Cosmetology instructor at a small school in the midwest and I am a white woman. I started teaching early this year after owning my own studio where I was lucky to serve people with all sorts of textures. The student body is diverse but has a lot of young white students from small surrounding towns, this includes the student I will be talking about. I am seeking thoughts/advice/perspective on a concern I have at my new workplace with this very long post. There’s a TLDR! Lol
Yesterday, a Black woman was on the schedule for a detangling service. It’s not a service that’s listed on the menu but more of a special note on a “wash and style” service stating that the client is dealing with some extreme tangling or matting of some kind. She came in and I joined her and the student (white) for the consultation where we learned that she did have some moderate matting due to depression. She mentioned that she is a regular and comes in relatively often for the same thing - I just hadn’t met her yet. So I give the student tips on caring for her today and let them get started. The student is nervous as she’s never done a detangling service and I think the client was noticing because when I’m working around the clinic floor helping others, I see the client take the brush from her a few times and brush her own hair a bit. I can tell by the student turning red at the cheeks that she’s feeling embarrassed or upset so I come over and help her finish detangling and it goes pretty smoothly. The client is very quiet and seems irritated so I check in but she doesn’t share any complaints or anything with me. She decides she would like a silk press (something this student also hasn’t done on a paying client yet) so I get her what she needs, give her a run down of the steps and let them get started.
An important note: I went to get another student started on a haircut and this student says “the woman with other student was really rude to me when I did her hair. Hope it’s going better today.” and I said it’s going fine and I’m sorry that happened.
I check in and the student seemed to struggle so I step in and help more. At this point I notice that the client seems to stop talking when I come by so I check in and make sure she’s doing okay and all that. We finish the service together because it’s been a few hours at this point and this woman has been getting a lot of work calls so I felt bad. We chat a bit while I help and it was pleasant. She asked about another student (who is Black) who was doing a different service across the floor and said she wants to see her next time. I could see the student I was helping slightly flinch at the comment and I, admittedly, didn’t know what to say. We finish and it looks nice so I sign them off and go take my lunch.
When I come back, the student approached me and said she was unhappy about that service. When asked why, she explained “that lady didn’t like me because I’m white” which I’ve heard a couple students say before and my reply is “did they SAY that?” (and the answer is usually “well…no”) but in this case the answer was yes. She said that any time I walked away, the client would say that I don’t know what I’m doing and that none of the instructors here know what they’re doing and she is only happy when she’s a Black student but when she calls and asks to see one, the front desk won’t do it. (which is true - we won’t book people based on requests like that) I am very sensitive so this made me pretty sad but the student was angry. It was clear this had an impact on her and she expressed that she doesn’t want to do a service like that again. I did my best to assure her that this was a person dealing with a lot and that this is not what she should expect in the future but she didn’t seem receptive. After discussing with a coworker, I learn that this type of thing is “going to happen a lot” - Black clients being upset with white students out loud and white students becoming disinterested in learning more. I also learn that this particular client took a walk around the clinic floor and asked a couple Black students about doing services for her in the future. These students were confused/uncomfortable.
I am feeling very stressed about this as I am really passionate about my new career teaching and I am excited about having a positive influence over new stylists. An aspect of this making sure students that I teach can and will welcome anyone into their future chairs. I am also passionate about anti-racism and respecting Black people’s wishes for their own hair. Does anyone have any thoughts or advice on how I can make both work? These students are students and they all have different skills and learn at different rates but they ALL need to practice. Silk presses aren’t the only imperfect service being done. Us instructors are always having to fix cuts and troubleshoot color because the clinic floor exists as a practice space. I feel like people sometimes forget that and I am afraid it’s going to lead to more racist behavior in these new hairstylists. But as I type that out, I feel like I’m blaming disappointed Black people for racism which is insane. Ugh. If anyone made it this far, thank you so much and I’d welcome any thoughts.
TLDR: students struggle with learning to perform most services properly but there is an extra level of tension between a white student doing a mediocre job on a Black person’s hair -a Black client is very outspokenly disappointed that she is with a white student and the white student is angry. I feel that it’s the responsibility of Cosmetology schools to fix the divide in the hair industry but I, personally, feel ill-equipped.

Took delivery of my Model Y LR end of April and experienced the dreaded “Cabin climate control system requires service”. I took it into service and they said it came out of the factory without enough coolant fluid. They took it in for urgent service given it was 90+ outside and topped it off and sent me home.
Fast forward a few weeks and I just got the error message again, both times after charging the car. I have to wonder what the issue really is…temperature sensor?!

I'm a junior in HS, fucked around for the past 3 years of high school not doing any school work, just this year now did I finally start doing my school work and getting all A's and B's.
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With this school year ending in a month, I'll have my senior year than I'm on my own. School hasn't prepared me for shit, I have no idea how to go about anything in life. For work, I really wanna work hands on, I also like cars so a mechanic trade might be something I'm interested in. I also enjoy studying world wide conflicts so I have also thought about joining the military (Air Force or Army).
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I don't know what to do whether that's college, trade school, or military and if anybody has been in my shoes before let me know what you ended up choosing or maybe some advice.

Manual gear shift car. When breaking until fully stopping, or nearly fully stopping, I was taught that you need to step down the gears one by one (or skipping if you're on 5/6) until you are on 2nd gear. If I'm on a downward slope for example, what's stopping me from just releasing into manual from let's say 4th gear, and just only using the brake in order to stop? I know this will take a heavier toll on the brakes in the long run, but I'm asking why this isn't a thing people do. This may be a dumb question, but I'm still learning to drive so asking things like this is better than guessing.
If you need a better explanation of what I'm asking just tell me.
Thanks

2003 Odyssey EX 174Kmiles,
Broke doin on the road with radiator --quote for repair was $1300. Mechanic said it *might* be more than that as it *could* have blown head gasket as well, but there are no other signs of this (mentioned that there are no exhaust fumes in the radiator when engine is running). But there is some risk that my $1300 repair could be much more.
We know the timing belt will prob need replacement in the next 12 months too (no issues, but it is ~10 years old
We are deciding whether to sell/donate or take a gamble and fix the radiator. I am leaning towards taking the gamble because I figure it will buy us a few months at least before we have to get a new car

Hello, I’m 21, recently diagnosed autistic and have been learning a lot about autism as a result since September. Before me, no one in my family acknowledged mental disorders and were very ableist.
Context: My young nephew was diagnosed as autistic very young, with PDA. He’s now nearly 10 but has a very troubled home life (one parent is emotionally unavailable and the other is mentally ill. They’ve also separated) He has a younger sister and she appears to be neurotypical. She, however, is becoming a physical and verbal punching bag for my nephew and it breaks my heart how used to it she is already. The family allow his behaviour because they don’t know enough about autism and don’t have the time or energy to learn more about it. The whole situation is very distressing but I don’t have a good relationship with either parent and as I’m not a parent myself they don’t value my opinion on things. I feel helpless and just do my best on the odd occasions I do see them.
The story: We were playing a game and he was being very good and kind for a while. She’s a bit slower as she’s younger and I can see it frustrates him sometimes. Eventually he punches her on the back, hard, and calls her stupid. Despite her not reacting I comfort her and tell him he can’t play anymore because of that. After some back and forth he is adamant that he is still playing, I can’t tell him otherwise and she deserves it because she’s his sister and she’s stupid. I’m doing my best to calmly, but assertively teach him morals and the importance of not being violent without any aggression. I hope some of it went in but in the moment he was certainly holding his pride.
I took her inside to play and he followed us wherever we went. When I thought he was playing with his dad we snuck off upstairs to finish the game and I barricaded the door just incase he came up.
Well, he did. And this is where I don’t know if I did more harm than I did good. He kept trying the door for ages, demanding I let him in. We continued the game, completely ignoring him. In the moment, I just wanted to give her my full attention. She always gets overlooked because he is more direct in his attention seeking (I don’t mean that badly, all children need attention) so I wanted some time with her undisturbed so she knew she was worthy of undivided attention. However he was getting increasingly distressed outside and I was incredibly torn on what to do.
After what felt like 15/20 minutes his dad finally came up in which he was apparently extremely rageful and biting, head butting and punching him. He got bundled into the car to calm down but yelled at me that he hated me and I’m stupid when I came outside with his sister.
Now, please if I handled this terribly I’d really appreciate being told in a nice way. I already feel terrible because the last thing I want to do is make things worse for either of them and I want to be a safe space for him in our difficult family system. I’m only young myself and trying my best but I need to know if I made mistakes so I can do better in the future.

Got into my 2017 si this morning pushed the clutch in to put the car in gear, and a good little flow of water flooded onto my foot.
Yes, it was water!
Worth noting car was parked facing down hill and it had just rained.
Didn’t get down and look to see if there was a leak in the firewall, but has anyone else had this happen? Specifically upon pushing in the clutch and starting to move?

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Me and my partner want to buy a sport car for weekend driving, and would like it to be a Porsche.
We have an aquisition budget of 25k EUR. We found a 2007 Boxter and a 1999 Carerra in our area, both for around 23k eur and around 100k km.
Both are convertibles, and the 911 even has the hardtop shell.
We plan to keep this car for a very long time, even register it as a historical car once the vehicle reaches 30 years.
We have no idea about the maintenance costs though, and we’d like to ask the group’s help with this please.
Besides the insurance & yearly inspections, can anybody please let us know what we should expect? Any known issues, parts that fail most often and replacement costs, etc?
We live in eastern Europe, Romania.

The day before yesterday I got a batch order, I noticed that one was to a business but then I saw it was to an animal hospital, so I said oh cool, I'll do it, I'm even willing to bring this stuff in because I'll see some cute little puppies and kittens in the lobby.
The orde had a lot of heavy items like cat litter, huge bags of dog, and lots of gallons of distilled water. The tip was appropriate for the items and distance so I took it.
So when I get there, there's a lot of doors. I called to see which door they wanted me to come through and the phone is busy, I called twice. I go into the main entrance, and I'm standing there with two gallon jugs in each hand. I waited until the front desk receptionists were finished with the customers, then I playfully said, "your WalMart delivery has arrived" without even looking at me, she puts her finger up as to say wait. She was looking down, so I assumed she was doing some paperwork, so I waited a couple of minutes. Then she looks to her co-worker, and they start joking and laughing, not even looking or acknowledging me. I then put the jugs down and went to go get more things. When I came back in she said, "you need to take that stuff to the back". Are you kidding me?! "Who are you talking to like that" I'm thinking to myself. If she had said asked nicely, I would have forgotten how rude she was initially. So I told her, "I'm not even supposed to bring anything in, let alone take it to another room." She then says of course says "everyone else does it" I didn't entertain it because I knew if I did, I would have gone TF off on her.
So I go back out to get the rest of the things., I thought to myself, let me take this stuff to the next room because it was just 5 ft away, because I knew they would probably reduce my tip and give me a bad rating. So I'm taking the stuff to the back, once I get it all in, a woman comes up and says I have to take inventory, I'm thinking to myself okay does she expect me to take this stuff back to my car if everything isnt here? Because I've never seen anybody do that, and I'm thinking all of these spark drivers have been spoiling these damn people, and now they're just getting away with all types of stuff. I told her if anything is missing, you would have to call customer service because there's nothing I can do, I don't work for Walmart, in a very nice and tactful way. She says if there's something missing, we're not going to accept it. I'm like are you kidding me? So then this tall gentleman (I'm assuming he was the Dr) says to me, "why can't you bring the stuff back, everyone else does it." I'm thinking to myself he must think he's Big bad Doctor man or something, because why would you be saying that to me when you see I brought the things back? what was the point? So I then said, "people bring the delivery back because someone is attempting to intimidate them, they don't want a bad rating, or they don't want their tip taken back because people can be Petty and spiteful." After this they say nothing.
So the lady that took inventory says, "okay everything is here." so I leave. I will never take another order from a business again. I don't care how big the tip is, that delivery took too much restraint because I really wanted to go off on these people. I think If it wasn't my last delivery for the day, I would have gone off.
So here comes the next day. They proved me right with the pettiness and spitefulness, and took back the complete tip, and gave me a bad rating. I'm so enraged! I'm usually not a vindictive person, but I want to call everyone that I know and tell them to go to their business site and give them a bad rating. I was thinking about going on their site and letting their customers know what type of people that they're bringing their dogs and cats to, but I know that Google will take it down because it has nothing to do with the their business or services. Any suggestions?

My wife, son (11), and I will be traveling to Brussels this summer. While we plan to take the trains to Bruges, Ghent, and Antwerp, we're thinking of renting a car to visit the castles in northern Luxembourg and then Luxembourg city.
I rented a car last year in Finland and it was super simple to use Waze & google maps to navigate, but I also never crossed a Schengen border. Is it like in the US where I'll see a sign "Welcome to Luxembourg", or are border crossings still a thing?
Has anyone taken a road-trip through the Ardennes or visited Bastogne? Anything we should see? Should I expect wide flat roads or windy mountain roads with lots of switchbacks?
thanks!

I championed your cause and gladly turned my back on my only friends. They weren’t great people to begin with. But the two women we both agreed were toxic and effed up…you have invited back into your life. One who bullied me and threatened my life repeatedly and the other who broke your heart and slandered you viciously? I still have the police reports ready to file on them if need be.
Please give me closure. Is it fair for you to be friendly with them, yet shut me out completely? I just wanted a little of that most precious commodity - time. Please, please don’t keep me locked out. Please, one email or discord to patch it up better? I am so sorry for how it ended. It was my mistake to contact your friend when you went away. There were things I said to him in private while I was curled up in the darkest pit. When I was terrified that you left me pregnant. When I couldn’t sleep for days, throwing up and unable to talk to you? Looking up clinics and agencies and wtf was I going to do? When I couldn’t hide my grief and tears from my son getting ready for school every day? Because I miss(ed) you, and it felt like I was jilted and none of our love was real. I just wanted a minute of your time and soothing voice. A bread crumb. I apologized and begged you to unblock me. I said I would show you everything your friend and I said. And I didn’t know he was doing the crazy threats to you. I knew he was really mad. And I was too, but I was 10% mad, 90% sad. How are you doing? How do you feel?
Please dm me on discord. I need to move on from this. I’m shooting fvcking shields. Let me love you as a friend. The way it was before. I’m able to make your blanket now. It will be therapeutic. It is yours if you want it. When it’s finished, I can use a third party shipping service, so I won’t know your address. I respect your choices and respect you as a person.
I’m so sorry that I hurt you. Baby, please forgive me for doing what you asked me not to do. DM me? It isn’t as bad as what you think. I will tell you whatever you want to know. I’ve been talking to one of them, too. One of the effed up women. I’m an open book in front of you. Everyone just wants you to be happy and successful. Especially me. xoxo

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Hello everyone, I have recently gotten a therapist due to clinical depression/anxiety. I was all new in this process so I wasn’t aware that I should learn more about my therapist's specialty and background.
At first, I was doing okay with my therapist. However, later on, he gradually showed his biases (political and religious beliefs) and he constantly tried to bring up topic that I didn’t feel comfortable (I am not ready to be in a relationship due to my depression, but he constantly brought up that topic because he's a marriage therapist). I feel like he’s not the right fit, because my depression has gotten worse instead of improving after having him. We didn’t get into any particular conflict during our session so I don’t feel comfortable telling him that I would like to cancel all of the future appointments. So I canceled them myself from growtherapy, thinking that he wouldn’t be notified.
On the next day, I was shocked that he confronted me regarding why I cancelled the appointments, I simply said I will be busy for the entire June as an excuse. What should I do? I don’t want to confront him and get into conflict but I know that he is not helping me! I am currently a college student, and I feel more comfortable sharing my problems with my professor than with my therapist. I do not trust him and I do not feel comfortable sharing my problems with him.

Hi there.
Im goin to Korea from 20 sep to 10 oct. Traveling around to different cities like seoul, andong Jeju busan and so on.
Does anyone know if theres any bicycle guides in Seoul or busan? I mean is there any youngsters whom you can reservate for a day or so to show you around all the great local places in the city :-)?
Prefer not to drive around in cars all day - any suggestions? Ty in adv.

“I’m not going to give you information,” Pete volunteers to his bent over form. There’s no way to know exactly what’s in store for him but Pete feels the need to make that declaration.
There’s a sharp zapping sound, and Vegas turns to face him then, revealing the jumper cables in his gloved hands which are connected to a car battery on the table behind him. The rest seems self-explanatory.
“I don’t want information,” Vegas says, finally looking up at him from the cables.
By then Vegas is already advancing on him, much too close for comfort. But Pete has already resigned himself at this point.
Or the one where Pete is very uncooperative at being tortured, Vegas gets a little too creative and falls for his own trap in the worstway possible.
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AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! Mind-blowing. Truly mind-blowing. The writing is Chef's kiss.
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Hello. Hope I'm in the right subreddit.
I've always wanted to drive a rally car on a circuit, even if it's just for an hour, it's a dream of mine.
I'm going to US in about a week and I'll be in Tahoe for the summer.
Do you know where I could reant a rally car and drive it on a circuit on the west coast? Is it really expensive to do that?
Thank you!

Looking to pull the trigger on an used car. Want to understand how the insurance process will work. I have been driving for a long time but the car and insurance are under my parents' insurance. I don't think my name is on the policy and I live in a different state than them.
When I do purchase the car from the dealer, what do I need to do to get the car insured? Do I have to do this at the dealership? Or can have a few days to figure out afterwards and leave the car at the dealership? Or can I purchase the auto insurance now if I know I will be getting the car?

All the iCarly S2 revival episodes have been uploaded to Paramount Plus' youtube channel, which is just bad marketing for the streaming site. Its like they are just "giving away" free iCarly eps to the public.
Also, Miranda had zero interviews/appearances leading up to the S3 premiere. Sure she was in a different country, but you'd think Paramount would have planned ahead or something.
It just seems that there's zero hype or promotion. Even the Teenick schedule isnt doing an og iCarly mega marathon this time around...