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Any help with this is appreciated. This has been bugging me for weeks. So I am not sure if my crush likes me. I first noticed who he was in December. But started developing an attraction in April. I am leaning toward that he does like me, but it’s actually really difficult to tell considering the situation and surroundings. Maybe someone can help me understand it or has had a similar experience.
So basically, we make extremely good eye contact 90% of the time. Every time we pass each other or every time we are in the same area we somehow find each others eyes, and we hold it for a few seconds until I break it because I either get overwhelmed or shy. I have also caught him staring at me quite a bit, and a few times when I caught him, he looked away very quickly. I have caught him preening himself and fixing his shirt in front of me as I walk by. He makes all of the body language indications of liking me.
HOWEVER, what makes me question this possible attraction is that we have never talked. Neither of us have ever initiated a conversation. I feel that men usually do that when they like someone, but maybe he is shy? I feel I have given off signs that I like him, such as looking at his eyes, walking by him, sitting near him, and smiling at him.

I can't shake the feeling from this weird dream I had last night and I was hoping to get some insight. For some context, I am very spiritual and my dream involved some kind of spell/ritual.
All I remember is that me and my mother got into some kind of argument and I ended up going to the store to get something. At the store, I met an older lady who was also spiritual and near the check out lanes she showed me this spell/ritual that could help me with what I was going through (I think it was I could set an intention/make a wish of some kind). I don't recall how she knew I needed help or why this started but she showed me how to do the spell/ritual: I would have to find a gathering of ants, find the queen, and spread sulfur on top of her and around the other ants. I remember hearing so clearly the ants eating the sulfur and I think their queen (not 100% sure on the queen being eaten though). Then she had me take my own hair and for some reason I didn't take the hair from my head rather I had a bundle of hair from when I was blonde and it was fried and crunchy like it had been when I went blonde -- she took the hair, had me set my intention of what I wanted out of the experience, and sprinkled the hair on top of the ants and they started chewing at it. I remember my intention being something along the lines of wanting to find my authentic self and feel comfortable with who I am. I ended up crying (in the dream and in real life because I'm very physically reactive while I'm sleeping) and my mom appeared angry and we argued while I cried. I felt like my chest was constricting, like something had been unlocked and was now suffocating me. That's when I woke up.
I don't know if this is just some weird dream I had but because of my spirituality, I'm inclined to believe this might mean something more because of how much its effecting me emotionally in my waking life. Anyone have any ideas of what this might mean??

I was doing some thinking about Kyoka Suigetsu, when I realized that it should, potentially, be even more outrageously powerful than it already is.
I also noticed that there may be some merit to the theory that Aizen never actually had a Bankai, by his own choice. He wanted to stand above all the others, and if he believed himself able to do that with just his Shikai.....well, I find it perfectly believable that he simply wouldn't bother to achieve Bankai in the first place.
But this leads me to my second thought. Kyoka Suigetsu was an imperfect Shikai, even when Aizen fused with it.
My line of thinking, is that Aizen demonstrates the ability to fuck with (for lack of better phrasing) someone's sense of time, so we know that he isn't actually just limited to the traditional senses, and Kyoka Suigetsu should have dominion over ALL your true senses.
I think, Aizen never bothered to reach the full potential of Kyoka Suigetsu, as he didn't believe he needed it, and if he had, it would have allowed him control over things like your sense of heat, pain, gravity, balance, etc. Since, all of those things are individual senses your body has, including sense of time, so logically Kyoka Suigetsu should be able to control them.
Obviously, Aizen could have simply chosen not to use those abilities, so maybe he could force people into extreme vertigo, or make them feel as though they're burning up from the inside, he simply....didn't feel like it.
But, that's not nearly as fun as the idea that Aizen's pride and his overconfidence lead to him forgoing perfecting his own Shikai, because he believed it was already unstoppable. Only for him to now be in a position where he can't correct his mistake and perfect it, due to having fused with it.
Maybe this makes no sense to anyone, but I just thought it was interesting. Is there any merit to it and do I think it's in anyway even slightly correct? Eh, not really. I just noticed something, thought it was cool, felt like sharing.
As always, I hope you all have a beautiful day! <3
In hindsight, it's also perfectly possible that his Bankai does simply just give him even more reach over what senses he can control, and that's why he seemingly could alter perception of time once he had fused with Kyoka Suigetsu and was sitting in his chair but whatevs this is just a funny crackpot post

Hey guys, I wanted to see what stances you thought worked best against Bode on Tanalorr? Tried beating him a dozen+ times yesterday and every time I get him near death on the third phase he keeps fucking me up 😑

I’m moving into the dorms for college, and I want to bring my PC with me. However, I want to downsize to a mATX case as I won’t have nearly as much space available. Since I’m already going to do some swapping around, I’m trying to decide the value in possibly doing some upgrades as well.
As for my use case, I do some average AAA gaming (RDR2, Overwatch, Minecraft, Forza Valorant, MW2; I want to get into some single-player games like God of War and the Spider-Man games) and some video/photo/music editing. My current 2-year-old build is great and has served me well, but some upgrades could be nice. Below is the pcpartpicker list for it. As you can see, the motherboard is pretty upgrade locked I think, so upgrading the CPU would require a new motherboard. Correct me if I’m wrong.
https://pcpartpicker.com/usegeekywookie95/builds/#view=fvqp99
Firstly, the system needs more storage, so I plan on buying 500gb-1tb more of solid state storage and formatting the current drives. That being said, I’m going to do a clean windows install. Any recommendations for SSD storage would be great, I’m looking at this.
The most important change is downsizing to a mini micro-ATX case. I’m considering a Lian Li 170m or 205m mesh or maybe a Fractal Meshify C case. The AP201 from ASUS also looks interesting. If you have any other suggestions please let me know, as this is my number one reason for this upgrade.
Thirdly, a RAM upgrade from 16gb to 32gb would be nice. I just feel like it would help with overall performance. However, this would have to be a new kit or involve a motherboard upgrade, as my current motherboard only has two RAM slots. Would an increase in RAM speed be better? I can’t say I know alot about the impact of RAM speed. Happy to take advice for a good value RAM kit.
If the value is there, I’d also consider a GPU upgrade from the 1660s to something like a 6650xt, 6600xt, or some 3000 series Nvidia card. I don’t know if just upgrading the GPU from the 1660s would make sense considering a CPU bottleneck. Would something like the 6650xt be bottlenecked by a 10400f?
I don’t know if I should upgrade the CPU/Motherboard/PSU since I feel that the amount of gaming and games that I play doesn’t justify it. (Also, what’s the best way to sell older parts, if I upgrade? Besides the GPU, which a friend said he would buy, I don’t know how else to sell besides on eBay.) However, if I could do everything for around $700 after selling old parts, I’d be happy to do the whole upgrade. For CPU, I was thinking about something like a 13600k. I know nothing about motherboards except that it needs to be mATX and preferably have WiFi. For everything else, I’ll just take some good value options or ask some people for advice.
For some further context that might help with advice, I live not too far from a Microcenter so I could possibly take advantage of some of their bundles and sales. They have a free SSD that they are giving away, a free $25 gift card, and the usual CPU/mobo bundle and open-box deals.
Thanks for the help!
TLDR: Downsizing to a mATX case for college. Considering the value of upgrading from a locked-path motherboard even though the system at hand is decent. Budget: For a mATX case, somewhere around $50-$60 that’s nice looking and more importantly easier to build in would be great. Around $700 after resale for doing a whole new build.

Chapter Eight
“Chaos.” A storm raged as lightning flashed and thunder clashed. It was an endless barrage of havoc from nature unbridled. Through the storm, the form of a mask took shape, cackling while lightning struck the voids of its sockets and gave it otherworldly eyes. Its sheer size wasn’t an exaggeration either, and it took the form of a bright light with only the faintest appearance of a humanoid form with long arms. It also had horns sticking out of its head with long, silver hair. If that weren’t enough, wings spread out behind it, creating fire and devastation with every flap.
“In the time before time, there was no order in the universe. Mayhem reigned over an ageless blight.”
The gigantic figure waved its hands around gracefully as a conductor. Great flashes of destruction erupted when it threw its hands up and down. As if it was making music, the mask slowly raised its hands while twiddling its fingers, gradually drawing upon rolling thunder. After a pause, the mask threw its arms down, causing all the clouds and fire around it to drop.
Everything went dark after that.
“This would continue until a miracle happened.”
From out of the darkness formed a planet. The mask’s hands appeared, giving the earth a glow that acted like the sun. The mask appeared in full again and raised the world to get a better look.
“From out of thin air came the world you know as Mekkan. Ananke, the Eternal Strife, had intended an eternity of destruction in her image, but her calamity created life, leaving her baffled and furious.”
Ananke, as she was called, held Mekkan in her hand. The pupils in her eyes turned red as she raised her other hand into a fist. Her hand trembled with fury as she threatened to smash the planet to pieces. Bringing her fist down, she stopped at the very last moment.
“It was as if another miracle had happened. Having accidentally created life, she realized for the first time that she had a heart. The great destroyer shed a single tear of regret over what she had almost done.”
A tear slid down her mask until it dropped onto Mekkan. Spreading across the planet, it became a water world. Next, her wings pulled themselves off and broke into pieces. Each piece took the form of a dragon. They fluttered around like butterflies except for one. A white dragon, bigger than the others, landed on Ananke’s finger. Ananke stroked the dragon’s chin before the dragon took off.
“From Ananke came the dragons, an extension of her will, and they flew into the world where they brought down fire and devastation. Nobody was perfect, but in her fleeting regret, she was curious whether she could create more miracles.”
Mekkan, under dragon fire, saw entire continents of volcanic hellscapes emerge from the boiling oceans. The dragons used their wings to calm the flames until they were only embers. Circling the skies, they used magic to form clouds, spreading them worldwide and bringing about rain. The last of the fires were put out. Soon, there was grass, and then there were trees.
“Ananke did it again. It became an experiment in creation, a foreign concept to a destroyer god. Perhaps she only wished to satisfy her cosmic ego, so she took it further and had three children. She tasked them with creating sentient life, sending them to Mekkan on their mission.”
Three masks fell into the world like shooting stars. Crash landing into different parts of the earth, they emerged as beings of great and intimidating appearances, as tall as they were mighty. One was a humanoid, the second was a basitin, and the third was a keidran who resembled a dog. All three had masks for faces. They created the respective races using their magic and were worshipped as gods.
“This was as far as Ananke was willing to let her experiment go. Her patience was spent when creation did not lead to more destruction. On the contrary, the masks and their races nearly came together in peace and harmony, which was the final straw. There is nothing chaos despises more than peace. So, she ordered the dragons to destroy them. A great war was started that saw countless deaths, including the dragons. The masks proved resilient enough that when Ananke threatened to obliterate them all, they took it upon themselves to fight her alone. The resulting melee nearly split the universe and almost destroyed the world the masks had come to see as their own.”
The masks fought Ananke in a terrifying display of skill and magic. When they gained the upper hand, the keidran mask fell back, unwilling to fight their mother anymore. Ananke overpowered the other two until the humanoid mask pleaded with the keidran mask to help. When it finally relented, the three masks combined their powers into one last attack. It proved to be enough to conquer Ananke.
“Although she had been defeated, Ananke swore she would one day return to finish what she started. To accomplish this, she unmasked herself.”
Before losing her godly form, Ananke pulled her mask off, and it fell to earth like a meteor. Whatever face was behind the mask faded, along with the rest of her body, until nothing was left but a sun.
“This was not a warning the three victorious siblings could take lightly. Although they had destroyed their mother, her powers exceeded their own, ensuring her will continued contaminating the world. One dragon, who called herself Nora, remained and lived outside the laws and boundaries imposed on the mortal world. She remains loyal to her creator as an extension of her and has sired new dragons throughout the ages. When Ananke rises again, they will fight for her in greater numbers to devastate the world again.”
As a bleak future haunted them, the three masks came together and regarded the world from their higher plane of existence. Looking at each other, they each nodded in agreement over something.
“It was decided that they would split themselves in half. One half would remain in limbo while the other half would be born to the earth, live, die, and reincarnate in a cycle that would repeat itself until the time came for them to become whole again.”
They pulled their masks off in a brilliant flash of light that ended the story.
“This was called the Great Unmasking,” Dolos told Evals, who remained suspended in the higher plane. “For countless generations, our avatars, the mortal halves, have lived in Mekkan, but not without hints of their true godly selves. You see, they have all gone on to become great leaders, revolutionaries, and wizards revered in the annals of history.”
Evals was in awe of everything he had witnessed. It wasn’t a boring history lesson, after all. There wasn’t a storm anymore, either. The clouds around him cleared up as if it were turning into a sunny day.
“I’m not going to pretend I understand everything that just happened,” he said, scratching his head. “No offense, but masks make things complicated.”
Dolos chuckled and responded, “We work in mysterious ways.”
“Yeah, but what has happened since then? Mike has gone on about this book he likes to read called On Masks and the Creation of the World. It’s kind of like everything you explained but a lot less dense. How he describes it doesn’t involve all those big, showy words you like to use.”
Dolos replied flatly, “We’re masks, wise guy. You shouldn’t expect gods to level with you in common language.”
“Maybe I can teach you,” Evals said while his tongue stuck out. “Fair is fair. You teach me magic; I’ll teach you to speak more like dogs do!”
“…No, thank you. Anyway, what else do you want to know?”
“Mike talked about how the masks have gone to war with each other. Why are the three of you fighting each other now?”
Dolos sighed and answered, “As time passed, Ananke didn’t appear, and we grew impatient. Restlessness got us more involved in the affairs of our races. The kind of influence we wielded over the mortals, particularly through our avatars, went to our heads. We lost our way.”
The higher plane faded around Evals until he found himself on the bench again. He looked around until he noticed Dolos still sitting next to him. It didn’t look happy, however.
“We’ve made mistakes,” Dolos admitted. “I regret my part now in agreeing to the game we created for ourselves and all the damage it has caused.”
“What game?”
Dolos shook its head and answered, “Eons of one-upmanship. Our dueling goals, no, our obsession, were to turn our respective races against each other in endless wars for supremacy using our avatars. Aside from one archaic rule we agreed to, nothing else was off-limits as we tried beating each other. This led to segregation, genocide, and slavery.”
Evals looked down when he heard that. “This place you see here? It resulted from one of our games going awry and resulted in me seeing the error of my ways. It might have been too late to save the lives lost here, but I vowed to right so many wrongs when the opportunity presented itself. So, you came along.”
Evals believed it, but he wasn’t sure if he should be happy Dolos had turned over a new leaf. Because of the masks, countless keidran were enslaved. He might have never been torn away from his family. Evals felt angry momentarily, and a red aura glowed faintly around him as he clenched his fist. At first, his changing appearance didn’t faze him. Dolos didn’t seem too bothered when it noticed, taking particular interest in how he reacted. It was intoxicating the more he felt enraged. However, he took a deep breath and let it all subside until the aura was gone, and he was calm again. Anger was never his style, and he didn’t want to hold it against Dolos, who had helped him already.
“You mentioned one rule,” he said. “If everything else was fair game, then what line wouldn’t you cross?”
“We agreed that while we could influence our mortal bodies and the races they led when asked, we could not completely control our avatars. We were forbidden from becoming whole again.”
Evals raised his brow and responded, “That’s it?”
“We considered returning to full power to be cheating, especially when we vowed only to do so in the worst-case scenario. That time has come, I’m afraid.”
“What changed your minds?”
Dolos looked at him and answered, “Ananke has returned.”

OK, so I am wandering through the game and just completed the Mayachideg Shrine near South Akkala Stable and the little snapping turtle-type constructshave to be the most adorably lethal little things I've seen in the game yet.
Once i got into the main Shrine room and cut them loose on the challenge to overcome, it just reminded me of the little wind-up robot toys I had when I was little. The opportunity to mount other Zonai weapons on them was (makes chef's kiss gesture).

What movies do you think would have worked better as a tv series? Personally, I put most Marvel/DC films near the top of that list, lol. But I just feel that a lot of cinema would benefit greatly from a well paced slowburn that truly builds the world and characters they are trying to show us, and to me only a series could really do this for some films. Bonus question: how many episodes should the series have to properly tell the story of the film you chose? (even if it's just one season)

Emrys Esports is looking for an **Co-ManageAssistant manager** for our main team. We are a passionate and driven team looking to improve and work on our consistency and fundamentals.
Team info: Ranks : Immortal+ -Region: Europe -Committed to a long term project and willing to improve as individuals and as a part of the team. -Mature and sensible team who also has a very good synergy. Team has been together for 6 months now. -Open to feedback and criticism (this is quite important to the players and teams development). -English speaking (org is UK based) -Looking to enter leagues in the very near future.
What we would like in a Co-ManageAssistant manager: -Experience is not 100% necessary, open to new Co-ManageAssistant manager looking for a learning opportunity. -Committed to a long term project and willing to improve the Players and the Team as a whole. -Mature, sensible and open minded. while the teams have only been formed in the last 6 weeks, they are eager to get a talented coach to push them and help them develop, some players lack competitive experience. -Open minded. -English speaking (org is UK based) -Salary will be available ONCE the team start achieving consistent positive results. We are a self sustainable org and each team and staff attached must appreciate a salary is earned not just given away.
The teams goals are to spend the next 6+ months developing their skills and learning in smaller tournaments/leagues, before pushing for bigger tournaments and then LAN events beginning next year.
If you think you have what it takes drop me a DM and we can talk more :)

Seems like it's really messed up for mobile users, including me!
Can access chat history, but am unable to respond to nearly anyone; getting similar reports, but thought I'd check here, too...someone suggested a fix was incoming on Tuesday...sure hope so!

A local church's sign near me currently reads "Figure out what God is doing and do that!" Not sure giving children bone cancer is the best advise.

Happy Monday everyone and welcome to our new members,
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I hope you had a great and relaxing weekend. If your anything like us, you get anxious over the weekend waiting on the market to open again on Monday. Yea I get it!
So we mentioned yesterday that we're composing a new report on an OTC exchange traded company that has less than 400K shares available to trade electronically at the DTC. This company has a couple recent announcements that could serve as significant catalysts. So let's get to it.
SECURETECH INNOVATIONS INC. (OTC: SCTH)
First, the share structure we mentioned looks like this according to otcmarkets.com.
Outstanding Shares 111,850,513 as of 06/03/2023 Restricted 81,523,513 as of 06/03/2023 Unrestricted 30,327,000 as of 06/03/2023 Held at DTC 313,000 as of 06/03/2023 Float 20,003,000 as of 04/14/2021
To top it off they are undergoing a share reduction program.
SecureTech Launches Long-Term Share Reduction Program
Targeting Total Reduction in Outstanding Common Shares by 70% in 2023
ROSEVILLE, Minn., June 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SecureTech Innovations, Inc. (OTC: SCTH), an emerging growth company that develops and markets cutting-edge security and safety devices, products, and technologies such as Top Kontrol and its early-stage cybersecurity and cryptocurrency technology incubator Piranha Blockchain, announces it launched a long-term share reduction program.
The goal of this share reduction program is to reduce the nearly 112 million shares of common shares presently outstanding to under 35 million shares before the end of the year. This would represent a total reduction in outstanding shares of around 70%
Phase 1 of this share reduction program is already underway and includes an initial 25 million share reduction, representing 22.4% of the currently outstanding common shares. Once SecureTech’s transfer agent effects this Phase 1 reduction, SecureTech will have 86,850,513 common shares outstanding.
SecureTech’s President and CEO Kao Lee commented, “We are very pleased to announce this share reduction initiative. This is an extremely positive and valuable program designed to add substantial value to our long-term investors’ holdings while preparing SecureTech for a successful capital raise at higher prices through its planned Regulation A+ offering.”
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SecureTech Reports Record Top Kontrol Sales Growth
Unveils New Top Kontrol Marketing and Investor Awareness Initiative
ROSEVILLE, Minn., May 31, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SecureTech Innovations, Inc. (OTC: SCTH), an emerging growth company that develops and markets cutting-edge security and safety devices, products, and technologies such as Top Kontrol and its early-stage cybersecurity and cryptocurrency technology incubator Piranha Blockchain, announces it generated record Top Kontrol sales growth of 114% during the first quarter of 2023.
Seeking to build upon this record sales growth, SecureTech announces it is launching a cross-marketing initiative aimed at growing product/brand awareness while converting existing and prospective shareholders into Top Kontrol customers. It’s a win-win for public safety and SecureTech’s shareholders.
SecureTech’s President and CEO Kao Lee commented, “Top Kontrol as a brand and product remain largely unknown outside of the Twin Cities area. By combining product marketing and investor awareness efforts, we hope to attract a new generation of customers that become long-term SecureTech shareholders and vice versa. This will create a strong shareholder base, ensuring our forthcoming Regulation A+ offering is a huge success to propel SecureTech to the next level.” FULL ARTICLE
About SecureTech Innovations
SecureTech is an emerging growth company that develops and markets security and safety devices, products, and technologies – our products preserve life, protect property, and prevent crime. SecureTech is the maker of Top Kontrol®, the only anti-theft and anti-carjacking system known that can safely stop a carjacking without any action by the driver. Through its Piranha Blockchain subsidiary, SecureTech is developing advanced cybersecurity technologies for blockchain and cryptocurrency systems and platforms involving cryptocurrency mining, digital asset storage and protection, and cryptocurrency trading platforms. For more information, visit securetechinnovations.com, topkontrol.com, and piranhablockchain.com.
Piranha Blockchain
Piranha Blockchain, a SecureTech Innovations, Inc. company, is developing advanced cybersecurity technologies for blockchain and cryptocurrency systems and platforms for cryptocurrency mining, digital asset storage and protection, and trading exchanges.
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I think this bad boy could move in the near term. What do you think? As always do your own research and analysis.
I'll will be back with an updated report soon,
Disclosure

The 1-year mark of the beginning of my problems with my first new Malibu boat has recently passed to no resolution of my problems. Therefore, I figured it's time to share my experience with anyone who may be considering a Malibu/Axis product.
In April 2022, I purchased a new Axis t250 off the showroom floor at Lake Norman Marina and it was great for the first few weeks, but on Memorial Day weekend of 2022 after a rider had fallen, the boat would no longer start. After about a week of the boat being at the dealership, they decided it wasn't just the starter and for some reason the transmission needed to be changed. About 2 weeks later I got the boat back, went out 3 times, and the transmission actually blew. They changed it again, and on my 3rd time out again the transmission blew. They changed it yet again and on my first day out the engine temp was skyrocketing and fluid spilling out, turned out a hose had not been secured properly and was spilling into the engine bay, but on the 4th time out, the transmission blew once again.
At this point, the entire month of June had passed, I had multiple issues with their maintenance practices and communication and had not received any offer of compensation for tows, no paperwork for warrant work performed, no contact from Malibu, or even an apology from the dealership. The boat had under 40hrs on it, and I had spent probably 15hrs on the water waiting for tows and being towed in. But the dealership and malibu decided to change the entire engine. 3 weeks in and I decide to call Malibu's engine department and ask how long, an engine change takes. (As an aircraft mechanic myself, changing giant turbine engines on Airbus fleets can be done in under 32 hours). The engine tech informed me it was a 5hr job and they also did not know why my transmission was changed in the first place since I had never received a transmission overheat message. However, I received my boat back about a week later and hoped that was the end, I could finally use my boat. About a week in, some wires to the screen came loose and I lost all my gauges on the opposite end of my home lake and at this point I was fed up. I told the dealership to take the boat back and I never wanted to see it again. I had been paying for a boat for 3 months and only had access to it for under 1 month.
This is when Malibu finally decided to get involved and Robert C. contacted me and admitted that the boat was a lemon. I informed him how I was displeased with the company, product, and the dealership and had never received a single piece of warranty paperwork, not even for the engine so that I could have the serial numbers switched on my insurance. He sounded surprised but ultimately didn't do anything regarding that issue but did offer to build me a new 2023 model year boat to replace my lemon if I just road that one out for the season because "Malibu wanted to earn my trust back as a customer". I expressed my concerns with product quality, the fact I'd be paying for a boat I hate for months, and new loan rates but after Robert adamantly assured me over 10 times that I would 100% be able to keep my same loan, and that my new boat would be put through a more in depth inspection process he called their "dock inspection" I decided to take the deal because pursuing the Magnussen Moss Warranty Act in court could have just yielded the same end result after much more time. Also, for 2 months straight I continued to ask Lake Norman Marina for warranty work paperwork in order to document my experience and the only thing I ever received was a screenshot of the hours of manpower assigned to my boat on one day.
In October of 2022 I submitted my new build and was told the new one would be completed in early spring/March. However, just after Christmas I received a call from the dealership that my boat was ready, and I need to submit for a new loan. I raised hell, right after Christmas when my credit cards were near capacity, 3 months early on completion, after a ton of reassurances that there was no way I would need a new loan at these higher rates, and after I have continued to make payments on the existing crap boat, I was told to get a new loan. I reached out to Robert because he was so adamant about the fact I would not have to, and he proceeded to make a bunch of excuses for the dealership and say it's out of his hands. Where I then responded, why would you make promises you can't keep, about something you have no control over? This was the most important stipulation of the deal to me. That is when I first realized Malibu cannot be trusted. They ran my credit and as I expected my 4.5% interest would now be 9-10%, but luckily, I contacted my loan officer and detailed the entire situation to him. There was no way I was going to pay more money for a boat from a company that had shitted me. I told him, you either keep this loan and continue to make the money off of me you already are, or I am getting a boat from another company with another bank, and you make none. He agreed with my position and after a couple days managed to convince his higher ups to do a collateral swap on my current loan. No thanks to the dealership or Malibu.
Here we are in 2023, new year, new me, new boat, lets fucking see. I take delivery of my new 2023 Axis t235, and she looks beautiful. I take her right to the shop to get some tint thrown on. That evening I take the boat to the marina and hop in to see if they put any fuel in. 88% full, ok well they did the 10hr break in so that could be why. The next morning, I have it fueled up by the marina, still 88%. Some, "dock inspection" and more so how did the dealership not notice this during the break in period? But whatever I am ready to surf and will wait until my first service to have it addressed. Granted, I surf 3-4 times a week and fill it before every outing for weight. Then I recieved notice of the recall on the steering cable block and called my dealer but they had not recieved any tooling to complete it yet. But he told me it wasnt like the boat was gonna blow up, just dont go full power and I should be fine, at most I'd need a tow and I was used to that after the previous year. The boats running great, all sorts of squeaks and dry pump noises I had mentioned on the previous boat to the dealer, and told were normal, didn't exist on this one. Amazing. But one saturday after a rider had fell, and 2 jet skis were coming straight at im I start tapping my horn and it gets stuck wide open. We shut the boat off and on several times but as soon as the battery is set to on the horn sounds, so we decided to get under the dash, mid-lake, and disconnect the button. While this is happening I just so happen to get an e-mail from axis to submit a review on my boat and experience. Which I answered honestly; boat runs good, salesman good, not too impressed with company, dealership bad. Within minutes Logan K. sales manager, and son of the dealership owner e-mails me, 6pm on a Saturday, and says, "I cannot believe you bashed us yet again. Actually, I can." and proceeds to tell me they will no longer work on my boat, also that he has CC'd his entire service department to let them know. I respond telling him how all I did was answer the questions honestly based on my experience, and that him unprofessionally e-mailing me with a refusal to work my boat because of that, with the several existing issues is not in line with Malibu's statement of wanting to earn my trust back. He stands by his statement and says that they will not work the boat, and that I need to reach out to one of 2 other dealers farther away to have them correct the problems. The following Wednesday I go to surf and my marina manager tells me Lake Norman Marina was here earlier that day and had pulled my boat out to do some recall. I immediately e-mail Logan, informing him that I would like to know where we stand because if Lake Norman Marina is no longer working my boat, then they should not be touching my property, and regardless I should be informed before they have it pulled out for any work. He claims it was an oversight and will not apologize for the mechanic, even though ya' know, he CC'd his entire service department. From where I am standing, I have no idea if this tech came out to sabotage my boat or God knows what. Now since that initial interaction that previous Saturday, I called Malibu and left voicemails on 3 different phone numbers Mon-Fri of the next week. 15 voicemails and not a single response. So, the next week I go to my local Supra dealership, who is amazing by the way, shout out to Southtown Watersports!
The guys at SW are familiar with my story because every time I have come for boards, jackets, or lead bags etc. I have given them the latest and greatest in my ridiculous experience. They told me dealers have a direct line to the manufacturer and I should go ahead and reach out to the next closest dealer, give them my story and see what happens. Thats what I decided to do, Captain's Choice is 2 hours from me and when I spoke with them, they were just mind blown by my experience. Told me in 20 years he hadn't heard a story like mine. But they were very helpful and said they were going to look up parts and work on my boat and get them ordered so I could get it all fixed without wasting time. Big upgrade there. about an hour later I get an e-mail from Mr. Logan again. "Malibu sent us the parts to fix your horn but I told Robert you said we were not allowed on your property so let me know how you would like to proceed." This ding-dong sends me this, twisting my words, in the same e-mail chain where he is the one refusing to service my boat and I stated that if you are going to refuse service then you shouldn't be on my property. I replied telling him that I had reached out to the other dealer as he forced me to but that I would rather them come fix it, than have to trailer my boat 2 hours each way for something small. The following morning, he replies that he thinks I should just move forward with the other marina, and he would send them the parts. What? After 10 or so days he emailed me about fixing it with absolutely no intention to fix the boat? fuck off. I sent him a strongly worded response signed, "Sincerely, Eat Shit." and forwarded the interaction to Robert, detailing that in the same chain Logan proves he is a liar and twisted my words. I didn't expect a response at this point, but 3 min later Robert finally replied asking to speak on the phone later that day. When I talked to Robert, he once again made a bunch of excuses defending the dealerships behavior while stating he was not taking sides...makes sense. Told me they could do what they wanted and that me trailering by boat 2 hours each way to Captains Choice was a reasonable thing, knowing that the previous boat literally broke every week for 2 months. He informed me that ignoring my 15 voicemails was his call, in order to not escalate the situation, REALLY makes sense. Also, states that he told the mechanic to access my boat for the recall, which is not what ol' ding-dong had said. All trust in the company and especially Robert is lost at this point, so the conversation is useless.
About 2 weeks later I finally have the appointment to get the issues at my boat fixed 2 hours away. A spot in the flooring had bubbled at this point so it was that the horn, the fuel gauge, and possibly the recall. I leave at 530am with my boat to make sure I am at Captains Choice by 8am. Everyone was great there and were just as mind blown as myself that traveling that far for maintenance was considered reasonable by Robert and Malibu as far as "earning my trust as a customer." I was there for about 4 hours, napping in my truck when they took me back to my boat and said they stuck a needle in the bubble and smoothed it flat as directed by malibu, but it could bubble again, and they would then replace the piece. They reconnected the horn and it worked but in case it got stuck again they would send me a new horn unit to my house, seeing as ol ding-dong logan never sent them the parts. I have yet to receive the parts. They said the recall had been completed but was never put into the system which is no suprise seeing as Lake Norman Marina obviously does not believe in paperwork. Then theres the fuel gauge, he showed me that the float will not reach 100% ever, that it was poor design and nothing they could do. I mean, if thats the case I figure the rep for Malibu, Robert should have heard this complaint by every person who purchased a t235 at this point and not sent me 2 hours away for nothing. Anyways, they buttoned her up, and I headed home. Captain's Choice was great and a much better experience than I had previously had at the other dealership but, in total, I spent 9 hours that day and a full tank in my truck to return home with a boat in pretty much the same condition I left with. A needle poke to the floor and recconnected horn that both may fault again, a paperwork update of work performed by someone else, and being told that my 2nd brand new $140,000 boat in a year does not work right straight from the factory.
When I returned home I e-mailed Robert and told him that Malibu can either take this boat back, I keep my experience to myself, and we part ways. Or I will sell it on my own and relay my experience. As expected, no reply, so here we are. During this time I have also made small comments to other Malibu owners posts and been contacted by multiple people sharing their stories with me about the companies poor treatment of customers, and as one 20yr Malibu owner told me, it seems to only have gotten really bad since about 2020. I know some people have had wonderful experiences but this is the honest recollection of my 1yr experience with this company and I think its best for anyone looking to purchase a new boat to know what they may be getting themselves into with this company.
Also, if any other t235 owners read this let me know if your fuel gauge only reads 88% full.

My stepdaughter is 8 years old, I’ve been in her life since she was 3. Just wanted to share how special I feel that I received a text from her on her new cell phone last night, followed by her asking to call. She and I chatted for nearly an hour and this morning, she’s reached out again to say hello and all that.
Her mom’s side of the family caught Covid at a wedding so she’s been quarantined and had to skip our last weekend together. I was just so very honored she chose to reach out to me and share her experiences and stories. She didn’t even choose her dad first, she chose me (he is great with her, still).
I try to make a huge effort to make sure she knows she is loved equally at both homes and just as much as her siblings (both her mother and I both have 4 year old boys born two weeks apart that are her half brothers). I am as hands on as I possibly can be - we do crafts and cook and have girls nights with movies and face masks. It’s just nice to see her genuinely appreciate and love what I try to do for her.

Had surgery a week ago to treat my sinus issues. Details below regarding my condition, surgery experience and recovery.
Condition: otherwise healthy male, mid 30s in North America. Never had sinus issues until 8 months ago when I developed mild congestion on the right side on my nose only. Allergy tested and all was negative. Antibiotics and steroids didn’t help and my condition got progressively worse over the 8 months. At the peak I couldn’t breathe through my nose, lost taste and smell, constantly expelling blood and phlegm, couldn’t sleep, voice tone changed, was constantly fatigued and lacked vitality in my day to day. Probably a little depressed too. My left side the entire time was symptomless and normal until near the end when it suddenly became blocked.
ENT examined me and saw a polyp, ordered a CT and it revealed a large mass (report said 4cm x 4cm x 2 cm) growing from my right maxillary sinus that progressed into my nasopharynx and down my throat. My right maxillary sinus was completely opacified.
Decided to do surgery to remove the mass and clear out any disease. We weren’t touching any other sinus tissue as we were pretty sure the polyp was the cause of all the symptoms.
SURGERY prep: last week was my surgery. Nurses got me prepped and did a good job walking me through the process. Only criticism is it took 4 attempts to get my IV in, and, despite being alright with needles, the 4th and final attempt unfortunately set off a panic attack which made me feel pretty crummy. The nurses did a good job handling me during the panic attack but it was the first time I couldn’t deal with it using my standard protocol (which involves salted nuts and bundling up… couldn’t eat before surgery and had to stay in my surgical gown, but at least they gave me warm blankets).
Surgery: finally went into the OR where I spoke to my surgeon and anaesthetist. All was OK, I was put to sleep and woke up about 90 minutes later. Waking up was amazing—despite having a splitting headache I could finally breathe through my nose again. It was euphoria.
I was in recovery for a few hours, but since everything went well I was discharged and went home with a family member about 4 hours after I woke back up.
My surgical notes indicated the polyp was successfully removed and ethmoidectomy and maxillary anstronomy were conducted. The stalk of the polyp was followed into the maxillary sinus and was removed. Diseased tissue was removed from my maxillary sinus. Antral lavage carried out in maxillary sinus repeatedly until clear. Ethmoid sinus was clear. No signs of disease in the ethmoid sinus. I had no packings post surgery, just gauze to catch any blood.
They sent the mass to pathology to be tested. Still could be something else but haven’t heard anything yet, but I’m pretty sure it was a antrochoanal polyp (which is how it is referred to in the surgical notes). Seeing my ENT in a day and will know more.
Recovery: PAIN - head pain was significant for the first evening but by the second day was completely gone. I had almost no pain for the second and third days, with only a few Tylenol needed. However by the 4th day I started feeling moderate pain over my teeth near the right maxillary sinus and I had to use Tylenol every 4 hours to keep it at bay. I did not use the Percocet provided to me, not worth the risk. Eventually the pain reduced with Tylenol but was still significant enough for me to supplement with Advil. I now rotate Tylenol 500mg and Advil 400mg every 3 hours and that has completely managed the pain and symptoms.
Sense of smell and taste: were missing for a few days post surgery but eventually came back in full force. The sweet smells of coffee and spices… oh how I missed you.
Discharge: mostly gone by day 7. Still spit out a few large chunks every shower but discharge throughout the day is negligible now.
I do nasal rinses once or twice a day. Work like a charm.
Fatigue: improving but still finding I need a little sleep during the day.
Diet: after a day I was back to normal food without issue.
Exercise: can’t do anything for a few weeks, can’t even lift my baby as they don’t want me straining at all.
In summary: other than mild pain and some fatigue, I feel almost back to normal. This surgery has turned me around and was the best decision I’ve ever made. I was at an all time low before my surgery and now I feel like a whole new man. I am so happy with my improvement in symptoms and quality of life. If it wasn’t inappropriate I’d give my surgeon a hug. The man is a wizard and his surgical team did a great job.
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Happy Monday everyone and welcome to our new members,
Planned Reg A+ Offering (Regulation A+ is a highly efficient path to uplist to the NASDAQ or NYSE) World’s Most Advanced Anti-Theft and Anti-Carjacking System Blockchain Cyber Security Security for Cryptocurrency Mining Security for Digital Asset Storage and Protection Security for Cryptocurrency Trading Platforms Long Term Share Reduction Program Recently Reported Record Sales Growth It Appears That Most of The Stock Outstanding is Locked Up (or not yet deposited at the DTC)
I hope you had a great and relaxing weekend. If your anything like us, you get anxious over the weekend waiting on the market to open again on Monday. Yea I get it!
So we mentioned yesterday that we're composing a new report on an OTC exchange traded company that has less than 400K shares available to trade electronically at the DTC. This company has a couple recent announcements that could serve as significant catalysts. So let's get to it.
SECURETECH INNOVATIONS INC. (OTC: SCTH)
First, the share structure we mentioned looks like this according to otcmarkets.com.
Outstanding Shares 111,850,513 as of 06/03/2023 Restricted 81,523,513 as of 06/03/2023 Unrestricted 30,327,000 as of 06/03/2023 Held at DTC 313,000 as of 06/03/2023 Float 20,003,000 as of 04/14/2021
To top it off they are undergoing a share reduction program.
SecureTech Launches Long-Term Share Reduction Program
Targeting Total Reduction in Outstanding Common Shares by 70% in 2023
ROSEVILLE, Minn., June 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SecureTech Innovations, Inc. (OTC: SCTH), an emerging growth company that develops and markets cutting-edge security and safety devices, products, and technologies such as Top Kontrol and its early-stage cybersecurity and cryptocurrency technology incubator Piranha Blockchain, announces it launched a long-term share reduction program.
The goal of this share reduction program is to reduce the nearly 112 million shares of common shares presently outstanding to under 35 million shares before the end of the year. This would represent a total reduction in outstanding shares of around 70%
Phase 1 of this share reduction program is already underway and includes an initial 25 million share reduction, representing 22.4% of the currently outstanding common shares. Once SecureTech’s transfer agent effects this Phase 1 reduction, SecureTech will have 86,850,513 common shares outstanding.
SecureTech’s President and CEO Kao Lee commented, “We are very pleased to announce this share reduction initiative. This is an extremely positive and valuable program designed to add substantial value to our long-term investors’ holdings while preparing SecureTech for a successful capital raise at higher prices through its planned Regulation A+ offering.”
“All of us at SecureTech continue working diligently to increase the underlying value of the business and our loyal shareholders’ investments. We look forward to sharing additional new developments in the coming weeks,” added Mr. Lee. FULL ARTICLE
SecureTech Reports Record Top Kontrol Sales Growth
Unveils New Top Kontrol Marketing and Investor Awareness Initiative
ROSEVILLE, Minn., May 31, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SecureTech Innovations, Inc. (OTC: SCTH), an emerging growth company that develops and markets cutting-edge security and safety devices, products, and technologies such as Top Kontrol and its early-stage cybersecurity and cryptocurrency technology incubator Piranha Blockchain, announces it generated record Top Kontrol sales growth of 114% during the first quarter of 2023.
Seeking to build upon this record sales growth, SecureTech announces it is launching a cross-marketing initiative aimed at growing product/brand awareness while converting existing and prospective shareholders into Top Kontrol customers. It’s a win-win for public safety and SecureTech’s shareholders.
SecureTech’s President and CEO Kao Lee commented, “Top Kontrol as a brand and product remain largely unknown outside of the Twin Cities area. By combining product marketing and investor awareness efforts, we hope to attract a new generation of customers that become long-term SecureTech shareholders and vice versa. This will create a strong shareholder base, ensuring our forthcoming Regulation A+ offering is a huge success to propel SecureTech to the next level.” FULL ARTICLE
About SecureTech Innovations
SecureTech is an emerging growth company that develops and markets security and safety devices, products, and technologies – our products preserve life, protect property, and prevent crime. SecureTech is the maker of Top Kontrol®, the only anti-theft and anti-carjacking system known that can safely stop a carjacking without any action by the driver. Through its Piranha Blockchain subsidiary, SecureTech is developing advanced cybersecurity technologies for blockchain and cryptocurrency systems and platforms involving cryptocurrency mining, digital asset storage and protection, and cryptocurrency trading platforms. For more information, visit securetechinnovations.com, topkontrol.com, and piranhablockchain.com.
Piranha Blockchain
Piranha Blockchain, a SecureTech Innovations, Inc. company, is developing advanced cybersecurity technologies for blockchain and cryptocurrency systems and platforms for cryptocurrency mining, digital asset storage and protection, and trading exchanges.
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Comparing the Competetion
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In my twenties I distinctly remember a newer car I had just purchased being stolen for a joy ride when a theif stole my keys. The police arrived just to tell me they cannot do anything about it because the theif has the keys to the vehicle. Luckily, we were able to talk this person back with the car intact. However, if this ever happened again I would feel much safer with Top Kontrol. Check out all the features here.
From the Top Kontrol website: Your family’s safety is our priority!
The next-generation automotive and personal safety device is here today! Top Kontrol® is the world’s most advanced anti-theft and anti-carjacking system currently available. Top Kontrol® not only protects your vehicle from theft and criminal tampering while parked but also actively and passively helps secure and protect what is truly most important: your life and the lives of your family!
I think this bad boy could move in the near term. What do you think? As always do your own research and analysis.
I'll will be back with an updated report soon,
Disclosure

Had surgery a week ago to treat my sinus issues. Details below regarding my condition, surgery experience and recovery.
Condition: otherwise healthy male, mid 30s in North America. Never had sinus issues until 8 months ago when I developed mild congestion on the right side on my nose only. Allergy tested and all was negative. Antibiotics and steroids didn’t help and my condition got progressively worse over the 8 months. At the peak I couldn’t breathe through my nose, lost taste and smell, constantly expelling blood and phlegm, couldn’t sleep, voice tone changed, was constantly fatigued and lacked vitality in my day to day. Probably a little depressed too. My left side the entire time was symptomless and normal until near the end when it suddenly became blocked.
ENT examined me and saw a polyp, ordered a CT and it revealed a large mass (report said 4cm x 4cm x 2 cm) growing from my right maxillary sinus that progressed into my nasopharynx and down my throat. My right maxillary sinus was completely opacified.
Decided to do surgery to remove the mass and clear out any disease. We weren’t touching any other sinus tissue as we were pretty sure the polyp was the cause of all the symptoms.
SURGERY prep: last week was my surgery. Nurses got me prepped and did a good job walking me through the process. Only criticism is it took 4 attempts to get my IV in, and, despite being alright with needles, the 4th and final attempt unfortunately set off a panic attack which made me feel pretty crummy. The nurses did a good job handling me during the panic attack but it was the first time I couldn’t deal with it using my standard protocol (which involves salted nuts and bundling up… couldn’t eat before surgery and had to stay in my surgical gown, but at least they gave me warm blankets).
Surgery: finally went into the OR where I spoke to my surgeon and anaesthetist. All was OK, I was put to sleep and woke up about 90 minutes later. Waking up was amazing—despite having a splitting headache I could finally breathe through my nose again. It was euphoria.
I was in recovery for a few hours, but since everything went well I was discharged and went home with a family member about 4 hours after I woke back up.
My surgical notes indicated the polyp was successfully removed and ethmoidectomy and maxillary anstronomy were conducted. The stalk of the polyp was followed into the maxillary sinus and was removed. Diseased tissue was removed from my maxillary sinus. Antral lavage carried out in maxillary sinus repeatedly until clear. Ethmoid sinus was clear. No signs of disease in the ethmoid sinus. I had no packings post surgery, just gauze to catch any blood.
They sent the mass to pathology to be tested. Still could be something else but haven’t heard anything yet, but I’m pretty sure it was a antrochoanal polyp (which is how it is referred to in the surgical notes). Seeing my ENT in a day and will know more.
Recovery: PAIN - head pain was significant for the first evening but by the second day was completely gone. I had almost no pain for the second and third days, with only a few Tylenol needed. However by the 4th day I started feeling moderate pain over my teeth near the right maxillary sinus and I had to use Tylenol every 4 hours to keep it at bay. I did not use the Percocet provided to me, not worth the risk. Eventually the pain reduced with Tylenol but was still significant enough for me to supplement with Advil. I now rotate Tylenol 500mg and Advil 400mg every 3 hours and that has completely managed the pain and symptoms.
Sense of smell and taste: were missing for a few days post surgery but eventually came back in full force. The sweet smells of coffee and spices… oh how I missed you.
Discharge: mostly gone by day 7. Still spit out a few large chunks every shower but discharge throughout the day is negligible now.
I do nasal rinses once or twice a day. Work like a charm.
Fatigue: improving but still finding I need a little sleep during the day.
Diet: after a day I was back to normal food without issue.
Exercise: can’t do anything for a few weeks, can’t even lift my baby as they don’t want me straining at all.
In summary: other than mild pain and some fatigue, I feel almost back to normal. This surgery has turned me around and was the best decision I’ve ever made. I was at an all time low before my surgery and now I feel like a whole new man. I am so happy with my improvement in symptoms and quality of life. If it wasn’t inappropriate I’d give my surgeon a hug. The man is a wizard and his surgical team did a great job.
Ask any questions!

I've been strumming along to music through my hi-fi for nearly a year now and loving it. Some of it sounds ok, to me. Happy with my progress. I recently borrowed an amp and electric guitar and also tried my acoustic through the amp. Nothing sounds right. Most of my practice time has been spent changing presets, tones and effect settings on the amp to try and make it sound "correct" for the track I'm playing along to. The amp has a second channel for acoustic guitar and even that doesn't sound as good as my non amplified acoustic. At least I now know I don't want an electric guitar. Anyone had a similar experience??

Hi. A couple weeks ago, I think it was, I had a dream about Gaiden where RGG leaked the plot by broadcasting an amateur drawn picture of Kiryu getting good head repeatedly in a love hotel and forgetting his name because of it.
The result? My brain: hey man, there's enough Kiryu thirst posts. But are there enough Kuroda thirst posts?
Cue me the other night having a HORRIBLY HORNY dream last night, where all Kuroda did was hum very deeply near my [REDACTED] and I squ--
Thanks for listening. No, I don't know what's wrong with my brain. No, I don't want to find out.

My search for the perfect tire continues. I have a Black Mountain Cycles La Cabra and live in Southeast Michigan near Waterloo Rec area.
The goal of this bike is to ride all the local gravel roads, take the kids bike camping, and use it for weekly group rides on pavement and dirt roads.
I have considered the Vittoria Barzo and Pirelli Scorpion RC Race. The center knob heights look too high for me to keep up with pace on asphalt/gravel rides.
The frame can handle up to 29x2.5, what would be the best tire for these purposes with a minimum size of 29x2.1?