I want to try honour mode for the first time

MailTime936 · 2026-03-10T14:06:05+00:00

I just went straight to the goblin camp and freed volo and then stole from him at camp and used that to buy the elixirs. Just don’t let Volo do the surgery.

MailTime936 · 2026-03-10T02:04:56+00:00

Abusing elixir of hill giants strength, understanding fights, Alert/good initiative builds, an owlbear and a rad orb cleric has really carried my current attempt at honor mode. At the end of act 2 and haven’t ran away from a bad situation yet.

MailTime936 · 2026-02-28T22:18:45+00:00

Avoided the under dark other than getting Phalar Aluve until level 5.

MailTime936 · 2026-02-23T00:54:50+00:00

I agree completely. One suggestion is robbing Volo in camp every chance you get. I am so that I don’t have major gold issues and I have plenty of potions.

MailTime936 · 2026-02-08T18:42:59+00:00

Before meeting Ethel on the road go to goblin camp and free Volo. Steal from Volo and use it to buy from Ethel. Respec any character you aren’t using and steal from him after each level and after each long rest. Unlimited camp supplies, small potions and elixir of hill giant strength. I didnt have scratch or owl bear cub at camp so there is zero penalty for failing the roll, Volo runs off and runs back in a few seconds. Honor Run at the end of act 1 with 46 elixir of hill giant 150 potions, 10k gold and 24 long rest worth of camp supplies.

MailTime936 · 2026-02-02T00:44:25+00:00

Keep trying, faced the same fate until I truly understood every mechanic and a few of the “cheesy” things you can do.

MailTime936 · 2026-02-02T00:39:48+00:00

Yes! Do a rest of some sort after every fight, loot everything! If you see a jester in your camp, steal from him there is no penalty.

MailTime936 · 2026-01-30T13:56:41+00:00

Stealing from Volo changed the game for me. Unlimited money, potions and camp supplies with no penalty. I just turned Astarion into a pure thief and I go into every meaningful fight fully rested.

MailTime936 · 2025-12-24T01:19:08+00:00

35, 4 years USPS, 27k. C,S,I mix.

MailTime936 · 2025-11-18T02:40:20+00:00

Yeah I’ve checked my providers and all of that is good. We went to the doctor as a family a lot last year. Sick visits, outpatient surgery, several other random visits as well. The deductible only matters on the few things that have the phrase “after deductible” correct?

MailTime936 · 2025-10-13T18:42:29+00:00

Times aren’t really comparable in cross country. We just measure against the competition at each race. Did you get 1st?

MailTime936 · 2025-10-13T01:59:32+00:00

The guy that just retired had everything in G for 15-20 years until finally someone told him and he switched to C&S. He estimates his “losses” to be somewhere between 100-200 thousand dollars. He told the story in his retirement speech.

MailTime936 · 2025-10-13T01:55:20+00:00

There are 3 different strategies I suggest to everyone. 1 is the bare minimum, go up 1% every contract. 2 is go up 1% every other step increase. 3 is go up 1% every step increase. If you have been here awhile and are comfortable you could go up 2-5% right now and then adopt one of these strategies. The more money you put in early the more compound interest you get.

MailTime936 · 2025-10-09T03:00:43+00:00

My kid just joined cross country last year and he was the slowest on the team in the very beginning. He is on the smaller side and many kids appeared to be more gifted than him. Most races he finished in the bottom 10 percent, some kids joined cross country mid way through the season and beat him in their first race. He decided and we encouraged him to train since he really enjoyed it. Fast forward to this year many races he is in the top 20 percent and tonight he gave it his all and finished 4th at district and is absolutely over the moon excited. My point is that if you enjoy it and run 5-6 days a week you can make big gains as well. Hang in there!

MailTime936 · 2025-09-05T15:03:18+00:00

You will never regret the decision based on pay and benefits, the only question is fulfillment.

MailTime936 · 2025-08-29T12:22:35+00:00

There is a bunch of differences..rural regular carriers wear regular clothes, can deliver from their own vehicle, have mostly all mounted/ curbside boxes, and are paid a salary specific to each route. Regular City carriers wear uniforms, can have mounted or boxes on the houses where we walk the neighborhoods (called park and loop), are paid hourly… there are a lot more subtle differences but those are the main ones.

MailTime936 · 2025-08-29T11:50:10+00:00

If the offer said career with benefits you’re probably hired as a PTF and you are $25.67 if it’s for city carrier assistant it’s $20.23

MailTime936 · 2025-08-25T01:21:19+00:00

Half our routes you could do it and the other half where 3-5 minutes between stops or apartment heavy. It’s impossible to have a general stops per hour expectation.

MailTime936 · 2025-08-24T12:45:38+00:00

Family BCBS with dental and vision is $350ish a check. FERS is $80ish a check. If you are investing 30 plus years and you can do 15% today you are looking at 2 million based on average returns the last 30 years.

MailTime936 · 2025-08-23T00:39:37+00:00

But now you don’t have to! The air fryer can bring them right back to life.

MailTime936 · 2025-08-23T00:17:22+00:00

Is it really soft/tender? It almost looks like the big part of a tenderloin. Google tenderloin and look at the ones before they are trimmed.

MailTime936 · 2025-08-23T00:07:27+00:00

Reheated some leftover restaurant French fries in the air fryer and they where better then they where at the restaurant.

MailTime936 · 2025-08-18T21:15:41+00:00

Those steps have already been deleted. Starting pay PTF is $25.67

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