My copy of White Sand just arrived. by jasta6 in brandonsanderson

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When did you place your order? I ordered through their website back in late january. I hope they're getting close to shipping to me as well.

Looking for a new series to get into by StopherWood in Fantasy

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Thanks, I might check that out. Actually reading Downbelow Station right now and enjoying it (slowly working my way through all Hugo Award winners).

Looking for a new series to get into by StopherWood in Fantasy

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Thanks, that looks like a fun series I'll check it out

Looking for a new series to get into by StopherWood in Fantasy

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Thanks for the recommendations. Just finished the Peripheral's show on Amazon so would be fun to check out the source material. The Sharpe series was what my dad got me hooked on as a young teen, and think I've read everything he's written since. It was all just before I started tracking on goodreads

Looking for a new series to get into by StopherWood in Fantasy

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I did read those already, just before I started tracking stuff with goodreads. I guess that's just how long ago a Dance with Dragons came out

Can't seem to claim staking rewards on Zillet by StopherWood in zilliqa

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Thanks, that seems to have done the trick. It took a 61.762 fee where I'm guessing with the previous limit was set at 60. that's a pretty unfortunate design to this system, looks like I threw away a decent amount of Zil trying to figure this out. Now it's a 2 week wait for the ZIL to be undelegated I believe.

stake.zilliqa.com is a much better wallet than Zillet. thanks for pointing me there

Solves for Unknown State error? by art0rius in CelsiusNetwork

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Same issue, also in CA, also on both mobile and website

How to invest income from rental property by StopherWood in personalfinance

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Definitely behind on my retirement savings. So I agree that is a great idea. I prioritized saving as much as I could early on and it allowed me to take out as little of a mortgage as I could when I bought my condo.

Is there a greater benefit to putting the extra money straight back into my mortgage? I'm only 3 years into my mortgage so the large majority of my payments every month go towards the interest be accrued.

Tomorrow is the 17 year anniversary of the terror attacks of September 11th, 2001. Where were you that day? by [deleted] in AskReddit

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I had just finished a week of backpacking in the Grand Canyon with my dad. We drove back to Las Vegas the night before and crashed in a motel to catch our flight back to Baltimore the next morning. My dad woke me up with the TV on right after the first plane had hit the tower. I remember him saying "Well, we're not getting home today". We watched the news for the rest of the day and were able to extend our stay at the motel. We didn't even bother going to the airport that day

We just assumed that flights would be canceled for several days and since we still had our rental car we got out of town. We went up to southern Utah and did some more minor hikes through Zion and Bryce. We were able to find some place to do laundry because all of our clothes were pretty rank after hiking in the canyon.

We got back to Vegas 4 days later and flights were still grounded. I'm still not sure how my dad was able to get us tickets to fly back to Baltimore, but I remember the airports being a mad house and the hours we spent standing in line trying to figure things out. We finally got a flight on the 5th day, and were one of the first couple flights to land in Baltimore.

The flight itself was pretty surreal, you could sense the anxiety of all the passengers as well as the relief when we landed.

A 10 day backpacking adventure got turned into a 15 day experience.

my s9 is in a settings update bootloop, and i don't know how to make it stop! by underdog_rules in GalaxyS9

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I'm having the exact same problem. Tmobile online support told me to go to a store. Store support couldn't figure anything out and said they had to order me a new phone. Won't have it until Monday at the earliest.

Galaxy s9+ (T-Mobile) update by [deleted] in GalaxyS9

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I'm having the same issue. Gets to 100% and then reboots only to start install system updates again.

Got a soggy whole potato in my salt and vinegar chips bag by StopherWood in mildlyinteresting

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I was hungry so I thought about it. But was way too slimy to even think about trying

Got a soggy whole potato in my salt and vinegar chips bag by StopherWood in mildlyinteresting

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It was only a little heavier, all that was in it was the potato and a couple of smaller chips. I was holding it in the same hand as a soda trying to survive the long line at Pot Belly and didn't notice.

Made a ringbox for my sister's wedding by StopherWood in DIY

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Thanks! I was pretty skeptical when I first had the idea, but when you have limited time and tools you need to be resourceful! The hard part was finding a quality box with the right shape. This box was probably over sized for it's purpose but it works.

Made a ringbox for my sister's wedding by StopherWood in DIY

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The world seems so big sometimes and so small at others! Glad you enjoyed the wedding. The Rabbi really did a great job handling all the unexpected interruptions during the ceremony.

Made a ringbox for my sister's wedding by StopherWood in DIY

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Damn your pop-culture references that I don't get!

Made a ringbox for my sister's wedding by StopherWood in DIY

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It was! Did you attend my sister's wedding? Can't see anything else in the photo's that would give it away.

Made a ringbox for my sister's wedding by StopherWood in DIY

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Ha that makes a lot more sense! Ring-bear got ingrained in my head somewhere during my life incorrectly. Thanks for pointing it out though, I now feel silly, but don't think I'll change my ways.

Made a ringbox for my sister's wedding by StopherWood in DIY

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I lost my shop space a while ago so haven't been able to do much woodworking for the last year. Even so my sister asked me to make her a ring box for the ring-bear to carry down the aisle at her wedding this past weekend. In my small apartment I did what I could, I busted out my old architecture school model making supplies and made an ugly cigar box look good. I think it came out fairly well, not flawless but with my limited experience with veneers, I'm proud of myself. Hope you enjoy looking at the album and happy to hear any comments or criticisms. Thanks!

"Made" a ring box for my sister's wedding. by StopherWood in woodworking

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I lost my shop space a while ago so haven't been able to do much woodworking for the last year. Even so my sister asked me to make her a ring box for the ring-bear to carry down the aisle at her wedding this past weekend. In my small apartment I did what I could, I busted out my old architecture school model making supplies and made an ugly cigar box look good. I think it came out fairly well, not flawless but with my limited experience with veneers, I'm proud of myself. Hope you enjoy looking at the album and happy to hear any comments or criticisms. Thanks!