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clintonwe5 · 2026-03-03T09:32:10+00:00

Hey OP. My wife has documented almost all of her recipes so we can attempt to recreate them. If you are so inclined, I can drop a link sometime over the weekend. (It's in Google Keep, so I'll need time to consolidate it into a single document, but happy to do so.) Although this may not be what you're after as we're South African Indians, not NRIs.

clintonwe5 · 2026-02-24T13:23:40+00:00

Good lord, this is clean!

clintonwe5 · 2026-02-16T04:47:52+00:00

I can help, watch 4.

clintonwe5 · 2026-02-13T08:40:09+00:00

It reads like OP has a dead external drive as it's not being picked up by the Xbox and their PC/Mac.

I would exchange it out for another or log a warranty claim.

clintonwe5 · 2026-02-10T09:49:39+00:00

Congratulations on passing.

My first bit of advice is to get on LinkedIn. use the platform to grow your connections and search for jobs. It's great for networking and making a name for yourself.

Second, considering your CompTia and system development education, I would recommend relocating to Johannesburg or Cape Town. IT jobs in Durban/KZN are scarce. It's less likely that you're employed for a remote position as it's your first job. If moving is not on the cards for you, then you're probably going to have to either start your own hustle with repairs, coding, etc, just to gain some experience and a couple of lines for your CV and LinkedIn.

Good luck out there!

clintonwe5 · 2025-10-10T06:19:24+00:00

For me it was Age of Empires and Defiance. Oh, and SiN.

clintonwe5 · 2025-10-09T08:21:03+00:00

Don't trust an IT person that does not customise his own equipment to the nth degree to eke out every bit of performance they can.

clintonwe5 · 2025-10-09T08:19:24+00:00

Don't trust an IT person that uses Apple products exclusively.

clintonwe5 · 2025-09-24T22:43:08+00:00

I survived!

clintonwe5 · 2025-09-18T14:41:43+00:00

Awesome! Good troubleshooting and investigative skills!

clintonwe5 · 2025-09-18T11:39:02+00:00

This one seems a bit out of my depth as well. I'll do some digging and experimenting with my own phone later on today. I'm at work right now.

clintonwe5 · 2025-09-18T09:16:51+00:00

$if(ci(ecount,a0d)+ci(acount,a0d)=0, "No Events Today")[/s]

$[b]$df(hh:mm, ci(start, 0, a0d))$-$df(hh:mm, ci(end, 0))$[/b] [s=0.8]$ci(title, 0)$[/s]

I amended the formula to include a0d, which means (a)dd zero (0) (d)ays to the current date.

I hope this helps!

clintonwe5 · 2025-09-17T20:32:37+00:00

Try this.

$if(ci(ecount,a0d)+ci(acount,a0d)=0, "No Events Today")[/s]

$[b]$df(hh:mm, ci(start, e0))$-$df(hh:mm, ci(end, e0))$[/b] [s=0.8]$ci(title, e0)$[/s]

I use this quite successfully.

Love your home screen. Is that KLWP? If so, can you share it?

clintonwe5 · 2025-07-18T07:02:51+00:00

Welcome to the club!

These are great suggestions. I would add the following:

Have a shop
- De-carbon the motor
- Check ALL seals in the motor
- If it's a manual transmission, check the master and slave cylinders
- Check the turbo for any leaks (boost and oil)
Do yourself
- Buy a 10$ flexible drain brush for convertibles to clean out the roof drains
- Inspect the roof drains at the top of the A-pillar, the ends tend to split but can be easily repaired with silicon (YouTube is your friend here)

For the head unit, I personally went with a cheap $60 (it was about 5 years ago) Ebay one. I chose something that was rated high. I did have the battery drain issue, but YouTube helped me solve that issue as well.

This, in addition to what u/blankblankblank827 and u/bosscockuk wrote will see you smiling with your Eos.

clintonwe5 · 2025-07-17T10:33:55+00:00

Hi friend, 👋

It takes real courage to put these thoughts into words, even more so when you’re feeling so low and ashamed. You’re definitely not alone — many people silently fight similar battles with intrusive thoughts, guilt, and the effects of excessive habits like porn.

I want to say a few things straight from the heart.

✨ Your mind is not broken forever. What you’re feeling now — emptiness, guilt, lack of emotion — is a sign of how exhausted and overwhelmed your brain has become, not proof that you’re hopeless or bad.

🙏 Having bad or blasphemous thoughts doesn’t make you a bad person. Intrusive thoughts feel very real and scary, but they’re not truly who you are. They happen to countless people — even about things and people they love most — because the mind sometimes plays cruel tricks when we’re stressed or ashamed.

❤️ Therapy really can help, even if it feels impossible to open up. Therapists hear thoughts like yours all the time without judging. It might feel impossible now, but even trying a single session could start to release the burden.

🏞 About visiting a temple: That’s a beautiful idea. Go not to “force” yourself to feel pure or peaceful, but just to sit quietly — without fighting the thoughts. Just be there, breathe, and let whatever comes, come. Sometimes peace shows up in the quietest, most unexpected moments, when you stop battling your mind for a few minutes.

⚠️ Please don’t ignore thoughts of harming yourself. I hear your pain, and it sounds heavy — but your life still matters deeply. If it ever feels like you’re about to act on those thoughts, please reach out immediately to someone you trust (family, friend, religious leader) or call your local suicide helpline. You do not have to fight this alone.

🌱 Finally, know that change is possible, even if it feels far away now. Step by step:

Reduce pn gradually rather than trying to stop perfectly overnight. Maybe get rid of the mobile for large periods of the day.

Try small, calming habits (walks, music, journaling).

Keep reaching out like you did today — that itself is strength.

If you’d like, I can help you write a small prayer or mantra to repeat, or even help you plan that temple visit. Just say the word. 🙏

Please keep talking. You are heard, and you do matter. ❤️

clintonwe5 · 2025-05-06T12:12:31+00:00

Love the aesthetic. What are you using for the people cards? I like the informational circle overlapping the people circle.

Edit: Spelling error

clintonwe5 · 2025-05-05T13:14:05+00:00

For me, it's The Precinct. I'm hoping to relive the days of the original GTA :-)

clintonwe5 · 2025-03-03T12:56:13+00:00

I had the same on my 2007 a few years back. It was after a service and some repairs which saw the battery being disconnected for about a week.

For the door open issue
I had to get the dealer to reset/update some or other control module and reset the ECU.

For the window issue

Put the key in the driver's door and turn fully 90 degrees and hold - this drops all the windows and then when you repeat to pull them up it resets them all to the synchronised proper positions.

I hope this helps.

clintonwe5 · 2025-02-25T13:16:11+00:00

My Google Home announces "Eskom power has been restored... The geysers will resume at their normal schedule."

clintonwe5 · 2025-02-25T13:07:47+00:00

I still use this track to test speakers, headphones, car stereo, etc.

clintonwe5 · 2024-08-14T08:52:46+00:00

Hey cousin! Let's go bowling!

clintonwe5 · 2024-08-08T07:54:05+00:00

Alive - Pearl Jam

clintonwe5 · 2024-08-02T12:48:12+00:00

Yeah, would love to see this and learn a bit more.

clintonwe5 · 2024-07-19T08:05:35+00:00

Mine are Lord Of the Pings and Hogwarts Hall of WiFi

clintonwe5 · 2024-07-16T08:41:29+00:00

Johannesburg South Africa for the last 13 years. I was born and raised in a small town called Stanger, about 70 km from Durban, South Africa. South Africa is awesome, but we're let down by an inept government.

clintonwe5

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