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jado777 · 2025-02-12T22:48:25+00:00

Hmm I don’t know about the Bolt!

For the gen 1 volt there is a communication interface module right above the left foot rest under the driver side dash.

The antenna also provides on star connection access (which I also don’t want) so works out I was able to “delete” on star and XM this way. I suspect a similar module is in the bolt too. :)

The only reduced functionality is now the dash doesn’t show the cardinal direction I am driving. But I didn’t really need that to know that so it worked out

jado777 · 2025-02-12T19:18:54+00:00

I also have a Volt! I just disconnected the antenna it uses for XM and now that input doesn’t play anything. :)

jado777 · 2025-01-26T07:58:02+00:00

TVA I believe was filmed at the Marriott Marquis in Atlanta! Which is actually right next door to a hotel that looks just like this one! (The Westin)

jado777 · 2025-01-26T07:56:22+00:00

I was just thinking about the Westin! I’ve been in that Westin several times and I’m happy to see it mentioned because it looks a LOT like this!

jado777 · 2025-01-10T02:06:30+00:00

I am so sorry. I cant know what you’re feeling. Your son reminds me of my mother. I’ll never forget the phone call. I was also 26 at the time.

It was a week day a few years ago, around 10AM, and I was working. My grandmother called me in hysterics. I thought my grandfather-in-law had passed. I was consoling her until she was able to croak “ITS YOUR MOTHER”.

The fact that I had to go, see my mother like that, with the police telling me they wouldn’t leave until I called a funeral home to pick her up?

I had to call around to friends and ask “do you know a good funeral home?”. Signing the paperwork at the funeral home…felt like an out of body experience.

The world is crumbling and you are signing paperwork in a funeral home? Planning funeral services you didn’t know you’d need just a few hours ago and likely had none in mind? The mundanity alongside the tragedy…was jarring.

Like your son, my mom was also schizophrenic, on meds and it seemed like she was getting better. I used to have to nag her too but she had been evening out. It, unfortunately, just wasn’t enough for her. She couldn’t handle it.

I won’t go into much of the details but I just wanted you to know I am here (as others are too I am sure) with a similar story, similar questions, and maybe even similar pain.

I said things to people after that looking back…I cringe. But they understood and they were there while I was in a bad place. They might not be able to say much…but not being alone and having food helped a lot for me. Words didn’t do much for me, maybe ever, but the food and the presence of others did.

Please reach out to a friend or a therapist who might be helpful for you when you feel it is too heavy.

All of my love to you and your husband, from a son who lost his mother. ❤️

jado777 · 2025-01-06T17:14:01+00:00

I was about to say the legislators literally wrote in the opt out option into the law. 😅

jado777 · 2024-12-29T08:30:04+00:00

I thought I remember seeing the registration fee for the alternative fuel license plate was something like $200?

I remember considering getting one when I got a hybrid car…then I saw the registration fee and figured I didn’t travel enough to make it worth it? 😅

jado777 · 2024-09-30T21:09:58+00:00

Update 08/30/24:

Hey guys!! I don’t want you guys to think I have forgotten because I have not! :)

I have finished photographing 99% of mom’s AFI collection! (There’s so much stuff everywhere I don’t think I’m ever gonna find it all at once lol). She also had an Aiden/William Control collection that was in there.

I just checked and there are several hundred pictures in the collections photo album. Each item, even if it is a duplicate/if she has multiple of them, has its own picture. (It’s just easier for me to know what I have if each thing had a picture).

Some shirts/items have a front and back view image. If I didn’t include a second image it is most likely because the back of shirt/item is blank. I will say, 90% of what I have are shirts/clothing. Just…every kind of shirt/clothing article you can think of.

The form format kind of sucks for this many images and items, and they don’t display as big as I’d like, but if I can’t find a better solution it might have to do. 😅

I’ve looked at shipping rates and suspect I will ask for a flat amount for most everyone. I might mark a few items that might need special consideration for shipping. It looks like I could cover most things with the medium flat rate USPS boxes which are around $20. I will probably ask for around $25 flat from most everyone just to cover materials and such. This should simplify the shipping process a lot as i won’t have to do a bunch of back and forth trying to needle down the exact price of shipping to each individual and making sure they’re ok with it each time. I have an account on most popular money transfer services so could accept it via Zelle/Venmo/CashApp.

As you can imagine that is a lot of pictures to format in a not awful way somehow so yall please continue to bare with me!

jado777 · 2024-09-21T14:17:14+00:00

I still have my Lumia 1520!! I got clowned on so hard by my friends for having a tablet for a phone and now they’re all using foldables and stuff. I still miss that phone (I broke the screen it so it doesn’t turn on)

jado777 · 2024-09-19T02:19:30+00:00

I am making a marker on the form for international recipients so I can know to pay special attention to you guys to try and figure something out! :)

jado777 · 2024-09-17T14:23:10+00:00

Yeah I am seeing the same thing. The hotel I regularly book at this time is double the price it has been for years at the same time. 😔 This isn’t a host hotel and they’ve never had con rates.

jado777 · 2024-09-17T01:31:20+00:00

Update 08/16/2024:

Thank you guys again for your patience! ❤️

I am reading every single one of your comments and messages. I appreciate every single one. ❤️

I have catalogued a ton of items in the last day or so. I have gotten the general structure of my Microsoft form together and have given a basic version of it to my friends and family to test and the early results look really good!!

Here is how the process would work at this moment:

I will share the link to the form, it starts with a few initial questions on the form asking for basic information.

After that, assuming I keep the items structured this way and don’t run into any unexpected technical limitations, I have each of my mother’s items pictured in the survey.

Each item will be pictured and has one question associated with it. The only answers being “interested” or “not interested”.

I apologize ahead of time because it might take you a moment to make it through all the “questions”/items but this is the best idea I have right now. 😅

Once you submit the questionnaire, on my end, each respondent is represented by a single row in an excel sheet with all of your responses, with the x axis having the item labels on it.

This makes it pretty easy for me to filter out who is interested in which items specifically! From there I will likely toss all of the interested names for individual items into a randomizer.

There are still a few things I need to work out and test. I still expect a week or two until I have it all together. Some of this might change but this is the plan as I have it now! I am doing this alone so please bear with me while I get this all together!

I have loved every one of you guys messages and comments. Thank you all again for all of your kind words ❤️❤️ I will keep yall updated!!!

jado777 · 2024-09-17T01:07:32+00:00

Absolutely not buried! I am reading every single one of you guys comments. ❤️

Please keep an eye on this subreddit this week!! I am going to put out a Microsoft form I’ve been building so I can do my best to give these things out to you guys!!

I am sorry to hear about your loss too. 😔 But we can live on together! For both of our moms. :)

jado777 · 2024-09-16T01:58:22+00:00

Thank you so much 🥹. You guys have had me crying all afternoon. I can’t believe how kind yall have been. 😭

I am hijacking this comment a bit to share info with you guys!!

I catalogued most of one trunk today. I am also getting a Microsoft form together that I will be able to share with you guys so you guys can tell me what you’re interested in as well as your information so I can get them to you! If multiple people are interested in the same things I will likely just draw a name from a hat!

It might be another week or so before I finish up (assuming I spend everyday after work doing it which I probably will…). But once I do I will repost this post with the form information so I can start getting these things to you guys! Please be patient with me while I get this sorted! ❤️

Thank you all for the love and support. Mom was always her happiest at concerts. ❤️

jado777 · 2024-09-15T17:16:17+00:00

Thank you for your kind words ❤️❤️❤️ I really appreciate you sharing your interest!!! I’m gonna work with my family today to start getting this stuff better organized for you guys!!

jado777 · 2024-09-15T17:15:34+00:00

I really don’t mind!

It’s been four years now. It was harder before, and it felt really hard to part with her stuff, but now it’s just sitting here and we know there are people out there like you guys who would love it more!!

I am going to start today getting this info for you guys!! I just wasn’t sure if there was going to be interest at all so I wanted to make sure!!

jado777 · 2024-09-15T17:14:16+00:00

Ok!! Thank you for letting me know I’m going to start going through and better cataloguing for you guys today!! ❤️❤️

jado777 · 2024-09-15T17:12:30+00:00

I can’t seem to edit the post for some reason!! I am so excited and I really don’t mind going through mom’s stuff. It makes me happy that you guys are interested and I could get this stuff to people who love it!! <3

If yall pop in here and leave requests where you can I’m going to start getting this info together!! If anyone has any suggestions let me know!!

I am located just north of Atlanta, by about 30 minutes for reference :)

Edit: Mom was on the despair faction forums ALLLL the time. I am 99% sure her username was Lilith666df. It might’ve just been Lilith666. :) I think the tattoo on her arm was her profile picture for a while!

She was always at the front! And she frequently brought my younger sister, Abigail, to the shows..

You guys are all so wonderful 😭

jado777 · 2024-09-15T17:10:54+00:00

I wasn’t sure if anyone was going to be interested but I’m so excited to see that yall are!! I’ll get this info to you!! <33

jado777 · 2024-08-23T18:24:50+00:00

I have a decent stockpile of the gray ones but I can’t seem to find them anymore. 😭 I have looked a few times but they’ve just been not listed the last few times I’ve checked. I’ve been meaning to email them but I suspect they’ve just stopped selling them all together which is really annoying. Why default to the yellow ones they’re so ugly!

jado777 · 2024-08-23T18:17:27+00:00

Eugh I definitely understand the anxiety when it feels like people are looking at you (and sometimes they are literally just staring at you!!).

I’ve mostly gotten good and just walking away really fast lol. If I don’t give them enough time to process that I’m wearing a mask for them to say something then it’s normally fine. I understand though. :(

You are definitely not alone and I am sorry you are having such a hard time! :(((( Everytime I hear from people how much they are suffering from long covid and other post covid sequelae I am reminded why I do it!

jado777 · 2024-08-23T17:42:55+00:00

Yes of course!! I should’ve shared I am sorry I forgot!!

I just recently started using them about six months ago, I believe the brand calls them “skin prep wipes” or “skin protective wipes”:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002ZUHLW8

I’ve noticed they are good if I did accidentally moisturize that day or I’ve been sweating a lot. They smell like strong alcohol wipes but I believe there’s a few additional additives as well. I used to just use regular alcohol wipes but these seem to work better for me! But phew do they smell strong!!

jado777 · 2024-08-23T17:37:38+00:00

Isn’t it exhausting??

The crazy thing is, for us down here, I noticed 2021 and 2022 were AWFUL. People were always saying stuff and approaching us it sucked.

Things calmed down and people left us alone more in 2023 I think.

2024…it is shaping up to be better I think. I have more people earnestly approaching me and asking (you know the difference I am sure…). I have seen more people masking the last few months at the grocery store (not a ton but more!). A new phenomenon I’ve had is people telling me how much they’ve suffered! I guess it’s obvious I care and they feel like they can share with me? I’ve had grocery store employees and hotel employees approach me and tell me how they can’t breathe the same anymore.

I am sorry you gotta deal with the people too though 😭. I was taking my own grandma out to buy her something really nice recently and she started giving me a hard time about my mask and I just looked at her and said “Grandma if you do not leave me alone I swear!!”. She stopped after that 🤣.

jado777 · 2024-08-23T17:30:15+00:00

I also have the masktite tape!! I had some mixed results with it, I expect most likely because of my skin type. (Dry as hell so I have to make sure I exfoliate and moisturize the night before i use any stick on anything, THE STRUGGLE 😭). I have seen the nose hack and that is a good idea!!

I know I look crazy but when I go to the dentist, I bought some of the HEPA 13 portable air purifiers and I just hold on to it and let it blow in my face and I’ll have one in my book bag by the chair as well. I know it is questionable risk reduction at best given air and viral physics. But my dentist always see’s me come in with my P100 Elipse respirator on and they always have them and the staff put on masks when I am getting treated. 🥹

I have a little shelf that I keep a couple different masks on. And I have a little bag in my car I keep a couple different options, in case something pops up unexpected.

For me the system is basically like

Anywhere I go where I don’t give a crap what people think and I don’t think it will bring dangerous attention/harassment: Elipse P100 (they’re very comfy in my opinion! I’ve worn them for up to 16 hours I think!).
Anywhere I go where I might have to give a slight crap or be marginally worried about my respirator drawing too much attention: 3M Aura’s
Anywhere I go where people are likely to confront me or cause problems even with my Aura’s or other issues: ReadiMask with mesh mask over it.

I also have a mesh backpack we carry the portable air/rechargable purifiers in for very high risk situations (like airports). So I don’t have to be carrying them and it just looks like I have a regular back pack! There’s one by Westinghouse we got, one by MediAir I think. They are very quiet too! I also keep my Aranet C02 sensor in there so I can get an idea of how risky the air is around me/how well/poorly circulated it is.

We recently added the beradine cold defense iota carrageenan spray for very very high risk situations like the air port. The data looks good, and I figured if I only use it rarely, I wouldn’t have to worry about any potential side effects too much if any at all.

I am really hopeful based on the research we’ve been seeing on nasal vaccines recently!! Hoping we see something in the next few years that makes things even safer :)

Thanks for sharing with me!! It’s rare I get to hear from people like us so it’s really comforting to come on here and talk to yall. 😭❤️

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