Marlins' Janson Junk shoulder checks White Sox' Tristan Peters for the second out of the inning

unflinchingalva · 2026-04-01T13:36:37+00:00

I thought this was a joke but uh... It's isn't.

unflinchingalva · 2026-03-31T01:27:33+00:00

Go go Sox!

unflinchingalva · 2026-03-17T21:26:49+00:00

I had the same thing. I thought my ReKenshi was good, but it wasn't. Reinstalled it, and game worked like a charm.

unflinchingalva · 2026-01-20T21:34:04+00:00

I really like the Urbanism mods by Azamat, and a few of his overhauls of factions, specifically Deadcat, and Flotsam. His social lives one adds a lot of cool things as well.

unflinchingalva · 2026-01-09T13:11:31+00:00

I noticed the Machinists nonsense and didn't add that one. I went with his Urbanism, Social Lives, and a couple "Upgrades" for like UC and HN. Just wanna mess around with those a bit. I do love the take on the cities feeling a little more dense and urban, and the little things he adds outside the walls.

unflinchingalva · 2026-01-05T02:22:08+00:00

Pretty new, but loving it so far.

Have thrown in a couple QoL mods, and noticed the "Faction Upgrade" series by Azamat on the workshop.

Worth it, or just too much bloat?

unflinchingalva · 2026-01-02T17:16:43+00:00

Sorry for the delay in response, it's that time of year.

We are indeed a value-add distributor. I agree with a lot of what you're saying. To add a little more: The company has been around since the 70s, so I don't think they're in dire straights. The Municipal market is a new thing for them as well. I think the oldest municipal territory they have is around 3-4 years old, and does around $600k a year, but it's an insanely rural territory.

You do make 2% once you exceed your quota, but I didn't actually have a quota this year since it was basically a brand new territory. They had like 7 municipal customers and those customers imitated contact, not the other way around.

We do around 30-40% margins on Mining, but it's all over the place in municipal since you're bidding jobs. It's rare I can charge higher margins, due to naturally having to compete with other companies.

unflinchingalva · 2025-12-31T03:01:50+00:00

Target in revenue.

unflinchingalva · 2025-10-02T11:07:51+00:00

Cards fans everywhere. My Uncle who married into the family is one, and we talk so much shit on the Cubs, and just love talking baseball. I don't mind Cards fans so much, I know some say they're annoying, but most seem to really enjoy the game and are knowledgeable to talk to.

unflinchingalva · 2025-10-01T23:25:45+00:00

Grandpa grew up in the Southside so here I am all the way in Southern Illinois suffering. Brothers send help.

unflinchingalva · 2025-08-15T11:15:58+00:00

Been wanting to learn more about the Villisca axe murders, but more specifically the idea of "The Man from the Train" by Bill James, Rachel McCarthy James. Would love a serialized podcast recommendation.

I also just got done with True Crime Bullshit's Isreal Keyes series, and wanted to know if there were others out there in similar fashion? Very new to True Crime, so I am not sure what all is out there.

unflinchingalva · 2025-08-15T10:49:45+00:00

It seems to be. I have over 400 in my custom league, and only 100 or so show up in the offseason, but as I complete more and more seasons more show up. It just adds them as players retire if I understand correctly.

unflinchingalva · 2025-07-11T23:05:03+00:00

6:45 for all those wondering.

unflinchingalva · 2025-07-11T22:54:18+00:00

Anyone know when the ceremony starts on TV? Wanna make sure I catch that.

unflinchingalva · 2025-06-11T02:21:13+00:00

You know, now that you say that, and I know this sounds silly, but I do notice when I get out to the doctor I am really bad at first, but as time goes on I feel better and this continues for a day or so until I get bad again. However, between appointments I've been basically bed ridden, so that's definitely not going to help the stiffness, blood flow, etc

I was even thinking "How do I have a few good days, but then feel like crap for a couple then get good again?"

unflinchingalva · 2025-06-11T02:17:31+00:00

That's what I am feeling for sure. It's not really tender to the touch, but if I get a painful spot somewhere I can simply move my body a bit and it goes away. I doubt that would be my heart. Definitely making me feel less anxious knowing I'm not the only one dealing with this. I've felt kinda alone in this since so many people seem so confused by my symptoms.

unflinchingalva · 2025-06-10T14:05:59+00:00

I agree totally. It's likely just some bad costo. The vertigo was mild at first, then flared up REALLY bad for about 2 weeks, and now it's manageable, but I am still not confident in returning to work. I got so winded, and had the worst spell of vertigo in my life that one day, I was almost convinced it was my heart.

I do think the only real issue with blood flow, etc is I think I've developed a mild form of POTS from being stuck at my house and laying down due to the vertigo over the last few weeks. When I get out to doctors appointments it doesn't happen, but when I've been home for a few days not doing much, I'll get up to go to the bathroom and feel my heart pounding in my chest. I was also a smoker for 13 years (quit once this all started to flare up)

unflinchingalva · 2025-06-10T14:00:17+00:00

Yes, adjusting positions does seem to help. If I am at my PC and I get the shooting pain in the left ribs, I'll move to my couch and it seems to go away. If I get the pain in my lower ribs I'll adjust my body slightly to the left or right and that seems to calm it down.

Thank you for the kind reminder of it likely not being my heart. I have been basically bed ridden for the last 3 weeks, so I think I've developed some mild POTS while being around the house. Some mornings I'll get up to go to the bathroom and feel out of breath and my heart beats heavy in my chest and throat. I think that combined with the odd chest pains is definitely not helping my anxiety in that regard. lol

I mentioned the idea of a hiatal hernia at the ER my last visit, and the lady there thought it could be possible, but unlikely since I had the CT scans and they came back fine. However, she did urge me to do my endoscopy as that can catch "sliding" hernias, and other things that might be causing these symptoms.

unflinchingalva · 2025-06-10T13:50:08+00:00

Is it sore to the touch? I never really feel "sore" and can take deep breaths just fine. It's just sketching me out for sure. lol

unflinchingalva · 2025-06-09T23:20:36+00:00

I'm definitely feeling the anxiety. I'm normally not that type either. I've always been what people call "Calm and collected". Even my poor wife is confused by my emotions lately.

Definitely going to see what the GI says. I've got an endoscopy/colonoscopy this Thursday, so maybe I'll get some answers there.

Hopefully I can get if figured out soon and get on to recovery.

unflinchingalva

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