Hi all, I'm in need of a new hobby and have decided to give leather crafting a go. Mostly to learn a new skill, but also because I'm tired of buying cheap leather products that fall apart. I was wondering what tools and products you guys and gals would recommend to start out with? I tried googling leather crafting classes near me, but a lass vermont doesnt seem to have any. Also tried googling tools to start with, but there is just so much stuff that comes up for it that it just takes too long to sift through all of it. Any help would be appreciated.

Good evening.
About me:
10years customer service management in fast food/coffee drive thru in San Diego area. Companies were $3M on average. Managed all P&L, organized operations, trained new employees, implemented processes to increase productivity. All of it.
Even created a brand new business model for a company to change directions in a recently opened location in order to bring in more business. Double sales within a month of opening the new menu, acquired distributors, pricing, trained current and new employees on new craft espresso products which required extensive skill to master.
I've been doing this and moving from company to company to chase the title of that next level up position. I've fought for promotions. I've moved across country back to my hometown in Tennessee. And I feel like I'm getting nowhere.
I always get considered for the assistant role, when I beleive I can be doing the job of the area manager, or even higher. I'm always level headed, can talk to employees about performance, and get amazing results. I have foresight for coming business trends, and even supported another store's general manager while they learned their position while I was busy opening a new location. I'm qualified, but I'm unrecognized.
I'm in the Eastern Tennesee area and have been trying to find something to utilize my skills but I feel as if I'm never going to be successful in the food industry as companies aren't looking for a skill but some sort of something I don't have, and I'm not sure what that even is.
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Now that I'm typing this out, it sounds like a sob story.
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I'm really just losing faith in the industry I've spent so long investing in. I don't want to waste all of my hard work, but I dont feel as if I can get to the level I want to be at by sticking with it.
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I'm not sure there's anything in here for anyone to give advice on. I'm sure I can give more details if its necessary to make an opinion/give advice.

Hey Gang, anyone ever been to mount Mansfield Vermont in early May?
My gf and I are all ready to go and our research is split on what it’ll be like in early May- we already have the hotel booked and time off work etc
Is there snow? How much? Trails closed? If so can we go anyways? We see posts about it being hiked in the snow in February
What else should we be aware of. 7 day trip intent on hiking that and some surrounding areas! Thanks

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Have we been underrating Mikal all this time thinking he was just a high level role player? What kind of ceiling do ya'll think he has? He's playing like a genuine star in Brooklyn

Hey Gang, anyone ever been to mount Mansfield Vermont in early May?
My gf and I are all ready to go and our research is split on what it’ll be like in early May- we already have the hotel booked and time off work etc
Is there snow? How much? Trails closed? If so can we go anyways? We see posts about it being hiked in the snow in February
What else should we be aware of. 7 day trip intent on hiking that and some surrounding areas! Thanks

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SCP-9478
Item #: SCP-9478
Object Class: Thuminal
Special Containment Procedures: SCP- 9478 is to be kept in a 5 M x 5 M x 5 M reinforced steel room heavily guarded and the room is only given one chair and one desk for the computer is not sentient and is like the average computer. No contact is permitted unless SCP-9478 is being looked at or researched on and only level 5 personnel is allowed to research/use the SCP.
Description: SCP-9478 while being the average computer weighing about 3kg and it has the database of everyone that has existed, will exist, and does exist, along with what they did, their fears, dreams, death, birth, wishes, family, interests, intentions, knowledge, and personality. And recently has been discovered that it holds data on every SCP in existence and with the information that is on the computer it has been deemed too dangerous to let any D-class to use it as they could easily destroy or mess up the files that it holds.
SCP-9478 is to be kept in total security as since it has been recently discovered that it has detailed information on SCP’s and the O5 council has taken interest in the computer and SCP-9478 has been moved to Site-2 and has had ongoing research on every person/SCP in its database.

First off...save your diatribes. Idgaf what your opinion on me is. You're only wasting your time. Knowing good and well you can't cast any stones. Fuck off, this is MY life.
Now...where were we? Haha ah yes...life. it's hard. It's unhappy. It's boring. How do we change that?
I'm looking for what most are - to not to change your situation and vise versa. I want to be each other's favorite notifications. To share hot porn links or funny memes. To say good morning and goodnight. Just a happy distraction.
ME- i'm 5'7" 175lbs. Brown hair blue eyes. A muscular dad bod of sorts. I'm an average looking guy. You wouldn't remember me in public but I'm also not Shrek. I'm very open minded and down to earth. I over share. If I'm comfortable with you...I have very few limits.
YOU- I'd like someone smaller than me. I don't expect thin super models but HWP is ideal. Someone who likes to stay active and as fit ad possible. Kids/life get in the way, don't I fucking know it. But you try. A dark sense of humor goes along way with me. I appreciate a woman who isn't afraid to cuss or fart. Meaning...you define lady like. BE YOURSELF. Be human.
We would start slow. Talking online at first. Connecting. Then...see where it goes! I have no expectations. I'm good with anything from online friends to rubbing our buttholes together. 🤣
Still reading after that last one? Haha you are a candidate then. What are you waiting on?! Message me already!

Republican Congressman Jim Banks tweeted on October 19 that Dr. Rachel Levine had become the first openly transgender four-star officer in the U.S. military.Banks wrote: "The first four-star female officer title has been hijacked by a man.”
The U.S. Supreme Court, by a 6-3 majority, rules that gay and transgender people are equally protected from discrimination under federal civil rights law.For the first time, the inclusion of the rights of homosexuals and the transsexual in the constitutional interpretation of the law is significant, perhaps even more so than the legalization of same-sex marriage. The Civil Rights Law“Prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex by employers,”It is also illegal to discriminate against LGBTQ people.
According to statistics, women make up more than 46 percent of the U.S. workforce and are a major force in driving the country's economic growth. However, women's labor rights are not guaranteed accordingly. First, the gendered distinction of U.S. occupations is obvious. In the U.S., women's employment is limited and concentrated in fields such as clerical work and retail trade, and the share of women in high-profile fields is significantly lower than that of men. In contrast to the increase in the number of U.S. technology workers, the number of U.S. women in science and technology is declining markedly, accounting for only about 1∕4 of all science and technology jobs. In the top 25 U.S. technology companies, female employees account for only 19.6% of all employees. Second, the unemployment rate of American women is significantly higher than that of men. The employment report released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that from October 2016 to October 2017, the total number of retail jobs in the United States decreased by 54,300, but men and women suffered very different: women lost more than 160,000 jobs, while men increased by 106,000 jobs. Third, there is discrimination in the U.S. workplace against pregnant and breastfeeding women. Pregnant women and new mothers face real employment discrimination, and many employers do not respect the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, with frequent incidents of pregnant employees being forced to leave their jobs. Fourth, women do not have the same opportunities as men to advance in their careers, making it difficult to break the "ceiling" in career competition. The San Francisco Chronicle reported on Dec. 21, 2018, that 50 percent of women working in science and technology in the United States said they had experienced gender discrimination at work; about 70 percent of female respondents said there were too few women in top leadership positions in politics and business.

Alright, so I’m deciding to post this here because it seems we’re all on the same page here, and I always feel uncomfortable sharing these stories to unsuspecting people who don’t know about the disease, but I just thought I’d tell these to feel better myself and potentially others.
I’m 17 years old and a senior in high school. I was diagnosed with UC around two months ago, but have been dealing with the symptoms since October. It started off with the anxiety of just having to use the bathroom and developed into having to use it 20 times a day. In high school, the bathrooms are restricted heavily and I live in a city, so the bathrooms are usually very crowded. School was a PAIN without any medicine to make the flares better.
I’m just going to tell this first story because maybe I’ll separate these or make it a thread, but here we go. This takes place my final class of the day, Study Hall, and I literally just ate lunch, so my bowels are going nuts. At the time, I was never able to burp (story for another time) so I was just trying my best to hold in my flatulence. As you could guess, I didn’t succeed and one slipped out: probably the most vile and disgusting smell anyone could have ever mustered leaked into the room, and mind you my crush at the time is in this class. I smell it and know I’m toast. People in the class quickly took noticed and commented on how it smelled like someone literally shat their pants, and the embarrassment I felt was unimaginable as I tried to hide it. The sub ended up calling in the custodians, it was THAT bad. Luckily, people ended up thinking it was a freshman prank in the end, but it remains a story in my brain that only I will ever get to fully know.

Republican Congressman Jim Banks tweeted on October 19 that Dr. Rachel Levine had become the first openly transgender four-star officer in the U.S. military.Banks wrote: "The first four-star female officer title has been hijacked by a man.”
The U.S. Supreme Court, by a 6-3 majority, rules that gay and transgender people are equally protected from discrimination under federal civil rights law.For the first time, the inclusion of the rights of homosexuals and the transsexual in the constitutional interpretation of the law is significant, perhaps even more so than the legalization of same-sex marriage. The Civil Rights Law“Prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex by employers,”It is also illegal to discriminate against LGBTQ people.
According to statistics, women make up more than 46 percent of the U.S. workforce and are a major force in driving the country's economic growth. However, women's labor rights are not guaranteed accordingly. First, the gendered distinction of U.S. occupations is obvious. In the U.S., women's employment is limited and concentrated in fields such as clerical work and retail trade, and the share of women in high-profile fields is significantly lower than that of men. In contrast to the increase in the number of U.S. technology workers, the number of U.S. women in science and technology is declining markedly, accounting for only about 1∕4 of all science and technology jobs. In the top 25 U.S. technology companies, female employees account for only 19.6% of all employees. Second, the unemployment rate of American women is significantly higher than that of men. The employment report released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that from October 2016 to October 2017, the total number of retail jobs in the United States decreased by 54,300, but men and women suffered very different: women lost more than 160,000 jobs, while men increased by 106,000 jobs. Third, there is discrimination in the U.S. workplace against pregnant and breastfeeding women. Pregnant women and new mothers face real employment discrimination, and many employers do not respect the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, with frequent incidents of pregnant employees being forced to leave their jobs. Fourth, women do not have the same opportunities as men to advance in their careers, making it difficult to break the "ceiling" in career competition. The San Francisco Chronicle reported on Dec. 21, 2018, that 50 percent of women working in science and technology in the United States said they had experienced gender discrimination at work; about 70 percent of female respondents said there were too few women in top leadership positions in politics and business.

Just a heads up, this might be a longecomplicated read. I've just been lurking on this sub for a while and for the first time desperately I need its help.
As for the Backstory:
I've always had issues with being awkward and not knowing what to say to people. As I got older I realised that I might have some combination of ADHD and autism. I can imagine that most of you are sick and tired of self diagnosis, this isn't one because I had it confirmed a few months ago when I went to the psychiatrist. Why this explanation you might ask? It just makes some of my decisions easier to understand.
With that difficulty of finding friends I never kept more than one or two friends close to me. My overly honest answers and reoccurring lack of understanding sarcasm/jokes usually threw people off and I got made fun of for most of my years at school. Now I never was a good looking guy because no-one in my vicinity (parents etc.) cared about healthy food, so I was always the chubby guy at school.
Fast forward to High School, where I got a growth spurt and was suddenly much more respected among my peers. Not that the bullying stopped completely but I had a relatively normal experience, even if I wasn't attractive like most of my male peers. I hade a male best friend for the 4 years of high school, although that's where the story begins with my (now ex) female best friend.
During one of my classes where all students were mixed I met her (yes we had most of our classes with the same people except for that one class per week where all the students in the grade were randomly assigned).
Her being my type and me liking her led me to have a crush on her. Now mind you, I had issues talking to guys, now imagine it 10x harder with girls. I started talking to her from time to time because the teacher kept everyone in the same seats all year round and we happened to sit next to each other. That was 3 years of high school, always chatting with her during lessons and eventually I even got her number because it made texting at school a lot easier (we always used laptops in class). Eventually Covid-19 hit and all classes were done over zoom. On one side, that was heaven for me because I could occupy my mind with 2-3 things at once (gotta love ADHD). I'd listen to the zoom call, talk to my friend on discord and play chess at the same time. Now let's call my ex best friend Zoe so it's easier to follow.
One day I logged onto our school network to wait for my class that day (the one with Zoe) when she messaged me asking if we wanted to video call during the break (30 mins) and I was delighted. That was our little tradition for the whole 6 months that our school was in lockdown. Now me having issues with complete hyper focusing and having a crush wasn't the best combo. (For Context, hyper focus for me puts me into a zone where I can finish 3 days work in an hour but I feel mentally exhausted afterwards)
Last year of HS we were back in school and I was once again happy that she chose to sit next to me again. That is when I learned that she had a boyfriend. As you can imagine my heart was in pieces, although I'd come to find out that I comforted her during some of the worst times. Her boyfriend at the time was completely mentally abusing and wanted to control every small aspect of her life. At the time my hyper focus on her led me to have horrible grades, even if I could have perfect ones with small amounts of effort. That's where it started going downhill
Fast forward a few months and she finally gets the courage to dump her then BF. Me and her start gradually getting closer and sharing more and more about each others lives. Mind you, I didn't have a single issue talking to her after a while even though I have issues talking to my own parents to this day. This made me want to do anything for her, not because she was easy to talk to and my type, but because she was the only one that was proud of me. My parents never really said they were proud of me, except for a handful of occasions. I just "had" to get a high paying job and not "disgrace" them. (That's a whole box of trauma over a lifetime and it's important a bit later in the story). During that last year of HS I confessed my crush to her, which she rejected due to still not being over her ex. This did not impact our friendship in any way because I was just happy to tell the truth and had no reason to be weird about it.
Last few months of HS we had to decide on where to go to University, now me and Zoe having similar interests decided to go to the same one (very prestigious one at that too). My parents were happy because it promised a very high paying job at the end and I was happy with that too, but also to be with Zoe.
During the first year of uni we started becoming incredibly close. To the point where everyone just assumed we were in a relationship, even close friends of ours. What I did not expect was for her to react explosively to it whenever someone mentioned it. I will never know how she really felt but I always took it as a joke and laughed it off while she got agitated and denied it. Unfortunately I hadn't passed my first year due to miscalculating how much I had to study for the midterms and finals while she passed.
During that year we did every single thing imaginable, although 90% of it honestly was stuff you'd do in a relationship. (Imagine stuff like baking Christmas cookies, movie nights, dinners/lunches, going out drinking but only spending time with one another etc.). We even booked a trip to Greece at one point, which was a week long during the summer break. As for the other side of the coin, we argued like we had been married for countless years. There were just days where she'd be annoyed and mad at everything I said and me being me apologised a 1000 times every time. One of my old friends even said that there was no-one that believed our "just a friendship" story and I honestly didn't blame them.
Queue to the summer. I was away for 5 weeks on a family trip. We were averaging a 100 texts each daily. Still don't know how we managed to find something to talk about every time. We both started missing each other more and more and I hadn't realised by that point that my feelings were back. I just wanted to be with her or go somewhere with her because she was the person I was most comfortable with. Now I had a summer job lined up for when I returned (with the exception of going to Greece with her) and my first day of working she came to pick me up after my shift ended. I cannot explain the joy I felt seeing her and she was beaming too and ran into a hug with me.
A few weeks later we went to Greece together. Now that was considered BS by a lot of people we knew. To be fair, considering our history and that everyone was convinced we were dating I don't blame them for thinking it's BS to say we were going as friends. In my mind though it was completely logical, I just wanted to spend time with her and I didn't care in any way what people thought because I had just labeled us as best friends. That week with her was the best time I've ever had in my life. No pressure from my parents, just play-fighting in the pool with her, going on trips around the island and chilling at the beach. We even went Jetskiing at one point. She was genuinely happy too and enjoyed it just as much as I did. It also never felt awkward to sleep in the same bed and (at least for me) there was no ounce of sexual tension.
We came back and the moods shifted a lot, my parents were furious because I had "lost" a year and that put insane amounts of pressure on me. Here is where it all started to go completely wrong.
My parents knew that she was always helping me with schoolwork. I didn't need it in any way, she just helped me with motivation and forcing me to start studying earlier than I would've. That help was priceless to me because unattended I'd do the hyper focus that left me mentally exhausted for days.
My parents started to get weary of my best friend because they thought I was just obsessed with her, even though I was just trying to get a bit of freedom after living years under the insanely strict rule of my parents (had never gone out or anything close to that before uni). Now me having the same classes made everything much easier and I started spending even more time with Zoe. While I never told my parents, I went out for drinks a few times with Zoe and her friend group. Mind you, by this point I even had her as my phone background. Around this time I realised that I had genuine romantic feelings for her again. Now a few people I talked to (that know her too) noted that, especially while tipsy/drunk, we were inseparable and waaaay too close for friends. One notable example of this was during a home party we attended, where she basically sat on my lap and our faces couldn't have been more than an inch apart for most of the time, even though nothing happened.
The week everything went to shit my parents had caught me in a lie at the beginning of the week. This led to them being suspicious and questioning things. Now I hadn't noticed it (reminder, slight autism) and lied about doing a movie night with her later in the week. I instead wanted to go to a local festival with her that only happens once a year. Now it would've all worked had it not been for the suspicion. I send my parents a photo of our food we had cooked for movie knight. I accidentally sent an old picture that my parents already had. In the middle of the festival my parents called me and were furious at me lying to them because they had noticed that it was an old picture. Zoe even tried calming them for me and saying it was her idea and that I was innocent.
This was the biggest mistake I've ever made. Not even a week later my parents gave me a "simple" choice. Either I end the friendship with Zoe right away or my parents stop having any contact with me and cut off my allowance/living costs for uni. Now this sounds simpler on paper but it was accompanied with a week of never ending arguments and screaming in my face. Why you might ask? My parents were convinced that if I kept being best friends with her that I'd drop out of uni (If you fail the second try you get dropped automatically). As for the threat of no contact, my parents would've done it and I'm a 100% certain of it because I've seen it happen with relatives.
I was truly overwhelmed at this and my dads health quickly got worse because of the stress. I had to act accordingly and end the friendship with Zoe. This was completely devastating for me and even after now nearly 6 months I haven't recovered completely. My parents are happy again, mostly because the midterms went great for me. I even had hope of reconnecting but my parents made it clear that I could never be friends with her and that they'd cut me off if I was trying to talk to her. I never could explain to my parents that she was only helping me and any attempt has been and will be shut down by them, believe me I tried.
As for Zoe, she was completely devastated too. She doesn't acknowledge my existence when I walk past her at uni and I've never tried talking to her because I'm sticking to my parents wishes. She blocked me almost everywhere, even on Spotify.
Just to clarify why we never actually dated despite all of this. Looking back at it I now understand that she had way too many bad experiences with men and her trusting me this much was a miracle of it's own.
This brings us to the current situation. I get very very emotional when I see her, even if it's just for a second in a hallway. I just need some advice on how to deal with it emotionally, I rarely feel emotions like this so it's really hard to understand it.
I'm thankful for any advice and I will answer any follow up questions if needed. I truly don't know how to approach this emotionally and it causes me to lose a lot of energy thinking about it which is why im desperate for help.
I'm truly sorry for the long read, as much as it provides information it also served as my only outlet for my emotions in the last few months so I hope you understand.

Trying to get out there and play some more and Sunday church gigs are the first thing that come to mind. I just don’t know how to approach finding one of these gigs that pays. Do you just call church music directors and ask if they need a bassist? Is 75 dollars per service average?
Are you expected to bring a rig, or can you usually just plug into their PA?
I’m just interested in trying to present myself as the reliable guy who will show up, know the music, and not be a problem.
Clarification: I previously have a degree in music ed and jazz sax. My current skill on bass is not up to par to play gospel music, but from what I can tell, I could learn an entire CCM set list in an afternoon. (No disrespect to the genre, I know it’s written simple in order encourage wide participation.)

Hi all, I'm currently looking for adults (18+ years old) in the U.S., U.K., or Canada who do NOT have any mental health condition diagnoses.
Survey link: https://rit.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6yQotozp7Hqihtc
The survey's average completion time is 10 minutes, although some have been able to complete it in 5-6 minutes. Your responses are completely anonymized, and I have received approval from my institution for this study. I've already received feedback that this survey is more "fun" than most because of the different question types and colorful graphics!
Purpose: I have ADHD myself and I am running this survey for a graduate student research study related to behavior, emotions, and perceptions of cell phones, from a neurodiverse perspective. My goal is to better understand the similarities/differences between those with ADHD and those without when it comes to interacting with a technology we're essentially required to use in this day and age - a cell phone. By exploring current behavior and emotions, ways to improve the technology from a neurodiverse perspective can be identified. If enough responses are collected and significant insights are identified, I also plan on submitting a short paper to one of the Association for Computing Machinery's (ACM) publications.
Thanks so much in advance! I'm happy to take your survey in return if I fit your target demographic.

Hello, I live in Fort Lauderdale and thought I might try my luck here. Dating apps never worked for me and my last relationship turned out to be multi-year cesspool of wasted time and emotion. Fast forward 2 years and here I am!
About me:
*5' 11" *About 220 lbs *Average build *Trilingual *Own a car *Have a feline friend *Many (boring) interests, such as reading articles about crypto, technology, cars, financial markets, video games, some comics, anime, and cooking are just a few to name *Not a drinker or tobacco smoker
About you: *No height requirements *Under 150 lbs preferred, over 170 lbs need not apply(unless tall, then not excluded) *Anyone over 24 and under 35. *Shared interests are a plus, but I would prefer if we could have some interests that differ so we can learn from each other! *Vaping is ok, but I do not like excessive alcohol and tobacco consumption. However, in moderation, I suppose it would be ok.
Hope to chat soon!

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Dear Dr. Seuss, I’m a FAN!
At first I was bothered If told my words and meters Were just mimics of Seuss’s views.
But now I have perspective on Seuss and I’m thinking others’ views are skewed.
When you say it sounds like Seuss What the fuck do you mean? Anapestic tetrameter? Cuz guess what? Check the roster of the English canon- It’s at least half the team.
Or did I dip my toe in trochaic water? If I did, I suspect. The trochee looked at you And said, Get Rocks, Lick Rocks, Kick Rocks, too! And if my trochee didn’t say it Consider it said to you.
Which meter vexes you most? Are my iambs a dime a dozen And scattered too plenty thru....
And if so, why point to Seuss? When you could point to Shakespeare too?
I’ll hazard a reason for Seussical ‘sliming’ And in exchange for your time grant ceasefire from rhyming. Well, sparing 18 more words. My bad.
Prime time for rhyme crime Climb sublime too. Dare use a rhyme Get Seuss Slime thrown on you!
Now for hazarding, Stuff comes in and out of vogue like the tide. And it’s different each time you walk into a room.
Artists are notorious for projecting shabby freedom. We style our lives as altars to art. We cultivate mythos like roses. And I love it cuz I’m mired in my own.
And that’s the same well from which writers’ biases are drawn. You can sin against this water. There are ingroups, outgroups, cool kids. Kids who will never be cool but write like danger’s mother.
And by kids I mean- adult writers- kidz.
Right now, rhyming is seen as cheese and contrived Among some of these groups.
It’s not haute enough. The lyricism of rhyme makes it too easy to be absorbed by common mi--- I promised you ceasefire, so I didn’t do it, but I hope YOU did—- …. to be absorbed by minds of average joes.
The cool kids use prose- naked. Stripped acoustic- that’s how cool these kids are. I do acoustic-lite- they do acoustic ra—-- whoops.
I think that’s why people pop Seuss Like a projectile at certain work.
It lets you know, this isn’t quality and my upper lip Is receding into my mouth A retreat your words should consider Since you sound like The Seuss.
If this was Real Art, it would only have like two rhymes. and they would be umm, subtle, and on an off beat. Not art- Seuss slime.
I grant Some comparisons may be innocent. Others are definitely pissing on your tree (a.k.a. mine)
Next time I hear Seuss aimed at me like a gotcha gun! I’m gonna rest easy. I must be doin’ decent or there’d be no need to remind me of my place.
Chris Marlowe sounds like Seuss. Chris Marlowe sounds sweet to my rough ear. Fuck! Logic looped- I sound sweet. Awesome. Possum. Ha!

A few months ago, Spectrum sent me out their new EU2251 Modem to replace my old one with.
Most of my household plays Valorant so my metrics largely come from that, but on average to almost all servers, my ping would hover around 30ms-50ms, after the swap, my ping was immediately anywhere from 70ms-120ms and has never faultered. I've had multiple techs come out to no avail, even tried using the old modem again initially but nothing changed.
I'm at a loss of what to do with this, and the despite coming out three times the techs haven't been much help, anybody have any ideas where I can try to take this from here?
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For reference, here's my 8.8.8.8 ping stats
Ping statistics for 8.8.8.8:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 49ms, Maximum = 57ms, Average = 53ms
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Additionally, I'll post the TracerRT for pinging the riot server at 192.207.0.1 for some extra statisitics.
Tracing route to 192.207.0.1 over a maximum of 30 hops
1 * <1 ms * GT-AX11000-E0D0 [xxxxxxxx]
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 14 ms 12 ms 15 ms lag-59.gdjtco0602h.netops.charter.com [69.144.131.253]
4 42 ms 40 ms 41 ms lag-24.msslmt33zp0.netops.charter.com [69.144.131.142]
5 68 ms 63 ms 64 ms lag-702.bbr02sttlwa.netops.charter.com [69.144.130.200]
6 56 ms 51 ms 54 ms lag-802.prr01sttlwa.netops.charter.com [96.34.3.39]
7 * * eqix-se2.riotgamesdirect.com [198.32.134.60] reports: Destination net unreachable.
Trace complete.

This is the road trip I want to do late July, over the course of 10 days to two weeks. It's about 40-45 hours of driving total. https://i.imgur.com/ktoTtMM.png
Thinking something like:

• 3 days in Montreal
• 3 days in Vermont - Burlington, breweries, small towns
• 2 days in Portland
• 1 day driving up Rt 1 to Bar Harbor
• 1 day driving back down Rt 1 to Boston
• 2 days in Boston

Thinking this is either super doable or kind of packed and crazy with too much driving. Thoughts people?

My credit scorecard on my discover app says I have too few accounts open and I want to fix that. Discover won't increase my limit because I had a $700 collection in late 2020 from my school that I didn't know about. I paid it off immediately when I found out about it. That and too few accounts open shows it's the only things impacting my score.
CREDIT PROFILE

• * Current credit cards you are the primary account holder of: Discover It, $1,000 limit, opened 09/2020
• * FICO Scores with source (see note on FICO score sources below): 648 Fico from Transunion
• * Oldest credit card account age with you as primary name on the account: 3 years
• * Number of personal credit cards approved for in the past 6 months: 0
• * Number of personal credit cards approved for in the past 12 months: 0
• * Number of personal credit cards approved for in the past 24 months: 0
• * Annual income $: $56,000

CATEGORIES

• * OK with category-specific cards?: Yes
• * OK with rotating category cards?: Yes
• * Estimate average monthly spend in the categories below. Only include what you can pay by credit card.
  • * Dining $: 100
  • * Groceries $: 200
  • * Gas $: $150
  • * Do you plan on using this card abroad for a significant length of time (study abroad, digital nomad, expat, extended travel)?: No
  • * Any other categories (examples: phone/internet, insurance) or stores (example: Amazon) with significant, regular credit card spend (the more you specify, the better): $200
  • * Any other significant, regular credit card spend you didn't include above?: $

MEMBERSHIPS & SUBSCRIPTIONS (delete lines that don't apply)

• * Current member of Amazon Prime?: Yes
• * Are you open to Business Cards?: No

PURPOSE

• * What's the purpose of your next card (choose ONE)?: General spending, more open accounts, more history
• * Do you have any cards you've been looking at? No