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What are the pros & cons of each choice? Which one is more worth it and how come?

How was your road trip when you bought your Lexus out-of-state? What did you like and not like about the trip?

On the flip side, what was it like to have your local Toyota or Lexus dealership order your Lexus shipped to their lot? Did you pay extra fees and an extra markup over what you would've paid if you'd have just traveled to pick up your car from out-of-state instead?

How good would it feel to drive a Lexus ES300h (model years between 2019 and 5 years before the date of purchase) cross-country over many miles across several states? Would it feel tiring or enjoyable?

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I'm old enough to be a Dad to some incoming freshmen, so if 2008-born Freshmen see a 1985-born Non-Trad attend college with them, how will they feel and think about that?

Should I do a makeover to look young like a Gen Z born in 2000 or should I not bother and just go to class looking the way I normally am?

How will I be treated by Gen Z students, as a Millennial who could've been your instructor by now?

I'm not interested in a real Rolex or other expensive wristwatch because it doesn't measure my daily steps and other metrics that an Android or Apple smartwatch can measure, but I'd be interested in downloading watchfaces that LOOK LIKE Rolexes, Breguets, and other 4-figure, 5-figure and even 6-figure watches.

So can someone please lead me in the right direction and link to the downloading pages of Android watchfaces that look like those expensive, upper-class wristwatch faces? Thanks in advance.

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Will I be able to trade in my old Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 when I get the Z Fold 8 this fall? I'm on Visible Wireless...

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I need to know how I trade in my old phone on the Visible network and get a Z Fold 8 to also remain on the Visible Network and get a trade-in credit for it.

Also, will I be able to transfer all memory from my old phone to my new one before I turn my old one in? Or will I only be able to get the new one AFTER I turn my old one in?

I need to preserve the memory of everything on my old phone's storage somehow, so Visible subscribers, how is this done?

My phone's foldable screen has a glaring crease and visible scuffmarks from overuse / daily use but it still functions like normal.

I also wonder what happens to my old phone once it's traded in for the newer one. Does it go to a 3rd-world country where it's donated to someone in need? Or what happens to it?

LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE

• Country

[Country or countries intending to purchase from]

#United States is where I'm from, but I'm willing to buy a laptop from overseas with an English-language OS if needed.

• Budget

[in your country's currency; feel free to also convert to USD for our at-a-glance convenience, BUT INCLUDE BOTH NUMBERS]

#$3,000 USD out-the-door

• **Are you open to refurbs/used options? **

[Yes, Maybe, No]

#Yes, both used/refurb'ed and new

• Screen size

[Any, 12", 13", 14", 15", 16", 17", 18", or a size range]

#Minimum 14 inches, but must have a number pad (numeric keypad.)

• Weight limit

[Any, or specify approximate weight]

#Reasonable for a gaming laptop

• Purpose

[General purpose, schoolwork, entertainment device, etc. Detailed info goes below]

#All of the above. Gaming, schoolwork, remote paid work / side hustle, media, etc.

• Form factor

[Standard/Clamshell (a regular laptop), 2-in-1, need pen support, tablet PC, etc.]

#Standard/Clamshell. If the screen can swivel to become a tablet, that's fine also.

• Intended usage

[List of applications, software, which games and at what settings/FPS, etc. Try to include options you cannot currently perform, but might want to try with a stronger/newer device; eg indie gamers moving from a 1650 to a 5080M might suddenly want to try God of War]

#Games that will be able to play on this new one that couldn't play well or at all on my old HP TouchSmart 15 that Dad got for me for $600 in 2015.

#Can also stream well onto YouTube, Twitch and others if I feel like streaming my games.

#I want to max out all game settings and play them well still. Have FPS be the max possible.

#Also be able to perform remote work side hustles well with this device.

• Desired battery life

[In Hours; please remember that high performance/gaming laptops tend to get less battery life - no more than 8 hours, typically about 4 hours]

#3 or more hours. I don't worry about it because I'd keep it plugged in the vast majority of the time.

• Please list, in order of most important to least important, the priority between Size, Weight, Performance, Battery life

[eg battery life, performance, weight, size doesn't matter. PLEASE REMEMBER LAPTOPS ARE A COMPROMISE AND PERFORMANCE SACRIFICES LIGHT WEIGHT AND LONG BATTERY LIFE ETC]

#1: Performance.

#2: Size

#3: Weight

#4: Battery Life

• Info/Requirements

[anything else not specified above eg. Intel only, OLED, HDR-compliant, screen resolution/refresh rate, etc]

#My next laptop:

• Model year: 2025

• Make: (Anything reliable & dependable)

• Model: (Any gaming model)

• Hard drive space: At least 2 TB

• Hard drive type: SSD with NVME (NVME is mandatory.)

• RAM type: DDR4 at minimum

      ◦ DDR5 preferred

• RAM amount: At least 64 GB

• Amount of processor cores: 10 or more

• Graphics card type: Dedicated

• Graphics card memory amount: 8 GB or more

• Operating system Windows 11 or later, Home.

      ◦ Pro if performance would improve.

• CPU frequency: 3 GHz or higher

• USB ports: 4 minimum, 5 preferred.

      ◦ If there's a USB-C port, that would be a plus.

• Features requested:

      ◦ Backlit keyboard

      ◦ Numeric keypad

      ◦ Touchscreen

• Upper price limit: $3,000 out-the-door

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What did that coffee have? And would coffee therefore be a good weight-loss drink? Even when cold? (I don't like to scald my mouth so I only drink it lukewarm or chilled.)

It was a large bottle of coffee, I think it was the STOK brand, about 32 or so oz, because I didn't sleep that last night, so I needed to keep going the rest of that day as well on *some* powerful stimulant so that's why I drank the whole bottle in a short time.

I had already pooped before the coffee, then 1 1/2 hours after I drank the whole bottle, I had to poop again. I normally only poop once a day, in the mornings.

So what was it about the coffee that caused a double-pooping? And therefore, is it a good weight-loss drink?

Crossposts:

r/Coffee: https://www.reddit.com/r/Coffee/s/oll2htZEZH

r/ShittingAdvice: https://www.reddit.com/r/shittingadvice/s/wFpiBHfAtf

I didn't feel like running a racist restaurant where all my customers were White in Nairobi, which would be a Black-majority city in real life.

I want to serve EVERYBODY, not just White people, so not seeing Black customers show up in my restaurants in a Black-majority city just wouldn't sit well with me.

I asked the dev, under an earlier account of mine, to please update the game to allow Colored customers into our restaurants so that the places I/we ran wouldn't seem so racist, and promised that I'd come back to playing EatVenture again once that happens.

So how are we coming on having POC customers as well as everyone else come into our restaurants?

By the way, may you please take a screenshot of your Nairobi restaurants and show it here? I need to see that we're finally having POC customers show up in a POC-majority city, thanks in advance.

He also calls in the evenings after my work is over for the day to ask how my Doordashing went and to get other stuff done.

He calls twice a day as long as he's not locked down at his retirement facility.

I guess he's the reason why I make more money on Doordash since he causes me to start my Dashes earlier in the day and catch the Lunch Rushes.

Do you ever provide a wake-up service for your sons (and daughters) when they're living out on their own? If not, what are your thoughts and opinions about that kind of service?

What reviews stood out the most, and how come?

Should I go fight and die for Ukraine so that I can wake up in a parallel body in a parallel universe where Bernie became the American President instead of Trump?

And how would parents of today react if the types of discipline that were allowed when you were kids, happened to their today's kids?

[Request] Are there statistics on what vehicles are possessed most and least often? What years, brands, and models?

I bet Nissan is the most repossessed car brand in North America, right? Because Nissan finances subprime buyers?

And what brand is repossessed least often and how come?

Crossposts:

• r/TheyDidTheMath: https://www.reddit.com/r/theydidthemath/comments/1v7owdg/request\_are\_there\_statistics\_on\_what\_vehicles\_are/

• r/NissanDrivers: https://www.reddit.com/r/NissanDrivers/s/iXXtP7eNsT

• r/Nissan: https://www.reddit.com/r/Nissan/comments/1v7paqm/i_bet_nissan_is_the_most_repossessed_car_in_north/

Hopefully they'll see the upsides - that I'm an independent self-starter who operates without needing directions from a supervisor and I know how to satisfy customers by delivering what they want in all the right conditions.

But what downsides will they see from seeing that my longest-ever job experience was over 6 years with Doordash, and that my longest W-2 job with a traditional supervisor lasted just a hair over 1 year?

How do I turn those downsides into something positive? After all, I don't know how to go back and change the past while keeping things truthful.

And with over 25,000 Doordash deliveries behind me, how far will my foot get in the door with delivery employers of more valuable merchandise - such as furniture and appliances?

I'm interested in box trucks and cargo vans, no semis. Straight trucks/vans only.

My Dasher rating that my customers gave me, last I checked, was 4.97 out of 5.

What types of employers like to see Doordash delivery driving experience, and what types don't, and how come?