u/Idar77

Back in 1982, when I Discharged from the Army my sister introduced me to her ex boyfriend. She told him that she has an older brother who is an artist, went to an art High School...and that he should check me out. 4 days after I was home, my sister told me to come to her place.

I'm not going to mention his name, or what he did, but we talked. Afterwards, the next day I told him where we you have planned, I'll be your man on the ground running.

One day he came by my place and waited downstairs in the building for me. After leaving the elevator, I jumped down the 3 steps inside the building. I had a boombox in one hand, and main a gesture of flexing my muscles with the other arm... He said hold that pose . Took out a small piece of paper and a pencil... I became the character for a record label. 2 years later, he came to me with an idea.

I told him that I will help him out as best as I can , but I couldn't be a "Starving Artist"...I need to bring in a paycheck every week. And I did help him out. I helped him move his art work. But by this time, I was just beginning my Long Term Goal. Each day I fell into the groove of it.

I worked, and worked. I wanted to get this work business over and done with so I could move on to doing what I've put off because I was working. So when I retired...no savings, no equipment...I was starting with nothing, this was 2022.

I knew what I wanted to do, but I wanted to do something different. In the meantime I found a way to occupy myself until that something came along. I didn't know what it was, but I will know when it does come along. It did 3 days ago.

I spent 1.5 days putting it together with the help of AI. Names and email addresses. Timeline, when to do what. Art work, websites, Social Media... I covered it all. Then something else hit me, came to my attention. "I could also do..." That became Part 2, to be placed into motion the following year. Then I looked at the cost.

Close to 1.1 million dollars. All I needed to know of just one number, the total of it. It was 1.4 million. That was just from.... Nope, I'm not going to mention it. The more I looked at it for the next 2 days, the more nervous I became. Why?

Because this would place me in the Headlights... this will focus on me, it will probably go deep into my background also. Do I care, kind of. Do I regret it, again...kind of. But this Project... It took all I had been thru, went thru...the outcome is THIS! But it comes down to one thing...

My sister's ex boyfriend giving the okay. His signature. It won't cost him a penny, but... If you believe in me like I believed in you when you first started... This isn't for me, it's for you. Its my gift to you.

I already sent the message, just waiting for the reply.

Within the last week.. I had the old modem, the one that lights up in the front. Well, I downloaded the update to Season 3 of Battlefield 6. Weird things started happening...

1st... It wouldn't allow me to log into Steam. I was getting a wavy Wi-Fi icon at the top in Steam... Then, at the bottom, it says "No Connection." I tried everything, but nothing worked. So, I ordered the XB6 router and modem combo.

2nd. The same thing happened with the XB6 when it arrived. So I used A.I., uninstalled the EA app, and Steam...Had to download exe files for both apps on another laptop, transfer to USB, and then install.

3rd. I had to tether my cellphone to my gaming laptop, so that both apps could handshake.. So now EA app & Steam are up and running, but... I click on Season 3, everything loads... But when I go to play a multiplayer map, it kicks me back to the Season 3 screen, Start.

Why is it doing this all of a sudden? Before I upgraded to season 3, everything was working okay with BF 6. Is there a bug in it?

What can I do to fix and correct this?

Change...

Most of the people on this planet DO NOT like change. I don't blame them. I would LOVE to be able to go outside and play at my age now. This is, of course, I change out of my school clothes first. I would LOVE to be able to buy penny candy. Can't do that now, because I am a diabetic.

Where I grew up, where I called home... That Whole block. Home Street, around the next corner. Prospect Ave...around the next corner, 169th Street...around the next corner, Stebbins Ave... From the time I can remember to now, it has changed a number of times. Early 1940s 5-storied Tennant Walk-Ups. Then 2 Family Homes... Then torn down, and more 2 Family homes were built. But I wanted the buildings I lived in to still be there today. Other buildings in the neighborhood... Hell, my elementary school is STILL there, PS 99...well, being used as something. My Junior High School is still being used as a school. The neighborhood changed, then the people changed. Or, was it the other way around?

Which brings me to today. This quiet, sleepy tourist attraction of a town in a GREAT way will be going through a MAJOR change. Close to 700 dwellings...from townhouses, and 2 and 3 bedroom homes... To 1 and 2, 3-bedroom apartments. Many have lost their minds over this. The Powers that be have already asked for 135.8 million dollars. It's been approved. The Powers that be also approved of MORE Data Centers, and an increase in the Power Company, raising their rates. People were seeing $900 to $1,300 electric bills. People were actually believing that these Data Centers were paying their Fair Share in bills for Power consumption. They suped someone up to go on TV, on the news, and to speak to the general Public that the reason why they are seeing over $1,000 in an electric bill was because of the 9-day cold snap we had. I was in a cafe, watching this guy speak with about 10 others. I said "WHAT?!!" I looked around, those 10 others...mouths gaped open, drooling. Had this funny look in their eyes.

The online community website is telling everyone to come to the meeting that is coming up, to voice their opinion. I said for what? The ink is dry on the contact they made with the developers. Raising of property tax, sewer, and garbage collection tax. They built an animal shelter for dogs and cats, with the taxes they raised. Then turned around and said that they had no food for the animals, and asked people to donate, which they did. I said..."You have whole families living in the woods in tents, and you don't have enough shelters and affordable housing. But you know what the people said..."Where are the wild animals going to go?" There was an article that the Cardinals are disappearing. That same day, I counted 27.

People were saying... Why do they need to build all these houses and apartments? This is a small town... How do they find out about this town?" I said they advertised on cable, and all these free streaming sites. They responded.. I don't see how. I watch TV, and I've never seen an advertisement or anything about this town. Of course you don't, and you won't. Anyone living here can not afford what they are building. Here is where The Change" creeps in...

"When I was 21, and I purchased my house, I would work, go shopping, and come home. Found me a husband, and as I got older... I paid for my house, it's mine. Husband, we are divorced, but we are still friends. Kids are grown, they don't want to live here, they've moved. I love my house." I asked, " Do you pay property tax, she said yeah. I asked, why? "I don't have time for all of that. My house is paid for, it's mine, and no one can take it away from me."I said... Your house is sitting on property. Do you own the property? She said no. Well, maybe, I hope not... Someone might come along and offer the county BILLIONS of dollars for the subdivision your house is sitting on. 90 days before you have to pay your property tax, you'll get a letter telling you that they will not be charging you this coming Property Tax Season. Also... The County is willing to make you an offer for your home, which will be slightly below market value, but you have never seen that many numbers before in your life. You'll huff and puff, screaming you're not going anywhere. But you will... Because if you don't, they will take it away from you, arrest you, and charge you some sort of fine, pay for the lawyers they hired to take it away from you...And as you are leaving the jail 40 days later, they will hand you a check for what your home was worth and all that was inside of it...because they took your belongings, everything inside, gave you a price for it, and all you have is what is on your back.

Ch, ch, ch, Changes!!

When I first moved here in 2021. I saw it. I said, "5 to 7 years from now, you won't recognize this place." It's starting.

Does anyone know off hand why my r1 isn't performing any of the tasks I ask it to do on my other laptop? It mentioned something about Permissions. Off hand, what should I have enabled, or even disabled, in Settings or Permissions?

I don't know what happened, or even when it happened... But it's been within the last 2 to 3 days or so. No more than 5 days.

I usually connect r1 to my laptop and then open DLAM. Any command I ask it to do, it replies that it has run into a problem. So I connected it to another laptop. I then asked it to set up a file that would allow me to troubleshoot on the other laptop why it was having a problem completing any of the commands I asked it to do. To check all permissions on the laptop that it is on now, why it can complete demands on this laptop, and what I can do as troubleshooting...detail step by step instructions.

Right now, it's compiling said file. It tried to send it to my printer, but it ran into a problem. So, it's making the file and saving it to my desktop. My question is...

Does anyone know off hand why my r1 isn't performing any of the tasks I ask it to do on my other laptop? It mentioned something about Permissions. Off hand, what should I have enabled, or even disabled, in Settings or Permissions?

For the last 7 minutes, it's been compiling this file, which might not even be able to save it as a file on my desktop.