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Can anyone suggest a good book for beginner learning para cord weaving something that explains basic weaves make to my own creations kind of thing or any books with some fun projects. I just bought one book off Amazon called the ultimate para cord handbook it was a joke. The section about tools just said use two large forceps one of the curved and one without nothing about the weaving needles or any of the jigs you can get, didn’t have a lot of the projects that said it had was missing steps when I compared it to YouTube after they didn’t come out proper i’m guessing it wanted to make it look like it was longer than it was as well cause some of the pages in it had two lines of text and then it would go to the next page finish another two lines and then go to the next page lol so any good book or author suggestions would be greatly appreciated

My senior father has prostate cancer he got the radioactive seeds implanted he said a little about it lowering his psa numbers but also said he had kidney damage then later said it moved from his prostate to his kidney when i looked it up theres only 30 cases ever of it going from prostate to kidneys which he blamed our doctor for not getting him into the specialist quickly even though he told me he was refusing to go until he heard about the seed implantation but the story has changed and he refuses to let me talk to his doctor but says his numbers are good.
The specialist was calling him weekly until his phone got cut off cause he was also hiding that he wasn’t getting enough money to live on after retirement cause his retirement savings were gone and he owed the government tons of money he borrowed money everywhere he could till utilities were getting cut off still lied about what was going on. I managed to piece the truth together by deducing it and gave him the numbers and helped with the paperwork to get his oas and gis along with other subsidies going so he can pay his bills.
Now he says the specialist has his new number but he never calls he says his bloodwork is good but hasn’t done one in a year or so but he has pencil poops which from what Iv read is a sign his prostate cancer is advanced to stage four or has spread to his anal lymph nodes either way from what Iv read its not a long way off from being killing him without treatment when its hit that stage.
Iv told him Ill support whatever he wants to do be it fight it or let it run its course but still he wont let anyone talk to his doctor about it even though he keeps changing his story the only reason I want to talk to the doctor is to make sure he has all the facts about possible procedures so he’s not making the same mistake and avoiding dealing with it if theres a less invasive procedure that will help or at least get an oncology dietitian so i can get meal plans to help alleviate the pain if he has any at this point but really I dont have a clue where its at but wouldn’t say if there was he isn’t talking to me or his doctor family or specialist. Iv tried telling my brother he isn’t talking content to be uninvolved and doesn’t believe what I say anyways since we’re estranged i guess you can say. Iv tried talking to my mother about it but she’s an angry person not a good source of support more of a trigger for neither are any of my friends they just dont want to hear it or stop talking to me(Im aware thats not a real friend but that’s what I got).
Im so lost on how to deal with this nobody wants to talk or listen my own life is in the middle of a major overhaul already and I feel like this is unnecessarily being made so much more difficult with no definitive answers anywhere or even a solid idea of what is actually happening with it. I want to cry so badly but i haven’t been able to cry for myself or anything in years past a few stray tears since my teens hell if i cried in front of my family they probably wouldn’t know what to do my fathers favourite saying growing up was men are men boys are nervous he reminded me of it regularly.
This is family member number 5 from cancer so many the doctors wanted to test if it was hereditary on my mother side at least.

Im a beginner looking for a fun new hobby!! Been looking for a fun new hobby to fill my time and hand to replace doomscrolling so any suggestions on some good books to learn how to do paracord weaving would be muchly appreciated! I also noticed in some of the videos they have tools they use so some websites i can order the tools would be awesome too. Thanks for any suggestions.

So a while ago i posted asking about butane lighters and why they always crap out after a couple fills and how to fix nobody had a clue so here is what my research and testing has turned up first of all fuel you cannot buy regular butane even the brand name stuff because the impurities plug up the ports buy triple distilled or at least a high quality product thats double distilled usually imported i find. Zippo brand and such are garbage.

If you have one that is plugged up or the flame isn’t coming out like a normal lighter soak it in alcohol overnight and it should start working again longer the better though.

This info was trial and error, web searches and actually reaching out to the manufacturers that offer warranty with their lighters.