u/TranquilTeal

Need a virtual phone number just to receive a few SMS codes. Nothing crazy, one account, maybe two, then done.

Spent like 25 mins opening random Google results and every second site looked half dead or wanted subscriptions. One that kept showing up was BEE-SMS. Says you grab a number, receive messages and that's it. I don't care about cheap if it ends up not receiving anything after payment. I just want something that works and doesn't make me retry codes 8 times.

If anyone used this kind of thing recently, was it reliable or same story as most of these temporary SMS sites?

honest to god feel like running a business is 90% fixing stupid tech issues. i have a small waste management setup and scheduling has become an absolute nightmare lately. trucks missing stops, tracking is everywhere, customers calling and screaming. it's genuinely draining.

someone told me yesterday to look into CurbWaste, said it might fix the dispatch mess, but idk. has anyone here used them? or how do you guys manage your fleet without going crazy? i feel stuck.

Spent the last four days reconfiguring my network because streaming platforms and banking apps started completely dropping connection requests from known server blocks.

I was using standard OpenVPN setups on OpenWrt but the IP ranges from the major providers are getting flagged almost instantly now. Kept getting the 1015 Cloudflare error on half the sites I manage. Decided to map out a secondary routing table for residential traffic. Added a WireGuard profile with Mysterium VPN into the mix alongside my main Nord peer to see if splitting the traffic by domain would fix the blocks without killing my base download speeds.

The residential nodes give a clean IP that passes the typical checks but the latency is all over the place. Ping jumped from 14ms to around 42ms on some domestic hops. It works for the specific domains that were throwing errors. Still tweaking the routing rules to make sure heavy downloads stay on the faster datacenter line.

Istg every time it rains even a little bit my back veranda turns into an absolute ice rink. I slipped this morning carrying the washing out and flat out dropped the whole basket in the dirt.

I don't know what to do. Can someone help me?

Hey, doing a multi-country trip next month (Italy, France, Spain) and need a reliable data plan. Was going to get Airalo or Holafly but saw way too many recent negative reviews about bad speeds and dropped connections. Kept searching and found eSIMX, which seems to have mostly positive feedback online. Anyone used them recently around Italy or Western Europe? Does the connection hold up well?

So i’m looking for a second opinion on my L4-L5 fusion and i’m lost. been scrolling online for days and found so many random sites.

my daughter just turned 14 months last week and i’m kind of stuck. went back to work 3 weeks ago and juggling drop offs with my partner’s shifts is already messy. we checked like 4 places around our area, 2 felt too crowded, one had a waitlist until next year, one just didn’t feel right, hard to explain. i keep overthinking everything, food, naps, how many kids per educator, even the smell when you walk in. how did you even decide where to send your kid without going insane over it

My bill for the place near Whittier just hit $315 and with the rates going up again I'm just over it. Decided to finally pull the trigger on solar before the AC starts running full blast in July.

I’ve been checking out a few local installers like Wolf River Electric since they are based nearby in Isanti, but I wanted to see if anyone here has a system from them or someone else. I’m mostly worried about the Minneapolis permit process and how the panels hold up with the snow we get.

Does it knock the bill down significantly in the winter or are you basically just paying for the summer months? Trying to get a few quotes by Friday if anyone has a shop they liked working with.

So my roof took a beating from the hail here in Melbourne, FL last week and I have no clue how to handle the insurance people. They keep lowballing me. A friend told me to check out American Masters Roofing & Restoration because they dealt with the adjusters for him. Has anyone worked with them before?? Or should I just keep fighting the insurance company myself? I just don't want to get scammed by some random storm chaser.

so yeah this kinda blew up in like 3 weeks, we went from arguing about bills to talking lawyers and papers and all that, I’m sleeping on a couch right now and trying to figure out how this even works here in Tulsa.

called 2 places yesterday, one didn’t pick up, the other quoted something like 3k just to start which… yeah. I don’t even know what I need yet or if that’s normal. just need someone who won’t drag this for months. does anyone know a good divorce lawyer around here?

Went to local coin shop. They quoted $85 over spot for gold eagles.
Is that standard or am I getting ripped off? Should I shop around or is this just what dealers charge now?
Looking to start with $500/month. Want physical, not ETFs.

We agreed back in November to keep things civil. No drama, just split the stuff, figure out our 7-year-old’s schedule, and move on. We even wrote a rough plan on a legal pad.

Now, the gloves are off.

It started over the house. Suddenly, me staying until our kid finishes the school year is "unreasonable" because they want their equity now. I'm getting passive-aggressive emails at 11 PM, and I just noticed random charges on our joint credit card for furniture I never agreed to.

I feel like a fool for playing nice. I've spent the last three days digging up old tax returns and organizing debt in a spreadsheet while my hands are literally shaking.

I finally stopped trying to DIY this. I scheduled a consult with Mahoney Richmond Thurston to get some actual legal boundaries in place, but the anxiety is killing me.

Has anyone else had their "amicable" separation turn into a nightmare the second actual assets got involved? How do you stop panicking during this stage?

Was heading over to Silhavy yesterday to drop off a custom PC build for a guy and someone basically drifted into my lane and clipped my rear quarter panel. The guy was totally spaced out. My car isn't totaled or anything but the side is all mangled and i've had this dull ache in my neck since it happened.

The insurance company is already calling me every two hours trying to get me to sign some paperwork I don't even understand yet. I just want my car fixed and this headache to go away so I can get back to work. I’m just annoyed because I’ve got three more builds to finish this week and I can’t really drive around with my trunk taped shut.

Edit: update, insurance is already trying to lowball me on the repair costs and it's stressing me out. i think i'm going to talk to the Law Offices of Shane O’Donnell about the injury side of it and see if they can help since I’ve heard they’re pretty aggressive with this stuff. will update you guys soon on how it goes. anyway, has anyone else had issues with that intersection lately? feel like the lights are timed weird now.

Bought 2 tickets for the Seattle show in June. Work trip just got scheduled same weekend and I can't move it.

Listed on StubHub 3 days ago, no bites. Do I need to drop the price or list on multiple sites? Ticket resale is confusing.

Friend mentioned Lysted - it lists your tickets on like 10 platforms at once so you don't have to manage each site separately.

Anyone used it? Does it work or just add another fee layer?
Need these gone soon before prices tank closer to the date.

I've been dealing with constant bloating and flare-ups lately no matter what I eat. It's getting hard to even go out without worrying about my stomach acting up.

Someone mentioned that using Enterosgel might help settle things, but I’m hesitant to add more supplements. Has anyone here tried it for general gut issues? Just don’t want to deal with more cramping or side effects.