u/West-Ingenuity-2874

Yesterday i was the autozone on 4th, by the big safeway to buy a repair manual. I got to my car and was standing at the trunk flipping through the book when a young black guy on a bicycle approaches asking me if I have narcan.

I couldnt understand tf he was saying the 1st few times he asked and finally i understood.

He was so chill about it, he didn't seem concerned about the narcan, it felt like he wanted to talk to me rather than find narcan. It was very confusing. I suggested going inside of the safeway to ask either the pharmacy or the service desk. I also suggested Walgreens across the street. Neither one of is had our phones at the moment.

He said he just happened to see there was a young man likely overdosing on the side walk near the safeway. He said he saw him start to fall out as he rode past.

0 urgency.

Then he shouts the same jibberishy narcan question to some other guy getting into a car. The guy comes over to see whats up and immediately freaks out asking where the guy is. But he doesn't have any narcan either.

About 4-5 mins have passed now. Then in the as nonchalant as possible the black guy suddenly produces narcan from his backpack. The random guy who was freaking out grabs it and sprints across the parking lot to find the guy ODing.

After a bunch of commotion, shouting and rustling around, he stands up and puts his hands on his head and is pacing around, goes back to the guy for a moment, stands up again, and paces with his arms in the air in defeat.

Im pretty sure the guy died.

The black guy and I are just standing there watching from across the parking lot. Then he turns to me, asks my mame and tells me "you are very pretty. Like really pretty. Do you have a boyfriend? I responded with a fake name and said I was married and got into my car and drove away.

I had left my phone at home, otherwise I would have called. I'll never understand why that guy didn't just use the narcan he had or ATLEAST check his bag for it when he realized it was needed.

The man that tried to save him was so quick to save a strangers life and so legitimately worried the moment he understood the situation. It was incredibly sad to see him with his arms in the air like that.

Idk why I'm sharing this, but I feel like I needed to tell someone.

I have a few cake recipes that are absolutely killer. I'd like to sell single serve portions b2b. (Similar to nemos cakes) I have successfully sold baked goods to a coffee shop in the past, they stocked my product for a little over a year. (Only 12pc weekly) .

I have the packaging, shelf life/ freezer life figured out. The packaging isn't fabulous, but its fine.

I was friends with the manager and I had previously worked at that coffee shop, so it doesn't feel like a 'real' b2b relationship.

I'm not sure what I need to do to get stocked in other coffee shops or in small grocery stores.

I understand the requirements for commercial kitchen, I am fairly certain that my labeling meets all requirements., I have a technical info sheet for storing/ handling,/ displaying product. My recipes are solid and the quality is very consistent.

Right now I seem to have everything but the business knowhow.

I know that grocers use a distributor, but i don't know how distributors work. (I'm not looking to do extreme quantities asap.)

What should a basic b2b transaction look like when first getting started?

Would a shop want to try doing a commissioned deal before committing to ordering? Are net30 deals standard, or should I expect payment at delivery?

How do I get my product nI front of the right person? Is there some basic criteria that store owners/buyers have that I should know about? Will buyers expect me to have presence online as a business? Is theyre such thing as too small of a small business?

My product is similar to nemos cakes. Ya know, those little squares of cake wrapped in plastic they sell at the gas station? Their cakes are yummy, everyone likes them- but they're not great and theyre definitely in the same category as convenience store hot food, IMO.

Mine have equally simple packaging but WAY nicer, and have more interesting / grownup flavors. My best is dark chocolate cake with ganache. It's rich but not super sweet. Second is carrot cake w/ pineapple cream cheese frosting. Neither are super sweet, they all go fabulously with coffee and they're surprisingly satisfying. They're a treat! The price point is similar too, about $1.50 more. I would rather offer an affordable treat that brightens someone's day than an expensive one and have the price be a bummer.

My mom wants to gift me 10k, the idea Is that I can't or won't touch until I'm 'her age', 60. So, 32 years.

I initially suggested a Roth, but frankly I don't know diddly squat about *this side* of personal finance.

A Roth Ira with 10k for 32yrs would yield 80k ish? (Obviously I plan on contributing, I'm just keeping the numbers simple)

The stock market is so confusing, I know that trading in the short term is unwise.but 30 years seems to be the "if" or "shoulda, woulda, coulda" that gets thrown around. 10k in the S&P500 for 32 years should be something to the tune of 250k? - No clue what taxes look like here.

Other than those two basic examples, I really don't know what else there is to consider.

(I've been self employed almost my entire adult life, no 401k. No fancy investments.)

92 buick lesabre random stalling / unresponsive accelerator/ surging.

120k miles.

Very random stalling, loss of power, and now surging- the RPMs top out around 1.5k when this happens, and the vehicle hardly responds to the pedal.. I can floor it and the car *might* start to respond but not for long, if at all. I can't get up to speed when this happens. It tends to just 'surge' in rhythmic intervals for a bit and is totally unpredictable. Might die, Might suddenly perk up and be normal, might stall.

Completely erratic.

The problem has been intermittent, the very first hint of anything was a very short (3seconds?); suddenly feeling rough, and kinda jerky. But it quickly mellowed out back to normal. I was going 80mph with cruise control (250mi drive)

Next it died with 0 warning, i was only going about 20mph in a neighborhood. It didn't want to start again but she turned over, was normal for about 2 miles and did the surging/ stalling thing but thar was also short lived.

Next time it acted up I had been driving under 40mph for maybe 15min, and while waiting at a light; she started to run rough, then loss of power, and died, but she startd right back up and was OK

Then on my way back home she started doing the surging thing mentioned above, but it was ridiculously bad. SUPER slow, surging,/ jerky not responding to the pedal. It's amazing that I didn't get absolutely creamed in traffic that day.

It idles fine. If you were to listen to the engine run, it actually sounds pretty damn good. Its smooth. Until you drive some mysterious arbitrary distance.

**it does appear to happen after reaching temp**

Things I've replaced:

Spark plugs & Wires

Coils

Fuel regulator

Crankshaft position sensor

Mass air flow sensor

ICM

I rented a fuel pressure gage and every test i did was totally normal. Yay? ( fuel pump= dropping the tank)

From what I've read online from people with this car having this problem sometimes the Crankshaft position sensor fixed it, sometimes the MAF, sometimes the fuel pump, sometimes the ICM.

I bought an obd1 scan tool, and have no codes

*but I suspect this is because I haven't driven it enough after having the battery disconnected. IDK.

*I know that I need to replace the tensioner bracket, she's definitely on her way out.

Does anyone have any insight?

Thank you for your help<3

I love this car, a lot, but this problem is making me want to drive into the ocean and just die. I've barely driven the car for almost a month now.