u/Wixenstyx

Image 1 — Second niece gets married this weekend...
Image 2 — Second niece gets married this weekend...
Image 3 — Second niece gets married this weekend...

Second niece gets married this weekend...

What do you all think of this pillow? This niece has always had a princess thing and her favorite color is purple. This was done with fingering-weight chenille yarn on a pillow slip cover using an Ultrapunch with the largest needle.

I got pretty far with it, but noticed I had some visible gaps, on the loop side that I couldn't see very well on the flat side because the yarn was pretty fluffy. I (unwisely) tried to address this by finding the gaps on the loop side with my finger and then marking the flat side with a permanent marker so I would know where to go in and add more loops. That helped, but then I realized the ink had begun to bleed through the gray chenille yarn and was visible on the loop side. Argh!

So she gets some crochet flowers, too. :/. I couldn't cover all of the ink with them, but I did get the most egregious areas. You can probably still see some spots that look kind of pink from the marker I used. I hope it doesn't look too silly.

u/Wixenstyx — 2 days ago

Beware of Tapjoy, Android players...

Anyone else using Tapjoy offers to earn gems?

I have been playing on an Android phone, so that option is available to me. I've exploited it quite a bit, which has enabled me to purchase all of the profile images, frames, backgrounds and phone themes offered so far. I can't really complain, though admittedly it took a lot of mindless sorting of random groceries.

However, just be aware that their support is pretty terrible, and I'd advise against using any offer that doesn't give you 1 gem per level. I say this because I finally broke down and downloaded Royal Match, which rewards based on which areas of the castle grounds you've managed to decorate fully. I played enough to complete the areas required for four of the tasks, and was only rewarded for the first one. I reached out to support, provided them with the requested screenshots, and was turned away on the grounds that I hadn't completed the tasks properly, or violated some terms of service somewhere.

I'd sure love to know what that means. I have read the offer over and over and I can't see anything I missed. I had never played RM before, so the download was Tapjoy-credited, and if I'm violating some terms of service, I have no clue what they might be. So I asked and provided more screenshots and opened a second ticket, same thing. Took different screenshots, same thing.

I don't know... At this point I may just keep after them because honestly, all I want is for them to point to what I'm missing or explain where I messed up, and being petty by keeping the conversation going is somewhat entertaining. We're only really talking about maybe 15 gems anyway, so it's a little silly... I'm just annoyed because the support system is so ridiculously terrible.

Anyway, I just wanted to share so anyone else using Tapjoy can be on guard. Don't bother with Royal Match; whatever's going on there is stupid.

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u/Wixenstyx — 4 days ago
▲ 1 r/BMWi3

Just bought a used 2016 i3 through CarMax.

I was able to log into the MyBMW website and create an account with the vehicle in my 'Garage', but the site hangs when I try to set my preferred local dealer.

I downloaded the app, logged in using the same credentials, but it shows I have no vehicles in my 'garage' and throws an error when I try to add the VIN of the car. Is this just me or is the system experiencing a lot of weirdness right now?

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u/Wixenstyx — 15 days ago
▲ 1.2k r/crochet

We toured Hermann, Missouri this weekend for a wine tasting event, and I found this gorgeous piece on display in the history museum there. For scale, the display card is about 3"x4". The thread was so fine that I don't think any of my hooks would enable me to do this, even if I had the skill/time/patience to take it on!

u/Wixenstyx — 18 days ago
▲ 3 r/BMWi3

We have an opportunity to buy a 2016 i3 Mega World REx with about 35K miles on it. The price is good, but this would be our first all-electric car, and I am still sorting out what to look for in a car, especially one ten years old.

My understanding is that the 2016 i3 had a range of 70-80 miles electric before it had to rely on the range extender to help it go another 70-80 miles.

We test drove this one tonight, and the battery showed about 78% charge. The blue distance bar at the bottom showed only 35 miles, though. Does this suggest the battery is badly degraded, or does the regenerative braking extend those 35 miles into closer to 70?

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u/Wixenstyx — 19 days ago
▲ 2 r/carmax

This is probably nothing major, but it is weird.

We have a car in transport right now. The window for when it's predicted to be available at our local store starts tomorrow, so I checked the website just to see how the transport is going. I know it probably won't be ready tomorrow, but last I heard, the transport WAS in my city, so who knows?

Anyway, my CarMax website dashboard has a big blank space where the car usually appears. My cart shows a '1', but clicking it doesn't change anything. I can see the car listed in my Favorites, but when I click on it, I get taken to a 404 page.

I tried searching for the car and it doesn't come up. I tried emptying my cache and opening the link in an incognito window. I still get a 404 error.

I did reach out to support, and they confirmed that the car is in their system, on hold and reserved for me, and that it is in my city waiting to be brought to the lot... so everything is probably (?) fine? But it's still weird and I wondered if it has happened to anyone else.

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u/Wixenstyx — 26 days ago