u/cherryreader11

Hello, my best friend of 13 years recently lost her father in a tragic accident two days ago. I am unfortunately across the country and am unable to see her in person. Today was the Janazah prayer and burial. I am looking to be able to send her, her mother and her brother something for my condolences. I know it is traditional to bring food or simply visit an offer condolences, but as that is not an option for me, would it be inappropriate to send flowers? They would only contain a couple white flowers with some greenery, nothing extravagant or “cheerful” that may be considered rude for the occasion. I am very close with her family and have practically grown up with them, so I’m sure they would appreciate any gesture, but if anyone has any recommendations I would greatly appreciate it.

Thank you.

For context, I’m a very casual player. I log on maybe once a month and pretty much just do some questing here and there. Nothing crazy. I only have my main wizard (level 52 Storm) and I use my minion for pretty much every boss battle I solo, which is a majority of them as I rarely use the Team Up option. My minion used to be 700 health, protect me with shields, heal me, you get it. Now they leave after 7 turns and their health is 350 and I get none of those benefits anymore?? What was the logic behind this change? I’ve tried finding info in this sub but haven’t find the answers I’m looking for.
I guess my question is, what exactly are my options now? Is there a way to get another/different minion that will actually help me or am I just SOL with this?
Any feedback is appreciated and TIA fellow wizards🫶🏼

I'm the second owner of this car. Got it back in 2015 as a graduation gift, and it had about 72,000 miles on it. Aside from an accident I got into in 2016, it's been a great car. Been all over the country and just recently did an 18 hour road trip.

I initially took it into the shop last week (6/3/26) because it overheated and leaked all the coolant. The tow truck driver mentioned my frame was in bad shape when he was loading it up, so I mentioned to the shop to check that out while they were figuring out everything else. Fast forward to today, shop calls and tells me that I need a new radiator and thermostat (which is a given), and mentions that my frame has some pretty bad damage that needs to be addressed, along with the brake lines. These are the photos he emailed me. I just emailed back to ask where exactly are the locations of each picture.

I know the frame is bad but HOW bad are we talking? I've had the car for 11 years, don't have a full history on where it was with it's first owner, and have had the thought of possibly needing to get a new car for awhile. I guess nows the time....

The automotive shop it's at is close with the body shop up the street. They're going to check and see if anyone at the body shop can come over and take a look at it to see if anything can be done. I'm fine with forking over $6K or so if it's something that can be fixed, but I have my doubts.

At the moment, currently car hunting used cars online. I'm planning on still having the shop fix the radiator and the thermostat that way it's drivable (to an extent) and potentially selling the car? I'm not sure if that's the right route to go though. I've never been in this position. Any insight/feedback would be super useful.

https://imgur.com/a/KhAw2Ob