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What would be the best type of fire extinguisher for a K40, or really any enclosed laser? I have heard there are ones that do less damage to the electronics when you use them. I'm pretty sure I have an ABC right now, but is there something better that would do less damage to the innards should a fire break out?

I have had a very small fire in my K40 before, due to user error, but I got it taken care of without using the fire extinguisher. It was TINY and didn't damage anything. I do worry about if it happens again, though. I never leave my laser alone and most always keep an eye on the cut while it is going. I sit right next to it the whole time. So, I'm not putting extra fire risk on myself. I just want to be prepared.

Hi there, I'm Bre!

I'm AuDHD and like to spend my time with my hands busy. Crafting is my special interest! I even have a bingo sheet I created for crafts I want to do. But I also like yapping. I can talk about anything and everything.

I'm looking for someone to talk to every day or every few days with shorter messages. I am not kidding when I say I can yap. I will send you a book in a heartbeat. But I am more looking for conversations without the pressure. I'm down for conversations that lead us down a path of long talks about anything and everything. Memes are appreciated. As are craft inspiration photos.

A few things about me:

• My YouTube rabbit hole of choice is crafty/self-help/digital minimalism videos. Mia's Digital Diary is a good example.
• I have traveled to the other side of the world and back. The flights were not fun.
• I love EDM music, even though it contrasts very heavily with my calm vibes. San Holo, DROELOE, and Grabbitz are on repeat right now.
• I once spent 3 years crocheting a blanket with all single crochet stitches. It's a twin XL size, and it's HEAVY! I still need to weave in the ends.
• I collect Hatsune Miku figurines and hand fans.
• I am always looking for new hobbies. I actually ordered 3/4" plywood yesterday because I am determined to make a soot sprite table.
• I'm a beginner witch who is trying to incorporate more magick into her everyday life. Sometimes through crafts.
• I have a cat named after a Star Trek character.

Tell me about you. What do you like/dislike? Any interesting stories? Where is the weirdest place you have traveled? And what is your favorite peanut butter, and why is it JIF?

I would love to hear from you!

I'm not exactly a jewelry maker, not yet (it's on my someday list to make earrings), but I figured someone here might be able to help. I make laser-cut shelves and am looking for a way to hang them. I tried 0.6 mm jack chain and 0.4 mm jump rings to hang them, but I think when I cut the chain with my pliers, I broke the last link where I put the jump ring on, and it didn't hold. One of my shelves went flying in the wind at a market yesterday because the chain and jump ring came apart.

My two questions are: 1) where would I get some thicker/bigger jack chain, and 2) how in the world do I use jump rings? I feel like I didn't close the jump ring right. I was using a set of pliers to hold it and then closed it with my finger. Should I use two sets of pliers? Should I overlap the ends? And I feel like the jack chain wasn't the right gauge to hold the shelves. The shelves weigh about .5 lbs without stuff on them. But I expect people to put small plants or crystals on them, no more than 7-10 lbs. But I just don't know where to find good jack chain. I tried searching Amazon for 0.8 mm jack chain, but nothing bigger than 0.6 mm came up!

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cat Tax

Cara Cara, my former feral, will be coming inside permanently on Monday after shots and some tests! She decided by herself that outdoor life is not for her, and we are honoring that. She's been living in my climate controlled garage while tending to her second litter of kittens since March (I failed to TNR her after the first litter because she wandered off to play floozie again). She has been spayed now, and when we offered to let her go outside, she said no! We even ear-tipped her because we 100% thought she would want back out. I really hope she gets along with my 3 other cats. We really weren't expecting this, but we'll take her!

Why do insurances pay for 96372 and then deny the 9921x for bundling? It makes no sense to me. They pay the lower cost rather than the higher one. I'm off today, so I can't remember the exact insurances that do so, but why?

I have a (former) feral named Cara Cara. Cara Cara had kittens. Cara Cara spent the last few months in my climate-controlled garage. Now Cara Cara is scared of the outside.

It WAS my plan to let her go back outside now that she has been spayed. But, it seems like she doesn't want to stay outside anymore. She has been let out twice, but both times she came back in after a few hours, very scared. She likes her garage home now. But I don't want to keep her in the garage long term. It's normally not climate-controlled, but we have air in there for her and the kittens we are working on adopting out for the time being.

How on earth do I get her inside inside? We have 3 cats already (my husband and I have agreed if she really wants in, she can come in), and Cara Cara can be quite skittish. The rooms I would normally put her in to adjust have cat doors on them, so she wouldn't have a place to call her own. She's a sweet lady, and we just want what she wants. She doesn't seem bothered by being enclosed, but I don't want to put her in the bathroom for fear of it being too small.

What should be my first steps?

I reached 0 on my weekly PHQ-9 yesterday! I can't tell you how amazing I feel. I finished my 36 sessions of rTMS around February 18th, and my score has mostly gone lower and lower every week until yesterday, when I finally hit 0! I have had some ups and downs, don't get me wrong. I think last week my score would have been between a 5 and 7. The week before that, I had to mark down that I had SI. So, TMS doesn't cure "everything," but it makes life so so so much easier.

I am more resilient than ever. I can cook, clean, work, and find time for myself all within the same day now. And I don't feel tired afterward. My mood is up, my energy is up, and overall, I just feel so much better.

I know there is a lot of doom and gloom on this sub. People with negative experiences are more likely to voice their experiences. And it's their right to do so. But just know there are a lot of people who TMS helps greatly! Keep going with your treatment if you are feeling doubtful. It takes a while to work, and it keeps working (and really works more) after your treatments have ended.

I don't know if this is the right place for this, but I need some help.

I have 4 kittens from a litter that a feral cat had in my husband's project car. (yes, they were born IN the car.) They are 9-10 weeks old at this point, and Mama is with them. She will be getting spayed ASAP. But we need to adopt out 3 of the kittens because I absolutely do not want to put them into the small colony we have. They're socialized, and they don't deserve that.

I don't want to end up in the Walmart parking lot with a 'free kittens' sign. I feel like that wouldn't be fair to them either. Does anyone have any ideas on how to vet potential adopters? I was in contact with a rescue, but they seem to have ghosted me, even though I offered to foster the kittens up until the moment they were adopted.

The kittens are getting adequate care. Shots, deworming, the works. The only thing I likely won't be able to do is a neuter for the boys. We're keeping the girl it seems.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

COLUMBUS

Please note, this has yet to be certified by the state, but these are the numbers currently being reported from the state. Source is sos.ga.gov.

Voter turnout in Muscogee County was 16.8% of registered voters. Women led the vote with 60.8% of voters being female. Democrats saw 15,665 voters, Republicans saw 5,040 voters, and there were 724 non-partisan voters.

Good job, Columbus. But I know y'all can do better. See you at the polls on June 16th for the run-offs!

Lee County, AL

Please note, this has yet to be certified by the state, but these are the numbers currently being reported from the state. Source is alabamavotes.gov.

Voter turnout in Lee County was 20.6%. A total of 27,167 ballots were cast out of a registered voter poll of 131,909. Per al.com, that's a +8.8 point change from the 2022 turnout. Take that number with a grain of salt, though, since it's not official from the government yet.

Great job, Lee County! Way to get those numbers up!

Russell County, AL

Please note, this has yet to be certified by the state, but these are the numbers currently being reported from the state. Source is alabamavotes.gov.

Voter turnout in Russell County was 13.39%. A total of 5,896 ballots were cast out of a registered voter poll of 44,048. Per al.com, that's a +5.6 point change from the 2022 turnout. Take that number with a grain of salt, though, since it's not official from the government yet.

Awesome turnout, considering the circumstances! I'll see you at the polls on August 11th for the congressional district run-off election. REMEMBER! Your voice counts in the August election, as it will be your vote that decides the primaries!

Since the congressional map from 2024 is being thrown out, District 1, which includes Russell County, will have a special election on August 11th to help decide the races expected next Tuesday. Things will be changing as the map gets reverted to include one less black-majority district.

Please please PLEASE! Still get out and vote. Local elections still count. It will only be the congressional district elections that will be voided until the election on August 11th. Please put August 11th down on your calendars, but still remember to vote this go around, too!

Most things that are outside my daily routine feel performative to me. Like, let's say, for Christmas you want to watch a Christmas movie and have hot chocolate. For me, that would feel very performative and like something extra and over the top to do. Or like, if you were to go out and blow bubbles on a summer day. Performative.

How do I get around this? I want whimsy and fun in my life. I want to create new rituals for myself for daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly things. I consider myself to be an ill-practicing pagan because I never celebrate the sabbats (holidays), even though that is the main focus of my practice. It really irks me because I do want to celebrate. But everything just feels extra and over the top, even if it is as simple as baking bread or putting out something fun related to the seasons.

I still have childhood rituals that I follow for events with my family. Baking around Christmas, a new dress in the spring, and always getting a birthday cake at Publix. I've added some of my own, too, like a Yule log cake around Yule. That doesn't feel performative. Maybe it's because I just love cake.

What are your secrets for not feeling like getting out of the daily routine is being extra? Like, today would be the perfect day to go out and blow bubbles. Maybe it's an energy thing for me. I am very low energy, so doing something out of the ordinary can be a drain. Or maybe it's just me being very protective of my time. I'm not sure. But I really do want to do stuff that I don't normally do without feeling stupid or feeling like things will be performative.

I'm trying to cut a tag for a new kitten I am getting. My mock-ups ended up wonky. I tried my hardest not to move the material that the tag was cut from, and I think I did mostly ok on that, but I put the tag back into the material a little skewed, and so it engraved weirdly.

My cuts also come out with the edges angling out a bit. So, the edges are more like a slope than straight up and down. That might have contributed to the tag not wanting to go in place just right. Could this be an alignment issue? I usually do 4-5 passes at about 17.5%. The material usually discolors if I do it any higher, even with the mask on. The mask will also catch fire, which only discolors it even more. I've had better results without the mask, but still, the discoloration persists from time to time. I've also had it warp from too much power as well, and that was at around 25%. My main supplier is CMB and I use 1/8th.

I'm also incredibly terrible with paint filling. I was using acrylic paint with the mask on. Even took a hairdryer to it. Still smeared. Any tips on that? Or would a different color core acrylic be better?

I joined a new (to me) 3rd party billing company a few months ago and was recently informed that I will be placed on the RHC team. Florida, Georgia, Kansas, North Carolina, Kentucky, Texas, and maybe Wisconsin, Illinois, and Colorado. Does anyone have any tips for RHC billing? Any small things to keep an eye out for? I will be using UBs and HCFAs/CMSs, and I have a feeling I will be working with all commercial/government payors.

My main history is in WC, with some dabbling in commercial/government payors. Enough to get me by. I'm learning more about them every day and am VERY grateful to have portals for basically the first time in my career.

If anyone has any tips for RHC billing, commercial payors in these states, and government payors in these states, please let me know! I do remember that one of the Carolinas' BCBS was a pain to get a hold of on the phone, but I can't remember which one.