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so um. It's been a while! Pretty sure none of you remember me, but, uh, Heya! It's Writer. The guy who's been making all the Toppin Gal bots.
TLDR: LIFE HIT ME LIKE A TRUCK, BUT I'VE RETURNED
brie is next, sorry I've been gone for so long-

The final couple of chapters steadily ramped up the tension, and when Rand nearly killed his own father, I was like “damn, he’s really gone off the deep end”.
Thematically, I thought the climax with rand atop Dragonmount having an existential crisis and about to blow up the whole world was really cool. He raised some pretty good points about the superficiality and pointless repetition of the world. Then he came in with the epiphany that it's all about love and my first thought was: "That's fucking weak..."
Seriously? Love? It's a collection of biological chemicals, it does not VALIDATE all of existence. Ultimately it means very little. Love wasn't powerful enough to stop Lews Therin from offing his wife, it didn't stop him from going mad, it contributed to Rand going mad, it hasn't killed any of the forsaken, it didn't heal the white tower, etc. It hasn't been powerful enough to stop literally any of the major conflicts in the books thus far.
How does that resolve the issue of the entire pattern being a suffering-powered farce? How does that resolve the issue of the Dark Lord's victory being inevitable? Perhaps I don't understand the way the Wheel works well enough, but if every 'cycle' is slightly different (which it'd have to be, given that balefire is used every time), there's a non-zero chance of the Dark Lord winning, which in the context of infinity, means there's a certain chance.
I'm probably going to get downvoted to hell for this, but don't get me wrong. The book was really good. I just think there should be a purpose to the world other than an entirely subjective set of emotions that causes more problems than it solves.

TLDR: Walk in cooler won't keep temp below 40, if I set it to 32 to get the temperature where it needs to be for milk and food, the evaporator drain trays freeze pretty quickly. The RH% of the cooler is around 75%. Pictures of the equipment at the bottom.
Hello, I own a convenience store built in the 60's in central Florida, we have a walk in cooler that has doors that customers open throughout the day to get drinks and whatnot. We have 10 doors, I believe the dimensions of the cooler is 11x24.
A few weeks ago we had the compressor die on us, so I called a few techs to get estimates, and most said that since the system is so old, it uses a refrigerant that is being phased out, and this would probably be a good time to get a new system. The compressor was going to be a few thousand dollars, and the cooler was never really cold enough anyways, it would keep the temp under 40 for the most part, but I need to keep milk in there and that's supposed to more like 35 degrees.
Well the company I hired to do it, undersized the equipment by about 7k BTU's. The cooler would pretty much never get below 40 degrees. They blamed the engineer where they bought the equipment and were able to get another bigger unit sent out at no additional cost. The engineer that put the system together apparently had the wrong specs for the cooler. The undersized unit was about 23k BTU's, the current new system is 30k BTU's.
Well the new unit isn't doing much better. When they installed the system, they set the temperature to 35 degrees, but that kept the majority of the areas in cooler around 39-41 degrees. I turned the temperature down to about 32 degrees, and that had the cooler at 36 degrees or so, which I was happy about, but that was short lived as about a day later the temperature was back up to 42 or so because the evaporator coils had froze up.
Now it's possible that the reason for the freezing up is the humidity in the cooler. It is around 75% RH. I am not sure how to lower it, the cooler doors are opened often throughout the day. The original cooler system we had it was never over 60% or so. To try and keep the warm air from getting into the cooler, I installed plastic curtains on the entrance, and made sure all the little holes and stuff were siliconed. It didn't lower it much, if at all.
I am going to call him back, but at this point I am sure he is sick of me, he has been out about 5 times to try and fix it, but not on the new unit, that was when he was trying to figure out why the undersized one wasn't keeping temperature. Tomorrow is Memorial day, so maybe on Tuesday, I just want an idea what might be causing this. The system was nearly $20k, I am so stressed out.
Thanks!

Hello! I don't have much information (can't remember, it was a long time ago ~1-2 year). Help me find a mod on nexus. I remember exactly that the mod was in "hot" when I first saw it. It was possibly a racemenu companion/preset. The character didn't catch my eye, but I liked the bodyslide. It was attached as a file on the modification page. It was a moderately full preset, a dense body, a small wide chest, a character of short stature. I may be wrong, but one of the screenshots was near the water. Exactly not vampire/orc/cat. A common human (Nord/breton/imperial). Thanks in advance.

Hello, FTHB here. I've been looking to buy a condo in the Greater Boston area since the beginning of this year. The market has been brutal where inventory of affordable condos is low and anything I offer on would be blown out of the water by a big cash offer. I was close to giving up and renewing my lease for another year to save for a larger down payment.
Along comes this 800+ sq. ft. condo from a good looking complex with nice amenities but with an ugly interior that hasn't been updated since the 60's listed for 275k. I didn't like this place that much and at that point had enough of this market mentally prepared to give up. I still put in an offer 10k above asking knowing that it still won't be the most competitive. Like the other places, the seller went with another big cash offer.
A couple of weeks later my realtor gets a call from the seller's agent. The sale seemed all ready to close and a date was set. However, the buyer did not show up to closing without any kind of communication and couldn't be reached either. Needless to say, that buyer lost the earnest money but the seller didn't want to bother relisting the unit and was willing to accept mine if I updated the now expired offer.
I'm ecstatic. Even if the interior itself was ugly, the complex was highly desired and near identical units in the same complex sold for well above 300k (with better looking interiors). The place had "good bones" and the only issues that came up during inspection were relatively minor. The appraisal tells me that I'm getting this place for below market value.
Which brings me to my question. While the cash buyer's loss is my gain I can't help but wonder: Why would a buyer not show up to a closing?

Ahhhhh, there's soooo much to say and talk about.
Put on For Me - Michal Leah while you read this.
Like the title states, I am a single dad that's pretty tired of using dating apps.
There's been tons of amazing people I've met through them, some that sprouted into meaningful relationships and some that felt like I should've put my energy into something else.
At the end of the day, I'd still like to find my person. <3
A bit about myself -
Demisexual, so let's get that out of the way.
I am a generally active person. I lift everyday, run occasionally, and just developed an addiction to disc golfing that I'll soon find myself doing everyday. I love hiking, trail running + being out/taking pictures of nature. When the weather permits it, I love going to the beach near me. I'm a social drinker, and go out once-twice a month with friends to bar hop or find somewhere to chill and drink.
I was raised in a Roman Catholic household, and up until several months ago was a practicing Christian. I'm no longer monotheistic though! And respect + value all religions. More recently I've been looking into being a Theistic Luciferian. If that's something that bothers you, shrugs, you can skip on past this post.
I'm not home often but when I am, I try to catch up on series I've been missing out on. Recommend me something new :)
Recently I just started buying blank canvases and sort of teaching myself to paint. Its extremely therapeutic, and relatively cheap if it's something you've never considered.
I have a solid, cordial relationship with my sons mom. I have a career I somewhat enjoy, a good amount of friends I love spending time with, and also am comfortable being alone. No co dependency on this side ya feel.
Height doesn't matter to me. I am 5'9/175cm if you were curious though. I'm a handsome dude, and often told I have very pretty features like my long eyelashes and thick but trimmed eyebrows. I can be described as being "dad fit". Muscular with a bit of pudge. I am very comfortable with myself while also still being a bit insecure about specific things. I won't mind sharing pictures if you ask.
Old school gender roles are lame. Don't get me wrong, I'll open the door and push your chair in for you and I'll lead when given the chance, but we are equals above anything else.
what I hope to find~
A woman who wants a intentional relationship and is willing to work through some potential LDR. The title can be explained once I get to know you:)
Like stated, I don't care if you're taller then me.
I care about physical health, and attraction for me starts on the surface level so in that way I am shallow. Over time, my infatuation develops as I get to know a person. What I hope for is being with someone who's patient, kind, loving and shares a similar communication style as me.
While I'll give people the benefit of the doubt when it comes to mental illnesses ~ I will not stand being yelled at, gaslighted, love bombed, physically abused etc. I know my worth, what I deserve and I won't let myself go through any of that again. There's only so much patience I have, and my time + energy is valuable. Please have healthy coping mechanisms and tendencies or at least be actively working on yourself.
I'll end this with saying that there's so much more to me, and vice versa. I'll be looking forward to getting to know you:)
If you've read this far, send me a picture of yourself and your cheesiest dad joke.

It's very common to see discussion over "whether [x operator] is good" quickly devolving into "oh well they actually do ok damage or can clear x map!" or similar, which is all well and good, but not really adding much to the conversation.
Outside of perhaps the 2 or 3 star operators, nearly any operator can fulfill the most basic considerations of "can kill a few slugs".
An interesting examination of operator capabilities should always focus on what niche(s) they occupy and in those niches, which other operators are they competing with for squad space/resource investment.
A niche can mean many things

• a type of enemies an operator specializes in killing
• buffing/debuffing
• a unique range

and many more than I care to list here.
A further point that I think is worth examining is this: Is the niche this operator fills useful? Many operators have their own interesting niches that don't add much to their value simply because that niche rarely finds meaningful applications outside of extremely contrived scenarios. One example of this, in my eyes, is Shining. Outside of Aak buffing, there simply aren't that many cases where heavy defense buffing is a particularly crucial niche. As a result, when choosing who gets to occupy limited squad space, other medics with more useful utility, or even perhaps no medic at all, often ends up being the better alternative to Shining.
Another common analysis I see floated around is "they're actually really good when you combine them with [prominent support unit]!" To which I reply: "Who isn't good when you buff them with Skadi Alter?", but all jokes aside, if an operator requires support in order to perform, my feelings are that that performance can not simply be "this combination adequately fills a common niche", but must be actually exceptional. This is not to say that you shouldn't bring Skalter to maps, she is incredibly powerful and versatile, but you can achieve much more by having an already high performing operator receive her buffs instead of one that needs her buffs to even register. That said, there are truly exceptional combinations of units out there that do merit discussion! It's commonly brought up how well Blemishine pairs with Mudrock S2, and rightly so! This combination makes Mudrock's laneholding capabilities better than many combinations of two units holding a single lane, and Blemishine doesn't even need to be placed in the same lane as Mudrock.
My most recent thoughts on this topic were prompted by discussion on the new welfare six star operator, Vigil. The very fact that he is a six star does in fact mean that he and his summon are able to kill low to medium defense enemies, true. However rather than watching him be able to kill the enemies at the beginning of a stage and concluding "he's good actually!", we should consider "what niche is this filling, and who else is competing in this niche?"
My analysis leads me to the understanding that the niche vigil fills is that he can serve as an early laneholder with some moderate DP generation, but that as soon as the low defense enemies stop being the bulk of the waves, you will want to replace him. Who competes with Vigil in this niche? I hope that at this point the answer is obvious, nearly any vanguard, or maybe even no vanguard at all if you have a low DP unit such as mountain that can fill both this niche and also handle later waves of tougher enemies.
This is obviously not an exhaustive analysis of what niches Vigil can fill (yes he can target aerial enemies, etc), but my point is that every unit is competing for squad space and resources. When I will always have a much better alternative than to include Vigil in my squad, it becomes a very easy conclusion for me to say "hmm it might not even be worth investing resources in him in the first place." The question of resource investment becomes an even more compelling one when you are taking into account the level of investment necessary for different rarity units. Sure, Vigil can fill this early laneholdedp generation niche, but so can a 4* unit that costs drastically less to raise.
Now, I must always preemptively defend myself from the replies of "waifu > meta" or "I just build operators because they are fun!" and say this:
Yes, build whoever you want if you think they are fun or have a good design! However, I am capable of walking and chewing gum at the same time, I appreciate many operators for their design or think their gameplay is fun, but it should also be possible to come to an analytical conclusion as to their capabilities relative to their competitors.
TL;DR: Don't evaluate operator performance relative to slugs, evaluate their performance relative to other operators who fill the same niches and are competing for squad space/investment.
Thank you for attending my rant.

The fastest and roughest definition I can give you of autism, is living in a state of being overwhelmed with some sort of information. People typically think of it as a lack of cognitive function or a serious social impairment. That definition misses a lot. Autistic people can be overwhelmed with nearly any form of stimuli. Noises, emotions of others, smells, tactile senses, bright lights, moving objects, heck even the arrangement of items in a room. That’s more or less what autism is.
Because of this sense of being overwhelmed, the child's brain develops in a chaotic way. Your entire life gets built around coping with one of the above. By coping I don’t just mean counteracting the dysfunction, I mean adapting a completely different way of living compared to a regular human.
A perfect example of this coping is autistic obsession. Autistic people generally seek out situations and environments that are predictable. A means of creating a predictable and less chaotic environment is to hyper fixate on singular interests and/or a limited set of habits. I can’t understate how for some of us it’s the most important part of our identity. I don’t identify as autistic because I have a disability etc, I identify as autistic because I see a radical divide between our motivations and the normies. For me pursuit of my obsessions is almost sexual, it drives me more than anything else.
The problem is of course a narrow focus can be incredibly problematic in adult life. If you want to learn and achieve in life you generally need to be focusing on the chaos and walking into the chaos directed by a set of goals.
Goals rely on path-duration-outcome. For a normal person they can work backwards. They can create the abstraction of a goal and figure out the path and duration after. For example they may want to be a lawyer because they want to emulate the success of their uncle. They don’t remotely know what a lawyer does in their day to day work, but because they’re chasing an abstract social concept they can readjust their plans along the way with ease.
For a person on the spectrum this isn’t an easy option. We tend not to do too well with abstract goals. To be motivated in a meaningful way with big goals we need something very concrete we can obsess and fixate over. The real nuance of the problem is that our success relies on tunnel vision.
While a normal person might associate the partying they did in law school with their enjoyment and motivation to stay in the actual program, for a person on the spectrum your social life in law school and the program itself are completely unrelated. While you might set your goal to party like a mofo after your last exam, for someone like me that makes no sense. If you’re motivated by obsession, veering away from the obsession isn’t a tangible reward for achieving a goal. To me the only tangible rewards are going deeper and deeper down the rabbit hole. This works in a field like Engineering, because you start studying physics and math in high school and you finish your degree studying physics and math. The myth is we are all natural techies, the reality is our natural talents are more or less the same as everyone else’s, it’s the simple fact that engineering/stem break down into subgoals of path duration outcome nearly symmetrically with the main goal.
To me the solution to this problem is memory formation. The act of actively connecting the main goal to the subgoals based on positive memory. It all falls back to the autistic brain's struggle with uncertainty. We naturally want to avoid things we feel are unrelated to our obsessions. We prioritize our obsessions in part because they are things that fall into predictable patterns.This tunnel vision is great until we run into a dead end and need to engage in some lateral movement. Leaving the tunnel is incredibly challenging because it’s something we rarely do. To me positive memory formation is taking the train out of the tunnel and going across a dynamic countryside. Actively trying to create associates between our primary obsessions and lateral topics.
My point in all of this is, I feel like this should be obvious to someone like Peterson, people in his community fixate on goals, hormones like dopamine and serotonin, personality and the associated disorders that go along with the above. But rarely do they focus on how broader memories are formed and how people rely on past memories to navigate the world around them. For an autistic person it isn’t at all obvious that I should go out and try to mix something like cleaning my room and learning about rocketry at the same time.
EDIT: I’m sorry there’s so much more to this, if you have questions ask away, I feel like I’d need a 100 pages to really explain myself properly this is just an “attempt”

Do I need to cover my butt if I want to sell bags of firewood near a campground from my truck? Ive seen people selling vegetables like this. If not from my truck can I sell from my yard? My plan is to buy a large amount of firewood, split it and sell it to campers for a better price than the campgrounds. What do you think?

I moved into a new house about four months ago. My dog started scratching, itching, biting, etc. it got bad quickly, he’s a husky and his whole tummy started to turn pink and he would bite at his tail, paws, elbows, anything he could reach. It’s not fleas, tics, or lice. Vet gave me itch shampoo, a topical cream, and said it could be bacterial or allergies.
It persisted even with washing him often and using the cream, and giving him Benadryl. They then gave me antibiotics for a bacterial infection, as well as a crazy expensive allergy shot. Said they thought it was a food allergy. I mentioned multiple times that I had recently found black mold in my rental and that my roommates cat itches at herself too. They again said it was probably a food allergy. I was going out of town and would try need food when I got back, and said my partner would watch my dog, (we live apart) but I was worried about his dog getting this, they said it couldn’t be passed over.
Well his dog is now biting and scratching itself raw too. Im convinced it’s the mold because I read mold spores could attach themselves to stuff. Im moving into a new place tomorrow and removed my dog from that house (ps, I did also tell my landlord as soon as I found it. I believe all he did was paint over it.)
I have no idea what else to do. I changed him to different food and nothing. I tried the antibiotics and allergy shot. Both dogs seem lethargic and always always scratching. What could this be? Do I need to try another vet? His skin is pink and looks scaly at this point and I just have no clue what else to do outside of moving and all the things the vet said that didn’t work. This has been going on for FOUR months.

Where is the best? Gonna be travling in late June-September while working remotely mainly through Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and Montana. I plan on getting airbnbs or 1 month room rentals in a few cities, working in coworking spaces, and then using that as my homebase to hike or backpack the most epic trails around. I will be working 8-4 M-F so any backpacking trips will most likely have to be on just the weekends. Ive done a lot of hiking in the Sierra Nevadas. Any cities or hikes you recommend as must do's? Im thinking:
Late June: Staying in Salt Lake and hiking in the Wasatch or Uintas range
Mid July: Staying near and hiking in Durango/Telluride/San Juan area
July/August: Yellowstone, Tetons, Glacier, any of Montana.
Open to any cool places in general. Trail names would be helpful

A bit of background - I was brought up in Saudi Arabia and lived there for 26 years. I'm currently 30, living in my country of origin - Sri Lanka.
I came across a beautiful Saudi girl while I was visiting a resort here in Sri Lanka. She really was mesmerisingly beautiful. We smiled at each other a couple of times when we made eye contact and I really wanted to go talk to her but her mom was there and I felt it would be disrespectful. She then apparently left the resort for a tour of some sort and that's the last I ever saw of her. The resultant sadness made me write the poem below. Just thought about sharing it
Fleeting smile; not so fleeting emotions
A fleeting smile - often the inception of the path to the pinnacles of love.
Poets and authors have attested to the unsettling effects of a woman's smile on the hearts of man.
Nay, I stood in defiance of association with the feeble
How can a mere gesture as insignificant as a smile, have such a resonant and tumultuous effect on man? Ridiculous! I laughed in defiance!
With arms crossed and a head held high, I professed emotional fortitude and swore those effects would not permeate my desires
But on the 29th of November, 2022 all the vigor within fell through. All what I refrained from, I caved into.
On that very day, I lost shyness; I lost the reluctance of eye contact; I lost the refusal to smile and in the process lost myself to you, a mesmerising Arabian enchantress.
On that faithful day, the sight of you filled this obtuse, haughty man with rare enthralment and hope; feelings that do not knock at the doors of his heart anymore.
To deny your affect on me would be like throwing dust at my own eyes. Isn't this very poem a testament to the ire of my desires?
nights spent in sleep that's spare and days in lost, hopeless stares, I wonder if your smile was sincere.
Do you always reciprocate that smile with the same possessive charm? Or was it especially conjured to desecrate my resolve's calm?
Resolve built over many years long, purposed to resist the seduction of the temptresses all around.
If only you knew how eccentric a man I am within, awed would you have been as to how your fleeting smile wore my feigned facade thin.
A facade built on false premises sure, for the way your sight nearly shattered it down to the floor
And now ,in your absence, I am left reeling once more, having lost my soul to your adore.
I long to gaze into your eyes and lose track of time and space as I caress those crimson cheeks and pour out the gizillion unspoken words that have filled me since you left me in the wake of your wonderful glow
I will roam the streets of Colombo over the next few days in desperate hope of capturing a glimpse of your captivating beauty once more
But as hope wanes and I seek refuge in my old, miserable self, know that you have shook me to my core and awoke a side of me that I thought was no more.
I will sing a prayer in your name for an eternity, grateful for your fleeting smile and how it invigorated me.
Alas, truth be told, I suppose it was not meant to be. Happily ever afters are now a vanity.

Taking drugs in a forest alone and feeling like a God with epic music on the background while on psychedelics
I felt that me and the world and the entire universe were created by God and that he was all moving them like puppets on a string, all imaginary in his own mind
and that I was the only One who was gonna rebel and refuse him, I was the one who was gonna transcend this world and everything and I was the One who was about to become God
I was moving with absolute confidence, I felt like I am God and the entire world was at my mercy
I felt that the spirit of Fang yuan wasn't just fighting Heaven's will but Gu zhu ren as well, the author himself and that the same way fang yuan was doing that, I the imaginary character was fighting against my author, God himself
I felt Fang yuan as this absolute spirit of Absolute freedom moving through me, I even stumbled in the outer of the forest and was moving near a highway and with cars all moving with all the noise and the possibility of being crushed at any moment coupled with the absolute Epic music, I felt like a God conquering everything and nothing could stand in front of me
That was It! I felt this absolute adrenaline and excitment flowing through my veins, and I heard this in my head "God alone exists, limitless, eternal, all-encompassing" and I was that!
and with the absolute excitment and otherwordly epic music I was transcending my individuality and becoming God and I felt all this energy flowing through me, Life itself, this absolute freedom and limitlesness!
I was absolutely Free!

Where is the best? Gonna be travling in late June-September while working remotely mainly through Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and Montana. I plan on getting airbnbs or 1 month room rentals in a few cities, working in coworking spaces, and then using that as my homebase to hike or backpack the most epic trails around. I will be working 8-4 M-F so any backpacking trips will most likely have to be on just the weekends. Ive done a lot of hiking in the Sierra Nevadas. Any cities or hikes you recommend as must do's? Im thinking:
Late June: Staying in Salt Lake and hiking in the Wasatch or Uintas range
Mid July: Staying near and hiking in Durango/Telluride/San Juan area
July/August: Yellowstone, Tetons, Glacier, any of Montana.
Open to any cool places in general. Trail names would be helpful

Where is the best? Gonna be travling in late June-September while working remotely mainly through Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and Montana. I plan on getting airbnbs or 1 month room rentals in a few cities, working in coworking spaces, and then using that as my homebase to hike or backpack the most epic trails around. I will be working 8-4 M-F so any backpacking trips will most likely have to be on just the weekends. Ive done a lot of hiking in the Sierra Nevadas. Any cities or hikes you recommend as must do's? Im thinking:
Late June: Staying in Salt Lake and hiking in the Wasatch or Uintas range
Mid July: Staying near and hiking in Durango/Telluride/San Juan area
July/August: Yellowstone, Tetons, Glacier, any of Montana.
Open to any cool places in general. Trail names would be helpful

Where is the best? Gonna be travling in late June-September while working remotely mainly through Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and Montana. I plan on getting airbnbs or 1 month room rentals in a few cities, working in coworking spaces, and then using that as my homebase to hike or backpack the most epic trails around. I will be working 8-4 M-F so any backpacking trips will most likely have to be on just the weekends. Ive done a lot of hiking in the Sierra Nevadas. Any cities or hikes you recommend as must do's? Im thinking:
Late June: Staying in Salt Lake and hiking in the Wasatch or Uintas range
Mid July: Staying near and hiking in Durango/Telluride/San Juan area
July/August: Yellowstone, Tetons, Glacier, any of Montana.
Open to any cool places in general. Trail names would be helpful

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So I have a family cruise I’m planning for October (2 adults, 2 kids). It will also include flights, hotel, and rental car.
I’m trying to decide between the Venture X and the Amex Green. I can’t get both at the same time because I can’t generate the spend to hit the bonuses on both. One would be an issue though. Here is my rationalization:
AMEX Green: I already have the Delta Plat (03/23) and Gold (05/05) so the Green would only be a soft pull. Only issue is I haven’t even had the Gold for a month so I don’t think Amex will be willing to extend me another card. But the Green’s 3x Travel cat includes Cruises and the DUB right now is historically high and includes 20% on Travel up to $200 in the first six months. We’re also booking through Avelo Airlines because they offer $29 direct fares to our destination. The Green would count this toward the Travel cat.
Venture X: I already have the SavorOne so this would complete the C1 “bifecta”. I used the pre-approval tool and I was pre-approved for the Venture line so that at least helps with confidence as a far as getting approved. The $300 travel credit only applies when travel is booked through the C1 portal. This doesn’t include Avelo (obviously) but we could use it on the hotel or rental car.
I’m torn. I know the VX is a better overall card but having the return on cruises (which we do 3 times a year), plus already running our spend mostly through Amex, that seems like the place to stay.

Let me preface by saying I'm very aware of the housing problem in Perth and other parts of Australia, so I'd love to not get bogged down there.
I'm a nearly-40-year-old accountant/financial analyst living in New Zealand with 2 kids 3 and 6. I'm worried about opportunities and other factors about living in New Zealand and I feel like right now is going to be almost my last chance to shift before it becomes too hard with my oldest son.
My main criteria for shifting are:

1. Has to be close to the beach - not beach front, but more than 30min drive is a bit of a deal breaker.
   
2. Has to be decent work available - I'm not interested in living in the CBD and working 60 hours, I'm past that point in my life, but I need to be somewhere I can get a decent corporate accountancy/analyst job without a gigantic commute.
   
3. Weather has to be no worse than where I am in Tauranga. That basically means no wetter and winters that aren't colder or longer.
   

My original preference was somewhere on the East coast, but it seems like everywhere with jobs, weather and beaches is INSANELY expensive to live, or has impossibly large commutes. am I missing anywhere?
I've done some searching around and Perth kind of seems like the dream. The isolation is a bit of a problem, but it's a lot bigger than where I currently live (Tauranga) so it's a pretty self-contained place. But I'd love opinions on where else I should consider looking at? Thanks.

I work in retail and even when people don't see my face, they always manage to call me "ma'am" or "miss". HOW?? My hair is short now and I wear an all black outfit, so how would they be able to tell? I'm wanting to say it's because I have a slight dump truck, but to be fair, my brothers do as well, and they don't have to same issues. What to do...

At least I assume that's what Ophion was considering I saw the credits. I haven't played after that yet, but it seems to just introduce a challenge mode.
This is going to sound like I'm bragging and I'm not trying to, but...really? That was my first try and he hit me 2-3 times the whole fight, he was dead so fast I thought there was going to be another boss immediately after him. I had like 6 medkits saved and two entire health bars for no reason. His flashy green bullet cone attack literally comes nowhere near you. I took a stake driver (best gun by light years) into the fight and it was a wrap. I've only died once to a boss in this game and I had an astronaut so it didn't matter.
Is the game just over now? I was enjoying the story but it ended kind of abruptly so I'm hoping there's more. I know about the tower and apparently I just unlocked some kind of challenge mode, but is the main story actually over already?
Don't get me wrong, it was really fun to play, but I thought it was going to be grinding little by little getting proficiencies leveled, unlocking weapon attributes, unlocking artifacts etc. But I feel like I murdered this game immediately in only two play sessions.
Are the other modes worth doing? Someone tell me there's more to do, I really don't want the game to be over already.