how can I keep them from taking my phone numbers?

Hi - not sure if this is the right sub for this but couldn't find one just for the game itself.
I'm at the point in Sergio's story where he has to confront Umberto about a package that was never delivered. I assume I am supposed to go back to the iron lung but IIRC that location is only in Sergio's flashback? And there doesn't seem to be a phone number.
Where do I go to complete that story beat? Thanks!

I read the entire thing, and damn this part was bad. The rest of it was almost perfect… but this is decoupled from material reality. It ignores that the US people agree and ask for legalization. It also ignores that China itself didn’t ban cannabis until the 1985 when the UN and US asked them to. Ignoring the racist origin of the “Controlled substances act” was wrong. One of the architects of the law even admit it was a way to attack black Americans and other political opponents such as college kids. You don’t have to agree with drug legalization to know that objectively the start of the drug war with the passing of that law in 1970 was not about public health.
They totally mischaracterize the drug problem in the US by focusing on “marijuana” and ignoring that not a single drug death is due to marijuana, nearly all are from fentanyl, or stimulants like methamphetamine and cocaine. There is absolutely no connection between states with legal weed and states with high drug overdoses. Legal weed does not cause drug overdoses to increase. Alcohol use has increased dramatically and goes ignored, despite its real health problems. I have a lot more to say about it but reading their whole report was enough phone time for me.
Here’s the section, thought y’all would agree it’s bad.
The U.S. government actively promotes the legalization of marijuana regardless of people's health. Marijuana is a controlled narcotic drug by the UN International Drug Control Conventions. In the 1970s, the United States promulgated the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), which classified marijuana as a federally controlled substance. The federal and state governments of the United States have failed to regulate drugs and substance abuse and even pushed for the legalization of marijuana under the influence of lobbyists groups, resulting in more and more young people becoming victims. In their book Can Legal Weed Win? The Blunt Realities of Cannabis Economics published in 2022, Robin Goldstein and Daniel Sumner, researchers with the University of California, Davis, underlined that one of the pipe dreams behind the legalization push is the intention to make legal cannabis a new cash cow for the government through tax. Marijuana sales in the United States have exceeded 30 billion dollars so far, and the U.S. marijuana market is expected to reach 65 billion dollars by 2030. According to the data released by Open Secrets, from 2018 to 2021, some marijuana and products-related enterprises and trade associations in the United States spent more than 16.6 million dollars on political lobbying, with an average annual expenditure of about 10 times that of 2016; In the first three quarters of 2022, more than 5.6 million dollars were spent on marijuana lobbying. Enterprises and organizations profiting from marijuana trade money for power, and form interest groups with politicians, thereby letting drugs and substance abuse going unchecked, a striking demonstration of Washington's failure in social governance.
Drugs and substance abuse endanger life and health. According to a survey released by U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 59.3 million Americans over 12 years of age abused drugs in 2020, of which 49.6 million smoked marijuana. According to public information on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly 40 percent of American high school students use marijuana for a long time. According to a report released by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in August 2022, 43 percent of young Americans have smoked marijuana in a year, 8 percent have used hallucinogens, and 11 percent have smoked marijuana every day, the highest level in record. According to a study released by the Manhattan Institute for Policy Studies on August 4, 2022, the number of Americans dying from drugs and drug abuse has increased dramatically in recent years, by more than 100,000 per year. More than 107,000 cases involving deaths from drug overdose occurred in the 12-month period ending in August 2022, according to data from the U.S. CDC. Marta Sokolowska, the Deputy Center Director for Substance Use and Behavioral Health in FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, pointed out that drug abuse has become one of the most devastating public health crises in the United States.
http://english.scio.gov.cn/scionews/2023-03/28/content_85196298.htm

I just signed up for the trial and very happy with the service so far. My parents want to get rid of their land line to save money but want to preserve the number. I plan on doing the 35 or 45 plan once my trial is over but we wouldn’t want to add a second line at the same level as it would be wasteful. The phone probably would never be used for data, just voice only. So I’m curious what plans are available for this situation?

(The episode opens with JOEY sitting in his apartment, staring out of his window with a sinister, toothy smile on his face. There is a knock on the door, and Joey rushes to answer it.)
JOEY: (to himself, excitedly) This is it, my big moment. I've been waiting for this for a long time. Soon, everyone will know my name. I’ll be famous. (He opens the door to reveal his friends standing outside) Hey guys, what's up?
CHANDLER: (whimsically, with a grin on his face) You OK, Joe? Sounded like you were talking to yourself.
JOEY: (distractedly) What? Oh, (breaks into a smile) I was just calling some girl. (laughs) You know how it is.
CHANDLER: (with a fading smile) No actually, I don’t
Monica: We were just wondering if you wanted to hang out with us tonight. It’s been a while since we all got together.
Rachel: Yeah, we thought it would be fun to go out for dinner at the (INSERT RESTAURANT NAME HERE)
JOEY: (still smiling) Oh yeah sure, that sounds great. Let me just grab my jacket. You guys wait outside, I’ll be there in a sec.
(The Gang leaves. Joey goes back into his apartment and calmly opens up a cabinet underneath the kitchen counter. He puts his fingers on the upper part of the cabinet, feeling for something. Finding what he’s looking for, Joey grabs the object, revealing a silver, Smith & Wesson revolver that had been taped up in the cabinet. He looks at the gun with an almost awed expression plastered on his face. He cocks the weapon and hides it in his jacket pocket and goes back to the door.)
ROSS: (exasperated, through the door) Would you hurry up already, Joe. The reservations at 6.
JOEY: Okay, I'm ready. Let's go.
(The friends all walk out of Joey's apartment and head towards a nearby restaurant. As they walk, Joey's smile turns into a menacing grin.)
(The episode cuts to the restaurant, where the friends are enjoying their meal. Suddenly, Joey stands up and pulls out the revolver.)
JOEY: (to the camera) This is it, the moment I've been waiting for. (He turns to the group) I'm sorry, guys, but I have to do this.
(JOEY begins to shoot the group, one by one, as they scream and try to fight back. The episode ends with Joey standing over their bodies, covered in blood, with a satisfied smile on his face.)
(The episode cuts to later that night, with Joey sitting in his apartment, still covered in blood. He picks up a phone and dials a number.)
JOEY: (to the camera) This is it, my next big move. I'm going to make sure the whole world knows my name. (He speaks into the phone) Hello, this is Joey Tribianni. I just committed a mass murder and I want to take responsibility for it. (He hangs up the phone and smiles) This is just the beginning.
(The episode ends with a shot of Joey standing in front of the Twin Towers, smiling as they burn.)

It started five years ago. Do I truly know who this is, no. All I know is this person used to have a Facebook and called themselves Pamela Joy. On YouTube Toffee Tasticc. So im assuming this person is female. She did post a picture of herself on Facebook. She was lighter skinned (I'm a dark skinned black woman)
I found this person on YouTube. I was very nice to her a took compassion because she had stated she had mental health struggles. She claimed she wanted to throw herself off a building due to a bipolar break down.
I have had my own issues with depression but nothing that serious as actually carrying something out. We talked on twitter and Facebook. We also would go to the same YouTube channels. One other crazy lady (not this one) had been stalking me and using smear campaigns. I did a rant video. I was mad but nothing serious. I was then contacted by Toffee the next morning. I was lectured about sexual abuse/ rape and lectured about victim blaming.
Why I don't know.
Long story short Toffee then went on a smear campaign telling everyone she could that I made fun of her rape. Only a few idiots jumped on the band wagon but not many. Many people contacted me and told me what she was doing. They told me that they didn't believe it and that they watched the "offending" video. Which I took down thinking that would solve everything...it didn't.
When she couldn't get channels to block me or join the smear campaign she began making thousands of accounts. Not just on YouTube but on all social media.
I have mastered ignoring her. Now this year she has began calling my phone. She was following me to everything channel or platform I went to. Once I exposed her. Maybe that's why she switched her stalking mo. Now she's hiding behind landline phone numbers. They are from a landline but I'm receiving text message. Like "how are you?" "Hello." And other garbage. All I can do it document. She never responds or calls just texts one word or one sentence texts.
I never say anything other than ??? Anyway that's my story.

With the advancement of technology, the functions and performance of mobile phones are getting better and better. In order to stabilize battery life, the battery is also designed to be larger and larger. In order to improve battery life, some manufacturers have adopted a dual battery design, but it still cannot solve the problem of battery life and portability. When the capacity cannot be increased, mobile phone manufacturers began to shift their targets to wired fast charging. When the rapid development of wired fast charging, some manufacturers began to develop convenient and beautiful mobile phones based on the requirements of some users. Wireless fast charging will eventually form a new wireless charging industry cluster, which will make it easier for people to travel and replenish electricity, while reducing the use of a large number of wiring harnesses, and helping green travel and carbon-neutral development concepts.
The 2022 Qatar World Cup set off a wave of football fever. The wonderful game has become the spiritual companion of many "night shift workers". When they watch the World Cup, radio technology has quietly entered their sights. Because the official World Cup ball "Journey" Al Rihla is powered by a small battery and charged by wireless charging, in order to obtain better design, sealing and stability. The wireless charging device provides a strong power guarantee for the official ball of the World Cup.
The development and trend of wireless charging
The wireless charging technology was installed on the mobile phone PALM for the first time in 2009, and it has amazed the world, but its subsequent development has been unknown, just like a dream in the world, it is only a flash in the pan in the eyes of the world. The time came to 2017. At the Apple Autumn New Product Launch Conference, it was announced for the first time that the entire series of the new iPhone 8 will use wireless charging technology. Wireless charging technology has begun to emerge in the field of mobile phones, driving the development and application of vehicle wireless charging, smart home, robots, drones and other fields.
Now cities are developing towards a "fast" pace of life. People are pursuing higher time management, and the utilization rate of trivial time is constantly increasing, which has led to a change in the direction of wireless charging devices to smaller and more efficient. In line with the tide of the times, leading wireless charging companies have developed the next generation of wireless charging with higher power, longer distance, and higher efficiency to meet consumer needs and improve consumer user experience.
Hard-Core Capacitor Requirements for Wireless Charging
The advantages of wireless charging determine the high requirements for capacitors. First, wireless charging has no wire winding, which is simple and beautiful. Capacitors with smaller volume and thinner thickness are required; secondly, referring to the characteristics of dexterity, portability and complex working environment, capacitors are required to have ultra-high-power hard-core properties while being small in size; thirdly, in technology research and development, capacitors Performance is the "throat" that restricts the further development of wireless charging.
At present, the commonly used capacitors for wireless charging equipment supporting the iPhone are chip multilayer ceramic capacitors, but they cannot break through the bottleneck of "smaller volume and thinner thickness". Due to the defect of the wireless charging effect, it cannot adapt to the new and high requirements of the wireless charging technology solution.
Therefore, YMIN capacitors are researching in the direction of ultra-thin capacitors with higher power, and develop "new capacitors" with better adaptability to wireless charging solutions. After unremitting efforts, YMIN finally developed a solid-state laminated aluminum electrolytic capacitor that meets the above requirements. Capacitors and polymer solid chip capacitors with small size, large energy, and high characteristic stability. Considering that some special and smaller wireless charging solutions require finer capacitors, smaller A-shell and B-shell polymer tantalum capacitors were developed.

I read the entire thing, and damn this part was bad. The rest of it was almost perfect… but this is decoupled from material reality. It ignores that the US people agree and ask for legalization. It also ignores that China itself didn’t ban cannabis until the 1985 when the UN and US asked them to. Ignoring the racist origin of the original US cannabis ban was wack. They totally mischaracterize the drug problem in the US. Alcohol use has increased and goes ignored, despite its real health problems. I have a lot more to say about it but reading their whole report was enough phone time for me.
Here’s the section, thought y’all would agree it’s bad.
The U.S. government actively promotes the legalization of marijuana regardless of people's health. Marijuana is a controlled narcotic drug by the UN International Drug Control Conventions. In the 1970s, the United States promulgated the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), which classified marijuana as a federally controlled substance. The federal and state governments of the United States have failed to regulate drugs and substance abuse and even pushed for the legalization of marijuana under the influence of lobbyists groups, resulting in more and more young people becoming victims. In their book Can Legal Weed Win? The Blunt Realities of Cannabis Economics published in 2022, Robin Goldstein and Daniel Sumner, researchers with the University of California, Davis, underlined that one of the pipe dreams behind the legalization push is the intention to make legal cannabis a new cash cow for the government through tax. Marijuana sales in the United States have exceeded 30 billion dollars so far, and the U.S. marijuana market is expected to reach 65 billion dollars by 2030. According to the data released by Open Secrets, from 2018 to 2021, some marijuana and products-related enterprises and trade associations in the United States spent more than 16.6 million dollars on political lobbying, with an average annual expenditure of about 10 times that of 2016; In the first three quarters of 2022, more than 5.6 million dollars were spent on marijuana lobbying. Enterprises and organizations profiting from marijuana trade money for power, and form interest groups with politicians, thereby letting drugs and substance abuse going unchecked, a striking demonstration of Washington's failure in social governance.
Drugs and substance abuse endanger life and health. According to a survey released by U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 59.3 million Americans over 12 years of age abused drugs in 2020, of which 49.6 million smoked marijuana. According to public information on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly 40 percent of American high school students use marijuana for a long time. According to a report released by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in August 2022, 43 percent of young Americans have smoked marijuana in a year, 8 percent have used hallucinogens, and 11 percent have smoked marijuana every day, the highest level in record. According to a study released by the Manhattan Institute for Policy Studies on August 4, 2022, the number of Americans dying from drugs and drug abuse has increased dramatically in recent years, by more than 100,000 per year. More than 107,000 cases involving deaths from drug overdose occurred in the 12-month period ending in August 2022, according to data from the U.S. CDC. Marta Sokolowska, the Deputy Center Director for Substance Use and Behavioral Health in FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, pointed out that drug abuse has become one of the most devastating public health crises in the United States.
http://english.scio.gov.cn/scionews/2023-03/28/content_85196298.htm

Here I am sitting in a dark room opening my laptop preparing myself to a watch a video I recorded from our home, I wasn't ready for it I knew something was not right ever since she began working for that guy, I inhale deeply a let out a huge sigh and pointed the cursor to the video file and watched.
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I was right she was having an affair, my world came crashing down as I watched her fucking that guy in our house in our own bed the worse part is she was enjoying every second of it everytime that asshole rammed her inside out I can her expresion being elated, I've never seen her expression like that before everytime I do it with her she just looks bored, she was drowning in pleasure moaning like there was no tomorrow.
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I hated it, my anger kept rising as continued watching, to the point that I could only see red, why has she done something like this? have I not been a good husband? everything she asked for I always gave to her, everytime she wants a time with me I spend it with her, why? why? WHY!?
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Was it my fault?
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It wasn't like this there were times when both of us would be happy with each others company, I met my wife Shoko when were still in college, I confess to her the first day of school because I was mesmerized by her beauty, I thought she would reject me but to my surprised she said yes, I was so happy that I felt I floating in cloud 9 and shouted in joy.
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Ever since then we've been together after graduation I took job and started working hard a year later I proposed to her and showed her a ring, a ring that I worked hard for her, with tears in her eyes she accepted my proposal and we got married the next year, It was the happiest moment of our lives, I thought it would last forever, I thought we'd be together forever but fate itself has something in store for me.
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3 years in our marriage Shoko decided she wanted to work, then and there I shouldn't have agreed, but I wasn't the type of person who is controlling, we weren't poor we also wasn't rich, we live a perfectly balanced normal life, I can easily provide for the both use but she wanted to help somehow so without hesitation I agreed.
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She began working a couple of months later, but as the days goes I noticed she started to become more and more distant and cold and before I knew she began to come how late at night, when she was still a housewife she would cook for both of us her cooking was delicious and it was the many reasons I wanted to go home early so I can taste her homemade cooking, but nowadays I just eat microwave meals.
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From time to time she do have off days but it seems she's still focus on working and can't stop messaging on her phone, I've invited her to go eat sometimes and flat out rejects me telling me I should just eat by myself, her personality started to change she became more and more detest towards me and she wouldn't allow me touch her anymore everytime ask to the deed with her she just tell me to use my hand and the way she looks at me is like looking someone who jsut failed in life.
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Her love for me is gone, but still I didn't lose hope that maybe one day she'll open up to me again and our love with each other would be rekindled, but I think I was just hoping for nothing.
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One day I came home only to see an unfamiliar shoes in the hallway pretty sure it wasn't mine, as I walk in I saw Shoko talking to guy she introduced me to him, his name was Mr.Akizaki Shoko's boss guy was good looking, I mean I'm not gonna lie I was good looking too, but this guy could be an actor just disguising as a business man on how good looking he is.
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Everytime Shoko talks about him I could see the spark on her eyes as if she was talking to someone she's been in love with for a very long time, I know because she used to look at me like that, her and Mr. Akizaki seems like very close friend, but I noticed something for a guy who's all about business he's clothing seems to be in disorder and my wife also look the same and they both out of breath.
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I soon realize something was off after her boss left I asked her what was going on and she told me nothing happened, she scoffed at me and told me that she was just being hospitable to her boss and she can't believe I'm being suspecious about her and asked me "What's the matter with you?" I asked her the same thing but she just told me she doesn't want to argue anymore and went to take a bath and went to sleep.
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I knew something was going on and I'm not going to wait for it much longer the next day my off day and while she was working I bought several suvaillance equipment, cameras, recorders, nanny cams the whole shebang and started putting them in discreet locations after everything was ready I waited.
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And here I am watching them cheating behind my back recorded everything I couldn't help it and just started crying not of sorrow but of anger and resentment, I was so angry I was ready to march and scream at her but I didn't, I stopped myself and calmed down and called a good friend of mine to talk about it and have a drink.
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At the bar:
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"She did what!?"
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my friend screamed when he heard the story, Keisuke Nato is good friend of my mind, no he's a like brother to me, we've been togther since middle school and always there when I needed some company to drink with.
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"So what are you gonna do?"
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"I don't know...I-I just don't know" as I drink the whole glass of whiskey to drown my sorrow
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"Well you have the recordings, why not hire a lawyer? sue them both for damages squeeze them dry you know"
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"It's just that easy those 2 can easily pay me from the money they're worked for, no I want them to taste karma, I want them to feel something to the point they won't be doing that shit until they die" I poured another whiskey to my glass
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"Hmmm...so what are you planning"
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"...."
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At this point I have no idea what to do, as continued drinking something caught my attention I saw a guy in black, he looks like one of those hitman guys in the movie, he had suitcase with him and then started to call someone and said "Job's done" and then lightbulb.
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"I have an idea"
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"Oh really?" Keisuke questioned
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"Yeah I teach those 2 a lesson they would never forget, I lesson about fear"
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"And how in the world would you achieved that?"
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"Do you still have "those" guns?" I asked
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"Yeah it's still there"
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"Give them to me even the bullets"
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"Whoa! you're not planning to shoot them right? I mean those things aren't even real they're just replicas it can't be chambered with real bullets those guns are specifically made to fire blank ones, those are prop guns"
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"Exactly" I exclaimed "Listen this is my plan..."
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I told Keisuke everything and I could see a wicked smile forming from his face and then we both started laughing like maniacal villains people where looking at use weirdly but I just don't give a shit, cause my perfect revenge is about to begin.
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I waited for the day my wife would go on those company retreat, after several days she told me that her company is going out of town to a well know hot spring.
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"I won't be home the next week, so don't even trying calling me while I'm there I'll be relaxing with some friends, I don't need you to call me every minute"
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"Whatever" I just responed coldly to her
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Days later she then left, I called Keisuke and brough the guns to my home.
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"So where are we making these secret room of yours?"
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My plan is to make a secret room where I can hang those guns and make it look like a room of a hitman, I remember out closet has these empty space that covered up and decided to use it.
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For a couple of ours both me Keisuke started working ripping walls, nailing woods, painting etc, a few days later our job was done and the room looks glorious like it came out from a movie set or something.
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"Whew dude this looks legit" Keisuke added
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"I know"
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"So did it work?"
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"Oh yeah, she's suspecious of me"
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Before all of this to make sure that my "Hitman" persona looks legit I purposely left some vague and cryptic cluse around the house, to make it look like I've been sloppy one of those was a briefcase full of pictures of wanted men, mugshots, wanted posters, some traget pics etc, I love the look of bewilderment look on her face when she first saw it.
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I've also asked Keisuke to send me some letters through mail, Shoko has a habit in retrieving mails, she hands me some of those letters Keisuke made in black enveloped and I could see a curious looked on her face
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Left some "bloodied" clothes in the washer which she obviously saw but refuse to elaborate on it and now she's been looking at me wary.
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Also I acted like I recieved anonymous call from someone in the middle of the night, but it was Keisuke I asked him to call me in a specific time of the night were Shoko was still awake, I'm pretty sure she heard me talk like "Considered it done" or "You won't be worrying about that man anymore Mr made-up-name here" couldn't help but laugh from time to time and I'm sure she's starting to wonder what is happening cause it's bothering her.
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A few months later I was preparing to go to work actually I'm on leave but Shoko doesn't know and then asked her a favor
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"Shoko a friend of mine will come here to pick something up I don't have time can you kindly give it to him, its a black gym bag upstairs in the closet"
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"Yeah sure I'll give it him" she replied
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I can see the look of anxiousness on her face, it's working, I said my goodbyes and left and went to the bar me and Keisuke would go frquently and looked at the surveillance camera at home as both of us started drinking enjoying something that's about to unfold.
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I could see Shoko pacing back and forth mumbling to herself about me changing and being so shady, a few moments later she heard a knock on the door, she opened it and lo behold a bald man wearing a black suit and shades was at the door, I could hear Shoko shriek when she saw the man standing in front of the door.
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"Where did you find that guy again" I asked Keisuke
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"Oh Manza he's good friend mine, we work togther in construction before a real gentle giant but has a very intimidating aura"
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"Oh does he know the plan?"
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"Don't worry I laid it out for him"
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Shoko's POV:
What the hell!? who's this bald guy? is this Shinji's friend? I didn't know he has such friend!?
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"....."
"Uhmmm...c-can I help you?"
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"I'm to pick up something from your husband"
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"Oh right the bag uhmm wait one moment"
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I hurridly went to the bed room to fetch Shinji's bag, what is going on here, first those briefcases with mugshot of criminals and other people with targets on them and then those black envelopes and then those bloodied clothes in the washer, what is Shinji involved to? is there something he hasn't told me? I need to hurry and give the bag so he can leave, where is it?
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Shinji's POV
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Shoko entered the bedroom and started to frantically looking for the bag as she reach for the closet I execute a command on my laptop to slight make the door of the secret room open and sure enough I can see Shoko peeking and the look on her face was priceless, both me and Keisuke are having a blast like kids watching at a funny home video.
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Shoko's POV
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What the hell is this!? I didn't know there was a secret room inside our closet, what is happening here? I don't have time to investigate it, I grabbed the bag and went down stairs and handed it over to the bald man, before he can grab it for unknow reasons the content of the bag fell to the floor and I saw several bundle of cash in all 10,000 Yen, I was shocked to see a huge amount of money like that, the bald man shook his head and started picking up the money and looked at me and said.
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"If I were I'd keep my mouth shut if you don't want any trouble"
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All I could do is nod after, several minutes he said his goodbyes and left, I was shaken up, did my husband always have friends like that? but I'm more curious about that secret room in the closet, I decided to see what's on the other side.
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Shinji's POV
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"Looks like my skills in making props is still useful heh" Keisuke responded after seeing the whole cash of fake money spilling out
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Keisuke once work in the entertainment business as Production Designer, he made a lot of stuff the look real but fake, I'm glad to have a friend like him with that kind of skills, because of that my charades will be undoubtedly believable.
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"Hey! look your wife's entering the room again looks the cat got curious"
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"You know what to do"
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"Don't worry I'm ready" he then pull out a phone and dialed a number
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Shoko's POV
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God what the hell is this!? when did Shinji- guns!? this room looks like an office, there are some pictures of men on the wall, some maps, I don't even want to know what's inside those safes, is Shinji a hired killer or something!? oh god if he is one then- these guns look real, videos of people being torured? did he do all of these? oh no no no no, this must be a prank...right it's just a prank I think he's just trying to scare me. heh
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oh no did he find out I was having an affair? shit...
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wait a journal.
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Oh my god I can't believe this Shinji's a hitman!? when!? the journal detailed everything in how he killed his victims.
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huh? what's this? it's about me
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"October 7th
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My wife has become cold and distant towards me, ever since she began working day by day I'm starting lose her, did I do something wrong? I was good husband provided her with everything she ever wanted, I never missed anything during special occasions and I did my best everything to make her happy, is she having an affair? is she cheating on me? I hid this 2nd life of mine from her because I want her to live normally but it she is cheating behind my back then I have no choice but to show her the real me...."
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Oh no, what have I done? I don't want to die yet, I should just apologized and tell him the-
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*You recieved one new message*
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What!-oh it's just a voicemail, that scared me.
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"Mr.Hayabusa I just want to thank you for getting rid of those men thanks to you business is booming, I already transfered some money in your account and a little bonus for making them suffer, I like the screams they make when you tortured have you seen the videos? I've sent them to you, anways thansk again and oh about your wife..."
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About me!?
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"If you think your wife is cheating on you I have a man ready to investigate her and follow her, just give me a call when you're interested, I'm sure we can quickly discover dirt on her and then you can punish her whenever you like"
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No no no no no no! is this a dream this isn't happening is my husband really a hitman? has he killed people!? am I going to die!? I need to go out of here!
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Shinji's POV
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After Shoko entered the secret room I hurridly went home Keisuke told me she's in a state of panic and went down stairs after exiting the secret room, It seems my plan is working she can't tell the lie from the truth and that's fine by me all I had to do is just keep this charade up.
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As enter the house I saw Shoko in front of the door, I can see the paranoia settling in and she suddenly hug me tight
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"I love you! I love you! I love you!"
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"Shoko what's the problem? you look tense as if you've seen a ghost"
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"N-Nothing I just miss this can I hold you a bit longer"
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"Of course" what a gullible bitch
And just like that Shoko did a 180 and became a loving wife again, I didn't know it would work like this I knew she had weak mind as she's easily get's persuaded, all I did was plant lies on her head and her weak mind accepted it without a hinch.
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6 Months later....
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Keisuke and I decide to met up and started drinking talked how our day was and how was everything
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"So...how's life? how's Shoko doing?" he asked me
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"You have no idea ever since that day she's been loyal as dog to me, everything I ask her to do she does it without any hesitation, she hasn't figured it out that all of it was just an elaborate lie to keep her in check"
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"What about that Akizaki dude what happened to him?"
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"Oh him, Shoko ended her relationship with him the day she left that company, I could hear her that night when she told her she's ending everything with him, erased his information from her phone and blocked him in every social media, but not before I copied everything from her phone just to be sure.
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Shoko quit her job a week a later and has become a housewife again but she has become more paranoid than before.
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I hired PI to investigate that Akizaki asshole and a month later the PI gave me a lot of receipt that I used to kicked that jerk out of his position by sending those to his bosses, what's worse Shoko wasn't the only one that fucker has been fucking, it seems he's been in bed with other co-workers and some his bosses wives, last I heard that guy is already in prison paying compensation with every money he earned."
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"damn karma's a bitch"
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"Yup"
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"What about you? aren't you gonna divorced Shoko?"
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"Not yet, I'm still using her as I see fit, she's a great onahole you know"
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"Oh god don't tell me that"
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"Don't worry as soon as I'm bored with her, I'm gonna sue her for everything but for now I'll just enjoy what little time I have with her"
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"Touché"
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*cling the sound of glass toasting"
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The End

Spring is honestly the most dogshit season for caterers, sparse bookings, and you gotta start staffing up for the warmer months. And some of the absolute 'geniuses' who apply really test your patience. If it's not hideously bad hygiene practices, it's immense levels of stupidity... Sometimes both.
I had some genius ask if they can do a work for a prep cook position remotely... Just how in the **** do they think that's gonna work? You can't just prepare food in your home kitchen, health and safety would have my ass if I even considered signing off on that. Some of these candidates just have no clue how a kitchen job works.
I swear it's only worse that the company I work at pays the best for kitchen staff in town, it seems to attract a lot of people who have no business being in a kitchen to apply. Aside from mr remote-cook, I've had candidates who refuse to wear hats/hair nets, won't remove rings, have long nails etc.
I had one hit the bathroom and take a shit, tried to go right to the kitchen and start work without a hand-wash. The number of people who basically fail right out by not even attempting to wash their hands is the worst part. Because I know some fast food join will hire these bozos.
Had another who was super eager for a working interview... Until they found out it wasn't 15 minutes... WTF even? How am I going to evaluate your kitchen skills in 15 minutes? Who would want to commute to our location for just 15 minutes pay rather than a decent number of hours anyhow? Only way it's gonna be 15 minutes is if they last 15 minutes before hitting a major health violation and fail the interview. Not something to aim for, TBH.
Though to be honest, some of the most bizarre candidates are the ones who call in directly, ask for an application, act super excited because of what they've heard about our quality overall, and that we're one of the best and most highly rated in the area, then fall off the face of the planet. Like, I have had 3 do so, submit resumes out of normal hiring periods, say they'd come on at lesser pay, just to be somewhere not making overpriced trash food.
Then it's like they cease to exist, two of them even seemed to have their phone numbers disconnected, as trying to each them back later I got a 'the number you have dialed is no longer in service' message. Gotta wonder what's up with that, TBH. Maybe they're just yahoos who get a kick out of pising off a kitchen manager. Anyway, I can't wait until the wheat is sorted from the chaff, and everything settles again into the busy season.

Characters in this so-called scenario: Victor and Heather
I recently moved away to college in hopes of being comfortable without anyone present. My love language is quality time, and I'm trying to grow some independence with myself. I made a few friends and a few friendly faces as my first year was coming to a close. Recently one of my close friends (Heather) got a boyfriend (Victor). I'm not one to intervene in relationships, but this has taken a significant toll on my mental health. Moving across states, this friend was partially my long-lost bestie. We did everything together. Until all of her time went into her relationship. Now I know what you thinking, "Oh! This is so normal, just focus on yourself! That's what college is all about." Unfortunately, this situation has escalated far out of my hands.
Not too long ago, I got into an argument with Victor over the phone. He's been very rude to me and I called him out on his behavior. He didn't take that too lightly and started acting like the victim. Turns out, he had Heather on the other line while this argument was taking place. Soon after the phone call ended, I found out she had blocked my number and believed her boyfriend was in the right. I figured because they were dating and she must really love him.
Heather means a lot to me, I don't want to break off the friendship. What should I do? I already talked to Victor about the situation and he openly admitted he would come in the way of our friendship. It's selfish but every time I bring it up to Heather, she blows me off and protects her boyfriend.

TLDR: Need a a non VoIP number I can use for phone number verification.
I've been trying to solve this for months now, but I still haven't found an option I like. jmp.chat is good, but it's VoIP number.
I thought I finally figured it out tonight. I'd use USAMobile and get a 100 text per month line for 2 dollars, using eSIM. (Paying with visa gift card)
Unfortunately, this does not work on vanilla GrapheneOS, as you need to install google play services to enable eSIM management.
So I suppose I don't know if I'm totally defeated.... yet. I could install google play services and continue with this route, but I just feel like the sandboxed google services can't be that reliable.
Just installing anything google gives me such a bad feeling. But on the other hand giving my phone number to these shitty companies gives me a bad feeling too. (Simply not signing up for these services isn't an option sadly.) What should I do? Literally any suggestions would help. Thanks.

Hi all. I play on a Bingo app which includes other games as well on my phone.
Anyways, in the Terms of service under taxes it says that you would be sent a tax form (1099-MISC, W9, etc) if you win in excess of $600 in any given year.
This is where i’m confused. I have definitely won over $600 throughout the year (not at once), but I would use most of my winnings for game play so really i’ve only deposited around $100 of winnings into my actual bank account over the year of 2022. I rarely deposited anything into my bank. I kept almost all of winnings in the bingo app and used it on games.
Does it still have to be reported since most the money I won never got deposited into my bank acct?
I’m asking because I never received a tax form of any sort. I contacted customer service thru the app (the have no phone number), asking how to get a tax form. They told me this:
“once the player meets the profit amount required to submit W-9 information, the system will trigger information when withdrawing cash, and the player may also submit W-9 information through a pop up window in the game. Players can submit by themselves”. I don’t know if the system is automated but they won’t help me any more than that.
I’ve read online that even if you don’t receive a tax form that you’re still required to report winnings. So, I would just like to know if in this situation it’s necessary.
I have played over 4,000 games and it would be a pain in the ass to itemize all of it and track my winnings if it’s unnecessary. It doesn’t give me a total of what i’ve won. Any help would be totally appreciated!

Hi all. I play on a Bingo app on my phone.
Anyways, in the Terms of service under taxes it says that you would be sent a tax form (1099-MISC, W9, etc) if you win in excess of $600 in any given year.
This is where i’m confused. I have definitely won over $600 throughout the year (not at once), but I would use most of my winnings for game play so really i’ve only deposited around $100 of winnings into my actual bank account over the year of 2022. I rarely deposited anything into my bank. I kept almost all my earnings within the Bingo app and played it.
Does it still have to be reported since most the money I won never got deposited into my bank acct?
I’m asking because I never received a tax form of any sort. I contacted customer service thru the app (the have no phone number), asking how to get a tax form. They told me this:
“once the player meets the profit amount required to submit W-9 information, the system will trigger information when withdrawing cash, and the player may also submit W-9 information through a pop up window in the game. Players can submit by themselves”. I don’t know if the system is automated but they won’t help me any more than that.
I’ve read online that even if you don’t receive a tax form that you’re still required to report winnings. So, I would just like to know if in this situation it’s necessary.
I have played over 4,000 games and it would be a pain in the ass to itemize all of it and track my winnings if it’s unnecessary. It doesn’t give me a total of what i’ve won. Any help would be totally appreciated!

Lithium batteries are widely used in personal consumer goods, industrial production, transportation and other industries. Especially in daily life, lithium batteries can be seen almost everywhere, such as mobile phone power supplies, electric vehicle power supplies, charging treasures, common electric garden tools, and automatic sweeping robots, all of which contain lithium batteries.
On the one hand, lithium battery products bring convenience to our lives. On the other hand, due to product characteristics, lithium batteries have great potential dangers, and subsequent safety accidents occur from time to time. Compared with other accidents, the occurrence time is shorter and shorter. It is difficult to completely extinguish it, and it will cause serious personal and property damage.
From the fire of the Samsung Note7 mobile phone battery in 2016 to the fire on the plane at Pudong Airport in July 2020, especially the fire in the cargo compartment of a COSCO SHIPPING international trade container ship in January 2020, affected by it There were 131 containers, which caused huge losses. All these accidents remind us all the time: the safety risks of lithium battery products always exist.
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Classification of lithium batteries
1.The first category is lithium batteries shipped separately. Lithium batteries, as a type of batteries that use lithium metal or lithium alloys as positive/negative electrode materials and use non-aqueous electrolyte solutions, can be divided into lithium metal batteries and lithium ion batteries. Lithium metal batteries contain metallic lithium and are usually not rechargeable, while lithium ion batteries do not contain metallic lithium and can be recharged. When shipped separately, their corresponding UN numbers are 3090 and 3480.
2.The second category is lithium batteries shipped with equipment. In actual trade and transportation, lithium batteries are often transported together with equipment. There are mainly two situations. One is that the battery is installed in the device, and the other is that the battery is packaged with the device. Regardless of the above situation, according to whether it contains metallic lithium or not, the corresponding UN numbers are 3091 and 3481 respectively.
3.The third category is equipment or vehicles powered by lithium batteries. In recent years, various new energy vehicles powered by lithium batteries have emerged in an endless stream, including bicycles, cars, balance cars and so on. The International Maritime Dangerous Regulations have assigned UN number 3171 to this product.
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Relevant laws and regulations
The inspection and supervision of lithium batteries and lithium battery products are mainly based on the United Nations "Model Regulations on the Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods", the United Nations "Test and Standard Manual on the Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods", and the International Maritime Organization's "International Maritime Transport of Dangerous Goods Regulations" , International Civil Aviation Organization "Technical Regulations for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air" and "Inspection Regulations for the Packaging of Export Dangerous Goods" (SN/T0370.1-2009) (SN/T0370.2-2009) (SN/T0370.3-2012), etc. wait.
For example, the "International Maritime Transport of Dangerous Goods Regulations" requires that exported lithium batteries must pass the UN38.3 test and provide a summary of the test. Each cell and battery pack shall be fitted with a safety vent, and in the event of an ordinary accident, it shall be designed to prevent damage by force; each cell and battery pack shall be fitted with effective means of preventing external short circuits; each containing Battery packs of multiple parallel batteries or battery series must be equipped with effective devices (such as diodes, fuses, etc.) required to prevent reverse current from causing danger; manufacturers of batteries and battery packs must establish a good quality management system, etc. .
Packaging requirements for export lithium batteries and lithium battery equipment
The following requirements are mentioned in the packing guideline P903 of the International Maritime Dangerous Goods List. It is divided according to different product categories, and this guideline is applicable to related goods under UN3090, 3091, 3480 and 3481.

1. For batteries or battery packs packed in containers, protective measures shall be taken to prevent the cells or battery packs from being damaged due to movement or position changes in the container. The packaging must meet the performance indicators for packing group II. For cells or batteries with a total weight of 12 kg or more, a strong, impact-resistant casing, and a collection of such cells or batteries, a strong outer packaging, protective cover, pallet or other handling equipment is also required. Likewise, such cells or batteries shall be secured against accidental movement and the electrodes shall not bear the weight of other stacked items.
   
2. Cells or batteries packed together with equipment, except that its container must meet the performance indicators of packaging group II, and the equipment must be fixed and must not be moved in the outer container. The cell or battery pack is also fully encased.
   
3. In addition to meeting the previous requirements, the battery or battery pack installed in the equipment should have measures to prevent accidental activation during transportation. Also protect the cell or battery pack from short circuits.
   
4. When the package contains a combination of the lithium battery in the device and the lithium battery packed with the device, the packaging should be marked "lithium metal battery UN3091 or lithium ion UN3481 put together with the device". If a package contains both lithium ion and lithium metal batteries, the package shall be marked for both battery types.
   

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In addition to several key points in the International Maritime Dangerous Regulations Packaging Guidelines P903, there are the following key points of inspection and supervision that need to be paid attention to:
1.One is that whether it is a lithium-ion battery pack or a lithium-ion battery pack contained in or packaged with equipment, the watt-hour ratio must be marked on the outside of the container.
2.Second, lithium battery products do not apply to limited packaging, nor do they apply to exempt packaging.
3.The third is that the package must be marked or marked exclusively for lithium batteries. Lithium batteries or lithium battery packs that comply with Article 188 use the "rectangular mark". Other lithium batteries or lithium battery packs use the "diamond mark" of Class 9 dangerous goods. However, it is not excluded that some countries and regions require the two signs to be posted at the same time, as long as the company provides a statement of the situation.

I'm a 36 f. I had been with my last husband for 8 years. He's 32. We have to beautiful daughters. I would say I'm an easy going person. A social butterfly really. I stayed home to watch the kids. (I have children from my previous marriage.) He goes to work. He had a female friend that he was really close with. I didn't have an issue with it at first. Until he started to go to her house after work and not wanting to come home. This female friend had a gf. He had wanted a 3some. Which I was open too. I just have very firm rules. Needless to say. He told me he almost lost his wedding ring while over there. That both of the females would run around in underwear and shirts. He says nothing happened. Months after I had been wanting him to come home to spend time with me. We had a fight and he left me. He walked out the door. I couldn't believe he did. He came back and we worked on things. I told no one what happened. He slowly stopped talking to that female. Fast forward few years later he got discord. And wanted to to rps. Which was fine. I have done it at points in my life and actually really enjoy it. What he ended up doing was erps. Which was not what we had talked about. I didn't find out for almost 2 years. Within that time I feel we drifted really bad. He wouldn't really touch me. He had said things to me and brought me down. I didn't tell anyone because I didn't want anyone to know. I thought I could do it myself. Thought things would be OK. I broke my leg about 2 and half years ago now. So I could do to much. My dog was having puppies. I also broke my phone. So I needed his to make the claim. He had to unlock it. Which I was not allowed to know his pin bit he knew mine. I found 3 known numbers. They were very sexual. My heart dropped. I made the claim but also took note of the numbers. I later on confronted him about the numbers because I had seen something he wrote on discord to someone he was writing. He said he loved them. He had told me then the only way he could have sex with me is if he could erps first because I didn't do it for him anymore. He didn't really want to touch me. I felt a little numb. I took it in. He wanted me to get on discord and talk to a few people. He wanted to bring in one of the people he had been talking too. At the time I thought I wanted it to work. I tried. The guy he wanted to bring into our relationship was nice and seemed friendly. As we got to know each other the more I found out that he bad mouthed me to everyone on the server. He also bad mouthed my children. Like come on they are kids... he told the guys he was messing with that I knew. I didn't know what he was doing. He also told them not to tell me. I got to the breaking point when I realized that he doesn't care about me. He doesn't know anything about me. Nothing over the 8 years we were together he can't tell me anything I like. I can go somewhere and find him something easy. I am easy to shop for. You could get me a gumball ring and I would like it. I would know you tried. He never got me anything during our relationship ever. He doesn't know my children's birthdays or mine. One of our children has had a few surgeries. He had to watch the other kids for that. My 14 yo at the time had to cook because he couldn't and didn't want to learn. He relied on me like I was his mother. I told him when to shower. Got his clothing. Made sure his plate was made ect. I finally had enough and left him. I came to realize how much damage he actually caused me. I do have panic attacks. Somethings I can't really even go into. I did find someone I can talk to on that. I am seeing a therapist too. He now hasn't been around for over a year. He has only called twice. Once for each of our daughter's birthdays, promising to see them not holding up on his end of the bargain. I never once told him he couldn't see the kidd but I also don't reach out to him. I believe it's his job not mine. I also have been busy since I am now single and taking on a lot more.

I (27m) have been in and out of the dating game since I was 20ish. Been using dating apps since I was 21 since I'm not one to really to go to bars or social events with the intent on tryna pick someone up, moreso just to enjoy said event. I met this girl on Hinge about last weekish. Started talking slow, then she gave me her number, and we've been texting everyday, as well as dispersed phone calls (most recent was today, kinda just shot the shit, ranted to each other about some stuff that was going on), I've been in several relationships, and I'm generally secure as a person, but this is the first time where I have really strong feelings towards this girl before even meeting her in person. I already asked her out, and though she's been busy last weekend and will be busy this upcoming weekend, I'm going to ask her again for next weekend probably sometime Sunday just to give her plenty of time.
It's hard for me to describe, but it's gotten to where I smile every time I see a fucking text from this girl, and whenever she calls me I fumble my fucking phone. I actually see something genuinely meaningful with her as cheesy and quick as that may sound. She's got a lotta traits I really like, and even though she deals with some mental and emotional issues, I still don't really mind, even though I've dated and broken shit off with a couple exes due to severe mental/emotional instability or flat out told girls during the initial dating process that I just don't have the energy to engage with someone like that. I really, genuinely like her. I don't even care about fucking sex with this girl which is completely uncharacteristic of me as a person considering I have severe hormonal issues, but moreso just being physically intimate (cuddling, kissing, etc etc).
I do understand very, very well that it is very early in the timeline of things, and I know that, maybe in a week she may even ghost my ass, or if we do go out, there may be zero compatibility, but jesus christ dude, this has been something that has been making me really happy/destroyed my nerves. I just want to get some outside opinions, ask if anyone has been in this situation before, and if so, how did you deal with the feelings department?

I have a pic of an artificial plant on my phone from last year that is Fejka, 9" indoooutdoor Bird of paradise. And it looks like Ikea doesn't carry that specific one anymore (and also cannot find it anywhere on the internet if I'm being honest).
Anyone have any ideas on if I could ever expect to see that one again in the future?
Not sure of the article number, I didn't take a photo of the back of the item tag unfortunately.