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Trump exits White House for last time ahead of Biden inauguration
INTERNATIONAL, POLITICS, USA
Donald Trump has spent his final days in the White House cut off from his legions of supporters after he was banned by Twitter and Facebook. For the first time in four years, the outgoing president appears to be lost for words. After his defeat to Joe Biden in November's election, Mr Trump launched a last-ditch bid to cling to power, peddling fake conspiracy theories of mass voter fraud, fighting the outcome in the courts, and pressuring Republican officials to overturn the result. But that all changed on January 6, when he was blamed for inciting the deadly attack on the US Capitol, which resulted in him becoming the first president to be impeached not once, but twice. For four years, the White House hosted a string of made-for-television events that Mr Trump would hold with titans of in...
Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago: finished executing a civic duty of casting my vote at Bulwa trading centre polling station. Polling at this particular polling station started after 10am as the materials initially delivered were for a different electoral area.
AFRICA, EAST AFRICA, POLITICS, UGANDA
Uganda Red Cross Society: Our emergency team in Masaka is responding to a road traffic crash in Lukaya .
AFRICA, UGANDA, Uganda Red Cross
One of the casualties is stuck inside the trailer. Team doing their best to safely extricate. Casualty on drip as we await drilling machine. emergency medical team has successfully worked with Police to extricate a one Abdul Sserunjogi who was stuck under the trailer after a head-on collision with a fuso around Nyendo Masaka this morning. Abdul has been reffered to Masaka refferal hospital.
Two boxes containing pre-ticked ballot papers found in Mayuge District
AFRICA, CRIME, EAST AFRICA, POLITICS, UGANDA
Two boxes containing pre-ticked ballot papers have been seized by police in Mayuge District. The boxes were found St Mulumba polling station in Mayuge Town Council and at Kabukye polling station in Bukatube Sub-county. Busoga Region Election Officer, Mr Emmanuel Masiko confirmed the seizure of the boxes. He said that the pre-ticked ballot papers were in favour of Mr Omar Bongo, the National Resistance Movement flag bearer, who is the current district chairman. Reports say that they have been taken to Mayuge Central Police Station. Others in the race are; Mr Robert Kanusu (National Resistance Movement), Mr Peter Okocha Kasolo (National Unity Platform), Mr Frank Nabwiso (Forum for Democratic Change), Mr Ivan Tibenkana (Democratic Party), Mr Julius Zziwa (Independen...
Zimbabwe- First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa has as 'mother of the nation' called on all women to partake in 3 days of fasting and prayer for Zimbabwe to be spared from further calamity from Covid-19.
AFRICA, COVID-19, INTERNATIONAL
Joe Biden plans to spend his first hours as president undoing many of the hallmarks of President Donald Trump's tenure and beginning to make his own mark on how the U.S. will respond to its multiple crises. Biden will sign more than a dozen executive actions Wednesday when he arrives at the White House after having been sworn in as the 46th president, including measures to rejoin the Paris Agreement on climate change, repeal Trump's restrictions on travel from several Muslim-majority countries, stop construction of the Southern border wall and mandate wearing masks on federal property. He will also use his first day in office to propose a sweeping immigration reform bill, a lofty legislative task his administration has decided to take on from the start.
AFRICA, Business, EUROPEAN UNION, INTERNATIONAL, USA, WORLD, World Bank
Mortgage applications in the United States fell 1.9 percent in the week ended January 15th, following two consecutive weeks of increases, data from the Mortgage Bankers Association showed. Applications to refinance a home loan dropped 4.7 percent, but were up 87 percent year-on-year; while those to purchase a home rose 2.7 percent, and were 15 percent higher than a year ago. The average fixed 30-year mortgage rate was up 4 basis point to 2.92 percent last week, the highest level since late November.
AFRICA, Business, EUROPEAN UNION, INTERNATIONAL, WORLD, World Bank
The annual inflation rate in Malta sticked to 0.2 percent in December of 2020, unchanged from the previous month. The largest upward impacts came from food and non-alcoholic beverages (1.2 percent vs 2.6 percent in November), mainly due to higher fruit prices; education (4.8 percent vs 4.8 percent), on higher private school fees; and miscellaneous goods and services (1.4 percent vs 1.8 percent) due to higher prices of hairdressing services. Downward pressure came from prices of clothing & footwear (-3.9 percent vs -5 percent); transport (-0.9 percent vs -1.1 percent); and furnishings (-0.7 percent vs -1.6 percent). On a monthly basis, consumer prices declined 0.3 percent, following a 3.4 percent fall in November, amidst a balance between restaurants & hotels prices (-2.7 percent) ...
Uganda elections 2021: Falana drags Museveni to UN over Bobi Wine's detention
AFRICA, BREAKING NEWS, EAST AFRICA, Entertainment, EUROPEAN UNION, INTERNATIONAL, UGANDA, UN Human RiGHTS, UN Women, USA, WORLD
Nigerian human rights lawyer Femi Falana files a complaint on behalf of Robert Kyagulanyi Aka.Bobi wine to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Arrest. Nigerian human rights lawyer Femi Falana Femi Falana is challenging the continued illegal confinement of Robert Kyagulanyi Aka.Bobi wine by the Ugandan police and the military!
Philippines Stocks Down 0.7%
AFRICA, Business, COVID-19, EUROPEAN UNION, HEALTH, INTERNATIONAL, WORLD, World Bank, World Health Organization
The PSE Index lost 48 points or 0.7% to 7,151 in early trade on Wednesday, as investors were cautious about local coronavirus cases, with local governments rushing to set up their respective COVID-19 vaccination centers. Meanwhile, President Rodrigo Duterte will be given the virus vaccine once it becomes available in the Philippines, but he will be vaccinated behind closed doors. Risk sentiment was also dragged by adverse events from virus vaccination centers across the world. California's health department said several people at a center in San Diego were treated for possible allergic reactions to Moderna's virus vaccine. Meantime, Norway is investigating the deaths of 23 elderly patients who had received the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. Market participants showed a muted response to reports...
Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the elections in Uganda
AFRICA, EAST AFRICA, EUROPEAN UNION, INTERNATIONAL, POLITICS, UGANDA, USA, WORLD
Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago casts his ballot at Bulwa Polling Station.
He faults EC for sending wrong ballot papers to Lubaga division. Says, "at 8 polling stations, the ballot papers delivered were for Mutundwe."
SENSEX Up 0.3%
The BSE SENSEX increased 162 points or 0.3% to 49,561 in early trade on Wednesday, ahead of some corporate earnings reports. Market participants were upbeat after US Treasury Secretary nominee Janet Yellen at her confirmation hearing Tuesday pushed for a large fiscal relief aid in response to COVID-19. On the pandemic front, India will start exporting virus vaccines from today, with the first doses going to Bhutan and Maldives. Meantime, there were 13,823 new infections in the last 24 hours in India, taking the total tally to 10.59 million. The technology sector, healthcare, and industrials led the gains. Tech Mahindra and HCL Technologies gained 2.7% and 2.3%, each. In contrast, Tata Communications plunged 6.5% after the government said it would sell its entire 26.12% stake in the compan...
NRM's Daniel Kazibwe(Ragga Dee) casts his ballot at Kizungu meeting point polling station in Makindye kampala.
Kazibwe says he has come to perform a facelift of the capital city. Ragga Dee holds the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Kampala Mayoral Flag 2021-2026. Ragga Dee, born Daniel Kazibwe, is a Ugandan musician and politician. He contested for mayor of Kampala in the 2016 general elections. Early life and Music Dee was born in 1968 to George William Kyeyune. He started his music career in 1988. His music is an amalgamation of do reggae, ragga, hip-hop, and Lingala.He was Ragga Artist of the Year at the Pearl of Africa Music Awards in 2004 and 2005 and won best video in 2006. He has 18 albums. He gained fame in the early 1990s with hits like Bamusakata and Mukwano while part of a group called Da Hommies. He has won the Pearl of Africa Music Award for best Ragga artiste of...
Constitutional Court in Central African Republic validates President Faustin Archange Touadera's re-election.
AFRICA, INTERNATIONAL, POLITICS
Opposition Coalition say the court's decision is politically motivated- therefore do not recognise Mr Touadera's re-election.
4 soldiers killed and 8 injured as a result of a roadside bomb in Diffa-Government of Niger says
AFRICA, CRIME, INTERNATIONAL
Ministry of Defence says, the troops were pursuing terrorists who had carried out an attack on the Wangou military post.
Government of Senegal says, the Country is switching from state of emergency to 'state of managing health disaster'- 9pm-5am curfew in Dakar & Thies to remain alongside other measures.
AFRICA, COVID-19, HEALTH, World Health Organization
Meanwhile authorities in Thiès, Tivaouane & Mbour say to combat virus spread all markets must close by 6pm
Zimbabwe's Minister for Foreign Affairs SB Moyo has died after testing positive for COVID-19.
AFRICA, COVID-19, HEALTH, INTERNATIONAL, World Health Organization
Uganda elections 2021:Missing NUP supporter found dead
Rogers Ssemakula, one of the National Unity Platform-NUP supporters and resident of Kabembe in Kyampisi Sub County in Mukono district who went missing on the eve of the presidential and parliamentary elections has been found dead. His body was recovered from Kiyunga forest by a team of NUP supporters following days of searching. Ssemakula,'s widow, Zarupha Nampijja says her husband did not return home on the eve of the presidential and parliamentary elections. According to Nampijja, she had cautioned the deceased against moving at the night during campaigns due to the rampant kidnap of NUP supporters in the area. Asadu Jjemba, a resident of Kabembe says the deceased is among several NUP supporters who were kidnapped by people driving in a white numberless van during in t...
Uganda elections 2021: National Unity Platform (NUP) party flag bearer for the city mayoral position, Naggayi Nabila Ssempala casting her vote at katuuso church of Uganda polling station.
The Kampala Central Woman MP Nabilah Naggayi Sempala on the National Unity Platform (NUP) Kampala mayoral candidate. Nabilah Naggayi Sempala is a Ugandan politician. She is the incumbent Member of Parliament representing the Kampala Women Parliamentary Constituency in the 10th Ugandan Parliament (2016 to 2021). Naggayi began her political career as a Councilor in Wakiso District Local Government in 2001, serving in that capacity until 2005. She, with others, including Muhammad Nsereko, the incumbent member of Parliament for Kampala Central Division, established the Social Democratic Party (SDP). She actively campaigned for the re-opening of the political space to multi-party democracy during the 2005 referendum. It was not until the run-up to the 2006 general elections, that she for...


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Windham NH History
The Story of a New Hampshire Town
Windham NH Family History
February 24, 2020 by Brad Dinsmore
Windham Life and Times – February 21, 2020
Windham Mid-Century Mode
Photograph of Witch Hazel fire from Rural Oasis
Articles from the Derry News | 1958-1959
GLOBAL WARMING EDITORIAL BY EDWARD TELLER FROM JANUARY 1958
"Dr. Edward Teller says the earth is warming up. Taking his stand in the controversy concerning the trend of the weather, Teller says that increasing amount of carbon dioxide in the air is warming our earth.
"Teller says accurate measurements show that there has been an increase of 2% in the carbon dioxide content in the air since the beginning of the industrial revolution. This has been caused by the heavy uses of fuels such as coal, oil, and its derivatives."
"Unless there is a halt to the trend, Teller believes the earth will become overheated before the end of the twentieth century, He believes that when the amount of carbon dioxide has increased much further, ice caps on the Poles will begin to melt (they are already receding) and the amount of water in the oceans will increase, This will inundate such Port cities as New York and such countries as Holland."
"The answer? Teller believes the answer is the use of nuclear fuel. The Associate Director of the University of California's Radiation Laboratory says that we must put nuclear fuel to work powering electrical plants which otherwise would consume coal, or oil or other carbon dioxide producing fuels."
WINDHAM TAX IS $54; NO CHANGE
"Windham held the line on taxes this year. In announcing the 1959 rate at $54 per Thousand, the same as 1958, Selectman pointed out that the line was held despite a sharp increase in state and county tax figures. A mild building boom which added $145,000 to the town's valuation helped off-set increased costs. Veteran's exemptions are $107,500 in comparison with $94,400 a year ago. Total valuation is $2,263,000."
DERRY SELECTMEN PLAN TO ATTEND HIGHWAY MEETING. 1958
"A delegation from Derry planned to join a group from Salem and Windham in attending a conference relative to the route of the new Interstate Highway scheduled to be held at 2 P.M. today at the office of State Highway Commissioner John Morton in Concord. Public hearings on the highway route have already been held in Salem and like meetings are expected to be conducted in Derry shortly. Planning to attend the conference in Concord are at least two members of the Derry Board of Selectmen and most legislators from Derry who will be in Concord for legislative sessions earlier in the day."
WITCH HAZEL FACTORY DAMAGED BY FIRE; LOSS SET AT $25,000
"APRIL 23, 1959: A historic landmark on Route 28 in Windham went up in smoke early Wednesday morning when the old Witch Hazel Factory was discovered ablaze about 4 a.m. and was practically destroyed before the fire was brought under control about 8 a.m. Fire Departments from Windham and Salem responded."
"The fire was believed to have started in the small building later spreading to the large building. According to the owners, Kachadorian and Bartanian, who used the building for the manufacture of fruit and vegetable boxes and crates, loss was estimated at $25,000, the building full of new stock for the coming season."
"According to older residents the building has a long and interesting history. It was believed to have probably been a saw mill originally but for many years, from about 55 years ago to shortly before World War I, it was operated by the Gould Witch Hazel Company, which cut brush with permission of local woodland owners and distilled the processed liquid obtained from it. Other sources say the building was moved from South Windham about the time of the railroad's coming in the 1880's and then it was used as a woolen mill."
"The full apparatus of the Windham department was at the scene with firemen under the direction of Fire Chief James Brown. Some of the equipment returned to the fire station after the blaze was brought under control. The spectacular fire attracted a large number of spectators to the scene and traffic was up on 28, State and local police were up for a time on busy the busy Route on the scene promptly to keep traffic moving."
"APRIL 30, 1959: BURNED MILL DATES BACK 109 YEARS: "Research has revealed that the Old Witch Hazel Factory which burned in Windham recently dates back to as early as 1850. From Morrison's History of Windham New Hampshire, page 188."
"'BROWN'S MILL, 1850 This saw-mill and grist mill was started in April 1850, by John Noyes Brown, located in the east part of town, on the Turnpike , (now Route 28) and Flat Rock Meadow Brook. It was burned in 1871, and rebuilt by John S. Brown in 1877.' Morrison also gives names of various owners. In recent times this place was known as Meserve's Mills, and more recently as the Witch Hazel Factory."
The photograph above shows Charles E. Harrington and Ernest Harrington delivering a load of witch hazel to the Gould witch hazel distillery on the turnpike. Carefully selected green twigs were boiled in huge vats and them mixed with alcohol.
The Indians thought that witch hazel had magical curative properties because it blossomed at the wrong time of the year. If you want to see witch hazel blossoming in November, it can be seen at Griffin park between the walking path and the stone wall of Johnson's farm.
EVENING WHIST: Eight and a half tables were in play at the Neighborhood Club evening whist on Thursday. Mrs. Pearl Urquhart won both the half score and the door prize. Muriel Bistany won the special…."
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14 People Who Had Marriage Proposals Turned Down Talk About What Happened With Their Lives Afterwards
Putting it all on the line and then having someone reject you is devastating.
It's even worse when you propose marriage to someone and they say no. It's pretty much the ultimate rejection.
Sadly, it happens all the time.
But what happens to people after their proposals are turned down?
Let's dig in to some true stories from folks on AskReddit.
1. Here's a story…
"Oh I have a story about this.
My friend A had been with his girlfriend B for years, so he decided he wanted to propose. What he didn't know, is that B was also thinking about proposing to him.
A proposed first, and B freaked out because she had already set her proposal and bought a ring, so she said no. Over the next week, B freaked out more and more, and refused to answer A's calls and messages.
A then decided to use the money he had saved up to buy a plane ticket to Europe. What was supposed to be a 3 month trip through western Europe turned out to be a year long trip around the world.
One day, A says that he's coming back and B decides to go and wait for him at the airport and propose to him there. It turns out that while being in Peru, A met a girl and they fell in love almost immediately, and got married in Peru.
Cue 5 years later, A and his Peruvian wife are still happily married and recently had a baby, while B hasn't still quite forgiven herself for ruining her relationship with A."
2. Still stings.
"As a woman who was engaged and the proposal was later revoked, it still stings a little 11 years later.
When you're sure you're with the love of your life, losing them can really pop a hole in your life plans."
3. Starting over.
"Very first girlfriend ever.
Started dating at 17. After six years of dating I proposed. She said "No, I'm sorry." I asked why.
She said, "I've been thinking about this for a while but didn't talk to you about it. I found someone else." Then she broke up with me right then and there. I asked if she cheated and she said no. "We're just friends right now. But he makes me happy when I'm with him and you just… don't. You used to. But not anymore."
I tried sabotaging their relationship when I found him begging her for nudes, tattled to her ultra-christian parents that he was twice her age (which he is), and did everything I could to be the insane one. Finally realized what I was doing, apologized, promised to never talk to her or her family ever again.
I sold the ring and used the money to buy a guitar and a boatload of weed and spiraled out of control for three years. Flunked all my classes, got a dead-end job at a construction gig, slowly descended into borderline alcoholism. Couldn't leave the house or go to work or do my job without being high.
Gained a ton of weight, let myself go. Finally contemplated suicide, planned it out with a 20-page instruction manual on how to make it painless, not screw it up, and not hurt anyone in the process. Never went through with it because I kept getting scared and spending my suicide fund on weed and alcohol.
Finally broke down and told my parents all of this. Asked for help. Spent another year in a rehab program with a therapist. Got out and have been clean for three years by this September and still wake up at 3am feeling sick every couple of months for the way I treated her after having spent six years telling her that I loved her.
But that's all over, now, and all I can do is learn from it, promise to be better, and keep going.
So now I'm turning 29 in a week, still living at home with parents, and constantly battling self-loathing and anxiety while working a job for $9.25 an hour. But I pay my parents $300/month to stay with them and I'm going back to school.
Taking the minimum number of credit hours per semester since I'm paying for it out of pocket and I work full time (and overtime when I can get it), but slowly dragged my GPA from a 1.28 to a 2.64 and can start getting help next semester instead of paying for all of it out of pocket, now. I also lost a ton of weight during the pandemic and weigh just 189, now, (in rehab I dropped to 220, but I was closer to 245-250 before that).
Safe to say I won't be worth dating for a long time, but maybe when I get my degree under my belt and finish growing and learning I can get a self-sustaining job I can move out and truly start over."
4. Wasn't meant to be.
"First major gf, she was stunning , modeled and I was besotted with her. Well she started slipping away and I thought it'd be a great idea to propose to her and that way she'd be with me forever.
Thankfully she was too smart for my desperation and turned me down flat telling me upfront that she was too young to settle down and wanted fun. Losing her was more traumatic than being turned down and I struggled with despair but I channeled myself into my career which took off.
A few years later I found my true love and it was her that proposed to me, 26 years later we are still happy. As to my ex, I bore her no ill will and can only thank her for being smart enough to know that we were never destined to be together."
5. I wish you well.
"I was just out of high school, 19 y.o., and in the USAF. We had been dating since our sophomore year in high school (about 3 years at the time). I thought I was adulting pretty well!
I asked, and she respectfully said no. She followed up the rejection by saying she thought we were too young and weren't ready, even with a 3+ years relationship.
We continued to see each other for about another year. Things were never bad and we didn't fight. It was January and she came over on Friday evening of the MLK weekend and we broke up. She stayed the rest of the weekend and went home on Monday afternoon.
We wished each other well and went our separate ways. We haven't spoken since. I have no idea what or how she is doing today. I didn't keep up with her. I do still wish her the best in her life.
I met my wife in October of that same year and this month we celebrate 28 years of marriage. Our children are adults, well adjusted, and college graduates.
I think my life has turned out quite splendid."
6. Never give up!
"We had been dating about 6 weeks. I knew. I just knew she was the one. She said, "You're a great guy and I love you, but I'm not ready to get married."
We continued dating. I asked again a week or so later. Similar response.
Lather, rinse, repeat. I asked 4 more times over the next few weeks. Finally we were at a Chinese restaurant. Fortune cookies come. Mine says, "Your wish is within reach. Ask once more." Hers says, "Get your hope chest ready." No bullshit. No setup.
Totally random cookies from the restaurant. I reached across the table, took her hand and asked for the 7th time. She didn't really say, "Yes." More like a sigh and a resigned "Okay."
First date: Dec 12, 1981 Married: Apr 3, 1982
Still together. One son, 2 granddaughters, 2 great granddaughters. Still giddily in love.
Never give up! Never surrender!"
7. A scavenger hunt.
"I was with my girlfriend for five years, I planned a scavenger hunt in a park, at the end was a perfect spot to pop the question, a single bench next to the water right at sunset. The entire hunt should only take 15 min. But after about 5 min and 2:5 locations found she said "This is stupid." I said no worries we don't have to do this if it dumb…
Turned out she had plans that night that she did not want to be late for. That night she was with someone else. I found out immediately by a accidental butt dial while their getting down and dirty in a car somewhere.
I loved her very much and it crushed me. When she came home in the morning I told her that I felt like there was nothing between us anymore, an that I wanted to break up.
She cried and carried on how bad a person I was, her parents who were very religious told me how disappointed they were in me and that I was just leading her on. I ate that crow tail and all, a pride and ego swallowing siege.
If I said she cheated her parents would probably have disowned her so it was my best interest not to say anything so at least she have a home to go-to.
I never told her I found out she was cheating, spent the next ten years of my life surfing the east coast and living off couches in exchange for cleaning their homes or being homeless.
I did contract remote work making ~120k a year just shoving it in the bank, while spending maybe $300 bucks a month or necessities, my hair unkempt, my clothing dirty, torn and tattered.
Nice laptop, nice surfboard and a duffle bag half full of my only possessions. It has been wonderful, never been so happy.
I know she asked about me one time through her brother, her parents told them I'm a deadbeat homeless man.
I met a girl, she was poor, lived in low income housing. But she is a hard worker, two jobs waiting tables, went to night classes, and had two kids from a previous marriage. I asked her how could she love me, I had nothing, just look at me. She did not care, she cleaned me up, cut my hair, offered to buy me some new clothing.
She asked me to marry her and I did. I bought her a house, and a new Toyota van for the kids, and she's not had to work a day after. Next year will be our ten year anniversary."
8. A big shock.
"We talked about getting married and agreed that so long as the proposal was a surprise it would be fine. So I got help from some of her friends to make it special. Dinner at her favorite restaurant with our families in attendance and the ring on a piece of chocolate cake delivered by the waiter.
The act was "we just all happened to show up at the same place on the same day at the same time". Sure, a child could see that it was a setup, but that wasn't the point.
Evening goes great, cake comes out, ring is discovered, I get down on one knee…
…and she says no in front of everyone.
My family is shocked. Her family is shocked. Her friends are…not so shocked.
She breaks up with me right there. "You took too long."
A month later she's engaged to one of her co-workers.
Joke's on her though. Not only do her parents like me more than her (we're still on speaking terms and I regularly go hunting and fishing with her father. Meanwhile he hates his son-in-law) I started dating one of her *former* friends (she lost a few over the breakup) and we got married the following year."
9. Very bitter.
"I proposed. She said fucking No.
But funny thing is that we had agreement. Proposal was just a formality. One moment I analyzed all her words, and asked her where are we heading. I don't want long term relationship if she doesn't want to get married. She said that she doesn't want it. So we broke up.
2 weeks later she came to me with all these damn tears on her face asking to come back, that she is ready and already told her parents about marriage. Ok then I bought flowers, ring, ballons, booked a table in a nice restaurant.
My friends came. And… she said no. I was devastated. I crushed everything around. Suicide thoughts… Alcohol. Now I'm lonely because I'm taking a break from all this bullshit. Fuck you, T."
10. "Don't be like me."
"I was with her for 6 years.
Four years in I popped the question. She said she didn't want to get married. I heard she didn't want to get married yet, so I stuck around. It was a mistake. I should have left when it became clear we had different plans for our lives.
But I always thought she'd come around. It wasn't her fault it was mine. When it ended I felt like I wasted at least those last two years. Love blinded me. I believed what I wanted to to be able to stay in the relationship.
Don't be like me."
11. A rough one.
"About 2 years ago I proposed to my gf at the time, we where dating for close to 4 years previous.
I had it all planned for months, take her to dinner and this nice flower park she loved and then pop the question. Everything went perfectly… untill the part where I got down on one knee and presented the ring.
Long story short she told me she couldn't cus she was cheating on me on and off for a year and told me I deserved better we broke up and we dont talk anymore."
12. Wow!
"We were friends, and we were kinda dating, then we dated, then I proposed the idea, she said "hell no", then we grew distant, then we met up randomly while traveling separately in London by chance and talked over a cup coffee.
I found out she really liked me but had understandable concerns about the idea of marriage (childhood/past relationships), Then we walked and talked some more, then we started dating again, became real close, closer than before, and now married and counting the days till our first child."
13. The aftermath.
"She was an Art Major and I had just joined the Army. We had been lovers since high school. I asked, she said no.
She wanted to get her Masters. We were friends for a while but we don't talk anymore. She works as a bartender I think.
I ended up getting married to my best friend. We've been married for more than a decade and have a five year old son."
14. A nice story.
"My mother told my father no three times. On the third time he got wasted at a local bar and basically started pouring his heart out to any one who'd listen.
Mind you, it's a very small village in the Italian alps and my father barely spoke Italian and no one in the village spoke English, including my mother. Word got back to my mom about this sad American at the bar so she went to find him and she told him she'd marry him.
My parents celebrated their 44th anniversary last month."
Thanks to these people for opening up and sharing their stories with everyone.
Have you ever been in a situation like this?
If so, please share your story with us in the comments.


Discussion in 'Tomato Firmware' started by amitg0123, Jul 10, 2014.
Never Mind. sorted it out.
OK, back to a question... configure this just to be another switch / access point on the network.
for approx a year now on my wndr3400v3, running FLAWLESS. No need to ever reboot, no wi-fi problems, strong wifi signal, etc.
1) I am hesitant to upgrade because v132 has been flawless. Do you guys know of any SECURITY issues with v132, such as VPNFILTER or other router malware that v132 would be vulnerable to? If not, I may just leave this old version on it.
2) I have some custom settings that I use with v132, such as an extra virtual wifi access point that I use to help segregate certain devices from the rest of my network. I am concerned that it will be difficult to get everything re-setup exactly as it is now.
I read these newer upgrades require an nvram reset. I assume that also means that I cannot backup my current settings and restore them after the upgrade and nvram erase?
Thanks for the awesome firmware and thanks for taking the time to advise regarding my questions.
(WNDR3400v3) Please let me know the maximum clock speed.
I am having trouble getting my usb printer to work with this firmware do you think you can help me? It is not showing up under usb and nas and I have printer support enabled.
How to revert back to stock firmware if i ever feel like i have to go back.
I am no longer maintaining this build, though I am still using last build on my router and it's working perfectly fine.
It looks like the "FreshTomato" mod has integrated my patches and they are generating firmware for this device. I haven't tried it myself but you can give it a try.
I confirm the "FreshTomato" builds are working perfectly fine. Thanks to FreshTomato maintainers for integrating WNDR3400v3 support.
@amitg0123 Thank you for sharing the FreshTomato builds and for staying active on this forum!