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  • He did go down that path but he wasn’t fully out of depression by then, as part of it he needed to make some monthly payments to the lawyer as I recall, and because he was still on the fence of offing himself he didn’t keep up with it, and once it’s filed and not followed up with, it’s harder for it to get approved in the future, so he kind of fucked himself.

    Also half of the loans were government Covid aid that he applied for even though he wasn’t eligible, he applied to everything and they sent him a lot of money because at that point in the pandemic the government was writing blank cheques that they would just follow up with and scrutinize later.

    All of that government money is not eligible to be taken care of through bankruptcy, so he would still owe half of the debt regardless.


  • Happened to a buddy of mine, took out a bunch of loans during covid, and stopped paying rent. he didn’t travel but he lived large, pretty much spent it all on prostitutes and what not, then when the money ran out he couldn’t pull the trigger.

    With a little help he got instituted for a few days and then got some government funded counselling (not in the states obviously)

    He couch surfed for a bit, luckily we have a tight friend group

    He landed back on his feet, still on the hook for all of it and the government started garnishing his wages, But he found a good stable girl who takes care of him and he’s happier than I’ve ever seen him, he works, he takes care of himself. I’m proud of him. He’s come a long way.




  • You mixed up one of the travellers with the hot wire. You need an electrical meter to tone out the wires.

    But If all you have a simple beeper, you could disconnect all wires in the affected switches. Turn the breaker back on, go back and check with the beeper, the one that beeps is your main hot wire, tag or mark the wire so you know which one it is, the other 2 are your travelers.

    Turn the breaker off, tie the hot wire to your first traveler, turn the breaker back on, go to your second switch box (which you should have also fully disconnected)

    Use your beeper to find the first traveller, tag it, turn the breaker back off switch the hot wire in the first box to the other traveler, turn the breaker back on, check which wire it is with the beeper in the second box, tag it.

    Now you know which wires your travelers are in the second box, the last wire not tagged in your second box is the wire going to the light so that should be the common wire on your other 3 way.

    Keep in mind you can most likely only use one dimmer on a pair of 3 way switches, the other switch should be a standard non dimmable switch.

    The main hot which you identified first may also need to be connected to the line side of the other switches in the multi gang box. I don’t know your set up.

    If you don’t understand any of this, just call an electrician, he will have you sorted in 15 mins.

    Also next time with any questions please post a picture of the wiring schematic included in the instructions for the device you are installing. (it helps understand what the device needs, neutral wire etc)