u/dougc84

2 months ago, I started taking 1.5mg, and it was a wild change (yep, I was one of those quick responders). I lost 15 lbs. in those first 2, and didn’t feel the need to bump my dose.

Since just before month 3, occasionally I will have a good day where I feel like it’s cutting my cravings and food noise. However, most days, nada. I wanna go eat a sandwich right now. And my weight is going up, despite working out and counting calories.

Yes, I’m going to 4mg in a couple weeks, but I wish I could today.

My question is why does this happen? If I make it up to 25mg, would it eventually wane as well? If I get up to 25mg and it stops working, and I get off the pill, am I just gonna be overwhelmed with food noise again?

My wife and I moved last year. We had service with Verizon (FiOS) for the 10 years that we were there. Since we moved, I’ve had no less than five distinct individuals show up from Verizon, each one saying it is part of the terms and conditions that they come check up on us door-to-door from time to time and offer us promotions.

Tonight, the same guy showed up twice. I told him one time to leave and not come back, and he came back again.

This didn’t happen a single time at our last house.

What do I need to do to get these people to stop showing up at our home?

I recently acquired a used Strandberg Fusion NX (Alex Machacek model) that I've been absolutely loving. I've also started working on a change of career to move away from web development and into doing guitar repairs. I've started taking classes on fretwork from a local builder. So I'm probably at that "I know enough to get into trouble, but I wanna try it myself" phase.

Anyway, the Fusion had a couple issues when I picked it up.

First was the nut. It was sticking proud out of the bass side about 1mm. This was an easy fix: I removed the nut (which came out clean), cleaned up the nut slot, and repositioned it with a couple dots of glue. The strings feel nice and balanced on the fretboard now. Done.

Second, the zero fret, and this is where I still have issues. There are some divots in the fret from age, which is a bit surprising for Jescar 51100, but it is what it is. Before moving the nut to the proper position, it pinged any time you'd bend a string, but it would stay in tune. After moving the nut, it no longer pings (yay!), but it still seems to catch in the divots, especially when using the tremolo or playing some larger bends. This results in the strings (specifically the unwound ones) going out of pitch (and yes, the strings are well stretched). I've polished the zero fret, but that seems to have made no difference.

My initial thought is that I need to pull the zero fret and replace it with a new one. Does this seem like the right course of action? Would you recommend something else?

If so, is there a way that the first fret be leveled without leveling all of the other frets? All the other frets are in excellent condition with zero issues.

Thank you in advance!

Maybe my algorithm is throwing too many shorts and reels of adorable little ramen houses and traditional Japanese restaurants in Japan bringing out some of the best looking Katsu Curry and Soba Noodles and Okinomiyaki, but I really want to try some of these foods.

Not Hibachi either. We all know that’s just glorified stir-fry (and, yes, it is delicious, but not what I’m looking for). Sushi’s pretty prolific too, but not other traditional Japanese dishes.

Any suggestions? There doesn’t seem to be much around RVA. I do go by Charlottesville often - open to suggestions there too.