^^I just saw ... I sincerely and wholeheartedly appreciate it, and I hope to be able to start paying kindnesses like this forward once things stabilize for me!

8/14/2026 5:26:09 AM

^^ Facebook can totally work here. I hadn't had an account in over a decade, but needed to use marketplace. Signed up and I sold like 60 things in a month. Even with my new scammy looking account. I never even got robbed or raped.

[Edited on August 14, 2026 at 5:36 AM. Reason : a]

8/14/2026 5:36:10 AM

That's what TWW Classifieds is for.

Do people still use Craigslist?

[Edited on August 14, 2026 at 5:44 AM. Reason : FOR SELL]

8/14/2026 5:43:53 AM

I used it some what successfully 5 years ago in California. Was basically totally useless in last 4 years, but could have just been Florida. Haven't tried it in the great state of NC.

8/14/2026 6:52:20 AM

Congrats on your successful sales, though!

8/14/2026 7:13:15 AM

Quote :

"I hope to be able to start paying kindnesses like this forward"

you're a teacher, right?
you already do

8/14/2026 9:53:23 AM

Snewf is a good person.

8/14/2026 10:01:14 AM

I do what I can

besides, I was just going to squander the money anyway

8/14/2026 10:03:54 AM

oh yeah, and also: "Fuck Facebook."

I quit that shit 2 years ago and my life drastically improved

8/14/2026 10:05:21 AM

You can argue the technical merits of teachers all day long, but regardless of their background, we can all agree that compared to most other four year degreed jobs out there, they are wholly underpaid. And yea they get a few months of the year off, as we’ve seen here, they don’t get paid for those two years.

You can also argue budgeting, etc, but he’s explained what happened.

Justin is your wife a teacher as well?

8/14/2026 10:15:48 AM

In on page 2

8/14/2026 10:26:31 AM

my spouse Greylin is a college instructor and she's enormously underpaid
she also works her ass off to teach these students

our society has backwards values

8/14/2026 10:32:52 AM

Oh nice, another TWW couple!

8/14/2026 2:12:39 PM

fundraising page is gone

did the lender find out about the unseasoned money?

8/18/2026 8:45:01 PM

Maybe they met their goal?

Smath? Enquiring minds want to know!

8/19/2026 9:16:19 AM

cleaning up the trail like a good scammer

[Edited on August 19, 2026 at 11:06 AM. Reason : there’s a remnant here but the updates are deleted https://www.supportnow.org/the-smith-home/updates]

8/19/2026 10:59:54 AM

Was previously nowhere close to meeting goal despite Snewf's generosity.

8/19/2026 1:36:12 PM

god, this is fucking depressing

8/19/2026 5:09:48 PM

We were able to eke out enough to cover bills, so she took it down. Sorry I haven't posted about it in a bit... working on putting out several other fires on the side. (new coolant leak in my car... it went from fine 2 days ago to going through several full containers in a few minutes.)

8/19/2026 5:37:22 PM

Duct tape didn't hold on a hot and pressurized coolant hose?

8/19/2026 6:20:48 PM

I think it's probably the best thing to quit busting his chops.
Nobody got scammed.

Can we agree on that?

8/19/2026 7:12:43 PM

I can agree.

But I don't think duct tape is an appropriate repair for a coolant hose leak as I attempted to point out on the previous page before the current situation manifested.

8/19/2026 7:45:57 PM

You are absolutely right it's not a proper fix. I used the duct tape as a stopgap measure so I could test if that was the issue, and it was.

This is how the duct tape held up for 2/3 days of just a couple of test drives:


And this is the new part nice and snug in its new home:

8/19/2026 8:26:29 PM

I think tape is fine as an initial boundary layer and sealer, but you need metal worm gear clamps to resist the expansion of a pressurized hose. I fixed a split main water supply line to the house this way until I could get a new line installed, and I could still use water normally all along. The clamps are dirt cheap and good to have on hand. Only needs a screwdriver.

Glad you now have a permanent fix.

8/19/2026 8:39:21 PM

Easiest way to fix a leak

8/19/2026 9:10:14 PM

LOL how there's already a huge bulge on the tape before the camera cuts away.

Phil Swift, you S.O.B.!!!

8/19/2026 9:13:07 PM