So far in my life, not only has every cat I've ever had done that, but other pets have.

The list includes a great dane, two corgis, a chicken, and a rat.

Fixed or folder?

I assume a folder, since you're rocking a rat currently. For that, I think the first place to look is still cold steel. While there warranty has gone to crap, and they may start slipping at any time, so far the build quality is still there.

The voyager models are great; I've had one for decades now. Multiples, of various sizes. They're really hard to beat on a bang for buck level.

They've got other tanto models too, but I err on the voyager still.

And, tbh, they're kinda great in fixed blades too. Probably the best bet is the tanto version of the srk. Tough as hell, affordable, and has the best hand feel outside of custom knives that I've ever had on a tanto.

However, there's other brands aplenty. I recently had a chance to play with a cjrb bellona. Maybe not the toughest out there, but the blade grind made it really nice. It's similar to the cold steel kind of grind, with the secondary tip having a curve more like traditional tanto.

If you hunt for sales, the benchmade bailout is decent. Good steel overall, good hand feel, but a wee bit over priced imo. But you can usually find used at more reasonable prices.

The civivi brazen is okay, if you like button locks. Otherwise, I'm not a fan personally. Mind you, it's more of a preference thing, the quality is fine, I just favor other locks, and the balance is off for my tastes.

Crkt has the m16 tanto that's very popular, and for good reason. However, you gotta be aware that their folding knives have spotty QC, so you might have to deal with exchanges to get a great one. The big plus is that if you're looking for serrated, the big scallops they have as an option are unique, nobody else does them.

Kabar makes a respectable fixed blade tanto. Not the best when it comes to toughness, but pretty damn good.

Kershaw has the emerson branded cqc tanto that's not my preference, but is a reliable option overall.

I'm kinda struggling to pull more out of my head. Tanto was the first kind of knife I ever trained with, so they have a special place in my heart. Which means I've handled or used so many over the years that they bleed together.

Anyway, serrations. You can find plenty of tantos with them. If you like serrations, you won't find that the tanto pattern suffers from having them the way very curved blades can. I don't personally like full serrations, and only like half serrated blades on a very limited number of knives (my secondary is a half serrated, but I only own maybe four that have them at this point), but that's preference. Serrated knives have benefits and drawbacks like plain edges do.

Now, with that in mind, if you're interested in opinions about tanto and knives in general, keep reading. Otherwise just skip the rest.

Tanto have some nice benefits, and a few drawbacks. When it comes to your primary carry knife, you want to consider that a tanto is not going to usually have a belly worth mentioning. It's a trade-off. You lose the easy slicing of a belly, and gain the extra penetration a tanto point can give. You also swap out easier sharpening on a knife like the rat for a more acute edge that may or may not give you much in exchange. I don't have any issues sharpening tanto, but some folks do. But the grinds on most production tantos are super acute, so you can get extra slicy slice, it just isn't always going to be ideal since different companies and different steels can make that a good or bad thing.

As much as I love tantos, neither of my daily carry knives are tanto. I used to carry my xl voyager everywhere, but once I got my benchmade 710 back when they first came out, it slowly took over my pocket. I've come to prefer the versatility of a curved tip more. That belly just does a wider range of tasks at a similar level of capability, whereas tanto points are all over the place in what tasks they do reliably well.

My real advice is to pick up a super cheap tanto and carry it along with your current knife for a week or two. Any time you're using a knife, switch between them, see what really works well for you. Then start looking for your new knife with what you learned in mind. You can usually grab a cheap s&w tanto and expect it to hold an edge for a week or two of light duty, long enough to get an idea of how the tip type is going to fit your needs.

Man, I just hate that I found him well after his early work. So many years missed of enjoying him.

But! Back before covid, when I finally gave him a listen, there was all those years of music waiting to dive into. So I guess it works out lol.

Like, I had heard him before then, just never really paid attention. I can't think of a single song he's sung that I don't like, which is pretty rare for me. Gotta admit to being pretty basic in my favourites, stuff like "days gone by", the more ballad side of things.

God fucking dammit, that was my dog's name.

Two fucking years without her, and I still can't fucking see the name without crying.

As someone already linked a great video, size doesn't matter. You can apply any testing to breasts of any size.

Afaik, and I've looked into it several times over the years, size doesn't influence tumor characteristics at all, in any way. You get variances in tumors, but that's going to be more about how the cells behave as cells rather than the size of the breast.

As far as how the self exam is done, the main issue is being thorough, which can be difficult with unusually large breasts, but tends to be easy enough in any sizes you can pick up a bra for at some place like Wal-Mart. One of my exes had f cups, and self exams were no problem at all.

The process for a self exam is best described with pictures, or in video format Like this one, so I'm not going type it out when videos are easy to find :)

But it is exactly the same for even unusually large breasts, it just takes a little longer.

It's also something I would recommend everyone learn how to do. As OP said, men can get cancer too, and self exams will detect it earlier. Plus, if you know how to do it, you can share that knowledge. I've taught women how to do a self exam because they were embarrassed to ask their doctor or nurses; they didn't want to look "stupid" by not already knowing.

That's a legitimate concern, btw. Women very often get treated different than men by providers, even when it's a female provider. Showing up and not being able to fully advocate for one's self makes that problem worse, and the idea of showing a lack of knowledge truthfully can end up with a provider treating you different. It can happen even when the provider knows that the discrepancy exists, and tries to minimize it. The subconscious is a powerful thing.

So, man or woman, learn how to do a self exam. Be willing to pass that knowledge on, with no jokes or comments. Be the kind of person that can be trusted to come to for that kind of thing. You might literally save a life, or at least some breasts.

Fwiw, that goes for testicular self exam too. A lot of guys don't do them, and tend to dislike showing ignorance as well, so they end up in the same situation. So, man or woman, learn how.

I just bloody how they don't do another origin story. There's already been plenty of those, and it's a waste of time better spent on telling a story with them as an actual group with established powers and history.

When they were here, it was mostly farm work. My uncle had them cleaning stuff up around his place, and they did some picking at a strawberry farm that I know of.

In bigger towns and cities, they tend to try and busk if they can, but don't mind doing stuff like waiting tables, dishwashing, etc in restaurants. One of the guys has done a good amount of construction over the years. I'm pretty sure they've also done some weed dealing here and there.

They also do craft work and sell the stuff. Kinda junk imo, but it sells okay.

But, when they're in the right cities, what they really focus on is session work. Mostly bluegrass and folk, plus some standard country. From what they've said, a few weeks in Nashville can set them up quite well, assuming there's enough going on that their contacts can get them working on. It isn't necessarily something they can just roll up and be in a studio, though. They have to plan the stay ahead of time, based on there being work.

One of the guys used to strip lol.

Ahhhh, that makes sense now. Thanks

Leifeld is cheating!

I'm not seeing a question in there. What are you actually asking?

Edit:

After clarification, I do have an answer, albeit second hand.

I actually know a small group of people that adhere to a very minimalist, portable lifestyle.

They essentially live out of two vehicles, a van and an old station wagon. They'll settle down in a town long enough to do some work, gather funds, and move on whenever they get bored, or can't get jobs.

They've been at it for maybe twenty years? Certainly after 2k. I met them through a friend that fronts a band, as the group I'm talking about are all musicians, and do some busking as well as session work among their other talents.

Supposedly, they started out just following bands around, the way people used to with the Grateful Dead, but not a single specific band. I know they hit festivals across the U.S., including some of the less music festivals like the rainbow gathering.

But, when they're in a town/city, they'll get a hotel, start looking for a short term rental they can use for a crash pad/bath/kitchen and then start working. Most places, they know people in the various scenes and subcultures, so it's pretty easy for them to get going. I've let them park at my place a few times, though it's been a while, and I don't know I would now. They tend to still want to party a bit much for my household to handle currently

But each person only really owns what they can carry in the van. They do have stuff that they stash here and there, like some spare gear they keep at the studio my musician friend has. They've got some camping gear they share as a group.

Anyway, the point is that while they're a group, they do keep their lives extremely minimalist even when they're "settled" in one place for a year or so. The kind of minimalist in the meme you used, only no TV, and usually no real furniture at all.

Like, they dropped into my town maybe eight years ago, and stayed for maybe six months because one of their parents lives in the next town over and needed some help, and one of my uncles was willing to rent to them super cheap. The few times I went over, I had to bring my own chair. They ended up buying two beds, and some kitchen gear, which they left behind when they moved on. They also left the place spotless, which made my uncle quite happy compared to the crap that would happen when he would usually rent that place out (it's just a spare trailer he inherited and put on the edge of his farm) to family.

They're all in their mid to late forties now, and the last I talked to any of them, they don't intend to settle down until they don't have a choice. They supposedly put money aside into retirement accounts and such, but I dunno.

Their whole thing is about rejecting the idea of permanence, of being locked down into one place and being "owned by the shit we own". Anything that isn't essential, they leave behind, or sell off when they move along.

Yeah, it definitely fits!

I dig the hell out of it. It's pretty much my preferred "vibe" of theirs. And the guitar is just extra sweet, but still crystalline and tight. Which sounds/looks weird when I see that sentence, but I can't think of a better way to describe how the guitar sound feels lol. I mean, they're all obviously top tier at what they do as individuals, but this track, the guitar just works for me, even above the drums.

It really depends on location and turnout.

Here in my town, the longest I've ever waited was a minute or two. Small population, and plenty of booths.

When I lived in a city, I only voted twice, but both times I was waiting maybe ten minutes plus a little. That was, as I was told, average for that polling place. It was a church basement (not in the dank and drippy way lol), so it was a tad small for the number of people in the district. But, over at a school gym that was a polling place, I had a friend wait nearly a half hour. Despite the bigger space, the turnout was huge, and not typical for that specific polling place.

They try to make sure a space is big enough (when everything is working right) for the district, but it doesn't always work perfectly.

Then, you've got locations where the voting organizers are willing to fuck over a specific district and the polls will be under staffed, have too few booths, and may have other impediments to getting things done efficiently.

So it's not really a single factor that goes into the crazy wait times. Nor is an hour in line the default.