~Brian~

Right Now, I am wearing a DRY White Megamax, which probably will be soaked by morning

@Krazy Kal Before you put on the diaper: You should "fluff it up" so that you have the leak guards deployed. To do that, take the diaper and unfold it, then. starting that the middle of the diaper, fold it in half like a banana. As you fold, run your hand all the way up the diaper to make sure that the diaper retains this shape, and LIGHTLY SQUEEZE the diaper as you are doing this. Then, you have a diaper that has the shape of an hourglass (banana). Now, grab the front and back of the diaper at the same time, and lightly pull it in both directions at the same time, and this will deploy the leak guards, and they will be standing up. If you are NOT wetting it, you would probably change it when the diaper is not comfortable for you to wear anymore, or when the diaper does NOT hold anymore, because most times, once you take the diaper off, UNLESS you have tapes that you can re-stick to the landing zone of the diaper you remove, you would have to use a fresh one and tape it up good to make it comfortable for you. After awhile, even a DRY diaper shows signs of stress from being worn, so you will have to change it if for whatever reason, it is not fitting right, and falling down or off. Also, tapes may not be as sticky when you remove a diaper the first time as they would be if you put on a fresh one, as they tend to "pop" off the landing zone, and that is a signal that you should probably change the diaper, so the tapes are as sticky as possible, because you WANT the diapers you wear to be able to stay ON, and sticky tapes can lose effectiveness if they are repeatedly adjusted, as you could also have something ON the tapes that could cause you to have to throw it away sometimes. If You ARE Wetting it, and you are using a cheaper diaper, you would have to change it immediately, or risk a leak that may wet your pants or shirt or other outer clothing. Since some people use the "pull-up" style of "diaper", the capacity and duration that they last is based on how they are used. if you are peeing in short "bursts", the diaper would last longer than if you were peeing "floods/deluges". Since i use the Megamax diaper, I can afford to wear it for 6-12 hours, depending on what I am doing, and I can usually count on a wet diaper that is pretty close to capacity in the mornings. You also want to make sure that your "assets" point DOWN when you put it on, so you don't pee through the top of the diaper and get your shirt wet. If You ARE Messing the diaper: You probably could get away with small releases in the diaper. This can happen to me if I am sleeping and release mess in my diaper, If it is a small amount you release during your sleep, you could most likely get away with a load in it, but if you are releasing a load in your diaper that also is messy and wet, changing the diaper AS SOON AS YOU CAN is recommended, as you do NOT want to sit in a messy diaper for long, as pee and poop are acidic, and that can cause irritation and redness, and BURN and ITCH like hell. You don't WANT that - T R U S T me - Being incontinent BOTH ways, I know what it is like to have to clean up a mess after having to sit in it for a couple hours after I mess, and I can tell you that cleanup is a chore, but that is what you have to deal with being incontinent like this. Skin Care: It is IMPORTANT that you take care of your skin by using a barrier cream. This way, whatever you are releasing is NOT sticking to your skin downstairs, and barrier cream protects the skin from the acidic properties of urine and fecal matter. You should use this cream at each change, BUT: if you are changing yourself, use disposable gloves to apply the topicals, and than remove the gloves, and be careful NOT to get anything ON the diaper's tapes or landing zone. If you do, you'll have to throw the diaper away and use another. Use this at every change, and wetting and messing diapers won't be as bad as if you didn't use that barrier cream! How I usually tell that its time to change a wet diaper: If the diaper is puffy in the front, and is really heavy-looking, that is a warning that I don't want to keep using it and using it, because if I do that, the diaper can leak onto the floor, and if that happens, you KNOW that the diaper is at capacity, and it should be changed. Also, you would have to clean up the leaky mess that ended up on the floor. You did not mention if you change your own diapers, so I will assume that you do: Messing diapers is not something that some partners can deal with, so I can understand why your partner would NOT want you to mess your diapers. Except for those times when it happens accidentally, this would be something that would have to be done in addition to a diaper change. Some Partners change each other too, so it is important to note that. Whether you wet/mess is something you would have to agree on, and as I said, it is something that should be understood (what is acceptable/not acceptable) between you and your partner. If she is ALLOWING you to wear, or wear AND wet your diapers, make SURE that you don't push the envelope by doing something, such as messing a diaper, or something that is a HARD STOP - because you want to be able to indulge and ENJOY it, rather than having to do so in secret! Good Luck, and happy wearing and wetting! Brian

@suzuki2011 My Recommendation is that you get yourself a CLEAR ZIPPERED mattress cover, then you put that on. That would protect a mattress against getting damaged: Then, if you feel the need, put your rubber/plastic sheet OVER that, and then make up the bed. What I did was to make the bed, and then got a blue TARP, and put that over the made bed, that way, you can have your "fun", you can clean it up easily, and then with it all tucked in, you won't leak through to the bed and dirty it up. I also put a large washable pad over a section of the tarp I lay on, as sometimes, the diaper will leak out the top, and your pad is wet, and is easier to change if you need it. If mine gets wet, and does NOT smell of urine discharge, I usually let it dry in the room air, and sometimes i use the fan blowing on it to do that. The idea for the tarp was from @Evelyn Dellcerroand her wife @Transfusionelle Thanks for the question Brian

@SunOfSheep I will also take a moment to THANK @DailyDi. He and his admin team are TOPS! Thank Him for this site, and for all it stands for, and for all his HARD work, dedication, and LOVE that he puts into this place: A place that is HOME, and I feel like I BELONG here. It does take Hard Work, Dedication, and LOVE to make this place what it is, but he could NOT keep this place going without help from donations from us as well. I will see if I can't drop a few bucks in May - My birthday As far as the Signature Goes: Click Your Username in Upper Right Corner, Go to "Account Settings", and click that: and in that box to the left, Click "Signature" and you will be able to add anything you wish. Make sure to click "Save" though, when done, and By Default you can also see everyone's sig as well Good Luck, and Thanks Again Mikey Brian

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MESSAGE OF THE DAY UPDATED (3/19/2024 @16:38 EDT) Today, I went "Hunting" for the information I needed to update my Message of the Day file on Cardinal. I added it to the post above, as I do with most information that I don't want to lose. I updated the motd file, and found what I needed at /etc/profile.d/mymotd.sh, which I updated in the file, and then ran the command:

MESSAGE OF THE DAY INFORMATION RESOUCE (ADDED MARCH 19 13:46 EDT) SITE: Creating Custom MOTD Login Screens How to Make Ascii Art Login Banner If you are interested in making something like the above, follow these steps. Use an online ascii art generator to create your desired art and copy all of the characters to the clipboard. Create a file and paste in the characters copied above and save the file. Now run the following command and replace filename with the name of the file you created in the previous step. This will generate your login script. echo '#!/bin/bash'; while IFS= read -r line; do echo "echo '$line'"; done < filename > mymotd.sh Now copy mymotd.sh to /etc/profile.d and make it executable. sudo cp mymotd.sh /etc/profile.d/ && chmod +x /etc/profile.d/mymotd.sh Now when you log in, you will see the banner in your terminal. You can modify this file anyway you like. Using neofetch To Create a Custom Login Banner The neofetch utility is a command line tool that displays the distribution logo and system information for whatever system it is installed on. You can use this as a neat way to create a custom login banner. Installing neofetch Utility You can install neofetch easily with most package managers. To install neofetch on Fedora: $ sudo dnf install neofetch To install neofetch on Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install neofetch Using neofetch Although neofetch has a ton of options, you only need to invoke it without any arguments to get a nice looking ascii logo and some system information (as seen above). $ neofetch To use neofetch as your login banner simply run the following command to create a script that runs at login. sudo bash -c $'echo "neofetch" >> /etc/profile.d/mymotd.sh && chmod +x /etc/profile.d/mymotd.sh' The Ubuntu/Debian Specify Method Ubuntu and Debian users can use a method that is specific to these distributions. Ubuntu uses scripts in the /etc/update-motd.d directory to show you information when you login by default. Here is a screenshot from a fresh Ubuntu 18 install. You can edit or add a file to the /etc/update-motd.d folder to run different scripts. To create a custom login banner or motd you can simply use the techniques above and place your scripts here. Each script starts with a double digit number that determines the run order. For example 00 runs first, 99 runs last. root@UbunutDev:/etc/update-motd.d# ls -l total 44 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1220 Apr 9 2018 00-header -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1157 Apr 9 2018 10-help-text -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4264 Aug 20 2018 50-motd-news -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 604 Mar 21 2018 80-esm -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3017 Mar 21 2018 80-livepatch -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 97 Jun 27 2018 90-updates-available -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 299 May 18 2017 91-release-upgrade -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 129 Jun 27 2018 95-hwe-eol -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 142 Jun 27 2018 98-fsck-at-reboot -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 144 Jun 27 2018 98-reboot-required Conclusion Creating a custom login banner or motd is a lot of fun and looks pretty cool. You can also use it the old fashioned way to show users important information they need to know. Bob the Unix admin used the motd to tell people when the system would be down for maintenance or to scold users who did something he didn't approve of. I hope I covered everything in this article. If you have any questions or comments you can leave them below. Have fun! Resources and Links Neofetch Project on Github MOTD on Wikipedia

Saw this one on my facebook feed this morning F.A.I.L. Means....... Brian

GPG/APT-KEY CONVERSION/MIGRATION MARCH 13, 2024 @23:58 EDT GPG Keys for Myself: Had to make those, and then upload them to GitHub: One Secret Key, One public Key, using <root@> Used information on the github site to make these keys, and I will have to check these to see if there is anything else I need to do there. I will be monitoring it also. GPG Public Keys for BBUS: I will work to get those uploaded sometime this week, so that if it is needed, I have it there. Public and Secret keys were made and public keys just need to be able to match, so I will check that later today or tomorrow MIGRATION OF APT-KEY TO GPG: This seems to be completed successfully. Used a script I downloaded from Github to make the changes, as apt-key was One, Giving me errors about apt-key being depreciated, and using /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/ instead. Two: It would give me warnings when apt-get update was commanded. Seems to be corrected, and now, I have to solve a problem that happens when I do an 'apt-get update && apt-get upgrade', where some packages are 'held back' and it asks me to delete some: Gonna leave them there for now Script: I downloaded a script I call gpg-migration.zip - It takes the old apt-key format, and migrates it over to the gpg format. It is called migrate-apt-keys.sh - when done, it takes all of the keys it finds, converts them from apt-key format to gpg format, using the /etc/apt/trusted.gpg, and the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ directories listed below: brian@cardinal:/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d$ ls -l total 88 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8700 Mar 18 2023 debian-archive-bookworm-automatic.gpg -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8709 Mar 18 2023 debian-archive-bookworm-security-automatic.gpg -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 280 Mar 18 2023 debian-archive-bookworm-stable.gpg -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8700 Feb 25 2021 debian-archive-bullseye-automatic.gpg -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8709 Feb 25 2021 debian-archive-bullseye-security-automatic.gpg -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2453 Feb 25 2021 debian-archive-bullseye-stable.gpg -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8132 Feb 25 2021 debian-archive-buster-automatic.gpg -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8141 Feb 25 2021 debian-archive-buster-security-automatic.gpg -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2332 Feb 25 2021 debian-archive-buster-stable.gpg -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2292 Jan 31 23:54 php.gpg -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1769 Jan 2 06:48 php.gpg~ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2836 Nov 15 12:45 varnishcache_varnish60lts.gpg brian@cardinal:/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d$ and the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ directory: brian@cardinal:/etc/apt/sources.list.d$ ls -l total 16 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 746 Mar 13 23:22 mysql.list -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 106 Mar 13 23:23 php.list -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 313 Mar 13 23:23 varnishcache_varnish60lts.list -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 135 Nov 15 08:40 webmin.list brian@cardinal:/etc/apt/sources.list.d$ Looking at the list files here they look like this: ### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ### # You may comment out entries below, but any other modifications may be lost. # Use command 'dpkg-reconfigure mysql-apt-config' as root for modifications. deb [ signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/mysql-archive-keyring.gpg] http://repo.mysql.com/apt/debian/ bullseye mysql-apt-config deb [ signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/mysql-archive-keyring.gpg] http://repo.mysql.com/apt/debian/ bullseye mysql-8.0 deb [ signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/mysql-archive-keyring.gpg] http://repo.mysql.com/apt/debian/ bullseye mysql-tools #deb http://repo.mysql.com/apt/debian/ bullseye mysql-tools-preview deb-src [ signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/mysql-archive-keyring.gpg] http://repo.mysql.com/apt/debian/ bullseye mysql-8.0 Each file in the sources.list.d/ directory appears to be correct after the gpg conversion. the /usr/share/keyrings directory also seems to be correct as well - Now to see if there is anything I need to do after that. For those interested in the apt-key-migration script, I will place a link where you can download it from the BBUS Network of sites: I am not sure where I want to place it yet, but I will decide soon. (Note that it will create a bunch of files that have apt.key after them, and you HAVE to remove those after the conversion or apt-get update will error and throw warnings). That's all for now, long day for me today Thanks for all the comments and suggestions: I have had to make this apt-key to gpg upgrade now, because apt-key will NOT work in Bookworm or any other distro after it. As Always, comments/suggestions are welcomed Brian

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@DailyDi I wish you and you mom the best, and I will be praying for you BOTH Best Wishes and HUGS to Both of you Brian

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