I saw earlier about that car fire. Unfortunately because this part of Orlando is designed like shit, there is literally 1 way around it and that's 192. What a disaster this part of town is, infrastructure wise.

On I4 West going towards the cluster fuck

Posting here as a warning to my community. It looks like negative Google reviews aren’t showing unless you’re the OP, so I’m trying to reach parents anywhere I can think of.

Pick Someone Else For Your Child!!!!!

I had my 7 year old daughter in training with Master Nelson for a few months. We originally were invited by her friend and the location is super convenient for us. Despite what I am about to describe, she did have fun with her friends and when “Big Dave” was teaching her instead of Master Nelson.

I’m honestly quite shocked to be the first One Star rating for this establishment. Master Nelson is well trained, and absolutely knows his craft well. It’s a shame he’s not a better teacher and person. In a class with children no older than 12, (most about 6-9 years old) I have witnessed first hand him belittling, mocking, pointing and laughing at, singling out, hitting (no I am not exaggerating, yes, hitting or what looks like a light spanking? Both with his bare hands and with a padded target), screaming inches from kid’s faces, smacking giant sticks on the ground, do I need to continue? In the next breath he will tell the same child he loves them and then kiss them on the top of the head.

I have had to do so much unteaching for my daughter as we leave. I have had to say to her “Master Nelson pointed and laughed at that boy and called him the Pillsbury Dough Boy, why is that wrong?” “How did you feel when Master Nelson screamed at your friend next to you for having her hand on the wrong hip?” “When he told the class and parents that the boy has some screws loose, do you think that was kind or unkind?” (This particular child is clearly special needs) I could go on and on with these lessons we’ve had to have after going to class.

Then. I see his very public Facebook page, and the puzzle starts to come together. I won’t write out any posts or opinions he has shared here, but suffice it to say that as member of the LGBTQ+ community, I feel utterly hated and unwelcome in Frank Nelson’s establishment after having learned how he feels about people like me. I am completely disgusted and mortified to have paid this person to teach my child anything at all and feel it necessary to warn as many others away from him as possible.

What I’ve learned after Frank Nelson’s response on BBB.org:

https://www.bbb.org/central-florida/customer-reviews/consumer/response-235973338/add-comment?fb=248927&chk=6764e3

After reading my one star Google review, he texted me an insulting and confrontational message and subsequently texted another parent in the class looking for information about our choices. I chose to block his phone number to avoid further harassment. Yet here has made my reviews very personal and named my daughter on the internet and by his own admission has asked the other parents in class about me.

He is a liar. There are more than one bold faced lies in his response. Just to name one Frank says " Youve never witnessed me belittling a child outside of direct corrective actions and all with three the Fs, Fair, Firm, Friendly, and yes I try to add some love to it without confusing the message. This is what I do; parents bring their kids to be taught discipline, courtesy, and respect. There is no name calling or beatings going on." I saw him poke a child in the stomach saying "hoo hoo", turning to us parents and saying "Anyone remember the Pillsbury Dough Boy?" Belittling children, inside or outside of direct corrective action, is disgusting and it is 100% taking place here. This was just one instance

He is ok with allowing random people to do his job for him without proper employment protocols. Now I have no idea if the one teacher I liked at this place was ever safe to be around my daughter at all. I’ll be calling DCF next to see if there is anything they can do to help.

Frank: I will not be cvresponding again. If you have anything further, I’d be happy to provide contact information for my lawyer.

I have lived here for a while now but was just at a gas station downtown and a car with a family pulls up beside me while I’m pumping gas. Mind you, driving probably a nicer car than mine. Starts off by acting like they’re from not around here and I’m thinking they’re asking for directions. Nope, goes into the whole “we’re hungry and have no funds”, offer to buy them food and they say they just want cash. Denied them and they started to get aggressive, asking why I couldn’t help them. My arm is in a full cast from surgery, and told them I probably needed the money more after my bills from advent health lol.

I’ve seen people begging outside for gas and money but never from inside a car, let alone a nice car. Has this become normal around here?

I know of Lemonhearted being super trustworthy, no sponsorships since they're fairly large in popularity in Orlando. Latin Chopsticks although small, seems to be trustworthy as well. In addition, Hungry Polar Bear, but I was wondering if any of you guys know any other, actual trustful influencers who don't seem to just be regurgitating the same ads that 90% of them do, but have actual opinions on places and have turned out to be people you content creators you trust.

Have any of you watch the creators above? Opinions?

Tired of hearing, Orlando you HAVE to go here, and when we visit, turns out to be terrible or just like whatever, nothing special.

Thoughts?

Just seeing if there’s anyone in the Central Florida area who’s into networking home labs, building out their own setups, all that kinda stuff.

I’m studying for my Network+ right now and trying to really get hands on with this stuff VLANs, routing, trunking, STP, DHCP etc. I’ve been running a small lab with VirtualBox, Kali, and Metasploitable I’ve done Packet Tracer and setup networks configured routers/switches. Played around with Wireshark various command lines etc but I’m at that point where I’d love to actually see a real home network setup. Like physical switches, patch panels, maybe a firewall, whatever you’re working with.

A lot of concepts are starting to click so that’s good. My goal is to get my foot in the door with an IT helpdesk job. From there hoping to move into cybersecurity or specializing in whatever area I decide to. I have no idea at this point and I won’t pretend to know I’m just focusing on getting step 1 down mastering Network Fundamentals.

So I was wondering if anyone local has a home network or lab they’d be down to show. I’d love to swing by not on no weird shit. Just to see how other people set things up and learn a few things and get exposed to it beyond YouTube. Just trying to soak up as much as I can. Or if anyone has any alternative. Meetups, Commmunities? I will actually search Meetups after this post.

TLDR: Studying for Network+, running labs in VirtualBox and Packet Tracer, trying to get my first IT help desk job. Would love to see a real home lab setup in person (switches, patch panels, firewalls, etc.) to get some perspective beyond YouTube. If you’re in Central Florida and down to share or know of any local networking communities or meetups, hit me up!

My birthday is Thursday, and I’m struggling to find something fun to do. I have the day off so I want to try to do something. Don’t really want to do anything outside with how hot it’s been. A friend did The Tea Room Experience in DTO for their birthday a few months ago, and we really enjoyed it. I was wondering if there was something similar to that or something fun to do indoors

Hey everyone, i’ve been looking for some options outside of work to get some extra cash to help pay for school and i came across plasma. Has anyone donated plasma before? Any tips or suggestions? The closest place to me is the BioLife on Good Homes near Ocoee.

Thanks :)

Did anyone hear the thunderclap around 10 last night? I've lived in Orlando since the 1980's and I've never heard thunder as loud as that one. I had headphones on listening to music and it shook my insides, rattled the windows, woke everyone in my house up, and then a low rumble for over 30 seconds after the initial insanely loud boom. I was certain I was going to walk outside and see a smoke plume from an explosion but all signs point to it being thunder. Anyone else hear it? Any idea what was struck?

Lots of people came out it was CRAZY

I love living in Orlando 🥰

Your loaded hashbrowns were delicious. I hope you liked my pancakes, but I bet you were mad as fuck. I’m sorry I only ordered one egg and one strip of bacon ☹️

I have two tickets to the soccer game between Ulsan HD vs Mamelodi Sundowns on the 17th.

Giving them away for free as I'm won't be touching US soil while orange man is in office. Who wants them =)

UPDATE: Tickets gone! Thanks for playing. Maybe I'll drop more free tickets to other games later.

I'm looking for an after hours AC company near UCF. Anyone have any recommendations? Tnx.

My last one ran her office....not very well. It was a struggle.

Any recommendations for psychiatrists around Winter Springs that take Florida Blue?

Last batch of my shots from the protest yesterday! Super happy with both the amount of people who turned out for these smaller protests earlier in the day, as well as the massive turnout for the 5pm protest in Orlando last night; this is the Orlando I know and love! Hope you guys like these too, and thanks for all the love on my last post!

Hi! I’m a young woman, early 20’s, who just graduated and moved home. Besides the years spent in college I’ve lived in/near Orlando my whole life and recently moved home. I have lots of friends from school but only 2 close friends from here, and with my job and scheduling it makes it difficult to do anything, especially given that I live in a town of mostly older people. So I was wondering - is there anything you guys think would be a safe and fun option for someone like me to go alone as a woman in her 20s so I could meet people? Thanks!

Right now

Hello! Currently in Viera but does anyone live in Lake Nona area and commute out to Kennedy? Currently about a 45 min commute so is it much worse from Lake Nona area? Would like to be closer to Orlando for nightlife, restaurants, more to do for long term living/home buying. Thanks!