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Sam Lin

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  1. Suspicious timing. I think your kids asked them to hold it until your birthday.
  2. Man, I love carp fishing! It's lazy and easy and they're great fighters. String some canned corn onto a hook, toss it out behind a slip sinker, clip a little bell on the rod tip, and just sit and read a book.
  3. You rang? (bought these this year, pic is from the seller)
  4. Quite good handwriting.
  5. Gave the Rage emoji only to help you toward getting all 6 rep responses for the post. Not actual rage.
  6. Note to everyone else: Don't ask about opportunity costs of anything, ever.
  7. Downstream won't make it run rich or lean any, it is only there to verify cat function. Engine fueling uses the upstream O2 for feedback.
  8. Eh. Tell this to all the people who bought Rtic coolers with "7yr warranty" only to have Rtic cancel and change the warranty to a pitifully short period and not cover their failed products from prior.
  9. Bunch of truck guys I know have added skid plates to their trucks just to deter cat thieves. (Otherwise no actual off-road need.) This is a massive problem nationwide right now, and there is very little enforcement being done. The easiest place to crack down is the buyers (the scrap yards who are paying cash to people walking in with random cutoff cats), but it isn't a priority for anyone.
  10. Pics of lady rep?
  11. Cayenne has always had some real off-road chops, despite 99.999% of them being used for school pickups and the mall. https://newsroom.porsche.com/en/2022/products/porsche-cayenne-anniversary-20-years-cayenne-s-transsyberia-off-road-athlete-29318.html
  12. The tone of this movie was a bit of a miss for me, it swung too hard into gory macabre to fit the fun comedy feel that the trailer gave, and it really didn't need to. Plenty of good acting and laugh out loud moments, a plot that actually had surprising depth and development, and fantastic characters. Visually gorgeous. Would have been just a good with less gore, and appealed to a wider audience. That said, fun mindless action movie, good one to rewatch on a plane. Lemon was great.
  13. I'm really craving this right now:
  14. Also South Korea, apparently.
  15. #teamOnethread
  16. These days? Unless you really want phone control or apps with preprogrammed recipe temps, save your money and buy anything. The generic Monoprice and Inkbird units will do just as well. Only thing is if you plan to run a big water bath, you will want a higher powered one, OR just use two units in one bath. Be aware you will need to plug into two different circuits if the total wattage is over 1500w. I got to where I stopped using any of the wifi and smart app functions and I much prefer a dumb unit with "set temp and turn on" only. Simplicity.
  17. Highly recommend the left one, or ask them to put in even less of the colored flake. You'll never find anything you drop on the right side one.
  18. This. Still own an e30 and 46m3. Don't cross shop the new ones at all. And this. Owned an e38 from new and absolutely loved it. The next gen Bangle gutted me, really wanted to continue the ownership but just couldn't with that fugly abomination. Went S-class and have never looked back to BMW. Also owned an M Roadster. I really was a huge BMW fan and a customer that <should> have been easy to keep loyal for life, and they've somehow not only made me lose interest, but actively repulsed me. Ultimate Driving Machine died a long time ago.
  19. Just say no to nostrils.
  20. Always double the garlic amount in recipes. And if it's for me, start at one small head of garlic and go up from there. Why bother with garlic at all if you're only adding one or two cloves??
  21. You are pretty much effed. Just enjoy and drive the hell out of the loaner. And don't blame MBUSA too hard, probably safe to assume they have a supply issue as well for critical electronics. Some cars have basic items like fenders and windshields months out, much less a low volume specialized electronic like make up most of MB infotainment.
  22. Much less prone. Freezer burn is basically a dehydration (freeze-drying) process where the moisture in the food sublimates (evaporates) and leaves the food. With zero airspace in the bag, there is no freezer burn as the moisture has nowhere to go. In addition, the heat sealed vac bag is a better barrier than a Ziploc seal, so moisture also takes a very long time to find its way out of the bag.
  23. Didn't see this on your list: One major consideration when moving abroad at older age is the quality and cost of medical care. When evaluating places to live, look at the availability and proximity of quality care, look at the costs of that care, and consider if you can somehow quality for a national healthcare system. First one is a Pro, not a con. Opportunity to broaden your perspective, learn another culture. Second one is related to the first. It is a barrier only if you want to be. If you don't want it to be, then put in the work to learn the language and culture. Third one is broadly related to the first two, and is not <usually> for the reason of being American. Foreigners in general get treated like shit in many areas until the locals see that they genuinely are interested in being part of the community, and not just there to be rude neighbors who exploit the locals. The ones that get hated are the ones who land in a country and immediately look down at all the uncivilized squalor and horrid behaviour around them, not realizing that they really should look in the mirror.
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