No it’s fine

“There’s Curly Catfish who got abducted by aliens… tell us again about the butt probe you drunk bastard lolol!!!”

Agreed. This also means you need to put a lot more care and intention into your purchases. I have put way too much time into thinking about what combination of pots and pans I'd like to own, so that I end up with enough to cover all the things I'd like to do with them, but not too much. Would be easier if cast iron worked better as a pan for infrequent use.

I'm in a similar situation with kitchen knives. I have a very nice 5 year old 8" german chef's knife, which is amazing as a single knife for everything. I've gotten a little more into cooking now, and would like to get more specialized knifes: a slightly larger japanese chef's knife and a cleaver… but that would render the one I have redundant.

I've found no-longer-wanted bifl items make great gifts to friends or family who share the same values (i.e. who wouldn't be offended by getting a secondhand item as a gift).

You are very very wrong.

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What is this? Cage for elephants?

Yeah of course. Glad I can help. Don’t recommend getting one even tho I love mine lol

How much is this chair?

Oooo that's nice

A very fine chainmail scrubber (example) can replace a lot of what you'd use a sponge for. Not everything, but it's surprisingly gentle. The seller says not to use on enamel or polished stainless steel, but I absolutely would, you just need to be careful not to push too hard. It's like the back of a spoon. Possible to make scratches with just because it's hard, but if you're gentle, in practice you can rub it over things without scratching.

Still worth having a sponge or similar alongside it, but you won't need to use it as much, so you won't go through them as quickly.

As a prior owner of a whole Ekornes steals lounge suite including two of these chairs and a footstool, this is the kind of product that really belongs here. Super expensive stuff but it's absolutely the most comfortable chair or lounge I've been on and they last forever. Very high quality and of course, you can buy them still unlike most stuff people post here

Yea I own one and love the 24 oz size because I can hold into it and it’s not too big(although they make bigger sizes I believe) and like the handle too! 😊

Still , a beautiful animal!

I thought I know about aquarium fishes and this is the first time I'm hearing about this fish kind. Thank u

As long as they're kept well oiled they'll keep running for a very very long time

There’s the Earl chair from Costco that sits right in between in terms of price, and is in the same style. No clue about the quality of it though.

Funny you mention overkill. I bought the totes after intending to buy a bunch of bags from a brand called saddleback. I wanted leather. But when I saw the leather bags in real life, they looked too fancy and adorned. So I gave them to my mom to use as log carriers.

Years ago, I saw some incredible full grain shopping bags that looked a lot like regular paper grocery bags. I wish I would have scooped them up.

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That’s one view point. It sounds like your grocery bags are overkill, but you can afford nice things and that’s great.

Everything is a tool for me. I prefer to get as cheap as i can while still accomplishing the task with a significantly low failure rate. And if it’s visible all the time then aesthetics come into play. Such as furniture.

None of the other fish in the pond believe him. He tells the story at the pub all the time.

He’ll make sure of it…

Bifl on a budget is hard to reconcile. I just don’t want to give anyone the impression that we are average joes who are casually interested in quality. Or that spending countless hours searching through the shelves at a second hand shop is worth the time spent.

Bifl isn’t a standard that can be applied for most people or most people’s things.

Example: pencils- Troika or Kaweco and 5.6mm 8b leads. They work. They also cost 45 dollars. Bifl.

Other pencils work, too. It doesn’t mean they’re buying substandard product because they buy Blackwings or whatever brand of wooden pencil they can afford. They’re just pencils. Can we please stop larping as regular people who only care about quality?

There’s a couple places here in Naples, Fl that sell them