Wooden cutting boards.

Shouldn't have to be said really, but considering the numerous negative reviews I saw on Amazon whining about how their board had cracked after going into the dishwasher...

My warmest jacket is a long marmot down one. I’d recommend something that goes down to your thighs. But maybe not marmot.

Marmot has a life time warranty, however they are completely backed up (months). My zipper broke and I’m not going to be able to get it fixed for this winter at all. Which stinks because I live in Minnesota.

If you have one, scrub the inside well with a scouring pad. Rinse and repeat a few times. New stainless mugs need TLC.

Yeti tastes metallic to me lol.

I recommend the Land's End Stadium Squall. Great hood, so many pockets, longer length, has the walking slits positioned so that you don't get a wet bum if you sit on something that is still damp, did I mention those pockets? And it comes in colours other than black for better visibility to cars and an easier time at coatchecks as a small bonus. They even come in petite sizing.

I like Poshmark, but here I would be wary because you don't know enough yet about what you need and want in a coat and you can't feel them up to know if the material will work. Some wool looks nice and thick, but is such a loose weave that the wind cuts right through. You are going to land up with more than one coat, so if you see one you like as a fancy dress coat and you forsee that being a need, it might be worth it, but don't expect it to work out as your main coat. You can find lots of nice sweaters, sweater dresses, and cozy cute winter skirts that way though!

The stainless steel mugs I use all day long don't taste like metal. I'm also sensitive to it. Don't buy cheap brands. Yeti should be fine. I use West Marine store brand.

Make sure there’s a battery recycling program for whatever brand/model you end up with. The last thing our landfills need is more batteries. Personally, battery-powered only makes sense for RV/boat, or some place out of reach of a corded solution.
I tried the cordless approach for convenience, and found it to be a hollow promise (battery powered motors simply don’t perform as well).

You will likely need several coats for different temperatures and weather patterns (rain), but if you find the kind with a water resistant shell and a zip out lining, that can count as two (and you can layer underneath with under armor or Wintersilks). Lands End, LL Bean and others make those kinds of coats.

I would avoid down coats with that silky nylon shell as it can snag and not wear well. But I have a decades old down coat from the Company store that is supposed to be warm down to something like -20 degrees.

A longer length and a hood are helpful to increase warmth.

The Husky mattock breaks pretty easily, although they are very good about just handing you a new one perpetually. We landed up with the more expensive Fiskars, but we have a Husky around a backup mattock.

Ooof, that Harbour Freight mattock sucks. Been there too, friend. Get the nicer Fiskars one and also a digging bar. Stop when you run into big ass rocks and swap to the bar, it'll lever them out much faster and easier comparatively.

Another option would be to rent a machine. Our Home Depot has little BX series Kubotas for rent, and that would have the job done in a flash. The math worked out in the end for us to just own our tractor, but we do have a slightly larger one. We landed up redoing many of our hand dug trenches.

For fenceposts we use an impact drill with a three foot long masonry bit. We have a lot of t-posts and this is seriously the Best compared to pounding them by hand. Goes right through our sandstone. Have to drag the generator around on a cart to power it, but so worth it.

yes, office dress shirts made of certain (thicker) cotton do last few years longer. I saw that fabric in Ralph Lauren shirts, now in Brooks Brothers (getting them on sale as am not into wearing this season’s fashion, quality is enough). Conversely, many costly products made of thin fabric (I’m looking at those crocodile logos) do not last in my experience.

Thus the question was asked incorrectly (quality vs cheap) as their antonyms (low quality and expensive) are not mutually exclusive.

Bro if you have a lot of rocks the Klein Grizzly is what you want. You can tear large rocks out with that thing and it's designed for nasty pry jobs like that. I've jumped on mine to get enough lever power, which I do not recommend. But absolutely you can stand on it.

This is a very good water bottle

A lot of house-brands of hand tools have lifetime warranties now. In fact, I think you can bring in and exchange your mattock at HF for a new one under their lifetime warranty.

I haven't tried this brand in that type of tool, but Home Depot has their Husky brand of hand tools, with a lifetime warranty and they seem to get very good reviews, such as this one.

True Temper, also sold at HD, also makes good yard tools. I think that's the prand of pick axe I have, which works well for digging, but I don't have that many rocks in my yard ... but do have lots of tree roots.

Why aren't you helping OP if you are so concerned?

Thats true. There was a shift wherein the big brands began to cheap out on their lower tier models and sell them to budget places (tj maxx, outlets, etc).

Don’t forget glassware exists too. I buy the Rubbermaid brilliance line and it’s built much better than most of the plastic ones. It comes with a lid that doesn’t just fold the plastic and break off, it has a hinge.

You can always go for a glass bottle. Glass is perfectly inert so it will not react with any liquid you put in it and keeps the taste of it intact.

Buy a bottle made out of borosilicate glass

BKR brand. They’re glass with silicone sleeves. They stay good forever.

The cat.

Black and decker 20v vacuum $99 solid product

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2008 was 20 years ago. Fuck

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