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RabidBlackSquirrel t1_jckvzw3 wrote

Honestly, IKEA. Especially for the price and that you can get them in tons of colors. A certain amount of breakage happens with dishes just from human errors, but I haven't lost an IKEA plate in a way that wasn't my fault in over a decade.

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zap_p25 t1_jckvkf1 wrote

So North America...our roads are typically straighter, many cities and communities are specifically built around automobiles and gradients are much more strictly managed (one of the reason most long haul truck sit around 500 hp, more power simply isn't needed for the majority of our loads).

Now you do see tandems in use here in the US but they are 28.5 feet long each. Canada allows what are called B-trains where they haul tandem 53 footers. Australia on the other hand has what are called road trains...which can be three to five full length vans.

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duxdude418 t1_jcktlu0 wrote

I’d recommend J. Crew if you want something with brick-and-mortar locations with multiple fits. Their mainline stuff isn’t a bad value on sale, but their elevated Wallace and Barnes line is worth the extra cash.

Other brands up a price tier you could consider are Spier snd Mackay (out of Canada; $8 returns on shirts) or Todd Snyder.

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YggdrasilBurning t1_jckjmqn wrote

6'3 with a long torso here-- I went to Brooks Brothers and found a shirt that fit me, then went on ebay and bought used ones for $5 in the same size/collection. Same with my blazers and sports coats-- $$$$ clothes for $ so long as you don't mind washing them and wearing used stuff.

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Sloth_rockets OP t1_jckio39 wrote

8mpg is pretty good for a semi truck. I have 240 gallons of fuel capacity. I didn't buy it new, I was 10 years old. I think it was about $50,000 new in 1993. New trucks are $150,000+ most people finance that amount. There's no getting a similar spec truck anymore.

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