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Google cardboard recycling. Most cities have at least a few cardboard collection sites that have dumpsters you can raid. Amazon boxes are okay, Chewy boxes are fantastic. Get a few rolls of fiber reinforced kraft paper tape <link> and a sponge (this stuff is water activated). If you put one strip along the seam, and one down the center of each bottom flap, even a flimsy cardboard box is unlikely to fall apart. Total cost: $10, and maybe a minute of work to reassemble/reinforce each box.

SmartWool is an excellent brand but their PhD collection is even better.

I've never heard of those before. Looked 'em up and those will work for a lot of what I have left to pack, thank you!

I have the same one except I bought it last year and now can’t find it lol

I’m comfortable enough soldering and tinkering unfortunately I just don’t have the equipment right now in life.

I have my ham license but was just utterly overwhelmed when trying to mess around with it. It’s something I’d like to try and return to at some point for the sake of being prepared for emergencies (and just science/engineering fun).

Sorry, it was 25 years ago. I believe I used Cabela's but not sure.

The Shirt Factory used to produce very good socks. But they are out of business. Frank Dandy are ok given the price.

Not looking for under counter, but thanks.

This is probably beyond what you want to do, but if you have a soldering pencil and some very basic knowledge of electronics it is pretty easy to add external antenna connections to a portable radio. There's lots of info on amateur radio sites about this, but it is usually just a matter of identifying the antenna connections on the circuit board, disconnecting the stock antenna, and soldering in the new one.

Antenna length is a function of wavelength. TL;DR, an ideal antenna is half the wavelength of whatever frequency you're listening to, which works out to about 1.5m for FM, and 100m for AM. Most inexpensive portable radios use 1/4 wavelength for FM (or less), and some clever stuff with wire coils for AM.

Most chip based receivers (even the cheap ones) are pretty reliable these days. If you're not getting good reception, take a look at the antenna.

Lol. I hope not 😅

Is that a threat?

For clothes I'd suggest trying out a hemp/cotton blend. Fell in love with that material and I don't think I can go back to pure cotton when i can help it

my zojirushi takes twice to cook rice but I get sweet songs when it's done.

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well done, sir or sirette

Didn't know that, quite a shame. I've seen a number at thrift stores.

I have my mother's Parker 51 vacuumatic fountain pen from the 40's (75+ years old) and her Jotter from the 50's (60+ years). Both work beautifully - I used them through high school and college and still use both today. I love Parkers...

We bought one a year ago, we're considering a larger one also - but looks like Tatung USA has now closed? Looks like ebay would be the only go-forward option

Any reccomended brands?

Did you know that wire thingy on the left hand side is actually a holder for a lid? Stick the lip of the lid in it on it's side and gravity just holds it in place.

GF is taiwanese and we use this thing multiple times a day. We bought these little two lid pots for it.something like this??

The whole pot can fit inside the Tatung and heat the inside in like, 20 minutes via steam, without actually exposing the inside to any steam. We have a soup station in our fridge where we keep pre-chopped veggies, marinaded meats, pastes, you name it. You can break a bunch of noodles into the pot, add whatever veg/meat/shrimp/spices/paste you want. Throw in some egg whites if you want. Cheese? Milk if you want chowders. Whatever you want. Two of the little measuring cups of water and hit the button. Prepaing the pot takes less than a minute. And 20 minutes later you have amazing soup.

It makes low calorie cooking so, so, so dramatically easy. I'm in freaking love with my indestructible tatung.

I have a Zojirushi also! I bought it when I was called up for Desert Storm in 1991, and spent some time in Camp Pendleton, CA.

32 years and it is still going strong! I only wish I could find a replacement bowl for it, since it is teflon coated and flaking off.

Small BIFL items are highly dependent on the individual. I own a couple nice pens that I have had since I was a kid. I never use them just because I rarely need a pen and therefore don't carry one with me. If you almost never use a pen, a disposable Bic is BIFL (I've got one or two that are well over 10 years old and still going)

For me, that item is a Lever card multi tool (TSA safe wallet card). I mostly use it as an emergency screwdriver, staple remover, and size reference when taking pictures of things.

The key is that it has to be something they need on a daily basis, and the BIFL version needs to perform better and more reliably than the disposable version (lighters come to mind here; a disposable that that has been sitting in a drawer for 2 years will still work just fine, but a Zippo will be bone dry)

I have an old one, a different brand, probably made around the same time that looks very similar. Does it have a stone or ceramic interior?

Test it for lead and replace the power cord if it’s original.

I thought my 1990 one was impressive but you win