TIL...

This logically breaks down 100%.

No company on the planet would make inferior products just to sell them at home Depot. This would make their better products just perform worse. As you would see a failure rate of tools increase dramatically from just one shop (which is honestly the most popular) giving them a bad record. On top of that even if you consider they 'bin' these devices, they would still not logically want the bad ones at one store while also selling the good ones at other stored. It goes back to the same 'Image' problem.

If you get paid correctly, you can earn interest on those payments. 3-5%.

Government pays you 0%. They get your money for free.

Gonna second Behr paint. I have the 'anti-kid' paint on my daughters room and that stuff is great. Its been like 3 years and the room still looks great and even sharpie wipes off with very little effort.

So where should a person purchase items for their home?

I do this last bit. My current job pays better than any of my others. I have a really hard time saving money. So I put some extra toward tax stuff, keeping my money only slightly higher than my normal quality of life, to keep me on a shorter leash. That way my return feels more like an occasion and a chance to buy things I otherwise couldn't have saved for.

Hot water will not kill a mosquito bite.

Boss

We were given planners in middle school, haven’t use any since. I think most people just use the calendar app?

I'm allergic, and it's cumulative. The more bites I have, the worse the swellings. And to make it worse, in a group of people, I'll always get the most bites 😖

I've found nothing that makes it totally go away, but using heat as soon as I notice the bite helps a lot.

Creams help on a different level, they numb the sensation and soothe the skin. They treat the existing iritation.

When you use heat, especially if you use it shortly after the bite, you're neutralizing what the mosquito injected under your skin. So you reduce the irritation before it fully develops.

I was using a hot spoon for a long time and last summer discovered that there are insect bite relief pens.

They're small pen shaped things that you can easily fit in your purse. They have a metal pad that heats up when activated.

What's good about them is that they don't stay hot longer than needed so there's no risk of burns. Plus, they're more portable and get less attention than a spoon with a lighter 😅

You're allergic.

My bonus daughter used to play soccer, and she'd take allergy medicine beforehand to stave off such consequences from the inevitable mosquito bites.

Buy another block, that's just camping these days if you want fresh eggs, etc

I have definitely found this to be true at both Walmart and Costco, and heard lots of logical reasoning for it. I recently started shopping at a big local / non chain hardware store in my area and hand down same brand / selection of products seem to be better quality 10/10 times. Anecdotal for sure, but between the lousy quality of stuff and the lousy / nonexistent help I get, I don’t shop there unless I have to.

Consumer reports will take into account price. Behr paint may be more highly rated than Benjamin Moore for example, but that could be because it’s almost as good but costs less. Behr paints may be very good, but another company’s product is better, but your paying more.

But what happens on day four of staying in a hotel with no freezer? When the ice blocks have thawed and are room temperature?

Word. The average ones sold in a supermarket are full of cancer causing stuff.

Completely agree, you might hurt someone otherwise or get the wrong fire.

Is it not normal for mosquito bites to swell up like a golf ball for a week and itch like crazy??

LOL, the only LPT that has 'fast food joint' in the title is where you encourage people to stay the hell away from these places. This is def. not a LPT...

If the allowance is so small, what is the cost of bags of frozen ice then? This in combination with the cooler that other posts have mentioned would be really effective. Otherwise you could buy the freezer blocks to keep the food cold and recharge them at the various hotel freezers that you will be at - though I think most hotels only have fridges and not freezers.

Instructions unclear... have no house to sell because it's goddamn impossible to afford.

I put a spoon in the freezer for the same reason.

We got this because our mail carrier has a penchant for not getting the mail to the correct address. It's worked out great.