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I'm Bloody Livid: Amazon Refuse to Sell Me a Set of Kitchen Knives.
Hate to say it but part of good parenting in the modern era is getting kids a credit score. All the backlash against DEBT is very healthy, but if you don't live in Japan then holding a credit card is almost as important as a driver's licence.- frozenchurchwarden
- Post #76
- Forum: General Discussion
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My Lent Regret
I keep buying Whiskey but I treat it like medicine and therefore I never remember to drink it. (Apparently there are some health benefits to consuming alcohol in very small amounts.)- frozenchurchwarden
- Post #37
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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"Ships From And Sold By Amazon" Buyer Beware
I'm just trying to figure out what the heck is going on and keep a public record of it because this all totally new and probably insanely confusing for everyone.- frozenchurchwarden
- Post #32
- Forum: General Discussion
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"Ships From And Sold By Amazon" Buyer Beware
Interesting followup, Amazon says they've verified the cards were genuine and removed my review on their website which speculated the cards were fake, so assuming everything is square then the Samsung cards genuinely do not work correctly in many devices. And the rabbit hole goes deeper...- frozenchurchwarden
- Post #30
- Forum: General Discussion
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"Ships From And Sold By Amazon" Buyer Beware
Ultimately, whether or not my card reader is compatible is actually irrelevant because the card is also barely compatible with my mobile device, so the theoretical benchmarks are really a moot point, the card functions poorly in its intended application.- frozenchurchwarden
- Post #26
- Forum: General Discussion
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I've Got Friends in Low Places
I have a few packs of Toscano cigars stashed and given how many recommendations they've received in this thread I'm starting to dread the idea of trying one because it might make my horde of pipes obsolete.- frozenchurchwarden
- Post #62
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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I've Got Friends in Low Places
Every time I find the best of something I am driven to find its low cost equivalent. Very few products have ever been made where a top of the line example isn't matched or exceeded by a competitor at a fraction of the price. To use the ubiquitous car analogy, the Nissan R35 GT-R became one of...- frozenchurchwarden
- Post #20
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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"Ships From And Sold By Amazon" Buyer Beware
This is actually backwards to what Volkswagen was doing. VW was giving everyone the absolute best performance by skirting regulations, the cars that broke regulations were actually producing less Co2 by being overall more efficient cars. Emissions regulations make your engine less efficient...- frozenchurchwarden
- Post #21
- Forum: General Discussion
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"Ships From And Sold By Amazon" Buyer Beware
20K reviews on Amazon.com but I only see 3 benchmarks posted, and one of those reports reduced read speed. If we had 20K benchmarks it's anyones guess what the split of positive/negative would be. The worst case would be if everything is legitimate and the cards I bought are both fully...- frozenchurchwarden
- Post #20
- Forum: General Discussion
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"Ships From And Sold By Amazon" Buyer Beware
For what it's worth Amazon has an exceptional return policy and I've never had a problem getting products replaced or returned. However this does not fix the issue of whether or not I can trust products to be what they say they are.- frozenchurchwarden
- Post #19
- Forum: General Discussion
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"Ships From And Sold By Amazon" Buyer Beware
Yes, to that point what really disturbed me is the performance of my old card that cost half as much: This is a Patriot brand "A1" class card: Amazon.ca - https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07S98ZVLZ Which only guarantees IOPS to 1500 Read and 500 Write, but in the benchmark it has BETTER read speed...- frozenchurchwarden
- Post #17
- Forum: General Discussion
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"Ships From And Sold By Amazon" Buyer Beware
I've been told to be weary of buying electronics from third party re-sellers on Amazon, but "Ships From And Sold By Amazon" is supposed to be a guarantee you're getting genuine product... or maybe not. Purchased directly from Amazon, these Samsung MicroSD cards are advertised as having...- frozenchurchwarden
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- Forum: General Discussion
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Chronicling An AliExpress Pipe For Science 2.0: The Re-Chronicling
Look for good pipes, get good pipes: AliExpress Gem: Shao Lan Reverse Calabash. :: Pipe Talk - https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/threads/aliexpress-gem-shao-lan-reverse-calabash.86681/ Sadly my link to the purchase page is dead, but the principle remains it's not too hard find something decent...- frozenchurchwarden
- Post #30
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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I Don't Smoke in Warm Weather. You?
Coldest time of day is usually just after sunrise (evaporating condensation chills the air), I'd be getting up early for the morning smoke. No matter what your local weather is, nothing can be worse than being attacked thousands of mosquitos. I'd be more comfortable smoking in a hurricane.- frozenchurchwarden
- Post #51
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Dow 38,000
The practicality of sustaining a billion people makes no claim to the happiness of those people. Past the baby boom, every developed nation has naturally contracted its population (including the U.S. in the last decade). Population "can" increase but people don't like it. The exponential...- frozenchurchwarden
- Post #34
- Forum: General Discussion