Products I wholeheartedly endorse - Page 45

Gravdigr · 07-21-2016, 12:26 PM

Coppertops, baby! (Duracells)

Yeah, I know there's something going on with it. I would return it, they have a lifetime warranty, but ya gotta have the original receipt.

They really are good little lights, very bright, something just went buggy with this one.

Undertoad · 08-08-2016, 03:32 PM

Pen geekdom follows

I have enjoyed the different colors of the Pilot G2 gel ink pens. In recent times I was made aware that most people who give a shit about pens actually prefer something different than the G2. In particular the line of the Uniball Signo pens is favored, cos it smudges less and dries faster and stuff.

I tried them and found they were the quality item. In particular, they have a set of five which are different "combinations" of black. The "BLX" set. Blue-black is a common combination in pens, and I use that color a lot, but they also have green-black, red-black, purple-black and brown-black. They are subtle style, classy but distinctive.

Then I tried the Pilot Frixion, and I think this is my favorite. I like a dig thick line and their 0.7mm is really very nice. The ink is ERASABLE with heat, and when you use the included eraser, it generates friction on a page and heats up the ink and it disappears. Pretty cool.

The problem is, they say if you leave a document in a hot car, it will disappear. They say if you leave the pen in a hot car it will turn the ink all clear. And they say you can put a document, or a pen, in the freezer for a while to make the ink come back. But again, I like all that, cos it's interesting.

So I use the Uni-ball BLX pens for permanent stuff, and when I want to write in different shades of black, which I always do; and the Frixion for everyday stuff or when I want to make writing disappear.

There is also a non-retractable Signo in 1.0mm thickness, the UM-153 and it is all balls. But most of the time you don't want that kind of thickness. But I dig it anyway.

I got all this shit at jetpens.com where you can order the pens directly from Japan and some even have Japanese writing on them. jetpens.com is awesome. I bought pens until there was $25 of shit and so free shipping. Then I did it again because I wanted more and I wanted the same pens at home and work. It's crazy; but I do enjoy writing with them. It's like my only creative outlet at work.

Undertoad · 08-08-2016, 03:50 PM

elSicomoro · 08-08-2016, 10:35 PM

Kind Dark Chocolate Almond Mint bars...damn things are like crack. I've cleaned out two grocery stores of them over the past 3 days.

Griff · 08-09-2016, 05:51 AM

nice.

glatt · 08-09-2016, 08:00 AM

A paste made of meat tenderizer and a few drops of water is remarkably effective if applied to a fresh yellow jacket sting. I know that Adolph's original unseasoned Tenderizer with no MSG works great, but other brands may work as well. Oh, and fuck yellow jackets.

elSicomoro · 08-09-2016, 10:06 AM

We have some mud daubers hanging out here at the new place...wife got stung by one Sunday. Fortunately, she is not allergic to insect stings, unlike me...

elSicomoro · 08-23-2016, 02:55 PM

So...the TemperPedic bed...

You look at the price tag and are like, "What the fuck?! This shit is insane! You want me to spend HOW much for a damn bed?!"

But then you lay on it...and you're like, "Hmmm...seems like a reasonable investment."

3 weeks in, worth. every. penny.

BigV · 08-23-2016, 04:29 PM

Considering I can sleep on the couch for free, just how insane are you?

elSicomoro · 08-23-2016, 04:35 PM

I've done enough sleeping on shitty beds and furniture.

Sundae · 08-24-2016, 10:44 AM

Best £15 I ever spent was on a second hand mattress.
All I wanted was something that would allow me to sleep, didn't smell of Diz and had never had blood vomited on it.

The one the charity had in stock happened to be a real peach.
I had to put up with the bitching and moaning of the two men who carried it up my stairs (HELLO! It's your JOB! It was on the delivery papers that I lived two flight up!) but oh my word.

That and my Cellar-bought duvet mean I can deal with anything that happens in the night. Dodgy dreams, delivery lorries in the yard (yeah, thanks Argos) fire alarms going off, humidity headaches.

Teach the kinder in school. Good mattresses don't solve mental health issues, but they sure as heck help.

Undertoad · 11-17-2016, 09:18 AM

Listen if you need a new mattress, don't buy it at a store, and don't buy the old style with inner springs. Buy a memory foam mattress, and buy it at Amazon.

Yeah I know you "need" to try out the mattress before you buy it. No, you don't, either. Because for one thing, you will never ever, in a million years, get any idea of what it is like to sleep on that surface by going into a store and lying on it, awake and alert, fully dressed, for 10 seconds.

And if it is a spring mattress, it will not feel exactly like that, even one year after use. So why kid yourself?

Go on Amazon, get one described as whatever you figure you might like; soft or firm, cool or hot. It will be about half the price of what you'll find in stores. The mattress arrives at your front door in a big box. You cut the box open, the mattress expands. In a few hours it's reg'lar-shaped. It's so easy. And you will like it.

glatt · 11-17-2016, 10:28 AM

I agree absolutely. I did extensive research a couple years ago and discovered that people who buy their mattresses untested from the internet have a higher satisfaction rate than people who go to a store and try their mattresses out and then buy them. Two reasons for this. You do your research more when you buy online so are likely to do a better job at selecting something good, and secondly, you are paying less without the pressure from sales people trying to up-sell you.

Go to sleep like the dead dot com to do some mattress research. When I did that and read tons of information about all different types of mattresses, it steered me to a latex foam mattress sold by Amazon. When I bought the mattress, I specified the softness on a scale from 1-10. I fucking love this mattress, two years later. It's like a dream, crawling into bed. It has two types of foam, a supportive thick latex foam that's like 75% of the thickness of the mattress, and a soft foam on the top that is super cushy. They alter the thickness of that soft top foam layer to give you the softness vs. support you want.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-17-2016, 11:17 AM

I got a three inch memory foam pad for the top of her mattress because of crippling arthritis. She said it was very comfortable and took the pressure of sore joints. The downside was because of her limited mobility, she had trouble moving around on it. Changing position, or getting in and out, were more difficult. I should think his wouldn't affect most people, though.

glatt · 11-17-2016, 11:40 AM

Excellent.

07-21-2016, 12:26 PM	#1
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Coppertops, baby! (Duracells) Yeah, I know there's something going on with it. I would return it, they have a lifetime warranty, but ya gotta have the original receipt. They really are good little lights, very bright, something just went buggy with this one. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

08-09-2016, 05:51 AM	#5
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	nice. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-09-2016, 08:00 AM	#6
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Products I wholeheartedly endorse A paste made of meat tenderizer and a few drops of water is remarkably effective if applied to a fresh yellow jacket sting. I know that Adolph's original unseasoned Tenderizer with no MSG works great, but other brands may work as well. Oh, and fuck yellow jackets.

08-23-2016, 04:29 PM	#9
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Considering I can sleep on the couch for free, just how insane are you? __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

08-24-2016, 10:44 AM	#11
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Best £15 I ever spent was on a second hand mattress. All I wanted was something that would allow me to sleep, didn't smell of Diz and had never had blood vomited on it. The one the charity had in stock happened to be a real peach. I had to put up with the bitching and moaning of the two men who carried it up my stairs (HELLO! It's your JOB! It was on the delivery papers that I lived two flight up!) but oh my word. That and my Cellar-bought duvet mean I can deal with anything that happens in the night. Dodgy dreams, delivery lorries in the yard (yeah, thanks Argos) fire alarms going off, humidity headaches. Teach the kinder in school. Good mattresses don't solve mental health issues, but they sure as heck help. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

08-08-2016, 03:32 PM	#2
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Pen geekdom follows I have enjoyed the different colors of the Pilot G2 gel ink pens. In recent times I was made aware that most people who give a shit about pens actually prefer something different than the G2. In particular the line of the Uniball Signo pens is favored, cos it smudges less and dries faster and stuff. I tried them and found they were the quality item. In particular, they have a set of five which are different "combinations" of black. The "BLX" set. Blue-black is a common combination in pens, and I use that color a lot, but they also have green-black, red-black, purple-black and brown-black. They are subtle style, classy but distinctive. Then I tried the Pilot Frixion, and I think this is my favorite. I like a dig thick line and their 0.7mm is really very nice. The ink is ERASABLE with heat, and when you use the included eraser, it generates friction on a page and heats up the ink and it disappears. Pretty cool. The problem is, they say if you leave a document in a hot car, it will disappear. They say if you leave the pen in a hot car it will turn the ink all clear. And they say you can put a document, or a pen, in the freezer for a while to make the ink come back. But again, I like all that, cos it's interesting. So I use the Uni-ball BLX pens for permanent stuff, and when I want to write in different shades of black, which I always do; and the Frixion for everyday stuff or when I want to make writing disappear. There is also a non-retractable Signo in 1.0mm thickness, the UM-153 and it is all balls. But most of the time you don't want that kind of thickness. But I dig it anyway. I got all this shit at jetpens.com where you can order the pens directly from Japan and some even have Japanese writing on them. jetpens.com is awesome. I bought pens until there was $25 of shit and so free shipping. Then I did it again because I wanted more and I wanted the same pens at home and work. It's crazy; but I do enjoy writing with them. It's like my only creative outlet at work.

08-08-2016, 03:50 PM	#3
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423

08-08-2016, 10:35 PM	#4
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Kind Dark Chocolate Almond Mint bars...damn things are like crack. I've cleaned out two grocery stores of them over the past 3 days.

08-09-2016, 10:06 AM	#7
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	We have some mud daubers hanging out here at the new place...wife got stung by one Sunday. Fortunately, she is not allergic to insect stings, unlike me...

08-23-2016, 02:55 PM	#8
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	So...the TemperPedic bed... You look at the price tag and are like, "What the fuck?! This shit is insane! You want me to spend HOW much for a damn bed?!" But then you lay on it...and you're like, "Hmmm...seems like a reasonable investment." 3 weeks in, worth. every. penny.

08-23-2016, 04:35 PM	#10
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	I've done enough sleeping on shitty beds and furniture.

11-17-2016, 09:18 AM	#12
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Listen if you need a new mattress, don't buy it at a store, and don't buy the old style with inner springs. Buy a memory foam mattress, and buy it at Amazon. Yeah I know you "need" to try out the mattress before you buy it. No, you don't, either. Because for one thing, you will never ever, in a million years, get any idea of what it is like to sleep on that surface by going into a store and lying on it, awake and alert, fully dressed, for 10 seconds. And if it is a spring mattress, it will not feel exactly like that, even one year after use. So why kid yourself? Go on Amazon, get one described as whatever you figure you might like; soft or firm, cool or hot. It will be about half the price of what you'll find in stores. The mattress arrives at your front door in a big box. You cut the box open, the mattress expands. In a few hours it's reg'lar-shaped. It's so easy. And you will like it.

11-17-2016, 10:28 AM	#13
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I agree absolutely. I did extensive research a couple years ago and discovered that people who buy their mattresses untested from the internet have a higher satisfaction rate than people who go to a store and try their mattresses out and then buy them. Two reasons for this. You do your research more when you buy online so are likely to do a better job at selecting something good, and secondly, you are paying less without the pressure from sales people trying to up-sell you. Go to sleep like the dead dot com to do some mattress research. When I did that and read tons of information about all different types of mattresses, it steered me to a latex foam mattress sold by Amazon. When I bought the mattress, I specified the softness on a scale from 1-10. I fucking love this mattress, two years later. It's like a dream, crawling into bed. It has two types of foam, a supportive thick latex foam that's like 75% of the thickness of the mattress, and a soft foam on the top that is super cushy. They alter the thickness of that soft top foam layer to give you the softness vs. support you want.

11-17-2016, 11:17 AM	#14
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I got a three inch memory foam pad for the top of her mattress because of crippling arthritis. She said it was very comfortable and took the pressure of sore joints. The downside was because of her limited mobility, she had trouble moving around on it. Changing position, or getting in and out, were more difficult. I should think his wouldn't affect most people, though. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-17-2016, 11:40 AM	#15
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Excellent.

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