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Edgar Allan Pwned posted:any recommendations for shoe brands for wide feet? i had hemp shoes i really liked but it bust near the pinky toe. looking for a mix of walking shoes and something nicer Ironically, vans slip-ons fit me very well if I size up a half/whole, but I only have a wide toe-box
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Edgar Allan Pwned posted:any recommendations for shoe brands for wide feet? i had hemp shoes i really liked but it bust near the pinky toe. looking for a mix of walking shoes and something nicer If you are willing to get spendy, take a look at Allen Edmunds. I've had good luck with their EEE width fits. Definitely wait for sales or factory seconds though.
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Sep 21, 2023 19:28
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Edgar Allan Pwned posted:any recommendations for shoe brands for wide feet? i had hemp shoes i really liked but it bust near the pinky toe. looking for a mix of walking shoes and something nicer Wide 'hey dudes' wally Sox but I'm not sure they sell them anymore... I was only able to find them on the website and they slowly seem to be removing available colors
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Edgar Allan Pwned posted:any recommendations for shoe brands for wide feet? i had hemp shoes i really liked but it bust near the pinky toe. looking for a mix of walking shoes and something nicer Altras. They have a wide toe box regardless of shoe width being regular or wide. I specifically got them for a screwed up foot due to being in narrow shoes too long and they’ve been great.
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Sep 21, 2023 21:53
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LlamaTrauma posted:Altras. They have a wide toe box regardless of shoe width being regular or wide. I specifically got them for a screwed up foot due to being in narrow shoes too long and they’ve been great. Seconding Altra, I really love the wider toe box. Mine are the Low Peak model. Note that they are “zero drop” though (basically the heel isn’t elevated above the toes like in most shoes), which I like but not everyone does.
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Sep 24, 2023 20:14
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I gently lay a paper towel on top of whatever and that generally catches most spatter from food. Would that not work?
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Sep 24, 2023 20:17
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George H.W. oval office posted:I gently lay a paper towel on top of whatever and that generally catches most spatter from food. Would that not work? It’s basically ok, I do that too. Maybe I’ll stick with it
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Sep 24, 2023 20:38
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Edgar Allan Pwned posted:any recommendations for shoe brands for wide feet? i had hemp shoes i really liked but it bust near the pinky toe. looking for a mix of walking shoes and something nicer You’re approaching this the wrong way. I’ve found that Altras are good for wider feet, yeah, but many of their shoes have questionable durability and style. You don’t need to constrain yourself by brand. You can just get the wide or extra wide size in regular shoe brands. For me, the best options have been Brooks, New Balance, Saucony and Asics. But heck, I found that even brands with reputations for being narrow have wide variants that fit well. My wide Hokas are real roomy. I’m so happy to have found nice shoes that don’t hurt my feet.
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Vegetable posted:I have extremely wide feet, complete with bunions due to garbage genes, and went through a whole process of trying, shopping and returning in recent weeks. I guess the question should be "how wide?" I have a 14EEEEEE foot, which is, from what I've been able to find, the widest commercially-manufactured shoes that exist (I recognize that this is well outside two standard deviations from the mean). I've never seen a company outside of New Balance or Hush Puppy make them, most companies that have an "extra wide" is usually EEEE. Anything that doesn't have a reputation for wide shoes doesn't come close.
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For super wide feet you can also lean into some of the flexible/soft shoes out there. As a wide-footed guy who didn’t want to look like a goober in toe shoes I’ve found a some of the shoes that the guy in the video below talks about to be nice looking and comfortable. https://youtu.be/Ap990027tOY?si=1lMITt8Qvi99A-u1 El Mero Mero has a new favorite as of 05:07 on Sep 28, 2023 |
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That makes me wonder if that’s part of the reason I love my Chacos so much. It’s just a toe loop (or no toe loop if you’re a weirdo) and that’s that.
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Give me your favorite shower curtain hooks or rings or loops that fit a 1.5" diameter shower rod.
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Sep 28, 2023 03:14
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I have ones that are basically exactly like this: https://www.amazon.com/Titanker-Curtain-Rust-Resistant-Bathroom-Curtains/dp/B081YQBPSS They're good in a few ways: It's an open hook, so it easily slips on and off the rod. I've had both metal and plastic ones before that "clipped" in and it made it more of a pain to take on/off or when I had to clean or replace the shower curtain/liner. Ball bearings on the top so it slides easier than plastic loops. There are two hooks on the bottom, so that you can have the liner and curtain on their own hook, again, making it easier if one has to be changed/cleaned but not the other, and it helps keep the liner on the inside of the tub and curtain on the outside. DrBouvenstein has a new favorite as of 20:08 on Sep 28, 2023 |
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Sep 28, 2023 20:06
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DrBouvenstein posted:I have ones that are basically exactly like this: These only fit 1" rods. My issue is that as far as I can tell, there is basically one or two manufacturers of shower curtain hooks/rings/loops, and they only make them to fit 1" shower rods. I find the same holders under all sorts of different brands, but Home Depot, Target, and Lowes all carry the same ones with different branding, and they're all made to fit 1" rods, as far as I can tell. I cannot imagine my house has the only 1.5" shower rod in the world, but I am starting to believe.
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Sep 28, 2023 20:15
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Ham Equity posted:These only fit 1" rods. OH. Huh. Weird. Might be easier to replace the rod? Is it a real shower curtain rod, or does it look like the PO just used, like, a random piece of pipe?
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Sep 28, 2023 20:19
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DrBouvenstein posted:OH. Huh. Weird. I'm honestly leaning towards that, but it feels like a really stupid reason to replace a shower rod. The mounts are fitted to a 1.5" rod, too, and screwed to the wall (it's not a tension rod), so I'd have to pull those, too.
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Sep 28, 2023 20:56
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mystes posted:I don't think anyone is selling water bottles with actual BPA anymore but polycarbonate (which most hard clear plastic stuff is made of) still has other very similar chemicals that are effectively the same thing. You could just YOLO it but if you specifically like the feel of polycarbonate and want something like a nalgene water bottle, you might also want to try tritan which looks/feels similar but doesn't have bisphenol plasticizers in it.
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quote:Kyla Bennett, an ecologist and attorney in Easton, Massachusetts, subscribes to a school of thought called antispeciesism, which considers the preferential treatment of any animal species over another, humans included, to be unethical
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Viruses aren't animals so you're probably ok with her as long as you don't try to treat your roundworm infection
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Looking for a handheld microphone and speaker combo that can be paired with each other over Bluetooth. The speaker doesn't have to be big, and preferably something that can be bought on Amazon so I can smoke some store credit. If a combo doesn't work, then just a handheld mic that can be paired with the little Bluetooth speaker that I already own (but I'd prefer a pair that are already set up to work with each other).
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Oct 10, 2023 03:03
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As in you want to speak in to the microphone and it comes out the speaker?
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C-Euro posted:Looking for a handheld microphone and speaker combo that can be paired with each other over Bluetooth. The speaker doesn't have to be big, and preferably something that can be bought on Amazon so I can smoke some store credit. If a combo doesn't work, then just a handheld mic that can be paired with the little Bluetooth speaker that I already own (but I'd prefer a pair that are already set up to work with each other).
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You probably don't want to go BT for something like that. The protocol has an inherent latency that makes it unusable for performance or monitoring. Fortunately there are some relatively inexpensive options for turning any microphone into a wireless one; look up the xVive U3. Get a battery-powered speaker with an XLR input (or get an XLR-1/8" 'aux' adaptor) and a cheap mic and you're set.
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It's for a pop-up lecture that my wife is doing, she needs a way to amplify her voice that can fit into a large purse or work bag.
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Do they make biodegradable bags for scooping cat litter clumps and turds into? I don't like to put it in a plastic bags from the grocery store to carry the stinky clumps to the outdoor bin it's wasteful Edit:and I don't shop with those bags anymore and I'm out what's a good thing to use Brown paper lunch bags were my first thought but their not wide enough Wendigee has a new favorite as of 04:48 on Oct 12, 2023 |
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Wendigee posted:Do they make biodegradable bags for scooping cat litter clumps and turds into? I don't like to put it in a plastic bags from the grocery store to carry the stinky clumps to the outdoor bin it's wasteful I haven't used them, but I have seen biodegradable cat poop bags at Tractor Supply Company, next to the dog-doo bags. Personally I scoop into a large bin with a lid and take it out when it is full. It is still a plastic bag bin liner but it can hold a lot more volume than using a single bag every day. I have been toying with using a large paper grocery bag in the bin but I am not sure if it would hold up to the moisture over time.
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C-Euro posted:It's for a pop-up lecture that my wife is doing, she needs a way to amplify her voice that can fit into a large purse or work bag.
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Wendigee posted:Do they make biodegradable bags for scooping cat litter clumps and turds into? I don't like to put it in a plastic bags from the grocery store to carry the stinky clumps to the outdoor bin it's wasteful I keep cat litter in a special container, it’s called something like “countertop steel compost container”. I have several of these for stinky biodegradables. Caveat here is you need to also use compostable litter like walnut or shredded pine. It gets scooped into the container which gets dumped into the compost pile, no bags involved because I just carry the little can out. Before I moved to a house I had to throw it out in the main trash and then we’d dump the can into a chip bag or something, twist that closed and put it in the main garbage until we had to take it out. Edit: here’s one that came in currently waiting to be wiped down 
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Wendigee posted:Do they make biodegradable bags for scooping cat litter clumps and turds into? I don't like to put it in a plastic bags from the grocery store to carry the stinky clumps to the outdoor bin it's wasteful Switch to tofu litter, it's flushable and honestly also the best litter I've ever seen in every other respect too. Clumps well, removes stink fast, no dust, does track a bit but not overly much.
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Organza Quiz posted:Switch to tofu litter, it's flushable and honestly also the best litter I've ever seen in every other respect too. Clumps well, removes stink fast, no dust, does track a bit but not overly much. My municipal jurisdiction recommends against flushing cat waste, regardless of the litter type. I can't remember if it messes up the reclamation plant chemistry or what. So you might want to check on that first.
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Can anybody recommend a cheap-ish king sized comforter? It's one of those things where there are a million nearly-identical Amazon products, and they're a pain in the rear end to return.
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I don't really understand whats going on.... I have a 5a, i got over 2 years ago with google fi. They said if i paid like 24 bucks a month i'd get an upgrade for free. well that upgrade is a 7a and its 28 bucks a month for 2 years if i stay on the "upgrade" plan....  Or I can just get a Pixel 8 for 15 dollars a month without being part of the upgrade plan, just through the google fi store. Add 8 bucks a month for accidental damage repair like breaking the screen and its cheaper than the 7a.....  what am i missing? i don't get it. Does the 8 suck? it looks neat? why is their upgrade service so poo poo? are they just selling the 8 really cheap right now and if I'm not on the plan ill be paying like 400 bucks in 2 years or something if i want to upgrade because they won't have these sales? can anyone get this pixel 8 offer? Wendigee has a new favorite as of 03:50 on Oct 20, 2023 |
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Wendigee posted:I don't really understand whats going on.... The 8 is brand new. They tend to have really good deals on the newest phone. I got my Pixel 7 for $100 (with a trade-in of a Pixel 3XL) through Verizon when it first hit.
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I recently bought a house, and my housemates have a cat, and the cat likes to hang out on my window with it open. Is there a good cat bed for that? The sill is about four inches wide, I don't want one that hangs off the window since he likes it to be open (I also like it to be open). So you can see what I'm talking about : 
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Ham Equity posted:The 8 is brand new. They tend to have really good deals on the newest phone. I got my Pixel 7 for $100 (with a trade-in of a Pixel 3XL) through Verizon when it first hit. so it sounds like i should should just drop the upgrade plan, get the pixel 8 and then just hope they have another crazy sale in 2 years... not that unlikely i suppose. edit: omg sorry i thought i was posting this in the phone thread lol... as for the cat... i used a suctioncup one for a while but it looked dangerous like it would break the glass if something crazy happened so i ended up spending more for a cat tree that is just window height and he can sleep and sit on that while the window gives him nice outdoor air he loves it. edit: thats a handsome cat right there! Wendigee has a new favorite as of 04:10 on Oct 20, 2023 |
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where do people get home stuff thats not amazon? i dont doing minor building. assuming ikea is the cheapest whats a level above that? Wayfair? i guess i would consider local chains as well. (think furniture like desks/lamps/kitchen)
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Edgar Allan Pwned posted:where do people get home stuff thats not amazon? i dont doing minor building. assuming ikea is the cheapest whats a level above that? Wayfair? i guess i would consider local chains as well. (think furniture like desks/lamps/kitchen) Craigslist, Nextdoor, and estate sales are where I've been getting furniture.
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Wayfair is even more of a flea market than Amazon. CB2 might be up your alley
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Ham Equity posted:Craigslist, Nextdoor, and estate sales are where I've been getting furniture. Yup. There's basically nothing between the best Ikea and the lowest "Real Wood" stuff at the lower/mid range furniture stores like Ashley's. But the price jump FROM that "high end Ikea" to "low end Ashley's" is massive. But unfortunately IME CL, FB, and estate sales have been pricing ANY wood/solid furniture like it's a Herman Millar or something. Just because some random 80s kitchen table is better than some new press-board POS doesn't mean it's worth $200.
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