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6d ago
inUpdate: I thought water bath canning was overkill until my power went out for 11 days in Lansing
$40 canner? What kind, water bath or pressure?
6d ago
inCan we talk about the stat that 40% of small businesses in rural areas still run on DSL from 2008?
Watching rural DSL limp along feels like watching payphones stick around years after everyone got cell phones.
7d ago
inDropped $85 on a hand crank radio two winters back, and when the ice storm hit in Springfield I was the only one on my block who knew what was going on
A buddy of mine in Joplin said the same thing after their ice storm, he had a cheap $30 one and it still pulled in the AM stations when the power was out for four days. Those things are worth every penny when cell towers die.
7d ago
inThe hotel pillow that beat my 15-year loyalty to my own bed
The "only sold to hotels" thing is real and it's a pain. In my experience your best bet is to snap a photo of the tag on the pillow while you're still there, because the brand is usually printed right on it, and then search that name plus "hotel surplus" or "hospitality closeout." Hotels rotate their bedding every year or two and a lot of that stuff ends up on eBay or liquidation sites for cheap. I did this with a Hilton pillow once and found four of them for $30 total, tags still on. Calling the front desk works too but you have to ask for the housekeeping manager, not the clerk at the desk, since they're the ones who actually order the stuff. One warning though, your mileage may vary on buying blind from Amazon because "lumpy foam" covers about a hundred different types of foam and most of them are not the same. Weirdest thing a hotel ever sold me on was their shower head, of all things.