The wife still uses our old rock solid Osterizer for smoothies I guess, I'm not that into them, personally.
The thing is built like a tank, I think I've had mine 30+ years and still works like new.
My Blendtec tends to make smoothies too smooth. If you're using a blender exclusively for smoothies, I'd go with a Vitamix because it does give it more texture. I like smoothies out of a Vitamix better tbh (it's a slight edge, but it is an edge), but I also use my Blendtec for a lot of other things (including liquifying stuff). Either way though, you can't go wrong. It's been so nice having a blender that has lasted me nearly 10 years without breaking...
My Blendtec tends to make smoothies too smooth. If you're using a blender exclusively for smoothies, I'd go with a Vitamix because it does give it more texture. I like smoothies out of a Vitamix better tbh (it's a slight edge, but it is an edge), but I also use my Blendtec for a lot of other things (including liquifying stuff). Either way though, you can't go wrong. It's been so nice having a blender that has lasted me nearly 10 years without breaking...
Is that one of those older models with the glass jar? Man, they used to make stuff that would LAST!
Speaking of the chains of capitalism, I'm very tempted to buy a 4k monitor. Tired of dealing with the issues that surround multiple monitors (dialogs not opening on proper screen etc) and jsut go back to single monitor. With 4k there would be enough real estate to still have a lot of stuff open and visible, so like when coding I could have a program under test running on one side, the actual code on the other, maybe a console session on other etc.
Right now my setup is single HD monitor and two side HD monitors connected to RPIs and Synergy to move across, but issue is Synergy crashes all the time, the web browser on the Pi crashes all the time, so I'm always fighting with it.
A single 4k monitor would solve all issues in one shot, and they've gone down quite a bit. About $600 or so will get a decent one.
I'm on Linux. Actually Ultrawide is another option for me, but may as well go a step above and just do 4K. But think I will wait, if I can figure out the instability issues with my existing setup it's not all that bad.
4k projector.I'm on Linux. Actually Ultrawide is another option for me, but may as well go a step above and just do 4K. But think I will wait, if I can figure out the instability issues with my existing setup it's not all that bad.
Hey Trident - you got suckered by the Kitchenaid mixer. They suck. Their different speeds are generated by changing the power output of an electric motor - which means that it's never running at it's optimum speed and isn't governed. You should have gotten a hobart. They actually run the motor governed at the same speed but have a mechanical transmission so that it's running at peak efficiency. You can break a kitchenaid mixing bread dough. If bread dough is too thick in a hobart it will spin the entire fucking house around the dough before it stalls out.
I only spend money on female acquisitions. You should see my flipping portfolio!
Monitors, vacuums, blenders? BAHAHAHA!
I just heard a comment on spending which is interesting.
People who refuse to spend/cheap what they are doing is they are projecting that money is scarce. Compare that to someone who generously tips and buys expensive things they are projecting that money is plentiful. That there is an abundance of money. That they can always go out into the the marketplace and get more money. This is why I've also read that keeping track of what you spend is pointless. If you made enough, you wouldn't need to keep track of your finances.
This brings me to what I've experienced in my own life. My parents were small business owners most of their lives. They didn't hit it out of the park until they moved their cafe to a very wealthy area. If you know anything about Avalon/Stone Harbor you know that many of the people who live there are multi-millionaires. Homes go for $5m easy. And most of these homes are summer homes. Now, we always got told that our sandwiches were too expensive. Our sandwiches were $8-12. But, when we moved the business to Stone Harbor it wasn't an issue. Business boomed the first year. We had tables of 3 who would spend about $150 for lunch! This is including the $20 tip for the waiter. If they liked the food, they had no issues spending the money. We had quality food.
Compare that to the middle class area where I live. We have a chain called WaWa. It's like 7 Eleven but much cleaner. Anyway, the food is cheap. $2 for 2 breakfast sandwiches. $0.75 hash browns. $1 coffee, etc. Cheap food. The people go nuts over it. But, what they are doing is they are projecting their scarcity mindset on money. There is only so much of it to go around. I only make $50k a year. I had better buy the cheapest sh*t out there. If you've talked with a really old person whose lived thru the great depression you'll see what I mean. Their scarcity mindset still exist even if it's been decades ago.
What does this even mean? If you don't have a lot of money you don't spend a lot of money? Ok. Any other hot tips, financial guru?