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You can go down a wormhole with coffee. I have mid tier Breville stuff that works well for me and whatever Costco has that's freshest for beans that isn’t Starbucks over roasted/burnt nastiness. I do like visiting coffee plantations while I'm on holiday as they are interesting and the off the...

My Garmin mountain bike doohicky tells me how much air I get on my mountain bike. I think it’s broken.

I think sometimes they may not think things through. The biggest issues locally in our areas are problems surrounding homeless encampments that are set up near dense neighbourhoods. These are mostly illegal and have been cleared for the most part but the church/charity groups decided the local...

That Wacaco espresso thing I posted would make a good Xmas present. There’s add ons you can get to make double shots etc.

Little known fact, lighter roasted beans have more caffeine in them by volume but by weight light and dark roasts are practically the same level of caffeine. So you don't need the treacly black stuff for a jolt in the morning.

When I'm away I have a hand grinder and a Wacaco Handpreso portable espresso machine. Packs down very small and it's a great little luxury to have. https://wacaco.com/

Can’t beat Costco's prices for fresh beans.

Years ago I had a Tassimo machine for about 5 minutes. I had two or three cups and sold it. The thing brewed piss.

That Breville is a workhorse. I have one. Used every day 4-5 times 365 days a year no issues whatsoever. Makes great coffee once it’s all dialled in. I have a Nespresso machine in my office. It’s actually pretty decent.

Wife hasn’t eaten meat for years so it’s just easy for me to cook at home without it which saves a huge amount of cash. We do have the occasional bit of fish/shellfish together though and I have a weakness for bacon and chicken which sneak their way in occasionally for my solo meals. I'm fussy...

Govee brand from Costco and elsewhere are the popular ones.

If you buy it from a Trek, Giant or Specialized dealer they assemble it for free. When I bought my Giant bike I had the option to do it at home myself as it was purchased from a central website and then you can either pick your local dealer, some other dealer or ship to home. Doing it from the...

I buy a provincial parks pass every year whether I use it or not. I like what they do to keep the parks maintained for access by everyone. I guess that’s a kind of donation too. Also about twice a year Altitude Sports have a charity event where you donate to a charity of your choice (there's...

Gas prices and parking space issues mean that hot hatches are plentiful in Europe. The original was the Golf GTI but there have been some absolute nutbar lightweight overpowered small hatchbacks over the years. My wife had a special edition Renault Clio thing that she had on two wheels going...

When I was in the UK we had a Chinese guy come into the group. He went out and bought a car and as we were all interested in what he’d got we asked what it was. “I got a great deal on this car, very powerful!” was what he said. He'd bought this…...

Not odd. Animals are better than people, in general. We keep our shelter supplied with blankets, dog beds, extra food and toys.

On a related note, every now and then I get asked to donate to “a trip to XXX to help with YYY by ZZZ”. Many of these are voluntourism orgs that exist to help pad resumes rather than assist foreign/impoverished communities etc. The truth is that the buildings and help the volunteers provide in...

Nord VPN have frequent offers, works well and manages their servers well (adds more when blocked). On the live sports front, a friends aunt's cousin allegedly told me “The Loop” works reasonably well in Canada with lots of streaming choices…..whatever that might be.

Lots of great pics being posted from 20 mins ago. Can’t see anything where I am right now but some pics are good even with cloud cover.

Not sure if the math works out now but quite a few years ago if you didn’t drive for a living and your commute was reasonable it worked out cheaper to take a cab and rent when needed otherwise rather than own a car. I suspect with gas prices that's not quite true these days but prices of new...