Re: How do Badia brand herbs rank? - 2 days ago

Badia is pretty good and inexpensive. If you are a Costco member< their spice dept is very good. In my local Costco, it takes up one whole side of an aisle. The only problem is that the bottles are usually too big to use up before the contents get old. However, for spices that you use regularly, it is a bargain, along with their large jars of ‘Better Than Boullion’.

Re: $500 for a <you guess> - 4 days ago

WTF? More expensive than the PC it's attached to. LMO

Re: Members: Kirkland Signature Men's Performance Sport Shirts (Various Colors) $24.85 or 10 for $39.70 - 4 days ago

85% Polyester | 15% Lycra means they don't breathe at all. Certainly mid-winter wear. I've found a great source for quality men's shirts: Goodwill They have name brands that originally sold for $50, $60 and $70 for only $4.99 I've been buying many the past several months. Good quality, excellent condition. I've ditched my Target "Goodfellows" shirts for good! BTW, for all those s

Re: Don’t you hate it when this happens to you? - 4 days ago

She IS rich now: "Meteorites are quite valuable, worth as much as $1,000 per gram, according to the LiveScience website. Kellyco Metal Detectors posted on eBay that it can sell for $300 per gram or more — meaning 1 pound could be worth $1 million. Meteorites are rarer than gold, platinum, diamonds or emeralds".

Re: All this for $275? Is it really worth it? - 10 days ago

I don’t believe Mac Minis ever had stock fusion drives. If it is a fusion drive, it’s homemade and I wouln’t trust it. However, that’s a late 2012 Mac Mini. The latest OS you could put on that is Catalina. Should run well. Offer $175 without all the other equipment.

Re: spatial distortion?!....another possible issue with 'iPad mini 6' aside from 'jelly scrolling'...... - 12 days ago

I got my iPad mini 6 last Friday and cannot replicate either “problem”. Lucky I guess. It has as good a screen as my 2021 iPad Pro.

Re: Bezosville: 5-Lb Nishiki Medium Grain Rice $4.65 w/ S&S - 16 days ago

Five pounds of rice? That’s a lot of sushi.

Re: I don't think ur ready 4 this jelly?!.....'iPad Mini 6' users running into 'jelly scrolling' issues..... - 20 days ago

Luck of the draw…neither our ipad mini 4 or 5 does that. Expect my ipad mini 6 on Thurs. Hope our luck holds out.

Re: Going under the knife in a few hours - 4 weeks ago

Good luck. This is the main reason I won't ride a bike at 73. Bought a used one last year. Sat in my garage for almost a year before I gave it to my son. I think it's still sitting in the garage, gathering dust, in his apt. building.

Re: This year's Yom Kippur Card "G'mar Chatimah Tovah" - 4 weeks ago

Best one yet…

Re: I can't watch this - it's too much like an infomercial - 4 weeks ago

I thought the opening video was fantastic. The rest of the presentation...meh...

Re: More WTC - 4 weeks ago

This was taken in the mid-eighties and I believe it was from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade.

Re: Nutbags for you Nutbags - 5 weeks ago

If you are near a Wegmans (lucky you), they have a 40oz bag of sea salt pistachios for $15.99 which is their regular price. And you don’t have to subscribe or wait for delivery. I have one almost just around the corner and another two within driving distance. Too bad for all you Wegmans-less people. LOL PLUS, I don’t have to rip open 24 little bags…

Re: Mmmbop, ba duba dop?!....film version of Broadway's 'Dear Evan Hansen' debuTTs end of Sept... - 6 weeks ago

Saw the show when it played (for the second time) at The Kennedy Center in WASHDC Great show. Based on that, I recommend the movie.

Re: Sundown Monday: This year's Rosh Hashonah card! - 6 weeks ago

It's hard to tell. He's either blowing a shofar or smoking a joint. LOL Either way, Shana Tovah!

Re: Anybody else get a rash of emails from PIA? - 6 weeks ago

When I saw PIA, this is what I thought: Their reliability used to be so poor that we used to say it stood for “Perhaps I’ll Arrive”

Re: PSA: PPIs and B12 - 6 weeks ago

QuoteFritz those of you taking PPIs, if you're not already aware, just read another study on the interaction and possible link to dementia from reduced B12 levels. YMMD, check with your doc. Hos about a link to that study?

F/U empty Sony box on eBay - 7 weeks ago

Ends soon and up to almost $2900. Somebody is going to be mighty pi@@ed when it ends.

Re: Friday Funnies! - 7 weeks ago

Re: 24" iMac - 7 weeks ago

As per JDC, Costco gives you a second year of warranty. In addition, if you purchase it with a Costco Citi-card, you get an ADDITIONAL two years warranty, for a total of four years. Can't beat that. I recently purchased the 512gb silver iMac from Costco for $1649. Three days later, they went on sale for $1499 - $150 off. I went online for a price adjustment and they issued a credit for the diffe

Re: Unique places you have toured? - 7 weeks ago

1) Quetta, Pakistan. Very strange. Lots of guns and armament for sale in open markets. 2) Top of the Sydney Harbor Bridge. Also strange, but in a different way. 3) Private tour of the Tower of London given by a Yeoman Warder, concluding with a drink in their private pub onthe grounds. 4) Most unusual was the brewery *inside* the Frankfurt airport. Amazed that anybody makes their flight

Re: If you missed your chance for that $5000 empty box, it's back! - 7 weeks ago

Quotespace-time QuoteAllGold I can't figure out the appropriate way to report the listing. None of the categories I choose have an appropriate reason. Any suggestions? I picked Fraudulent Listing. So did I. Maybe with enough complaints, he will be banned from eBay. This is third, or more, listing where he’s done that. Very deceitful. No wonder the last winner refused to pay.

Re: Friday Funnies - 8 weeks ago

Re: N95 masks with valves are OK - 2 months ago

I’ve got a couple hundred Kimberly-Clark N95 “duck-bill” masks made in the US. I’m going to stick with those.

Re: Cataracts - can blurry vision be corrected with glasses? - 2 months ago

QuoteDewGuy Quotebfd Not really. Think of looking through a piece of Saran Wrap. No matter how well it's sharpened, it'll always be blurry. Just really sharp blurry. Your eye doc isn't likely to correct for a cataract short of removing it. There might be some forms or locations of cataracts that will be easier to correct for awhile, but eventually they need removal. That's what I was afraid

Re: So how is everyone feeling about Apple scanning photos for child pron? - 2 months ago

I'm of two minds on this. Of course it is stretching the boundary of privacy to the breaking point. However, I've also felt that what's the big deal if you have nothing to hide. They already have all your photos on iCloud. Even if it IS end-to-end encryption, since it's theirs, I'm sure they have a way around it.

Re: Which natural disasters is your location subject to? - 2 months ago

Here in the WASHDC area, the only natural disaster we are subject to is when Congress is in session.

Re: Tell me why I should have an M1 iMac rather than an Intel 27" iMac - 2 months ago

Quotedatbeme If this is the right time for you to replace your Mac, and you want a 27" with that fabulous 5K screen, you cannot go wrong. I was going to reply earlier saying something to that effect. Getting the smaller M1 model instead doesn't make any sense. You're still getting a great value, and it will likely serve your needs for the next several years. But as more people view this,

Re: Tell me why I should have an M1 iMac rather than an Intel 27" iMac - 2 months ago

Thanks for convincing me to stay with the new 27” iMac. I COULD’VE waited for a new M1 27”, but I fear that it would be well out of my price range. Besides, you can’t beat a $400 savings snd four years of warranty LOL!

Tell me why I should have an M1 iMac rather than an Intel 27" iMac - 2 months ago

Background: I had a 2014 27" iMac with 32gb RAM and 1tb Fusion drive. It met all my demands and then some. Worked great for email, browsing, digital art with Corel Painter and Photoshop. Apple placed it on their endangered list and not upgradable to Monterey. Knowing that, I recently purchased a $1799 2020 27" iMac with 8gb & 256gb SSD from Costco on sale for $1399. I added 32g