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Sam Lin

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  1. I love quickies
  2. I don't look at the numbers at all.
  3. I tell everyone it stands for Super Sexy Secret Squirrel.
  4. *alpo
  5. I think it's a euphemism.
  6. FYI: You can sell out of state if you ship to an FFL holder in another state, and they transfer it to the end buyer in their same state.
  7. @Moby Ric Some pics of big cooks on kamado. These are on Kamado Joe Big Joe 1. The round expander rack is from CeramicGrillStore, the flat sided expander rack is the Kamado Joe expander. You likely get more usable space on a pellet or horizontal due to grate shape. The round kamado shape results in some awkward wasted corners, and the way the deflectors move air, the outer edge always sees more heat and airflow, so if you have a sensitive cook the outer 3" on each side isn't ideal, which really shrinks your cooking diameter. (That said, I often intentionally use that outer ring as a hotter cooking zone while something is cooking low and slow in center.) As mentioned, if you want unattended cooking with ability to adjust from your phone anywhere, Fireboard or Flameboss temp controllers. A full load of coals will run 12hr+. 4 racks of ribs. I've done 6 with careful rib racking, it gets tight. Potato wedges holding them apart so smoke gets to all faces. 25lb of dino ribs and a 13lb brisket: A whole lot of wings.
  8. You'll likely get more meat on the pellets. I'll post pics of some big Kamado cooks in the kamado thread for you to compare - don't want to take this thread off topic.
  9. If you plan to keep the car to 6digit mileage, you absolutely want synthetic. With modern prices, there is no reason to NOT run synthetic on any car, it makes a very clear difference in engine wear, well demonstrated via oil analysis and teardown analysis. This. Running synthetic allows extended change intervals. It is senseless to run synthetic and keep using "dino" oil change intervals. Generally the cost works out in favor of synthetic if you count the extended change intervals. Modern synthetics and modern engines can frequently go 10k miles comfortably.
  10. Not recommending one way or another, just pointing out an Egg or Kamado Joe with a temp controller like Fireboard or Flameboss is also set and forget from phone.
  11. Not defending at all, but here in Asia, parking ticket/receipt/entry cards are never left in the car. It is a precaution against someone stealing your car. If someone breaks into your car in the parking lot and drives it off, when they try to exit the parking facility with no ticket, the facility generally will at least check ownership of the car or make you demonstrate some form of connection to it. It's one more hurdle to someone stealing your car.
  12. They should get Sting to come back and play Feyd again. Now that would be awesome.
  13. His name is Crew.
  14. Only missing the cheese hinge.
  15. I'm with you on most of your post, and I agree with the overall message. But, think you greatly understate their manufacturing and engineering ability. They are quite likely also the best run watch mfg from a manufacturing standpoint. Their degree of "in-house" and vertical integration is nearly unmatched (GS is the only other that comes to mind, at much lower volumes). Their engineering innovation doesn't get much attention, but their watches are engineered as much as any other brand (or more). What's particularly stunning about Rolex is their ability to mass produce a very high end product (in terms of engineering, in terms of quality, in terms of fit/finish*) at a scale no one else can dream of. While it's easy to say they are limiting production and driving up their values (and yes they are, and so are a ton of other watchmakers), they are shipping more product than anyone at the high end. Start about 2/3 down for a look at modern Rolex mfg. They test and hold their product to a tighter standard than most mass-produced watches (and likely tighter than most independents): https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/inside-rolex *Counterpoint: Walt Odets' infamous Rolex Explorer analysis: https://www.timezone.com/2002/09/16/the-rolex-explorer-ref-14270-part-1/ https://www.timezone.com/2002/09/16/the-rolex-explorer-ref-14270-part-2/ Is it the boring, safe choice? Yes. Is the majority of the customer base a turnoff? Yes. But is it any less a watch or mechanical device because of that? My opinion is no. Not a Rolex owner, unlikely to ever be, for many of your same reasons. But I have huge respect for their mfg. (I work in automotive; it's much like Toyota for me. People mock Toyota for lack of innovation, for boring cars, for ancient infotainment, but they've dominated quality statistics and resale for nearly 20yrs, while at the same time maintaining profit margins above industry averages. Doing what Rolex/Toyota do, for as long as they've done it, is an amazing engineering/mfg feat, not achievable only through marketing or limiting production to drive demand.)
  16. Super lucky in that respect for Thailand. Seiko is quite easy to find at each tier here. Agree the US coverage is particularly bad. I wouldn't put too much on the "not respond to email" - I've found that most countries are not email-oriented yet. Calling or visiting is still the preferred method of communication (or social media - Thailand and Korea you'll always get your quickest, best answer finding the shop on social media and sending a message).
  17. This is definitely the right place for that post. Negged.
  18. Really gives me a Audemars Millenary vibe.
  19. GR Corolla announced. It checks all the right boxes. https://pressroom.toyota.com/heat-for-the-streets-toyota-debuts-first-ever-gr-corolla/
  20. Can you check and calibrate that thermometer probe in boiling water?
  21. Track layout looks horrid, but they don't have much choice. Locals will absolutely hate what this does to traffic for a week or two; Singapore's locals rarely had much positive to say about the F1 race there when I spoke to them after year 1.
  22. Pro tip for next time:
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