What Are You Buying Right Now? (non-OT version)

Botch

Brown mustard:
 
https://www.farms.com/ag-industry-news/prairie-drought-causes-impending-mustard-shortage-158.aspx#:~:text=Brown%20mustard%20seeds%20are%20in%20short%20supply%2C%20driving,according%20to%20an%20online%20Bloomberg%20article%20posted%20Wednesday.
 
(brown mustard is a key ingredient to Dijon also, so stock up if you're one of those.)   

Ozzie_Isaac

Botch said:

Mark_B_Good said:
I agree, for me best combination of value (good price) and quality is Samsung. 

Even the remote and software ... it auto recognizes what equipment is attached and feeding the video signal, and then automatically sets up the remote to work EVERYTHING on their remote ... so simple to use. No more fumbling with 5 remotes, or having to buy a Logitech programmable remote to do all that.

This just made my day, thank you Mark!  
 
Logitech quit making universal remotes a few months back, and to my knowledge there are no equivalents.  My Harmony One, and my TV, are both twelve years old so I'm sure one or the other will be dying someday; I'll have to look into the Samsungs.
 
The only issue is the Samsungs use full-gloss glass, while my LG has a matte surface; that really makes a difference when you have windows on two sides of your living room.  

My Samsung Q80 has an anti-glare coating.  The lighting in my living room is horrible during the day.  Two separate 9' windows that result in rays of light hitting the TV.  Picture still looks good, even off-axis viewing.

I second @Mark_B_Good on Samsung's software.  I have Rokus, a Chromecast, and Firesticks.  I no longer use them at all.  I just use the Samsung interface.  It hooked up seamlessly with my Ambeo and Xbox.  Single remote that just works is a wonderful feature.

Eoin

QDude said:

Need this group's input on a new TV.  Looking at a 65" but not sure if a QLED or OLED is worth the extra money.  Thoughts please! Thanks in advance.

We had an older QLED Samsung that developed some picture issues inside the 5 year warranty, so we got full price against a new 8k Neo QLED and it's a really nice TV.  As others have said, it integregrates with the sound bar and other devices more easily than the previous one we had.

Eoin

A holiday to Portugal in 10 days to get away from the grey skies.

Gulfcoastguy

A pair of prescription bifocal glasses and the same in polarized sunglasses. That hurt.

HeavyG

For that likely small subset of folks here that

1 - have a BJ's  warehouse in their area and

2 - also like Truff hot sauce

BJ's has marked down the price even more:

Bought a few packs when they marked down the price to $14.99 a few weeks ago but had my wife pick up a couple more today. It's one of my top ten hot sauces. To quote a semi-famous person - "I put that sh!t on everything."

ColbyLang

1/4 of an Angus calf for butchering. Only cus 1/2 wouldn’t fit in my freezer

Acn

Eoin said:

A holiday to Portugal in 10 days to get away from the grey skies.

We’re going through there on our way to Barcelona in a few weeks.

lousubcap

@Acn I have found Barcelona to be my most enjoyable city in Europe (prefaced with my data field is not that large).  There are a few threads regarding trips to to Europe here that may be worth reading.  FWIW-

shtgunal3

Langner91

Just bought a new Sony touchscreen head-unit for my Jeep complete with backup camera from Crutchfield.  Great service and all of the vehicle specific instructions needed to install it myself.

I am in it about $625, but I will have a backup camera and Apple car-play. 

QDude

shtgunal3 said:

You did good!  Looks like that price is gone now.

Ozzie_Isaac

6 80# bags of Bermuda/Alfalfa pellets 
1 bag sweet feed

1 bag dog food

$215 ..... Was $130 about 6 months ago.  Feed prices are going crazy.  Glad I'm not feeding a herd.

Botch

Langner91 said:

Just bought a new Sony touchscreen head-unit for my Jeep complete with backup camera from Crutchfield.  Great service and all of the vehicle specific instructions needed to install it myself.

I am in it about $625, but I will have a backup camera and Apple car-play. 

Crutchfield needs to stomp amazoid into the dirt.  Great company!  

Ozzie_Isaac

Botch said:

Langner91 said:

Just bought a new Sony touchscreen head-unit for my Jeep complete with backup camera from Crutchfield.  Great service and all of the vehicle specific instructions needed to install it myself.

I am in it about $625, but I will have a backup camera and Apple car-play. 

Crutchfield needs to stomp amazoid into the dirt.  Great company!  

I second this.  I enjoy working with Crutchfield.  Pre-internet they would send you, in the mail, the instructions for your specific car, and they had techs who would walk you through it on the phone.  The people I interacted with also seemed passionate about audio.

alaskanassasin

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Botch said:

Langner91 said:

Just bought a new Sony touchscreen head-unit for my Jeep complete with backup camera from Crutchfield.  Great service and all of the vehicle specific instructions needed to install it myself.

I am in it about $625, but I will have a backup camera and Apple car-play. 

Crutchfield needs to stomp amazoid into the dirt.  Great company!  

I second this.  I enjoy working with Crutchfield.  Pre-internet they would send you, in the mail, the instructions for your specific car, and they had techs who would walk you through it on the phone.  The people I interacted with also seemed passionate about audio.

Brings back memories, last time I ordered from Crutchfield was around 1999, I had 2 10” subs behind the seat of a standard cab 86’ f-250 a 500w amp and Jensen deck.

Ozzie_Isaac

alaskanassasin said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Botch said:

Langner91 said:

Just bought a new Sony touchscreen head-unit for my Jeep complete with backup camera from Crutchfield.  Great service and all of the vehicle specific instructions needed to install it myself.

I am in it about $625, but I will have a backup camera and Apple car-play. 

Crutchfield needs to stomp amazoid into the dirt.  Great company!  

I second this.  I enjoy working with Crutchfield.  Pre-internet they would send you, in the mail, the instructions for your specific car, and they had techs who would walk you through it on the phone.  The people I interacted with also seemed passionate about audio.

Brings back memories, last time I ordered from Crutchfield was around 1999, I had 2 10” subs behind the seat of a standard cab 86’ f-250 a 500w amp and Jensen deck.

Bingo!  On vehicle, except my was a 96 Dakota with 8" subs.  Still have the subs floating around the garage.

CPFC1905

Eoin said:

A holiday to Portugal in 10 days to get away from the grey skies.

We just booked a week in the Algarve in September. First proper holiday for 3 years, possibly more - we can't remember.
Portugal is great, where you going? 

Eoin

Armacao de Pera, Algarve. Nice place, we were there 2 years ago just before covid hit.

Langner91

Botch said:

Langner91 said:

Just bought a new Sony touchscreen head-unit for my Jeep complete with backup camera from Crutchfield.  Great service and all of the vehicle specific instructions needed to install it myself.

I am in it about $625, but I will have a backup camera and Apple car-play. 

Crutchfield needs to stomp amazoid into the dirt.  Great company!  

This was going to be my weekend project.  The storms in the south have derailed those plans.  Hopefully, the folks who got blasted with ice and snow are OK.  I will install another day!

alaskanassasin

Ozzie_Isaac said:

alaskanassasin said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Botch said:

Langner91 said:

Just bought a new Sony touchscreen head-unit for my Jeep complete with backup camera from Crutchfield.  Great service and all of the vehicle specific instructions needed to install it myself.

I am in it about $625, but I will have a backup camera and Apple car-play. 

Crutchfield needs to stomp amazoid into the dirt.  Great company!  

I second this.  I enjoy working with Crutchfield.  Pre-internet they would send you, in the mail, the instructions for your specific car, and they had techs who would walk you through it on the phone.  The people I interacted with also seemed passionate about audio.

Brings back memories, last time I ordered from Crutchfield was around 1999, I had 2 10” subs behind the seat of a standard cab 86’ f-250 a 500w amp and Jensen deck.

Bingo!  On vehicle, except my was a 96 Dakota with 8" subs.  Still have the subs floating around the garage.

Remember BMG where you could get 12 cds for a penny?  What kind of black magic  witchery was that!?

Acn

lousubcap said:

@Acn I have found Barcelona to be my most enjoyable city in Europe (prefaced with my data field is not that large).  There are a few threads regarding trips to to Europe here that may be worth reading.  FWIW-

Thanks @lousubcap!

I have perused those threads and have been pinging a coworker who visited last fall.  We're really looking forward to it - SWMBO spent 4 months in Spain during college and absolutely loved it, she's been dying to return.  

Legume

alaskanassasin said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

alaskanassasin said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Botch said:

Langner91 said:

Just bought a new Sony touchscreen head-unit for my Jeep complete with backup camera from Crutchfield.  Great service and all of the vehicle specific instructions needed to install it myself.

I am in it about $625, but I will have a backup camera and Apple car-play. 

Crutchfield needs to stomp amazoid into the dirt.  Great company!  

I second this.  I enjoy working with Crutchfield.  Pre-internet they would send you, in the mail, the instructions for your specific car, and they had techs who would walk you through it on the phone.  The people I interacted with also seemed passionate about audio.

Brings back memories, last time I ordered from Crutchfield was around 1999, I had 2 10” subs behind the seat of a standard cab 86’ f-250 a 500w amp and Jensen deck.

Bingo!  On vehicle, except my was a 96 Dakota with 8" subs.  Still have the subs floating around the garage.

Remember BMG where you could get 12 cds for a penny?  What kind of black magic  witchery was that!?

Hahaha - I remember when it was Columbia House and it was LPs and cassettes.  My brother had a membership and got 12 old stock albums (always seemed to be Jethro Tull and Yes albums in the mix), huge S&H fees and then every month he would have to say no to some album he didn’t want and if he didn’t answer no in time…he bought an expensive albim.

fishlessman

columbia house was great, their collection agency was calling me when i was around 12 years old

Acn

fishlessman said:

columbia house was great, their collection agency was calling me when i was around 12 years old

You used your real name and phone #?  

fishlessman

Acn said:

fishlessman said:

columbia house was great, their collection agency was calling me when i was around 12 years old

You used your real name and phone #?  

i was 12,  it did not matter to me. if they wanted to sue me they would have to get permission from my mom

alaskanassasin

Humidifier, Inkbird temp and Inkbird Humidity controller, hog casings, Bactoferm F-RM-52, Dextrose.

HeavyG

Legume said:

alaskanassasin said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

alaskanassasin said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Botch said:

Langner91 said:

Just bought a new Sony touchscreen head-unit for my Jeep complete with backup camera from Crutchfield.  Great service and all of the vehicle specific instructions needed to install it myself.

I am in it about $625, but I will have a backup camera and Apple car-play. 

Crutchfield needs to stomp amazoid into the dirt.  Great company!  

I second this.  I enjoy working with Crutchfield.  Pre-internet they would send you, in the mail, the instructions for your specific car, and they had techs who would walk you through it on the phone.  The people I interacted with also seemed passionate about audio.

Brings back memories, last time I ordered from Crutchfield was around 1999, I had 2 10” subs behind the seat of a standard cab 86’ f-250 a 500w amp and Jensen deck.

Bingo!  On vehicle, except my was a 96 Dakota with 8" subs.  Still have the subs floating around the garage.

Remember BMG where you could get 12 cds for a penny?  What kind of black magic  witchery was that!?

Hahaha - I remember when it was Columbia House and it was LPs and cassettes.  My brother had a membership and got 12 old stock albums (always seemed to be Jethro Tull and Yes albums in the mix), huge S&H fees and then every month he would have to say no to some album he didn’t want and if he didn’t answer no in time…he bought an expensive albim.

Back in those days I had the same problem with BOMC (Book-of-the-Month-Club) - forget to mail back in the card to reject a month offering and end up paying for a book I didn't really want.

I learned later that if the delivery remained unopened you could just write "RETURN" on the packaging and it could be sent back sans payment.

fishlessman

199 and 30 percent lighter. no im not buying

Ozzie_Isaac

fishlessman said:

199 and 30 percent lighter. no im not buying

I like this way more than any reasonable person should.