MisterChief

We got very lucky in SE Indiana. Drive which is normally an hour (we went to in laws house) was 1.5.

Clear skies the entire time and a beautiful day in the mid 70s.

My parents flew in south TX thinking they would outsmart the weather and ended up being covered in clouds.

That sucks but it's not a dick move on your part. Was literally talking to a coworker who did that to a friend decades ago (he's in his early 60s) and said he would basically shack up in everyone's basement until they kicked him out. Sometimes weeks, sometimes months, living off others good will until none was left.

I never thought about this but this happens to me occasionally. I often put my arm under my head and pillow for support and comfort. Maybe once every couple weeks I'll wake up and it's numb or fully asleep.

I don't have an answer but I'm 34, this has been happening my whole life, and I haven't noticed any issues.

It depends on the company for sure. I've noticed a much better delivery time for most things I order nowadays through other companies. 5-7 years ago it would take at least a week for pretty anything to show up. Now most items are 2-3 days.

Fully agree though, it certainly depends on where you live.

Like others have said, they don't guarantee two days shipping however. Their thing now is if you spend $x per order or pay more, even if you have prime, they'll overnight it (location dependent).

I live a 20 minute drive from several large amazon warehouses and one of their largest air hubs. When two day shipping was guaranteed, we'd often get most items the next day since it goes out almost immediately and we're very close. We noticed the last few years most deliveries take two days at least with many being delayed to 3 or 4.

Finding prime less and less of a value I cancelled at the beginning of this month as I was set to auto renew. We've ordered two things since. Both items we have received in the past in 1-2 days. Now they take 5-7 days for free shopping, which is fine mind you, but it shows me that rather than shipping the item they are intentionally holding back the order from being picked from the warehouse to create the delay.

Rather than prime adding value, it's simply providing the regular service, while they intentionally give non-prime members a manufactured worse service to entice them to pay.

Nothing else on prime is worthwhile. Thursday night football sucks and when I do want to watch it if my team is playing I'll just pirate it. Same goes for anything on prime like The Boys will just get added to the Plex server.

I think I have both your problems solved. If money isn't an issue the bureaucracy is a nuisance but not inhibiting as you can pay someone to file all the appropriate paperwork. The language barrier is even easier. I have been to Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland and did not meet a single person that didn't fluently speak English. Not saying they don't exist, but operating in most any western European country is very easy as an English speaker. Also you'll pick up the language over time. Immersion is the best way to learn a language, or so I hear.

Just cancelled my prime subscription today. It was set to renew on Friday. I've been with prime for close to 10 years.

I don't see any value. The price has nearly doubled since originally signing up. The free two day shipping was nice but more and more 2 days is 3-4 and I can get free shipping anyway on any order over $35 without prime so I'll just build up my cart and be patient or order from another place.

The video content was nice but they're fucking joking if they think I'm going to watch ads or pay $3 more per month to not have ads. I can easily pirate most content including live sports and they're making it far less convenient to be part of their ecosystem.

I get my books from the library and store my photos locally.

The literal only downside i see is my buddy won't get his twitch prime subscription from me every month so I guess I'm costing him like $2/month but he's got several hundred so he'll do without.

I agree with you but there are more ethical ways to eat meat while also saving money. Last year my wife and I purchased 1/4 of an entire cow from a farm about 35 miles north of us (friends and family bought the other 3/4). This cow was responsibly raised, grass fed, on a small, local farm. We received 200 pounds of meat with probably a dozen different cuts of meat. This includes dozens of pounds of excellent steak and the meat is simply amazing. We will definitely be going this route moving forward as we averaged the price per pound to ~$4/lb which is far less than the local grocery.

I understand this isn't possible for everyone as we also had to purchase a chest freezer which requires space but has made our grocery bill far smaller and the meat we are eating much better in many ways.

Interesting. I hadn't seen that. Dude looked like he was on some kind of upper but the supercut didn't do him any favors.

That's really cool. I already foresee Americans intentionally breaking them and finding ways for people to get their phones stuck in there to be assholes and for internet likes.

Main floor is about 600 sq ft. I'd say 40% is carpeted. It's a pretty normal carpet, not shag but not that super short stuff.

We actually went with a nicer one because we had just adopted a puppy and wanted one that wouldn't smear shit all over the house in case the dog went inside. It was an irobot brand, it was about $500.

Does anyone feel these things suck? Not in a good way. I've had a hoover since i moved out after college 15 years ago. Dudes a beast. My wife wanted a robot we got maybe a year ago and it barely does it job at best. Constantly replacing parts, frequent disruptions, and got like 600 sq ft on our main floor to clean. Way too much work and when it does work it may get the top layer of dirt but it doesn't feel clean. I can spend 20 min vacuuming the whole house with my regular vacuum and it feels and smells clean for several days. I hope these robots get better but I'm not a fan right now.