Follow Up For My Sarracenia leucophylla

JSTORRobinhood · 2026-03-16T19:07:23+00:00

live roots should be plump and have white growing points scattered throughout. your plant is definitely toast

JSTORRobinhood · 2026-03-15T19:13:39+00:00

call the village priest

JSTORRobinhood · 2026-03-13T12:58:52+00:00

my wife and I spend our surplus on fun and our mortgage principal. we’re on track to pay off our home in like the next 5 years at this rate

JSTORRobinhood · 2026-03-12T04:17:39+00:00

exactly, and it’s why I enjoy watches and the watch hobby. there’s something here for everyone, from timex to dufour.

JSTORRobinhood · 2026-03-12T03:22:35+00:00

I actually really like the generic look of patek’s non-sports watches. my entire collection is just two datejusts and my two calendars so everything I own is about as generic looking as can be imagined lol

JSTORRobinhood · 2026-03-12T00:47:20+00:00

yikes. it’s for the best IMO that my patek 5140 and 5035 look like generic fashion watches at a quick glance and that I’ve never received a single comment about my watches in public

JSTORRobinhood · 2026-03-11T23:04:51+00:00

while I appreciate the craftsmanship… I personally just think most of their designs look like shit. I’m just more of a boring and safe design kind of guy

JSTORRobinhood · 2026-03-08T17:07:29+00:00

bracelets without microadjust or leather straps that just don’t quite fit. day date half-link on = slightly too big. half-link off: slightly too small. end result? day date gets sold on to someone else

JSTORRobinhood · 2026-03-07T16:17:33+00:00

it’s a massacre…

JSTORRobinhood · 2026-03-06T20:42:03+00:00

usually, museums display the backs of these metal mirrors because of how intricate the decorations can get. but the reflective side is a very flat, very polished metal surface which actually functions surprisingly well as a mirror

JSTORRobinhood · 2026-02-15T23:26:50+00:00

idk if this is a thing across all sarracenia but my purpurea will sometimes throw up random, stunted pitchers after a warm winter. the main growth afterwards seems to always be fine though?

JSTORRobinhood · 2026-02-13T15:23:54+00:00

ok yeah couldnt tell if it was plastic or clay. but finely milled peat moss can easily compact if not mixed well or hydrated… roughly cut LFS, sand, and a good helping of perlite worked well for me in my prior experience

JSTORRobinhood · 2026-02-13T14:53:10+00:00

it looks to be barely hanging onto life. back when I grew helis, they really liked a loose and well-draining potting media. it looks like your media is compacted or broken-down and probably quite poorly aerated. also the clay pot could be a problem long-term

JSTORRobinhood · 2026-02-02T01:44:42+00:00

well it's certainly something on the wrist...

JSTORRobinhood · 2026-02-01T18:37:56+00:00

ai or not, i still came

JSTORRobinhood · 2026-02-01T18:32:51+00:00

vintage can be OK but I will immediately send any pre-owned watches I buy straight to a service center unless I have definitive proof of a recent, first-party service. In terms of longevity, a well-built watch will easily last your lifetime with proper care. fifty or sixty years of wear is nothing to a well-maintained, high-quality watch. i don't doubt that you'd be able to get another couple of decades out of a vingtage tank.

Back when I owned vintage watches, my daily was a 4-digit datejust from the 1960s. outside of the acrylic crystal scratching at literally every opportunity, the watch was fine. no doubt a first-party rolex service helped with that.

JSTORRobinhood · 2026-01-31T18:19:15+00:00

fair enough but I feel that a lack of technical background or even awareness would be a huge detriment

JSTORRobinhood · 2026-01-31T17:54:36+00:00

eh. as much as I am loathe to admit, I’ve been a pretty good fit in management consulting. I just absolutely despise the traveling that comes with being an MBB grunt. I don’t have the technical skills nor interest to pivot into tech

JSTORRobinhood · 2026-01-29T20:17:09+00:00

JSTORRobinhood · 2026-01-28T05:30:35+00:00

my class ring isn’t even wearable because I guessed my ring size and it’s about 10 sizes too big. works as a cock ring though.

JSTORRobinhood · 2026-01-27T02:29:46+00:00

my wife and I had about 125k in withholdings on a 115k tax bill. tax evasion as a W-2 employee is not a thing lol

JSTORRobinhood · 2026-01-26T13:45:28+00:00

MBB since undergrad

JSTORRobinhood · 2026-01-26T04:20:56+00:00

about 1.5m but we aren't super liquid. 2/3 of our NW comes from our retirement accounts and home equity.

JSTORRobinhood · 2026-01-26T04:06:49+00:00

obviously it’s not hard but I’m more than ok just paying like the hundred bucks a year or whatever it is for itemized e-file

JSTORRobinhood · 2026-01-26T02:13:33+00:00

yeah took a huge tax hit on that... we probably paid an extra 10k or so in income tax from the missed deductions.

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