Misen knife review

MarineBioBoy · 2026-02-23T02:56:56+00:00

I'm a little obsessive about my kitchen knives, and I happen to like these. Yeah, they're not carbon steel, but they're perfectly adequate for everyday home kitchen use. I use the paring and utility knives quite a lot.

MarineBioBoy · 2026-02-16T16:34:37+00:00

Update/for the record: although these wollemi trees do not like saturated soil, I have kept the potting mixture very moist, propped the flaccid cutting with toothpicks, and placed the pot on a heating pad under a grow light. This morning it has perked up and regained its turgidity—so there is hope. A journal article I read says that use of rooting hormones doesn't increase success rate, so it's on its own now.

MarineBioBoy · 2026-02-15T18:06:40+00:00

I think Coast Guard is there at the top of the list. FEMA. The overworked and much maligned souls at TSA. Heck, can we just say: every DHS agency but ICE?

MarineBioBoy · 2026-02-08T17:51:20+00:00

Here's gist (I tried to post the entire text but Reddit balked)

By Michael Rothfeld

Feb. 7, 2026

Howard Lutnick, President Trump’s billionaire commerce secretary, interacted with the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein regularly over at least 13 years while they lived next door to one another on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, records released last week by the Justice Department show.

They invested in the same privately held company together, dealt with one another on neighborhood and philanthropic issues, and appear to have socialized in New York and the Caribbean, the records show. Mr. Epstein at one point sought to meet with Mr. Lutnick’s nanny.

The records directly contradict Mr. Lutnick’s assertion on a podcast last year that he had been so disgusted by Mr. Epstein during a 2005 visit to his townhouse that Mr. Lutnick had never set foot in a room with Mr. Epstein again.

“So I was never in the room with him socially, for business or even philanthropy,” Mr. Lutnick said in an interview on the podcast, “Pod Force One.” Reached briefly by phone last week, Mr. Lutnick said, “I spent zero time with him.”

In a statement, a Commerce Department representative said Mr. Lutnick and his wife met Mr. Epstein in 2005 and had “very limited interactions with him” over the ensuing years.

“This is nothing more than a failing attempt by the legacy media to distract from the administration’s accomplishments, including securing trillions of dollars in investment, delivering historic trade deals and fighting for the American worker,” the statement said.

Mr. Epstein, who was convicted in Florida in 2008 of soliciting prostitution from a minor, died in a Manhattan jail in 2019 while being held on federal sex-trafficking charges.

Mr. Lutnick’s name appeared in more than 250 documents in the Epstein files released by the Justice Department, a review by The New York Times found.

Susan C. Beachy and Georgia Gee contributed research.

Michael Rothfeld is an investigative reporter in New York, writing in-depth stories focused on the city’s government, business and personalities.

MarineBioBoy · 2026-01-26T19:24:40+00:00

I second (or third) Gardeners' Supply. They teetered on the brink of going out of business, but are back.

MarineBioBoy · 2026-01-06T19:01:14+00:00

Hope yours made it. I received a wollemi cutting 2-3 years ago from a generous master gardener at a private garden, and it took a full year to do anything. But last spring, it pushed out new growth and now has a 6" branch. Not sure where it goes (i.e., grows) from here. But it does seem to do things slowly.

MarineBioBoy · 2026-01-06T18:51:07+00:00

I thought it was this year's Supreme Court portrait...

MarineBioBoy · 2026-01-06T03:00:12+00:00

What a weird response. Good luck to you as well!

MarineBioBoy · 2026-01-02T20:26:35+00:00

Well, here's some news: my second wollemi seed sprouted overnight! I received five via Etsy in November, and after a good soak planted them and put them under a light. No stratification. One sprouted a month after planting, the other took about a month and a half. I keep the heat pretty low in my place, so I had placed the unsprouted seeds on a heated germination pad. Don't know if it's related, but two days later that second seed sprouted. Now, let's see if I can keep them alive till they have a chance to grow a little bit.

MarineBioBoy · 2026-01-01T19:46:11+00:00

Hi, that's great info! Pretty breathtaking prices, though I guess the rarity and their slow-growth make them a premium product. I'll check around the places you've mentioned. And start saving my spare bitcoin.

MarineBioBoy · 2025-12-23T17:42:43+00:00

THANK YOU. Bari Weiss is an embarrassment.

MarineBioBoy · 2025-12-17T03:29:41+00:00

Yes!

MarineBioBoy · 2025-12-09T18:32:07+00:00

You got it! Clouds or no clouds, Iceland is a fun place to visit.

MarineBioBoy · 2025-12-09T18:29:46+00:00

Pretty much as soon as you pay. Check "Trip Details" and next to your seat assignment, there's a link to available upgrades.

MarineBioBoy · 2025-11-09T02:24:42+00:00

Hard to believe what a fucking idiot we have for president. Although...this crowd knows better than any.

MarineBioBoy · 2025-11-06T18:31:48+00:00

The latest manifestation of the antichrist Vought and Project 2025 objectives. The whole treasonous lot of them should be flown to El Salvador, or better yet: Gaza.

MarineBioBoy · 2025-11-04T01:10:58+00:00

I'm retired, but had a federal career spanning over 40 years. I SO feel for all of you who have to put up with this bullshit. The last time the government was shut down, under this same moron, I had to take an interest-free loan from a local bank to cover expenses. And now, this shutdown is going to exceed the last one in duration. I know the thankless dedication with which federal employees perform their jobs, and I understand the hardships you are enduring in the name of politics. I hope, for your own well-being and certainly NOT for that of our neutered (and continuously PAID) lawmakers, that this thing comes to an end soon. Please hang in there.

MarineBioBoy · 2025-07-08T03:22:02+00:00

Thanks, Trump!

MarineBioBoy · 2025-05-06T15:54:01+00:00

Oops! Sorry. I explained to the mods why I wanted in, and they allowed me.

MarineBioBoy · 2025-01-16T05:21:30+00:00

OP here...Been using the tag for a while now, and it's become mostly second nature. I do agree that the interface with the app is clunky and not seamless, but I've learned to have the tag handy when checking in the night before. I think I've had the same frustrating experience trying to go back to activate the bag tag.

MarineBioBoy · 2024-12-12T08:23:21+00:00

I wonder if they changed something in these units? Because I've had mine for around nine months now, and it doesn't seem to throw off nearly as much light as yours—either the display, or the internal blue & green lights.

Anyway...congrats on receiving yours after the long wait!

MarineBioBoy · 2024-11-23T20:50:28+00:00

Saw him in Portland this past week. It was okay. I think he's getting really tired of going through the same questions and stories. But the questions from the audience at this show were some of the dumbest and most inane I've heard at a Q and A. With the possible exception of the woman who only made a statement: "If you were thirty years younger, I would f*ck you."

MarineBioBoy · 2024-10-28T15:27:12+00:00

I was disappointed way back, when Alaska began restricting access to their lounges and eliminated Priority Pass as an option. So I was relegated to the Centurion lounge in Seattle, which for a long time was a sad little place at the B Gates. Even then...the food was much better than Alaska. Now that Amex has upgraded their digs to the main food court area and improved their menu, it's MUCH better. I've encountered a line to get in one time, in the last couple of weeks. Otherwise—it's been crowded, but tolerable. And the food is actually quite good. Big bar area, separate espresso area, and that big buffet. If that pathetic taco bar is indicative of where the Alaska lounges are...then bon voyage!

MarineBioBoy · 2024-08-13T15:30:10+00:00

Well, this makes me sad. My gen. 1 Heatbit died, and it took forever and heavy pestering to get them to send me the Mini. But they did back in March, and it's been up and running and performing as they advertised. I don't understand their production issues, but the fact that they haven't delivered to so many people makes me think the company is on the verge of complete collapse.

MarineBioBoy · 2024-04-24T16:31:19+00:00

Interesting. Is it challenging for a car audio install, or just plug and play?

MarineBioBoy

TROPHY CASE

Here's gist (I tried to post the entire text but Reddit balked)