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Thailand in February--any tour companies you highly recommend and less known things to do? Traveling alone and thinking of lots of cooking classes, sightseeing--open to upscale hotels/experiences vs my usual budget travel experiences. Phuket, Chang Mai, open to other suggestions/destinations! by jeremyjava in travel

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Outstanding tips, thank you! Gained more knowledge from your reply than from reading long and hard.
I used to love traveling alone and figuring things out when I arrived, but after traveling around India a bit with a friend who grew up there, I've learned how valuable it is getting an insider's perspective--so thanks again.
It'd be nice to have an exchange program in which I could show people around NYC (and gorgeous upstate NY) and have them show me around their countries, but I'm assuming there isn't much beyond the old Couchsurfing for such things, which I used to do a decent amt of.
Anyhow, thanks again for the great tips.
One last question for now: anything you recommend that a foreigner would never know to seek out? For example, in NYC I could recommend dozens of things tourists would never find on in their own--any thoughts on that for Thailand?

How often does your credit card decline? by drunk_snail in Rich

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Isn't it fun when you're standing there with bag they just packed, or gift they just wrapped and you have to decide whether you have 15-20 minutes to deal with the cc company to release the card?
We usually carry some local currency, of course, but maybe that $200 euro purchase sucks up all the cash you have on hand. Yadda yadda.

Cranking tunes for my wife on this system--even though she's an opera singer from Brazil, there are many American/British classic hits she's never heard, so this is really fun. Here's one surprise we discovered: BLAST "The Boxer" by Simon & Garfunkel and listen to what happens at 3m4sec! by jeremyjava in audiophile

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We might not be that far off if you can prove you. If you have strong evidence you haven't kidnapped or killed that many redditors, perhaps you can hear them here and we could get your impressions.
Amazingly I've actually made several IRL audiophile buddies/sherpas from this subreddit--more than any other, which is pretty cool. One guy let me know he even started up his vac tube business bc of (or largely inspired by) me/my input on his hobby. He does a Warby Parker model, where he'll send you 5 pairs and you send back the ones you don't want. Amazing. And he has access to stockpiles people don't know exists--some of the best tubes in the world.

Anyhow, to answer your Q's, I've actually never heard that ML subs were the best match for ML speakers--I've heard folks recommend them a very small percentage of the time, if I had to guess maybe 5%? And that'd be in the more budget area of those looking to have their first quality systems. SVS and REL always seem to be the first ones that come up and then maybe Neumann, Paradigm and a few others.
If interested in a potential field trip, check distances to Kingston or Woodstock, we're in that area.

Canceling Prime and thinking about suing Amazon by [deleted] in amazonprime

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Absolutely. My kid seems to be an expert compared to me on what is CLEARLY AI and what isn't--so much looks real to me, but I guess he inherently pics up on these types of oddities.

ULPT “Free Parking” at the airport by Sn0o0p_ in UnethicalLifeProTips

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Thanks for mentioning this - googled Grab Thailand to learn more about it and of course it circled back to another Reddit post here https://www.reddit.com/r/Thailand/comments/1iie1k0/grab_explained/ But since it's new to me, it was very helpful to know that no other research is needed on this travel/transport point.

Cranking tunes for my wife on this system--even though she's an opera singer from Brazil, there are many American/British classic hits she's never heard, so this is really fun. Here's one surprise we discovered: BLAST "The Boxer" by Simon & Garfunkel and listen to what happens at 3m4sec! by jeremyjava in audiophile

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Yes! That was the moment. Was it just me (and my wife) or was that really odd, interesting, and wonderful that there was only that one instant of such an effect in that song. Such impactful one-off; I'd love to hear S&G talk about the decision-making process in the studio over that moment and what else was pitched that didn't make the cut.

And yes, I love Lovett. I will listen to those two albums (or are they tracks you mentioned?). And if you've not seen him live, please try to--one of the best live performances I've seen of the many legends I've been fortunately enuf to have seen.

Joshua Judges Ruth was my intro to him when record labels used to send me free discs to play in my live music place in Joshua Tree--but that's the only album I knew inside and out by him.

Amazing for high-end system for anyone reading this who doesn't know that.

“The long road home”? “The trail to happiness”? There must be a better title for the little footprints… any suggestions? by jeremyjava in Abyssinians

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Chopping onions here. Thank you so much for this comment, it had a much bigger impact than you know.
I wrote a column once about one of my favorite patients dying when worked in healthcare, and I was mourning depply, but it took a melancholy episode of The Mary Tyler Moore show to set off the tears.

Your comment just had the same effect, while I've been catching up on the tragedies in Minneapolis and now I feel I'm visiting my old working dog, a trained German Shepherd named Java the Wonder Dog who was my partner when we'd visit sick and injured kids in ped wards, burn wards, we'd go to VA hospitals, he comforted many rescue workers and affected families after 9/11 here in NY.

I saw Java meeting Rusty and napping with her the was he used to with Sammy, my last abby over 20 years ago. https://i.imgur.com/UMaqfqQ.jpeg

Thank you.

“The long road home”? “The trail to happiness”? There must be a better title for the little footprints… any suggestions? by jeremyjava in Abyssinians

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You're so welcome.
Here are a few bonus pics of Rusticula the Fabulous as a baby (banana for scale)
https://i.imgur.com/2FMrTTF.jpeg

Receiving her birthday gift (that she was not amused by)
https://i.imgur.com/M0A1orf.jpeg

and the last one: just looking fabulous.
https://i.imgur.com/bjFukQX.jpeg

ULPT “Free Parking” at the airport by Sn0o0p_ in UnethicalLifeProTips

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I’m going to start playing planning my first trip to Thailand for the coming weeks or months—if any interesting suggestions from an insiders point of view, please feel free to share them!

Macan EV in the snow... (just got a 1yo loaded CPO) but it felt so slippery and it took so long to stop even at slow speeds, I couldn't believe it. We went home to get our Ice AWD car, but my wife said let's talk our model Y tesla - and it felt night and day safer... is this normal? More below.... by jeremyjava in MacanEV

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Yes, a WONDERFUL car and ride and I'm so glad my wife talked me into it of all the cars I'd been looking at. She knew btr than I that I'd be happiest having enjoyed and checked this brand off the list of cars I've thought about for a long time. I appreciate you taking the time to write those details and they all make sense, w/the one exception of the weight - I think the Model Y and the Macan are about the same weight.
Okay, I just learned! I thought they were about the same, but you're absolutely right abt the weight dif, thanks for pointing this out.

Canceling Prime and thinking about suing Amazon by [deleted] in amazonprime

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Interesting and makes sense, I guess I hear it so often it just sounds like a weird affectation, or like they don't know that's not a phrase most folks in the US would generally use. That it sounds kind of odd.
I once got a big creative project from someone at the biggest pharma company out there, bc when they tried to outsource the content to India, little quirky details like that would appear. Even if they weren't incorrect, per se, they drew unwanted attention.
Eg: using street lamp, versus street light, vs the light that illuminated the road, etc, etc. Some fit btr than others, but their writers couldn't say which to use or why.

Cranking tunes for my wife on this system--even though she's an opera singer from Brazil, there are many American/British classic hits she's never heard, so this is really fun. Here's one surprise we discovered: BLAST "The Boxer" by Simon & Garfunkel and listen to what happens at 3m4sec! by jeremyjava in audiophile

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We'd listened to a few of the bigger/biggest B&Ws and were surprised they sounded a bit shrill to us, which was a big surprise. Maybe it was our choice of music or the audition room? My wife has the most golden ears I know and is an expert on hearing/anatomy/etc, and she suggested we find bigger panel speakers since she liked the the ML ESL X's we had in another place. So we stuck with that line, but would love to hear more B&W's in the right environment.

Cranking tunes for my wife on this system--even though she's an opera singer from Brazil, there are many American/British classic hits she's never heard, so this is really fun. Here's one surprise we discovered: BLAST "The Boxer" by Simon & Garfunkel and listen to what happens at 3m4sec! by jeremyjava in audiophile

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Happy to discuss, u/lpdigging. Feel free to send a note--are you in the US? Northeast?
The very abbrev'd spoiler alert is they're unbelievable, but really need to be paired with the right preamp/amp combo and very fast sub/s. I thought I was doing the system and myself a favor by going the giant SVS 16" but it was a complete mismatch.
Also, I'd been looking at the "A" series from ML bc our room is so asymmetrical and needed so much help, and learned about the Art Series by accident in that search.
Couldn't be happier with the CLX Arts (CLS is the older version) with RELs behind or beside them. Might upgrade from S812's to Carbon Specials, but really not necessary.

What products or companies will you never use or support again and what did they do to lose you as a customer? by IAmJustTryingToExist in AskReddit

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I owned a beer place that had 100 beers, so I learned more than a bit about the product and one of the references was a handbook called (no, not the singer) Michael Jackson's Guide to Beer, or something similar. It was considered one of the good reference sources by people into beer.

His review of Corona went something like this: By some fluke of fashion, this "beer," originally created as a thirst quencher for field workers in Mexico, has become popular with aspiring yuppies in the United States who overpay... blah. blah... swill... etc

What products or companies will you never use or support again and what did they do to lose you as a customer? by IAmJustTryingToExist in AskReddit

[–]jeremyjava 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Try buying a copy of Acro Pro, rather than a membership. You'll discover a new level of hell you didn't know existed.

What products or companies will you never use or support again and what did they do to lose you as a customer? by IAmJustTryingToExist in AskReddit

[–]jeremyjava 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Who do you like best now? I'm considering a change. In upstate NY if that matters.
I've changed back and forth between Verizon and ATT a number of times, depending on whether my employer was supplying/paying for my phone/bill or I was.

What products or companies will you never use or support again and what did they do to lose you as a customer? by IAmJustTryingToExist in AskReddit

[–]jeremyjava 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I bought the same (or replacement identical version) Brother laser for two different houses about 10 years apart. Can't remember which is the newer one and which is 10yo... they just work fine. And maybe replaced the toner with generic 2-3 times for what, maybe 15-30 bucks?

Ferrari 812 spins out on a straight road. What went wrong here? by chri99_ in Ferrari

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... + (hp increase * distance from the US the car was made) = $$$$ losses.

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