Even if something is readily/easily available, differences in tax rates may still make it financially lucrative for smugglers. For example, there’s quite a bit of cigarette smuggling within the US.

Huh. Does “Control-Shift-PageUp/PageDown” not do the same thing for Windows/Mac versions of Chrome?

I used to brine my chickens/turkeys years ago, and nowadays I hardly do it anymore. Brined poultry taste watered down, “cured,” and the texture of the meat is different.

It’s more the shape than the material - basically a squat cooking vessel that’s wide enough to brown foods, and tall enough to make stews in.

False dilemma/dichotomy - just because x% is less likely to do something, it doesn’t necessarily follow that (100-x)% is more likely to do that thing. Some of the population may be neutral towards it.

Yes. Google may charge you $3 to do that.

What on earth are you eating that you can’t physically recover from?

That built-in connector isn’t full-sized - it’s one of those “naked” ones that don’t have the rectangular metal housing, and are significantly thinner.

That built-in connector isn’t full-sized - it’s one of those “naked” ones that don’t have the rectangular metal…

A word of warning: this version only cooks at one pressure (high).

A word of warning: this version only cooks at one pressure (high).

It does smell badly like forced obsolescence.

Didn’t the Cola Wars teach us that brands matter (at least to some of us) when it comes to tastes?

There’s something strange about the weather too. Arlington and Alexandria VA are both “average,” while Silver Spring and Rockville MD are “below average.”

Things don’t get squished when they dump a dozen bags on top of yours.

Things don’t get squished when they dump a dozen bags on top of yours.

I think it’d be more accurate for them to say that mushrooms don’t get much tougher when you overcook them compared to other foods like steak, etc.

In the middle of the Terms & Conditions window that popped up when I visited the site:

Ooh, look at you and your fancy status symbol smart phone! Don’t you know there are people out there who are perfectly happy with their $20 flip phones??

Ooh, look at you and your fancy status symbol smart phone! Don’t you know there are people out there who are…

I’ve lived and played up and down the east coast of the US, as well as California. But my location is irrelevant. One person’s observations cannot be generalized to the whole world.

That is false. Check out Apple’s market share in Japan.

You’re generalizing what you observe to the whole world. That’s not exactly “using your head.” FWIW I see far more iPhones than Galaxy S2/3/4/5/6/7/etc phones everywhere I go.

Every time I see a Dremel on sale, I spend far too much time obsessing over it. I suspect I’ll almost never use it if I ever get one.

Every time I see a Dremel on sale, I spend far too much time obsessing over it. I suspect I’ll almost never use it…