Yeah, that was a quick 10 years wasn't it?   Quote:  

Hmmm...  I might try to find a way to get up there and see how old everybody has gotten.  Too bad it wasn't in Lisle though (have relatives in Naperville), that would be a no brainer but being in Northbrook would be trouble for me since I'm without a car.

Edwood always had a good run of avatars.

Quote:   If you are considering either the Merkur Classic or HD then I would suggest either the Edwin Jagger DE89L or the Muehle R89.  The DE89 and R89 have the same heads and while I prefer the styling of the Muehle's handle the Muehle is generally much more expensive.  But they...

I'd pay off the credit card debt.  As for the student loans, it depends.  What's the interest rate?  Mine is very low, so much that it's worth it to me to string out the payments as long as possible.  But seeing as you are not going to get any monetary return on the money that you get by not...

Quote: Actually I would say that an EJ (89DL is a good model) is a pretty good razor and not low-level.  Honestly, that's the nice thing about it too is that even if you buy the high end products (razor, soap/cream, and brush) the costs are still pretty low as long as you use the...

Ahhh, ok.  I'll take a look the next time I'm over there.  I normally get my tea at Ngan Kei Heung in Sheung Wan.  Not the cheapest but I like their house pu-er teas.  There's also Sing Seng Tea in TST or Causeway Bay but I think they are a little overpriced so I only buy from them if I find...

Well I don't get to travel outside of Hong Kong so I was just wondering who you normally get your tea from in Hong Kong.

Quote: Say, do you buy your tea locally?

Ahhh... so I guess it's safe to assume that the Uncle Erik I keep seeing on B&B is you...   Quote: I've been trying out the Muehle R89 and Mitchell's Wool Fat myself too.  Actually I got a crap load of soaps now, probably last me 2 years.  Oh well...

Quote: I had one of the Mosin Nagant carbines.  Fun little gun but a bit rough in the mechanism and I hated the straight bolt.  Honestly, the K98 mausers and their clones are the best.  I also had a Yugo K98k.  Man, the blueing on it and the laminate stock was beautiful.  Also had a M48...

Quote: I think that does kinda hit the Headroom niche.  Not that the amp is bad in any way, but the big advantage I think is in that it's a modular system that you can get in a package deal and comes with a lot of features (external power supply, cross-feed, gain selector, SE and...

After doing some extensive auditioning and having recently purchased the HD800's I would only recommend someone to buy them after being able to compare them with other headphones.  They aren't perfect, but at the very highend what you end up with are slight differences between the cans (hotter...

Quote: Yeah, I didn't notice that before.  That will make my stalking attempts much more frustrating.

Quote: I picked up a cake of this the other day: http://www.sunsingtea.com/en/goods.php?id=466   Not bad.  My recollection was that it was large leaves with a strong smoky flavor.  I picked it up as an upcoming replacement for a similarly tasting cake I got from Ngan Ki Heung.  I...