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I second this pick! I bought my first Lady White shirt on 2019-04-06 so it has reached the 5 year mark and it still wears well after at least 60-70 washes. The collar in particular is very durable, an area that always fails first with many shirts. fun stuff happening in /buywisely

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LAMY Safari · fountain pen acquired 1993-09 · $20 cost per use to date: >$0.001 durable · comfortable · an iconic ink level indicator · inexpensive · comes in many colors it was given to me by my father and I wrote with it every day for about 15 years — these days I reach for it to write cards or letters

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here's how I track cost per use in Obsidian

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this is the system I use to I track cost per use for /buywisely posts using /obsidian I track the price and purchase date of products, and estimate the number of uses per month, everything else is formulas — you can see how it works in my vault template

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Moroccan lamb braise — recipe on my website: https://stephango.com/lamb-braise a great recipe to make in a dutch oven, see /buywisely https://warpcast.com/kepano/0xb2b3d406

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Lodge 4.5qt · dutch oven bought 2006-01 · $60 cost per use to date: $0.05 incredibly versatile · what I would choose if I could only use one cooking vessel for the rest of my life Le Creuset is another great brand but Lodge is more affordable and seems as durable

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Olfa Silver SVR-1 · utility knife bought: 2009-06 cost per use to date: >$0.01 feels great in the hand · so simple yet thought out · love the little integrated blade snapper · get the black carbon blades they stay sharper longer

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Miele Classic Plus · dishwasher bought: 2019-06 cost per use to date: $2.16 I never thought I could love an appliance this much, an absolute joy to use every time. Extremely well-considered in all its details · a cutlery tray is a zillion times better than a basket.

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Leaf Shave · razor bought: 2019-10-19 cost per use to date: $0.10 super durable, comfortable, uses inexpensive standard double-edged blades instead of proprietary cartridges

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Still very WIP, but I am revamping the Obsidian UI for right-to-left languages such as Arabic, Dhivehi, Hebrew, Farsi, Syriac, Urdu. So many questions I had never thought about: - Which way does a "back" arrow go? - Do progress bars fill RTL? - Are slashes in paths reversed? - Do window buttons get mirrored?

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Channel norms are simple 1. do — recommend products you like · request recommendations · post thoughts related to cost per use · durability · reliability · repair · timeless style 2. don't — spam · post unrelated things

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KAI 7230 · scissors bought 2019-12-04 cost per use to date: $0.04 still very sharp, still very satisfying to use

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/buywisely is a new channel to share durable products that you can own for a lifetime and/or have a low cost per use see my original essay https://stephango.com/buy-wisely

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Buy wisely https://stephango.com/buy-wisely

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This humble thermos has now reached a cost of less than $0.01 per day. I bought it 10 years ago for $32, and use it every day. It still works as well as the day I bought it. The exact model (FBB500SS4) seems to be discontinued but you can still find old stock online. see also https://stephango.com/buy-wisely

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it was when she said “we can talk about Cincinnatus in bed” that I knew I found the one

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be a patron of your local carpenters and woodworkers

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JSON Canvas, the open file format for infinite canvas data is now supported by several apps and tools, with libraries for C, Dart, Go, Python, React, Rust, and Typescript. When we released it two weeks ago I had no idea whether anyone would be interested. This is so exciting to see and great step for interoperability.

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