I think I’d pull the BB10 and BB11 bars apart—with the way they’re nestled, the colours, and the key having that vertical line, it took me a minute to figure out that it was overlaid sets of 15 days.

It is a bleak picture once it all clicks, though!

My building allows it and it certainly is convenient, and I think the safety thing is overblown. But honestly, the temperature argument is an extremely weak one. Food arrives, you go grab it, within a couple of minutes you’re right back at your apartment eating it. Your apps are telling you when the food has arrived so it’s on you if you leave it to cool down.

I imagine deliverers like it too—faster turnaround at buildings means less delays and more orders completed in an hour.

If anything, I’d argue for accessibility aspects. People who are disabled, injured, unwell, have babies or small children, are elderly, etc—all of these groups have a much harder time popping out of the apartment and might want the flexibility of getting good delivered directly.

Pretty consistent with GDP per capitaI I’d think.

I always buy separates as I don’t use top sheets, so just look for these rather than brands that only sell sets. Then buy an extra pair or two of pillow cases and swap his out daily; use a pillow protector too so it’s not all going through into the pillow.

The other option is to buy a bunch of soft hand towels to lay over the pillow and swap those out daily, it can be more comfortable as it’s more absorbent than a pillow case.

Adidas Terrex Free hikers? I have an older pair, I use them for city walking when I’m being a tourist and doing long days, or hiking soft/muddy trails.

I wear genuine ugg boots, use a microwave wheat pack (buy a new one every few years as the wheat is eventually super dry and a fire risk), and a good quality wool blanket—mine’s from Waverley Mills which is an Australian company—they last forever, just wash with wool wash on delicate/cold at the end of winter and pack away with something to stop clothes moths getting to them.

I’m impressed by how committed the Japanese are to poodles.

Right? OP probably needs to look at use—most BIFL products are still going to die within average lifetime when they’re treated like crap.

Buy two pairs of shoes and rotate them, if you can afford to. Should get more life out of them because they have a chance to air out and recover in between wears. Eg, you might get a year out of the 2 rotating pairs, instead of needing 3 pairs for 4 months each.

Starbucks had a go in Australia, but shut down pretty much all their shops and left. There’s a handful of stores, mostly used by international students for their Wi-Fi. Australians like good espresso based drinks and have very limited interest in very big coffees, flavored stuff, whipped cream all over the place, etc.

If you’re interested in metal but want lightweight, I really like Sigg aluminium Traveller bottles. Had a couple for years before they eventually dented enough to leak

RM Williams boots last an eternity, even when beating them up horse riding as I’ve done with my first pair, and can be resoled, plus have the elastic replaced if you get the classics like the Craftsman.

On your suede question; smooth finish leather is going to last better and age much more beautifully.

Reduce the amount of stuff you’re lugging around and you immediately open up more options. Osprey or something like a Patagonia Black Hole is tough as hell.

Look for a set of mini bottles to decant a week’s worth of your bodywash and skincare routine stuff into and perhaps go wild with a half-gallon water bottle. The other thing would be to leave work shoes at work if it’s an option, transit in your running shoes.

Any cheap fast fashion brand is going to be not very ethical, not very sustainable, and not very good quality.

They can’t make good quality, lasting clothes at the prices they sell them for.

Learn to store and launder stuff appropriately to help make it all last. Even great quality goes to shit quickly if you don’t look after it well.

Water temperature: hot washes aren’t usually necessary but sometimes they’re appropriate

Type and amount of clothes in the machine: overloading, not shaking out items prior to loading, mixing towels with clothing, mixing colors can all reduce life

Amount of detergent used (and which one—some are useless): too much detergent makes clothes gross and dingy, and fabric softener leaves residue which isn’t great for many fabrics. A hygiene rinse like Lysol or dettol rinse keeps clothes fresher.

Drying: dryers are really hard on clothes, if you can line dry it’s way better for longevity. I moved from circumstances where I line dried or used a clothes horse in winter; now I have to use a dryer and I’m noticing how much faster fabrics deteriorate.

Safety first!

Foodborne illnesses do generally only take a few minutes to a few hours to make you sick.

Peeling or washing any fruit and veg before you eat it (especially when you’re not cooking it) is always a good idea.

Yep waxed cotton cattleman’s coats; the brand is driza-bone.

RM Williams boots. They’re expensive but I’ve had a few pairs that have lasted a decade plus, including ones I actually used for riding horses, so exposed to sweat, mud, salt, fire pits, blazing hot and freezing days, rain, snow, etc.

Akubra hats.

Bellroy leather goods.

Solidteknics steel kitchenware.

Would something like Toms slippers work?

All Birds might also be good. They have a bunch of styles including slip ons and are very light weight. I’m a woman with size 43 (US womens 11, men’s 9.5) and I find them quite comfy—I usually buy men’s for some extra width.

Something like a Stanley food jar might suit; it would keep your food warm until lunch and they’re pretty indestructible/leakproof in your bag.

Ornaments, small pieces of jewelry, these days developing a digital archive with highlights of each year for them..all things that are very portable.

I love my nutribullet. You can get half size cups to go with it.

The person most as risk of harm from a gun is the person who owns it. Half the gun deaths in the US are suicides, and suicide is much more a combo of motive and immediate means than people realize—it’s why adding barriers to landmark bridges is worth bothering with. It’s an incredibly sad statistic amongst the focus on the visceral but numerically much smaller horror of mass shootings.

Another vote for RMs. I destroyed one pair through a decade of horse riding; routine mud, dirt, sand, sweat, snow, the works and they looked great until very near the end. I have a couple of other work pairs that look fantastic even after 5+ years of alternating near daily wear. I’d recommend the comfort versions with rubber soles though, the riveted leather soles look great but I find them much less comfortable walking a lot on pavement/asphalt.

A well-cared for pair of RMs will last decades (I have a few pairs—the one pair I killed took a decade of tough love as horse riding gear to give out) albeit they’ll need a re-sole every 10 years. From that perspective I feel that buying new is fine and very low impact in the scheme of things.