You could move a lot and get a new shitty coffee table (with the actual table table) from the nearest op-shop or w/e each time before you'd hit $179.
― écorché (S-), Wednesday, 13 January 2016 05:39 (eight years ago) link
The clamping furniture is a solid idea, if you could buy it for 1/5th the price at Lowe's and pick out some wood to stain while you're there.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Wednesday, 13 January 2016 07:27 (eight years ago) link
tbh, people moving yearly or bi-yearly should be encouraged to not try to keep up w/ western norms while doing that. Fuck it, get a couple of real Japanese futons, some tatami mats and just live on the floor.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Wednesday, 13 January 2016 07:30 (eight years ago) link
Yeah I'm actually surprised I couldn't easily find (through google) a similar, cheaper version. Shouldn't be much more expensive than any other set of metal table legs. Someone will probably get on that soon.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Wednesday, 13 January 2016 15:52 (eight years ago) link
Also with all the effort of finding a piece of wood to use you could probably just as easily find a trash-pickable coffee table.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Wednesday, 13 January 2016 15:53 (eight years ago) link
well you could go to your neighborhood hardware store, but watch out, they might try to upsell you on brackets and clamps, made redundant by your astute long-term investments from the Floyd people.
― Doctor Casino, important war pigeon (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 13 January 2016 19:33 (eight years ago) link
okay the Floyd website is hilarious
― Very selfish, and very ironic (DJP), Wednesday, 13 January 2016 20:00 (eight years ago) link
they're very nice-looking overpriced clamps
― μpright mammal (mh), Wednesday, 13 January 2016 20:35 (eight years ago) link
http://slurmed.com/fanart/paul/321_clamps.gif
L-R: Floyd, customers
― Doctor Casino, important war pigeon (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 13 January 2016 20:45 (eight years ago) link
god help me i signed up for home chef
― qualx, Sunday, January 10, 2016 8:57 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
everyone is supposed to be shaming me for this
my first box comes in a week i can't wait
― qualx, Friday, 15 January 2016 07:44 (eight years ago) link
looks expensive but tasty, please report back
― μpright mammal (mh), Friday, 15 January 2016 16:06 (eight years ago) link
I had a co-worker who did Blue Apron. Single, 30s, lived alone. Every day or couple of days he'd bring in the sad, snapwared leftovers from the prior night's wasabi sea bass or whatever it was.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Friday, 15 January 2016 16:25 (eight years ago) link
mmmm wasabi sea bass
― Copy rights, pleasing all star wars fans, hiring professionals. (forksclovetofu), Friday, 15 January 2016 16:38 (eight years ago) link
been curious about this but don't live/work in fidi:http://ny.eater.com/2015/4/28/8506595/maple-food-delivery-nyc-david-chang
Basically it's gourmet seamless with no middleman, or I guess really just a fancy but reasonably priced all-delivery restaurant. I had an idea sort of like this once, thinking that you could probably do really good delivery at reasonable prices if you could keep costs down by only having a kitchen and not a storefront (you would probably get a big break on real estate by not needing a visible storefront property or space for tables). I figured internet makes that possible in a way it wasn't before. But I am not David Chang or a person with money to invest in a restaurant.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Friday, 15 January 2016 17:20 (eight years ago) link
grim irony that a just-in-time service like that only works in an area that's also dense enough that it could provide a take-out meal of similar quality within a short walk
― μpright mammal (mh), Friday, 15 January 2016 20:54 (eight years ago) link
Maybe. Not sure you could get something quite that (presumably) good for $12/lunch or $15/dinner in a lot of places in Manhattan (most of which, granted, don't yet have Maple either). There is a place by my midtown office that does sort of an upscale version of deli/steam table, good organic ingredients, etc., and you can get a pretty good dinner there for around $12-15.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Friday, 15 January 2016 21:08 (eight years ago) link
Probably will succeed because of David Chang's name attached.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Friday, 15 January 2016 21:09 (eight years ago) link
god help me i signed up for home chef― qualx, Sunday, January 10, 2016 8:57 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
a high school friend founded this company. I get Blue Apron, though, because home chef does not deliver to the west coast. it's a great way to force yourself to cook new things. The recipes are also generally solid from these services because so many people are forced to follow them.
― I expel a minor traveler's flatulence (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 15 January 2016 23:36 (eight years ago) link
― μpright mammal (mh), Friday, January 15, 2016 11:06 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
not as cheap as actual groceries but cheaper than eating out/delivery, which we're trying to stop doing constantly. and it's healthier, you actually feel guilted into picking the healthier options when you're planning individual meals out a week ahead.
looked into all of them (plated/blue apron/hello fresh etc) and home chef seemed like the best. it's the cheapest and you actually get to choose from a bunch of recipes. it seems like blue apron doesn't even let you pick, they just send you food based on some vague preferences? not spending $12/meal if i can't even pick out food i might like.
hello fresh was the same price as home chef but half as many choices and the food didn't look that good. plated looked great but expensive.
― qualx, Saturday, 16 January 2016 06:47 (eight years ago) link
Blue Apron has 3 meat and 3 vegetarian meals to choose from each week. You can choose 3 out of the 6 but some permutations aren't allowed.
― I expel a minor traveler's flatulence (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 16 January 2016 07:31 (eight years ago) link
ah, the faq says "Once you have set your dietary preferences we will send you three recipes that match your preferences." still. their recipes do look good though
― qualx, Saturday, 16 January 2016 07:53 (eight years ago) link
You have to actually cook all these right? Too much work.
― Jeff, Saturday, 16 January 2016 11:21 (eight years ago) link
You have to cook, but that's good if you haven't cooked a variety of things at this point and enjoy cooking. It is convenient to not plan a meal and shop for groceries, as well.
xp yeah, they automatically choose 3 meals based on your preferences. But they let you change the menu afterward. We didn't realize this until a few weeks into using it. We skip about half of the weeks because the limited meal selection doesn't always appeal to us.
― I expel a minor traveler's flatulence (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 16 January 2016 20:33 (eight years ago) link
we're in a future where cooking is considered "fun" in the face of office work
― Copy rights, pleasing all star wars fans, hiring professionals. (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 17 January 2016 00:36 (eight years ago) link
Something something labor something something Marxist
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Sunday, 17 January 2016 01:15 (eight years ago) link
food pro tips
― I expel a minor traveler's flatulence (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 17 January 2016 04:36 (eight years ago) link
and sprout hacks
― I expel a minor traveler's flatulence (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 17 January 2016 04:37 (eight years ago) link
I want a box of personal chefs delivered to me.
― Jeff, Sunday, 17 January 2016 15:36 (eight years ago) link
http://getvinebox.com/
3 10-CL test tubes of wine for $35/month, plus shipping.
― mutually aquatinted (doo dah), Saturday, 6 February 2016 02:54 (eight years ago) link
what am i supposed to do with exactly three glasses of wine?
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 6 February 2016 03:00 (eight years ago) link
Have some "Incredible times with friends and family" obviously.
― nickn, Saturday, 6 February 2016 04:32 (eight years ago) link
it's so amazingly not shareable, like the person it was made for is literally the lonely guy from sideways
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 6 February 2016 04:50 (eight years ago) link
100 ml is a pretty small pour too.
― nickn, Saturday, 6 February 2016 04:52 (eight years ago) link
wow it is, less than 4 oz. and not even close to a gov't-defined glass of wine
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 6 February 2016 04:54 (eight years ago) link
JUST BUY A GODDAMN BOTTLE OF WINE
― scott seward, Saturday, 6 February 2016 05:38 (eight years ago) link
sorry. but really now...
thing is that winery memberships, where they'll send you whole bottles, already exist
― Toof Seteltha (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 6 February 2016 06:52 (eight years ago) link
Gonna be real mad when you have your half glass of boutique European wine and find out it's your favorite ever and can't get more.
I was looking up natural/organic/biodynamic wines and found this sub box - https://dryfarmwines.com/$157/mo for six bottles of red wine that I'm willing to bet retail for $12-15
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Saturday, 6 February 2016 18:58 (eight years ago) link
stuff you can't get easily i can see. but wine or beer or whatever? silly.
― scott seward, Saturday, 6 February 2016 19:50 (eight years ago) link
like, european cookie club! i could be down for that. stuff i'm not gonna find on my own.
― scott seward, Saturday, 6 February 2016 19:51 (eight years ago) link
https://candygerman.com/
― Three Word Username, Saturday, 6 February 2016 19:54 (eight years ago) link
yeah, now you're talking.
― scott seward, Saturday, 6 February 2016 19:55 (eight years ago) link
As a guy who lives over there and eats too much candy, I say these boxes are well curated.
― Three Word Username, Saturday, 6 February 2016 19:56 (eight years ago) link
Candy German is for candy lovers - like us and like you! As native Germans, we don’t take our homeland’s candy for granted. Germany turns out some of the finest confections in the world, but unfortunately, they can be quite hard to find outside of German borders.
Now you’ve got a friend on the inside. Let us bring you the authentic candies once reserved for Germans only. Your sweet tooth will thank you.
"native" "borders" "germans only" "homeland"
uh oh...
― scott seward, Saturday, 6 February 2016 19:57 (eight years ago) link
WOLLT IHR DAS TOTALE SÜßIGKEITSABO??????
― Three Word Username, Saturday, 6 February 2016 19:59 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/eRUgCsG.png
― pplains, Saturday, 6 February 2016 21:03 (eight years ago) link
wow 30 euros a month is expensive. i was doing bocandy for a while and it cost half of that for what looks like bigger boxes. but that's based in america.
― qualx, Saturday, 6 February 2016 22:02 (eight years ago) link
also wtf germany
http://www.hitschler.de/sites/default/files/796-hitschies-kaubonbon-165g.png
― qualx, Saturday, 6 February 2016 22:03 (eight years ago) link
They will conquer your taste buds, then march down your throat and occupy your stomach!
― nickn, Sunday, 7 February 2016 00:38 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/RKuB4MZ.png
― pplains, Wednesday, 10 February 2016 15:17 (eight years ago) link