if you’re going to start posting about panic buying, do us a favor and include the links to whatever you’re reading. I’ve been through enough hurricanes to know how this works and a bunch of peak lib social media accounts going full on Rust Cohl isn’t helping, warranted or not. https://sourcingjour...

cakes wrote: Tue Apr 29, 2025 4:48 pm Yeah, panic buying is what is predicted to start happening in May.

I've read that the last shipped orders are due to arrive on the 10th. After that, things could go south pretty quickly.

cakes wrote: Tue Apr 29, 2025 12:12 pm We're actually going to Costco tonight to stock up on some things.

Apparently Costco do their own stockpiling of certain goods, so could well last longer before running out of things. Of course, that only applies until people start panic buying.

I've been reading about the slowdown in shipping, sounds like shit is about to get real bad. The shipping port in California is almost empty. The one in Seattle is almost deserted. Truckers are freaking out because a lot of them are about to lose their jobs. China has basically stopped sending goods...

thecr4ne wrote: Fri Apr 25, 2025 6:17 pm Even with the high shipping costs, each of those space echos was under $500.

That's a really good price.

Was this a used mic when you got it? Maybe it kept coming loose for the previous owner and they put a bunch of threadlocker on it or something. No, bought brand new quite a few years ago. At this point I'm wondering if I bought a fake because this issue with the grille seems almost absurd. I'm pret...

Wow. That's...kinda nuts. You could probably use a pipe wrench if you can't get the vice grips. Might need to (carefully) dremel it off. Not sure what kinda spit could have gummed that up so badly unless the singer has been gargling epoxy or something. Yeah it's baffling to me. I lent it to me daug...

If you're interested in classic combo organ sounds (vox etc), keep an eye out for one of the Yamaha Reface YCs. They sound extremely good and if you find the small keys limiting, you can just plug it into a larger MIDI controller. Yeah they sound pretty good. This dude can be a little irritating bu...

Well, heat didn't help and I snapped a screwdriver in the grill, so large jaw vice grips it is, if I can get hold of some.