Mail delivery slowdown: USPS to slow delivery starting October 1

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More surprises from you. I know tea from China can be REALLY expensive, depending on what you're ordering. I've wanted to get first harvest Wuyi Oolong or Da Hong Pao, for example, but have chickened-out. Friends from Tokyo taught me the tea ceremony, and they get their tea from China. One of my favorites is Darjeeling. India often exports its best harvests, so I've had good luck getting 1st flush Darjeeling in the spring and 2nd flush Assam after the monsoons, from https://shop.tgtea.com .

I recently delivered 8 large bags of books to a charity bookshop, and will try to do that again soon. I occasionally collect old books and other items that are related to science.

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I started drinking tea a few years ago when I changed my diet. I love water but sometimes I want flavor. I figured lots of people love this tea stuff, there's no way everyone is enjoying this Lipton crap that tastes like boiled shrubbery. So I went down the rabbit hole a little bit, got myself some paraphernalia and overpriced low quality whole leaf tea from Amazon. It was an improvement, the US gets the absolute worst tea and it makes sense, we're not really a tea drinking nation. And now I feel I'm actually drinking good tea for once getting it right from the horse's mouth. It looks better. It tastes better. My dick grew two inches.

https://shop.tgtea.com/

Not too impressed with their oolong selection. I'm partial to Jin Xuan, milk oolong, lately. That's what I'd like to order 250-500g of the first place winner in one of the I'm sure numerous tea competitions. I wasn't sure that'd mean anything but the only time I've tried something like that before, it was extremely good.

first harvest Wuyi Oolong or Da Hong Pao, for example, but have chickened-out

I've never tried to choose which crop my tea came in, does it affect the price vastly? Wuyi by itself doesn't seem bad.

$100 USD is $644.67 CNY, that's half the rent of a one bedroom apartment in China. And you can buy 300yr old pu'erh for a fairly modest price. I know there's pricey tea, but isn't it usually sold by middle men who get it relatively cheap from China or India? I like to avoid those people. Like buying from eBay instead of Walmart because you can get the same stuff without Walmart making a buck. God help people who think they need lots of cheap plastic junk in their lives, but buying American isn't always possible.

I don't know of a single US company that makes laser pointers. Which is sad because Gizmo loves them, and they're kinda shoddy. It was neat though, we just picked the type of battery we wanted. I wanted one that runs on AAA because we bought a lot of those batteries and hardly anything uses them we own. Just as an example. I really hope someone in America still makes lasers.

Russians also have some interesting watches that contain a standard 1960s mechanism.

I have actually heard about that. I've spent a little time in watch forums trying to figure out what people love about them.

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Wow - thanks for the info. I'll have a look at oolong options and will ask a friend in Beijing. My Japanese friends bought their tea in Hong Kong, and told me they'd spend approximately $300. I suspect the cheaper stuff will be fine. Very good to avoid the middle man.

The Soviet movement I refer to is the 3017 caliber Poljot, which seems rather simple, and shock proof, by comparison with Swiss, French, and Japanese movements, and they're not expensive (unless you get a rare one). It's like the Mir or Volkswagen of watches. Not that I have so much interest in watches, but it's been interesting to watch the growing trend in discussions of watch movements. Move on Soviet watches, here.