u/dbinco

for me

1. nonpolar serengeti vermilion (80s-mid 90s) for flat light snow, general flat light glare, cloud watching
2. nonpolar serengeti driver (brown, 90s) for driving
3. maui jim neutral grey (pp2 technology introduced mid 00s) for everything too bright for vermilions

i want max contrast and minimal color shift. yes, i must live with with some amount of rose or brown shift (in the old nonpolar serengetis) to get that contrast, but definitely want minimal color shift to the degree practicable. thus, i consider mj neutral grey to be the best modern lens for my goals.

... Maui Jim would put Hawaii Lava and Hawaii Sunrise (or maybe a slightly pinkredorangeish Seashine will do it) surfaces on Neutral Grey base and let me order those in thin glass for my favorite frame. I want to just barely tweak neutral grey ever so slightly into cooler tone (slightly blue/green) and drop VLT down a bit. Slightly darker and slightly cooler.

Global warming is real and the american southwest is turning into a mad max movie set. Give me darker and cooler, please.

There are so many warm variants. Too many. And how many lenses options from MJ on the cooler side of neutral? Zero. Here's an idea: a splash of Seashine with a dash of Lava and a dash of Sunrise on top of a neutral grey glass. Call it Hawaii Zephyr.

Mad Max wants soothing cool lenses 😎please that bring that exhale of ahhhhhhh as comes from a cool zephyr breeze on a hot day.

I think I have a pretty decent sense of optic quality. E.g., I bought up a supply of serengeti vermilions a long time ago and still have them in rotation. Contrast, baby.

Sometimes I want a break from the slight rose tweak of the vermilions. And I don't like ambers or color-emphasis lenses.

Regarding true neutral, particularly great contrast in true neutral, is anybody beating the MJ Grey Neutral?

not that it matters, but i have some MJ Sandy Beach 408 frames…

1. NIGHT DRIVING: looking at non polarized clear or yellow blue-blockers, a few aftermarket manufacturers have some…. can anybody recommend from personal experience?

2. DAYTIME OVERALL AWESOME: great great great contrast and clarity among aftermarket lens options? (ideally something approaching the ole serengeti vermillion lenses from 25ish years ago, iykyk)

has anybody figured out the logic basis for how audible rotates titles through the plus catalog? they do change. i can't tell what the logic of it might be.

teach me something

you're making a mistake with foundation retirement

the thing we love is the combination of modern fit + tough fabric

we like the narrow-hip streamlined profile

we don't want fucking hammer loops sticking out the side ruining the front- and rear-view narrow streamline profile

women don't find wide-hipped guys attractive

female customers don't find wide-hipped contractors attractive

if i need a fuckton of pockets and fucking hammer loops i will put on a fucking tool belt

i tried as something to extend NO being produced from supplementation with L-citrulline.

really bad experience. headache. kindof a narcotics feel. head was swimmy.

regarding pump and NO... seems to have actually worked against me, less pump.

be careful with this stuff, folks

to all who have recommended it: good job 👍🏼

to all you kids who have recommended dcc: smoking crack is not a viable life plan

Who has explored a range of ratios?
What is your conclusion for best for you?
tia

you know what these do. one the catalytic enzyme. the other is the primary substrate for actual production.

tell me about ratios you've tried. sweet spot ratio?

any particular brand you want to call out? go ahead.

anything else you want to share? go ahead.

Aidan Gillen

Words by Lingo Mastery

as the obviously too brief 5-min preview is not enough to even hear the main speaker...

who can tell me about the voice and style of the narrator who takes you thru the 10 hours?

tia

by Eowyn Ivey

EXCELLENT STORY

and on sale

please tell me something great in USplus catalog in english, and something in french, and something in german

thx, merci, donke

here is the truth. i am analyzing myself now.

i dislike AI narration. dislike it oh so very much.

but i have discovered a few books with a female brittish AI narration. they kindof flow with a natural cadence and inflections. almost pleasant.

i hope this doesn't make me a weirdo

i am doing this with great success

i find a good long audiobook available in several languages. i also buy cheap used books in the several languages.

i once kindof learned a couple other languages but mostly forgot.

the multi audiobooks and multi recycled paperbacks = surprisingly good system

carefully curated list for those who may be interested

behave, sapolsky

how emotions are made, feldman-barrett

the self illusion, hood

the experience machine, clark

why buddhism is true, wright

seeking

1. non-English audiobooks in French, Spanish, or German

for which
2. i can also purchase two paperback books of the same story/dialogue, the first paperpack in original non-English language (ie, French, Spanish, or German) and the second paperpack in English

for example, i am presently using audible audiobook "ensemble, c'est tout' and i have paperbacks, both english and french, which i am using to refresh my French.

I also have somewhat forgotten Spanish and German that need a refresh.

so, you get the idea. non-english audiobook, two paperbacks.

THANKS IN ADVANCE

ps: yes, this is proving to be a kick-ass refresher method