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Traum 01-22-2026 03:28 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by bcrdukes (Post 9208870)
Could you share a link on which card this is? I want one for my cameras. :lol
I'm sure you know how annoying AliExpress is -- their prices constantly change (even if it is only by a little), and their search function almost always returns different results every single time. So half the time, I can't even find the same item that I have found the last time I did a search.

EvoFire 01-22-2026 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Traum (Post 9208866)
So I need a USB (flash) drive that has a USB C plug bcos the newer computers at work mostly do not have a free USB A slot anymore.

Scrolling through Memory Express / Canada Computers / Amazon, most seem to go for $18 - $40-ish, depending on the brand / storage capacity. I don't really care how big the drive is since even just 32GB would be bigger than anything I could ever need it for. But even at $20, it is far too much $$$ than what I am willing to pay for. (I am really more used to the dead slow $5 for 32GB stuff since that's all I really need.)

And then I thought of AliExpress. I would never trust that a flash drive being advertised there as a Sony flash drive to actually be a Sony flash drive. But at anywhere between $0.99 for a 32GB drive, to $2 for 2TB, do I even care what brand they are, or whether they'd be DOA? For the same amount of money that I would be spending to buy from ME/CC/AMZN, I can buy 10 knock off drives from AliExpress. At least 1 of them has gotta work, right?

And FWIW, as a joke, I bought 2 generic branded TF cards (ie. micro SD cards) from AliExpress during the Black Friday sales for dirt cheap -- probably something like $2 - $3 per card. They were made in Shzenshen and branded under some Shzenshen technology company. They were also significantly faster (ie. higher data transfer speed) than the few brand name low-end cards that I already had.

Personally, I find all this a little ironic. But it is what it is, and I am not going to deny factual truths.
Do you not have a USB A to C adapter? I have like 3 of them. I can drop one off.

Traum 01-22-2026 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted by EvoFire (Post 9208878)
Do you not have a USB A to C adapter? I have like 3 of them. I can drop one off.
Now that you mentioned it, I probably have one or two lying around somewhere! It just never crossed my mind bcos none of my home computers uses USB C. Thanks for the reminder!

winson604 01-23-2026 07:16 AM
Every guy has a box or drawer of random trinkets I'm sure you'll discover you have multiple USB A > C adaptors laying around lol

RabidRat 01-23-2026 04:14 PM
My wife is disgusted at my apparent hoarding of "random junk".

But every every month: "help! this doesn't plug into that", or "i broke this... now what?". I fix her problem and not even a thank-you.

EvoFire 01-23-2026 05:28 PM
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Originally Posted by RabidRat (Post 9208995)
My wife is disgusted at my apparent hoarding of "random junk".

But every every month: "help! this doesn't plug into that", or "i broke this... now what?". I fix her problem and not even a thank-you.
My conversation goes a little farther than that.

"See my hoarding fixed your problem."
"But how long did you have to hold on to that piece?"

Mikoyan 01-23-2026 07:57 PM
Then she hires organizers to home throw away your shit.

Badhobz 01-23-2026 10:15 PM
sucks in air like Kirby..... HUHHHHHHHH!!!!!.......

https://media.tenor.com/oziJ-NZiXmAAAAAM/kirby-suck.gif

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!GUANGDONG HOARDER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*insert hans zimmerman's inception WAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM sound effect.
https://i.makeagif.com/media/12-24-2023/hVrYbD.gif

red kryptonite 01-23-2026 11:31 PM
am i the only GD non hoarder here? i cant stand junk and clutter.

RabidRat 01-24-2026 06:00 AM
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Originally Posted by red kryptonite (Post 9209015)
am i the only GD non hoarder here?
Quote:
Originally Posted by red kryptonite (Post 9199144)
finally decided to unbox (moving boxes) these and add them back to the collection.

https://tnstatic.net/attachments/dc6...0-jpg.1154696/
Just because you have a sick hoard and it's impeccably curated and displayed, doesn't make you any less of a...

...godddd damn guangdonggggg hoarderrr!!!!'

One-of-us --- one-of-us --- one-of-us --- !!!!!

Badhobz 01-24-2026 06:17 AM
You had me at impeccable curated hoarding.

How very Guangdong. Diu le lo mei

donk. 01-24-2026 06:19 AM
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Originally Posted by red kryptonite (Post 9209015)
am i the only GD non hoarder here? i cant stand junk and clutter.
RS meat at kryptonites house to test above theory

50$ says he has a ricecooker box in his stairway, basement, or under his backyard patio
Spoiler!

RabidRat 01-24-2026 06:38 AM
^ Do you not?!

That's not hoarding that's pragmatism.

(edit: that was a joke)

bcrdukes 01-24-2026 09:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Badhobz (Post 9209020)
You had me at impeccable curated hoarding.

How very Guangdong. Diu le lo mei
Fun fact: The formal way to say it is Diu NEY, not Ley. :)

MG1 01-24-2026 10:17 AM
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Originally Posted by bcrdukes (Post 9209032)
Fun fact: The formal way to say it is Diu NEY, not Ley. :)
Learned that in elementary school............. add makahai, or something like that at the end. Not sure I'm saying it right, though. Diu Ney, for sure.

Gumby 01-24-2026 10:17 AM
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Originally Posted by bcrdukes (Post 9209032)
Fun fact: The formal way to say it is Diu NEY, not Ley. :)
Come on, it’s DLLM. Never seen DNLM!

bcrdukes 01-24-2026 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Gumby (Post 9209034)
Come on, it’s DLLM. Never seen DNLM!
Colloquially, yes, I agree that is it DLLM. Formally, however, it is DNLM. I did not believe it.

Inspiration: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1A3...ibextid=wwXIfr

Take the Chinese character and put it into Google Translate. You will see the pronunciation as "nei" as well. Select "Cantonese" and play the audio. My mind was blown.
https://i.imgur.com/HplDYpz.jpeg

bcrdukes 01-24-2026 10:42 AM
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Originally Posted by MG1 (Post 9209033)
Learned that in elementary school............. add makahai, or something like that at the end. Not sure I'm saying it right, though. Diu Ney, for sure.
Good ol' Strathcona. :fuckyea:

red kryptonite 01-24-2026 10:48 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by RabidRat (Post 9209019)
Just because you have a sick hoard and it's impeccably curated and displayed, doesn't make you any less of a...

...godddd damn guangdonggggg hoarderrr!!!!'

One-of-us --- one-of-us --- one-of-us --- !!!!!
thats not hoarding...thats just dope shit :awwyeah:


example:
the day i got home from my first camping trip, i knew i was never doing that again. right away i sold the tent sleeping bag and air mattress.
5 years ago i decided that was my last snowboarding trip, right away sold all the gear. didnt hold on to it "just in case i need it in the future"

wait... actually i take it back.... i am one of u guys. :lawl:
i have a upright freezer filled with shit that goes on sale and from our richmond food haul. pretty sure i have still have 2 bbq goose and loads of curry beef flank and tendon from our favorite place.

Quote:
Originally Posted by donk. (Post 9209021)
RS meat at kryptonites house to test above theory

50$ says he has a ricecooker box in his stairway, basement, or under his backyard patio
Spoiler!
wrong!! we dont even have a rice cooker let along the box.
u guys wanna know whats under my stairway?!?!
100 fails and ill share it in the lego thread how deep the sickness goes :alonehappy:

RabidRat 01-24-2026 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by MG1 (Post 9209033)
Learned that in elementary school............. add makahai, or something like that at the end. Not sure I'm saying it right, though. Diu Ney, for sure.
That feels overly prescriptive.

If you're going to ask somebody to diu their lo mo, why constrain where they have to insert their lun? Plenty of valid options for them to pick from!!

bcrdukes 01-24-2026 02:06 PM
You’ve given this a lot of thought. :suspicious:

spoon.ek9 01-24-2026 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by RabidRat (Post 9209044)
That feels overly prescriptive.

If you're going to ask somebody to diu their lo mo, why constrain where they have to insert their lun? Plenty of valid options for them to pick from!!
diu lei lo mei gor si fut loong?

*hobz enters the chat*

:ifyouknow:

donk. 01-24-2026 02:55 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by RabidRat (Post 9209022)
^ Do you not?!

That's not hoarding that's pragmatism.

(edit: that was a joke)
My thumb was on its way to the fail button until i read the last line

GLOW 01-24-2026 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by GLOW (Post 9208470)
hi-5 on kingsway by old orchard mall (kingsway/willingdon) low key continued their 10 drum stick for $20 special.

i probably ate that way more than i should. not sure if it was still running but it was a couple weeks ago. it was advertised as a summer special but i think they just kept it going without advertisements you just walk in and they still did it.
looks like churches caught wind or someone here works there :lawl: :lol

they have a 10 drum stick for $20 special now too.

Badhobz 01-24-2026 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by spoon.ek9 (Post 9209052)
diu lei lo mei gor si fut loong?

*hobz enters the chat*

:ifyouknow:
:concentrate:See Fut Loong :concentrate:

im a See fut Guwei


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