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Chuck’s Life Advice – Items not to skimp on

Preface to Preface: I am not very old, very wise. Often, I’m not too bright. I like my life, I’m a happy guy. I general, when people ask me for non-poker advice I don’t like to give it because I consider my current outlook on the world in general a bit biased. BUT – there are some things I would tell anyone without flinching and consider it solid advice. This will be covered in Chuck’s life advice.

Preface: There are a lot of things you will have to buy when you finally get your own place. Some of them you will ruin – so no need to buy a nice one. Like a TV stand. I’ve never owned a nice one, I guess you could buy a REALLY nice one, but I find that the difference between a $100 TV stand and a $600 TV stand is not worth it (from experience =/).

Anyway, I will add those on a later date and I will also not post the preface always. Also, I will not post the preface to the preface, SO, if someone is like “lol, I’m supposed to listen to some guy who at one point drank more miller lite in a week than he did water?” – you can be like “nah read the advice, it’s pretty simple”.

SO – Items not to skimp on – we are going to cover 2

1 – Can Opener.

The amount you spend on a good can opener vs. a crap one (TRUST ME I HAVE OWNED A CRAP ONE! YOU KNOW IF YOU HAVE ONE – THROW IT OUT!) is not much.

Wait, damn, $13 for a crap can opener? Jeez. Anyway, it seems a fancy one is $9 more. It is a must. I do not eat much out of cans. But, when I am eating out of a can I am hungry. Which is why I’m eating out of a can. I have opened enough cans with a leatherman to know you don’t want to do that. Trust me, buy a nice one.

Why this item?

As a man who does not open many cans, I found the upgrade significant and a new can opener was the best Xmas gift I received in 2009. Hands down.

2 – Toilet Paper.

I know. I used the crap stuff for years. Then I don’t know what happened. I bought this huge thing from costco and it ended up being crappy crap crap crap paper. Worst thing ever. Splurge on toilet paper. Or rotate. I think I’ll rotate.

Stupid smug Charmin bear. All I know is that if I was in the woods and saw a bear wiping his ass I would either never drink again or probably be dead minutes after because there is 0 chance that’s not some sort of distraction to trap me.

The chance for you is non-zero if you at any point in your life would have a picnic or “pic-a-nic” basket because it could be an over the top scheme to steal the aforementioned basket. Personally, I find picnics kind of annoying. Though blankets on grass are nice.

Why this item?

I would not consider paper towels a must “buy the nice ones” type item, so I feel like I’m not biased.

Damn, that was longer than I thought it would be.