Been using my Pixel 4a for almost 5 years now - had a case from day 1, which started to disintegrate somewhere during year 4. Figured the phone would crap out well before a second case, so took the Ivan Drago attitude ("if he dies, he dies"). Never dropped it, barely losing any charging capacity, and a better user experience with a (relatively) small, light phone.
No, assuming that they weren't worked on any further and are being returned as-exported. Even if they weren't originally US made, you've got three years from US export to claim duty relief (assuming you paid the duties when they came into the US first time round).
As someone who was considering taking a week off work as I would have needed to attend Donald Duck style to avoid fabric-on-leg contact, tell me more about this well tolerated topical
If you're finding it hard to get started, totally strict exclusions can force you to start actually thinking about what you're putting in your mouth. Even if you don't particularly care about veganism from a moral/ethical viewpoint, try following the diet for a while. You'd be surprised how much snack food contains milk powder, or other animal products. Strictly following the rules eliminates mindless consumption, then after a while you find yourself thinking whether or not something is worth consuming, rather than just sticking it in your mouth because it's there.
Weigh yourself consistently (i.e. same time, same outfit) - I find it easiest to do straight after jumping out of the shower in the morning, post-poop and pre-breakfast, but ymmv. And the important part, record it. I have smart scales, which makes life easier, but absolutely not essential. There's something very motivating about watching the line go down - and will quickly highlight if you're on the right track, or if you need to cut back a little more.
I find it easier to maintain a hard no-snacking policy, than to try to reduce snacking but with case-by-case exceptions. Stick to eating at mealtimes only, rather than allowing yourself to rationalise that slice of cake (it's a colleague's birthday, rude not to), bag of chips (I only had a small lunch) or dozen donuts (they'll go stale if I don't eat them, that's wasteful).
Like with many things there's a degree of default-ism with American goods, and a lot of cocktail recipes call specifically for certain whiskeys. Even more generally than specific brands - bourbon, which is PDO. Could you use other whiskeys (if you can even find a non-bourbon corn whiskey), sure - but are you "following the recipe"? Is this bad because the recipe is bad, or because you picked a bad sub?
Most trips are organised around arbitrary goals, why not beer? People want to try pizza in Italy, or see the northern lights, or swim with dolphins - all geologically locked, ultimately frivolous goals. But if it brings you joy and you can afford it, why not?
Why? A material change was made to the item after the point of import. This would be like taxing a timber importer as though they were importing furniture.
I use FedEx for work, and our account has heavily discounted rates for Priority services - not for Economy. That's what I assumed was happening here, until I saw that you were dealing with them as John Q Public.
As call and response in the office whenever two "absolute top priority, over all else" tasks arrive in quick succession;