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while I do think internet/twitter overexaggerates. I get inflation is real so prices go up..

but its not wrong saying the resort fees and how Nickle and dime some of Vegas actually is.

Its just beyond absurd you have to pay for internet because no resort fee, it is just laughable . perfect case of why people bitch about vegas now compared to 5-10 years ago

No, there's no declaration requirement or limit on how much cash you can carry on domestic flights. You'll hear people say there is a theoretical risk that the cash can be seized, but I've never heard of this actually happening and unless you're already under investigation for criminal activity, it seems nearly impossible for law enforcement to argue they have probable cause, especially where you are flying to Vegas.

For best results, rather than hiding the cash in your bag, fan it out in your hands while you walk through the metal detector and yell "VEGAS BABY, OH YEAH!"

Didn't viffer, or someone like that, on 2p2 get a bunch of cash confiscated and it took a long time to get it back?

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Usually it is a best buy date not a expiry date...they are quite different.

For most sodas in plastic bottles (ignoring stuff related to the plastic), the issue is the soda if carbonated will go flat. How quickly depends on storage temp but generally iirc they assume storage at about 70 deg F and not is sunlight (as that will drasitcally increase the contents temperature above ambient. At this temp will lose its bite in about 2 months and be competely flat in maybe 6 months.

Note this is for plastic bottles. If it is a can or a glass bottle, the CO2 cannot escape until opened.

Now for diet drinks using aspartmine (sp?), there is a psuedo myth about methanol poisoning. Yes aspartmine can/will break down partiallyforming methanol due to hydolysis. But the amount produced, even if 100% conversion occured is well below what you can recieve eating common fruits. Fruit pectin breaks down into methanol and provide MUCH higher dosages (like 6x or 10x). And at the produced dosages your body quite efficiently rapidly eliminates the methanol into formaldehyde into formic acid which you simply pee away. Some comverts into C02 that you exhale away.

If 100% conversion had occurred (which unless you are boiling your soda cans) takes a fair bit of time, the soda would taste completely horrible as all of the sweetness would be gone.

So while I recommend you don't go crazy in quantities purchased, store at cool temps in fridge above freezing extends the time for bite reduction to a year and completely flat multiple years, rotate what you buy.

As to checking it...if the bottle still is "hard" you should be fine. Also listen for the hiss on open. That will be gone if flat.

I left some Dr. Pepper the kids brought back from South Africa for several years. The bottles literally sucked in because there was no pressure to left. I am sure it would have tasted like crap (but then again, Dr. Pepper always tastes like crap to me) but as basially sugar water in a sealed container it would still be safe to drink. As long as you keep it sealed and no "bugs" get in it, it would (likely) remain sterile.

If you are entering or leaving the USA you must declare and I think the limit is $10K. But for flying domestically, you can legally carry as much as you want.

But as alluded to and discussed, for any large amount of cash, any law enforcement agency can sieze the cash if you can't adequately explain the origin or planned usage. But $10K is not some magic threshold for this. Can be much less or much more.

Such siezure or forfeiture is a shitty part of the legal system but if the cash is legit and you can demonstrate such, you will (usually) get it back. Definitely a PITA and I don't like it and it definitely can and has been abused in the past, such abuse is not a widespread as many claim.

But seriously if you are moving very large sums either domestically or internationally, I would think of better/safer ways to move it. Domestically it can be done fairly easily given interstate banking. Internationally it can get trickier and more costly. Ofc now days Bitcoin is relatively easy to do so but not always cheap.

Admittedly, I have a drinking problem. I'm perfect in every other way (ahem), but Diet Dew is my drug of choice.

If you are drinking diet drinks and they will sit for more than a few weeks in a hot garage, they do develop a stale sort of taste. I think it's the artificial sweetener.

If you can keep them chilled, at least to room temp in an hvac house, they will last for months.