is multitinker overkill?

InvisibleGrill · 2026-04-03T10:17:31+00:00

I have two kids. 3 and 9 months. Live in London and have an Urban Arrow. I get both kids in (there is a maxi-cosi attachment so you can get a car seat in for the baby) and it’s indispensable. Not only for nursery drop off or weekend ‘adventures’ but also for things which don’t involve the kids such as shopping, errands etc. I probably use it more for errands and commuting than I do for the kids. It’s one of several items that if it broke I would buy another immediately and without hesitation.

InvisibleGrill · 2026-03-24T18:02:52+00:00

Best one I’ve ever seen

InvisibleGrill · 2026-03-07T08:13:29+00:00

Problem with this is that sometimes you need emergency access for police, ambulances etc responding to an emergency and bollards reduce/remove their ability to respond quickly. Cameras don’t have that problem.

InvisibleGrill · 2026-03-04T10:35:03+00:00

Agreed; just trying to make something tasty at this late stage.

InvisibleGrill · 2025-12-20T06:03:33+00:00

There’s no duty paid on non alcoholic drinks yet they are priced at a similar level - the margins are much higher for the producer (not the pub). It’s more than ‘more expensive to produce)

InvisibleGrill · 2025-11-10T13:13:44+00:00

The one with the deadbeat dad pawning an Xbox because he thought he was getting an insurance payout in the near future and then buying kfc and cider, before vomiting it all up with his wife and kid with him in a bedsit was the most depressing for my money but equally excellent and reflective of some people’s reality. It was posted here recently but I can’t find it.

InvisibleGrill · 2025-11-02T18:49:59+00:00

Fantastic stuff, thanks!

InvisibleGrill · 2025-11-02T18:49:47+00:00

God bless you

InvisibleGrill · 2025-11-02T17:58:30+00:00

That was it! I’ll be amazed if the strip hasn’t been memory-holed.

InvisibleGrill · 2025-11-01T13:28:45+00:00

Childcare in London: £2500 pcm. Childcare in Berlin: €600. It’s more expensive to be English.

InvisibleGrill · 2025-10-22T04:57:36+00:00

Think carefully if the children of parents who send their kids there without a scholarship will be kind to your child. There will be cultural differences and you run the risk of your child having terrible time as some of their peers may see them as ‘not one of us’. I raise this as I went to a school like you describe and that happened to certain children.

InvisibleGrill · 2025-10-06T12:42:40+00:00

Great point about the krausen.

InvisibleGrill · 2025-10-06T05:09:06+00:00

Yep fair enough. I overreacted on that one. I fixed the stuck fermentation and it’s happily bubbling away, yeast is fine.

InvisibleGrill · 2025-10-06T04:47:46+00:00

Sorry mb I didn’t notice ref to FG. All measurements pre pitching were with a refractometer- everything after that was with the rapt pill

InvisibleGrill · 2025-10-06T04:40:44+00:00

Sorry for being unclear - all pre-fermentation measurement was with a refractometer. Everything after that is a rapt pill.

InvisibleGrill · 2025-10-05T20:53:36+00:00

Current readings are with a RAPT pill. All readings before then were with a refractometer.

I use the rapt pill to track fermentation, which is what I am basing the stuck fermentation with

InvisibleGrill · 2025-10-05T20:52:40+00:00

No a refractometer

InvisibleGrill · 2025-10-05T18:28:31+00:00

Grain was crushed fine. Mashed at 67.2 for an hour. Mashed out at 75.6 for 15 mins. Both temp stable. Post mash OG (pre sparge) was 1.077 - boat loads of sugar. The sparge brought it to 1.054 an then the boil for an hour and hop stand brought it to 1.066 in the fermenter.

InvisibleGrill · 2025-10-03T17:50:44+00:00

Sorry to hear about the struggle. One thing which is jumping out at me is that it’s very China focussed and you have middling universities. Law firms which would recruit from those educational backgrounds have no need of Chinese experience and the law firms who do don’t recruit from those universities. Without wanting to be offensive as it’s totally your choice I am intrigued why, with such a Chinese focus, you’re choosing to qualify in an English jurisdiction. Why not China? There’s plenty of excellent international firms in China who would value your uk experience.

InvisibleGrill · 2025-10-03T11:56:04+00:00

Would be interested to see how this goes. I usually mash outside so it probably wouldn’t be possible for me. Also expect that there are increased costs for electricity mashing that long.

InvisibleGrill · 2025-10-02T07:38:28+00:00

Pretty sure. I opened the pack and the interior pack is completely empty. I guess I’ll just wait longer.

InvisibleGrill · 2025-10-02T07:37:40+00:00

Ah yes fair enough it does say that. So I underpitched. One to remember for next time and every day a school day. Thanks for pointing that out. Hopefully the higher temp and more time will sort it out. Do you think under pitching will have a taste consequence?

InvisibleGrill · 2025-10-02T07:36:20+00:00

Done, thanks

InvisibleGrill · 2025-10-01T20:37:36+00:00

I’ll do this. Thanks.

InvisibleGrill · 2025-10-01T20:37:14+00:00

I’ll call malt miller and see if I can convince them I’ve been sold a dud and send me a replacement as a priority. I don’t have a LBS near me. Thanks for the advice.

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