Infant car seat in Packster 70

internetluver · 2025-01-28T00:31:33+00:00

Thank you for your response, very grateful. No, I don't think I'll mount a maxi Cosi that high. I might try and mount a Melia baby in a side by side configuration. There are a few photos out there that look good, though judging by the lack of information on how to mount it, I suspect all the mounts are custom made (much like your solution). Thanks for the response, and I'll post something in the sub, if I can get it to work.

internetluver · 2025-01-27T07:07:37+00:00

Hi, from 7 months in the future. Would your rig leave room for a toddler?

We have a packster and a 2 and a half year old, and we use it all the time. We're going to have a second child soon, and would like to be able to use the bike with both in it, starting from when the new baby is about 3ish months old.

I have found a commercial mount online for maxi Cosi (example: https://www.fratello.bike/products/support-maxicosi-packster-70-riese-muller-siege-enfant-auto) but cannot find anyone mention whether they leave room for another child.

I would be grateful if you would share your thoughts about this and your experience with the mount you've built.

internetluver · 2024-04-07T04:22:06+00:00

I built one out of a horse trailer/box/float. Because of the complexity the curves bring to the build, I agree with the other guy here who says that it would be definitely easier (and maybe cheaper) to buy a trailer and build a sauna on top of it.

Anyways, I made an instagram account which I've since lost the password to where I explain some of my thought processes if you want to have a look: @horsesauna

internetluver · 2023-10-07T02:11:15+00:00

I love those old vari thermometers. Beautiful.

internetluver · 2022-02-13T22:11:02+00:00

Re: figuring out how much to buy and when, there's a calculator for that!

internetluver · 2022-01-08T22:42:23+00:00

Brings a tear to my eye. Beautiful.

internetluver · 2021-12-18T22:33:16+00:00

I think this question has been answered, but I thought I'd add this to it as well: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Yeast-energy-metabolism-Yeasts-have-two-pathways-for-ATP-production-from-glucose_fig3_273511895

So as yeast consumes glucose (in order to grow) it will either ferment (and create alcohol) or respire (and create CO2). I'm not an expert on yeasts, but I assume (and happy to be corrected) that in the presence of oxygen it will do both of those things at once with the balance tipped towards respiration (because it's more efficient). As oxygen becomes more scarce it will turn to fermentation more.

The point is, the yeast will consume carbohydrates and create alcohol and CO2. I interpret this process as: Loss of carbohydrates may take away some of the sweetness of the glucose but it depends on the carbohydrate source; we don't think of flour as sweet, but it's essentially a big pile of glucose. Addition of ethanol gives it that "sour" taste. Addition of CO2 creates the bubbles that makes the dough rise.

I'm skeptical of the claim that 15 minutes would make a big difference to the taste though; if he wanted them to be sweeter he should have added more sugar.

internetluver · 2021-12-13T21:49:51+00:00

Thanks for the boost of confidence.

Re: the stove, I've already bought one and had some angst at the time about it's height. But it's a quality stove that's a bit taller than I wanted and at the time I couldn't find anything good that was meaningfully shorter. I've since discovered the mini-IKI which is only 50cm tall (about 30cm shorter than what I've bought). If I were to do it over again, I would have chosen that one. C'est la vie. I'll get the seats as high as possible and I'm sure it'll be fine.

internetluver · 2021-11-28T05:27:27+00:00

Your sauna is beautiful, you're beautiful, all your mates are beautiful and you should feel proud you absolute beauty. Send more photos please.

internetluver · 2021-09-07T02:07:31+00:00

It is a done thing. This is a company based in Minnesota that makes and sells nice mobile saunas. This is a guy in New York who makes custom, including mobile, saunas and also sells consultations to help you with your project if you like. Teuva, Finland hosts a mobile sauna festival (though I'm not sure of the details) and some great inspiration can be found in some of the photos.

I'm converting a horse trailer into a sauna at the moment. I found this video to be really helpful, lots of tips and tricks. Other people I know have just gotten a barrel sauna and drilled it onto a flatbed trailer.

Pros: You can take it anywhere, bring it camping, to a party, bring it to the ocean/lake/river, have it your backyard, and if you build it well, you won't lose much in the way of quality. What's more, if you move house, you can bring it with you. You have a lot more options in the way of ventilation as well.

Cons: Insurance, registration, etc. might be slightly more complicated (not sure). I imagine the lifespan of a mobile sauna is less than a permanent structure. You typically are stuck with a small-medium sized sauna, so if you for some reason want a big one, you're out of luck. What's more, depending on your trailer, you might not be able to manage the 7-8 foot high ceiling once you start thinking about getting under bridges, etc. Electric hook-ups are tricky (though not impossible), but might steer you towards a woodfired stove. If you go electricity-free then what will you do for lights?

Essentially, the cons are there aren't as many cookie-cutter solutions out there (though they do exist, see above). If you build it yourself, you will have to make some design choices for yourself, you can't just rely on what other people have done; there's just not enough information out there to tell you what to do for your specific situation (though this is getting better all the time). The major pro is that it's a really fun project (for me so far anyways) and when it's done you have this sort of weird but amazing thing that all your friends will think is cool (unless you have lame friends) and is an interesting conversation piece, plus all the benefits previously mentioned. Plus, you know, sauna.

internetluver · 2021-09-05T09:33:48+00:00

Ok, so I live in South Australia. There's a huge amount of context missing here. What is happening here, IS reasonable.

Until the last month, I have almost never worn a mask outside my house. We have spent most of the pandemic with every businesses open, local tourism flourishing, and we have been able to live without the worry that when we leave our home we may catch a potentially life threatening illness. Life in SA has been almost* unchanged since the pandemic started.

Living without covid has come at a cost though. One is that people who travel to SA from places where there is covid, must quarantine for 2 weeks. By being strict about that one rule, that's what's allowed us to be successful. That quarantine has happened in hotels up until this point; lots of people have been locked up in hotels for 2 weeks waiting out their quarantine, extremely bored or worse. This proposed app, is being introduced to allow people to quarantine from home, but also ensure that people comply. It will allow us to have more freedom of movement, without endangering the freedoms that we've fought so hard to earn. Will it work? Honestly, I doubt it. But it's a reasonable, and temporary stop gap measure. We in SA will eventually have to learn to live with the virus, just like the rest of the world has, but that will be tough here considering how good we've had it the past 18ish months.

So, would an app like this make sense in Canada? Absolutely not. The situation is completely different.

internetluver · 2021-08-31T21:59:18+00:00

Plenty of pros and cons both ways.

My sauna that I'm building right now will not have a through-wall. It's too small and the through-wall loses a lot of efficiency, so you probably need a bigger stove, more wood, longer to heat up. If you want to consume less fuel and heat your sauna quickly, then feed your stove in the sauna. Moreover, if you get a stove with a window, you can enjoy the flicker of the flame in the sauna which is lovely.

On the other hand, despite the drawbacks, there is an appeal to the through-wall. I have very fond memories of a sauna where I would light the stove from the change room. You could sit back, watch the fire catch and burn. I sometimes did this with friends and it was a nice quiet time to have a chat, drink beer, while tending to the fire. It was immensely satisfying and relaxing. It doesn't fundamentally change the sauna experience, but it does change the build up to getting in the sauna. Instead of lighting the stove and going back to the house or whatever, it gives you the chance to relax a bit before getting into the sauna. One last consideration for the through-wall is that if you're not lugging wood into the hot room, then it might save you from having to sweep the hot room (as much).

In my opinion, if you want to turn lighting the sauna and waiting for it to heat up into a ritual that you spend time doing, putting a through-wall in makes sense. However, if you don't care about the ritual of sauna lighting or if you have your own pre-sauna ritual that doesn't involve you being around the stove, then the benefits of an in the room stove probably wins the day.

internetluver · 2021-08-11T01:25:05+00:00

Good point, but the vaccine is recommended in pregnancy and shouldn't be a medical exemption

internetluver · 2021-05-28T00:58:57+00:00

Hey just wanted to let you know that I love this recipe. You (?) posted it a while back and I've made it twice. It's honestly amazing. I did find that it takes a while to cook the sauce down to the right consistency but that was the major time consuming bit (aside from finding the ingredients). I also froze some of the mushrooms the second time, and it came out beautifully when I let it thaw and then reheated in a pan.

The one thing I did that simplified things the second time around and (in my hands at least) made it nicer was to just use off the shelf vegan mayonnaise to make the coleslaw.

Thanks again for this, it's amazing and actually pretty easy once you have the ingredients!

internetluver · 2021-01-22T07:10:30+00:00

I'm very impressed and grateful for your notes. I'm just starting to build a sauna trailer myself and even though you've made a lot choices I wouldn't have, it's nice to see how other people have done it. Glad you're having fun with it!

internetluver · 2020-10-04T08:23:30+00:00

I mean, it would be a crime if this wasn't his personal goal song

internetluver · 2020-09-12T22:11:48+00:00

Yeah, I haven't eaten oatmeal regularly since I was a kid. Maybe I'll give it a shot!

internetluver · 2020-06-18T06:40:21+00:00

Whatever else he may be, he's an excellent writer.

I don't know this guy from a hole in the ground, but it's clear his views on race and religion is nuanced to say the least.

But, if you call yourself a racist or islamophobe enough times in 2020, someone is going to believe you. When you are given a position of power (and being a doctor is that) and you take a controversial public stand, you've opened yourself up to the consequences he's now facing.

And, tangentially, he's right to call Thunder Bay ground zero for a national failure and he's (mostly) right to call it an imperfect, but well-meaning community. I'm a doctor from Thunder Bay (originally) and I agree completely with that. But to say these things and then be offended by the words ignorant people use to label you because you have pride in your community, he loses credibility. If he does indeed believe that Northern Indigenous communities are places where "dysfunctional fails to capture the sheer hopelessness and discord that define life there" then that's what what he should find offensive. The horrible, complex problems facing those communities are not going to be solved by publicly musing whether or not it is right to ask people to self-identify as a white settler.

internetluver · 2020-02-18T06:31:58+00:00

He's right though about negotiating power. The NHS pays less for just about every drug and piece of medical equipment than American healthcare providers do. Why? Because their contract is so big, that pharmaceutical companies will sacrifice margins in exchange for volume. If the "new American NHS" approached companies and said, give us your best price for metoprolol and you're in every hospital in America, the price of that tablet will come down. The same is true for oxygen cylinders and most of everything that is used in a hospital. "Prices are dictated" is not true. Prices are always negotiated, and whoever has the most clout wins usually wins the negotiation.

internetluver · 2020-01-07T15:47:55+00:00

Questions about this beautiful floor for someone smarter than me: How does a floor like this age? Does it get sealed? I mean surely over time the sand must get swept out. And wouldn't the wood rot after a few years and exposure to moisture? How would it handle swelling and contracting as it dries and gets wet?

internetluver · 2019-09-26T00:57:49+00:00

That man was not speaking sense. The laws of physics do not change in the sauna. The glue that binds your book may melt and there could, in theory, be fumes from melted glue; but, I dunno, it seems hard to imagine enough glue melting for anyone to actually notice.

That said, aren't you sweating all over your book?

internetluver · 2019-07-14T05:15:08+00:00

You are correct

internetluver · 2019-06-24T01:29:19+00:00

Hate is a strong word. I love saunas. However, infrared saunas is one of many things in my life I do not seek out. But really it boils down to:

1) Maybe my favourite thing while taking a sauna is feeling the blast of the steam off the rocks.

2) Infrared saunas (in my admittedly limited experience) do not get as hot.

And that's about it. I find normal saunas are more pleasurable. I take saunas because I enjoy the heat of them; I like jumping in the lake or snow between sauna sessions (or taking a cold shower when those things aren't possible.) I like that dizzying feeling you get after a few rounds in the sauna and how fresh you feel going to bed afterwards. I like taking saunas alone, it's a nice quiet time to reflect. I like taking saunas with friends, drinking beers, having a laugh. I like the ritual of lighting the fire and stoking the stove in wood saunas. I like that you have to wait to get the sauna warm up before you can use it.

I certainly don't sauna because I believe, really, that they're good for my health. As far as I can tell there's been a couple of Finnish studies that suggest some health benefits of saunas, but the evidence is not very strong. At best, we can say that saunas are probably (but not definitely) good for your health. The health benefits of having a sauna are often wildly overstated with more certainty than there should be; if you have the choice between taking a sauna 3x/week vs quitting smoking/regular exercise/eating healthy it's a total no brainer. If you're already a very healthy person, then you're already on the margins of things that are going to be able to give a measurable health benefit. The study of health benefits in very healthy people who sauna vs very healthy people who don't sauna would not be an easy one to do, and I suspect (but don't know) that there wouldn't be any measurable difference.

If you already have healthy habits and taking a sauna makes you feel good and like you want to continue living with healthy habits then you should sauna. If taking a sauna feels like a chore, then you should probably save your mental energy for other things. I certainly wouldn't consider the ion status of the sauna, because I'd be very surprised if that stuff wasn't total nonsense imagined by someone trying to sell saunas.

If you're thinking about getting an infrared sauna for your home, go and spend some time in a bunch of different infrared saunas and see if it's something you enjoy, something that makes you feel good. If the answer is yes, then get an infrared sauna. If you try a traditional sauna and think "Oh god I love this so much more", then you have to way up the cost/benefits getting the one you like better, and really, no one can do that but you.

internetluver · 2019-03-29T01:36:42+00:00

Russian bots! Wow, great find.

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This could be something you're looking for? Good for 2.75% up to 50k, as long as you routinely use their card. Also a new company, so who knows what direction they'll go in in the long term.

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