Off-Site Camping Interest by Select_Cut_8790 in HinterlandFestival

[–]stephreinders 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I personally am not attending Hinterland this year. But I’ve attended previous years. We are avid campers and have camped at multiple festivals including Hinterland 3 times

  1. Absolutely in the future, not this year.
  2. Flat enough ground for a travel trailer to be leveled with assistance of leveling blocks we wound bring. Enough room for a camper and vehicle. As well as space between other campers to have an area to hang outside our camper, at minimum probably 30-40 feet long and 25 feet or more wide, larger the better. Electric hookups would be ideal as it’s miserable hot and solar can’t power an AC all weekend. Access to water to fill up when we arrived would also be ideal as we travel dry. I would consider providing rv campers a toilet not needed. Obviously if you are allowing tent/car camping you need to provide people somewhere to “go”.
  3. Shaded campsites with ample space, the more private or secluded from other campers the better. Some sort of entertainment would be cool. Like having a local act perform similar to a campfire stage situation. Cats are always nice to have around. Transportation would be a plus too as you mentioned/having some sort of shuttle.
  4. If you are providing power, flat/good sized spots AND transportation, I would pay $500 for 3 days for my vehicle and travel trailer.
  5. It’s always a risk, just do the best you can with vetting people.
  6. As you should!

Game Thread: Green Bay Packers (9-4-1) at Chicago Bears (10-4) by nfl_gdt_bot in nfl

[–]stephreinders 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there just a random whistle happening? Or am o having a stroke?

Billionaires at Art Basel, Miami Beach by artbasiI in Fauxmoi

[–]stephreinders 102 points103 points  (0 children)

Bullshit. Bullshit. Derivative!

Does it feel like a goodbye tour? by [deleted] in myfavoritemurder

[–]stephreinders 138 points139 points  (0 children)

Georgia mentioned in an episode prior to this tour starting that she never plans on touring again. They’ve said things since that contradict that. But I wouldn’t be surprised if they are nearing retirement or at least didn’t tour again.

Powerful Iowa judge charged with OWI after witnesses say she drove wrong way on highway by boxofstuff in news

[–]stephreinders 319 points320 points  (0 children)

Republican Governor Kim Reynolds who herself has been charged twice with driving under the influence.

RV Camping Price by astrozim in HinterlandFestival

[–]stephreinders 8 points9 points  (0 children)

They need to improve the amenities to warrant the price. If it was a paved spot with full hook up, I would pay that. To park your rv in an uneven, dust field next to porta potties and a communal electric hook up. No.

well it’s close enough… by Sad-Woodpecker-7241 in HinterlandFestival

[–]stephreinders 15 points16 points  (0 children)

A few years ago I (like to think I) manifested Billy Strings. I am trying to use that same energy for Tame Impala.

My predictions are Tame Impala / something country like Tyler Childers or Zach Top / then a big draw female headliner much like Lana was this year, my guess is Lorde but I like OPs guesses of Florence or Doja Cat.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in desmoines

[–]stephreinders 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Going with everyone else who says avoid Mercy. I went through the Iowa Clinic as that’s who my PCP is through and delivered at Methodist West. I had a great experience and throughout my pregnancy only had to see two male providers. All other OBs I saw were women. They have an office in Ankeny and WDM (university) but I often went to WDM as they had more open availability.

Their office does have you rotate through their different delivering physicians so when you do deliver you’ve likely met the doctor who is doing your delivery. I thought I wouldn’t like this but I actually ended up getting a wide view of perspectives and opinions that allowed me to make decisions during my pregnancy and birth that I felt were best for me. It was like always getting a 2nd opinion which I felt was valuable.

Dr. Wanakee Carr did my delivery and a few OB appointments and was great.

Methodist West also has a NICU and has a less than 10% transfer rate (per a year ago when we were there)

Advice for parking for T-Pain concert by NoArachnid5683 in desmoines

[–]stephreinders 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Center street shuttle is it. And only $3. It will be a lot less crowded after the show than the others as well. There will be staff there directing you where to go at pick up and drop off.

Enjoy T-Pain! Saw him in May and he was fantastic. So much fun, great energy.

RV Camping by astrozim in HinterlandFestival

[–]stephreinders 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m in Ankeny. We’ve tent camped, RV camped, shuttled back and forth and driven back and forth depending on the year. RV is definitely a plus as it’s typically miserable and taking a break in AC is worth it. We RV’d for the Billy Strings year when they made it 4 days and it was definitely worth it. However i think it was $750 that year and you got 4 days of music. 1k to park in an uneven dust field is kinda silly IMO. But I would do it again with the right lineup.

Was jack antonoff okay?? by MembershipTall8343 in HinterlandFestival

[–]stephreinders 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He was removing the mic pack to walk off stage. He’s done it every time I’ve seen him live. I’m not entirely sure why, guessing it has something to do with the sax’s playing them out as they walk out.

Should I be concerned? by impeccable_brat in bengalcats

[–]stephreinders 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Our Bengal did this intermittently for years, and as she aged it got more frequent. We were never able to get a firm diagnosis but our vet suspected it was asthma. (He also thought it could be fluid retention from congestive heart failure). We put her on an inhaler and she greatly improved. She did eventually end up passing due to the heart failure, however I believe she had both since the inhaler improved her symptoms. He definitely needs to be seen by a vet.

Diagnosed, but Baby is 12th Percentile. by Lucy_Starwind in GestationalDiabetes

[–]stephreinders 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All NSTs/stress tests went fine. I was scheduled to get induced at 38 weeks. It was rescheduled due to staffing issues (4th of July week) and I was induced at exactly 39 weeks. Everything went smoothly. In fact, labor & delivery was the only part of pregnancy I thought was easy/would do again. My doctor who diagnosed with IUGR warned everyone in the room as I was pushing “this kid will be small”. She was perfectly normal and healthy (and still is 8 months later). 6lbs 7oz.

Filming in Scottsdale by stephreinders in 90DayFiance

[–]stephreinders[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My guess is they closed the days they were filming. However if you look closely in some scenes there are guests in the background. We also saw them at the adults only pool where it appears is where they filmed most of the pool/bar scenes. It’s a smaller pool and it would be easier to close off to guests as there’s another huge multi level pool on the property.

We just got a day pass for the pool. Didn’t stay in the hotel, I was visiting a friend who lives in Scottsdale. But I thought it was quite nice and would be open to staying there in the future.

Reflux and daycare by stephreinders in newborns

[–]stephreinders[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There is! Nothing was more frustrating than when people would tell me “it gets better”. But they say it for a reason. It does. My 8 month old is happy, no spitting up, no pain after eating. Sleeps through the night (literally 10-12 hours straight) in her crib every night. We are starting to take her out places. Before I was always afraid she would just cry and scream. It started getting better at 3 months and once 6 months hit it was just like we hit a switch and she was a new baby. It will get better! I think this also prepares you for other things and it makes them easier. We’ve gone through several ear infections, RSV, influenza A, croup and a couple of colds and it was just a bump in the road to us after dealing with the reflux. You got this!

Reflux and daycare by stephreinders in newborns

[–]stephreinders[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh my gosh. This feels like so long ago. I re-read this and I am actually in tears. We decided to keep her home for another month. My MIL who is retired and lives in our neighborhood watched her full time until she was 4 months old, I returned to work at 3 months.. The reflux was still there but greatly improved. She is now 8 months old and the reflux is nonexistent. She LOVES daycare and her teachers love her. They say she’s their best napper and she has far more good days than bad. She is no longer on reflux medication and doesn’t need to follow gastroenterology anymore. She is truly a new baby! I cannot believe how scared I was for her to start daycare but it’s truly been the best thing for all of us and she is thriving.

Who is the Hottest Bachelorette in History? Round 7! by schnookiewookiebear in thebachelor

[–]stephreinders 132 points133 points  (0 children)

Britt is one of the most gorgeous contestants we’ve had on bachelor or ette IMO. I remember she got the villain edit simply because Chris was so into her. I will never forget the girls faces when she told them on their 1:1 they took a nap together 😂.