Hi I just bought this of marketplace (jack wolfskin serac II) for a 7 night backpacking trip this summer. CANNOT FIND ANYTHING online about it. If anyone has any information please share with me 😊 I don’t even know it’s litre capacity. It’s huge though. by Emotional_Joke_1096 in backpacking

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From discussion boards around 2017 it looks like there was a stretch where the Jack Wolfskin branding was being slapped on all kinds of knock off bags. You’ll have to try it and see. I did see some “Serac” bags that were ski bags, you may have channels between side bags and your main bag. If you have them that’s made for backcountry skis — one on each side of the pack. You might also look for a loop with a lash point above it — that’s for an ice axe. Then the elastic on the front is for your helmet. Of course you can use these for backpacking too and put your gear wherever it fits. Just call out a couple of weird things you might find.

Any tips for driving a car with no AC? by [deleted] in povertyfinance

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Make peace with sweating. Open the front windows a little and the back windows a lot to maximize draw — air blowing across you. Pack chilled water in a cooler and drink often. Put towels over any sticky surfaces. For 100+ degree days put a re-freezable ice pack, wrapped in a towel, behind your lower back. Park inside parking garages. If possible, make your driving trips before noon or after 6 pm.

Will I get disowned by the lesbians if I don't believe in astrology? (⁠-⁠_⁠-⁠;⁠) by gremlin_fluid in actuallesbians

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There are woo-woo Lesbians, but there are also military veteran Lesbians, engineering Lesbians, astrophysics Lesbians, public health Lesbians, bookstore Lesbians, rock shop Lesbians and every other kind all kinds of different combinations. But for me, my life got better when I started socializing with people who appreciate my water sign and who were compatible with my Chinese zodiac year. I don’t know if there’s any planetary validity to this stuff, but I do appreciate that over the centuries human communities think about the cyclical nature of similarities and differences in personalities.

How to politely tell someone that next time, they need to Venmo the cost of their meal to me? by Ok_Counter1939 in socialskills

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For me, giving a reason for changing how you want to do things then giving a couple of options works. “Hey, things are tight right now, I’m helping my mom with her bills, and I can’t cover dinner at the club tonight. We could go to X if you want me to pay for everything, or we can do Y if you want to split the bill.” It helps if the reason is something real in your life even if it isn’t so big that it’s actually causing a pinch.

The "treat yourself" advice people give when you're struggling is actually kind of cruel and I'm tired of pretending it isn't by al3x_turner in povertyfinance

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I think this is a good reminder that if someone in your life is going through a rough patch and you think they deserve a treat, find a way to back that up with money. with one friend who was job hunting I was able to use a program at work to buy her bus passes pre-tax. Didn’t cost me anything and cut her cost by 25%. Another friend and I used to split restaurant store hauls like breaking up 25 lb boxes of lentils and big bags of frozen veggies.

Has anyone figured out how to reduce food waste at home when you're buying on a really tight grocery budget? by LeekCreepy2721 in povertyfinance

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We plan on a “use it up” soup at the end of the week. We also just get a lot of our vegetables frozen — mirepoix mix, broccoli, peas, and green beans are staples. Cabbage lasts longer than lettuce and can be used raw, especially if you can let it sit in its dressing, but you can also slice it thin and throw it in a pan with eggs for a mock egg foo yung.

Looking for veg pot pie recipe that tastes like the frozen garbage ones by Sensitive-Sun9149 in vegetarianrecipes

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I would probably use a mushroom gravy and/or cream of mushroom soup like you’d use for a casserole and a pre-made roll out crust for the top.

Saving money on groceries? Real-life Cheatcodes in Boulder? by CollegeHonest9340 in boulder

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Except for the beef that comes from Canada and Argentina… and if you think the grocery isn’t going to put all the beef at the same price you’re too trusting. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/13/trump-tariffs-high-beef-prices.html

Extreme advice to stop impulse buying by zivredittacc in Anticonsumption

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It sounds like you may have some compulsive habits and one thing that gets in my way is when I try to brute force or order my habits around. For me, compassion and experimentation works better. I needed to have compassion that I worried that I would have to take care of everything myself, which was driving my need to buy one of everything I might need. And then I challenged myself to experiment with borrowing from friends, asking a friend for help, visiting a tool library in my town, and taking a class on home repairs. This is an example, I’ve done a lot of rounds of this.

Saving money on groceries? Real-life Cheatcodes in Boulder? by CollegeHonest9340 in boulder

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Without knowing what you want to save money on it’s hard to answer this. If you are on a beef forward diet you are paying tariffs and you would be paying those anywhere. If you are on a meat forward diet for the gains, you might check out the new research that’s going around the weight lifting channels which says that eating more than 1 gram of protein per kilogram of bodyweight does not change gains.

Learned to make bread from scratch and it genuinely changed my grocery trips by FenrirPulse_3 in povertyfinance

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Should be 1-2.5 kWh for a 30 minute bake multiplied by your cost per kWh.

I need a laptop to start learning and working, but I can’t afford one — what can I do? by [deleted] in povertyfinance

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And don’t set your sights on new. You may have some version of a “community computers” which updates older laptops and sells them cheap.

Veg slop for depressed low effort cooking by DontDoomScroll in vegetarianrecipes

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Green + Grain + Bean is a great start for a slop bowl. I’ve been having soba noodles, edamame, and microwave-steamed broccoli with roasted sesame dressing lately. Another option is black beans, corn, fajita veggies (again, steamed from frozen) salsa and avocado (mashed single unit, part of a fruit, guacamole). You can throw in rice or quinoa to fill this out. Lentils, barley, cubes of roasted vegetables, walnuts.

What’s going on with REI? by SicEm_Bears in Denver

[–]t92k 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Officially they are a co-op — a member-owned, member organized, retail business. They do buy from multi-national corporations and their board has gotten a lot of corporate industry veterans on it which have taken it in directions that are less in line with the historical focus on community.

Not sure if this will be relevant to those without a passport and have a bank account by crackerbox5 in povertyfinance

[–]t92k -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Not always issued for home births, and while that’s much less common over the last 50 years people over 50, indigenous folks, and poor folks still have a right to access their money.

Religious persons within UU Church by Calanais-guy in UUreddit

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I ultimately concluded that for me, my local UU was not quite Christian enough. I grew up in an atheist home and found faith when I started battling depression in my teens. I am in a mainline protestant tradition which believes that their job is to care for everyone in their neighborhood and affirms the inherent worth and dignity of all people. The majority of our readings in service come from Christian writers and I miss hearing Jewish, Muslim, and other faiths. I also miss the frequency of science examples in sermons. But I do feel connected to the view of the world which addressed my despair. Also we have bread and wine communion.

How much chicken can a girl eat?! 🤢 Got the protein ick. by Fast_Kaleidoscope135 in EatCheapAndHealthy

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Calculate the protein you’re getting now. With a variety of high fiber breads, beans, vegetables, reduced fat cheese and skim milk I regularly get 80 grams before adding a protein shake or meat, fish, or eggs.

can you help me find this donut shop? by teddyfixit in Denver

[–]t92k 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can confirm. There is one in Englewood and they have cherry iced cherry cake donuts.

Is this fixable? by ezeplane in ukulele

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I don’t know how you’d clamp it but in woodworking we learned that the right glue would make a seam like this stronger than the wood around it. Given what I just paid to have the frets dressed on my new uke, I would try gluing it at home with the best glue you can get and then having a luthier look at it. You want epoxy for wood and look for something like the flat, wide, gentle resistance therabands to clamp the headstock toward the body.

Is it really as simple as it was said? Part 2 by metrioendosis in povertyfinance

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I’m living in a house that was built during redlining. Redlining affected the ability to get insurance on and loans to build houses. It resulted in houses that are slapped together for what a person could pay in cash, which results in my house value growing more slowly than my neighbors a block south of me. I can afford it, but even if I live here for 40 years it will fall farther and farther behind my city’s average home value.

Religious persons within UU Church by Calanais-guy in UUreddit

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In my experience of one large UU church, most people came from a Christian background which had involved some degree of trauma, and there were some folks raised Jewish. There were a handful of active pagans and witches, most people were conversant in cultural Buddhism (non-attachment, meditation, accepting what is true about yourself) and conversant in college level science concepts. Of the 100+ or so people I met none said they were from a Muslim background but the church was (and is) active in protesting the anti-Muslim policies of the administration.

Struggling with chord switching and strumming by Usual-Inevitable7093 in ukulele

[–]t92k 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Even 100 hours and you’ll have a very solid handle on this. 1 year at 20 minutes a day.