• ClydapusGotwald@lemmy.world
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    Reusable water bottle. It’s just something I always have on me and it’s great because I’m not wasting money on plastic with liquid in it.

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      it’s honestly crazy to me that this isn’t an item every person owns. the fact that some people call it a ‘reusable’ bottle, as if that isn’t the standard, is shocking.

      like imagine historic humans spending time making a clay bottle or leather waterskin only to just throw it away on the ground after using it a single time. “disposable” bottles and other plastics are a crime against humanity and that’s not even an exaggeration

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        To make things even worse is that you can still reuse the disposable ones not as nice as metal ones but are lighter when empty and get the job of holding water until you get thirsty ultimately you can pretty easily tell who is from the country by what they consider a normal water bottle is because one person can easily just go to a store and get a new water bottle much more often than the other guy

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          yeah maybe true about rural/urban, but any city boy who’s ever been camping probably owns a normal reusable bottle

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      Mine is an extension of my body. I can’t not have it with me going out. But I get thirsty a lot. Took me a while to fine one that works for me size and function wise.

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        I’ve found that I do like the metal smart water bottles too bad they’re ment to be disposable as I hate how fragile the caps are id love a bottle of that size so it fits in my cars cup holder but also has a cap so I don’t have to walk so carefully with it

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    This probably goes against the spirit of the post, but my 2.5 acres of NW FL swamp. It’s dope.

    Mom died of COVID, and after my divorce, I still had just enough inheritance left to pick it up. It’s a place to camp, shoot (guns and bows), hike, relax, whatever the fuck I want.

    Benefits:

    • Learning to build stuff. Working on converting trash trees to lumber right now, proper cabin next.
    • Learning the environment. Too much to go into, but I’m learning ecological things I never knew. Trying to improve the biosphere while keeping it (nearly) strictly native.
    • It’s my home away from home. No matter how stressed I am, I can get out. I go every weekend and work on it.
    • I have a place to run away, no matter what. I’m no prepper, but I have a SHTF place for sure.
    • No matter how foolishly I live the rest of my life, I can still pass this to my kids when I croak. They’re 8 and 10 and get to see it next month! (Playground isn’t near done though.)
    • 1,000 outdoor skills. Again, too much to list, but you could drop me off naked in January and I’d be comfortable within 15 minutes.
    • I can recycle so much stuff! So much of my gear was found on the side of the road. Plenty good enough for camp materials.
    • It’s a place for friends to gather. Had my cat’s funeral out there and it was a blast, after all the crying was out.

    tl;dr Get some damned land if the opportunity presents itself. They’re not making any more.

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    My house.

    I started by looking at apartments, but after seeing a few I just wasn’t feeling it. I’ve always wanted a yard, more space and privacy so I thought I’d have a look what kind of houses would fit my budget and found out that by paying just a little more I could get a small one on a good location for almost the same price. Now I own a small granny cottage with a damn nice yard, well, root cellar and a sauna in a separate building aswell as a small workshop. On top of all that my mortage payments are less than what my friends are paying rent.

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    E-bike. I hardly use my car anymore. Last time I filled up the gas was in March or so. I still have a quarter tank of gas.

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      You probably want to top that up and drive it for a bit. Fuel degrades over time

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        I drive it once in a while just to make sure nothing ceases up or dries out. Run the aircon for a bit. Hit the brakes hard to clean the brakes. Things like that.

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          Yeah but the fuel is still 6 months old. Is the gasoline you’ll want to either use up or mix with fresh stuff. Gasoline has a shelf life of about a year or so.

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    Induction stove. Its responsiveness and power are incomparable to electric or gas. I’m never going back.

    Alternatively, my Steam Deck. I use it practically every day. A gaming PC that I can take anywhere has always been my dream, and it absolutely delivers.

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      Problem with induction is you can’t use anodized aluminum, ceramic or other nonmagnetic cookware. I usually prefer gas, but I’d do hate what fracking is doing to the world, not to mention the constant small benzene exposures aren’t good for you. But traditional electric ranges are a pain. Wish there was another option.

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        They make metal plates you can use over an instruction stove to use whatever cookware you have

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          The only one I tried was so slow and pathetic that it’s completely put me off the idea. Was it just a bad example?

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              This was a presumably quite expensive one (the house it was in was outrageous) in the UK. Did our friend group’s Christmas dinner at one of their parents places in the country. Trying to cook dinner for 16 was a huge pain using that thing.

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              Umm stoves/ranges are wired for 50amp 240v. Being on an American grid that also supports 120v is irrelevant to this.

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        Gas stoves also release carcinogens and need to be very well vented. They re superior other than that, IMO. I just run my vent hood when my stovetop is in use.

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          Yeah, I mean if the stove is in good condition it only releases anything when it’s first turned on before it fully ignites and possibly a miniscule amount when it turns off, but yeah, it’s not a bad idea to vent during that time or if you have a stove that’s in bad condition or is dirty and not directing the gas properly so it fully burns. Same for water heaters, though, and older furnaces, though modern ones deal with it.

          But either way it’s a tiny bit and on its own is not likely to cause problems. The problem is that we get exposed to so many other carcinogens that it all adds up, so any exposure that you can limit is a good thing. And of course, risk increases with age.

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            Recent studies have found that this information is entirely false and propaganda by the gas companies. It releases huge amounts of quite toxic stuff every second it is lit. More closely aligned with everyone in the house breathing second hand smoke from cigarettes continuously while it is being used. It has been all over the news these past few months.

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              Yeah I know. I have a gas leak/no2 detector because I had a leak once that the gas company was dilly dallying over. I’ve tested around my stove and it’s relatively low compared to others I read about in those studies. But if the part that splits the gas before burning is dirty it can sit on there wrong and some gas escapes before burning and several other issues can lead to gas escaping. My point was that we’ll maintained stoves are relatively ok. Those are what the gas companies do their testing on, new products, but those don’t really exist in many homes.

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      Agreed. I can cook a meal in 20 minutes that takes an hour in the oven. Everything comes out crispy, not greasy.

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    A very nice rain coat. Now unless it’s a downpour, I still walk places instead of driving if it’s raining. And I stay bone dry.

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        That’s why I don’t go out in a downpour. The coat goes about mid-thigh so my calves get a bit wet. But since my legs are mostly verticle and I’m fat, they don’t get very wet at all.

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        Patagonia torrentshell. But I’d wager any similar product from a good brand works just as well.

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            It’s warm to around 45-50 degrees Fahrenheit. Really good at blocking wind but it’s thin so it doesn’t conserve body heat below a pretty cool temperature. It’s definitely meant to be worn with base layers if getting close to freezing

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    Treadmill. I live in a country where it’s just not possible to run outside during winter so I used to gain some extra weight during those cold and dark months. Now I am in better shape than I have ever been during my life.

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      Funny to see we are polar opposites I got used to running in winter to stay warm and having to slowly walk to not overheat in Florida

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    Best purchase? Probably my steam deck. Nobody else in my family really plays games and I always felt like my choice was either to monopolize the living room TV or retreat to my cave where my PC can be the only person that cares about me. With my steam deck I can play almost every game I care to try, and I don’t have to be a dick to my partner who just wants to chitchat and watch bake off.

    Best acquisition? Absolutely 100% the weight bench I got from FB marketplace for nothing. I’d go so far as to say that it literally saved my life at the beginning of the pandoodle when we were being super serial about locking down. I had just gone from a restaurant job to an office job anyway, so I was getting used to being a bit more sedentary and all of a sudden I had nowhere to go during the day, no access to the gym by the office, and nowhere to go/nothing to do all evening. I was probably about 5 minutes from trying to peel all the skin off my body just so I could say that something happened that day when some kind soul decided to put the bench up for free. Spent another $100 on adjustable dumbbells, then just kept trolling different online spots and picking up plates, dumbbells and barbells where I could. Now I can bench my weight, but more importantly I can sit still at work for almost 3 whole hours every day and sleep is a thing I do rather than a cruel joke.

  • bkk_beaucoup@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Global Entry. Best $100 I ever spent, even with the headache of the application and scheduling interviews at airports. I only fly a few times a year and I’ve still probably accumulated high tens of hours of time saved from aggravation and standing in queue.

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      I used to feel the same way, but then I was standing in a (short) global entry line and I watched people breeze right by that. Found out they were just using the free CBP app. Felt a little cheated, honestly.

      Haven’t been doing as much international travel since second kid was born, so we didn’t get him global entry. Last trip we did I used the app instead. It was just as fast as global entry, possibly faster.

      The only real reason to get global entry again now is for tsa ore check, and there are easier and cheaper ways to get that.

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    19.99€ I spent on Minecraft in 2011.

    About 8000 hours of entertainment.

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    Steam Deck. I travel a lot and it’s become a constant comfort in cramped airplane seats and backwater hotel rooms all over the states.