Lehmuusa

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[–] Lehmuusa@nord.pub 1 points 30 minutes ago

A tent sauna wastes tremendeous amounts of energy. You'll need a disproportianely large kiuas for a small space, and you will be wasting some extra wood. But otherwise, it does work. And also, needing to heat it more actively does increase the airflow, which is a nice thing!

[–] Lehmuusa@nord.pub 1 points 33 minutes ago

Hey, thanks for the clarification!

[–] Lehmuusa@nord.pub 3 points 12 hours ago

Try searching for these three in some image search or video platform:

  • Telttasauna
  • Saunavaunu
  • Saunalautta
[–] Lehmuusa@nord.pub 43 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

The carbrains are mad indeed. They are super annoyed that "we built a bridge for one billion euros and then blocked cars from it for no reason!"

Of course the bridge cost a bit over 300 millions. But, there was a larger project where they included everything they needed to build in the vicinity of the bridge project, so that they wouldn't need to dig the ground open, fill it, dig it open again, etc. And everything included, the project did indeed cost a bit over one billion. That number includes the four-lane Hakaniemi bridge, built mainly for cars and without any public transportation routes. And it includes the groundwork for many new houses. And some 10 km of new tram line. And a tram depot. And a block of flats that will be built right overneath the tram depot. Of course, when the flats will be sold, much of the costs of that house will be paid back to the city. And then there are two further tram bridges.

There is no space for more cars in the street network on the cape where the city centre of Helsinki is located, so they would have needed to spend at least 500 million extra to accommodate for the cars that would come from that bridge. Plus, the bridge itself would have had to be built three times as wide as it was built now, which would have cost some hundreds of millions as well. For anybody not going for the centre, there is anyway a better route through another bridge on the northern end of the Laajasalo island. So, not spending some 700 million extra, bringing the total cost of the project from a bit over one billion to a bit under 2 billion, meant that money was wasted.

I've been wondering, why do they not complain that no cars are allowed in the metro tunnels? Why dig tunnels and then prohibit driving cars in the perfectly good tunnels??

[–] Lehmuusa@nord.pub 22 points 13 hours ago (6 children)

Why? This is Finland. Saunas used to be a type of shrine here before we were converted to christianity. They are seriously important in our culture.

I honestly don't see anything weird in having a sauna in an event like this. But, I am a Finn.

[–] Lehmuusa@nord.pub 6 points 13 hours ago

Absolutely!

The bridge cost a bit over 300 millions, but the car brains are super angry that they "built a bridge for bicycles and that bridge cost one BILLION euros!"

It's really crazy watching the argumentation! There's nowhere for the cars to go in the downtown end of the bridge – the traffic there would turn into an absolute porridge.

[–] Lehmuusa@nord.pub 2 points 22 hours ago

I'd guess they don't want to sit on the toilet seat and put their shoesolesnon the ring and crouch. Combine that with being extremely drunk... Easy to lose your balance.

[–] Lehmuusa@nord.pub 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Where do the balls and the penis actually go in those?

[–] Lehmuusa@nord.pub 1 points 22 hours ago

Hyenas know what you are talking about.

[–] Lehmuusa@nord.pub 2 points 22 hours ago

You should have seen how loudly my back then 6-year-old screamed (screeched?) when she was walking on an iron railing and fell off it, legs on different sides of the railing.

I bet everyone in the nearest three blocks felt her pain from hearing that.

[–] Lehmuusa@nord.pub 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Made soggy they are pure sadness.

You need to have very precisely the least possible amount of water that still enables all the flour to become a (very very firm) dough.

And then you need to hold the dough in one hand and pummel it with your other hand's fist while talking with your friends or whatever.

These done properly, and your vareniks will not ve soggy!

And then, of course, don't overboil them!

[–] Lehmuusa@nord.pub 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Vareniki, absolutely!

You only need to add salt and water to these ingredient and you've got tastiness!
Of course it gets better with potatoes, onion, and maybe mushrooms?

 

Sorry, cannot reasonably report this in any more proper manner in the hurry.

The character & somehow gets garbled here when viewed through Lemmy:

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It started getting a bit difficult posting here because my old username, Tuuktuuk, is based on my official name that is slowly fading away, and the temporary username I invented to get started here, Egghead, no longer properly fit me either. So, I just became unable to post or comment anything at all in the Forumverse because the nicknames didn't feel "mine".

But this one really makes me happy. Before I was born, my mother still knew I'm a girl, and named me Linda, which then was changed to another name right after I was born.

So, I took that given name as a base. It has several concurrent etymologies, but one of them is the linden tree. It symbolizes softness and caring, and those have always been adjectives people have used for describing my personality. Linden in my native language, Finnish, is lehmus. But, in many Indo-European languages -us is a masculine suffix.

But then: added an a to feminize it a bit. Made the u longer to include the word "muusa", which is Finnish for muse, the goddess things from Greek mythology. And then Lehmuusa also sounds like a Finnish dialect reference, and it can be understood as meaning either "linden-y" or also "kinda cow-like" (from lehmä = cow), which is kind of a bonkers way to refer to a fine lady, but I have always had a very absurd sense of humour. Happy to be a little bit of a cow! Also, I'm very good in emulating mooing sounds of a cow, so it fits. Plus, there's also "muu", which is how you write "moo" in Finnish.

Also, an earlier nickname I had used for about two decades had been a reference to me being good in quacking like a duck, so the mooing, also an animal sound, connects to my past.

And then, I studied Latvian philology as my main subject for a long time before I changed professions, and the linden tree has importance in the Latvian folklore, as a symbol of feminity. And Latvian language and culture have become important parts of my identity even though I have no Latvian roots.

Then, I also lived in Germany for some years when I grew adult. My German was good enough that people confused me for a native speaker. And Lehm is German for "clay", and I like clay as a material. And it connects to my past in Germany.

And of course, I just really love trees and forests!

This is by far the best nickname I've ever had anywhere. Feels mine! 🌳💚♀️🐮🇫🇮🇬🇷🇩🇪🇱🇻🫖

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