Finnish wife, so lots of sauna experience. Daughter is an architect, so she designed it. Local builder built it.
- Any space will actually do in a pinch. You ideally want a relatively low ceiling. Otherwise not many requirements. There are a number of books and even magazines, for ideas or tips.
- my tips ...
- as noted, get suitable bench wood. Nothing that will extrude sap in the heat. Same could be said for panelling, but more critical for seating.
- 2 bench levels is usually good. There's a very steep heat gradient in the space, some will just want to sit lower. Benches can be loose to be able to tip them up for drying or access. My top bench is extra wide for lying down but that's unusual. Great feature though. It's long enough for two to lie down toe to toe, also unusual.
- I have a cement floor with wooden decking sections that can also be tipped up for drying. You want the sauna to dry out after use.
- Good drainage in the floor
- I have no electricity. Candle is fine. But most people have electric lights, music, all kinds of nonsense.
- I have water line in, saves schlepping buckets. A large ceramic barrel type thing, like a planting urn, to fill with cold water. Could have one for hot water to, you'll be mixing water a lot. A lot of people have a shower adjacent but we just do old school dousing from ladles if we need to cool down fast.
- mine is extravagantly insulated. Not actually necessary, but good I guess if you want to linger hours later
- porch as you mention is very good, people usually go in and out many cycles.
- I can send photos or post as a note, but I think a book or magazine as mentioned is going to give a lot of ideas.
- ventilation. Air duct in at floor level behind the stove, like 4-5 inches diameter, out somewhere high up away from the stove, air out should be closable while in use. When done, open the air out, tip up all the benches and floor sections, throw on a couple of extra wood pieces to dry out things. That's how they do it in Finland, but not probably strictly necessary.
No mention of Elisha Cook Jr.s "Wilmer"... as the "other" gay criminal in the film? Or, rather, Hayes Coded gay criminal... the novel is much more overt... I haven't read it in years, but I recall Wilmer is referred to by the slur beginning with the letter "f" in the book, where in the film he's called a "gunsel" (which is Yiddish for the same thing).
' Trump has told ABC News that "it's possible [the US] could get involved" after reaffirming the country is not involved in the [Iran-Israel] conflict "at this moment".'
He also says he will be "open" to Russia's Vladimir Putin becoming a mediator between the two sides, according to the report.
"He is ready. He called me about it. We had a long talk about it," Trump says.
[*Sure* he called you, Lid'l Donnie. Sure.]
The Kremlin's investment envoy Kirill Dmitriev says separately in a post on X that Russia could play a "key role" as mediator. And thanked Dolt 45 for reliably repeating Kremlin propaganda.
All the Gulf States played a role in this attack, which was a direct result of Trump's destroying the Obama nuclear ban on Iran, and they all kept Trump out of it, because they all know that Trump is a Putin puppet and Iran is a Putin client state.
I belong to a tiny community garden on our block in the city. Always bluejays around; an occasional woodpecker too, among the imported-long-ago starlings and sparrows. Of course, we get them up here at the pied-à-nuage as well, but it's a treat to have corvids in the city. Ravens I've only seen and heard Up Here. Crows in both locales.
Lindsey Graham: "If diplomacy is not successful, and we are left with the option of force, I would urge President Trump to go all in, to make sure that when this operation is over, there's nothing left standing in Iran regarding their nuclear program."
One of our friends is trying to get the wife to get up an hour earlier every week day and run with her. Wife: "I don't run unless something is chasing me."
LOL. I used to join a Greek friend in college for his smoke breaks and we would people watch. If he saw a jogger, he would curl his lip. “In Greece, we do not run. If you are running, people will say, ‘who chasing you?’”
One lady called about the protest to ask if we would have signs to borrow. She said, "If I make my own, it'll have obscenities, and I know y'all will have kids there."
All time favorite movie “The stuff that dreams are made of,”
Finnish wife, so lots of sauna experience. Daughter is an architect, so she designed it. Local builder built it.
- Any space will actually do in a pinch. You ideally want a relatively low ceiling. Otherwise not many requirements. There are a number of books and even magazines, for ideas or tips.
- my tips ...
- as noted, get suitable bench wood. Nothing that will extrude sap in the heat. Same could be said for panelling, but more critical for seating.
- 2 bench levels is usually good. There's a very steep heat gradient in the space, some will just want to sit lower. Benches can be loose to be able to tip them up for drying or access. My top bench is extra wide for lying down but that's unusual. Great feature though. It's long enough for two to lie down toe to toe, also unusual.
- I have a cement floor with wooden decking sections that can also be tipped up for drying. You want the sauna to dry out after use.
- Good drainage in the floor
- I have no electricity. Candle is fine. But most people have electric lights, music, all kinds of nonsense.
- I have water line in, saves schlepping buckets. A large ceramic barrel type thing, like a planting urn, to fill with cold water. Could have one for hot water to, you'll be mixing water a lot. A lot of people have a shower adjacent but we just do old school dousing from ladles if we need to cool down fast.
- mine is extravagantly insulated. Not actually necessary, but good I guess if you want to linger hours later
- porch as you mention is very good, people usually go in and out many cycles.
- I can send photos or post as a note, but I think a book or magazine as mentioned is going to give a lot of ideas.
- ventilation. Air duct in at floor level behind the stove, like 4-5 inches diameter, out somewhere high up away from the stove, air out should be closable while in use. When done, open the air out, tip up all the benches and floor sections, throw on a couple of extra wood pieces to dry out things. That's how they do it in Finland, but not probably strictly necessary.
NOEL Cairo?
No mention of Elisha Cook Jr.s "Wilmer"... as the "other" gay criminal in the film? Or, rather, Hayes Coded gay criminal... the novel is much more overt... I haven't read it in years, but I recall Wilmer is referred to by the slur beginning with the letter "f" in the book, where in the film he's called a "gunsel" (which is Yiddish for the same thing).
[Moved to current thread.]
Joel Cairo. Not Noel. Joel.
Thanks for choosing my father's all-time favorite movie!
' Trump has told ABC News that "it's possible [the US] could get involved" after reaffirming the country is not involved in the [Iran-Israel] conflict "at this moment".'
He also says he will be "open" to Russia's Vladimir Putin becoming a mediator between the two sides, according to the report.
"He is ready. He called me about it. We had a long talk about it," Trump says.
[*Sure* he called you, Lid'l Donnie. Sure.]
The Kremlin's investment envoy Kirill Dmitriev says separately in a post on X that Russia could play a "key role" as mediator. And thanked Dolt 45 for reliably repeating Kremlin propaganda.
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c2kqkd03xn5t
Vlad wants to be a part of the international community again. Make attacks against sovereign nations and neighbors great again.
All the Gulf States played a role in this attack, which was a direct result of Trump's destroying the Obama nuclear ban on Iran, and they all kept Trump out of it, because they all know that Trump is a Putin puppet and Iran is a Putin client state.
Russia the Peacemaker. AHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Russia is in cahoots with Iran. Russia loves terrorists and is happy to supply them with what they need.
I wonder if they use a Vlad AI Voice Chat bot ...
Went out to get the laundry and there's an actual blue jay hanging around the tree out front. I've never seen one in reality.
Mixed blessing, we have tons - they are beautiful, but very aggressive, and sixteen kinds of loud.
I've never seen a true blue jay. We have Steller's Jays, which are blue, so we always called them blue jays.
We see them on the regular. It's usually all out war with the crows.
Aw. We have one who makes regular appearances in the backyard.
I belong to a tiny community garden on our block in the city. Always bluejays around; an occasional woodpecker too, among the imported-long-ago starlings and sparrows. Of course, we get them up here at the pied-à-nuage as well, but it's a treat to have corvids in the city. Ravens I've only seen and heard Up Here. Crows in both locales.
They're thick around these parts and noisy as hell.
Now Senator Graham, if the SENATE had stopped Donnie Dipshit from exiting the Iran treaty, THIS WOULD BE UNNECESSARY.
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lrnpwb76xe2q
Lindsey Graham: "If diplomacy is not successful, and we are left with the option of force, I would urge President Trump to go all in, to make sure that when this operation is over, there's nothing left standing in Iran regarding their nuclear program."
McCain sings Bomb Bomb Bomb Bomb Bomb Iran from the grave.
Does he understand that Iran has been spending YEARS moving critical uranium infrastructure UNDERGROUND?
Bomb, bomb, bomb Iran. An old tune that McCain used to sing a lot.
A Rethuglicon encouraging the Depraved Despot to take military action in the Middle East makes my blood run cold.
These fuckers are going to start a war.
unless it's already started
Tom Cotton was making similar noises, saying Mad Lord Yam gave Iran 60 days to come to the table and negotiate and Israel attacked on Day 61.
Margaret Brennan pointed out Mad Lord Yam scheduled negotiations for Day 63, so it wasn't like this was a hard deadline.
From our friends at Cornell (creators of the Merlin Bird app):
𝗙𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗙𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗞𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗹 𝗡𝗲𝘀𝘁
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/cams/five-fledglings-depart-the-american-kestrel-nest/?utm_campaign=Lab%20eNews%202024&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9dt1D6n97HvieRKNzSLeufa_L7oEDt2CE1xwyFEuM-jsYrnE6pcly9UuEAOHigqtBxXz73nOvlzLHoexS5EYmYdEwVGA&_hsmi=366784908&utm_content=366784908&utm_source=hs_email
Those gorgeous birds are all over the place up here. Easy to I.D. because they bob their tails while sitting on roadside wires near fields.
Very cool.
I use it daily
I love it. It told me there was a Scarlet Tanager nearby singing and the next day I got to see it briefly.
Sometimes, you can call them in with the songs or call selections
I haven't tried that ... better not let the CAT know ...
From personal experience, it drives English Setters nuts.
ELOHEL! The orange stain on our country's legacy's Communications Director Steve Cheung is claiming 250,000 people showed up for PAB's charade.
I'll just assume that since it was a military parade they were all wearing camo so we couldn't see them.
ELOHEL- That will be the name of my Jeff Lynne- Al Yankovic tribute band
The question is will he last longer on Dancing With The Stars than Sean Spicer
They're all liars. Steve "Thumbolina" Cheung should be laughed at whenever he speaks.
🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂💨💨💨
Just pick a number, Steve, and stick to it no matter what.
25,000 maybe, but there were too many empty seats for it to be quarter million.
what's a zero or two between friends?
What's a zero or two between zeroes.
No MAGA has that many fingers, so they'll probably accept his word for it.
Only in Drumpfenfuehrer's dreams.
If he counts the No Kings protesters
Most of them were disguised as empty bleachers, right?
urban camouflage is highly effective
New camo for urban warfare.
I still read reports of 60-80K. 🤣🤣🤣
His head looks like the world's tiniest penis, literally he is a dickhead.
https://static-www.adweek.com/wp-content/uploads/files/news_article/mr-mucus-hed-2014.jpg?w=652
That's saying it nicely!
I always described him as a human thumb but now cannot unsee
Oh god, I saw an actual picture and RUN!
Trump’s many dickheads
There would have been more attendees at Trump's parade, but their H-2B visas weren't processed fast enough at the DOGEed State Department
Father's Day cute overload: https://bsky.app/profile/weratedogs.com/post/3lrnowjjs4k2e
Barron is a PROUD papa! His wee little son wore himself out learning the finer points of proper puppy comportment.
One of our friends is trying to get the wife to get up an hour earlier every week day and run with her. Wife: "I don't run unless something is chasing me."
And then sent her this short: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Y5QoV0lbkEo
This is when you run.
If I ever had to run for my life, I'd probably die.
We live the delusion that we are apex predators.
I could stroll for my life, even amble for my life. Run? Not so much, lol
Me: can I get my rolly office chair?
This is how I plan to go through the zombie apocalypse. No running, I'll just be a shambler.
LOL. I used to join a Greek friend in college for his smoke breaks and we would people watch. If he saw a jogger, he would curl his lip. “In Greece, we do not run. If you are running, people will say, ‘who chasing you?’”
I feel like my bad knee is a benefit here. No one ever asks me to jog. lol.
Yes. Very much so
My sign would just say FUCK OFF YOU ORANGE BAG OF SHIT.
One lady called about the protest to ask if we would have signs to borrow. She said, "If I make my own, it'll have obscenities, and I know y'all will have kids there."
I like "orange bag of shit" because EVERYONE knows who it's about.
Robbin Da Hood
Mine would say, NO MORE HITLERS
Ok all you lovely people. I am out for the day. Everyone take very good care of yourselves.
Don't do anything WE wouldn't do!
Or at least don't get caught.
Also, don’t do anything we WOULD do
The piss yellow Proud Boys got outshown by horns in my home town, Atlanta, GA. https://youtu.be/jhBaJpzAR2k?si=wKApY_HMTDRRFFzK
Brilliant!!!! Dance the Nazis away!
Proud of my birthplace.
Engaging the brass in order to kick some filthy Nazi ass!
This is what is meant by turning tail and running.
Tuba > tear gas
I loved the girl with the flag dancing behind them.
Me too! I was transfixed watching her.