The cobblestone roads shook up all the drinks I was carrying home on my bike 😠

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    9 hours ago

    They need to be cooled anyway before being drunk, so the beverage has some time to relax

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      also if you spin the bottle a few times (while it’s oriented normally) all of the bubbles stuck to the side go to the top and redissolve….
      learned it on “better call saul” and it works amazingly.
      ….
      since the bubbles are lighter than the liquid, when you spin it centrifugal force knocks the bubbles off the wall….

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    15 hours ago

    It seems the solution to all your problems are:

    • Big trucks
    • Suburban sprawl
    • Privatized healthcare
    • Rabid anti-communism
    • Christian-fascist leaders
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    If you shoot your finger against the side (like shooting away a cigarette bud) several times, then slowly rotate the bottle around it’s axel while it’s standing on a table several times, you can safely open them without them squirting all over the place. It truly works, also with shaken soda/beer cans.

    What I do with these groceries is put them in a bag on my back or in my hand when cycling. The rack is for other stuff like veggies and other stuff that can handle the shaking or might get shitty when stuffed in a bag.

    But you have a nice rack on your bike. Although it looks hard to take anyone on the back, unless they stand upright.

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        There’s more CO2 dissolved in the water than there can be at atmospheric pressure. The CO2 is constantly trying to escape, but in order to do so it needs a nucleation site that disturbs the water. When the drink is shaken, lots of little bubbles form, and stick to the inner wall of the drink. These bubbles are nucleation sites. Flicking the side of the drink makes them float up and pop.

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          That makes no sense. I apply way more pressure than a flick just by holding the bottle to open it

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            Maybe peak pressure is higher for a millisecond when you flick the bottle. A flick would send a little shockwave through the bottle.

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    The worst part is becoming accustomed to fresh, high-quality food and espresso within 100m of every human at all times.

    Also, OP, why are you having “American Breakfast”? Where’s your croissant?

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    Shaking does not affect this the way you think it does. You’ll be fine as long as you wait like 10-60 seconds after shaking vigorously. The liquid and gas pressure inside will reach equilibrium, and no matter how much shaking you do, it won’t degas further.

    Also, keep in mind that it’s mostly temperature and surface area that causes soda to degas (fall out of solution).

    Fun fact: this is why paper straws are inferior to plastic straws for drinking soda, because paper is insanely more porous than plastic, and causes rapid degassing of the soda inside of the straw, rather than in your mouth, throat, and stomach. (There are other reasons, too, but this one is often not considered by most people)

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    23 hours ago

    Two nuns are riding their bikes back to the convent.

    One nun says to the other, “I don’t think I’ve ever come this way before.”

    And the other one says, “It’s the cobblestones.”

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    20 hours ago

    Ha! I needed baguettes, got two and tossed them in the bike basket, feeling so European, until one loaf bounced out and was run over by a car, at which point I felt oh so American!

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    11 hours ago

    I get more bike maintenance issues if my route to work has a lot of cobbled roads. I end up taking longer routes to avoid the cobbles. There are not enough dedicated cycle paths.

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      I still wonder who ever thought cobbled roads are a great idea.

      Terrible to ride. Terrible to walk. Bad at just about everything.

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    As someone who’s lived on a cobblestone street before, it’s nice to look at, but a lot less functional than asphalt or concrete. Especially trying to walk home from the bar with a few drinks in you.

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      They’re apparently also pretty good for slowing down cars in pedestrian-heavy areas, but yeah, taking a fall on those after a few drinks does hurt like shit haha

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      On the pro side, if done well, they outlast every tar road by centuries.

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      19 hours ago

      It also makes blisters on your feet hurt A LOT (probably not a problem for most people, but I have a condition that makes me blister a lot more :( it’s ruined so many trips that I would have otherwise enjoyed)

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        You are right. They are. But they’re less common than driveways in the US and I don’t know why you guys make yours so smooth that if there’s freezing weather you can’t even walk up it if there’s the tiniest incline.

        Not that this is any sort of competition, just thought about it

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        They do, they get very slick in some conditions. In winter/freezing conditions it’s an outright hazard. But there really aren’t that many such streets left, and the few that are are slowly being changed to asphalt too.

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            15 hours ago

            At least 50% of the problem is high heels though. Respect the sacrifice of anyone who wears them

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      I was very fortunate to go on a vacation last month in Belgium where we rode bikes to several different towns.

      It was awesome, but the cobblestone streets in some of those old cities are ROUGH. Just bone shaking. The chain on the bike I was riding bounced off once when I needed to shift.