What NOT to carry
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What NOT to carry
Bananas.
Every time I get them, no matter how I transport them, they are all bruised by the time I get home--even though they were perfectly yellow when I left the store with them.
Every time I get them, no matter how I transport them, they are all bruised by the time I get home--even though they were perfectly yellow when I left the store with them.
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Do you have some spare bubble wrap laying around? Find a big enough piece of it that you can fold it over and duct tape up the ends to make an "envelope" large enough to hold your bananas. Be sure to use designer duct tape, like that Hello Kitty stuff or something so it will look cool.
It'd probably be a good idea to leave a long enough piece to make make a flap for the envelope to hold the bananas inside.
P.S. It might be smart to make it big enough to hold a carton of eggs, too...
It'd probably be a good idea to leave a long enough piece to make make a flap for the envelope to hold the bananas inside.
P.S. It might be smart to make it big enough to hold a carton of eggs, too...
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Have you actually tried the bubble wrap idea on bananas? It sounds good...
Eggs have survived unscathed, though maybe just a hair scrambled.
Eggs have survived unscathed, though maybe just a hair scrambled.
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Not for bananas, but I did make something just like that for a laptop, which worked great. It just didn't look cool. That's why I'm leaning toward using some of the designer duct tape that's available now, to sort of spruce it up. If you wanted to really spruce it up, you could put one of those stick-on velcro thingies on it to hold the envelope flap closed.michelle_7728 wrote:Have you actually tried the bubble wrap idea on bananas? It sounds good...
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I had a similar problem with ripe fruits in the top case. I think the best solution it to hang any fruit/vegetables from the bag hook on most scoot in an insulated reusable bag. Those bags tend to be slightly padded as well as have sturdy carry handles and zipper closures. If the bag's handles are long enough, you can loop the handles under the street, but the best bet with ripe fruits it to keep them suspended so that they aren't bouncing against the floor while riding. That means the bag hook.
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Buy them a bit green and don't put them in the hot pet carrier. Works for me.
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Although I have done it, I do not recommend carrying goldfish. The little baggie they came in would collapse and slosh around too much if placed in the pet carrier, or the milk crate on the rear rack. The glove bucket has similar problems, plus it takes a lot of bumps up front. This required that I hold the baggie in my left hand, which I prefer to have fully available for operating the scooter.
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last time I carried a banana in the pet-carrier, I cracked it open and it had the consistency of a warm smoothie.
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Okay, I have some serious comments below, but in some I'm just having fun, NOT intending to hurt anyone's feelings!
I like this idea...exept for looping the handles under the street, of course...Lostmycage wrote: I think the best solution it to hang any fruit/vegetables from the bag hook on most scoot in an insulated reusable bag. Those bags tend to be slightly padded as well as have sturdy carry handles and zipper closures. If the bag's handles are long enough, you can loop the handles under the street, but the best bet with ripe fruits it to keep them suspended so that they aren't bouncing against the floor while riding. That means the bag hook.
I've never put any fruit in the pet carrier. I put the bananas in my top case on top of other things....so they were ostensibly padded, but apparently not padded enough. They always go from pristine yellow to very bruised by the time I get home.Dibber wrote:Buy them a bit green and don't put them in the hot pet carrier. Works for me.
Well, I always buy a "bunch", not just one or two, but I don't even want to tell you what those look like...I'd be embarrassed to be seen with those, I fear!paikkylee wrote:Or use one of these: http://bananabunker.com/
That's when you just call it "cobbler". I attempted to make a blackberry pie once...turned out as cobbler.pdxrita wrote:Pie. I put one in the topcase once and it was completely destroyed by the time I got home. We still ate it, of course, it just wasn't pretty.
I know what you mean...it just sounds funny!BootScootin'FireFighter wrote:last time I carried a banana in the topcase, I cracked it open and it had the consistency of a smootie.
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Even if it was then, it certainly isn't now. I don't think he's taking it to the zoo where it'll live happily ever after with all its other cow friends.bluebuddygirl wrote:Hate to be a bummer, but I don't think that is an issue, as I don't think that cow is alive.Stormswift wrote:The cow...what is that dude going to do when cow gets motion sickness and pukes all over his DOT flip-flop? The cows stomach is prolly one big slushie after that kind of "transport".
Anyway, it seems that newborn babies have been shown to be scooter luggage friendly.
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I used to grow bananas when I lived in FLA.. Everyone always seems to make the same mistake. To ripen bananas you keep them in a darkened area, the less light the faster the ripening process, add some heat to either make them more or less "sweet" (more heat=less sweet). Now put those bananas, ripe and yellow into a "petcarrier" or topcase and viola, you now have overripe and bruised fruit. It really does not take long for bananas to go from ripe too overripe, but with due care a yellow and delicious banana can be had by all.
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I'm going to guess the cow is alive. When you have to transport a new cow, goat, chicken, emu, whatever, you'll get it done however you can!
I saw a documentary on rural China where the only way to get between these two cities is to zip-line across a substantial gorge with a raging river below. They had footage of all sorts of farm animals tied up by their feet and zip-lining. They were very much alive (or at least they were when they left one side of the gorge).
And yeah, I'd rather be seen with a brown banana than that bananabunker thing!
I saw a documentary on rural China where the only way to get between these two cities is to zip-line across a substantial gorge with a raging river below. They had footage of all sorts of farm animals tied up by their feet and zip-lining. They were very much alive (or at least they were when they left one side of the gorge).
And yeah, I'd rather be seen with a brown banana than that bananabunker thing!
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I miss my old '79 Datsun pickup. It was one of the ones with the metal curve molded into the door above the door handle.
I was in my early 20s and put the elbow grease into it so that the rust was removed, any little dents taken out and had it painted a bright yellow (was originally that ugly school bus orange), then put a little white fiberglass Backpack canopy on it. Dependable little truck and super easy to work on!
This one's very nice looking, for anyone wondering what they looked like...
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I was in my early 20s and put the elbow grease into it so that the rust was removed, any little dents taken out and had it painted a bright yellow (was originally that ugly school bus orange), then put a little white fiberglass Backpack canopy on it. Dependable little truck and super easy to work on!
This one's very nice looking, for anyone wondering what they looked like...
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Awesome.jonlink wrote:Anyway, it seems that newborn babies have been shown to be scooter luggage friendly.
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Re: What NOT to carry
I use a banana hammockmichelle_7728 wrote:Bananas.
Every time I get them, no matter how I transport them, they are all bruised by the time I get home--even though they were perfectly yellow when I left the store with them.
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I have a '74 myself. I love that truck, but it's in nowhere near the condition of that one- WOW. I wish..michelle_7728 wrote:I miss my old '79 Datsun pickup. It was one of the ones with the metal curve molded into the door above the door handle.
I was in my early 20s and put the elbow grease into it so that the rust was removed, any little dents taken out and had it painted a bright yellow (was originally that ugly school bus orange), then put a little white fiberglass Backpack canopy on it. Dependable little truck and super easy to work on!
This one's very nice looking, for anyone wondering what they looked like...
http://desertdatsuns.freeforums.org/for ... t1209.html
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no pictures required, we believe you.iMoses wrote:I use a banana hammock
Cows have a series of multiple stomachs, something they evolved to help them with being transported on the backs of scooters without puking.Stormswift wrote:The cow...what is that dude going to do when cow gets motion sickness and pukes all over his DOT flip-flop? The cows stomach is prolly one big slushie after that kind of "transport".
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Yeah, I first thought it was a roll of packing tape. I was asking myself what she was doing with a roll of packing tape and a cow when I saw that her arm was missing. Before I got to the what is an armless woman doing with a cow and some packing tape I figured it out.TVB wrote:I did not need to see that photo.
In fact, I need to have not seen that photo.
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Yeah, I saw that on TV once before....I want to say it was on "Dirty Jobs", but I might be misremembering. It didn't look any better there.
Ostensibly it does not hurt the cow, and "I think" they said it makes it easier to give them antibiotics, or feed them when they don't want to eat for some reason, but again, I might be wrong.
Either way, I agree...I could have gone without ever having seen it.
Ostensibly it does not hurt the cow, and "I think" they said it makes it easier to give them antibiotics, or feed them when they don't want to eat for some reason, but again, I might be wrong.
Either way, I agree...I could have gone without ever having seen it.
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