Submitted by joepinapples t3_103z8zm in BuyItForLife
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crackeddryice t1_j31whut wrote
They were sold as sledges to get around a toy sled tax, but most people didn't use them as hammers.
joepinapples OP t1_j31x0sx wrote
These are Peter Gabriels favourite winter past-time!
winkman t1_j31y2qe wrote
Oh, is THAT what that song was about!?
2-Skinny t1_j32pl10 wrote
No- definitely about his penis.
joepinapples OP t1_j32wlnx wrote
Smeg-Farmer
winkman t1_j31xwb3 wrote
Those who do must be quite persistent.
staffyboy4569 t1_j349kmp wrote
No wonder theyve lasted 40 years, hes never hammered with them once!
pl233 t1_j35d8d0 wrote
Your average sledge won't survive a good hammered sledging, but you'll still have a fun time in the snow, and hopefully you'll remember it.
joepinapples OP t1_j36lv31 wrote
If I had a hammer
I'd hammer in the morning
I'd hammer in the evening
All over this land
I'd hammer out danger
I'd hammer out a warning
I'd hammer out love between
My brothers and my sisters, ah-ah
All over this land
vrijheidsfrietje t1_j3285ua wrote
Dude just got sleighn
crackeddryice t1_j31wty2 wrote
Well designed plastic items can last a long time. My plastic garbage bin sits outside all year long--100F to 0F--and it's fine after 24 years.
I'm sure plastic things that break are either poorly designed for their purpose, or designed to some minimum spec that is expected by the designer to break after so much time or use.
Walkop t1_j32mqlk wrote
Plastic is actually an incredible material, probably the greatest material invention of our time; it just so happens that it's also very, very easy to make it into cheap crap. Quality plastic has very very good characteristics.
Mr_K_2u t1_j344dke wrote
Also easy for it to break down to a micro level and soon kill us all or do nothing at all. IDR if we ever found out what micro plastics do to us.
Walkop t1_j34mzau wrote
Especially for cheap crap.
Microplastics would not be a big deal at all if we didn't turn plastic into a one time use product that fills the streets with untold millions of tons of garbage littered across the surface of the globe.
There's nothing wrong with plastic itself. It's the blatant and disgusting misuse of it that's the problem.
oakteaphone t1_j3490fi wrote
>IDR if we ever found out what micro plastics do to us.
"Found" out?
We're actively finding out.
Some microplastics reduce sperm count and testosterone levels, though!
10mo3 t1_j36k6tr wrote
the plastics in our water is turning us gay
joepinapples OP t1_j36lyfw wrote
So its not all bad eh
Mr_K_2u t1_j34i7oi wrote
As in the actual totality of the affect. I remember being told what you said but I never looked into it.
oragamihawk t1_j35rgrz wrote
CFRP (carbon fiber reinforced plastic) is becoming really common in automotive and aerospace
joepinapples OP t1_j31x261 wrote
They will outlive us all!
HI_IM_PLUTO t1_j35t5l4 wrote
UnfitRadish t1_j34lj35 wrote
That's wild. Our trash bins are stored outside in the sun year round and definitely don't make it that long. In the 25 years we've live in our house, they've been replaced twice and had to have the lids replaced roughly 7 or 8 times. The lids always become brittle much quicker than the rest. I assume because it's sitting flat and taking sunlight from sun up to sun down. They're nice bins, but the California heat and sun can be intense. Temperature range for us is 30 degrees to 115 degrees Fahrenheit. I will say the older ones we had were much more sturdy and lasted longer. They were round with really thick plastic and sort of domed lid. So nothing ever say on top and they never broke. The newer ones are identical to this and the lids are just a bit too thin.
ent_bomb t1_j35rkqj wrote
The manufacturer may have cheaped out and not used a plastic with a UV stabilizer, so even a thicker lid would become brittle with sun exposure.
Occhrome t1_j33n154 wrote
Hmm that’s true. Those lifetime brand chairs and tables will last forever.
MadCybertist t1_j326l8s wrote
Where do you live that it gets down to negative 100F and only up to 0F? That sucks.
HikeyBoi t1_j3355x7 wrote
It is a common typing convention to use two hyphens in place of an em dash if that does not come standard on the keyboard. Word processing software will sometimes correct two hyphens into an em dash. That is how I type them at work.
MadCybertist t1_j33a9mt wrote
I mean, I get the em dash thing... but that doesn't really have anything to do with my comment. Unless I'm missing something.
There is a - in front of 100F making it negative 100F to 0F. Then -- comes after the 0F separating the temps and then finishing their sentence with 'and'.
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Apparently Reddit doesn't like jokes - but what they wrote is negative 100F to 0F. Which is why I made my joke.
HikeyBoi t1_j33b4ew wrote
The commenter attempted to use two em dashes kind of like parentheses for a quick informative aside.
If your comment was an attempt at humor, I recommend entertaining only yourself next time. Reddit has become clogged with unfunny halfwitted quips that add nothing to the user experience other than having to wade through them all for the good stuff.
dakta t1_j359kyl wrote
For pedantry, those are hyphen/minus characters. The widths of hyphen/minus, en dash, and em dash are different. They're three completely different characters, different Unicode code points and everything:
- hyphen/minus
\– en dash
\— em dash
And you can get to them easily from the iOS keyboard by long pressing on hyphen/minus.
MadCybertist t1_j33f66b wrote
Welcome to Reddit.
Allidoischill420 t1_j32bdpl wrote
>--and
It's a double negative, 100 and -0
HikeyBoi t1_j335d2t wrote
Some people are used to typing em dashes by using two hyphens since common word processing software will autocorrect two hyphens into an em dash
Allidoischill420 t1_j336uq0 wrote
Just jokes
joepinapples OP t1_j31rbok wrote
Used them today with my two kids. They were my wife & her sisters growing up in the 70s in Småland. Good times!
Karmakazee t1_j32eapr wrote
Your wife and sisters grew up in an Ikea play area!? That’s amazing. Do they have an innate sense for decorating small spaces?
joepinapples OP t1_j32gjcb wrote
You get a point for trying!
middle-aged-tired t1_j32jjdt wrote
Any idea where I could get something similarly well made? We've got two little boys who are almost old enough to sled. I'd rather not buy a new plastic sled every year. I'm in Canada so my options might be limited.
joepinapples OP t1_j32kl7s wrote
Sweden in the 1980s? 😂 no idea, dont know if they make these sort of sledding vehicles anymore
RaXha t1_j3499wh wrote
Stiga still makes ones more or less just like these. :)
b1gd4ta t1_j34duu1 wrote
Shh you’ll spoil ops narrative
False_Illustrator_34 t1_j34qxsm wrote
There was no narrative here though. OP said they straight up didn't know if they were made anymore and that's it
b1gd4ta t1_j373tn4 wrote
Oh kiddo.
MadAss5 t1_j33cuvm wrote
I made a sled out of downhill skis, 1/2 in galvanized pipe, and a plank of wood. Its nearly indestructible compared to everything you can buy.
joepinapples OP t1_j33r29e wrote
Also doubled as a ripping bong!?
Girthw0rm t1_j34f1vy wrote
Sounds like it weighs about 80 lbs.
Fun for every six-year-old!
MadAss5 t1_j34pcsx wrote
I just checked and it weighs 19lbs. It holds up to 3 kids so they can pull it up together but my 8 year can do it alone. It does have a bit of rope attached.
It truly is an awesome sled.
Girthw0rm t1_j34utqf wrote
That sounds sweet. I would have way over engineered it.
MadAss5 t1_j34w23i wrote
The simplicity is the best part. Nothing to break or catch a kid.
joepinapples OP t1_j36m1v1 wrote
Yes get it on the scales! 😂
b1gd4ta t1_j34e6cb wrote
Describe turning process and weight of said luge sledge on the way back up please
MadAss5 t1_j34p7od wrote
You turn by dragging your hands or feet. I just checked and it weighs 19lbs. It holds up to 3 kids so they can pull it up together but my 8 year can do it alone. It does have a bit of rope attached.
hnerixh t1_j346nqe wrote
https://www.plasto.fi/en/toys/snow-toys/snow-sledge
Basically the same thing, but made in Finland. Finland is almost Canada. If Finland actually exists.
bezerkeley t1_j3412be wrote
Lucky bums on Amazon is OK. Certainly not disposable but I would not call it BIFL. Your little guys will grow out of them quickly, so should be good. Have fun with your little ones. That age is the best, enjoy every moment.
purju t1_j33kw91 wrote
my "pulka"s would break after a couple of year, as would my tailbone
FredL2 t1_j33sk58 wrote
This was my experience as well. Took my old pulka from when I was young to a skiing "friluftsdag" 12 years later, and it just disintegrated under my ass as I was going down a VERY mild slope
joepinapples OP t1_j36m42b wrote
Could be all the pulka-farts you’d subjected it too over the years eh?
CupOfSpaghetti t1_j32bo3s wrote
40 years ago was the 80s. Not the 60s. Fuck.
circle_square_leaf t1_j33q0as wrote
This insight has gotten old and tired by now. It's 2023, just about a quarter of the way through the century.
joepinapples OP t1_j33r5vy wrote
Rude
evoltap t1_j35tyug wrote
This insight never gets old, because everybody is getting old
Smartnership t1_j33xes9 wrote
u got old and tiring by now
boom roasted
vrijheidsfrietje t1_j328lhn wrote
I wish you would step back from that sledge, my friend!
CedarWolf t1_j34577m wrote
You could go slide on all the ice that you've been livin' in.
No-Armadillo7693 t1_j32ff90 wrote
Another product the rest of the world has a different name for
joepinapples OP t1_j32gm8a wrote
Uk English vs USA English innit
contheartist t1_j32jerg wrote
Canadians up here calling it a Toboggan
joepinapples OP t1_j32ktx1 wrote
Surely these arent toboggans? Arent they on metal runners?
volecowboy t1_j32oh6l wrote
I always thought they were longer!
linotype t1_j35volg wrote
Canadian here. Definitely toboggan. A sledge is a heavy hammer. A sled is a snowmobile. A sleigh is the thing on metal runners that horses pull.
But where I’m from, nobody used those flimsy plastic toboggans. Getting a GT Snowracer for Christmas was a rite of passage. When we hit the hills, we called it “GTing” (jeeteeing). Those toboggans were for little kids.
joepinapples OP t1_j36lrld wrote
You guys all talk wrong. The Queens English definition is Sledge. You are correct with Sleigh. Toboggan is your own word so you may do with it what you will. 😁
linotype t1_j37fqbb wrote
> Queen’s English
Ummmm I guess you haven’t heart the news…
joepinapples OP t1_j37gf4p wrote
I definitely dont heart this comment
linotype t1_j37j05n wrote
Damn autocorrect.
Actually I was sitting here picking icicles out of my nose hairs when a thought occurred to me; you don’t really get snow over in the UK, so I don’t think you get to claim ownership over any terminology related to snow vehicles.
Come to think of it, my parents are both from the UK, I don’t remember them ever using any specific words related to toboggans. They didn’t them toboggans, and they certainly didn’t call them sledges or sleds. Hmm.
joepinapples OP t1_j37mw70 wrote
Unless yer parents were called Liz and Philip and lots of lovely big houses paid for by taxpayers it doesn’t really count.
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Niro5 t1_j32ozn9 wrote
In the southern US they call a toque a toboggan!
explorer925 t1_j33akcg wrote
As in the hat? I've only ever heard beanie in the US
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[deleted] t1_j33bzcn wrote
I’ve lived in the south for much of my life (west of the Mississippi to be sure). I have literally never heard that.
I personally just call them my “knit hats” or “knit caps” if I’m feeling randy. Everyone else around me call them “beanies”
CedarWolf t1_j3453nf wrote
I live in The South. Folks around here do call those hats 'toboggans,' 'beanies,' 'knit caps,' and 'wool caps.'
attorneyatlawl16 t1_j36gzr5 wrote
Born and raised in Arkansas and never heard knit cap until I left the state. Was almost always toboggan and occasionally beanie.
D0UBLETH1NK t1_j346u43 wrote
No they don’t
Niro5 t1_j35ue0m wrote
Yeah they do.
mengladys17 t1_j3dntkm wrote
Yeah, we do in Tennessee. We tend to shorten the word to "boggan", though.
AsPerMatt t1_j348wb3 wrote
Canadian here, def not toboggan. Those are sledges, or sleds.
contheartist t1_j34qkk5 wrote
I too am Canadian, anything that you can toboggan upon was reffered to as a Toboggan by my people's. It's a big country tho, I can barely understand what newfies are saying.
bassjam1 t1_j3235t6 wrote
I'm in the US, but my parents still have a nearly identical sled to those from my childhood. It's at least 35 years old and still gets used by the grandchildren.
joepinapples OP t1_j323kwu wrote
Plastic is both terrible and excellent at the same time!
Mood_Number_2 t1_j32ywse wrote
Terrible plastic is terrible, excellent plastic is excellent. Exactly the same as various metal alloys.
intermediatetransit t1_j32qdsc wrote
Swede here. Seems a bit like it's got more to do with the use-case than anything else. Our sleds ("pulka") are pretty flimsy I'd say, I think this overall has more to do with it being a highly situational item that just doesn't really wear out that much if you use it properly.
You use it for maybe a few weeks every year, and the wear isn't that much since you're just using it on snow.
joepinapples OP t1_j32vdav wrote
När man genomför med moderna pulkor blir det en jättestor skillnad faktiskt. De har är ju typ två gånger tjockare plast än vad man köper på intersport osv.
Nyuusankininryou t1_j32yu4r wrote
Köpte en pulka på biltema åt min dotter förra vintern. Åkte själv ett provåk varvid den sprack direkt. 70kg var för tungt.
joepinapples OP t1_j3385re wrote
Det är ju synd om rumparna
Girthw0rm t1_j34fhz1 wrote
Guys, I think they’re talking about us.
joepinapples OP t1_j36m6v6 wrote
Det är synd om jänkare
Smartnership t1_j33xhld wrote
Yes, yes, a moose once bit my sister too
joepinapples OP t1_j33yp1k wrote
Did she become witty?
intermediatetransit t1_j335f32 wrote
Intersport, Biltema, Stadium etc is surely the lowest quality you can possibly find.
joepinapples OP t1_j33803e wrote
This guy pulkas
sheesh_doink t1_j33s0ab wrote
Do you have a recommendation for a quality one that is affordable?
intermediatetransit t1_j34c6gd wrote
Sorry, no. Haven’t used one in years.
cgs626 t1_j31xr71 wrote
The one on the left is garbage it's missing the handle. Time to replace!! /S
Seriously they look brand new that's crazy!
MadCybertist t1_j326pjb wrote
Was the picture taken in a mirror?
cgs626 t1_j32livo wrote
The handle to pull it not ride it. I didn't also notice the missing handle on the one on the right too, lol.
MadCybertist t1_j32x5iz wrote
lol. I didn't even notice that only the handle on the right one.
joepinapples OP t1_j32asv0 wrote
The mirror of time reflects on us all my friend!
CedarWolf t1_j345msx wrote
You're lucky you've got enough snow. I've got one of those as well, in orange, and it split down the middle, beneath the seat, because we really don't get enough snow here to merit owning a sled - those few winters we did get snow, though, we did as much sledding as we possibly could, and that's how the plastic sled got split.
jdehjdeh t1_j32wygx wrote
TIL: my childhood was vintage
I have really strong memories of these things, especially when the snow wasn't very thick and you would hear an almighty noise as you went over a stone or a bit of exposed concrete. Hoping it didn't wear its way through to your bum
broadarrow39 t1_j32y4q4 wrote
I have an identical one of a similar age and it's still going strong. Though doesn't get much use in the UK with our lack of snow.
joepinapples OP t1_j32yvy5 wrote
Useful for hiding yer electric bills under
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roltskar t1_j331bos wrote
Clearly you live near a hill with no trees to run into. I remember that even old sleds with metal frames were destroyed by hitting something. Or when someone built a ramp
glaurung_ t1_j34vx0v wrote
My childhood ('90's-00's) involved a lot of smashing up plastic sleds by pulling them around a pasture behind a pickup truck (and later a four wheeler). I don't recall a plastic model that survived more than a day or two of frozen cow pies and tree roots, but we eventually dug up an antique wooden toboggan that we beat to hell, but which as far as I remember is still in one piece, sitting in some rafters at my parents house.
Not totally relevant to this post, but it was fun! We lived in an area too flat for any proper snow sports so it was the next best thing. I suspect that my wife and I will have a heated debate one day about whether our children will get to do this...
roltskar t1_j35ondz wrote
A skier drawn by a horse is an actual sport for the record. But generally, as long as the speeds dont get too high it's a fun sport, but people have died due to extreme speeds and forgetting that the sled has no brakes. A helmet would be also wise.
yaketyslacks t1_j332crz wrote
Plastic is so good we are ingesting it into our bodies so that we may live forever
joepinapples OP t1_j338ah5 wrote
Thanks for the good vibes yaketyslacks
BigAlternative5 t1_j33wzk2 wrote
Sister Sledges, nice.
joepinapples OP t1_j36mcya wrote
Point for effort
AUnknownuser2 t1_j352rgu wrote
Those Swedes do know how to make a strong (annoying at times) strong reusable things
joepinapples OP t1_j36mhkg wrote
We are currently reusing fascism in our politics. Surprise! Its going terribly. Who could have known?
norssk_mann t1_j35rvqw wrote
U.S. here. You can just buy a deer sled here for like $30. They are made for hunters to haul deer out of the woods. Wider and shorter than regular sleds, but they fit one adult well. They look roughly the same as the sleds pictured here. I bolted backpack straps on mine and strap it on when i go snow shoeing.
joepinapples OP t1_j36mlf2 wrote
Good idea
UniqueApplication777 t1_j32ggrr wrote
Def good to hang great friends
zBarba t1_j32ha2z wrote
I have something similar but with left/right brakes. It's a shame it doesn't snow anymore, the damn climate changed
yelruh00 t1_j32v79d wrote
It looks like the handle is broken on one of them...
Nyuusankininryou t1_j32y08j wrote
Stiga?
joepinapples OP t1_j3387wb wrote
Nej
IOnceWas t1_j33lfvy wrote
Jag gissar inhemsk tillverkning av vapenskölden under varumärket att döma. Hammarplast kanske. Tidigt 80-tal.
Tjodhild t1_j36cwal wrote
Hade en exakt likadan, också köpt i närheten av Hammarplast — men Hammarplast hade väl en helt annan logga? Det står ”sno rider” precis under dragsnöret och nedanför det, till höger om loggan, står något — kanske tillverkarens namn? Vore kul att veta; min pulka höll i 30 år och hade säkert hållit ännu längre, om jag inte hade lånat ut den till en som var ovarsam…
nostrumest t1_j33a3xc wrote
Those used to be the best. Mine was yellow.
Occhrome t1_j33mxm4 wrote
How tho. The ones we buy always break.
The-true-Memelord t1_j33mza0 wrote
Ay! We love sled-things here. Many different kinds. Do not try the one that looks slightly like two skis and a wheel, though.. Pain.
valeyard--- t1_j33p65n wrote
People intentionally making products less durable because customers only come once when the product lasts for decades.
fashionablygone t1_j341md3 wrote
Ah man the memories, we had these as kids in early 90s/00s and they'd get so fast sometimes the only way to stop was to roll out of them. Good times tbh
Aracobb t1_j342ndh wrote
Nice pulka!
Sutarmekeg t1_j34ozpy wrote
If you haven't already, I suggest using those for sliding on snow as opposed to their original percussive purpose.
AuxiliaryPriest t1_j34slg3 wrote
From the thumbnail, I thought I was looking at two blue urinals. I read the title and thought, Swedish Sledges, that must be what they call two urinals that are installed right next to each other. I'm dumb.
xSympl t1_j34ww20 wrote
We were lucky to get a trashcan lid to sled on lol, take the handle off and put some rope through the holes and you had steering, speed, and a great way to help your mom meet doctors lmao
joepinapples OP t1_j36mjtx wrote
Lucky!
mlfa t1_j35grxv wrote
That is impressive considering how many sleds I went through as a kid
charlton11 t1_j36blku wrote
Swede sleds!
sheesh_doink t1_j33rth9 wrote
Pulka!
joepinapples OP t1_j33s5j5 wrote
Pulkan
mdrops t1_j34dxig wrote
anyone else think hockey pads from thumbnail?
gurlcode t1_j34feuw wrote
Had these growing up in the 90s in Canada! I remember using the black handles as brakes to slow down!
Jokkesmokke t1_j34munr wrote
I had one of these ( think, looks similar). They never break untill you smash into hard stuff like lamp poles or rocks.
OP can you see who manufactured these sledges (pulkas)?
just-sum-dude69 t1_j35h5sx wrote
Sledges? Uh.
Whole_Suit_1591 t1_j35mbbo wrote
Cars from 40 yrs ago and longer leaked plastic fumes from the dashboards and stained rhe windows in high heat sunny days.
joepinapples OP t1_j36mkbd wrote
Vibes
jdupuy1234 t1_j35nt98 wrote
at first glance, my brain saw porta-urinals
NicholasAdam1399 t1_j35ppen wrote
Sledge on my friend!
IWantToBeSimplyMe t1_j35q7b5 wrote
What is a sledges?
Cuntable t1_j36emdy wrote
I expected hammers and all I got is some lousy plastic. Sadface
joepinapples OP t1_j36llzn wrote
Classic u/Cuntable!
JustwanttogoNorth t1_j35c0lt wrote
Plastic shouldn't be allowed on this sub
joepinapples OP t1_j36mive wrote
Neither should your grumpy posts
winkman t1_j31w7ea wrote
Right, but what could you even hammer with those?