Random Unthreadworthy Questions

[stealurface831]

Ours didn't die, but it was nip and tuck for 3 months, lots of anxiety tears. Going up there and every week seeing another horse corpse covered with a tarp. Grisly. They'd load up the bodies biweekly.

Plus having that incident and exposure follow after leaving that barn.

i hear ya. tough stuff for sure.

so i assume your daughter rides, right? is it just our family that is always encountering sketchy? shitty people in the horse world/ turnover rate on trainers is pretty bad for my sis who is actually one of the more agreeable people i have ever known, she has just worked with some miserable cunts for trainers. she has one she really likes now but the lady's husband murdered his ex-wife and got off. nice guy but sketchy as fuck.

[Buster Highmen]

Yup, she does.
Although that's slacked off since she's hell bent on acing school despite a vision disability.

I've had a lot of exposure to the horse world.

My in laws rent pasture to horse owners, no arena, no tack room, just pasture. So some of those people have been OK. A couple of them have been horse rescuers, homed something like 15000 horses headed for glue over the last 15 years. Kind of odd, but generally good folks. In laws pasture fees are like $200/horsemonth, cheap for around here. We got my daughter her first horse for $5 from the rescuers when she was 4.

Then there's kleptos and meglos that show up there, steal shit or try to tell my Finnish FIL how to do stuff. They don't last. It's kind of funny since the old man is tougher than you can imagine and prone to aggressive behavior. Likes his shotgun.

But since we've started this dressage shit, I have seen a lot more assholes, sadists, snooters and shitbags than ever. Had some super unprofessional behavior from one trainer and a lot of other two faced conduct among a sequence of barns, one of which was a Russian run chop shop.

Where serious money runs into sketchball social peripherites, like a reef that engenders some weird ass behavior with deep sea predators.

So yeah, she's got a load of ribbons and is queuing up for Young Riders, but I think the dressage thing is waning while the love of horses will endure.

[dan_pdx]

When's the right time to connect with a coworker who's been fired? I had a coworker in another team who I'd done some work with and like on a personal level; we were having a Slack conversation yesterday and when I went to reply with some additional information, the conversation was gone. Uhoh, search for them and find their account is deactivated. Sucks, and seems like it was a surprise / not their decision since we were planning future work.

So...using the collective as Miss Manners may or may not be a good idea, but when would be a good time to connect on LinkedIn and offer condolences?

[Danno]

now?

[Marshall Tucker]

the cataract surgery, where they implant lens...pretty fuckin life changing. but then that's not a question. ?

[John_B]

now?

For sure.

[old goat]

It splits like crazy, it's decent for kindling. But sometimes the grain is twisted and you can't split that no matter what. It's very hard, so it's good for things like flooring but it's hard to work. Also good for fence posts, it doesn't rot, although it sometimes comes back to life and a post will try to turn back into a tree.

awfully hard for kindling, unless you split it down to very skinny pieces I would think. Other than fencing or maybe snow poles hard to see a use for saplings. Maybe a baseball bat for someone strong enough to swing it. I made a cabinet out of wenge, which has a similar hardness, weight, and tendency to split and splinter. It came out well but not a pleasant experience, almost impossible to add and fine detail.

[riser4]

@Buster. My bad.

[Buster Highmen]

@Buster. My bad.

No worries, I went through my own versions of amusement through horror as I found out what equine herpes was.

Dog attachment is so much more recognized, but the outpouring of grief over that 3 months was wrenching.

[Supermoon]

now?

I would say this is good if you have an outside of work relationship with them. if it’s only a work friendship I’d give it a couple of weeks.

[Danno]

I would say this is good if you have an outside of work relationship with them. if it’s only a work friendship I’d give it a couple of weeks.

Really? For someone he likes on a personal level (but presumably does not have an outside of work relationship)? I for one would welcome a note on linkedin expressing condolences, what is the point of waiting? If the fired worker is pissed or not ready to respond they don't have to; that's the wonder of electronic messaging. After being cut-off/unceremoniously let go, I would think a friendly "hey, what happened, I went to reply to our thread and it was gone. I'm sorry." would be something anyone would be happy to receive.

[ötzi]

awfully hard for kindling, unless you split it down to very skinny pieces I would think.

It burns good but it's kinda hard to get lit so you need a little something else under it at first. Get it going a little and away she goes.

[dan_pdx]

Really? For someone he likes on a personal level (but presumably does not have an outside of work relationship)? I for one would welcome a note on linkedin expressing condolences, what is the point of waiting? If the fired worker is pissed or not ready to respond they don't have to; that's the wonder of electronic messaging. After being cut-off/unceremoniously let go, I would think a friendly "hey, what happened, I went to reply to our thread and it was gone. I'm sorry." would be something anyone would be happy to receive.

Yeah, thanks for the feedback this morning, I reached out a few hours ago. No response yet, but they may still be collecting themselves.

[Supermoon]

Really? For someone he likes on a personal level (but presumably does not have an outside of work relationship)? I for one would welcome a note on linkedin expressing condolences, what is the point of waiting? If the fired worker is pissed or not ready to respond they don't have to; that's the wonder of electronic messaging. After being cut-off/unceremoniously let go, I would think a friendly "hey, what happened, I went to reply to our thread and it was gone. I'm sorry." would be something anyone would be happy to receive.

I mean, who knows. 🤷🏻♂️ Hard to say from here how close they were. Just saying that I wouldn’t necessarily reach out right away for a casual coworker. I also don’t like most people in general so YMMV

[KQ]

Hmmmmmmm...... should I?

They say there are "perks" involved..... Just imagining the perks of having an athletic 18-24yo college student living with me for the summer.........

[stealurface831]

Hmmmmmmm...... should I?

They say there are "perks" involved..... Just imagining the perks of having an athletic 18-24yo college student living with me for the summer.........

It should be noted that minor league baseball players are some of the vilest humans in existence.


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[Bunion 2020]

Do it KQ, if you have room take in a couple. You don't have to go all Annie Savoy on them but it would really be worth the occasional TR.

Be amazing if one of them eventually winds up in MLB.

It should be noted that minor league baseball players are some of the vilest humans in existence.

Played B-ball did ya?

Worse than horse people? Now that I don't know.

[KQ]

It should be noted that minor league baseball players are some of the vilest humans in existence.

Are they still vile if it's Wood Bat League or is it just general college jocks stuff?

Do it KQ, if you have room take in a couple. You don't have to go all Annie Savoy on them but it would really be worth the occasional TR.

Be amazing if one of them eventually winds up in MLB.

LOL!!!

[stealurface831]

Be amazing if one of them eventually winds up in MLB.

Played B-ball did ya?

Worse than horse people? Now that I don't know.

My grandfather owns a minor league team and I grew up in the clubhouse. Saw lots of things no child should see.

They aren’t terrible people like horse people. They are actually really good dudes for the most part, specially the latins. They are just disgusting.

[KQ]

My grandfather owns a minor league team and I grew up in the clubhouse. Saw lots of things no child should see.

They aren’t terrible people like horse people. They are actually really good dudes for the most part, specially the latins. They are just disgusting.

What kinda horse people you talkin' bout Willis?

[stealurface831]

Are they still vile if it's Wood Bat League or is it just general college jocks stuff?

Ohh, it is just wood bat league? I wouldn’t worry about it. They will all be pretty clean cut dudes.


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[stealurface831]

What kinda horse people you talkin' bout Willis?

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[KQ]

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Like this?

[stealurface831]

Like this?

Well not you, KQ. Surely you know the type. Ya know, like the ones that try to drug our horses before shows without our knowledge and other good fun like that.


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[old goat]

Don't take any tobacco chewers KQ.