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  • Dazzle369 said:
    Somehow I think the silly shorts are better than that.

    The thing with bike seats is that they aren't seats. They are saddles. They are shaped the way they are not for comfort, but to help you control the bicycle. You hurt your ass riding a horse also. Ever hear of a saddle sore? And you wear silly pants to ride a horse as well. That's just how humans have to sit on things that force them to spread their legs to either side.
  • You can just get a normal pair of shorts that have the silly lycra padding on the inside. I got a pair of Amazon ages ago and have stood up to a lot.
  • I bought 5 pair of a $20 Chinese knockoff pair of bike shorts with internal padding. Even if I wear out a pair a year, it's cheaper than one good set.
  • Apreche said:

    You hurt your ass riding a horse also. Ever hear of a saddle sore? And you wear silly pants to ride a horse as well.

    What the fuck bike are you riding that it bumps about like a horse on it's stride?
  • Also Scott they are called jodhpurs and they are ridiculously important. If you want to have massive sores on your inner thigh then by all means don't wear them but they rank just behind a crash hat in things to make riding a horse not shit.
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    Amp said:

    Also Scott they are called jodhpurs and they are ridiculously important. If you want to have massive sores on your inner thigh then by all means don't wear them but they rank just behind a crash hat in things to make riding a horse not shit.

    Really? I've never worn Jodhpurs, or any other type of breeches, and I've never had sores. On the other hand, I've never been a sporting rider, so maybe it's just not something that comes up with other types of riding.

    Though admittedly, I can't say I've always worn a stack hat either. But I have worn one enough.
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  • Churba said:

    Amp said:

    Also Scott they are called jodhpurs and they are ridiculously important. If you want to have massive sores on your inner thigh then by all means don't wear them but they rank just behind a crash hat in things to make riding a horse not shit.

    Really? I've never worn Jodhpurs, or any other type of breeches, and I've never had sores. On the other hand, I've never been a sporting rider, so maybe it's just not something that comes up with other types of riding.

    Though admittedly, I can't say I've always worn a stack hat either. But I have worn one enough.
    You can sort of get by if you have some tight jeans on but yeah pretty much if your going for more than two hours or so then your legs will be shredded.

    You also have stuff like dressage where its all about appearance and the like.
  • edited October 2015
    Amp said:

    You can sort of get by if you have some tight jeans on but yeah pretty much if your going for more than two hours or so then your legs will be shredded.

    You also have stuff like dressage where its all about appearance and the like.

    I'd hardly characterise my jeans as tight, but it's what I wear most of the time. And I've certainly done more than two hours in the saddle at a time, with no trouble.

    Maybe it's just different saddles or something? I don't think I've ever ridden with an English style equestrian saddle, only ever stock saddles, with serious horns, kneepads, real deep seat, high cantle, and quite long flaps compared to equestrian saddles. They're definitely made with endurance in mind, so it might be a factor.
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  • I like that this went from bikes to horses.
  • edited October 2015
    MATATAT said:

    I like that this went from bikes to horses.

    I would make some sort of comparison about how a horse can love you back when a bike can't, but I'd be lying horses are bastards.
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  • Churba said:

    Amp said:

    You can sort of get by if you have some tight jeans on but yeah pretty much if your going for more than two hours or so then your legs will be shredded.

    You also have stuff like dressage where its all about appearance and the like.

    I'd hardly characterise my jeans as tight, but it's what I wear most of the time. And I've certainly done more than two hours in the saddle at a time, with no trouble.

    Maybe it's just different saddles or something? I don't think I've ever ridden with an English style equestrian saddle, only ever stock saddles, with serious horns, kneepads, real deep seat, high cantle, and quite long flaps compared to equestrian saddles. They're definitely made with endurance in mind, so it might be a factor.
    Oh god then yeah that's like rubbing you body in butter, my dad still has his old jackaroo saddle somewhere. Yeah the equestrian ones are not comfortable in the slightest, then you start getting to jockey stuff and you might as well just have a pair of stirrups and do away with the whole thing.

    Also another reason for the tight trousers is to keep your bollocks together, the worst thing in the world is free balls on a fast horse.
    Churba said:



    MATATAT said:

    I like that this went from bikes to horses.

    I would make some sort of comparison about how a horse can love you back when a bike can't, but I'd be lying horses are bastards.
    They are they really are. We had to call the vet out because the horse had decided to suck a load of air in and could not fart it out. Poor guy spent half an hour with his hand up that thing arse. Even after the vet had sorted it the stupid thing tried again. They are the dumbest creature I have ever met second only to the owl.
  • edited October 2015
    Amp said:

    Oh god then yeah that's like rubbing you body in butter, my dad still has his old jackaroo saddle somewhere. Yeah the equestrian ones are not comfortable in the slightest, then you start getting to jockey stuff and you might as well just have a pair of stirrups and do away with the whole thing.

    Also another reason for the tight trousers is to keep your bollocks together, the worst thing in the world is free balls on a fast horse.

    Well, that's the question answered. Always relied more on a decent pair of jocks than trousers to keep the boys under control, but agreed, you don't want to be going orca on a fast horse.
    Amp said:

    They are they really are. We had to call the vet out because the horse had decided to suck a load of air in and could not fart it out. Poor guy spent half an hour with his hand up that thing arse. Even after the vet had sorted it the stupid thing tried again. They are the dumbest creature I have ever met second only to the owl.

    Cribbing - It's no suprise, some horses do it habitually, and some will do it enough that they can't get rid of the air. Christ, horses are fucking stupid. I've seen smart horses, but I've never seen a horse that was smart.
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  • That's because we genetically engineered an animal who is always a split second from dying from the time they are born till they ultimately bite it.

    Treating post op colic is probably worse than doing a surgery (remember to consider the surgery is wading through 25m of intestine looking for the one bit that is looped or caught). Waking up every hour of the night night to take vitals give meds and replace 80L of fluids every 2nd trip is a bitch. Worse still if you are allergic to horse hair and dander.

    And then there are horse owners.
  • I thought surgery on a horse was called a 12 gauge.
  • sK0pe said:

    That's because we genetically engineered an animal who is always a split second from dying from the time they are born till they ultimately bite it.

    Treating post op colic is probably worse than doing a surgery (remember to consider the surgery is wading through 25m of intestine looking for the one bit that is looped or caught). Waking up every hour of the night night to take vitals give meds and replace 80L of fluids every 2nd trip is a bitch. Worse still if you are allergic to horse hair and dander.

    And then there are horse owners.

    I have been through the whole stream of that, do not miss on having to deal with any of that on any level.
  • Which is worse, forgetting about Dre or not remembering the Alamo?


  • Already forgot about Dre.
  • Not remembering the Alamo. Dre is cool, but we gotta remember that Texas left Mexico because they wanted to protect slavery.
  • All he can do is aspire to be employee of the month at Apple now.
  • Is it just me, who says 'burp' when they burp?
  • An open question to all:

    I am trying to apply for a job at Kickstarter and looking for as much information I can with the company. It would be working with Luke Crane and being that some of you know him personally I could use any tips to bolster the cover letter and resume to garner attention.
  • Whoops one last question anyone know the Geeknights git hub information again? I need to refresh myself with in and thinking about going into the notes again to do it.
  • Coldguy said:

    Whoops one last question anyone know the Geeknights git hub information again? I need to refresh myself with in and thinking about going into the notes again to do it.

    They're allowed. I wonder if they think they're making money on ads, but they've got like 3 views.
  • What kind of job could you get if any with a Software Testing certificate? Here is a link of the course work for it...

    Computer Information Technology
    COMPUTER PROGRAMMING – SOFTWARE TESTING
    Certificate
  • Oh you actually have to take classes for it. I thought maybe it was the kind you just study for and pay like $100 to take. I mean if you're already taking most of the classes it might be worth it, otherwise it kind of looks like a lot of busywork judging by most of the class names.
  • edited October 2015
    The community college offers it online as well. I haven't signed on or anything. The college offers a lot more than just that cert. Was just wondering if that cert might be worth my time or not. I did more searching online for intro to programming online schools. Found a site called Treehouse. Giving that a spin as they have a free 14 day trial.
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  • edited October 2015
    There's always Khan Academy and Code Academy for free. Granted they won't give you the certs but depending on how you learn it could help you prepare for the cert tests.
    Post edited by ninjarabbi on
  • That's what I was thinking try out one of these online courses for learning programming. And if I'm any good at at and like it enough. Try for the certs. I've heard though certs mean don't mean much for companies hiring and if the companies do value certs they aren't worth working for. So I don't know. I'm not in a position to go back to school full time though. So i'm looking at this as just dipping my toe in the waters for now.
  • Certs are not generally useful. Maybe if you're targeting a particular job or field that lists them as a requirement?

    If you want to get hired, you need to be able to talk about a project you've done and answer questions about it at all levels of detail.
  • Right on. Would contributing to an open source project be looked at favorably by an employer?
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