u/Effective_Moose_4997

Hi all. I currently own a pessoa xp3 cc saddle with a semi forward flap. I also own a handful of different western saddles since I grew up riding western. I am used to a long leg. I'm thinking of practicing some basic dressage on my property at the walk and trot. I wonder if I can still do this in a jump saddle or a western saddle?

I am a trail rider who likes to ride in my jump saddle with a longer leg because the stirrups are more comfortable for me. I don't mind not tucking my knee into the knee roll. Could I just lengthen my stirrups in the jump saddle to practice in? Or should I use the western saddle? Or do I need to get a dressage saddle?

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Any way to make these hurt less? They hurt on the sides of my nose so bad within a few seconds. I am weird and prefer my glasses to side on the top of my hard nose bridge and not off the the side where it is soft. I like the nose pads type.

Adult here finally deciding to learn to drive. I still have to get a learner's permit to practice. There's so much in the drivers book that I've been putting the test off for a while afraid I still won't pass because I can't remember the feet it takes to stop at every speed. And how many feet there are in a 2 second following distance at each speed. Also putting it off because going to the dmv and having to take the permit test as an adult is embarrassing and the dmv is so insanely awkward. There's always like 20 people in a silent room watching you while you go in and listening to you talk. And I have to announce to the room I'm taking a permit test at my age. I hate it so much But that's whole nother thing. How hard is the learners permit test?

Edit: Also what's the least busy day of week to go to the dmv?

I'm 22 and lived with roommates the past 4 years since I was 18. I lived in a somewhat high cost of living area (city in the northeast) where the average rent for a 1 bedroom was 1200 on the low side. Up to 2k+ if you wanted to be fancier. As college students, we just rented out the big houses with 5+ rooms together. That 3500 dollar house suddenly only became 700 a month+ utilities when you have 5 people. Then everyone leaves after senior year to suddenly forget how to be a roommate and complains about renting their own place for 1600 a month. Like??? Why did we as young adults forget that roommates are supposed to be normal. Friends the tv show literally had 30 year olds still being roommates and renting together. Why is everyone so insistent on living in their own place? Yeah roomates can suck. But I'd rather split the price of a more expensive house/apartment to something manageable than have to pay for an expensive studio myself. Like I genuinely believe so many of my peers forgot that you don't have to live on your own in a nice place! I was doing just fine living in a city with roommates only making like 12 an hour. Was the place fancy? Absolutely not. It was an old house, paint chipping, no central ac, barely furnished. But I didn't dislike it because it was cheap. My senior year of high school I also rented out a room in someone's house for only 400 a month.

Now I'm thinking about moving to another city where 3 bedroom houses are around 2k a month. Split 3 ways is 667 a month. Super affordable! It drives me crazy everyone has stopped being willing to have roommates!!

22F. Tried to go to college and get a bachelor's in biology. I only got enough credits for 3 years after 4 years of being there. And after 4 years you no longer get financial aid so I left and decided to take some time off for my mental health with the idea of going back somewhere else after fixing my transcript. I started working at a Subway making 8/hr while living at home and paying off my debt. I've been applying to entry hospital positions like phlebotomy with no avail. Also been applying to other fast food and retail with no call backs. I've officially been kicked out because my parent doesn't like my "energy" at home. And they don't like being treated like a roommate. I would just come home and go to my room and mind my own business. Which apparently my parent can't stand. So now I have no ties to the small town I live in and need to find a path to go on. I can live with my grandparent nearby but I don't like living there and need an out.

What do I do? I can't go back to college since my transcript won't transfer anywhere (gpa 2.5 after stopping going to all of my classes last year and giving up). And if it did transfer I'd have to wait till next year, and even then biology degrees are worthless anyways and I'd still have a year and a half to finish it. I can't live off 8/hr. I don't have a license since I've always been scared of driving. And now I have no one to teach me. Should I take out a small loan and just book a flight somewhere and get a job living with roommates? That's what I did my last year of college. I lived in a city where I could take the bus then and paid my own rent working at a research lab. I can't go to community college since the closest is an hour away and I don't drive.

I'm just lost and don't know what to do. I'll be living with my grandparent for the time being but I need somewhere else to go. I need to leave.

I'm really going to miss our dogs since I won't be able to see them again.v

Started working here for the past month. I go in midday. Don't eat anything before hand, or if I do it's something like a banana. Grab a water with a little sprite in it for my drink. We are allowed a 6 inch per day to eat. It's usually between 500-800 calories depending on what I put on it. When we cut bell peppers I save the excess waste and use that to snack on for a couple days until we cut them again. Every now and then I'll have a bag of chips or a cookie. Sometimes eat extra turkey/ham from when we cut that too. I go home in the evening, maybe grab a small snack, and that's it. I'm averaging about 1300-1500 calories on the days I work. My TDEE is only 1700 when selecting sedentary. This past week I dropped 2 lbs! While the job doesn't pay much, it's also lowering my grocery bill.

I guess Subway can help you lose weight as long as you work there.

(US Targeted)

I constantly see sellers advertised horses and being unable to move them, yet unwilling to lower the price. There used to be a time where the OTTB was dirt cheap. Now they run you 5-6k straight off the track. 8-10k with a little training. Somewhat competitive? 15-20k.

There are too many horses for the people that can actually home them. And with the borders being closed to ship horses out there's going to be a lot of horses that have no where to go.

So when is the price drop coming?

More specifically how do they get home? For the casual drinker who goes to a bar after work let's say. In some cases they can take public transport or Uber, but you'd have to drive home, park, and then go back to the bar. Are people just waiting it out at the bar? Letting themselves sober up before driving home? Is it okay to just have a couple drinks and then drive home? I've always been confused about this.

Also what do you do at a bar alone? Do you just sit there and be on your phone? Isn't it weird to not have anyone to talk to? I've done it a couple times but always felt like a loser without friends as a woman (I used to live a few blocks away from a bar and would walk). I usually went to the bar with friends and the goal was to get tipsy/drunk, talk, have fun, play pool, dance, etc. If you can't get drunk what's the point of going to the bar? Do people really enjoy the taste of alcohol that much?

Earlier today I pulled a tick off my horses nose real quick. No biggie. No sweat. Didn't mind touching it. Just now at 2am I found a tick crawling through my hair and I'm going insane. Did it come from inside the house? Has it been on me for over 12 hours without embedding? (When I was out in the sun last) Or did it crawl on me just 6 hours ago when I came home from my shift? Why didn't it embed in my leg or torso. Why my headdddddd. It not embedding makes me think it just got on me recently but I've been home for hours. I'm so confused and paranoid that it dropped down from the window I sleep under. I'm pretty close to moving my bed into the middle of the room.

Genuinely why do I not care when it's my horses, but get like this when it's just me.

Everyone recommends going to a CC before a 4 year but the closest one to me is an hour drive away. So I went to college straight off. Now I'm taking time off and would love to get some certifications, but with the college being an hour away I just can't go to it. How did you guys go to CC? Were they nearby you?

An anesthesia tech job is at my local hospital. I'm taking some time off from my undergrad in biology. While I was there I worked for 3 ish years in research labs doing histology work, genetic sequencing, and other neuro related jobs. This is the listing for the job:

"EDUCATION: Knowledge of aseptic techniques and the anesthesia process. Ability to read and write, understand and follow oral and written directions, perform basic arithmetic as acquired through high school graduation or the equivalent.    

LICENSURE, REGISTRATION, CERTIFICATION: BLS certification must be obtained within the orientation period, and certification must be kept current while in this position.

EXPERIENCE: Experience and knowledge of hospital and departmental policies and procedures, hospital locations and body mechanics."

Could I apply and get the certification during training? Or do i need the certification beforehand?

Once again the Paint in game is a better representation of a working cow horse than the AQH in game

Hi! We've currently got a 30 x 60 oval pen we're reshaping into a round pen to use for training. The only issue is that it's a mix of different brand panels. 3 brands to be exact. How would you go about connecting these panels so they still bend correctly? There's 3 places to connect. They're correctly tied together with wire but it's weird trying to bend and move the panels around. Any suggestions?

Wasn't sure where else to type this as I'm currently at a loss on how to feel. I'm 22F and home from college. I've been trying to find a job but I live in a small town and I haven't gotten any calls back. Like always my sleep schedule has turned into me being up at night and sleeping till 1-3 in the afternoon. I've done this every summer since I was 12 or so. I can't really help it. If I have to get up early I always just get less than 6 hours of sleep as I can only fall asleep late into the night. In school I would just get between 4-5 hours of sleep a night. So in the summer I crash hard. I go to my grandpas 3-4 days a week and work on his farm. On the other days I just stay in my room and mind my business, helping with chores and the dogs when I can trying not to bother my mother. I decided to reset my sleep schedule today so I'm staying up. My mom heard me up at 5 am and got mad at me for not sleeping. She told me she's had it with me being lethargic and is kicking me out. I just don't know what else I was supposed to do and why it bothers her so much I sleep in. I'm trying to fix it, but me fixing it apparently was the straw that broke her back.

She works only 15 hours a week at home. She constantly lays in bed and doesn't do anything either. She watches TV all the time. But apparently she's only lazy like that when I'm home. So she's kicking me out for a week to live at my grandpa's but I don't feel comfortable doing that. I don't really have a bed or anything at his place. I just feel like she hates my presence and who I am. I don't know why me sleeping bothers her so much.

Edit: I just don't want to have to leave my dogs. They're old and being in college I rarely get to see them.

So often I see shame on outdoor cats due to them being "less healthy". Which is funny considering outdoor cats are MUCH more fit and active. So many of the indoor cat people have fat cats that don't exercise and barely do normal cat things. They can barely jump and run. I just find it rich that they think their cats are somehow healthier. Outdoor cats climb, run, and jump far better. I just don't understand how they think a life confined in a house without areas to run and jump are healthier for them fitness wise. Especially the cats just kept in one room!

Not saying keeping a cat inside is abuse. Not everyone can let their cat outside I get that. But some of the indoor cats I just feel bad for.

Little bit of a rant here. But my mom is somewhat crunchy in that she believes seed oils and all processed foods are horrible for you. She won't eat anything I make fried in canola oil, only beef tallow or butter. We're grocery shopping and making a list and I mentioned to buy a low calorie butter alternative for me to cook with. She snapped back that it's bad for me, and I explained it's because I'm on a diet. That butter is empty calories and just 1 tbsp of butter is an extra 100 calories on a meal! She then responded that butter isn't empty calories, margarine is because butter is healthier and more useful... Which is just so ???? Why are middle aged people like this. Why do they hate seed oils so much. Low calorie margarine is a SAVIOR when I'm dieting. And for reference my mom is normal weight if that means anything.

Edit: I'm 22 and home from college not a kid lol. I cook my own meals. The point is the lecturing from her. And I do butter alternatives for taste mainly. Love a buttery egg!

Edit 2: Margarine is also cheaper than butter. It's easier for me to scoop an amount onto a piece of toast or over something than to try and spread a tiny amount of butter to compensate. The point is that margarine isn't unhealthy!