u/Effective_Moose_4997

How feasible is it for someone with a biology degree to pivot to plant science, soil testing, agricultural testing work, or environmental consulting? I'm 70 credits into my degree and second guessing if biology is worth it. My college has agriscience degrees but they are in a different college so it would be hard to switch majors and I'm 22 after taking some time off anyways. Could I get the biology degree and still make the career switch? Id love to work on producing different GMO foods and developed hardier strains of seeds that can tolerate different climates. Especially with climate change. Or even be a seed sales rep, do soil testing for farmers, test water and streams, etc.

Currently taking a break from my biology degree since I needed a break from school. I'm now having a hard time debating if I should even finish it because I've always been told I need a Masters to get a job anywhere. I already have 2 years of experience being a lab tech during my schooling, working over the summers as well as during school. I have a decent skill range within the lab. If I went back and continued working in labs as a tech would I be able to find a job? Or would I have to go get a masters as well. I would not want to work in academic, I'd want to work in biotech or larger corporate companies. Maybe even agricultural and seed research. I would love to do environmental consulting or research new GMO seeds

Talked to my grandpa again today saying he needs to get a farrier out to fix the white line disease. He yelled at me saying it will be thousands of dollars and he isn't spending that on a donkey. That he'll just sell her or put her down when it gets too bad. I feel so bad for this poor donkey. They are so cheap for my grandpa to own. He has never taken them to the vet or had any vet bills or major farrier bills. I wish he cared enough about her to at least pay another farrier to come out. If we sell her we will also have to sell the other one bonded to her. I just can't believe after 6 years this is what it comes down to.

Edit he came to me showing me the gauze pads he has. Seems like he wants to help now.

Hi all I have an Amish farrier we are very close with. I don't believe he is officially licensed but he does many of the horses in our area and has been doing so for decades. I have an OTTB with low heels, long toes. Though not super severe. Thoroughbreds are not common around here. What would be a good book to get him as a gift?

Owner doesn't let us clock in on the POS system. We write out times on a time sheet and he rounds them. He says it's because if he lets us clock in we all have to do the official video training modules. My coworkers have said a couple times their payroll hasn't matched the timesheet. I haven't checked really yet. His listing for the position also has pay at a way higher rate than what we actually make. His listing was for 9.50-11. No one here makes 10/hr I make 8/hr. Employee of 10 years and our "manager" makes 9.75 I think. He says subway doesn't allow him to pay us more. I think it's a load of bullshit. Am I crazy? This feels so sketchy but everyone who works here has never questioned it.

Edit: I'm also pretty sure a coworker who works full time doesn't get any benefits or PTO....

Hi all. I've been working on halter training my wild blm donkeys by using treats. They will follow me on the lead if I face them and walk backwards. They yield to pressure when I face them. Like If I am facing them with the lead and pull they come to me. If I face them standing out to the side of them and pull they follow and turn around as well. When they shy away and hit the end of the lead they comply and come back. BUT If I stand beside them and walk forward they do not comply. If we are shoulder to shoulder and I turn away from them they do not turn with me. I can walk across them and turn them that way, but I can't turn them to me. How should I get them to follow me by walking WITH me and not towards me? I can't exactly walk backwards everywhere.

Edit: Guys they know to lead when I back away from them. Just wanting specific exercises to work on them walking with my shoulder.

Hi all. I have 16k in student loans that I will be paying on in December after my grace period ends. I'd like to pay them off as fast as I can. The interest rate is between 5-6.5% I live with my grandparents and do not have to pay rent or anything, so my expenses are low. I eat at the place I work at for free so I don't buy groceries either. I also only make 8/hr which is roughly 900 a month with my hours.

Here are the plan options:
RAP at $14 a month with the loan ending in 2055. Total of 19k paid over the duration.
IBR at $0 a month? (I'm confused) Ending in 2046. 31k discharged.
Graduated repayment from $99-213. Total of 22k payed by 2036.
Standard at $175 a month. Total of 22k payed by 2036.

I would like to just get these loans off my bill asap. Can I pay extra each month on all of these plans? Could I only pay extra toward my balance on the standard plan? Since I don't have any expenses I'm planning on paying like 500-700 a month and being done with these loans in 2-3 years. Am I allowed to do that even though my minimum monthly payment would be lower?

I have been paying about 800 a month to my credit cards for the past 2 months, so I know I can afford to pay that much. They will be paid off in full at the end of September thankfully.

Why did it take me reading a dressage book to learn that a half halt is not about slowing a horse down. I thought a half halt was literally supposed to be half a halt. To lower the gait and reconnect with the horse. To be like, "slow down and listen". I read this book and come to learn your speed shouldn't change with a half halt! It's just to get the horse to step more under itself and connect better. Why didn't any of my instructors explain this.

"When all three aids are correctly combined, the horse maintains his original speed and stays straight as he steps more forward under his body".

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.

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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?