@WedaPashi ... awful?? You don't like what Jockeys wear? I used to have a black and purple quatered silk to go with my black and purple cross country jumper.
I also had the more favoured velvet hat for Dressage... much prefered the every day hat though, silk when needed
I still consider one of my biggest achievements having galloped in the desert outside Giza at the pyramids on an Arab stallion... everyone else rode camels
@Liam try owning them ;) ... I went very spoilt posh girl when I was with my dad at a county show a few weeks back we were watching horse boarding (seriously amazing sport!!) and I turned to him and said 'Dad, I need another horse' ... we both laughed so hard
@Aravona: I tried similar sort of a thing when I was a kid. I asked a friend of mine to ride on his bike and I was on my skates, and I fell so bad that i cracked my helmet. But wasn't hurt et al. Since then my family calls me a crack-head for the things I do. :D
@WedaPashi Hopefully going this winter. Was looking at france but I think it'll be Scotland with some winter mountain training thrown in at the same time
@Liam ask the question... wait X days then self answer.
I was going to self answer mine in a few days and someone else did it anyway :)
outdoors.stackexchange.com/q/5077/3313 - this guy had just some links in his answer with no context, but he is struggling to put the context in properly. (Don't know why he assumed he could put a table into his answer)
@Aravona I have a bit of a fear of horses. Where I grew up, the school bike sheds not only had bikes parked, but also horses and ponies. And I got bitten once and stepped on once when getting my bike out to cycle home - that's kind of stuck with me.
So I'm a big fan of motorbikes - which don't bite so much :-)
@RoryAlsop I would say give then a go another time... if I evertget another you'll have to come down and meet him. Horses aren't any worse than dogs... I've been bitten.. stood on... thrown....
@RoryAlsop @Aravona: A similar sort of a thing happened with me, as a kid I was always fascinated to birds. I was just playing around an Emu farm, and an emu bite me when I tried to feed her with french fries. She was on the other side of the fence and it took a minute or two to make her let go off my pinky. It was bleeding horribly.
@Aravona: "Horses aren't any worse than dogs... I've been bitten.. stood on... thrown...." :O :O :O Climbing and trail-running are better sports for me then :D
@WedaPashi probably not necessary to add in the cost bit - but it seems fine. @Liam - if you give an answer it has two effects: it does potentially stop others answering, but if your answer is good then it doesn't matter :-)
If anything, I'd maybe suggest rather than the use of 'better' you go for what each type is suited for.
@RoryAlsop not really ... more likely what is in the bag.... horses will eat a lot more than most people think. Plus they aren't always trying to eat but trying to find out what something is.... like a dog or a shark... they use their mouth
They will stick their nose in bags and snuff around. They eat chocolate, biscuits, crisp happily though none of that is good for them
@WedaPashi isn't the food thats the problem but the way people handle it around animals. Always feed an animal palm up, fingers flat and thumb tucked in.
@Aravona: I love feeding Elephants for that matter. They are never in a hurry, nor very curious. Rather they are really polite and grab the food with their trunk. No biting :D
Except rays in a tank that goes for every animal I've ever fed
@WedaPashi but they have a way not to bite... you cannot blame a dog or other animal for biting you when you give it food wrong when that is the only way they have to get food from you :)
@Liam working from home today, so as well as work, I have grouted a bath, hung out two loads of washing, mounted a multiple candle holder to the outside of the house, and planted a flower bed.
I'm thinking I might make @Aravona owner of this room also? Thoughts? She's in here as much as me. @RoryAlsop already has all the power... Does this actually do anything?
If you have children with you, you will have no worries about keeping yourself busy, you'll be plenty busy. If the weather is nice, your kids might enjoy games like:
Throw Rocks in the Water
Run Around As Fast As You Can
See If You Can Throw A Prized Toy Into A Tree And Get It Stuck There
Find ...
In the security chat, the room owner functions are pretty much only used for changing the room title (we play with it regularly) and kicking/banning griefers/spammers
@RussellSteen Cool :) if you comment a response this weekend my phone will let me know. He was pretty sure it should be reasonably waterproof still (as thats why people had it at his Archery club)
@Aravona the stats you see are not 100% correct. We get to see some good stats averaged over weeks/months etc, which are a much better indicator of health than focusing closely on the Area51 stats. I mean, yes, we do need to get those stats up, but that goes along with more visitors, more folks over 10k etc. So while you can put effort into one area, it all just needs growth
Watching the various stats graphs curving upwards is nice to see
First thing you should do is confirm the validity of the news. Assuming that the news is genuine:
Report your location to some one sitting out safe who can coordinate a rescue once it is all sorted out.
If you are car-camping, take a measure if you can drive away before it hits. If you don't t...
When I decided to trash my tent, which was so old and was no longer of any use for active camping, I and my mentor in trekking, firstly used the same tent to teach kids of how to pitch a tent.
And, I also used some part of the tent fabric to make a sort-of a sand bag for me, which I used to tie t...
Blisters are more frequent between the toes than Anywhere on the bottom of the feet. And, with heavy trekking shoes, you are most likely to sustain blisters around toes and between them, so I guess as the above guy (theJollySin) said walking barefoot wont help much with blisters, But yeah it does...
I would say there is no point in walking briskly. With a heavy backpack, it's a no-no for me.
I have observed and have struggled with the same problem when I started off towards some serious trekking with genuinely elevated/steep climbs with a heavy haversack on my back. The sack that I usually c...
As Hillsons suggested a good way to use it, let me put in what I would do:
You can use it as a Weight. Simply knot a carabiner to the end of a rope that needs slinging over a pole or onto a roof. The weight helps with accuracy.
Clip keys inside backpacks to loops for extra security
Link a few t...
One thing you can do is upvote those old questions, post an answer or otherwise have some activity on it, then the OP may spot it and realise they haven't accepted an answer
we can't force people to, but I see two you have answered that were asked by high rep users who should know better :-)
@RoryAlsop: Ahh, okay. If have noticed, all the links to the question that I posted above, are having an answer by me. I used to think that Unanswered means having not accepted an answer. I just came to know that "unanswered here means no upvoted answers" Thanks. This makes things clear now! Makes sense.
Folks, I obviously didn't mean to ask for more upvotes by posting the links. :D
@RoryAlsop: Okay, its time to leave. Gonna have to paddle down a good 10 miles to reach home, and wait, my headlamp is not working :( Have a good day! See you tomorrow!
Which type of climbing helmet (foam or hardshell) is best and why?
Foam
Hardshell
PS: I do not intend to compare them by how much they cost.
