Mildly interesting
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@George-K said in Mildly interesting:
New Shoes
Isn't that wonderful?
My mum said that when she was a little girl she'd walk up the road to watch the blacksmith at work. It seems so strange from a modern perspective, but she was only born in 1930, so really not that long ago - and this wasn't really out in the sticks, it was a suburb of Manchester.
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Seems odd that shoeing horses is necessary.
What happens to wild horses feet?
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@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:
Seems odd that shoeing horses is necessary.
What happens to wild horses feet?
Much less wear and tear… They aren’t carrying a 200lb guy 4-5 miles every day and aren’t pulling an 800lb cart across the city on asphalt or cobblestones….
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@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:
Seems odd that shoeing horses is necessary.
What happens to wild horses feet?
https://thelivestockexpert.com/why-do-wild-horses-not-need-shoes/
When we had Simon, he had some arthritic issues in his front hocks. The vet/farrier thought it might be because of the way he was shod. The shoes have more "bite" than the hoof, and on various surfaces, they might cause more strain when turning his foot. He hardly ever went out on pavement, and was usually on soft surfaces (shredded rubber in the indoor arena and grass/sand outdoors). We let him go barefoot in front and he seemed to do better.
Farrier was about $150 or so, every six weeks.
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383B ways to have your Latte.
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I was wondering whether it was a typo when you typed 383"B" - then I looked at the graphic.
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How many of them suck?
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@George-K said in Mildly interesting:
We used to vacation quite near there when I was a kid, on the Island of Mull and the surrounding area. You could say it's a bit out of the way. When I was 10, I managed to break my leg whilst visiting Ardnamurchan lighthouse, which amused my parents no end. The drive to the nearest hospital was quite an experience.
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@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:
383B ways to have your Latte.
And I have been behind 1/3 of those orders…
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Interesting chart from a recent American Journal of Physics article titled "All Objects and some Questions"; here's everything in the universe:
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