Hmm maybe itās not the right word. I meant thermal shirt. Itās kind of like a long sleeve shirt thatās kind of thick and slightly woolly and really warm. I stack those up to get warmer.
The longjohns are the same kind of deal but for my legs of course
Yeahā¦ itās annoying. Itās not only about style, I just feel incredibly uncomfortable wearing trousers. I have to, at work, at thatās the only place I wear themā¦ well okay, if I ever happen to be on a horseback again, trousers are an option as well, but in every other situation, I just feel terrible in them. And to be honest, in times ago women only had skirts or dresses, so there must be a way to stay warm in themā¦ why does nobody produce thermal underskirts anymore? I even spent some time searching several outdoor shops and the like, and they rarely had skirts at allā¦ I mean, why not just make some nice, wooly, (affordable) and beautiful skirts? Canāt be that hardā¦
Thatās why I always have a very warm blanket in my car - even a traffic jam in winter can be a problem, if it takes long enoughā¦
But other than that, Iām usually around in inhabited areas, so I rarely risk my life with my clothing style But I get what you mean, and I will definitely keep that in mind if my trip to iceland will finally take place!
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I hate it I tell you, even more than before.
Yeaaaaaahno. Just thinking about horseās hair on very delicate placesā¦ brrrrrrrrno. * shudders *
I always wanted to try out a side-saddle, butā¦ well. They are incredibly rare, and since I used to ride on icelandic horses almost exclusively, they might just look a bit unfitting
So yeah, trousers when riding are more or less okay
Actually a nice idea! Some nice, fluffy fake-fur cape in black might look incredibly good and keep me warm as well
Hunting my own bear is out of the question, though - most likely, the bear would instead hunt me, and I wouldnāt like to kill an animal unless I absolutely have to. Having a nice fluffy cape is not one of those cases
Fair thing
Iām okay with people eating meat or hunting or fishing, as long as it is, like you said, at least basically respectful. The way animals are treated in industrialized factory farming is definitely not okay, but hunting an animal and using basically everything it provides you with is a whole different story, I thinkā¦
I would agree. I buy 1/4 a cow at a time from a local, ethical farmer. I donāt really eat any other animals. Chicken if I do venture away from beef.
When I was growing up, I wanted nothing more than to be in the FFA. (Future Farmers of America) So one day, we went to a farm. We were walking around and my mom had me pick out my own cow! I was crazy pumped as I thought I would get to keep it as a pet and show it at the fair and stuff. So she turned to the farmed and said we will take that one!
And that day I learned that beef comes from a cow that I had just pet and stared it in the eyes. (I was 8ish)
I think thatās an important thing to realize - today, most companies try to hide the fact that the meat on your plate was a living, breathing animal before as much as possible, and I think that just does it no right. We have a sausage spread in Germany thatās called ālittle bear sausage spreadā, with a family friendly, smiling comic bear on the cover - thatās just ridiulous.
Iām totally fine with people eating meat, but I think they should at least be aware that an animal gave its life for them, and what that animal looked like. Due to a chocolate company though, a significant amount of children in Germany thinks that cows are purple. Sigh.
If that stuff is shelf stable, I almost want to have you send me one due to how ridiculous that is! I can feel my sodium levels elevating just looking at that.
I agree with you here, but I would go slightly further. I donāt think as an adult, you should be allowed to eat/buy the meat unless you have processed the animal at least once yourself/had to see it firsthand. I think the amount of meat consumption would drop significantly.
I donāt eat much meat these days, but I enjoy nothing more than tasting animals I havenāt eaten yet, and bits I havenāt tasted yet. My mom raised me on offals, which I still enjoy to this day - when I can find it, which is getting hard. My favorite dish when I was a kid was sheep brain in black butter - an old French recipe thatās all but disappeared since the mad cow disease thing in the late 80s. Another fav of mine is tripe. And of course, haggis.
Here in Finland, I can find bear heart. Itās a local delicacy. Itās pretty good, but it donāt come cheap.
Nah, it requires cooling But I thought there would be similar stupid stuff in the US!
And ideally, respect for the animals as well as for the people who work with them (be it the farmer, butcher or cook) would rise. Sadly, itās the other way round, in a way - people zapping through TV, stumbling across some report about the sad and terrible way animals are treated, quickly zap away in disgust and keep on munching their cheap meat. Most of them know the way it all works, and they donāt want to be remembered of that because that would show they are a) a person with little empathy towards other beings or b) they would have to change some of their habits.
Iām a bit torn on that - my personal, private view is that many offals are (subjective, just for me personally!) a pretty nauseating thing (and yes, I handled them - both at work as well as for feeding a dog), but on the other hand I really like it when no edible parts of an animal are wasted. So - good thing!
I had a pretty near miss a couple years ago, some jackass almost shot me on the range, and video got leakedā¦ went super viral
thankfully I never got identified in the video
Iād love to hear from @amal more often,
About whatās being worked on or played with
Various interviews and talks
Non product projects, like his smart ps90 project
Family life makes me squirm, not that I donāt care but thereās just too much chance of not being able to take stuff back
But if he goes on a trip/expo/bender and wanted to share, sure why not? I feel by this point he knows what not to put out there, and if you donāt want to hear/see about a fun/sad moment in his life, donāt watch it.