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kage69

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kage69

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Eff that! I think the horse is totally capable of breaking your hand in one bite.

Absolutely. War horses were trained to engage what they could reach when carrying a dude into the fray. A man could shrug off a bite, but anyone who gets kicked or stomped for real is a goner. Canines not required: an animal that big worked up on fear or pussy can really do some damage.

When I was 12, my family used to rent out a couple unused stables in our barn to this guy, a real cow hand looking guy. I came home from school one day as Ambers Lamps was leaving my house. This guy Earl had his buckskin stallion turn on him because a mare in heat walked by his stall. Got a hold of his hand and really messed it up, with the thumb being removed. Almost lost an ear too.

Really put a damper on his attempts to woo my mom as I recall.


That guy in the .gif was a moron just asking for it. He's extending his hand to an advancing horse that has it's ears back. That's like bending over with extended lips to kiss a dog who's got nothing but hackles and enamel for ya.
 
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zinfamous

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When I was 12, my family used to rent out a couple unused stables in our barn to this guy, a real cow hand looking guy. I came home from school one day as Ambers Lamps was leaving my house. This guy Earl had his buckskin stallion turn on him because a mare in heat walked by his stall. Got a hold of his hand and really messed it up, with the thumb being removed. Almost lost an ear too.

Really put a damper on his attempts to woo my mom as I recall.


You, sir, have just written the finest quip that I have yet read on these pages of Anandtech, Off Topic forums.

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harobikes333

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I was cruising around Norway in Google Street View and saw a lot of hay bales like that. It's funny because a month prior I went on a road trip up to North Dakota to go to my Grandpa's birthday and the hay bales all around were not wrapped like that.
A lot of farmers have moved away from round bales and have gone back to the older style bales for nutritional reasons.
They get wrapped for longer storage I think.

IronWing, not sure where you're getting that info.. but that's not the case from what I can tell. I have numerous relatives and friends that farm & tons of them still use round bales.
The wrapping is to prevent it from losing nutritional value.

Links to some info:
University of Minnesota Article on Bales

West Virginia University Extension Service on Bale Storage Costs

just my 2 cents
 
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Scooby Doo

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I was cruising around Norway in Google Street View and saw a lot of hay bales like that. It's funny because a month prior I went on a road trip up to North Dakota to go to my Grandpa's birthday and the hay bales all around were not wrapped like that.

Yup I've never seen bales wrapped like that... just baller-twin in two or three sections.
 

shortylickens

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When I was 12, my family used to rent out a couple unused stables in our barn to this guy, a real cow hand looking guy. I came home from school one day as Ambers Lamps was leaving my house. This guy Earl had his buckskin stallion turn on him because a mare in heat walked by his stall. Got a hold of his hand and really messed it up, with the thumb being removed. Almost lost an ear too.

Really put a damper on his attempts to woo my mom as I recall.



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IronWing

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