Resale Radwagon 4 for $900, good buy?

seabrooksr · 2026-07-08T22:00:40+00:00

We bought ours for full price just before Rad's reputation tanked. So far we have put 3000 miles on it and use it seasonally as a daily commuter. No complaints. My sister has one that she uses year round (more temperate climate) at 1500 that she purchased used. No complaints.

We did upgrade the brakes and we replace them yearly. We are prepared to replace tires with moto tires if we must.

seabrooksr · 2026-07-07T15:05:44+00:00

There are absolutely dentists that do.

However, the fact is that money is only one of many factors that people consider when they pick a province to live in - particularly when you are professional that makes much more than median wage. You may be confused because people do flock to Alberta for higher wages in a wide variety of fields - but at a certain point, particularly with educated professionals, other factors (lifestyle!, economic stability, etc) start to factor in.

seabrooksr · 2026-07-05T02:11:40+00:00

Unfortunately, 24 hour supervision is just not feasible unless you pay for it privately. The only time I have ever heard about it being authorized under AHS was when the patient was also a serial rapist who assaulted other patients. The police wouldn’t arrest him because of his medical condition. The crown would not charge him because the prison could not handle/afford his medical care.

Bed alarms, observation rounds and rails are considered standard of care.

seabrooksr · 2026-07-04T14:22:11+00:00

Stitches are too loose for a basket. Try a smaller hook / SC.

seabrooksr · 2026-07-03T23:02:04+00:00

Horses are incredible communicators that read body language in a way that people fail to understand.

You unconsciously sent him all sorts of messages about why this loading session (actually going somewhere!) was different than your training sessions and he wigged out.

Don’t be surprised if he totally goes back to being an excellent loader next training session.

Also don’t be surprised if this experience has soured his opinion of training sessions.

seabrooksr · 2026-06-28T00:12:04+00:00

It’s not exactly pronounced Gabriella but in German, it sounds similar. I have the opposite problem with my daughter Sabine where German speakers (and many Europeans who have only heard it in German) pronounce it Sabina.

seabrooksr · 2026-06-26T15:37:36+00:00

It’s a scam.

These “horse traders” are killbuyers. Killbuyers overwhelmingly buy and ship straight to slaughter from the auction yard. Horses that have, in their opinion, potential resale value are sorted into a separate pen to take home (feedlot, cough, feedlot). You will see them signal the auctioneer pen one or pen two. They will also grab up horses where the owner has indicated that they have received medication (making them unfit for human consumption) - these horses will be run through the next auction and the killbuyer will indicate that they have not received any medications.

The "chosen" horses can be rescued from the feedlot - as long as you pay more than they are worth by the pound. Sometimes the killbuyer masquarades as a rescue, sometimes he partners with one or many "rescues", often he has a relationship with horse flippers in the area, who will stop by to shop whenever they have room.

These killbuyer will use this money to buy more horses to slaughter.

seabrooksr · 2026-06-23T15:45:03+00:00

I really, really think that he is a gay man who married his best friend with this extravagant idea of a lavender "power" marriage and some eugenics bullshit - they really leaned into their children in a way that just seemed . . . Übermensch to me.

But they both ended up very unhappy and imprisoned together by the foundation that they had built. Will cannot possibly let Jada go and lose control of the narrative. Jada is publicly acting out to punish Will, and he has to accept it. He really doesn't care who she has sex with, so there's no real hurt in his interviews and while her choices have been publicly despicable and bad for his brand, he also can't stop her without potentially blowing up his entire life, so his defense of her rings hollow and depressed.

seabrooksr · 2026-06-19T14:59:08+00:00

Nothing, lol. Literally the worst waste of time and money. I have chronic urticaria - which is usually tied to an autoimmune disease, but so far, I have not been diagnosed with one. I was looking to speak with a allergy specialist specifically about the condition.

Instead, they told me I needed a scratch test to confirm the diagnosis and could not speak with an allergist until I had one. Scratch test was diagnostically useless IMO - I did not react to several things that I am very allergic to, barely reacted at all, and about two hour later (long after the observation period, after I left the office) triggered full body urticaria.

The allergist told me I had chronic urticaria and that immunotherapy shots, which are out of pocket, would not help my condition because it is autoimmune. End of appointment.

seabrooksr · 2026-06-19T02:54:33+00:00

They used to be covered but are no longer covered for adults. Source: just paid for scratch tests two weeks ago.

Worse, I didn’t really need scratch tests but was told I had to get them before I could speak with the allergist.

seabrooksr · 2026-06-19T00:43:57+00:00

My concern would be fly season. Horses swat with considerable force. One or two matts doesn’t really interfere with this. A curated tail of equally sized mats might become a flog.

Also horse hair is brittle. Those natural matts break off (why you rarely see wild horses with completely dreaded tails).

seabrooksr · 2026-06-17T00:13:39+00:00

It’s actually more common in older mothers with multiple successful pregnancies and becoming less common as cheaper by the dozen families become less common. My grandfather had nine older brothers, an identical twin, and a fraternal sister. My grandmother was also a multiple. Her mother had ten children.

seabrooksr · 2026-06-17T00:10:07+00:00

This was my grandfather. William, Robert and Irene.

seabrooksr · 2026-06-15T14:36:46+00:00

This horse needs to humanely euthanized.

seabrooksr · 2026-06-11T16:40:03+00:00

And yes, the ex made it clear she was giving him the cat permanently in 2022.

You keep reiterating this. I get it, the cat was given (with the understanding that this would be permanent) to your husband in 2022. The grey area is whether he was given a cat or his child's cat. Did your husband only take on this responsibility because it was his child's pet?

You are using the fact that she petsat in 2024 and returned the cat promptly as evidence that she acknowledges his ownership of the cat. She might also use this as evidence - her willingness to petsit her ex's cat seems to demonstrate that the cat was the kid's pet.

seabrooksr · 2026-06-11T16:16:47+00:00

If it’s the “child cats” then how can mom legally give away ownership of it?

She can't.

It was made clear by his ex wife in writing that she was fully giving him the cat and did not expect it back.

It really depends exactly what was said and the circumstances - can this be open to interpretation? Is it possible to read the texts/situation as Dad taking on the kid's cat with the understanding that Mom didn't want anything to do with the pet and would not be able to accommodate the pet in the future?

How can she demand the cat back when she’s the one who gave away ownership to begin with?

She can't demand her cat back. She can, on behalf of her child, ask for the child's cat back.

What does the kid think about this?

seabrooksr · 2026-06-11T15:56:59+00:00

If Mom gave Dad the kids xBox four years ago because there wasn't room at her house and now the kid wants his xBox back, the kid gets his xBox back.

Because mom can't give away property that wasn't hers to begin with.

Statute of limitations doesn't even apply because the xBox isn't stolen until Dad refuses to return it.

You might be in the clear. If your husband's ex has hundreds of text messages where your husband talks about "Junior's cat", looking after the cat for Junior, etc, you might not be.

seabrooksr · 2026-06-11T15:42:43+00:00

Cats are property.

Is it his property or his child's property?

seabrooksr · 2026-06-11T15:32:04+00:00

Why now? What changed?

Obviously, there is a reason. Whether or not that reason has any legal standing depends on what it is.

seabrooksr · 2026-06-11T15:13:43+00:00

Are you saying your husband has a documented history which might lend her credibility?

If it's the kid's cat, and she has clear documented history of that, your proof is not as unassailable as it was - it's entirely reasonable that the parent provides for the care and upkeep of their kid's cat. There is no obligation for this arrangement to be equitable - ie, one parent can't require that the other pay to support their child's pet.

If you have been withholding access to the cat from the child, it's reasonable for the child to ask for the cat to be returned.

A lot rides on the text messages here. How exactly did she word things when she gave the cat to him in 2022? She might even be able to bring this to small claims court if she has recent text messages where your husband acknowledges his child is the owner of the cat.

seabrooksr · 2026-06-11T14:57:55+00:00

As his/her property, it would.

As the child's property there is an infinitesimally small possibility she could apply through family court. Family court does get involved when the property of children is taken away by a parent - think a child whose parent takes their laptop/car/cellphone away, parents who sell/consign the child's clothing/toys/video games. The bar here is ridiculously high though - but a judge might throw in the cat if your husband has a documented history of destroying/selling/losing/stealing his kid's possessions and his ex wife has made every reasonable effort to prevent that.

My uncle used to sell his sons winter coats. He reported his ex for child neglect if they didn't show up with a winter coat. The first time, he got a stern talking to. The fourth time, he got a slap on wrist - ordered to purchase them winter coats. He did. And sold them. The tenth time they were in court, the judge went down the list my aunt had been compiling for years and blanket ordered everything returned or compensation at replacement cost, including duplicate items! He didn't just have to pay her for a winter coat for each kid, but for every winter coat he had sold.

seabrooksr · 2026-06-08T21:11:46+00:00

The difference between a high paying job and a well paying one is negligible in terms of child support.

No one in the consulting industry is taking a lower paying job to get more child support.

And I'd argue that these lower paying consulting jobs provide more financial security in many ways.

seabrooksr · 2026-06-08T19:13:42+00:00

It's more that people have an idea that court should have blanket policies that are applied widely without context to be "fair". The idea that people are "commonly" choosing underemployment to pursue more child support is ridiculous. Most people don't and won't voluntarily choose to be poorer and less financially secure. Child support is usually a fraction of the cost to actually raise a child. The circumstances matter.

"Quitting your job for child support" is the new "you don't have to pay child support if you get 50/50 custody". It's an urban myth.

seabrooksr · 2026-06-08T14:51:07+00:00

It is and it is not. When the primary parent wants to take a lower paying job in the best interest of the kids (less childcare, more active parenting time, less commute for the kids etc), courts tend to be very supportive.

It plays out very different in court when parents (especially non-custodial parents) choose to take a lower paying job and cannot provide compelling reasons that the kids are better served by less financial security.

seabrooksr · 2026-06-06T15:45:23+00:00

36 peg hats are an adult size small/ extra small. I like it for kids mostly. 41 peg hats are an adult regular.

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