off topic/ place to chat

[Too New To Know]

damn thats awefully nice of him!

oh ok excellent.. hrmm i wonder if theres a newer SNELL test.. better go google it

[speediva]

IIRC, I think SNELL re-evaluates their tests every 5 years or so. I can't promise this, but that is the "trend" that I have noticed. The only other SNELL rating I've seen in my searches for the last 3+ years is SNELL M95, so that's where I get my "information" from. Hope that helps.

[Too New To Know]

thanks tange, ill miss your endless knowledge

[speediva]

I might still be able to get online regularly... it all depends on if my living situation changes and how hard my classes are this term. I do know that I will pretty much be entirely absent come January, but that's like... MONTHS away.

[Too New To Know]

yeah i should have my first bike by then!! hehehe

[Z_Fanatic]

Aww shucks guys, :chuckles:, I'll still drop by from time to time.

I attend Florida International University (we get lot of Aussies, hehe) in Miami, beginning fall would be my second year. We have two campus, North and South, I got a chance to take classes at both site. Planning to attend there for a year more or two and then hopefully transfer to somewhere else for BA. As of now, I'm majoring in Biology with a minor in Chemistry (still undeclared). If things go well, I might add in one more major (possibly Philosophy/Psychology).

Hey Tangie, you'll be teaching students in regular schools without your masters? Whoa!

Officially here, a person pursuing a career in teaching must have BA/BS and two more years of training before being allowed to monitor one or two classes as a substitute. Specific field requires at least one masters (obviously) and a few training course I believe. But things have degraded over the years, and so many teachers quit due to underpaid salary, negligence, and abuse. Since then, they're about sticking anyone who can barely understand and "communicate" in English into local high school classrooms. lol. Go figure why Florida is in the low-scale of nationwide education standards.

[aussieidiot]

what did the arts graduate say to the engineering graduate?


would you like fries with that. he he

as for helmets, lyndon, its all up to you. i'm a self confessed brand snob and i'll only buy top shelf stuff. you should buy what your comfortable with, both in fitment and price. if you buy a 'cheap' helmet you may regret the waste of money but the same goes for an expensive one.

don't forget that your first helmet will be an 'experiment'. you'll drop it and scratch it up and work out what you like and don't like about it. then replace or upgrade when you feel like it

[Too New To Know]

yeah very true
did i already ask you about an aussie website for bike gear?? or was i dreaming?

[aussieidiot]

you did but i haven't got a clue. ummm bikebiz.com in sydney or motorcycle supermarket.com

[Too New To Know]

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! heheheheehehe i went out before to go down the street and remembered "hey, i better check the letterbox"

and POW! a big fat package for me thanks so much blayne, they fit like a glove! hahahaha..
i asked my mum if she had any leather care products and she found about 2098508108230 bottles of crap, so i picked out the one that sounded best (leather conditioner) and polished away, they look great.. gotta love that leather smell im just about to get some food and watch the dvd as we speak, oh and i thought id take of pic of them all 'conditioned' hehehehe

[speediva]

Z, starting teachers are more "marketable" with only a BS in Ed. Your pay is cheaper, so districts will opt for a BS over a Masters almost any day. I will get my PhD after a few years, but I do want a masters first, instead of going straight for the Piled High and Deep.

[Too New To Know]

found some HJC helmets and i was wondering how safe flip fronts really are? do you trust them?

[Auto_newb]

More than 1/2 helmets

[Z_Fanatic]

Originally Posted by saturntangerine

Z, starting teachers are more "marketable" with only a BS in Ed. Your pay is cheaper, so districts will opt for a BS over a Masters almost any day. I will get my PhD after a few years, but I do want a masters first, instead of going straight for the Piled High and Deep.

You're going to teach Math right? Is it Algebra?

[aussieidiot]

glad you like them dude. i feel better that someone can use them than to let them waste away in a cupboard. i have no experience with the 'flip fronts'. i'll start to check out some brands for you next time i'm at the bike store.

hope i sent the right dvd. been copying heaps of ummm material for a bucks night.