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- Mon Dec 11, 2017 8:58 pm
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- Topic: Where is everyone????
- Replies: 49
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Re: Where is everyone????
I know that with all the stuff going on in my life, I can't keep up a regular schedule. If I make it to 3 lessons out of 4 in a month (!!!) I'm doing pretty well. Right now I'm looking for a new barn, and I caught a bad cold and have had to reschedule my first lesson there TWICE. They already have a...
- Sat Dec 02, 2017 7:18 pm
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- Topic: Gift ideas for serious eventers?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7877
Re: Gift ideas for serious eventers?
Depends on your budget. Horse boots always wear out. A giant tub of clay poultice is satisfactorily heavy. An IceHorse (or whatever is the thing now) terribly useful, and seem as an 'extra' by some. A matching set of wheelbarrow, tubs, trugs, feed bins in her colors?
- Fri Nov 17, 2017 7:28 pm
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- Topic: What is your opinion about this?
- Replies: 61
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Re: What is your opinion about this?
Yikes, i'm a cart abandoner! I should check for wayward items! I always go up and down the aisles in the same order, if I realize I forgot something I will often pull over, 'park' and run back to get the single item vs doing a U turn and taking the cart back and forth.... It's not as if we roll up ...
- Fri Nov 03, 2017 11:30 pm
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- Topic: For those who got their own indoor arena...
- Replies: 39
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Re: For those who got their own indoor arena...
I'll check further about easements, etc. And I need to look further into insurance if I were to take on even one boarder. We got extra insurance even when we didn't board. If you have anybody -- ANYBODY -- who comes on your property to look at a horse, to tend a horse during your absence, to farmsi...
- Thu Nov 02, 2017 6:19 pm
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- Topic: Horse show manager
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7025
Re: Horse show manager
I enjoyed it when I did it. (Schooling shows. Not "real" ones.) Show manager is a whole lot easier than Technical Delegate. Everybody thinks the rules don't apply to them...
- Fri Oct 06, 2017 12:24 am
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- Topic: Las Vegas Shooting
- Replies: 34
- Views: 23582
Re: Las Vegas Shooting
Because regulations only work for those willing to obey the regulations. Those in a tizzy would have obeyed the law and lost their guns while the nuts would have done what they wanted. Laws are only for the law abiders. Which sort of raises the question of why we even have a congress, don't you thi...
- Sat Sep 30, 2017 4:26 pm
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- Topic: Would you do it differently?
- Replies: 16
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Re: Would you do it differently?
I've done both, and have leased horses to others. My firm conviction is that in modern life, and for *most* people, one horse requires at least 2 riders. Almost no one (who isn't a pro in the business) can ride every day and the horse generally benefits from daily riding.* Leasing serves a very usef...
- Sat Sep 30, 2017 4:17 pm
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- Topic: PSA about sending care packages to Puerto Rico
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- Views: 9301
Re: PSA about sending care packages to Puerto Rico
Thanks for the update, Tsavo.
- Wed Sep 27, 2017 7:57 pm
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- Topic: Talk me down... so frustrated, barn help deal imploded
- Replies: 19
- Views: 16962
Re: Talk me down... so frustrated, barn help deal imploded
Oh gosh, commiserations. I'll bet they are upset as well: this isn't good for any of the parties involved. Be kind to them, be kind to you as you sort this out. I like the upthread suggestion that you give them a month extra to sort out the details. You *will* get your privacy back and they *will* c...
- Wed Sep 27, 2017 5:39 pm
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- Topic: Delayed grieving?
- Replies: 9
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Re: Delayed grieving?
Who do you have to comfort you? I'm sorry -- you sound a bit lost right now. It's all very hard. We can sometimes cling to what we used to want, what we thought we wanted, what we wanted forever. This is a trivial example, but it helped open my eyes. I was in Santa Fe with friends recently and we we...
- Tue Sep 26, 2017 5:36 pm
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- Topic: The Equifax debacle
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6775
Re: The Equifax debacle
I froze all my credit accounts. I'm now working with the banks to secure those accounts, since that's where my real money is. They seem to have no plan. Yikes!
- Tue Sep 26, 2017 5:28 pm
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- Topic: Please tell me it can stop
- Replies: 57
- Views: 50258
Re: Please tell me it can stop
"It" may all stop when we end up in a thermonuclear war with Korea....
After all, borrowing from Bush's playbook, starting a war may be 45's "best" chance to get reelected.
After all, borrowing from Bush's playbook, starting a war may be 45's "best" chance to get reelected.
- Mon Sep 25, 2017 9:17 pm
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- Topic: Referring to barn crew as "the Mexicans"
- Replies: 14
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Re: Referring to barn crew as "the Mexicans"
The cluelessness is astounding sometimes, isn't it? I recall when a rather nice private house/barn set up was for sale in the horsey town where I used to live. A friend of mine bought it so I got this info from the inside. At the time of sale, there was a worker on the grounds, and the sellers were ...
- Fri Sep 22, 2017 4:19 pm
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- Topic: Good bye Princess, Hello Hulk
- Replies: 14
- Views: 13620
Re: Good bye Princess, Hello Hulk
Very nice! You sure look happy about it.
- Mon Sep 18, 2017 6:17 pm
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- Topic: Winter is a coming
- Replies: 15
- Views: 14685
Re: Winter is a coming
Egg production has screeched to a halt. Used to be about 16 eggs a week. Now, 3. Molting has begun...
- Sat Sep 16, 2017 6:23 pm
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- Topic: So It's Official...the Farm Sign is Up!
- Replies: 8
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Re: So It's Official...the Farm Sign is Up!
HEY, you must grin every time you turn into the drive. Good for you.
- Sat Sep 16, 2017 6:18 pm
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- Topic: Fitness trackers?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8244
Re: Fitness trackers?
All of the fitness trackers are only approximations. But I think you can rely on them to be somewhat consistent in their approximations. You may not have actually taken 5000 steps yesterday, but if it says 10,000 steps today, you can be pretty confident you did twice as much. Your phone will track s...
- Sat Sep 16, 2017 6:16 pm
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- Topic: I bought the farm!
- Replies: 21
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Re: I bought the farm!
Congrats to you! You will (have to) become a terrific mole hunter. My husband was excellent at this when we had our little acre. I don't think there's an easier solution.
- Sat Sep 16, 2017 6:12 pm
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- Topic: Farm/Stable on 16 acres for sale!
- Replies: 31
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Re: Farm/Stable on 16 acres for sale!
Yeah, I was wondering about hay storage as well. Those of us who have done it think differently, I guess. Lovely home. Hope it goes to someone nice.
- Sun Sep 03, 2017 3:18 am
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- Topic: Some Sad News. Godspeed Gunny.
- Replies: 29
- Views: 24045
Re: Some Sad News. Godspeed Gunny.
Fergusnc, I'm sorry. Take all the time you need.
- Tue Aug 29, 2017 10:59 pm
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- Topic: Was Robert E. Lee a traitor?
- Replies: 13
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Re: Was Robert E. Lee a traitor?
I don't know much about Lee, granted. And I understand what people mean when they say 'chose state over country' as that was a bigger focus for many at the time. But we WERE a country at the time, not merely a collection of states. And he could have said no. So, yes, sorry, traitor in my book, even ...
- Mon Aug 28, 2017 8:35 pm
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- Topic: Do you own a rental property?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 15951
Re: Do you own a rental property?
piedmontfields - would love to hear the easier ways! I have to say I do not have the temperament for the stock market. Even when I studied finance, my eyes would glaze over and it was an important topic. I just don't connect to how money grows in a back room somewhere, so I steer clear of that. But,...
- Mon Aug 28, 2017 8:00 pm
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- Topic: Do you own a rental property?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 15951
Re: Do you own a rental property?
Yes. We have mortgages on all our rentals, because some resulted from a 1031 exchange from the house we owned and moved out of (right in the teeth of the recession) from southern to northern California. Couldn't sell it for what we owed, so rather than walk away, we rented it until it recovered (8 y...
- Mon Aug 28, 2017 7:32 pm
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- Topic: Hurricane Harvey, ya'll....
- Replies: 35
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Re: Hurricane Harvey, ya'll....
Jingles for everyone there, and everyone who left. It's awful watching the damage, and awful not knowing what the damage is until you get home. I keep thinking of the poor Katrina diaspora who settled in Houston...
- Mon Aug 28, 2017 7:25 pm
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- Topic: Breakfast
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Re: Breakfast
Two eggs when the chickens are laying (I sure miss it when they stop), over easy. Sometimes with fried tomatoes. When the garden is going great guns, french bread toast with mayo and cut tomatoes, open faced. lucious. Fresh figs, when the trees are bearing. I *LOVE* fruit in the morning, but it does...
- Wed Aug 16, 2017 12:26 am
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- Topic: My ex mother-in-law died
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10734
Re: My ex mother-in-law died
That's very sad, I'm sorry.
Friend of mine just lost her MIL two weeks back as well. Very small family. Her husband is feeling like it's just him against the world now.
These transition times are hard. Take care of yourself.
Friend of mine just lost her MIL two weeks back as well. Very small family. Her husband is feeling like it's just him against the world now.
These transition times are hard. Take care of yourself.
- Wed Aug 16, 2017 12:22 am
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- Topic: Property investment
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Re: Property investment
Some towns have Real Estate Investment Clubs. Some have just "Investment Clubs". My town's RE club has monthly meetings with a speaker, and there's an all-day "boot camp" each year for people to dive in and get all the baseline terms explained to them. So, social connections and ...
- Wed Aug 16, 2017 12:16 am
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- Topic: Jingles for Chancellor
- Replies: 42
- Views: 32161
Re: Jingles for Chancellor
Oh, that doesn't sound good. Come on, Chancellor -- JINGLES! Can you take off the day for the eclipse? (er....or, as it is also known, the Sour Patch Candies eating day?)
- Wed Aug 16, 2017 12:15 am
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- Topic: Most hated domestic task.
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Re: Most hated domestic task.
Looking around, I would have to say organizing my desk is my most hated task. Or my most neglected task at any rate.
- Wed Aug 16, 2017 12:12 am
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- Topic: Please tell me it can stop
- Replies: 57
- Views: 50258
Re: Please tell me it can stop
"We" didn't learn, no. We are humans, and apparently incapable of learning from the mistakes of others. We have to blunder ahead and repeat them all ourselves. Trump can't abandon his base or they won't vote for him, and if THEY don't vote for him, who will? Who will come to his rallies if...
- Wed Aug 02, 2017 12:08 am
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- Topic: "What's for dinner?"
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Re: "What's for dinner?"
I just made Pico de Gallo from my garden. Yummyness. Though I had to purchase one (teenie tiny) jalapeno pepper.
- Wed Jul 19, 2017 1:04 am
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- Topic: Spinoff of Prudent -- your riding genesis
- Replies: 19
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Spinoff of Prudent -- your riding genesis
Pick the option most descriptive of how you first began riding, then tell us more...
- Wed Jul 19, 2017 12:53 am
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- Topic: Katie Prudent on the state of horsemanship today
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Re: Katie Prudent on the state of horsemanship today
Yeah, we have to acknowledge if the trainers are in training for the money (selling expensive horses) and the coaches are in it for the wealthy students, Katie herself should be a little more thoughtful about the origin of the problems. Fact is, the top 10% is still the top 10% whether it's the top ...
- Sun Jul 16, 2017 4:46 pm
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- Topic: 5 acre property layout and poop
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Re: 5 acre property layout and poop
Re the perimeter track. I'm liking the perimeter track for the track aspect, not for the manure disposal aspect. Hasn't anyone else had experiences with how slipperly wet manure tracks are? I don't know your climate, so maybe it's not a thing, but I've always understood you don't put manure on tracks.
- Sun Jul 16, 2017 4:36 pm
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- Topic: Wash pits, mats, rough concrete, non-slip paint and a pit bull ?? Thoughts please...
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Re: Wash pits, mats, rough concrete, non-slip paint and a pit bull ?? Thoughts please...
There are mats and there are mats. I believe rubber mats under horses are for concussion and to make cleaning areas easier (by covering the potentially uneven dirt/gravel surface below). They aren't meant to be "non slip" insofar as they are installed on flat surfaces. You have to buy mats...
- Sun Jul 16, 2017 4:29 pm
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- Topic: Witnessing a Choke Death
- Replies: 16
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Re: Witnessing a Choke Death
Yeah, where I ride, vet's number is posted on the door of each stall. End of life planning is a subject everybody should consider, and in fact it should be taught in Pony Club (though perhaps not pony camp). If you like the barn otherwise, perhaps your next gentle nudge would be to put together an e...
- Wed Jul 12, 2017 10:17 pm
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- Topic: 5 acre property layout and poop
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Re: 5 acre property layout and poop
Don't you have to put the manure pile at the top of the highest ground? I mean, ____ rolls downhill, right? (We composted manure from 2-5 horses and oddly, our pile never quite seemed to get bigger. It just reduced downed over time, and we dug out composted manure each spring for the trees. This was...
- Sat Jun 24, 2017 3:24 am
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- Topic: What do you have around your house from the old BB?
- Replies: 43
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Re: What do you have around your house from the old BB?
But most of all, highly prized and especially treasured are the printout of our journey through John' stroke and it's aftermath and the birthday cards that were sent to Matthew when he was afraid his daddy wouldn't be able to leave the hospital to go to his birthday party. ... No one could understa...
- Mon Mar 13, 2017 12:33 am
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- Topic: OMG, Off The Rails!
- Replies: 22
- Views: 21260
Re: OMG, Off The Rails!
I'd guess some kind of environmental poison from the new location, myself. Did she happen to move to Flint, Michigan?
- Wed Feb 22, 2017 8:09 pm
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- Topic: PSA: Wills and probate
- Replies: 18
- Views: 15630
Re: PSA: Wills and probate
In California, probating a will is expensive. If one has any assets worth talking about, a trust is the way to go. I don't know if there are a lot of states out there where this is the case. Probate is an attorney's bread and butter, so many attorneys won't answer that question clearly. The question...
- Mon Feb 20, 2017 12:05 am
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- Topic: Remodelistas! Laundry room/bathroom (update)
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Re: Remodelistas! Laundry room/bathroom
I like the tree one, because the colors are more muted.
- Sun Feb 19, 2017 1:42 am
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- Topic: April 22 March for Science
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April 22 March for Science
Yep. You know the drill. As opposed to the Women's March, the March for Science has actual CONSTITUENTS. If you use a mobile phone, support your local march. If you have ever taken a pill, support your march. If you drive a car, support your march. If you use a computer, support your march. Our marc...
- Wed Feb 15, 2017 5:38 pm
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- Topic: Jan 21 Women's March
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Re: Jan 21 Women's March
Well, you gotta know EVERYTHING is going to be politicized. If someone is squinting into the sun, it's going to be an "ugly snarl of superiority!" to somebody.
Let it just not be _us_ who are foolish this way.
Let it just not be _us_ who are foolish this way.
- Wed Feb 15, 2017 5:36 pm
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- Topic: Turns out, I am done with chemo
- Replies: 24
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Re: Turns out, I am done with chemo
Ditto what Leo-App said.
- Tue Feb 14, 2017 3:04 am
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- Topic: HAMILTON!
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- Views: 13039
Re: HAMILTON!
We're seeing it in SF when it arrives. The lottery for tickets was insane.
- Tue Jan 31, 2017 7:20 pm
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- Topic: Jan 21 Women's March
- Replies: 90
- Views: 78171
Re: Jan 21 Women's March
Bravo to you, Thursdaynext. These are our problems.
Until everyone is free, nobody is free.
Until everyone is free, nobody is free.
- Mon Jan 30, 2017 4:45 pm
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- Topic: Jan 21 Women's March
- Replies: 90
- Views: 78171
Re: Jan 21 Women's March
Chancellor wrote:
There is a facebook meme going around that says that Trump got more women up and walking in one day than Michele Obama did the entire 8 years...
Good thing you aren't running for office, Chancellor.
- Mon Jan 30, 2017 4:43 pm
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- Topic: A ban on people based on their religion
- Replies: 14
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Re: A ban on people based on their religion
Mr. George Soros is starting to concern me. Since he is a private person there isn't a lot to be found about him without significant effort that isn't approved by him. But I've started to develop a working thesis that he isn't so interested in supporting "human rights" as he is in destabi...
- Mon Jan 30, 2017 4:34 pm
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- Topic: Jan 21 Women's March
- Replies: 90
- Views: 78171
Re: Jan 21 Women's March
Our final official tally was 38,000. Still chasing the food trucks for their contributions. I love the comments on social media that attempt to diminish the marches with "Everybody went home feeling great and that's it. Nothing happened." For something that is only a week gone. ;) We funne...
- Sat Jan 28, 2017 7:44 pm
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- Topic: to the person who recommended
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Re: to the person who recommended
Car wax would probably work, too, and might be sitting in your basement already.