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Literiding Well, I'm glad you're getting somewhere, and I'm sorry the barn is so sad. Horses become such a major part of our lives, giving us purpose and keeping us moving. If you don't mind, what is your issue? Just what you did sounds similar to what I went through, and then I just gave up, tryin...

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A bit of an update. I’m not going to be specific this being the Internet and all. But it seems that I have a very unusual systematic autoimmune disorder which has no blood test to diagnosis it, a sample of inflamed tissue has to be examined by a pathologist. The disorder didn’t even have an agreed u...

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I’ve been missing in action — mainly do to poor health. I have some mystery ailment that has no test that confirms what is wrong with me. I’ve been struggling with caring for my horses and with the advent of COVID-19 decided it was time to get out of the horse care business. There are no traditional...

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Things are o.k. here in no. Illinois. I went to the local grocery store (independent) yesterday and the only thing they didn't have is tp but I have 8 rolls so I'm good for 2 months. Plenty of produce. I am still coming to work because I am not at all productive working from home plus I am waking u...

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While these photos are from a couple years ago, the "Self Heal" is growing in great profusion to the delight of the carpenter bees: . . . . . photo of plant here Here is the close up of the flower: . . . . . close up of purple flower After five attempts to upload the photos and getting kic...

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I would be inclined to have a tiller just churn everything into the ground and smooth it and re-seed. If you can hire someone to till the area, would be the best because stuff sticking to the tires is enough to make me gag.

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The horses travel in a special ULD (Unit Load Device) used by both cargo and passenger aircraft. Up to three horses can be carried in each ULD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_load_device Here is a nice little YouTube video of a team moving their horses from Europe to the USA for 2018 games using...

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I've had horses that liked pretzels though not many do. Another treat I've used is graham crackers. Though again, some horses can't get enough and other's wouldn't touch them. I remember as a kid, we had three horses. Two were addicted to graham crackers and the third hated them. When we were handin...

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Here are my photos. Left taken during the "Indian Wars." The right at National Western Stock Show in Denver Colorado: Group 1.jpeg The left photo was taken during a private clinic with the late Jean Claude-Racinet. Right photo was taken at my farm. Group 2.jpeg Bonus pictures. How many peo...

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Years ago, I owned a OTTB that had learned to break halters by pulling back until they broke. So I’ve always bought the heavy duty stallion halters that have the double stitched single piece crown and and therefore the halters have snap throat latches. All my farms equine tie points were designed to...

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Clear enough, literiding? As you may or may not have noticed, I've never defended Trump. The ONLY thing I can say positive about him is that he broke the Clinton machine. But Hillary has never been investigated and why I cannot tell you although I would suspect it about political power and influenc...

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My Hairless Chinese Crested looking very, very hairy.

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And yes, that is all hair, no fur. It grows all the time but doesn't shed.

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How is it the lengthy investigation into all the above failed to find her guilty of the charges you present? I would suggest that we have an irreconcilable difference of opinion. But I’ll note that Congressional proceedings are not “Due Process.” In fact the Supreme Court ruled that Impeachment is ...

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When I posted my long tome in Issues, it said I was only allowed three URLs. But it cut me off at two, hence I had to divide my posting up into three parts to get the reference material to be included.

Thanks

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PART THREE Now watch the video again: https://youtu.be/gzFPpHT17_E Additional info: https://youtu.be/6UQtPzW850k Most of the video above demonstrates the Congressmen don’t understand that the President grants the Secretary of State’s security clearance and no governmental bureaucrat alive would caug...

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PART TWO Then there was the infamous email server. Since I was at one time deeply involved in the handling of highly classified “traffic,” a primitive form of email but highly proprietary to the U.S. government. It is closely monitored and controlled to protect the information it handles. So I had s...

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Part 1 - I had too many URLs which were necessary for documentation. Except we have facts and truth on our side. Are we talking politics or religion? There is a timely article on Scientific American regarding people’s propensity to believe Fake News (propaganda?) regardless of their political philos...

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From eastern Virginia, it was well below freezing and windy:

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My BP trailer is just shy of 25 feet long, is a two horse slant load with LQ. 1 Rig.JPG A couple “aces to live by” items: The equalizing hitch has about three times as more steps to hook up than a standard trailer hitch. I can usually hook up a standard hitch trailer in ten minutes or less. For my b...

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From Scientific American:

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/ob ... rses-tail/

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If you are willing to invest in a flat bed scanner, most of them are capable of scanning the magazine articles in to multiple pages of a single PDF file which would make the articles readable on multiple platforms and keeps the entire article in a single file. I've done with with articles and even e...

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I would recommend everyone attending be alert for sudden cancelation. The NC state government is close to a panic and over night, the computer models suddenly started showing a possible solution of Florence crossing the coast at Wilmington, and then turning due west about the middle of the state. Wh...

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Of course the April 1978 release of Jethro Tull's "Heavy Horses" would probably qualify, the title track is one of my favorites. I imagine the fair has a "horse pull" that would give you lots of sketching material.

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I’ve been a bit scare because of a “significant, chronic sinus infection.” Right now I’m taking antibiotics at a small horse’s dose and have two weeks more to go. One of the joys of owning stallions is that they are always trying to tell you something. Geldings tend to accept the world as it is. It ...

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Normally, when I’m done with a subject, I’m done and have no compulsion to have the last word. But this morning while going through my online science reading list, I found this article on the Scientific American site. It is too compelling not to add to the discussion. So at the risk of pouring gasol...

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Fresh research on the brain doing stuff that later manifests as consciousness. The brain does something one to two seconds before the person is aware of which of two images it resolves. Since none of this brain activity was noticeable by the subject, it couldn't have been authored by the subject. i...

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What I'm saying is that there may be no such thing as free will, and the decisions people make are already predetermined by the way their genetics interact with their environment. When I first heard that theory I rejected it immediately, but the more I think about it the more it explains why some c...

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While article is documentation of something horrible, what is implied is even worse. For 37 years, parent threw their children away. I spent my college years in the show circuit and know that many of societies rules are suspended for consenting adults in the horse world. And yes I heard the occasion...

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An update. When I wrote the post above, the young lady’s mother was eight and half months pregnant, so there was a long period where little Ava wasn’t to be seen. But as her little brother, Gray, got older, she talked mother in coming to visit the horses. She, at two and half, promptly decided that ...

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The most effective way to protect your privacy is with an “anonymizer.” This is a proxy server that you log into and the Internet sees it’s activity rather than yours: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymizer Less costly and somewhat less effective user actions: 1. Disable “Autofill” on your browser...

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While this thread is a bit old, here is another article that describes some of the dangers of downloaded apps: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/may/24/facebook-accused-of-conducting-mass-surveillance-through-its-apps This case hasn't be adjudicated but as the adage goes, "Where there...

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The poor soul appears to be a member of the Spanish LaGuardia Caballero and is probably a pretty good rider. After a bit of internet searching, the LaGuardia horses all use a pretty traditional full bridle except the curb is of a “Cowboy Snaffle” design. Here is a ceremonial bridle on a horse which ...

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Just remember, riding a mare can be a challenge:

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The secret is to keep things from getting out of hand:

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Just a youngster! I moved into my house in October of 1989. I've never replaced the hallway light making it 29 and 1/2 years old and still going. It is a difficult bulb to replace requiring a ladder and juggling of the globe, so I'm almost sure that I didn't replace it before I realized that it's st...

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You aren't alone about being paranoid about tech spying:

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-styl ... 57526.html

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It could be worse. A number of years ago, I was looking for a new job and being over 50 in the IT industry, the outlook wasn’t good. I finally landed a gig working for an elected official who was the head of a medium sized city’s (more than one million inhabitants) agency. I was to represent the age...

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As a one time IT security guy (policies and procedures more so than technical) and having been a military information security officer, the term “Internet Security” is almost an oxymoron. In general terms, most of the risk is actually in your phone and not in the Internet for the average user. Most ...

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Not quite the same idea, but something that made me happy; My neighbor’s two year old daughter marched up to my mini horse two days ago and petted him on his nose and told her mother, in the commanding tones of a two year old, to pet Mr. Isaac, my Friesian. This was the first time she voluntarily to...

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The Przewalski horse was thought to be the last "wild" horse, but recent genetic studies finds that they are the remains of one of the first herds of domesticated horses domesticated by the Botai people of northern Kazakhstan some 5500 years ago: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/...

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The video from the phone was quite helpful for my own learning but I couldn't even get it from the phone to my computer (it won't text, or email) so I have to watch it on the tiny phone. If your computer is an Apple, and you have the "iMovie" installed, plug in your phone to the computer ...

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And who doesn't think the military is a great place for an individual who doesn't have these skills, to develop self-discipline, patience, and the ability to keep their mouths shut? As a high school teacher I saw loads of squirrels return as steady, disciplined individuals. Though with GWB in offic...

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Ignoring the current political situation for the moment, first, lots and lots of very good people are not particularly suited to the military and if you’re not going to get anything out of it why waste four years of one’s life being unhappy? I have some qualification to speak to the subject, I’m a r...

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I said goes "all the way to SCOTUS" not goes straight there. Sorry, mis-read your first post. Of course this kind of thing has to move through the lower courts first. It can take years. Regarding online searches, I need to know the name of this supposed...policy...case...instance... I don...

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While no lawyer, I don't believe anything goes straight to SCOTUS, everything has to start in a Federal Court somewhere. Also, many times SCOTUS crafts their decision so narrowly that it only applies to a very narrow definition of a particular situation. Without more info about your question, I woul...

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From the National Weather Service at Wakefield, VA, here are the sunrise and sunset times. As you inspect the table, you can see how the day has reached it’s shortest length on Dec 21st, but sun rise and sunset continue to get later and later because of the sun’s analemma: winter-analemma.jpg SUNRIS...

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Last year I bought a 2017 2 horse Gooseneck Sundowner. I've been using my trainer's truck, but now it's time to purchase my own truck. Soooooo...I'm lost. She has a Dodge 3500 dually diesel with airbrake that is awesome, but also hard to find used. So, my question to you guys: 1. What do you haul w...

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Never give any identifying information or credit card number to someone who called you. Only give that information when you have placed a call to a business or charity - and check the number on the charity's web site. As a one time IT exec, any company with a PBX can change the caller ID to read any...

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I didn't waste my effort to convert my tractor from mowing moving stuff to snow clearing. Got about 8" of dense fine powder snow, very difficult to walk in. As soon as it stops snowing, I'm going to plow in front of the barn. Only casualty has been the toe next to my little toe on my right foot...

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE Blizzard Warning 900 AM EST Wed Jan 3 2018 VAZ095-097-098-032200- /O.UPG.KAKQ.WS.W.0001.180103T1800Z-180104T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KAKQ.BZ.W.0001.180104T0000Z-180104T1800Z/ Norfolk/Portsmouth-Chesapeake-Virginia Beach- 900 AM EST Wed Jan 3 2018 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FR...

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When I went out to feed this morning before sunrise, there was a grand and rare sight in the sky, four planets lined up in a row. The best illustration that I could find online was for Australia so it is a mirror image of what I saw: extra_large-bright-planets-come-together-in-the-morning-sky.jpg In...

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