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The day just got better. Dear husband spoke to him last night about our concerns and he showed up this morning with a trailer load of gravel w/fines. He's going back for another one later. Said he thought about it last night and we were right..................... I'm sure the estimate just got blown...

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Thanks for your experience. Our soil has a lot of sand in it too, and if you dig down deep enough, quite a bit of clay. My concern is that compost has no "binding" capacity, broken down to its finest, it's more or less "dust". Our topsoil (at least) has sand/mineral in it, where ...

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A couple of our stalls and the barn aisle have "dips" in them. We have a tractor in for some yard/pasture leveling and he is going to even up the stalls and aisle plus a run in shed for us. We've pulled all the mats and taken the wall down between the stalls. To fill/level outside, he got ...

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I've seen appeals for donations here and there and some information about this group and their rescues, but was not aware of the history of the organization (much less Queen Camille's involvement with them). Thought some might find this story interesting. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/war-hor...

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Well approximately one year later, the extraction/bone graft was done in early November 2022. I'm not going to sugarcoat that experience..........but it was good to lose the toothache, and the resulting discomfort was mostly gone in ~3 days. I had the implant/"healing cap" done in Nov 23 w...

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StraightForward wrote:Cute pic!

Quelah wrote:Great pic! Though I'll admit I thought this was going to be a thread about castration.

Ditto!

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It looks like that style is the solution to the problem. It's in an awkward space for that handle style and I find it hard to manipulate if one hand is holding something, etc., but may have to find a way to make it work. Thanks for your experience.

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We recently had a faucet installed in the backyard/garden area that is a "no freeze" faucet. It has a hydrant like handle (a bit like a hand pump on the old "pump until the water runs" faucets) which you pull up to start the water flow. It does take a bit of force to pull the han...

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We also put down a beloved Woody when his navicular feet would no longer support his 17 h body. He had 2 pasture mates at the time, his older alpha sister and my retired riding horse (Kat), a gentlish soul who was his pasture buddy. For the next 3 days after his "disappearance", Kat would ...

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I would agree, I think they are very budget conscious............can't blame them for trying. As it turns out, the girth is too big, so no dilemma involved.

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I sold the niedersuss today, the end of an era ( :cry: )..........I went down to the barn yesterday to see if I still had the girth (saddle was not advertised with girth) and found that the leather where 2 of the girth buckles are had delaminated over the years. I guess that's the right term...........

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Herm Sprenger KK short shank Weymouth (with curb chain & protector) and Bradoon bits available. Purchased from the venerable Tack in the Box and Mary's Tack, respectively. Still have original paperwork, tags still on bradoon. Size 5 1/4 $75 + shipping if needed (Seattle area) Questions/more pics...

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Black Otto Schumacher padded noseband/flash bridle snaffle bridle w/webbed reins and Herm Sprenger KK egg butte snaffle 4 3/4 in - Can substitute for any of the other bits shown (bottom bit is Myler comfort snaffle) - also includes 2nd black browband with gold square studs "Horse" (regular...

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I can't speak to your trailer specifically, but there is a difference (in general) between a sale between 2 private entities and a dealer/private exchange. It sounds like you're getting your price range from the later (higher than BB)?? Have you looked on Craigs List, Facebook Marketplace, OfferUp, ...

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We fixed low country chicken pilau last night (lots of leftovers) and cheddar chive (minus chives) biscuits as an accompaniment. Recipe for both is below. I grilled a chicken breast the night before to dice in and used 2 locally produced andouille sausage (skinned) for meat (we don't eat a lot of me...

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What a wonderful resource to have at hand - I'd like to hope it is as good for their minds to have a walkabout in nature as it is for our minds.

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That is so cool. Hallmark should turn this into an ornament. The Miss Universe pageant brings out some wild costumes. As does war...............there are references to Slavic folklore in the costume - the white "dress" for instance, is a stylized version of a garmet that protected the wea...

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I usually pay no attention to this stuff, but Ukraine's representative to the Miss Universe pageant is badass! Stunning image!

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Wow, well done! ^^^^^ The pleating looks perfect. And that close up of the material is really beautiful coloring.

Being in the midst of a drapery project (who knew how complicated they could get?), this is encouraging.

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Mountaineer - Your cats are beautiful. So are those curtains! Do you mind my asking the source?

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"The Republican party should be forced to carry Trump to term, even if it kills them".

That ^^ quote on twitter made me laugh.

And yes, now that Trump is becoming a liability, it may indeed, "do it". Not that DeSantis is a particularly palatable prospect.....

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Thanks for all your stories, STILL waiting to hear back from the general purpose dentist after the endodontist visit. Nothing like a toothache most of 24/7 to make the doorknob and string solution look good. Tanga - that's an amazing story, it sounds like you're lucky (and have some good care) to st...

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Thanks to both of you. Tanga, if you don't mind me asking, what is going on with your front tooth? Khall, nice to hear you're 10 years in and going strong! I need to follow up about insurance, since this is the time to upgrade if you're using Medicare, we should double check the dental coverage. Tha...

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Anybody else had implant "surgery" done? I lost a crown and enough tooth material, that a root canal/post can not create a sufficient base for a new crown (proximity to bone = potential "rejection"). The root canal solution would potentially have ~5 year live span in this scenari...

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I saw a story once about someone in the queen's orbit quipping that her horse trainers were the only people that could immediately get through to her each and every day...............

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I suspect Trump is done (famous last words....), Ron DeSantis is the ascending star for the Republican throne. Ugh.

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This is a very sad day for me. Guns have more rights than women. I am grateful to live in Colorado, where the legislature passed the Reproductive Health Equity Act this year and codified the right to abortion. If the Supreme Court has the opportunity to rule on "fetal personhood", abortio...

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Sue B wrote:I I can use it to bring a smile to some stranger's face.

Or his soul.

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Kitten smittens!

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Good to hear that the awful neighbors are gone. And even better news about the kittens!

As they say, good fences make good neighbors.......

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We saw it on Prime. You get up a little different than when you sat down....

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Moody and mystical, find a good place to sit and just..................watch.

Calling SnowHorse!

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=ve ... &FORM=VIRE

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I watched this (coincidently) a couple of weeks before Putin's (latest) invasion of Ukraine. It puts some of the current affairs into context, including the courage of the Ukrainian people. It's extremely powerful and well done.

https://youtu.be/V85E2maiXCg

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Godspeed Rockabilly, you will be so missed here. And in my home, you will live on with all the wonderful recipes you shared.

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Love those soft, sweet ears on the hounds!

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Case in point...if Trumps admin had droned an innocent family, how would you be reacting? Well, we might not know. "The White House National Security Council said in a statement that Trump’s order removes “superfluous reporting requirements” that “distract our intelligence professionals from t...

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Just showed up on Netflix, perhaps somewhere else (?) later? It is only ~20 minutes long.

(scroll down to trailer)

https://www.netflix.com/title/81183637

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Edited to add: in the grand scheme of ugly posts sneering at and wishing death on frightened mistrustful people is higher on my graph of ugly than distilling someones qualifications to their essence. Is vagina a dirty word all of a sudden ? Is PoC an epithet? I didnt think so…. Intellectually disho...

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And to anyone who took my Vagina of Color comment as offensive, pray tell what qualifications Kamala Harris had to be VP. All over FB and the media was the Historic Event! A Woman of Color as VP WHEE! Yay! Our dreams have All Come True! A Vagina! and a Vagina of Color! We are saved! The world will ...

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Abby Kogler wrote:What an ugly post. . . . . . . . followed by:

a Vagina of Color!

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Abby Kogler wrote:His personailty and quirks and preferences and 'actiing career' are funny but not the issue here. His "method' ......... are fair game.

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I would add that if it is possible, you should maintain a positive influence in that girl's life. You can change a life that way.

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Not dressage, but holey moley!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wlp26KQMNO8

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The idea behind the way they sit is to stretch yourself up in the saddle to create a light seat and the leaning back to help engage the hind/back. The moving hands is to keep contact and ask the horse to stay in the stretch when the head comes up (even the tiniest bit obviously). Since they ride wi...

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What does "way too aggressive to shoot in the skull" mean? If the choice is to kill the horse in a nanosecond vs. an inadequate method, IMO, the choice is straightforward. Thank you for taking the time to do what is right by the horse.

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Our family was lucky this way. Dad had to go into a nursing home due to his Parkinson's and my mother was not willing to take care of him (that's another story). Mom was sharp up to the end, she tripped and badly broke her hip. She was 94 and had a greatly enlarged heart. The doctor told her that th...

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Charge a nominal fee and donate the $$$ to a horse cause.

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I'm not sure I'd give an anti-inflammatory the day before or in conjunction with a vaccination. You don't want to suppress the immune response, that's the point, after all. The day after, if you must. Not sure if there's any studies in equines looking at Ab titers, etc. +/- immunosuppressants, but t...

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