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He turn 10 months old over the weekend, we measured him today.... 13.0 H ... weight taped at 590 pounds. All the photos I have taken lately the files are too large to post here but he has been body clipped as its been as hot as 82F here, he was used to 0F and below so we needed to get the winter coa...

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he is an interesting youngster, he is very level headed about the changes... I was expecting him to turn his nose up at city water we even brought some of "his" water with us just in case, but he never expressed any distaste He was bedded on straw, we got him converted to shavings which he...

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Last week wife and daughter made a mad dash to North Dakota to pick the new guy. They got him last Saturday before the snow came in that day getting away before being trapped (a real Blizzard hit Wednesday). They got to Wichita KS where they had prearranged a 24 hour layover (which the lad was glade...

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Feels like old times again! :) well, the whole house has tack strung from end to end that has been unpacked from the tack room... we never had more than eight horses that were ours but I see we have fifty-seven bits, twenty-nine blankets, fourteen saddles, three sets of harness, fourteen bridles, I...

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I'm in love. We'll expect frequent photos. There will be. So far, he is still in the great frozen far north, it was minus 25 or so but he is being well cared for... however ...dear daughter already has gotten him a blanket for when he gets here, a few days ago his new specially made Quillin halter ...

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He will be greatly loved and challenged, we are used to having Morgans so are accustom to their versatility and their interest in doing multiple tasks. Saw daughter yesterday looking on-line at a jogging cart for him.... dear, he is only seven months old let's start him a little slower :lol: Even th...

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I sure it is going to be a shock for him as it was minus 17F where he is now but only got to 30F here His career is planned out to follow in the hoof steps of her prior horse except with him being so young he will be shown in hand as a start (already got his in-hand show bridle, that came early last...

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Daughter's buckskin Morgan horse crossed the bridge back in the fall, we were down to being the old folks home as everything is at least 19 (expect for the TB mare who is younger at 14 or 15, but she has never been rideable and was a pasture mate only for daughter's horse-she worshiped the ground he...

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a packing slip is just that a listing of the contents of the shipment, what was shipped, how many and if there is a back order should show show item ordered with quantity of zero

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I am so happy to see a twins update, and everyone else's updates as well. Scruffy - I love those knives! Your son is very talented. clanter you have a great memory...but I think you have confused Silverado with Silverbridge. :) oh yes I have sorry... age. I claim age at fault :lol: and learning dif...

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Time sure flies clanter, the girls are growing up beautifully. :) yes Saga is such an nice dog :lol: and the twins are OK too just had dinner with younger daughter, she was telling me she told her class about the time her horse Mulligan jumped on top of the picnic table ... admittedly it was someth...

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neighbor has one of those horse skeletons things set up in their pasture ... I was talking with younger daughter about the condition of those horses that one was just a skeleton that would scale at least a negative 5 ... she said can we drive by to look? sure... OH Daddy that is a Halloween thing

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I'm over it and it has been a week. A WEEK :( it was 5F sat. its not even thanksgiving. even in north Texas we are averaging 20 degrees BELOW normal at night... supposed to be in mid 20s tonight daytime highs have been a least 35 degrees below normal but all is well, barn is insulated (for summer h...

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I completely left my wife's accomplishments out of the updates.... she went to college after the last kid graduated. She had never been to college. She went to night school, entered a nursing program graduating second in her class of 124 (missed first place by I believe it was 0.02% of a point). The...

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when I was working with horses in the winter, it was common practice to cover with a wool cooler then walk the horse until dry

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chantal we never had to hunt the foxes as they found us Picture117.jpg Your new horse is really nice. I remember you writing about your daughter, she was highly dedicated to swimming . Being dedicated to such a sport accelerates the mental and emotional development, they are not children very long o...

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we had a Jaguarundi living in our back pasture for a little over a year... it was about 700 miles north of it normal habitat ...

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Delightful update on the twins! Do they realize they have this huge fan club of folks they've never met? ;) They are somewhat aware but they take it all in stride. Their life is different than the way we raised our kids, at times I have to remind my daughter of when she was their age. I believe bec...

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. I dislike cold. I'm beginning to look forward to moving to Texas. We did move from Kentucky to Texas back in the early 1980s after the repeated minus 20F degree winters of the late 70s (and 60 inches of snow that didn't melt until May) We are supposed to maybe have our first freeze this coming Mo...

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Clanter, thanks for starting this. The twins look like lovely girls. As a kind of "universal aunt," it's so nice to hear how all these kids are growing up and blossoming! There's so much pressure in this society to conform to artificial norms of educational progress and standards. I went ...

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I think there needs to a word of explanation of why there is interest in these twins for the those who are not aware. When my daughter first told me she was pregnant I jokingly told her as much trouble she was to raise (really she wasn't that much of pain) that she would have twins ... which was pro...

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ok found an older photo of their mother when she was with a giraffe

here is one of her girls today

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Clanter.....it's so nice to "hear" from you and to see the twins growing up!! Wonderful update!! THANKS!! Love your words of wisdom!!! And Scruffy...amazing talent your son has!! Does he have a web site to sell knives? Silverado... thanks, are you still in the Phoenix area? I kind of reme...

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Similar here. Knife-making son ended up dropping out of high school. He was in a therapeutic program by then and he finally said, "if it's so therapeutic, why do they make me feel so miserable?" Good point. 2 months later he had his GED and passed each test with flying colors. Now, in add...

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clanter-my oldest, the ex-swimmer, got married in june. she's so happy! She can not be old enough to be marrying :shock: oh the days back when you were hauling back back and forth to the pool :lol: ... are you still biking? I seem to remember you and DH did a lot of mountain biking and he had an ac...

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Clanter, that top photo with all the animals... <3 :lol: .... that is some of the animals ... Sage my wife's German Shepherd Dog is not there as she wants to police the activities... the other white miniature is out of site, the rescued TB filly is out of site as she really is not a kid's horse typ...

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for those who are not aware of the Foxie horse, her full name was Shamrock Foxie Joy... but some of winning credits she was named Foxie Lady by ride officials- why? they thought that name fit her. Our youngest daughter and Foxie were the same ages so they kind of grew up together. At four Foxie came...

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scruffy..... same for our younger son, he was he one we were wondering if he was ever even going to get out of high school... it took some negotiation with the school board to establish an alternative pathway for him of photography (which is still offered today)... he has several learning disabiliti...

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scruffy... those knives are beautiful pieces of art.... your son, he must be 18 or so now?

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and Foxy . Foxie was a special horse to many, the interesting thing was she never did the discipline she was purchased for. We had gone back to Kentucky to find an aged English Pleasure horse. But I saw her as a long yearling, she was just special...her eyes would follow me... so I bought her leavi...

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Lovely girls. I will dig up a photo of their mother at the same age, they could have been triplets Their mother has followed our youngest son into photography.... she specialized in new births documentation Youngest son is still has his business based in New York City and still has offices scattere...

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this September and October were the wettest since they began keeping records around here in the 1890s... we got just about 38 inches of rain from September 2nd to October 31st (normal annual rainfall is about 44 inches) As a result we had an unusual reassurance of misquotes. Our youngest daughter's ...

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OK... M&M ...I was incorrect when I said the twins are ten, the are actually eleven headed toward twelve. Since neither were expected to survive as babies it is good to report that both are in excellent health, both are usually competing with each other to see who is the top overall student in t...

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Tarlo Farm wrote: (waving) .

waving back

OK you want to fell.... OLD ? ... the twins will be eleven this September ... I know worthless without photos but I will figure out how to post them soon

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by paying for my cell service with my credit card the card issuer provides a $600

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I am pretty sure all states but Vermont have some balance budget requirement on the book or contained with in their constitutions Rainy day funds are used as a bridge to cover short falls, our little town has nearly a year's worth stashed away. Texas has just under $10B setting aside (but the legisl...

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Appears everything has to be wrapped up before December 13, 2016 States must make final decisions in any controversies over the appointment of their electors at least six days before the meeting of the Electors. This is so their electoral votes will be presumed valid when presented to Congress. Deci...

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I didn't remember that that they passed so very close to each other. And Clanter, you summed it up beautifully. Well, you and Anna Sewell! problem for our horses is they can not stand under the shade of apple trees as they ate the apple trees, the peach trees and pear trees so they get to stand und...

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you should look closely at the slated area to see if there channels to insert Plexiglas panels to enclose the trail for winter use .... most of the stock crossovers area here have the removal able panels

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I'm sure I speak for many of us when I say that I think about Billy and Foxie a lot, and I 'm sure I always will. And Freeway. He was in their league. all loved horses are equally prized some just had more people they were exposed to.... the ending of Black Beauty seems to wrap it up pretty well Wi...

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from the article the OP poasted Hadji Halef Omar is a purebred Arabian endurance horse who has logged 8,575 lifetime miles over 170 American Endurance Ride Conference (AERC) rides We rode competitive trail rides against a horse named Elmer Bandit In September 2009 owner Mary Anna Wood and Elmer comp...

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I am thinking of Foxie and Billy very much this week and I expect you are too. I have lost track of time as it has been three years since they crossed the bridge.... I still have her stall empty with her halter and lead at the waiting (no bunnies born in it this year but we have a bumper crop of bu...

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DJR wrote: LED lights are expensive to buy (but cheap to run) !

and have a longer expected lifespan so no need to get the electrical contractor out there with the bucket truck to replace lamps

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Actually have been some changes here, wife is working is real psycho ward as a RN... she had plenty of practice working with the kids.... oldest daughter, mother of the twins has become a professional photographer following her brother footsteps but rather than fashion she is documenting births of h...

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But where is Clanter? ;) I'd love to see photos of the twins! :D oh having dear daughter send me over the more recent photos, the twins will be... 9 in a few weeks... and are finally getting more interested in the horses since their school friends all want to come over to brush the little monsters ...

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use google earth view to measure the pond's area to determine its size

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ok, solved by the Whitehouse The ConnectED initiative will, within five years, connect 99 percent of America’s students, through next-generation broadband (at speeds no less than 100Mbps and with a target of 1Gbps) to, and high-speed wireless within, their schools and libraries. The President is cal...

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WheresMyWhite wrote: I'd want to know that my home value wouldn't decrease with all the road construction and mess associated with laying some type of fiber.
... I want buried fiber

not a mess, mostly line bored with hydraulic rams ...

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Can you have a tax break for retired people, or seniors over X (where X recedes by one year on my birthday because I refuse to be called a senior)? Mt parents live in a town where seniors get a tax break on real estate taxes. The median age is 40 years less than 9% if Princeton is over 65 28.9% und...

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we have done some with my son's minis ... he usually is used as a subject for high school photography classes

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