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by clanter
Sat Mar 19, 2016 10:21 pm
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Topic: Bank statement does not jive with checkbook
Replies: 37
Views: 21580

Re: Bank statement does not jive with checkbook

the easiest way for my wife and I to save money was to almost keep a leger of the expenses
by clanter
Fri Mar 11, 2016 11:55 am
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Topic: I've changed my mind about something important.
Replies: 54
Views: 32816

Re: I've changed my mind about something important.

Rock and I went through a similar time, us with Shamrock Foxie Joy. I am not sure if a horse ever had a more appropriate name as Foxie, she was smart, a fast learner, enjoyed doing everything...she was truly a joy. We had the financial ability and the place for her, we just fulfilled our promise to ...
by clanter
Wed Mar 09, 2016 12:14 am
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Topic: Interesting photo comparison
Replies: 3
Views: 4294

Re: Interesting photo comparison

I was looking back at some of the Foxie photos and these kind caught my attention as the foot placement of her's is the same in all three photos

Top is oldest son, middle and bottom are youngest daughter

Image
by clanter
Sat Jan 30, 2016 1:52 pm
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Topic: Interior shutters
Replies: 9
Views: 9640

Re: Interior shutters

or purchase the oversize and trim equal amounts from each side rail (a table saw makes this an easy trim)... 35" ...take 1/2 off each side rail... but most likely you would need an amount greater than just the minimum to fit into the opening
by clanter
Thu Jan 14, 2016 11:49 am
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Topic: Home Buying
Replies: 46
Views: 26280

Re: Home Buying

Original Price: $74,900
Current Price: $45,000
Price Change: -$29,900

the property has been on the market for nearly a year.... might want to check out the Why

It appears to be low to the ground, does it flood and is that the reason for the complete update??
by clanter
Thu Dec 17, 2015 2:15 am
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Topic: What will happen to today's young men and women?
Replies: 45
Views: 25611

Re: What will happen to today's young men and women?

Where I teach we have a required course to go on an internship. Perhaps the college should be doing a better job of preparing students. That said, some will get all the prep in the world and still not do well. Others are great. Sometimes when I am absolutely flabbergasted by some of them, I try to ...
by clanter
Thu Dec 17, 2015 2:12 am
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Topic: What will happen to today's young men and women?
Replies: 45
Views: 25611

Re: What will happen to today's young men and women?

What will happen (and has happened) is that standards for everything will be lowered, and work will be barely passable. Fortunately I will be dead before there is no longer a work ethic. Supposedly the millenials (20s to low 30s) aren't interested in "material goods" they want "exper...
by clanter
Sun Dec 13, 2015 4:51 pm
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Topic: To those with diesel trucks - how long can they sit?
Replies: 23
Views: 22133

Re: To those with diesel trucks - how long can they sit?

we had similar problems and replacing the starter curried ours ... really never noticed that the starter wasn't spinning the engine as it once was
by clanter
Sat Nov 21, 2015 8:31 pm
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Topic: this is what happens when you challenge your intercity class for all to score 100% on a test
Replies: 14
Views: 12978

Re: this is what happens when you challenge your intercity class for all to score 100% on a test

check to see if there is a troop of "Boy Scouts of America" where you can attend some meetings... Public Service is merit badge a dog can earn... specifically "Reading Dog" http://dogscouts.org/base/therapy-dog-3-reading/ As we have reduced our direction on horses my wife found t...
by clanter
Sat Nov 21, 2015 11:49 am
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Topic: Feeling grinchy about Christmas
Replies: 38
Views: 23990

Re: Feeling grinchy about Christmas

give a goat in the kid's name... then she might think about how well off she really is ...there are multiple sites that will help you do that http://gift.savethechildren.org/site/apps/ka/ec/product.asp?c=dvKSIbOSIlJcH&b=6885593&en=9hILJUOwE7JGJ2OOIeKHLUNFJqJVK4PFLgIWL0NHIrI5F&ProductID=9...
by clanter
Fri Nov 20, 2015 11:50 pm
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Topic: this is what happens when you challenge your intercity class for all to score 100% on a test
Replies: 14
Views: 12978

Re: this is what happens when you challenge your intercity class for all to score 100% on a test

:) I've been doing 'Pet Therapy' through St John Ambulance for 15 years. Best volunteer job ever. I have had 5 TD's over the years and currently I have two Greyhounds that are Certified, both with Adults and Children. One visits at an Old Age home, as well as a special needs grade 8 class. The othe...
by clanter
Fri Nov 20, 2015 11:15 am
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Topic: The other side of Clanter's post
Replies: 4
Views: 5383

Re: The other side of Clanter's post

it helps when you have a principal who kind of turns a blind eye to some activities and also have the support of other teachers who cover the activity as you lead a miniature horse through a school and up the handicap ramps to the third floor
by clanter
Fri Nov 20, 2015 3:00 am
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Topic: The other side of Clanter's post
Replies: 4
Views: 5383

Re: The other side of Clanter's post

Aimee's Golden is a Reading Therapy Dog ... she is trained to focus her attention on a child who is trying to read aloud (like that took all of about thirty seconds for Sucha to learn) .... but Sucha likes being with the kids.

But I believe the kid's favorite is Romeo
by clanter
Thu Nov 19, 2015 2:10 am
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Topic: this is what happens when you challenge your intercity class for all to score 100% on a test
Replies: 14
Views: 12978

this is what happens when you challenge your intercity class for all to score 100% on a test

your dog has to become a student.... Daughter challenged her class if they scored 100% on her biology test then she would bring her dog to class (Susha is a certified therapy dog --that is the vest she has on)... of course her classes jumped at the chance corrected photo, and I have a signed release...
by clanter
Mon Nov 16, 2015 10:57 am
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Topic: Why the Hillary hate?
Replies: 28
Views: 18219

Re: Why the Hillary hate?

Samuel-Chase is on the $100.000 bill, her most favorite family member .... she and her husband are a massing a fortune through any means necessary

Buddy once not needed as a focal point to present to the nation a common folks family, we are one of you, was dispatched.
by clanter
Sun Nov 15, 2015 8:00 pm
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Topic: Why the Hillary hate?
Replies: 28
Views: 18219

Re: Why the Hillary hate?

For me, I think she's a very good candidate and I love her family values. She worked through the very thing that destroys marriages. Infidelity. Her and Bill seem stronger than ever now. well I was sort of with you until Family Values was torn under the bus and run over maybe six seven, eight, nine...
by clanter
Sun Nov 08, 2015 2:40 pm
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Topic: How do YOU define Intellectual Property?
Replies: 120
Views: 68697

Re: How do YOU define Intellectual Property?

Chancellor wrote:That is also a good point clanter!


now which clanter is that ? :lol:
by clanter
Sun Nov 08, 2015 1:50 pm
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Topic: How do YOU define Intellectual Property?
Replies: 120
Views: 68697

Re: How do YOU define Intellectual Property?

let me throw a wrench into this mess, since a poster's name isn't trademarked how do we know a poster from one board to another is the same person ?.... surely it is not because the name is same as that isn't a guarantee... the name used belongs to who ever registered it first with that board even i...
by clanter
Fri Nov 06, 2015 10:44 am
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Topic: What would you tell your 20 year old self if you could?
Replies: 47
Views: 29119

Re: What would you tell your 20 year old self if you could?

...that.the Air force has taken over ALL fixed wing combat operations and the poor Army fixed wing pilots will do no more than fly business jets for the generals .... yeah I turned down a training slot for Army fixed wing training when I was 20. I was the first to have scored 100 on all three tests ...
by clanter
Fri Nov 06, 2015 10:23 am
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Topic: Packing for a Month in Philadelphia?
Replies: 17
Views: 14926

Re: Packing for a Month in Philadelphia?

I just bought new stuff and shipped dirty stuff back to home or office

Glade to see that you are to be walking around as Philadelphia's parking wars towing business scares the heck out me... that show Parking Wars makes Philadelphia to have the last place on my list of cities to visit
by clanter
Thu Nov 05, 2015 10:20 am
Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
Topic: Compressed field bales
Replies: 8
Views: 9734

Re: Compressed field bales

I am like Hoof'n... I think you may be confusing the large 1,000/2000 pound bales with compressed as compressed is normally used for export Compressed hay: Regular size 22x15x44 bales that have been compressed and re-baled, sliced for efficiency to gain weight per square foot for shipping over seas ...
by clanter
Sun Nov 01, 2015 1:31 pm
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Topic: Being a Landlord
Replies: 18
Views: 14219

Re: Being a Landlord

Never again. I do not have the personality or patience for it. Last Monday I hired an attorney to evict current renters in an apartment above a little retail building I own. Just last night I lectured myself into letting go, stepping away, resigned to lose some money, and let karma catch up with ev...
by clanter
Sun Oct 25, 2015 12:23 pm
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Topic: Home improvement folks - paint color quest
Replies: 6
Views: 8266

Re: Home improvement folks - paint color quest

play with this program a little, there are (somewhere) programs where you can use a picture of your house to play with colors

https://www.sherwin-williams.com/visualizer/#/active
by clanter
Wed Oct 21, 2015 12:44 pm
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Topic: October 21, 2015~ anyone see Marty McFly arrive yet?
Replies: 3
Views: 4409

October 21, 2015~ anyone see Marty McFly arrive yet?

Back to the Future II came out nearly 26 years ago. Marty McFly set off with Doc Brown in his DeLorean time machine, bound for the future:

October 21, 2015

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/ener ... r-21-2015/
by clanter
Sat Oct 17, 2015 10:38 pm
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Topic: Orcland Vigildon from the other thread
Replies: 1
Views: 3002

Orcland Vigildon from the other thread

rather than continue down a road that wasn't on the way of the other thread OMG, Clanter! When I was little, my then BFF's father used to take us to the nearby Morgan farm, and they had Orcland Vigildon!!!! They used to bring him out and park him, just for us two little girls! ORCLAND VIGILDON Bred ...
by clanter
Sat Oct 17, 2015 10:23 am
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Topic: Making an offer on a homestead tonight
Replies: 40
Views: 24132

Re: Making an offer on a homestead tonight

this kind of runs off course quite a bite but: Shamrock Foxie Joy's great grandmother was sired by ORCLAND VIGILDON who sired by Ulendon who was Orcland Don Darling's sire also.... http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/index.p ... _font=1&l= Orcland Don Darling Ulendon X Anna Darling photo link to Don...
by clanter
Fri Oct 16, 2015 11:30 pm
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Topic: Making an offer on a homestead tonight
Replies: 40
Views: 24132

Re: Making an offer on a homestead tonight

Ganas wrote:
It was built by one of the founders of the American Morgan Horse Association.


Elmer Darling, heir to the famous Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York City
by clanter
Fri Oct 16, 2015 7:15 pm
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Topic: NOAA Winter outlook
Replies: 8
Views: 7858

Re: NOAA Winter outlook

yeah, I have made sure it will not rain here as I have gotten hay in the barn thinking we will have rainy winter
by clanter
Fri Oct 16, 2015 12:41 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Cross training: Trail riding?
Replies: 39
Views: 30866

Re: Cross training: Trail riding?

Naw, just novice. ... you have to win 3 to be forced to move up. As you can guess it has been a few years since we last did a ride...I forget.. is it three wins for the rider and three for the horse? as note the intro page to NATRC... the panoramic photo in the upper left corner is from a ride we d...
by clanter
Fri Oct 16, 2015 12:41 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Cross training: Trail riding?
Replies: 39
Views: 30866

Re: Cross training: Trail riding?

hit incorrect button
by clanter
Fri Oct 16, 2015 12:40 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Cross training: Trail riding?
Replies: 39
Views: 30866

Re: Cross training: Trail riding?

Naw, just novice. ... you have to win 3 to be forced to move up. As you can guess it has been a few years since we last did a ride...I forget.. is it three wins for the rider and three for the horses? as note the intro page to NATRC... the panoramic photo in the upper left corner is from a ride we ...
by clanter
Fri Oct 16, 2015 12:11 am
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Topic: Making an offer on a homestead tonight
Replies: 40
Views: 24132

Re: Making an offer on a homestead tonight

Just a suggestion since this is going to be a mixed relationship purchase would it be wiser to make the purchase as a S Corp.... each of you could have shares of ownership with specific direction by the corporation on how the shares could be bought/sold/exchanged.... might be a way to sidestep some ...
by clanter
Thu Oct 15, 2015 9:32 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Cross training: Trail riding?
Replies: 39
Views: 30866

Re: Cross training: Trail riding?

but she balked at going into the forest so we had to take the lead). . reminds me of the time I had Sashay at the LBJ Grasslands testing trail routes.... we stepped from the tree line into a clearing, on my right about 75 feet away a deer had stepped out at the same time matching us step for step.....
by clanter
Thu Oct 15, 2015 9:22 am
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Topic: Dear creative DDers (?)
Replies: 11
Views: 12664

Re: Dear creative DDers (?)

Don Giovanni wrote:How?!?!?!


if question was to the mini post... never, ever figured out how the little filly did that.... there were no marks on her, we had to take bolt cutters to remove the handle... its one of those mysteries of horses
by clanter
Thu Oct 15, 2015 12:37 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Cross training: Trail riding?
Replies: 39
Views: 30866

Re: Cross training: Trail riding?

I am lucky enough to board on 120 acres with trails through the woods and a large XC field. I trail ride each of mine at least once a week. I often ride down through the woods to the show arenas at the other end of the property, school there, and ride back. It's a great warm up and cool down. I thi...
by clanter
Wed Oct 14, 2015 7:03 pm
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Topic: Dear creative DDers (?)
Replies: 11
Views: 12664

Re: Dear creative DDers (?)

Don... this is how you are supposed to hang a bucket

Image
by clanter
Wed Oct 14, 2015 4:53 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Cross training: Trail riding?
Replies: 39
Views: 30866

Re: Cross training: Trail riding?

Camping with them and just riding is wonderful, too. Very relaxing. I also do the NATRC CTR's, which are about 25-35 miles over two days. I don't do them really frequently, because they're too far to get to, but they're wonderful and the people are really nice. I also want to try an endurance LD (2...
by clanter
Wed Oct 14, 2015 2:57 am
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Topic: No one has ventured here yet?
Replies: 26
Views: 21131

Re: No one has ventured here yet?

carpevita wrote:Gotta agree that trump is making way more sense than I thought he might.
Don't think he has what it takes to be potus, but maybe some of his ideas might make the cut.


If Jimmy Carter can win, anyone has a chance
by clanter
Wed Oct 14, 2015 2:45 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Cross training: Trail riding?
Replies: 39
Views: 30866

Re: Cross training: Trail riding?

ALSO: Clanter, thanks for the pics. I love foxie and remember her from ToB. I especially like the last picture! What pictures? oh I am sorry... when I made that post early in the morning I placed several pictures of our horse Shamrock Foxie Joy. Foxie was one of those wonder horses that would do wh...
by clanter
Tue Oct 13, 2015 5:48 pm
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Topic: Social Media for Business promotion. Which do you use?
Replies: 12
Views: 11380

Re: Social Media for Business promotion. Which do you use?

none, I am anti-social anything... word of mouth ... seems if you put something out on the world wide anything some one becomes offended
by clanter
Tue Oct 13, 2015 10:10 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Cross training: Trail riding?
Replies: 39
Views: 30866

Re: Cross training: Trail riding?

Just be prepared for some funny moments when you take your tried and proven show horse out into the wilderness for a trail ride. We had one who after four of five years of going a round and around in a show ring became bored to tears so we thought she should be exposed to a new life: Competitive Tra...
by clanter
Mon Oct 12, 2015 1:19 pm
Forum: Senior Horses/Senior Riders
Topic: "Experienced" Riders
Replies: 33
Views: 25157

Re: "Experienced" Riders

Or maybe it's when we start getting the urge to get off when our horse starts acting up? that isn't going to happen with ours as we have International Exotic Animal Sanctuary nearby who will take a horse to feed the large cats ... and we remind them of that if they think they are not going to mind ...
by clanter
Mon Oct 12, 2015 1:02 pm
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Topic: documentary....
Replies: 10
Views: 10501

Re: documentary....

I was in some combat in Vietnam that subsequently was made into movies, I cannot watch them. I saw some segments which jumped at me as being totally and completely inaccurate ...which was just a disservice to those that were there
by clanter
Mon Oct 12, 2015 10:08 am
Forum: Senior Horses/Senior Riders
Topic: Senior gals with senior horses
Replies: 239
Views: 159253

Re: Senior gals with senior horses

Josette wrote:As musicalcomedy requested - Would it be a good idea to have a new thread just for us 'senior' gals (over 60) with 'senior' horses? :)
.


Well I want my own section then (guy/68) :lol: and senior horses, we have a 24 year old who acts like a three old...
by clanter
Mon Oct 12, 2015 10:06 am
Forum: Senior Horses/Senior Riders
Topic: "Experienced" Riders
Replies: 33
Views: 25157

Re: "Experienced" Riders

Oh, ok. Probably not a great idea to have an age limit, but you know how some ladies think that 50 is old. It is not, especially when you are close to being 70. I look at it when a person is seeking a shorter horse to get on :lol: When we doing Competitive Trail after a while most riders were looki...
by clanter
Mon Oct 12, 2015 10:02 am
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Topic: Welcome to Definitely Dressage
Replies: 41
Views: 25545

Re: Welcome to Definitely Dressage

Chancellor what busy weekend you have had .... setting this up, emails to many ...well thanks for taking on the task ...now if we can find all the life rafts from the sinking of former board
by clanter
Mon Oct 12, 2015 9:57 am
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Topic: It's Gone
Replies: 42
Views: 30227

Re: It's Gone

testing to see if photos will post



and they do
by clanter
Mon Oct 12, 2015 9:52 am
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Topic: I'm in!
Replies: 128
Views: 85224

Re: I'm in!

was working with the horses yesterday, or better put the horses were working with me yesterday... as kind of expect in the evening it disappeared

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