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- Sat Jan 01, 2022 9:23 pm
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- Topic: A "Quick" Update
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Re: A "Quick" Update
Cutest baby ever!
- Sun Nov 03, 2019 8:06 pm
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- Topic: Denver area
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Re: Denver area
Don't count on having pasture unless you have water rights (a huge thing in CO) and/or intense management. Out 24/7 will leave you with horse-proof weeds or dust. I remember being so shocked to hear it was 150 acres per cow to graze cattle around Larkspur (south). And that abuts the foothills. Back ...
- Sat Jul 27, 2019 2:02 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: SPAMMERS!
- Replies: 19
- Views: 14144
Re: SPAMMERS!
My, they are busy.
- Tue Mar 26, 2019 3:59 am
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- Topic: Egg Salad
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Re: Egg Salad
Standard eggs, celery, onion, mayo plus lemon juice, lemon zest and fresh dill. Out. Standing.
- Fri Mar 08, 2019 4:59 pm
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- Topic: Saying good-bye - so hard.
- Replies: 18
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Re: Saying good-bye - so hard.
So sorry. A hard time for an adult. I can only imagine the devastation for a child. RIP good pony Sera.
- Sun Feb 03, 2019 9:39 pm
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- Topic: So what are you reading?
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Re: So what are you reading?
I'm working my way through the Flavia De Luce books by Alan Bradley. 11 yo solver of murders and chemist. Not in order. They are a charming winter read. Also Notorious RBG and Smoke gets in your eyes by Caitlin Doughty of Ask a Mortician youtube fame. Everything you wanted to know about cremation an...
- Fri Nov 23, 2018 2:57 am
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- Topic: Any Lake/River Kayakers?
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Re: Any Lake/River Kayakers?
We have a small fleet of Hobie kayaks with mirage drive. All sit on top. They are good fun in a lake that can have good chop and significant wind. Puts the work into the big leg muscles.
- Sat Oct 20, 2018 12:00 am
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- Topic: Virtual Horse Shoppers...Who was looking for a nice prospect on a budget?
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Re: Virtual Horse Shoppers...Who was looking for a nice prospect on a budget?
Decades ago I leased a Sadddebred for mountain trail riding in Colorado. He had been started in show training but had some trail miles on him. He was a nice guy and good fun. The next summer I was given a 12 year old 5 gaited nutjob. His name was Starheart. I loved that. He was so fried he would not...
- Wed Sep 12, 2018 1:24 pm
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- Topic: Registered vs. Show Names
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Re: Registered vs. Show Names
Oh man, you dodged a bullet on that name! Too many QHs had the legacy of someone's terrific idea to name a horse Bugs Alive in '75. Who became a very prolific stallion. Creating decades of Bug This That or Something. There's an easily traced lineage for you but .... ugh.
- Sat Jul 28, 2018 5:08 pm
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- Topic: I resigned from my condo board
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Re: I resigned from my condo board
Oy. What a nightmare. I'm so lucky to have most reasonable neighbors and a board who really tries to work with modified consensus. That said, I've serve 2.5 times and am always happy to be done with it (and say never again).
- Fri May 04, 2018 10:45 pm
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- Topic: Tell me about your colonoscopy
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Re: Tell me about your colonoscopy
Every doctor seems to be doing a different prep. I did the gallon o' GoLytely with very specific timing for a 1:00 appointment. It can be mixed with lemon crystal light and sucked down with a straw. Straw is brilliant since you can mostly keep all that salt off your tongue. Chicken broth was useful ...
- Thu May 03, 2018 2:13 am
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- Topic: News from down under.
- Replies: 10
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Re: News from down under.
Riding 3-4 times a week! That is fantastic!
- Sat Apr 28, 2018 4:52 pm
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- Topic: NJ Has New Ticks
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Re: NJ Has New Ticks
Just like Emerald Ash Borer. Came into Detroit probably on a pallet. From China. Now every ash tree, planted in the '60s to replace every Dutch elm disease stricken elm, will die.
- Tue Apr 24, 2018 3:07 am
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- Topic: Kayaking, anyone?
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Re: Kayaking, anyone?
Oh, what fun. My only experience is a Hobie with Mirage pedal drive. It's swell, is great in high seas and wind (because ... pedals), has a great seat, weighs a bloody ton, and is stupidly expensive. It's a kick and a half. Cannot recommend it to anyone who has to haul anywhere. So, I'm no help. A f...
- Tue Apr 24, 2018 2:55 am
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- Topic: NJ Has New Ticks
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Re: NJ Has New Ticks
Ick. They ARE creepy. When I was a kid we NEVER had them in Michigan! Jesus. Friend's dog was just dxed with Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. In Wisconsin. First tick of the year. In 1960, our Springer picked up ticks at lake cottage in the deep woods near what is now the Palisades power plant (Palisa...
- Sat Dec 30, 2017 4:32 am
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- Topic: Your first riding lesson
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Re: Your first riding lesson
1958 Outlands Stables near Birmingham, MI. Hunt seat. Once a week. The first few lessons were on a lead line to learn to post. I was sure I would get it in one lesson but in fact it took 4 or so. Then into a walk-trot group lessons with, oh, upwards to 8 (10?) horses. This was a big school. Your ass...
- Sun Nov 19, 2017 5:03 am
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- Topic: Look what I found at the thrift store
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Re: Look what I found at the thrift store
I found this one online and bought it for my neighbor girl who is six and having a horse crush. It was my fav book as a child and I thought I would just give her my copy but it was in tatters. The one I bought was absolutely pristine. Published in 1953. As tho it had never been opened. http://thebla...
- Tue Sep 26, 2017 2:46 pm
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- Topic: Good bye Princess, Hello Hulk
- Replies: 14
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Re: Good bye Princess, Hello Hulk
Indeed, very spiffy. The most fun year of my life was the year I managed a 40 stall dressage and CT (and driving) eq center. The John Deere tractor was one of the highlights. It was relatively new and very reliable. Every morning I'd fire it up and head up to the barns with a giant grin on my face. ...
- Mon Sep 04, 2017 3:34 am
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- Topic: Some Sad News. Godspeed Gunny.
- Replies: 29
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Re: Some Sad News. Godspeed Gunny.
Weeping. Jingles to you and everyone who loved Gunny.
- Thu Aug 17, 2017 1:58 pm
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- Topic: Jingles for Chancellor
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Re: Jingles for Chancellor
Jingling madly!
- Sat Jul 22, 2017 1:46 am
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- Topic: Spinoff of Prudent -- your riding genesis
- Replies: 19
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Re: Spinoff of Prudent -- your riding genesis
None of them actually fit me. Started one lesson a week at 8 in a large huntseat barn where your assigned horse was brought to the mounting block. On leadline to learn to post, in walk/trot class for one year, walk/trot/canter class for one year and then jumping. If the basics weren't installed you ...
- Sun Jun 04, 2017 2:55 am
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- Topic: And now....pasture reno...thoughts, experiences, insight from farm owners/managers please?
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Re: And now....pasture reno...thoughts, experiences, insight from farm owners/managers please?
Google corn gluten meal pre-emergent. I have no idea if it is used where animals will graze but it is the thing for natural lawn care. Replaces 'weed and feed.' Here's one: http://www.gardensalive.com/product/cor ... our_garden
- Sun Jun 04, 2017 2:51 am
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- Topic: And now....pasture reno...thoughts, experiences, insight from farm owners/managers please?
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Re: And now....pasture reno...thoughts, experiences, insight from farm owners/managers please?
Google corn gluten meal pre-emergent. I have no idea if it is used where animals will graze but it is the thing for natural lawn care. Replaces 'weed and feed.'
- Wed May 24, 2017 2:23 am
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- Topic: Killing weeds/trees
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Re: Killing weeds/trees
I fight weed trees endlessly ... mulberry, elm (Siberian or slippery/red), boxelder, black walnut, silver maples, sumac, some kind of locust. And the shrubs -- buckthorn and honeysuckle. For separate trees (not colonies like sumac), dig all you can. If they can't be dug, cut to the ground and paint ...
- Thu May 11, 2017 3:13 pm
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- Topic: Rain ....
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Re: Rain ....
Since are suffering the consequences of climate change, consider joining the Citizen's Climate Lobby. There may be a chapter in your city, state or province. https://citizensclimatelobby.org/ It is the most organized group I've ever encountered, it is doing incredible bi-partisan work and has a plan...
- Sat May 06, 2017 4:03 pm
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- Topic: Pension has been applied for
- Replies: 23
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Re: Pension has been applied for
I lucked out with a part time job at a non-profit with health insurance for my last three years before Medicare kicked in. Pre ACA. I went a goodly number of years without insurance (and got away with it ... was very healthy) so was very grateful to find that gig. I had a complete meltdown over turn...
- Tue Apr 25, 2017 1:38 pm
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- Topic: 60 Minutes - The Maryland Hunt Cup
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Re: 60 Minutes - The Maryland Hunt Cup
A terrific segment. Helps to have a pro on the team.
- Sun Apr 16, 2017 1:45 pm
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- Topic: Birthday gift suggestions for two year old (human)?
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- Sat Apr 15, 2017 10:12 pm
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- Topic: Fond UDBB memories -- SmithsonLM compilation
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Re: Fond UDBB memories -- SmithsonLM compilation
Of course it is.
- Fri Apr 14, 2017 2:56 pm
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- Topic: Fond UDBB memories -- SmithsonLM compilation
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Fond UDBB memories -- SmithsonLM compilation
Speaking of fond memories of UDBB it seems like a good time to revisit Lucille and all her wisdom. Compiled by Piaffe at X. For which we are most grateful.
- Tue Mar 28, 2017 8:42 pm
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- Topic: Sweet Briar College
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Re: Sweet Briar College
*clap clap clap* for Grounded. Well presented.
- Wed Mar 01, 2017 9:52 pm
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- Topic: If you can spare a few jingles...
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Re: If you can spare a few jingles...
Ow ow ow ... jingles for a quick recovery and a lovely sitting trot!
- Wed Mar 01, 2017 9:50 pm
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- Topic: Books! What are we reading these days?
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Re: Books! What are we reading these days?
Vist Hugh Howey on FB. He is lovely. And rarely wears clothes. I'm just finishing Patricia McConnell's The Education of Will: A Mutual Memoir of A Woman and Her Dog. I have met her and seen her enough that I love her voice -- writing or speaking. This is not a training book but rather ... well, here...
- Sun Feb 26, 2017 12:03 am
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- Topic: HAMILTON!
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Re: HAMILTON!
Amazon Prime had the album streaming free for awhile. I surprised myself by listening to it a lot. I'm too hold for hip hop. Loved it. I loved this NPR Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast on Hamilton because the panel are two musical/theater lovers, (Linda Holmes, Glen Weldon), a "never seen a broad...
- Sat Feb 25, 2017 1:08 am
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- Topic: Straw and hay in California?
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Re: Straw and hay in California?
That's the midwest I know. About the only thing there is to do driving through Nebraska is look at hay. 20 years ago there were still stacks of a sort of meatloaf shape. And round bales. Now the stacks are gone and the round bales are being replaced by giant square bales.
- Thu Feb 23, 2017 4:35 am
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- Topic: Straw and hay in California?
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Re: Straw and hay in California?
Thanks. It's a mystery.
- Wed Feb 22, 2017 6:32 pm
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- Topic: PSA: Wills and probate
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Re: PSA: Wills and probate
I met with an attorney just last week. Learned some stuff.
- Wed Feb 22, 2017 6:22 pm
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- Topic: Straw and hay in California?
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Straw and hay in California?
Reading an article "hay bale gardening" that is so bass-akwards I need to ask when someone talks about a bale of hay and a bale of straw in California, what are the bales apt to be? Small (regular for the rest of us), two string bales. In my world "straw" is wheat. "Hay"...
- Thu Feb 02, 2017 10:09 pm
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- Topic: Grass fed, whole, pasteurized, HOMOGENIZED milk?
- Replies: 16
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Re: Grass fed, whole, pasteurized, HOMOGENIZED milk?
Look for the term "pastured". That will mean they are outside, not standing in confinement eating "grass" hay. The great debate among producers -- would a cow rather be under cover and fans standing on sand all day? Or would it rather be out in the hot sun moseying around green p...
- Thu Feb 02, 2017 9:53 pm
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- Topic: Vulture invasion
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Re: Vulture invasion
Vultures arrive in Hinkley, OH every year on March 15. So likely the migration is prepping in your yard. I personally got creeped out by a huge flock of robins in downtown Winter Park, FL when I lived there. They were massed on every tree, roof and even the sides of buildings. In every direction. Be...
- Fri Jan 27, 2017 6:53 pm
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- Topic: lift a glass to the memory of my friends
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Re: lift a glass to the memory of my friends
Tragic. And you, Chisamba, did such an admirable job of supporting your students by standing up and inching forward one step at a time. *glass raised* (well ... tonight).
- Tue Dec 13, 2016 12:14 am
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- Topic: i lost my horse-- RIP, Gristle
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Re: i lost my horse-- RIP, Gristle
Oh, that is an extra tough one. Hugs and jingles for you.
- Tue Nov 29, 2016 10:09 pm
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- Topic: Horse before the cart
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Re: Horse before the cart
*clap clap clap* Cute cute cute Topper! I used to go to an Amish produced Haflinger auction in Ohio. Haffies are a cash crop for the Amish rather than real working horses. When they offered one that had been "driven, put to farm equipment, ridden, kidded, grandma-ed and been to town" you c...
- Sat Nov 26, 2016 10:49 pm
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- Topic: I have been in my 2nd home yet again
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Re: I have been in my 2nd home yet again
Shiitake. Hope you are back on a pony soon.
- Wed Nov 23, 2016 10:40 pm
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- Topic: Pasture Disaster Avoided...Talk About Thankful!!
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Re: Pasture Disaster Avoided...Talk About Thankful!!
I admit I'm on the don't blanket side -- having kept horses in Colorado and Nebraska and Wisconsin. So I don't get it. If the horse doesn't need it, seems uncomfortable and it is an additional worry, why bother?
- Wed Nov 23, 2016 3:01 pm
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- Topic: Ariel is so freaking smart
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Re: Ariel is so freaking smart
That great. Duke the spotted draft has had many half-leasers. The owner didn't warn me that he was a "tester" (until after the fact when I was telling her about the tests) but others at the barn told stories about how he buffaloed previous half-leasers. He's big as a house, a new experienc...
- Tue Nov 22, 2016 6:30 pm
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- Topic: Another exciting Friday night, or Ariel choked
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Re: Another exciting Friday night, or Ariel choked
Scary. Back in the early 80s we had never heard of choke until a horse came out of the trailer with it after a short ride for a lesson. The old straight load with a "manager" platform. Don't know what that is called. Terrifying to think what trouble he'd have been in on a longer trip, unab...
- Tue Nov 22, 2016 3:04 am
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- Topic: I have breast cancer
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Re: I have breast cancer
Many jingles. Remember if you need to rant or wail or just share your journey, we are here with very long arms to hold you. And a certain amount of experience, I believe.
- Sun Nov 20, 2016 2:46 am
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- Topic: de face booked myself
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Re: de face booked myself
I'm about to push the exit button, also. It's just too much insanity. I just want to hide under the covers.
- Thu Nov 10, 2016 1:12 pm
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- Topic: Television shows- I found some gems. Anyone else have any good ones?
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Re: Television shows- I found some gems. Anyone else have any good ones?
I'm new to Netflix after years of watching nothing but PBS over the antenna. What I've discovered is that 30 minute format works best, I don't like dark or gory. And I don't like people being shitty to each other. So, what can you rexommend? (I find myself watching the pilots of old TV shows. Andy G...