Some of you may remember tales of my Little Orange Horse, the Decrepit OTTB. Well, He kept right on being Decrepit, only more so, until eventually Advanced Decrepitude meant he stopped breathing. Anyway, I'm feeling extremely sad about that, so you'll just have to sit and listen to my whines. The ea...

Also ditto on wanting to know if the easier ways to make money? :mrgreen: Uh, way stupid and simple but W O R K I N G (at a well paid job) and I N V E S T I N G (in a patient way, say 10-30 year horizons) and S A V I N G (and living below your income).Voila. Pretty low stress. No evictions. My prop...

We have just become landlords, renting out our home in San Francisco for what seems like an extortionate amount but is actually very normal for the area. Our mortgage on that place stays the same, and the rent covers the mortgage on our new place which we are living in while fixing up. So basically ...

And because my horse has a head like a Samsonite suitcase and won't fit these, please buy this for your horse in red: http://www.countryandstable.com/john-wh ... er-bridle/

That's similar to the UK system I grew up with if I recall, but here in the USA (in CA at least) you can take a 2 week course to learn to ride + built in licensing test that amounts to 5 hours a week if that. Then you're off on your own, having never ridden on the freeway, free to buy a 1200cc super...

My dad put me on the back of a random loose draft horse he didn't own in some random pasture as a tiny kid and I was sold. I can't think of anything more dangerous and nuts right now looking back! I did 10 years of Pony Club riding borrowed ponies and horses, all day every weekend, starting with Tin...

PaulaO wrote:Wearing the belt with breeches last night was great. My breeches stayed up and the belt didn't break....

And I did 3 canter transitions Woo-HOO.

How can a person even DO canter transitions if they are worried their pants might fall down? I see a definite correlation here.

That's such a great idea - wish I could put mine on "hold" - he's sitting in the garage with the move and work and so on: got to get out more!

Hi everyone - so happy to see you all here!

Scruffs, who could forget spicy, um, rooster!?

I was on UDBB furrevah and got my 10k post tee shirt and my 10 + year "medal of endurance" but I guess Mark forgot to mail them both :P I still have The Decrepit OTTB who is 23 now and retired at 15 so we're basically even at this stage. He's living on borrowed time... :mrgreen: I bought a...

I have a horse brush with a "General Mayhem" brass name plate on it and I can't remember who Kringled it to me but the Decrepit OTTB (whose name is General Mayhem) is still clinging to life like a roach on a pizza box and loves that brush too!

I don't know if Xan is around but I think she rides, I want to say she's got a beast of a Ducati maybe? Ha! It's a Ducati Monster (695) so fairly beastly, I'd say. :mrgreen: https://scontent.fsnc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/1557437_10152550195832502_7523508932024614648_n.jpg?oh=1c482627ef97ba77df4a96...

Sometimes...

You wanna go where people know,
people are all the same,
You wanna go where everybody knows
your name.



(going to catch up on all the threads now!)