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- Sun Dec 06, 2015 3:38 pm
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: More gift advice
- Replies: 36
- Views: 21801
Re: More gift advice
Does he have any pictures in his office? Does he like any sports that you know about? Golf? Is he a gaming person? Know any friends that you can call of his? Or family? What about those with whom he works directly? Do they ever talk to him?
- Wed Dec 02, 2015 1:58 am
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- Topic: Legal Procedural Question
- Replies: 19
- Views: 14811
Re: Legal Procedural Question
That explains it! I'd say more people around here don't heat with gas so I forgot that people do but have to pay the gas bill first!
DH owns eight rental houses. It is unreal what people will pay for instead of their rent. >:-(
DH owns eight rental houses. It is unreal what people will pay for instead of their rent. >:-(
- Tue Dec 01, 2015 7:05 pm
- Forum: Young Horse Forum and Breeding and Registries
- Topic: Close, but how close? ETA - it's a filly
- Replies: 38
- Views: 27120
Re: Close, but how close?
I think we should guess the date! December 11th.
- Tue Dec 01, 2015 2:18 pm
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- Topic: Legal Procedural Question
- Replies: 19
- Views: 14811
Re: Legal Procedural Question
Tarlo, Do you normally pay their electric bill? If so, I don't know that I'd pursue this matter. The reason is that you can't really tell a tenant that they can't use a heater to warm their place unless it is specifically written in the lease agreement. Why did they feel they needed to use that? Is ...
- Tue Dec 01, 2015 2:12 pm
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- Topic: The Graceful Acceptance of Compliments
- Replies: 27
- Views: 19482
Re: The Graceful Acceptance of Compliments
“You are a Lynx” Came the email the following day after a dinner date which I thought had gone quite well. I think of Lynx as wild, beautiful, athletic, graceful. But new to world of dating, and unsure of popular culture I have no idea what this might actually mean - is it code for something like a...
- Tue Dec 01, 2015 1:59 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Stole this from Mike Matson on Coth, Zonik, E Gal's new ride
- Replies: 18
- Views: 14711
Re: Stole this from Mike Matson on Coth, Zonik, E Gal's new ride
Another full video of the pair: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h48s_VsxZPw Much nicer and not so amped up. I think he's a nice horse. Not one I'd want to ride! He looks like he'd be a lot to ride and a rider could get in trouble with him. Gal does a nice job with him IMO.
- Tue Dec 01, 2015 1:54 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Stole this from Mike Matson on Coth, Zonik, E Gal's new ride
- Replies: 18
- Views: 14711
Re: Stole this from Mike Matson on Coth, Zonik, E Gal's new ride
I watched the video from 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmAmmy0JJC8 and I think the horse has moved this way for some time. I don't attribute the movement to Edward Gal. The horse looks to be a mechanical/leggy type of mover naturally and when tense, moves very jerky. I actually think he does ...
- Tue Nov 24, 2015 5:09 pm
- Forum: The Menagerie
- Topic: Dogs on the bed, yes it no?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 25401
Re: Dogs on the bed, yes it no?
It was cold here last night (cold for a southern girl anyway). I woke in the middle of the night to find the blue heeler on the bed too. A king size bed is just too small for six beings!
- Mon Nov 23, 2015 7:21 pm
- Forum: Tack, Apparel, Facilities and Transportation
- Topic: Thinline saddle pads - do you use / like it?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 15989
Re: Thinline saddle pads - do you use / like it?
I love my thin lines. I thought they helped with sitting trot for me. And horse seemed to like it.
- Mon Nov 23, 2015 1:04 pm
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- Topic: Hating car shopping, looking up recalls, etc.
- Replies: 20
- Views: 16190
Re: Hating car shopping, looking up recalls, etc.
Enclave could be a choice. A little horrible on the gas mileage but it will fit three good size crates in it. I had the Enclave for a year and couldn't complain about it but I had to go back to Honda Van. I can fit 13 crates in it (middle row seats will come out completely! - Enclave will not). I co...
- Fri Nov 20, 2015 1:44 pm
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- Topic: Whatever happened to customer service?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 14611
Re: Whatever happened to customer service?
1) The company for which I work was awarded and excellence in customer service. Even on a day when terminals were going down across the industry (about 200k terminals!! across the US with different companies) our longest hold time was 30 minutes. Normally there is no hold time at all. 2) I love Dire...
- Fri Nov 20, 2015 1:35 am
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- Topic: What is your feeling on refugees?
- Replies: 63
- Views: 38644
Re: What is your feeling on refugees?
-There is far too much religious bigotry in the world. There always has been. Somebody in an earlier post suggested that Islam is not a peaceful religion like Christianity is. I suggest you read the bible and see for yourself. I did say that it isn't a peaceful religion. However, I did not say that...
- Thu Nov 19, 2015 9:19 pm
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- Topic: Thanksgiving plans?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 20275
Re: Thanksgiving plans?
My sister and her family will spend Thanksgiving with us. Then I leave early Friday morning with some of my in laws to go to Toronto! Very excited. Off to see lights, be in the crowds and be in the cold.
- Thu Nov 19, 2015 6:57 pm
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- Topic: What is your feeling on refugees?
- Replies: 63
- Views: 38644
Re: What is your feeling on refugees?
It would be FABULOUS if the UN could get together and just help fix the broken nation. But the majority of Syrians do not want to leave, correct? So that means that the majority do not see an issue. Wait, what? Uh, no. This equation does not make sense. Thousands who didn't leave were _killed_. Tha...
- Thu Nov 19, 2015 5:42 pm
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- Topic: What is your feeling on refugees?
- Replies: 63
- Views: 38644
Re: What is your feeling on refugees?
WMW, you and Chisamba are posing questions and thoughts that are different than those I'm complaining about. They are legitimate questions/concerns. I agree with the others answers. It would be FABULOUS if the UN could get together and just help fix the broken nation. But the majority of Syrians do ...
- Thu Nov 19, 2015 2:39 pm
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- Topic: What is your feeling on refugees?
- Replies: 63
- Views: 38644
Re: What is your feeling on refugees?
And, I might add that Mary and Joseph from the Bible were not refugees. They were going back to Bethlehem for a census and all of the "hotels" were full. The point that those meme's are pointing out is that we could very well have a Jesus in the group of refugees and no one would know bec...
- Wed Nov 18, 2015 9:29 pm
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- Topic: What is your feeling on refugees?
- Replies: 63
- Views: 38644
Re: What is your feeling on refugees?
Don,
Don't you know Jesus was an American?
Don't you know Jesus was an American?
- Wed Nov 18, 2015 11:48 am
- Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
- Topic: Skin Cancer UPDATE! Neck Threadworms!
- Replies: 30
- Views: 22125
Re: Skin Cancer UPDATE! Neck Threadworms!
There was an article a LONG time ago in The Horse that said worms didn't have to migrate to the eye to cause Uveitis. When killing heavy loads of wormers with dewormers, there was the chance that it would cause circulation issues that would impact the eye - permanently. We see circulation issues whe...
- Wed Nov 18, 2015 11:40 am
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- Topic: What is your feeling on refugees?
- Replies: 63
- Views: 38644
Re: What is your feeling on refugees?
I knew I could come here and hear voices of reason. I don't know how I married into the family I'm in. Very intolerant people and hearing/reading their posts makes me sick. My mother in law is from Germany. She was born into a nation/religion that at the time was killing those of another religion ju...
- Tue Nov 17, 2015 6:37 pm
- Forum: The Menagerie
- Topic: Dogs on the bed, yes it no?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 25401
Re: Dogs on the bed, yes it no?
Vacuuming the bed!! I love that idea!!! And yes, the blue heeler leaves poofs of hair all over the hardwood floors and the carpet. I cleaned for three hours on Saturday even dusting. My house stays put away. Nothing sitting out usually. But I hate to dust. When I'm on the phone with a customer, I'm ...
- Tue Nov 17, 2015 2:12 pm
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- Topic: Something spiffy w pork tenderloin?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 13766
Re: Something spiffy w pork tenderloin?
Do you have a grill instead? If so, I'd cook it on that and cook on low for a while. I really love this recipe and it can easily be done on a grill instead: http://www.tastebook.com/recipes/291362 ... angy-Glaze
- Mon Nov 16, 2015 6:05 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Short necks versus long necks
- Replies: 17
- Views: 16666
Re: Short necks versus long necks
Short necks are much more difficult to use well when collecting (esp with thick necks and heavy jaws), and then to extend them is problematic (the horse will tend to be more rigid). Long necks (esp with thin throatlatches)take longer (pardon the pun) to sutain a connection (hence often too compress...
- Mon Nov 16, 2015 4:07 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Short necks versus long necks
- Replies: 17
- Views: 16666
Re: Short necks versus long necks
Much rather ride a short necked horse! I find the horses with longer necks also tend to be a bit on the hotter side. I always said the shorter necked shorter coupled horses seem to act more like dogs where as the wiry animals act and move more like cats. I like the look of the thicker (through body)...
- Mon Nov 16, 2015 11:44 am
- Forum: The Menagerie
- Topic: Dogs on the bed, yes it no?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 25401
Re: Dogs on the bed, yes it no?
Sigh...I really don't like dogs in a bed. DH does. So we always had his Doxie on his side of the bed cause I don't want wet noses touching me in the middle of the night. Our heeler has never wanted on the bed. In fact, she often leaves her own bed to go lay on hardwood floors (she runs hot). But now...
- Mon Nov 09, 2015 12:18 pm
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: Simple pleasures. The grilled cheese sandwich...
- Replies: 69
- Views: 40895
Re: Simple pleasures. The grilled cheese sandwich...
Okay, granted I just scanned through here, but I didn't see anyone advising to put cheese on the OUTSIDE of the sandwich too, which is, quite frankly, grilled cheese amateur hour.... :P Make a sandwich with tomato, pepper, salt and cheddar (sliced or grated). FINELY grate some extra cheddar (or go ...
- Sat Nov 07, 2015 11:48 pm
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- Topic: Do you "like" your own posts on Facebook and here?
- Replies: 45
- Views: 25762
Re: Do you "like" your own posts on Facebook and here?
YES! I hate those things.boots-aregard wrote:... but I absolutely REFUSE to respond to the blackmail of "REPOST this if you feel the same, and I know who really will." Ugh.
- Sat Nov 07, 2015 11:44 pm
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- Topic: Simple pleasures. The grilled cheese sandwich...
- Replies: 69
- Views: 40895
Re: Simple pleasures. The grilled cheese sandwich...
No! But that looks awesome!silk wrote:Do you people not have toastie machines?
- Sat Nov 07, 2015 11:44 pm
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- Topic: Simple pleasures. The grilled cheese sandwich...
- Replies: 69
- Views: 40895
Re: Simple pleasures. The grilled cheese sandwich...
Yummy! I like that on a burger.piedmontfields wrote:Since we are not holding back, I thought I should mention the special pleasures of quality homemade southern pimento cheese in a grilled cheese sandwich. Heavenly.
- Sat Nov 07, 2015 11:43 pm
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- Topic: Simple pleasures. The grilled cheese sandwich...
- Replies: 69
- Views: 40895
Re: Simple pleasures. The grilled cheese sandwich...
You guys are making my mouth water! My recipe: croissant, black forest ham, granny smith apple slices, provolone (because I don't like sharp cheeses - swiss works for those that likes that cheese), honey mustard. Heat butter in pan, put everything else in between the croissant, then put in hot pan u...
- Sat Nov 07, 2015 2:05 am
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: Do you "like" your own posts on Facebook and here?
- Replies: 45
- Views: 25762
Re: Do you "like" your own posts on Facebook and here?
We are awfully harsh of people with schizophrenia. Maybe they just don't realize they posted and then see the post and "like" it.
No, I also do not like my own posts and find that a bit strange.
No, I also do not like my own posts and find that a bit strange.
- Thu Nov 05, 2015 10:48 pm
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- Topic: What would you tell your 20 year old self if you could?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 28969
Re: What would you tell your 20 year old self if you could?
Buy microsoft stock at the IPO rather than a 4wd truck. Ha! This! I really don't have any regrets of what I did as a 20 year old. I'm glad life has gone the way it has, so far. I got married at 20 which seems so young right now. But I was a mature 20 year old for the most part. I paid my own bills,...
- Thu Nov 05, 2015 10:38 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Having Sticker Shock: How much do your trainers charge at a show
- Replies: 20
- Views: 15849
Re: Having Stick Shock: How much do your trainers charge at a show
Mine only charged a normal lesson fee IF they were at the show. The trainers would normally be there for multiple people.
- Wed Nov 04, 2015 10:23 pm
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- Topic: We've been adopted by an escaped domestic rat, sigh.....
- Replies: 31
- Views: 22401
Re: We've been adopted by an escaped domestic rat, sigh.....
Maybe this will change your mind about rats: (Cuteness warning: lots of sweet looking rats with teeny tiny teddy bears!) https://www.google.ca/search?q=rats+with+teddy+bears&espv=2&biw=1600&bih=775&tbm=isch&imgil=YAHnTFaEau26JM%253A%253BYl4GAPkLdXrpLM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%2525...
- Tue Nov 03, 2015 11:47 pm
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- Topic: Where we have failed....
- Replies: 114
- Views: 64146
Re: Where we have failed....
Actually I had my mind changed by a couple people on the old UDBB. One was Shay84 when she was talking about breast feeding. I learned a lot from her. I always try to listen to other people's points of view. UNLESS of course, it is a point of view clearly wrong (like Pit bulls are inherently bad or...
- Mon Nov 02, 2015 12:13 pm
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- Topic: Halloween rant
- Replies: 16
- Views: 12775
Re: Halloween rant
This is the one thing I regret about not living in a neighborhood. I'd LOVE to have trick or treaters!! I would be one of those people that dress my place up scary and sit on the porch waiting for them. But I live in the country, down a long driveway and don't have them.
- Sat Oct 31, 2015 1:38 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: The Big Black Freight Train - GOING HOME
- Replies: 87
- Views: 55440
Re: The Big Black Freight Train
Nice!! Those kind of butts make our own butts look small.
- Sat Oct 31, 2015 12:22 pm
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- Topic: Keurig or Keurig-style coffee makers: Do you like them?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 19619
Re: Keurig or Keurig-style coffee makers: Do you like them?
I have one and it is okay. I don't buy the k-cups. That is such a waste. I go to my favorite coffee place, buy their grounds, and then just use one of the k-cup reuseables. I don't buy the filters either. The reason you get grounds in the coffee with it is because so many over fill it. You only fill...
- Sat Oct 31, 2015 12:14 pm
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- Topic: Where we have failed....
- Replies: 114
- Views: 64146
Re: Where we have failed....
I don't paint LEs with a broad stroke. I, more often than not, side with the LEs and have been called racist in the past as a result. But those people were ones that lashed out on many occasions first. They ran, they started their car and tried to drive off, they yelled at the cop etc. This was not ...
- Fri Oct 30, 2015 3:18 pm
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- Topic: Where we have failed....
- Replies: 114
- Views: 64146
Re: Where we have failed....
This situation was not about restraint and enforcing compliance, this was aggressive . That is what another friend has said on FB now as well. She was a security person/detainer person at a retirement home for mentally challenged. She worked as a security guard at a prison prior to that. She said t...
- Fri Oct 30, 2015 3:14 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Challenged to Gallop
- Replies: 12
- Views: 13054
Re: Challenged to Gallop
My girl doesn't get the least bit worked up away from a group. Very mellow to ride alone as well. Actually, riding with a group spooks her more because of the sounds the other horses make, like throwing up rocks with their hooves or a group of horses walking down a road can freak her out. We have se...
- Thu Oct 29, 2015 10:08 am
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- Topic: Where we have failed....
- Replies: 114
- Views: 64146
Re: Where we have failed....
I have more friends on Facebook siding with officer than not. I'm ashamed that this many people think it okay to treat a human being like this. Another officer said it is illegal to handcuff someone to an object. Really? So it is perfectly "legal" in his mind to sling a minor, but not lega...
- Wed Oct 28, 2015 8:12 pm
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- Topic: Where we have failed....
- Replies: 114
- Views: 64146
Re: Where we have failed....
My thinking on what the officer should have done - handcuff said girl to the desk. Remove cell phone. Pull girl with chair out into the hall. Call parent. If it were MY parents that answered the call, I would have been carted off to jail anyway. I also don't understand why the school is allowing stu...
- Wed Oct 28, 2015 1:22 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Challenged to Gallop
- Replies: 12
- Views: 13054
Re: Challenged to Gallop
My girl is the same way. She has NO speed button. But I went out with a couple of friends one day and she hated the other horses passing her, so when they kicked it into overdrive she did as well. We still ended up being behind them and eating their dust, but she finally found her gallop. Even in th...
- Wed Oct 28, 2015 12:43 pm
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- Topic: Where we have failed....
- Replies: 114
- Views: 64146
Re: Where we have failed....
i looked and looked and did not see a choke hold, what i saw, and even the eye witness said, was the closing of the computer, the moving of the desk and then a very rapid flipping of the chair, and pulling the student out and arresting her. perhaps it was excessive, but i would like to know if she ...
- Wed Oct 28, 2015 12:23 pm
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- Topic: Where we have failed....
- Replies: 114
- Views: 64146
Re: Where we have failed....
My husband sees it too. He hired some college age kids (not actually IN college though) to clean dishes. Most quit the first day. These are kids that the parents want out of their house. They have no ambition in life and hoping to just get them some kind of job. AOL has another article on this event...
- Wed Oct 28, 2015 10:41 am
- Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
- Topic: ever seen rain rot that...
- Replies: 14
- Views: 13507
Re: ever seen rain rot that...
This and it is a young horse too...I think OP said weanling?silk wrote:Does the horse come from far away? If so he could be reacting to something (eg insect bites) that the ordinary horses don't have any trouble with.
Could also be ant bites though I would think after a week, you'd see those oozing too.
- Wed Oct 28, 2015 10:33 am
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- Topic: Where we have failed....
- Replies: 114
- Views: 64146
Re: Where we have failed....
What do you do?Spiritpaws wrote:The brute force of that resource officer is absolutely out of line. Clearly the teacher and the school administration don't know what to do when a stubborn kid says No I Won't.
- Tue Oct 27, 2015 11:52 pm
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- Topic: What do you do, when you have nothing to do?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 23181
Re: What do you do, when you have nothing to do?
Reading would have been my answer too because that is my brain rest. Reading calms me more than anything else does. If I had nothing else to do, I'd worry myself to death over all the things not getting done. How do you rest your brain when it is on overdrive anyway. Can you do Kindle? Not quite the...
- Tue Oct 27, 2015 12:06 pm
- Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
- Topic: ever seen rain rot that...
- Replies: 14
- Views: 13507
Re: ever seen rain rot that...
NOT my horse, not my farm, just drop in and add some info when it's accepted. The hair doesn't seem disturbed, when she washed him yesterday, they hair laid down slick all around these lumps and they were alarming, they stood out so abruptly against the flattened wet hair. All lumps are on his back...
- Tue Oct 27, 2015 11:47 am
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- Topic: Where we have failed....
- Replies: 114
- Views: 64146
Re: Where we have failed....
The video is not real clear during the second half. A student was videoing in the classroom with his phone. I don't think they were allowed so he was having to hide it. The first half shows a girl sitting in her chair (refusing to get up), the cop goes up and puts her in choke hold, slams her and ch...