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This is a horse chat thread where we share ideas, ask for input from other horsemen, and talk about our riding and horse-keeping. We have a lot of different kinds of riders and horses, and a lot to share. In the previous threads we have had a great time talking through lessons, training, horse lamenesses, illnesses and pregnancies... and always sharing pictures and stories.
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Our thing was butchering a hog every year on my Grandpa's farm. Some of the things us Hungarians ate from that hog,would probably turn your stomach. It is all in how you are raised.
LOL...not like it did the other day, in our "white out"!
Isn't that the truth. I was about that age when one of my relatives served rabbit for dinner. It looked like a skinned cat and to this day, I won't eat rabbit.
Poor guy. We've had very little snow this year, it's been too cold to snow. If we don't get some rain this spring I think we're in trouble.
No, not that I know of anyways. ;o) I was a very pickey eater as a kid and never would have even tried it. Now that I'm older, I'll try just about anything, at least once, except sushi. One of my more outback oriented riding bretherin once had a wild game roast at a trail ride he held at his place and it was pretty interesting. They even cooked a rattlesnake that somebody shot that morning. It was kinda tough, boney and tasted like chicken (doesn't everything). ;o)
As for eating hog parts, I reckon my Granddaddy ate everything but the squeal, so it ain't just Hungarians that do that. As for me, I'm glad I've never been that hungry.
I have everything I can in our bedroom. Wish I had room for the piano. I don't like putting stuff up but I can't be here 24/7. Did I not tell yall the last time that no one was moving in again?:'(
Lol...I've thought of you many times when I've kept one of the boys...I have trouble keeping them just part of one day, wears me out. Not that they are being bad, it's just keeping up with a small child:). And the days I keep one or the other, I keep them too play with them, so we drag out all the toys play in the middle of the living room. Tucker is standing next to tables and things so that means all those little finger prints:)..just kid stuff. All the movement and all the talking/jabbering:) I don't think I could go back and have one living here 24/7:) I love them to distraction, as all grandmothers do, but I just don't have the energy now to keep up with one.
Becky
You all have a great weekend and stay warm!
In come Daddy from the plow,
In come Daddy from the plow,
"I want my supper and I want it now."
Ground hog!
"There's a piece of bread a lyin' on the shelf,
Piece of bread a lyin' on the shelf,
You want any more you can git it for yourself."
Ground hog!
Picked up his gun and whistled to his dog,
Picked up his gun and whistled to his dog,
Off to the woods for to hunt ground hog.
Ground hog!
Two in a rock and two in a log
Two in a rock and two in a log
Lord 'a' mercy such a big groundhog
Ground hog!
Run here Sal with a ten foot pole
Run here Sal with a ten foot pole
Twist that ground hog out of its hole
Ground hog!
Daddy come back in an hour and a half
Daddy come back in an hour and a half,
Totin' a ground hog big as a calf.
Ground hog!
Took him home and tanned his hide
Took him home and tanned his hide
Made the best shoestrings ever was tied
Ground hog!
How them chilluns whooped and cried,
How them chilluns whooped and cried,
"I like ground hog stewed and fried."
Ground hog!
In come Sal with a snigger and a grin,
In come Sal with a snigger and a grin,
Ground hog gravy all over her chin.
Ground hog!
"Come here ma and look at Sam,
Come here ma and look at Sam,
He's eaten all the meat and he's soppin up the pan."
Ground hog!
The meat’s in the cupboard and the hide’s in the churn
The meat’s in the cupboard and the hide’s in the churn
If that ain’t ground hog, I’ll be durned
Ground hog!
Guest kids wear me out too... the movement and the jabbering :~) And it's fun, but always good when they go home, too :~D
Good morning everyone... not much to report here... we've already failed to keep up our schedule of getting out and walking the trails again... don't really want to go now, because we found too many others up there on weekends. Between the shooting practice and the potential other people on trail, we'd rather go when we are alone and can let the dogs go loose.
We might go to the dump today though... Big fun here. :~)
It's too bad they did not take some, for at least the QH or Appaloosa Industry. Then again, with all the meds he was on, the sperm might not have been any good. He has been cremated, but no choice of burial place yet.
Everything is well with me, except for the extreme cold. I imagine you are receiving the same thing. Temps in 20's with high winds. Makes it feel so much colder. The water froze in our barn. The hydrant shuts off below ground level, but with it being so cold, the pipe froze. Even though I hated to stick my head outside, I went to the hardware and bought a heat strip. We stuffed some old clothes in the gaps where the big front door is. Hopefully, that stops some of the cold air hitting the water supply. The next couple of days are going to get worst.
yeah, it's been miserable cold here too... :-( And I've been working in Boston, and it's always worse there- the tall buildings act as wind tunnels... Monday I have to go out and do field work in some surrounding towns around Boston, and I'll be outside all that time. (weep) Monday is not supposed to get above 18, you see. So there will be layered clothing involved!
The cake.
Becky
Well good! Glad it went off without a hitch :~)
3 degrees here. 
~shivers~ That's not enough degrees!
It's really warmed up here and we got some rain for the first time in weeks.
Becky, that's a beautiful cake. Glad the party went off well.
Beaker, The commute sounds like a *itch. I spend mine meditating of a sorts :)
The weather here is getting warmer :)
Okay ladies. Another odd one ????
http://www.freehorseads.com/class/an_search_results.php?offset=0
Herd dispersal
Stagecoach , Nevada
Foal Date: January 2006
Color: Other Gender: Mare
Breed: Appaloosa
Height: 15.0 hh Ad #: 103843 Placed or Renewed: 09/24/2006 6:30 pm TEXT AD
For Sale $2500
I just got the following email on this ad (that I didn't place)
does it buck and is it trainined enough for younger kids to ride it.
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