The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread 11

[HairOfTheDog]

The FreeRepublic Saddle Club - (very out of date) Who's Who *pics*

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.

I always have a link to this thread on my profile page, so if you have something to say and can't find the thread in latest posts… look for it there and wake the thread up!

I also have a ping list for horse threads that are of interest, and MissTargets will now be pinging everyone most mornings. Let MissTargets and/or me know if you would like to be on the ping list. As FreeRepublic is a political site, our politics and other issues will probably blend in…. There are many issues for horsemen that touch politics… land use, animal rights/abuse cases that make the news…. Legislation that might affect horse owners.

So... like the previous threads, this is intended as fun place to come and share stories, pictures, questions and chit-chat, unguided and unmoderated and that we come together here as friends. There are lots of ways of doing things and we all have our quirks, tricks and specialties that are neat to learn about.

Previous threads:

The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread - thread ONE
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread - Thread TWO!
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread - Thread THREE!
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread FOUR
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread FIVE
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread SIX
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread SEVEN
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread EIGHT
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread NINE
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread TEN

New folk and occasional posters, jump right in and introduce yourselves, tell us about your horses, and post pictures if you've got them!

[FrogInABlender]

Pinging Hair to pictures in post 9960...

[HairOfTheDog]

Hey - those are really neat pictures.... what a neat local park! Thanks for sharing, you should go someplace interesting for lunch every day!

It’s raining here (!) and the highlight of my day has been watching the horses fight over a bag of stale potato chips I thought I was throwing out for the crows.

[CindyDawg]

Happy late birthday. I’ve got an early BD present if I want it. A company I do some part time work called me. They want to know if I will go to New York City for a week to 6 weeks? Silly me. I said “New York Texas”? Travel, hotel expenses paid and 235 a day expenses. I’m about a 75% No but, I’ve never been there.

[CindyDawg]

It was an odd noise to hear in the dark with no clues.

HMMMMMMMMM

[FrogInABlender]

...you should go someplace interesting for lunch every day!

Don't I wish!

...watching the horses fight over a bag of stale potato chips I thought I was throwing out for the crows.

Apparently horses can't eat just one either. ;o)

[FrogInABlender]

...They want to know if I will go to New York City for a week to 6 weeks?...

A week I might could handle. 6 weeks would drive me crazy, unless they agreed to fly me home every weekend, and even then it would be questionable. I've never been there either. I'm a Country Mouse. I would probably be paranoid as hell the whole time I was there that somebody was going to mug me.

[CindyDawg]

Yeah, I could only do a week. Things start hopping here after that. It’s such a long ways and I would be by myself and I’ve heard the stories too.:’) Besides that, I think it gets dark before supper doesn’t it? I wouldn’t be able to see much.

[MissTargets]

How beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing and the info on the towns. Very interesting.

[Beaker]

New York is a neat place. You’d be up closer to me. I’m only three hours away from NYC. I’d say go for it. What do you have to lose? If it’s around christmas time, that’s a fun time to go because of times square and the huge christmas tree. I went and saw the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall. I have some pictures around here somewhere when I went around christmas time. I’ll have to post them. I wouldn’t want to live there, but it would be fun to go back.

[Beaker]

Thanks, everyone, for the birthday wishes. :-) It was a good one!

I called about the saddle, it's a chocolate brown cutback and 17". She also has a crosby all purpose for sale, but I think I'm going to have to go down and take a look. Apparently the lady is moving to Kentucky (lucky dog) and just wants to liquidate. She has a hand tooled western saddle with silver for sale too. I don't know anyone who would want it. She says that the keiffer was too narrow for her horse, an appendix QH, so it's probably going to be too narrow for a warmblood, but Levi isn't as broad as you'd think.

[CindyDawg]

I need to go to Washington in Oct. My mom might go with me. I thought about touristing NY. I think I’m going to pass on this. It’s too soon , too long, and too far from home. Sigh..it sounded exciting though.

[HairOfTheDog]

I need to go to Washington in Oct.

~My~ Washington or the ~other~ Washington?

[CindyDawg]

DC.

[HairOfTheDog]

Aw... I thought maybe you were coming for a visit!

[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome!... I had a hunch you’d signed up under the same name...

Saddle Club... - meet rockyridge, a lady from the Horse forum.

[HairOfTheDog]

Well, I guess FR is reviewing posts now on new signups? I wonder how long that will take?

Well, welcome to the forum rockyridge, whenever your posts do show up :~)

[rockyridge]

hi all...this surely is new and strange to me...so it will take a while to get the hang of things here

[rockyridge]

trying to reply

[rockyridge]

not doing well on posting a reply

thanks for the welcome

[Duchess47]

Hi, welcome to the forum rockyridge - you'll enjoy it here :)

Beaker - don't tell hubby about the western show saddle, he really wants one badly.

Frog - I loved the pictures, finally able to see them. You all need to hold on the guy making that possible. What a great thing to do.

Cindy, man I'm glad you're not going to NY. Not that I've ever been but I imagine all sorts of danger there for someone not armed and a black belt.

Hair, thanks for the ping :)