I am not a poster. I am a crispy critter.

[The Zontron 7000]

I am an internet java script sent to infiltrate your site and transform you from political neanderthals into a modern 21st Century progressive mode.

This is your first warning.

Do not try and resist.

It is useless.

Accept your fate.

You will be assimilated.

[Monkey Face]

I never understood a "furlong," either, even though it, too, is a term that is used mostly in horse racing.

[Monkey Face]

Good! That means they have a great teacher!

[sionnsar]

At least you're still here! And tomorrow is HUMP DAY!!!

I'm in & out of here, actually. And just trying to get to the end of today... I am really dragging.

[tuliptree76]

LOL! Thanks sionnsar, but I'm still not a professor yet. I'm just a lowly TA. ;-)

[Irish_Thatcherite]

It is interesting the different approaches to horses - in Britain and Ireland, horse riding is regarded as 'posh', in America, particularly in your part of the States, it is mainly a working class pursuit - I guess those differences stem from the histories of those countries; in Britain and Ireland, the lords rode horses, the commoner rode donkeys, whereas in the States the working man rode a horse!!

[tuliptree76]

It also means that they were motivated to study. Some students put a lot of the blame on the teacher, but a lot of it is their own motivation and work.

[Monkey Face]

That's not surprising, after a week in the Orient!

[Irish_Thatcherite]

I never understood a "furlong," either, even though it, too, is a term that is used mostly in horse racing.

I only thought of the horse connection to 'furlong', and indeed 'hands', after I sent the post!!

[tuliptree76]

Actually, in my neck of the woods, horse riding is mostly for those with money. They do a lot of show jumping and riding.

[sionnsar]

I never understood a "furlong," either, even though it, too, is a term that is used mostly in horse racing.

And Seattle slug racing too: "furlongs per fortnight"

1 fpf = 0.00037202... mph.
1 mph = 2688 fpf.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

The greatest gift a woman has to give a man is her virginity.

Ya, there is something about such a woman, I think the trouble with people waiting is: (a)they may rush into a marriage and (b)they may die before they get the chance!!

[Monkey Face]

Actually, where I come from, horses are, indeed, "spendy" items. People keep horses for cattle ranching (quarter horses -- an American breed) but they also have quarter horse races. We raise a lot of thorobreds for racing, and of course, the ever popular Arabians. Horse racing is often a livlihood for a lot of people.

We also have polo matches, though that sport is (for now) reserved for the "rich."

[sionnsar]

Slugs generally can crawl up to about 15 fpf, btw.

[Monkey Face]

What?

[Irish_Thatcherite]

The Northern states appear to have the same approach as this side of the Atlantic, but further south, the horse appears to be a tool of the working man.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

I think that was my point - your part of America regards a horse as a utility rather than a commodity.

[tuliptree76]

It used to be a tool of the working man in the northern states, too. But after the invention of tractors and automobiles, they aren't necessary anymore.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

Those slugs are always in a hurry!! They can't sit down for five minutes!!!

[Not A Snowbird]

It's waaaaaay north. Like Bellingham.

[sionnsar]

"furlongs per fortnight"? a unit of velocity (1 fpf = 1/8 mile traveled in two weeks)