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The FreeRepublic Saddle Club - (very out of date) Who's Who *pics*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

[CindyDawg]

If it were snowing or something here and looked like yalls places, it would be different but this is just....uncomfortable. Uncomfortable is good though I guess because it looks like we will dodge a freeze and the citrus will be ok.

[HairOfTheDog]

This is worth watching... It's a hill in Portland. Cars bouncing around like bumper cars... or a pinball machine... One after another!

Amazing home video of icy collisions in Portland

[Duchess47]

LOL Seems everyone is tired of winter this year. I wonder if the cold is what is getting your batteries. Walmart is my least favorite place to shop - I try everywhere else first :)

[Duchess47]

I'm not sure I bought that excuse before - I think the barn's haunted :)

[Duchess47]

Or she doesn't like sharing the ghost with Pony :)

[HairOfTheDog]

I hope it's the ghost of a stall cleaner... that'd be nice :~)

Hey - my hose works! What joy the simple things can be!

[CindyDawg]

Wow. Count your blessings, huh? I knew that blazer type one was in trouble when the brake lights went on. What is amazing were the people in the street though.

[CindyDawg]

I don't mean to be wimpy or a complainer. I know yall are having rough times. Season changes should be enjoyed IMO and we haven't been in the 30's in a year or two. I've just had a very bad day and it looks like it "ain't" over yet.

[HairOfTheDog]

It's like a street party... or maybe like the running of the bulls :~) It's part of the sport.

[CindyDawg]

she doesn't like sharing the ghost with Pony :)

No, I think she really just does not like the ghost period. Pony seems to though. That's probably why she got bit in the butt:')

[CindyDawg]

My camera was in the Mustang. Whew!

[CindyDawg]

This isn't good. We are under a 6-8 hr freeze warning tonight. A little snow might have been pretty but we can't handle a freeze here.

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Good heavens, the geeks are coming out of the woodwork for AI...kind of a pitiful show for a season premier:(

Becky

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Glad you found your camera.

Our forecast is 0 tonight.

Becky

[CindyDawg]

Time to wrap this up, huh?:') I may be out at midnight picking oranges. Then again...:') On a serious note besides killing crops we don't drive good in it. Not enough experience.

[HairOfTheDog]

0? 0?? 0??? That's not enough degrees! That's not any degrees!

As for the geeks.... is that a bad thing? ecurbh likes to watch for the bad ones.

[CindyDawg]

Do you need to do anything different for the horses than you would at 32 degrees? Have you been in the negatives before?

[Duchess47]

I think this winter you're entitled to complain - I think we all are :)

[Duchess47]

That is really not good. California already lost their oranges. If you all do, I'm in big trouble, one of my favorite fruits. And losing an orange grove is really an expensive proposition.

[CindyDawg]

I was just going to post about Calif. I hate their politics and lala ideas but they have been hit hard. I was just reading that the terminator wants disaster money. I don't think that is right. Give them loans instead.