Amazing Golf Cart Stories

[SuaveReno]

Okay! I know we all have some amazing golf cart stories to share. So let's have at it. Any stories will do about yourself, your trainer or some crazy lady going wild with a golf cart at the shows /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

One of the funniest things I heard about then later saw was Misty Cassar's golf cart at Indio. What a stitch done up in pink and black complete with feather boas /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif ( AAJumper: I think you have pics.)

[SuaveReno]

Okay! I know we all have some amazing golf cart stories to share. So let's have at it. Any stories will do about yourself, your trainer or some crazy lady going wild with a golf cart at the shows /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

One of the funniest things I heard about then later saw was Misty Cassar's golf cart at Indio. What a stitch done up in pink and black complete with feather boas /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif ( AAJumper: I think you have pics.)

[Geico]

HAHA ooohh okok I have a story!!
ok, so for Emerson's (Burr) 80th birthday everyone at Farfield chipped in and bought him an AWESOME golfcart to replace his old one...its soo nice, dark blue with gold trim (ffld colors), and "EMERSON" written across the front in gold script.

k anyway, there is this boy who just came from spain, and when no one was at the barn he hopped into em's cart and drove it full speed around the indoor and crashed it into the wall...AHH I am tearing writing this. The poor kid was so upset that he didnt come to the barn for weeks...and Emerson wasnt even mad, he felt bad for the kid. AHH ok I'm done!!

[daytimedrama]

Misti's golf cart was nuts, but it was toned down at the Oaks in April. At Indio, Our golf cart kept running out of juice always near the barn(near Grand prix field) on the way to the hunter rings. We ended up pushing, clucking and hitting it with crops to keep going.

~Christina~
"Chaos is what killed the dinosaurs, Darling!"
JD;Heathers
*Nothing is foolproof to a talented fool.*

[AAJumper]

We rented a golf cart at Indio...very generic looking, no top, seat in back. We drive the golf cart down to the ring to sign up and walk the schooling jumper course. We then walk to the food place to get ice and breakfast. We return to the area where we parked, only to find a golf cart right near where we thought we parked, but this one had no rear seat! My friend said that it wasn't our cart and that someone must have taken ours by mistake (she left the key in it). So we went back to the ring to watch a few rounds, hoping the cart will be returned soon.

My friend called her husband and told him the whole story. We start walking back to the other cart, which amazingly is still sitting, unclaimed. Just then, I ask my friend "are you SURE that isn't our cart....don't those seats fold down in the back???" We then stare at each other, both thinking "oh my god, are we really that blonde???" Yes indeed, it was our cart sitting there the entire time!!! Our groom had used it the night before, and had folded the seat down!!! We were so spacey that morning we never even noticed!!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

Oh, and I never got a pic of Misti's golf cart...just the barn setup. What a scream!!!

[AAJumper]

Does anyone know of a good place to get a used golf cart? A friend of mine is looking to get one, but doesn't want to pay full price. I looked in the paper, but I have heard that sometimes golf carts get repossesed, and was thinking that might be a way to get a good deal on a slightly used golf cart. We bought our boat at a credit union repossession sale and got a great deal....so I was thinking that might be a way to get a deal on a golf cart. Anyone know of anyplace that sells used or repossessed golf carts?

[daytimedrama]

http://www.midwayinn.com/ here is one link If you drag your mouse over pics it'll tell you a price the tan near the bottom are 300 I don't know what you think is a good deal?

hmmm....maybe I'm mistaken, it seems awfully cheap after I looked on ebay.

~Christina~
"Chaos is what killed the dinosaurs, Darling!"
JD;Heathers
*Nothing is foolproof to a talented fool.*

[Bumpkin]

That looks really cheap.
I heard the batteries are pretty pricey for them.
But 300$ seems quite resonable.
How much are they to rent at the bigger shows?
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[Brigadier]

About 8 or 9 years ago two of my friends backed a golf cart into a port-o-john at the hampton classic and knocked it over. Legend has it someone was inside, but they didn't stick around long enough to find out. /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

[Pookah]

Last year at a big dressage show in Raleigh, a few of the staffers were getting some last minute stuff done at 3 am. I had to go post scoreboards, and we decided to take the golf cart. The nightwatch girl drove, a guy named Bobby sat in the middle, and I was sitting on the right side, holding a huge basket, staple gun, etc, and sorting a stack of papers. Bobby decided to mess around and thought the girl was going to drive in a straight line (keep in mind that we were in a paved parking lot). Well, she was turning sharply, and as she turned, he reached over and floored it. As I was holding on to absolutely nothing, I flew through the air and ripped my knee and elbow to pieces. Ended up with huge cuts on my knee (ripped through a brand new pair of jeans) and had nerve damage for about 6 months. This year at the same show I fell and had to have the same knee stitched. Wearing knee pads next year. . .

[867-5309]

At a horse show, a friend was driving around being crazy in a golf cart with another groom. They unintentionally hit a trash barrel, it projectile flew in the air rolling toward a passerby, when they looked at him it was none other than WILLIAM SHATNER. They took off at a great clip trying not to get recognized and one of them yelled back toward Shatner's direction "DIAL 911!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

(Punchline: at the time of this horse show William Shatner was hosting the TV program Rescue 911)

[Everythingbutwings]

Who needs a golf cart to wreak havoc?

[AHC]

The barn corgi, who is a bit overweight, loves to go for rides in the golf cart. One day she sat on the gas pedal and the cart started to move. She was quite confused and upset.

[Merry]

Sunny: Was it a photon torpedo? Did Shatner's hairpiece go flying? /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Here's my story (told to me by my close friend, who was this person's trainer at the time): One of her clients, a woman ammy adult, rents a golf cart at Indio. She's tootling around, doing quite well in the traffic. One day she pulls up next to the pony ring but inadvertently misses the brake and the cart catapults through the temporary fencing, into the ring, and bumps into a pony being stood up for the model class! /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

Needless to say, it causes quite a commotion. My girlfriend, on the sidelines, is thinking, "Oh my, who is that lady, and whose barn is she from?"... not realizing at first that it's HER client! /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif So she just sort of slinks away into the crowd.

Naturally, the client meets with the pony's owner, and she agrees to pay for the pony to be checked out by the show vet. He, naturally, takes a variety of xrays. The pony is fine, but the client ends up not only soundly embarrassed, but stuck with a vet bill reportedly in the $600. range! /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

Now that was an expensive golf cart rental, eh?

"Charter Member of the Baby Greenie Support Group of North America"

[Chef Jade]

My sister had a convention to go to in Hawaii for work so she flew me over on her miles and I got a free trip! Great! I also decided I wanted to take part in the company golf outing (although I had never even played on a course before.) I get paired up with 3 random people and as if I didn;t make a fool out of myself with my playing ability, our golf cart ran out of juice on the way up a big hill. So the 4 of us pile onto the other cart with me standing up on the back and hanging on. Well the driver flies up the hill and starts picking up a lot of speed on the way back down. The drivier suddenly sees his ball over to the side and forgetting I was on the back, makes a hairpin turn going about 50 mph. I flew off, landed on my face, and my knee swelled the size of a basketball.

How many people can say they were actually injured golfing! Should I be one of the proud few or very embarassed? /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

[E]

At Bromont, Canada this year my mom rented a golf cart and she was driving with me in the passenger seat and my trainer's dog (Aussie Blue Heeler) in the middle of us. Well we stop so I can take something off a horse of ours headed to the ring, when I get out the dog jumps out so I grab the lease and go to sit back down. I MISSED THE SEAT, fell on to the floor of the golf cart full speed and ended up in a sitting position.

The kicker is that we were stopped right in front of Macondo Jumpers, Manuel Torres and my mother were the only one's that really saw it and my god was Manuel Torres laughing so hard, I thought he was going to die and then he told his barn what happened and they started cracking up. I could literally not drive by that barn without cracking up myself, I was like doubling over. Ahhhhh Canada

R&R
"It's definatly been fun and it's definatly been real, but I'm not sure if it's been real fun"

[Coreene]

There is now a video of me driving around Ginny Spooner's arena in a golf cart with Willem chasing it. That would be the food cart to him, dontcha know. Around the fences, loop the loop, you name it.

[Jo]

OMG you guys, this was a bad thread to read while at work! I am cracking up here and my coworkers are probably thinking I'm insane (which I am, but that's besides the point).

[ClemsonGraduateRider]

you don't have an email posted and this really doesn't have anything to do with the thread but shoot me an email. Who do you ride for?? I'm just curiuos because I used to exercise some horses for manuel and I'm wondering if I know you!!
thanks
nicole.carter@octagon.com

[Peggy]

One of the clients at our barn was a bit portly. She sat on the back of the golf cart at a show and the cart reared up in protest.

AA Jumper - there is a place in Riverside(?)--near the intersection of the 90/215/15 freeways that sells golf carts. Don't know about prices.

[SuaveReno]

AAJumper: You had asked about good deals on golf carts both new and repossessd. Try Western Golf Cart. In fact, I just got a good deal on one that had been repossessed. They pick them up and completely recondition them and will paint them if you need to change from the standard green.

[AAJumper]

Thanks Daytime, Peggy and Suave! I'll let my friend know about those places! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[RedEqHunter]

When we were at Lake Placid we saw a Corgi and JRT guarding a cart by the food stand...growling and snapping and pulling on their leashes whenever anyone got too close. Definitely a good security system! /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

~ Laura ~

[Sinfulpony]

About two years back a bunch of kids at our barn decided to rent a golf cart for the weekend. Of coarse that wasnt entirly a good idea because we were not the best behaved children. Well earlier that weekend we had driven up to this indoor areana on the property that we werent supposed to go to. We didn't get caught but we did tell one of the trainers about it and she wanted to come up with us to see because we had found a bunch of huge trucks in the indoor and a bunch of unloaded Casino machines adn those gambling tables that you find in Vegas /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif!!! Well of coarse there is this security guy that had been watching us all weekend and he followed us up there in his golf cart. He gave us and the trainer a lecture about not going in restricted places and so on but was nice and let us off with a warning. We were some what better for the rest of the weekend.
Anyways the guy always wore shiney sunglasses so we called him Mr. shiny glasses and when we drove past him we would yell, " Hi Mr. Shiny Glasses", and he would wave back!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

[867-5309]

There was no mention in the report that Shatner's hairpiece was "beamed up" in the fracas! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Merry]

Okay, I shall now reveal my own story... *sigh*...

I venture out to this well-known breeding farm/training stable up in the hills. I'm there to drop off a horse we sold. I leave it in this huge paddock on the side of a hill. The owner/trainer tells me to go back and toss some hay to the horse so it settles down. But it's about a 1/2 mile hike, so she tells me, "Take the golf cart. There's a flake of hay in the back."

How could I tell her that I'm not, well, golf cart user-friendly?

I sit in the cart for 2 or 3 minutes acquainting myself. Then I slowly get it going up the hill to the paddock. But I can't find the brake! I'm out in the hinterlands at this ranch, teetering on this hillside, with one foot in the golf cart and another foot outside, balancing a flake of hay in my left hand, my right hand on the steering wheel. All I can think of is I'm going to toss the hay, it'll hit the fence and make a mess, and the cart will roll back down the hill without me and slam into the ranch house. /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

I count "one, two, three!" and throw the hay, jump back in and grab the steering wheel just as the cart begins to roll. When I get back to the house, I'm asked, "Why are you all covered in hay?" I wasn't about to explain my adventure. It was like a scene in Mission Impossible. /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

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[DMK]

Actually Merry, it was more like a scene from "The Gods Must Be Crazy" /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

ETBW is right. Who needs a golf cart when you have the YSOD? /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

[Beezer]

And you people wonder WHY Beezer does not allow Merry to drive when we go on vacations together.... /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

****Bulletin Board Goddess****

[khobstetter]

AAJumper.... the best place to shop here in the south of California is at Saddleback Golf Carts in Lake Forrest (El Toro). I think their number is (949) 837-1274 and the guy to talk to is Mike. He is a great guy and will go out of his way to help you.

The repossessed ones are the best and they sure will make people who don't have one jealous, maybe a bunch of you could get together and buy one together...beats riding a little bicycle sometimes.

DIFFERENT SUBJECT....
The saddest golf cart story relates to the accident at Indio involving Gretchen Tank. Here in Southern California we all know Gretchen as a kind, gracious lady who is about the best ground person around, she helps several of the top hunter/jumper and Grand Prix riders here. She doesn't ride anymore and has some old injuries. ANYWAY>>>>>>>>>> /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif She was washing the mud off her golf cart all by herself in the back area of the Indio grounds when she leaned across and a brush fell on the gas pedal.....Mock speed later she was hurt REALLY bad!!!!! Went to a very involved and extensive surgery and is still recovering from it..... If any of you know her and want to call, her embarassment is killing her more than the injury!!!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_frown.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_redface.gif

If you need ground help, call her, she is the best, although she is too "proud" (arn't we all) to bring this up, she chuckles!!!!
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PS sorry if I mis-spelled anything /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[This message was edited by khobstetter on Jul. 26, 2001 at 09:55 PM.]

[Beezer]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by DMK:

ETBW is right. Who needs a golf cart when you have the YSOD? /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

OK, I'll bite. What the heck is "YSOD"? Best I can do is a line from some gravel company ... as in, YSOD when you can just put down rocks on that lawn. /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

****Bulletin Board Goddess****

[AAJumper]

Thanks for the info khobstetter...I'll pass it on to my friend. As for repossessed (green??? /infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif ) ones being the best, I doubt that...better deal, possibly, but not functionally any better. Just the opportunity to get a newer one at a better price (hopefully). /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif Personally, I prefer a bicycle to a golf cart. They are just as fast, you get exercise, and you don't get stuck in those golf cart traffic jams near Sandland in Indio.

That was very tragic what happened to Gretchen, however I'm not sure she'd want her financial situation discussed online. But she is a great groundperson...and she's very specific about exactly how things are to be set. I always get just a little nervous about doing it just right when I set jumps for her. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif She's super nice too, and I also highly recommend her to anyone interested in high quality ground help! /infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif

[Everythingbutwings]

DMK has a Yellow Scooter of Death! /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

[Coreene]

But have you seen the little Mercedes golf carts? They're maaaaaahvelous, dahlings.

I always said that if I won the Lotto when it was reeeeeeeeally big, I would buy my stable, a Mercedes golf cart and a roll of orange stickers. Then I would go around and put stickers on all the stalls of people who had to shape up or ship out (whiners, unsafe people and slobs).

[Beezer]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Everythingbutwings:
DMK has a Yellow Scooter of Death! /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Beezer is quaking. Beezer can just envision MERRY wanting to get one of those /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif ... which Beezer would then be required to put together and which would no doubt have to come with its own awning!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

****Bulletin Board Goddess****

[ponyperson]

Well, I've got a few stories:

Number 1:

Ok, this took place at an a rated show at the NM state fairgrounds. One thing you must understand about the NM Fairgrounds is that it is located in the ghetto. So, two of these kids sneak into the fairgrounds from the ghetto, andsneak onto the golf carts owned by the show manager. So, my trainer and I hop into closestgolfcart and chaseafter them, seizing them, and turning them into the authorities.

I think I win, lol.

Number 2

Ok, this is an a2 show in colorado. We3 are hading up to the large pony model class. I sit in the back seat of golf cart and lead my pony from there. mY slowpoke pony constantly pulls away, pulls me off the cart, and I land on my ars, ontop of a pointy rock. So that hurt...

Number 3

My large pony got onto the golfcart. He walked onto it and stepped on the pedat, spooked himself, and walked off the other side.


Do I win?

Go Cry a River, Build a Bridege, and Get Over It.

[DMK]

Beezer should quake, although it does come ready assembled!!

YSOD!!! (http://chronofhorse.infopop.net/2/OpenTopic/s/691099205/a/ga/ul/2820908691/Ysod.jpg)

hmmm... awning... what a clever thought! Casey the Scooter Dog and I were getting awfully hot mowing down unsuspecting denizens of the horse show grounds!

[Coreene]

Number 3 Wins!!!

[Heidi]

ROTFLMAO! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif Think I need to put that on my Christmas list this year - does it come in red? /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

"Mommy, does it really matter?" - Sumo toddler, age 3

[Merry]

Yup. Ponyperson's #3: Winner of the "Thank goodness no human or equine was injured, but that's hysterical" award. /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

I want a Yellow Scooter of Death! /infopop/emoticons/icon_mad.gif
You know, I once had a red scooter that I rode across town from my house to El Ranchito before Norco (aka "Horse Town, USA") got so huge that it gained its own Starbucks and Target. /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

However, I did get a ticket on my little red scooter... for not stopping completely at the intersection. That kind of took the fun out of the whole scooter experience. /infopop/emoticons/icon_frown.gif

"Charter Member of the Baby Greenie Support Group of North America"

[Coreene]

Ohmigod.

[DMK]

I do believe it comes in red, but I am not sure that RSOD strikes the same degree of fear in people's hearts /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Oh, and I would like to cast my vote for #3 as the winner too, although I did have a giggle trying to imagine Mel Brooks casting and filming the high speed golf cart chase /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

(PS - gotta give HATTIE photo credit for YSOD pic!!)

[Beezer]

Once again, Beezer rests her case on the prosecution of Merry's, ahem, *driving*. /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif You can't even trust that woman on a SCOOTER! /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

****Bulletin Board Goddess****

[Coreene]

I like the six seater ones. Then you can have a rolling margarita party.

[khobstetter]

AA Jumper... thanks for the reply and your admonishment...
So sorry, I did not and do not intent to discuss Gretchens financial situation, only that as horse people we sometimes have pretty tragic things happen to us and no matter how "well suited" we are or are not the $$$ can really hurt if you cannot work. This business is hard on all of us physically but that is all we have to "sell", our pyhsical abilities and capabilities.

No matter how long we are laid up from an injury it sure takes its toll. Gretchen is certainly not looking for a hand out from any of us but it would be a great horseman's approach if any of us can help one of our injured. She is such a wonderful person, never complains, believes the sky is always blue and works hard.

Only wanted to update the horse community that, on this golf cart thread, one of our very important trainers has inadvertently been seriously injured by a golf cart.

Thanks for your references of her, she is a friend to all of us and an asset to the horse community in general. /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

PS Sorry again if I mis-spelled

[AAJumper]

So sorry that you felt my post was an "admonishment", khobstetter. It was certainly not meant as such. It was more of a friendly observation that perhaps some people might not want their financial situation dicussed online (as in your previous post), even if it was for benevolent purposes. Especially when both first and last names are given. /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif Unless, of course, a person's financial situation happens to be a matter of public record, which then would make it fair game for discussion, IMO.

[Chef Jade]

Well that was a good way to kill a light-hearted thread... /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

Anyone else have some amuzing golf cart stories?

Actually Mr. Chef once flipped his dad's golf cart doing donuts on the golf course late at night (after a few frosty beverages no doubt.) If I had done something like that, I don't think I would have gone home - ever!

[Coreene]

AA, I thought the same thing as you.

[Merry]

Well, it wasn't amusing at the time, but in retrospect we laugh about it. About 4 yrs. ago my girlfriend, Andrea, was signed to manage the Ventura County Fair horse shows. So she asked me to be her assistant. Thought it'd be fun, but all sorts of things went wrong. The 4H show brought out all these cantankerous horse show moms; some of the people at the mule show got in a fight; the carriage and draft horse competitors expected a free, catered exhibitors party; etc. We were about to shoot ourselves!

The crowning glory? The golf cart that the fairgrounds had loaned us to tootle around in got stolen! /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif We came from the hotel early one am and it was gone! We figured it had to be an inside job, but the administration orginally thought Andrea had confiscated it. Like right, that's what we do in our spare time: manage horse shows and steal golf carts with VENTURA COUNTY FAIR stenciled all over the sides. /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

Anyway, it was the icing on the cake as far as a miserable experience went, *sigh*.

"Charter Member of the Baby Greenie Support Group of North America"

[Coreene]

Were you allowed to drive this or were you only allowed to be a passenger?

[khobstetter]

I did take your post as a friendly observation and did really appreciate it. Sometimes someone else's perspective of things can be very informative /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif and I thought you had an interesting read on what I wrote.

Gretchen is aware of the post and had a great laugh about it and just said she is "embarassed when people say goods things about her". That was her only comment other than she does have a little extra time to be ground help if needed. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Because you read the post different than I had intended it, I have edited it so it is not mis-understood even tho Gretchen thought it was OK.

Thank you again for your post, no offense was taken on my part and certainly no offense meant to anyone, you, by me. Gretchen is a long time friend of mine and she and I have had a good giggle about the radical, runaway golf cart.

Thanks again /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[SuaveReno]

Wow! Let's keep the amusing golf cart stories coming.

AAJumper you had the correct read on the situation regarding another person's financial condition never being discussed. Just wanted to reiterate the point. Bravo to you /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[This message was edited by Erin on Jul. 27, 2001 at 01:27 PM.]

[AAJumper]

I just got back from the barn...and Gretchen was there giving my trainer (and another woman who hauled in) a lesson! I got to be jump crew, which I find fun, since 5 days a week I am cooped up in an office! I enjoy watching and helping out. But next time she comes out on a weekend, I am going to take a lesson from her on Cypress. I'm looking forward to it...it's always nice to get other people's ideas and views, even when you have your own trainer. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Khobstetter, thanks for editing the post. The thing I can't figure out is how she is aware of the post? Do we have lurkers around here that we don't know about? /infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif

[AAJumper]

Okay, maybe not amazing, more like scary. My husband was on the golf course in Thousand Oaks a few months ago, and who does he see in a golf cart? OJ Simpson!!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif He said it was really freaky to see him in person.

[khobstetter]

AAJumper
Thanks for the thanks.....

I read it to her before and after I posted it and as I edited it. I have known her for a very long time and really do have sooooooooooo much respect for her personally and professionally. /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Now that she knows what these are, she is quite excited about these forums and asked if I would have time to teach her how to get on and off of them.

If you can get into a lesson with her, take advantage of it for sure, she's great!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

As for "lurkers"..... from the stuff that gets back to me, and I'm sure back to you too, I bet there are about a bizillion little termite lurkers around.
Keeps life interesting ....... /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[AAJumper]

Hmmmm....that is really odd. I thought you were THE KHobstetter. /infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif

[khobstetter]

I'm the only one I know!!!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

[AAJumper]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by khobstetter:
I have known her for a very long time and really do have sooooooooooo much respect for her personally and professionally. /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

So do I, and for that reason I will cease from discussing this matter any further. /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

What is it that they say on the X-Files? The Truth is Out There...or something like that. /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[Jo]

Oh, geez, no more X Files! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Coreene]

AA, we saw OJ driving through Huntington Beach a few years ago in a convertible. Blech. I did notice several One Finger Salutes given in his direction (Merry will be shocked to know that I refrained from joining in this).

[Beezer]

OK. I've finally got to ask this, because it has honestly been BUGGING ME for days since I first saw it mentioned: Repossessed golf carts?? Like, what, there are a lot of golf courses that are in financial trouble and can't keep up the payments? /infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif

Perhaps this is why I've never had a great urge to own one. I must have somehow intuited that these suckers are a lot more expensive than I thought! One thing I DON'T need is something else to make payments on.... /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

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[lillian]

This is not horse-related but actually happened to my husband and me during a round of golf in Flordia. We had a tee time and when we approached the first tee, there was a line up of 4-somes waiting to tee off. Someone pointed out that a golf cart waiting half-way down the fairway was holding everything up. Finally, we drove down and there was these 4 little old ladies in the bushes. They were frantically pointing at their golf cart. There was a young alligator on the floor of their golf cart taking a nap. He was big enough that his tail was hanging out the side. I was headed for the bushes myself until I realized that my husband (translation, moron) was poking at the alligator with one of his woods. Now one angry, not sleeping alligator crunched the head off my husband's brand new club. Never have I seen him move so fast in my life. I thought he was going to have to change his underwear. Finally, the groundskeeper chased the alligator off and we decided it would be more fun to spend the day at the beach.

[dublin]

I AM surprised!

One of my college dormmates was OJ's jury consultant....eeewwwww!!

I can imagine the old alma mater (a womens' college in Southern California) was just thrilled by that. /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

"Of course, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong." - Dennis Miller

[This message was edited by dublin on Jul. 30, 2001 at 04:14 PM.]

[Coreene]

It was SO hard not to. Took a huge amount of restraint, but somehow I restrained myself from A) saluting and B) demonstrating a find command of the English four letter language.

[hunterprincez]

Here is a pic of our mini donk doing what he does best. Getting into absolutly everything!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[AAJumper]

What a cute pic! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Merry]

Okay, Lillian's alligator story ranks a close second to the pony-in-the-golf cart tale. Although, the donkey in the golf cart makes me wonder if perhaps Gabby the Goat would like a golf cart at El Ranchito... /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

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[Beezer]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Merry:
The donkey in the golf cart makes me wonder if perhaps Gabby the Goat would like a golf cart at El Ranchito... /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Well, Beezer does know a couple of dear little Jack Russells who'd probably just love a golf cart to tootle around in ... though they have just one question: "MERRY won't be driving it, will she?!?" /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

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[Merry]

Wait! Me thinks I have a wonderful idea for Christmas! Get Queen of Horse Show Moms and "Grumpy Old Dad" a golf cart! Then they can tootle down the driveway to the mailbox and pull the trash containers out to the curb! /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

We could even buy one of those repossessed ones. Aren't they cheaper? Besides, once Grumpy Old Dad drives it, it'll be possessed yet again... by some kind of nasty, cantakerous gremlin. /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

"Charter Member of the Baby Greenie Support Group of North America"

[Merry]

QHSM driving a golf cart around El Ranchito? Near the brand new, unblemished horse trailer? Near the 1,001 rose bushes? Near the arena when we're trying to school a baby horse? /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

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[Anticipation]

I let my trainer's 6 year old sit on my lap and drive the golfcart at culpeper....she thought she'd be funny and grab the wheel and jerk it.

needless to say we flipped over.....and all the big named trainers laughed and went running to my trainer "Kim! you HAVE to see this!"

Ericka
*~* ANTICIPATION *~* HIGH HEELS *~* CAMARILLA *~*

[SuaveReno]

It seems there were two trainers at this facility. Trainer #1 was recently surprised by her clients with a new golf cart. It was to have been delivered to her barn. Well the next day, she spied a truck with a golf cart on the back. She starts waving her hands madly and flagging the guy down yelling "Over here! That's for me!". She catches up with the guy in the truck who tells her that he's not delivering. He's picking up.

Apparently Trainer #2 no longer has wheels /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

[Caros Folks]

Sorry to divert from the real subject of this thread. 4 paragraphs and then you can get right back to the golf cart stuff (some of which I find hilarious).

You guys know that this BB is on the World WIDE Web right? You know that means ANYONE can read this stuff right? Anyone?

Did you know that these messages in electronic format can be archived for virtually forever. That means that your Grandchildren's Grandchildren will be able to read the things you wrote.

Life is so amazingly different than the way it used to be. I don't think that many of us have really adapted yet to this 'new world' and have taken for granted the simply common courtesies and good ettiquette of yesteryear.

With that in mind, I'd just like to say that whenever I post on a BB or an email message. I always try and make sure that my facts are not only accurate. I also try and make sure that what I am saying A. needs to be said and isn't just a waste of time and cyber space and B. Is something that I can look back on without any regrets knowing that someday my children might look back at what I wrote to see what kind of a person I was.

Sorry for the change of subject-I just needed to get that 'off my chest'.

[dmj]

ummmmm...call me ignorant, but what the heck are you referring to and/or talking about????

how very random.

[Merry]

Huh? /infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif

I don't know what elicited that response. But then, I am sooo out of the loop on stuff! /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

I still think a used golf cart would be a good idea as a Christmas present for someone who lives on a small ranch. "Very used" is probably even better for my parents, since it'll be well worn by the time my dad backs into the masonry wall and my mom runs over a dozen potted rose bushes! /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

"Charter Member of the Baby Greenie Support Group of North America"

[Coreene]

For a few years now we were going to enter the Music Derby at the big Summer Classic in HB and then drive in on golf carts and do a quadrille.

Of course we never get anywhere past talking about it, but it would be hysterical.

[AAJumper]

Caros Folks, I agree with what you said in your last paragraph! I am amazed at how people sometimes post things about others that are simply not true! Not to mention the fact that since there are so many people online these days, the facts can actually be checked. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif After all, the horse world is a small one indeed. /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif That is why I, and most people on this BB, try to avoid naming names whenever possible (and because it is a BB rule to avoid naming names)....it usually is inappropriate and unneccesary. But once again, if we are talking about a subject of public record...well, then that's another subject. /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[This message was edited by AAJumper on Jul. 31, 2001 at 12:57 PM.]

[Merry]

coreene: Maybe that's what your Huntington Beach stable needs to do as a PR ploy: enter a golf cart brigade in the next major city parade! You could have them halt, the passengers (in riding attire) jump out and in unison sweep/sweep/sweep, exchange tote boxes of brushes, swap Jack Russell terriers, and then march back to their assigned golf carts. Precision at its best! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Of course, no one but the equestrians in the crowd would know what the heck was going on...

"Charter Member of the Baby Greenie Support Group of North America"

[AAJumper]

Merry, don't forget about the famous leading the horse behind the golf cart move...it's a classic! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[ClemsonGraduateRider]

You all are too much.

Mine wasnt at a horse show but at a horse camp!! I was a counselor and it was the break between sessions and we had been told to take someones luggage to the camp office to get shipped. Keep in mind that the campgrounds are huge and the camp office is probably a mile on the other side of the camp so we have the bright idea to take the barn golf cart. Now we have been told not to do anything with the barn golf cart except shavings because the brakes DO NOT work!!! Well we are idiots and are like we'll take it anyway. So we load up the back of the cart with this huge trunk and the three of us are on our way. We are doing great until we get to this huge hill that runs pretty much right past the lake. Well we start to head down this hill and realize we are going far too fast and are probably going to end up in the lake. So brainiacs that we are we are like turn it up a hill so it stops. Great idea - except none of us put our feet out to keep it stopped once it had ceased to move!! So we roll right back down and right into a tree. We bent the back of it so bad and thought we could just put the cart back and no one would notice!! WRONG!! we got in soo much trouble - of course we thought it was hilarious!!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

[Caros Folks]

Yeah, I can see how some might think my last post as 'ramblings of a madman' but it really wasn't.

DMJ- you are certainally not ignorant. You are just one of the folks who contribute in a positive way to this forum. If my last post didn't make sense to you- it wasn't supposed to.

There are a few folks who feel compelled to post things which are aimed solely at throwing 'nastiness' out there, for what seems like, only to attack others.

I think that this forum is a really great place to get information out to folks and to have some fun. But once it gets down to a bunch of thinly disguised 'pot shots', I think it's time to reconsider one's motives and of course, the long term effects.

[Merry]

Clemson: Gee, how did I know where your story was going? /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

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[Coreene]

Maybe all the parties involved could keep their personal issues out of the BB completely. Then none of us would have to read any of it. It's certainly not of any interest to the rest of us, and a public forum certainly isn't the place to A) bring it up or B) respond to it.

Just a suggestion. But I know I speak for quite a few people when I say that I wish people would take their battles elsewhere.

COTH certainly did not set up a BB for this reason.

[dmj]

So true Coreene.

And it also makes for very confusing reading for those not involved in said "issues"!

[dublin]

Coreene put it better than I could, so I will just say I concur with her 100%.

It's been a fun and entertaining thread that I hope will stay that way from this point forward.

"Of course, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong." - Dennis Miller

[Coreene]

...was sent to a few friends, one who announced that her mom had just bought a Mini Mule name Buford to do pack trips with.

Her neighbor has a scary golf cart story about when she threw something in the cart, which sent it shooting forward and mowed her down (she was on ice/snow), breaking her leg. Ouch!!

[AAJumper]

Hmmmm....with my luck and the fact that I seem to be quite accident prone, perhaps I should steer clear of golf carts. /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif After getting my arm smashed several times in the jaws of the Tack Trunk of Death and then smashing my head while leaping into my truck at the last show, the last thing I need is to risk injury on a golf cart. In fact, I even had visions of disaster at the last show of me careening around Blenheim and crashing on my bicycle...that gravel driveway just looks so painful to crash on. Fortunately, this did not happen!!!

[Coreene]

AA, how on earth did you manage the Tack Truck Dive? This conjures up quite a hysterical picture.

[dublin]

AA, all I can say is good thing that your hubby is a firefighter with EMT training!! Promise us you won't ever forget to bring him with you to your shows.... /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

"Of course, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong." - Dennis Miller

[AAJumper]

The tack trunk was sitting on a very slight slope, and would wait until just the right moment (when my arm or head was inside) to give in to gravity and slam on me. My friend did not have this problem...her tack trunk was on level ground, but Cypress made sure she didn't miss out on all the fun by pushing her trunk lid shut when her head was inside. NO COOKIES FOR YOU!!!

The truck incident occurred as I was in a huge hurry to hook up to my trailer on the last day. I was by myself and was running back and forth from truck cab to trailer hitch to ensure a perfect line up. Well, I got a little too much spring in my step as I leaped into the cab the last time. WHAMMO...I smashed my head on the roof of the cab...you know, the part that extends down where the door closes??? Yeah...and I was wearing a baseball hat so of course the little button thingy on top got smashed against my skull. Wow...talk about pain!!!

Mr. AAJumper does not attend horse shows, for fear of having to use his EMT skills on me!!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif However, my friend who is a registered nurse always seems to be around when I drastically injure myself. Good thing, too, because some of those EMT's can't even take a person's blood pressure!!!

[Coreene]

I love the idea of having the park rangers swoop through and bust all the unlicensed drivers in the golf carts.

And then there was the brain surgeon two years ago who parked his scooter in really deep shavings outside the concessions area. Of course the shavings caught fire, and when I shouted "fire" this man proceeded to kick more shavings on top of this, making for a bigger fire.

[Merry]

Oh, coreene, that's hysterical! How very classic that it was a man who threw a combustible item onto a fire! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

As for leading a horse behind a golf cart: I know it's done all the time at shows, but I dunno, it freaks me out. When I sold The Lovely Spot and took her to her new home, I was told to climb on the back of the golf cart and pony her to her new paddock. I was like, "Yikes!" /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif I mean, this is spooky horse of the century!It went okay, but at any given second I was ready to become bruised and battered. /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

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[Coreene]

Willem is so madly in love with the two Steinbergs carts that he can't see straight. But I think it's an acquired taste for them.

Really I do think QHSM should have one of her own. /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[Beezer]

LOL, Suave ... You just HATE it when that happens!

AA Jumper, you are a woman after my own heart. On many, many counts. /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif Usually I'm the one those kind of things happen to. I generally blame it on the fact that I am struggling to juggle so darn many things at one time that how can I be expected to also look out for the tack trunks/barn doors/rakes/whatever that just *somehow* seem to leap out of nowhere to get ME? /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

Alas, now I fear I have to reveal my own less-than-stellar incident with a golf cart. Was trying to help a (former, though this is NOT the reason) coach unload one at a show. I'm trying to start it up; I hear the warning, "Watch the ignition, it can stick and you might break off the key...." Said, of course, right as I hold up what's left of the key in my hand. /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif Natch, I turn around in the seat to say, "OOOOPPPPS," only to take my foot off the brake as I do so ... and there goes Beezer and the cart, down the half-assembled ramp, rolling merrily along backward for several yards, scattering everyone because, with the ignition still locked, I could not steer. /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

And, yes, the barn finally stopped me. /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

****Bulletin Board Goddess****

[Merry]

And just WHO is the scariest person at the helm of a vehicle in our family? Ahem?

I think her initials are BEEZER. /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

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[brilyntrip]

lillian and her idiot moron oiops sorry LIlian !! clever man go ahead POKE THE ALLIGATOR I wonder what he'll do?? He'll eat you fool!! MErry Beezer ho w do you ghirls get anything else done ?? You r lives are loaded with hysterical events!

[Beezer]

Oh, shuddup, Merry ... I'M NOT the one who had a warrant out for her arrest for that little hit-and-run incident -- er, misunderstanding ... YEAH! That's it, "misunderstanding" -- a few years back.... /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

Beezer HAS, however, perfected the art of taking out the trash/bringing in the cans at El Ranchito with two HUMONGOUS Labradors in the pickup's cab with her.

She should get extra credit since one of them was soaking wet from his swim in the water tub and insisted on bringing a plastic bottle with him ... with which he then proceeded to whack Beezer upside the head. /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

I know what animal I'd vote "most likely to be sacrificed to the golf cart gods." /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

****Bulletin Board Goddess****

[Merry]

First I find the clue of the surgically altered smoke detectors. Now I understand why there was a huge, empty plastic water jug outside Hammie's stall with the handle and the spout chewed off.

Now, wouldn't either or both of the crazed black labradors look cool riding in a golf cart? I swear, that's what we're getting QHSM & Grumpy Old Dad for Christmas!

"Charter Member of the Baby Greenie Support Group of North America"

[elizabeth]

Beezer, you were getting some, but not all, of my sympathy until the whack on the head part. That put me over the edge. That is the final straw. I feel your pain. The indignity.

You get the good daughter of the year award, Beezer. (No offense, Merry. Better luck next year. /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif )

[khobstetter]

Update....

Had a really cute and entertaining conversation with Gretchen (in her golf cart) at the Huntington Beach show yesterday. When I stopped by she and one of the trainers from Bay Ridge were having a ring side conversation about mechanics.

She's looking for a good one to install a "Fallen Brush Repellent Brake System" in her cart. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Her sense of humor is so dry and funny sometimes.

[Coreene]

The HB show starts tomorrow - Willem is looking forward to meeting Chef's darling Jade. We are hoping it will be true love (I am sure it will be in Willem's case, but then he thinks he is a matinee idol).

Merry, we have Jackpot Jumpers on Saturday night ... hmmm, sounds fun doesn't it?

[Beezer]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by elizabeth:
Beezer, you were getting some, but not all, of my sympathy until the whack on the head part. That put me over the edge. That is the final straw. I feel your pain. The indignity.

You get the good daughter of the year award, Beezer. (No offense, Merry. Better luck next year. /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif )<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Thank you, thank you, thank you, Elizabeth. It is with great pleasure ... and no small personal sacrifice ... that I accept this award. /infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif

****Bulletin Board Goddess****

[Coreene]

Elizabeth! How is Buster?! Every time I see the FedEx plane fly into John Wayne I think of him.

[elizabeth]

Thank you for asking, coreene.

He has adjusted well to the CA lifestyle, hanging out on the veranda (his pen), adjusting his big sunglasses, querying whether his supplements are lo-fat.

The one bad thing is that, while he was sound for a few weeks when he arrived, he is now lame. Based on comparing old pictures of the way he used to be shod back east (when he was sound) to how he is shod now (much longer toe, much smaller shoe), I think we just need to re-do his shoeing. The new farrier is GREAT, though, and he is willing to listen to me, so I think we will be just fine. (The farrier thinks taking off more toe will leave nothing to nail a shoe to, so I am watching the "glue-on shoes" thread on horse care carefully. That might be an option.)

To boot, the vets and my new trainer (AAJumper's trainer) are wonderful and totally paying attention to Buster's soundness, which makes me feel very lucky to be there.

In the meanwhile, Buster is content to just lounge in the sun on the veranda and eat bon-bons in the luxurious life-of-leisure CA way. ("Excuse me, miss? Can you top off my Perrier?")

[Coreene]

I think the inflight movie on the way here is changed over to watching old episodes of Dynasty. By the time they arrive, they think oats arrive on a tray.

And sunbathing turns into a big thing, too. All those big fat Warmbloods snoozing and snoring makes me think of them on the plane chatting, saying "Ja, und on die first day mit sun I bist going to get ein tan."

[Coreene]

that when we got the first golf cart, one of the boarders (who does custom cars) took our cheapo little used one and painted it spiffing BMW green? With racing stripes. So there you go.

[Merry]

1. I posted on this thread because I thought it was a cute topic. In fact, some posts were so clever that I'll be contacting some of the posters so I can use their anecdotes in my writing.
2. I've only recently learned the "he said/she said" tale of a certain golf cart. To assume that I had previously heard anything else about the story, or made any judgments about ANYONE INVOLVED was erroneous.
3. I understand (who can avoid it out here) that there are parties involved in legal and personal issues that sometimes find their way onto this BB. I wish that weren't so.
*4. I have personally made it known to others off line-- and I'm telling other posters here, now-- that I DO NOT want to even hear any of the gory details of these legal and personal proceedings.
5. However, that does not preclude me from deciding who I want to chitchat with, who I eat lunch with at a horse show, or who I consider to be an enjoyable person to compete with.
6. I have my own, very serious medical problems. (Think brain surgery and a partially paralyzed face). We all have our own private purgatories. So let's not compare people's physical sufferings.
7. Finally, FOR THE LAST TIME, I don't want to be included in anyone's diatribes about someone they're pissed at, or someone they think is purposely irritating them. To paraphrase my grandmother, "I don't have a dog in your fight."

Now excuse me, I have to go inject myself with my migraine medicine.

"Charter Member of the Baby Greenie Support Group of North America"

[lillian]

Merry: gad, I'm a mushroom. I never understand what's going on.......I'm totally confused.

[elizabeth]

My job has been stressful lately, so when I saw an ad in the local legal journal for an attorney who does exclusively traffic violations defense, I thought "Hey, I could do that. Maybe it is time to step off the corporate law firm treadmill and do some traffic violations defense. I mean, billions of dollars are NOT at stake, I likely will be able to leave work at 6 every night, and I will not have to continue up the steep learning curve of securities law."

However, while I really don't understand Merry's post because I am blissfully naive, I am beginning to suspect that maybe golf-cart law is where I need to be!!

Think about it - I can negotiate transactions for people who have fallen behind in their cart payments and are facing repossession, I can help those who want to buy a cart to finance it, I can help with personal injury issues that come up (e.g. if the great spotted horse had pulled Merry off the golf cart and her insurer did not want to pay for Merry's wounds, or if the person who threw hay from a moving golf cart got hay in her eye and her insurer balked at paying (Beezer, am I recalling correctly that that was you?)), I can help when the body shop uses inferior quality parts in re-vamping coreene's barn's (friend's?) cart and painting on the racing stripes (vroom, vroom) , and I can help with traffic violations related to golf carts ("Your honor, we did not run a stop sign. Well, define what you mean by "stop sign." Errrr, define what you mean by "running.").

Yeah baby - I can see the future, and it is for a "Golf Cart Attorney."

(This message is in no way intended to indicate that I have any clue at ALL about any lawsuits related to anything mentioned on this thread. I have no such clue. . . which is often the case in my life. <<sigh>> )

[This message was edited by elizabeth on Aug. 01, 2001 at 08:19 PM.]

[Bumpkin]

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Btw I read the new Horse Illustrated and loved that you got some of the suggestions we gave you on the Swarthy Arab thread printed!!!!

Return of the Mummy!!!

I have proudly showed that to Mr Bumpkin and some of my friends along with our musings, and said see I can think of funny things!!! hahaha /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[AAJumper]

ROTFLMAO Elizabeth!!! You could even set up a booth at the horse shows to promote your new practice. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif You could have informants positioned around the horse show, scoping out leads on potential clients!!!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

But please, don't encourage Patti to sue Cypress for shutting the tack trunk on her head...she didn't mean it...she was only looking for cookies!!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[Merry]

elizabeth, glad to see you again! Where were you when Sgt. Beaver, the motorcycle cop who lurks in our rural towns speed trap, gave me a ticket? I mean, I had on my COTH cap and everything! Isn't that sort of like a badge of protection in the eyes of the law? /infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif

Believe me, if you do become a Golf Cart specialist-attorney-thingy, you soooo do not want to insure my parents! /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

"Charter Member of the Baby Greenie Support Group of North America"

[elizabeth]

"Your honor, maybe, just maybe, the Quintessential Horse Show Mom did run the stop sign in the golf-cart. But, your honor, let's be frank: She couldn't see the stop sign, what with the front seat loaded up with potted rose plants and with the Lab whacking her upside the head with the plastic jug. . . . What? Oh, the plastic jug?. . . Yes, well, that stems back from the unfortunate smoke detector and fire alarm incident, back when the Terroristas were hogging the bed. . . . The Terroristas, your honor."

(And for the record Merry, you have not seen me around because I have been busy with DAVID!!!)

<<elizabeth cackles gleefully as Merry, Beezer, Justalurker, and AAJumper rolls their eyes and pretend not to hear. Beezer quickly changes the subject, muttering something about having to go get busy putting the smoke detectors back together.>>

[This message was edited by elizabeth on Aug. 02, 2001 at 01:41 AM.]

[AAJumper]

AAJumper leans over toward the group and whispers, "yes, she's even been planting flowers!!!"

So when is the wedding, Elizabeth? /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif I think instead of arriving in a horse drawn carriage, you should consider being chauffered to the ceremony in a GOLF CART!!!

[elizabeth]

With all the golf-cart related legal work that I will be doing for QHSM and Mr. QHSM, I suspect QHSM and I will grow so close that she will offer to let me have the wedding at El Ranchito.

It will be lovely, what with all the nicely pruned rose bushes in bloom. Though I suspect QHSM will have to start pruning the rose bushes well in advance of the wedding. . . religiously. . . several times per week. . . with the electric clippers. . . that buzz in a way that is very scarey to some special bay princes. . . .

As to the golf carts, my sense is that I will zoom up the aisle in the golf cart with RACING STRIPES. Yeah baby!!

[Pretender]

i have a very funny golf cart story to add to the list. one time my friend was standing infront of her g.c. talking to someone, and a barnmates yellow lab was waiting for her in the cart, and it acidentally pressed the gas and completely ran her over. she fell all the way down, and got her leg ran over slightly. she wasn't really injured, just sore, and we never let her forget that one! it was so funny!

*Pretender*

[Merry]

Plus, they're just out to get us humans. Oh, they look sweet and loyal, but we know what lurks under that wavy coat!

"Charter Member of the Baby Greenie Support Group of North America"

[Beezer]

For the record (because elizabeth, as my defense attorney, I think you need to know this /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif ), Beezer is NOT putting any of those beeping (meant both ways, thank you very much! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif ) smoke detectors back together. With her luck, they'd just start again. /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

When QHSM called last night to check up -- er, check IN -- Beezer merely mumbled, "Everything's fine ... pay no attention to the pieces of smoke detectors lying around the house...." /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

But back to golf carts ... who dares us? I mean, if we can truly get one for a coupla hundred bucks, Beezer and Mr. Beezer are in.

Beezer makes note to self: Make sure all insurance policies are up to date.

****Bulletin Board Goddess****

[Coreene]

That's what I want - one that will jump up and down like a very cool music video version.

[Coreene]

If you get married to David, instead of him riding up on a white charger, he can ride up in a small amped golf cart. And then you can use a big open topped golf cart as your Drive To The Reception limousine!!!

[LJD]

I see things like the YSOD pix and I wonder why I post here... I just hope when I'm at that age I can still do silly things like that. Ya'll do things I do at the age of 15 with my friends!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif I love this board!!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[MO]

I was recently at an "A" show for 3 weeks, and the Golf cart people were renting them out for $52.50 a day!!!!Unbelievable!!!

I did however see, oh what's her name, the actress who plays the Psych in The Saprano's, she leased one.

[AAJumper]

I think they were around $300/week at Indio. Very expensive...but not too bad when split among a few people.

[Beezer]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Pony Rock:
I see things like the YSOD pix and I wonder why I post here... I just hope when I'm at that age I can still do silly things like that. Ya'll do things I do at the age of 15 with my friends!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

So, what you're basically saying, my sweet little Pony Rock, is that many of us have the sensibilities of 15-year-olds and do "teenager" things. /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Hey! I can live with that! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Memo to Merry, because Beezer does not know where you are lurking at the moment: Do you have something AGAINST QHSM's impatiens?? /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif You know, the ones alongside the rose bushes you told me you'd watered? Like, what ... you SPIT on them?? Gave them a passing glance with the hose, a tease and a promise?? Because those suckers are dead, babe ... D-E-A-D. And there are not enough impatiens in the surrounding three counties to replace them in hopes of getting away with the cover-up.

Beezer is soooooo not taking the heat on THIS one. If Beezer goes down to the wrath of QHSM over the death of her impatiens, Beezer is taking *YOU* with her. /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

And now, about those golf carts ... about how much ARE they? If they are that costly to rent, Merry and Beezer and their respective spouses will need to start saving now! /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

****Bulletin Board Goddess****

[LJD]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>So, what you're basically saying, my sweet little Pony Rock, is that many of us have the sensibilities of 15-year-olds and do "teenager" things. /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Hey! I can live with that! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Exactly!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif I feel like I'm with my friends pulling our silly pranks.

[AAJumper]

Beezer, I was looking online and found used ones ranging from $300-$1500 and up. Try www.recycler.com (http://www.recycler.com) and search for golf carts...there isn't much on there this week though.

[Merry]

Sorry. I was over on the Charioteer thread. It may provide an opportunity to be with Swarthy Arabian Men! /infopop/emoticons/icon_redface.gif

Don't golf carts have to be plugged in to keep the battery charged? You know, that means our parents would have to remember to do something, which is a frightening prospect. /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

"Charter Member of the Baby Greenie Support Group of North America"

[AAJumper]

Merry, I hope they at least remember to feed the horses!!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[Beezer]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by AAJumper:
Merry, I hope they at least remember to feed the horses!!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Well, sooner or later, QHSM does. /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif Actually, she is very good at it ... but on occasion, she gets ... uh, DISTRACTED ... and forgets one -- but the "victim" soon reminds her. /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif She also has been known to leave the hose running while filling water tubs (poor Tigger has been flooded out a couple of times! /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif ), and on at least one occasion (that she will admit to /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif ), she "forgot" a horse turned out in the ring ... until 2 a.m. when she suddenly woke up, remembered and bolted out there to fetch him in. /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

Poor Tailor (our cousin Erin's horse) was not amused. Needless to say, he prefers MORNING turn-outs these days. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

But re the golf cart, my biggest fear is that they'd start tooling around town in it!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

****Bulletin Board Goddess****

[Yesandno]

We were at the GP in Lake Placid last summer and a couple male teens came screaming through the consession area. They almost ran into the tallest man we'd ever seen. He didn't even blink as they slid to a stop a couple feet away. He just looks at them for a few seconds and then walks over and picks up the front of the golf cart then drops it. I've never heard two kids say "sorry" so many time in my life! ROFLMAO

[domino]

one of our school horses got loose at a show once, and ran and jumped over a golf cart http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

[stasha]

A few years ago at a horse expo, I wasn't watching where I was walking, and collided head-on with a parked golf cart.

The occupants were very amused.

~Disclaimer:
The opinions expressed in this post are not neccessarily the views of this poster.~

[1-800-Dial-A-Distance]

Olympic Park a few years ago, several people, none of whom I know. Don't know who did it. But someone had a little too much fun at the Grand Prix. The next morning nearly every golf cart on the grounds had been hot wired and parked in the middle of the ring. This next one doesn't involve a golf car per say:
At a show in Aiken, red clay track. Trainer's mom is driving back with trainer and other clients in the back of the truck. They pick me up, I sit on the tailgate, go to scoot back, put my hands under me and lift so that only my hands are on teh bed and I can slide back. She floors it, I land on the red clay track in the EXACT same spot and position that I had been in the truck, but on the ground...

1-800
P.S. Merry, who is Oded and what was the series?

"The tongue weighs less than an ounce but few have the strength to hold it."

"Fool me once, shame, shame on you, fool me twi, you, you can't fool me again."
~ Sad day for us Republicans

[mwalshe]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Coreene:
I like the six seater ones. Then you can have a rolling margarita party.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>ALL my really good golf cart stories involve a 6-seater, Catalina Island and margaritas http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[This message was edited by maggymay on Feb. 07, 2003 at 04:20 AM.]

[SoEasy]

Hi folks

I don't know how this thread survived the moves, but it brings up some VERY touchy BB history, so I think I will lock it, and let someone start another "Golf Cart Thread", OK?