Question for Canter [Archive] - Page 3

Fred

Mar. 2, 2001, 05:01 PM

falling headlong into the dishwasher! that made me laugh out loud - but I hope you didn't hurt yourself - and what are you going to tell the repair man? Just to show how cabin feverish I am, I went for a manicure this afternoon - and got gel nails! eeeuuu. My hands, not surprisingly,don't look good. ie I don't bother with gloves for sheath cleaning (actually that excalibur stuff makes your hands baby soft)..
I keep saying "after foaling season" "after breeding season" "after the Royal" and then it starts all over again. But I had a good look at myself the other day and realized I was starting to look like those "horsey" English ladies who used to be at Pony Club when I was a girl..kind of wrinkly, windblown and definitely casual about my dress .and since it's only 18 days till my 50th birthday (God, I've said it), I've decided to start to stem the tide of advancing age. A French Manicure. where will it end? Maybe I'll take a calcium tablet tonight. It doesn't get much wilder than that. What's next, plastic surgery?

B.G.M. heidi

Mar. 2, 2001, 08:58 PM

Fred, there's not a better pick-me-up than an hour long pedicure and OPI's "We're not in Kansas Fiery Red" on one's toes. Though given the season, your sexy toes will have to remain a secret to be shared with Mr. Fred.

I have concluded, BTW, that age is a mood, not a self-definition. One of our closest friends just turned 49 and she is among the most youthful people I know - a list which includes myself, at 35 - and has just received her pilot's licence. I, however, have yet to get my driver's licence. It's about spirit and the ability to continuously be excited by new challenges - whatever they may be.

Daphnes hair dresser

Mar. 3, 2001, 04:21 AM

Sorry I haven't been around to help with the posts.
Ever had, " One of those days?" Talk about blooper night! I made so many bad moves in front of jumps, that my ever-willing horse, finally packed it in. I fell off and then things went really poorly! My friends take me to the lounge for a cigarette and I drop the live ash on my jacket and burn a hole in it. I limp up to the barn to put my tack away and catch my bridle on something and break it. I must have been a horrible person in a former life!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

JumpTheMoon

Mar. 3, 2001, 06:45 AM

Oh but heidi, I bet I could bribe him to come to my side with a nice big ice cream cone and a few toy dump trucks we happen to have sitting around from when my brother was young /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif Defending mommy is just too boring /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

JumpTheMoon

Mar. 3, 2001, 06:46 AM

YAHOO!!!! I made it to page 27! 7 more pages to go guys!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Bumpkin

Mar. 3, 2001, 07:12 AM

I have some lovely bound olde horse books from 1945 - 1949, that are pages and pages of advertisements and flowery articles of how horses did at shows, mostly on the West Coast but there is one "Gentleman" Hunter who put in pages of ads of his horses and their accomplishments.
I think because one of his horses, "Gold Lode" was from California, a CA bred TB, and won at Madison Square Garden in the 40's.
Gold Lode was Conformation Champion at Pennsylvannia, Harrisburg, and Madison Square Garden in 1948, he also won Amateur, Green, Pairs and Teams.
His owner's name was Vernon G. Cardy. Edith & Helen Ferguson rode for him, he married Edith.
Goldlode also won the Aimilius Jarvis Challenge Trophy at the Royal Winter Fair.
The Cardy Stables hailed from Val David, P.Q. Canada and Southern Pines, NC
They rode with the Eglinton Hunt, MFH Vernon Cardy rode Times Square and his imported from Ireland hunter Viceroy of Cork.
What was interesting to me, was in the late 60's we had a wonderful older lady at our stable who had a Christmas party at her lovely house, just down the street from where Bill Gates now resides, to show her photos from a trip to Africa.
Mrs G- brought out some old photos of her showing in Canada when she was younger, and I immediately started naming off the names of some the horses! They were Mr Cardy's!! haha
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She was good friends with the Ferguson sisters!
So there is some very ancient Eastern Canadian History /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[This message was edited by Bumpkin on Mar. 03, 2001 at 10:29 AM.]

HossShoer

Mar. 3, 2001, 08:48 AM

Bumpkin. I'm guessing the origins of The Cardy stables would be the gold mines in northern Quebec and Ontario.I thought there was a Cardy on the board of Canadian Pacific or one of the big banks.There is a reference to a Gordon A. Cardy in the hotel business in The Canadian Establishment Vol. 2.
There is a lot more ancient eastern Canadian History out there. The 50's and 60's version of conspicuous consumption is a pale cousin to the last decade.
Around Toronto there were a lot of private stables that looked like mansions.

Bumpkin

Mar. 3, 2001, 08:59 AM

One of my dearest friends is Toronto bred and lived there for most of her life.
I went back there a few years ago for a week and saw one of those, mansion stables.
Pretty impressive. /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Mar. 3, 2001, 11:00 AM

Sumo toddler weighs 60lbs??????? ALREADY?????? OK, Jaime is strong and agile, but I fear for her...

Incidently, her father is (really) a black-belt (2nd degree) in Tai Kwon Do--don't know if I spelled it correctly, but he has been "working out" with her... Bring it on!!!!!

Tin--How's the mare???

Palisades

Mar. 3, 2001, 11:38 AM

Don't listen to her, Heidi! I can definitely take her...and if not, well, my horse is about 7 feet tall (at the shoulder), and he can run her over! Hey, he's done it to the coach! /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

And for those of you who were intimidated by tales of Jump the Moon's great height, fear no more. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif lol, she is all of 5'4" and even I have a good 2 inches on her.

JumpTheMoon

Mar. 3, 2001, 11:45 AM

5'4" wide maybe...But i'm 5'6" tall. So :P to you Joannaha! Thats still 6 inches on dear heidi!! Wanna take this outside?!

ClipClop

Mar. 3, 2001, 11:55 AM

Yay! My dishwasher is fixed, thanks to dear old dad. I was really worrying that I would have to wash them by hand for a looooong time! Yuck! /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[This message was edited by ClipClop on Mar. 03, 2001 at 03:07 PM.]

Tin

Mar. 3, 2001, 12:09 PM

Well mare is refusing to co-operate with us and I am now certain that she is fact not pregnant; just has a very bad case of gas /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

She's seems to be doing fine and we have to laugh at her because she resembles a big fat cow on drugs /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif She no long has a discharge (hasn't for 2 days now *yay*) and it doesn't look like she'll pop tonight like our barn manager predicts. It's seems that by the way she's going the baby is going to be a fine and strong yearling before we get to meet /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif
Maybe she will have the baby tonight, after all I won't be there to watch /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

ClipClop

Mar. 3, 2001, 12:10 PM

Awww... I was just thinking, aren't you guys going to be sad when this post dies just like "Question for Merry?" What a depressing day that will be! /infopop/emoticons/icon_frown.gif

Jair

Mar. 3, 2001, 12:18 PM

Well, seeing as I'm at the library I felt motivated to help our thread along a bit /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

But really, I think our MUCH BETTER Canadian thread ( /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif ) should be allowed to rest in peace quietly when the time comes. In the truest of all Canadian customs, upon its demise we should celebrate its former existence with a good ol' kitchen party!!

Seeing as I live only a few blocks away from the Molsen Brewery, I volunteer to bring the beer!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

But, our thread is still a spring chicken, so we don't have to worry yet! Heck, its still got a ways to grow doesn't it? /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

I just came from a good morning at the barn - Alice and Bambi were both very good, and am now on my way grocery shopping before doing some gardening. Not that you really needed to know that, but I knew Heidi would be wondering /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Talk to you guys on Monday!!

MissD

Mar. 3, 2001, 02:25 PM

There are two less poo-eating dogs on the planet today. /infopop/emoticons/icon_frown.gif Thursday night, both my Keeshond, Kasey, and my Great Dane, Tango, were hit by a car and killed on the highway in front of my house. The driver who hit them didn't stop to see what they had hit, or what condition the animals were in. My next door neighbours heard the impact from their house, and ran out to see what had happened. Their house is about half a kilometer from where the accident happened. The neighbours found Kasey already dead, and Tango standing beside her, keeping guard. By the time the neighbours got the dogs back to their house, Tango was dead too. This is one of the saddest things that has happened to our family. Tango was only 16 months old, and we'd only had him for 7 months. My dad doesn't work outside the home due to a construction accident, and Tango was his best friend, his true soulmate. Kasey was my little friend, and I planned to take her with me when I moved out of the house. Everyday when I came home from school, the first thing I encountered at the front door was two dogs wagging their tails and licking my hands and face. Those dogs were my life, and a huge chunk of my heart is buried with them in the cold ground. I went to see their graves today, and it was so hard to say the final goodbye. I miss my dogs so much, they were the light in my world, and now they're gone. If the driver of that car knew how much Tango and Kasey were loved, they would have done everything they could to make them live. But they kept driving. And now my life is half empty. I miss you and I love Kasey and Tango, and I'll see you again some day.

doubletake

Mar. 3, 2001, 02:49 PM

Oh my gosh, MissD! I am so sorry for your losses. Being a dog owner and a very big animal lover, I can't believe that the driver didn't stop. MissD, you made be cry! I am so sorry and don't worry, you'll see them again someday. My thoughts go out to you and your family and your beloved dogs. *sending virtual hugs to you*

B.G.M. heidi

Mar. 3, 2001, 03:08 PM

Oh MissD, I am so sorry for the loss of your beloved dogs. How tragic and sad for you and your family. The pain and loss are so recent, it's probably difficult to believe that though the pain may dull over time, your, and your family's, love for your dogs is eternal.

And how unbelievably cowardly and cruel for that damned driver to leave the scene without checking on the dogs. /infopop/emoticons/icon_mad.gif

My condolences. /infopop/emoticons/icon_frown.gif

B.G.M. heidi

Mar. 3, 2001, 04:27 PM

JumpDaMoon - I hover between 5'2 and 5'5 - dependent on the heels. In my favourite Manolos, I would tower over you darling. /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

And for the record, sometimes it is about the bark and not the bite -- in which case, my money's on Palisades. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif She's like the pit bull of the Canadian clique - and I mean this in a good way.

Yes, Jaime Lynn, Sumo's 60 pounds, whence we checked last in December. He's not fat, though, just big all around - huge feet, takes a 7 1/8 approved helmet, tall, broad shoulders. A bit of a belly but, hey, he's only a baby. Think we'll be skipping the short stirrup classes - he'd crush a small pony. Think it'd be okay for him to show short stirrup on a 17hh WB? It's really funny when people ask whether we're related - given all 95 pounds of me and my fluctuating height. /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

I shall get my act together this week and finally post pictures of my darling, adorable and brilliant boy. Stay tuned. And be afraid Jaime Lynn, be very afraid.

I think we need to elect Bumpkin the clique historian. And ClipClop, our resident alien. Just don't let her near any of your major appliances. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

Mar. 3, 2001, 04:28 PM

but am emotionally unstable at the moment, and don't want to re-read your post...Sssnniiiiiffff!!!!!!!

elizabeth

Mar. 3, 2001, 04:40 PM

That's so sad. And the one dog was so brave for standing guard over the other. That's so sad. Now I'm crying. . . .
I'll bet they were great dogs.

B.G.M. heidi

Mar. 3, 2001, 07:29 PM

I have spent my day at a birthday party overrun by toddlers - if that isn't good enough for pity, surely, it's sufficient for companionship. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Query: Who's the nicest 'famous' pro you've met?

doubletake

Mar. 3, 2001, 07:43 PM

Is our thread beginning to decline? I hope not.

Merry

Mar. 3, 2001, 11:01 PM

Hmmm... just cruising by and thought I'd ask: Hear any good riddles lately? /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Have your Mounties returned from our wake yet? Don't be surprised if some of them are sporting Mickey Mouse tattoos. It's a long story...

Congrats on nearing the big three-o in page length. May I venture to guess that neither the Canadian or Calif. cliques would've had the time/interest/motivation to post such long threads if the freakin' weather had been nice enough to ride and compete? So, we can blame all this mundacity on the winter weather, right? /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

MissD

Mar. 4, 2001, 06:32 AM

Come on, Canadians, let's keep the thread alive! The weather must be getting a lot better, therefore resulting in a decline of posts. I know that it's really sunny and not very cold out here. But that doesn't mean I'm not dedicated to ensuring the success of my fellow Canadians!

P.S. Is Canter really 61?!?

Mar. 4, 2001, 07:05 AM

I think that (ohhhhhh flame me!!!) most people in this illustrious industry are crooks. It's really hard for people to differentiate between "nice" and "so why are you being nice to me today--what do you want?"

I could go on forever, but trustworthy people in this business are hard to find...

PS--I'm one of them(not a crook)...

B.G.M. heidi

Mar. 4, 2001, 08:47 AM

Yes, have met some crooks and, as mostly neophyte adults in the sport, honesty and integrity are really important virtues.

Perhaps our allegiance to our trainers is the recognition that there aren't too many like them out there -- but at the same time, we have benefitted from surprising acts of kindness. Jay, for example, has invited us to school our horse on his Spruce-ish course at his barn, so that the horse could get some mileage over natural jumps, grobs, banks and ditches. And my daughter has toured show grounds on Eric's golf cart - just because she'd happened to park her butt in it.

I'd also assert that in Canada, trainers are very cautious about appearing to poach other's clients - i.e. they won't speak to you unless you approach them first.

Fred

Mar. 4, 2001, 10:51 AM

refuse to even acknowledge your presence? and here I thought they (actually I am thinking of one in particular) was just RUDE!
does anyone remember a horse named VICEROY, I think was on Cdn Eventing team many years ago? I have an old mare who is a sister and would love some details.
Tin who is your mare in foal to?
and Heidi - thanks, I know you're right -and red toenails give me a lift too!! even if they are buried in thermal socks and poopy Sorels!

B.G.M. heidi

Mar. 4, 2001, 10:58 AM

I've had the same thought Fred - especially when you've dropped a bundle buying a horse from them. Later found out that the other trainer was making queries through our trainer and getting the 'okay' before approaching us. Very odd. But there is an unwritten code of ethics and behaviour between trainers, it seems. At this point, I start getting suspicious if another trainer is too effusive with us.

Mar. 4, 2001, 11:07 AM

It's a small world--check your mail...

I always had good experiences showing in Canada---LOTS of red ribbons!!LOLOLOL!!!!!

Everythingbutwings

Mar. 4, 2001, 11:49 AM

so am helping those tricky Canadians!

Waiting for the snow storm that is getting smaller for us by the hour, my niece and I rode yesterday (Pockets for her and lots of exercises, Wings for me and a lengthy session of walk/whoa and direction changes)

Maddie was FURIOUS that we had the absolute nerve to go to a paddock she couldn't access (even though she could SEE us the entire time!)

New pics - daylight this time! are up on her site at http://www.clutter.com/maddie just click on photos to see how very Maddie she was! I personally think she has the shoulders of a super star but she is so very shaggy and ragamuffin you could create an odds book on how I will fare when I begin to pull her mane!

jch

Mar. 4, 2001, 11:57 AM

I feel like a hypocrite complaining about cold (50 degree) rain when y'all are covered in ice - and expecting more any minute!! Of course, when summer comes and we are melting in 100+ temperatures, you will be enjoying much milder weather. I guess we each have our extremes, but I will say that I don't miss shoveling or stocking up for a blizzard (original Yankee) /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Tin

Mar. 4, 2001, 11:58 AM

Mare is continuing to grow in size and now resembles a bay blimp /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif Her bag is HUGE now and the poor dear has developed utter adema (?) because of all the pressure (I'm told). So here we wait patiently.....o.k, so not patiently, I'm sick of waiting and I want this baby NOW /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Fred> she's bred to Gambit Z, a stallion belonging to Elmcroft and standing stud at Ellard Bandys (sp?)

B.G.M. heidi

Mar. 4, 2001, 11:59 AM

I love the way Maddie's 'constructed'; she is rather imperious isn't she? You're gonna have fun with her Wings.

P.S. your toque's in the mail. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Merry, we've been convening on an appropriate California icon to steal as retribution. Unfortunately, the only cultural Californian icon we could come up with was David Hasselhoff. /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

Palisades

Mar. 4, 2001, 01:45 PM

Heidi, you have no idea how much it makes my day to think that someone finds me intimidating! /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif I'm the one everyone picks on... and now I can fight back, hehehe!

When it comes down to it, I could kick Katie's a$$ in the written word, but she's got an edge in physical fights. She's a nasty little person... did she ever tell you the story about the time she dumped steaming coffee on a guy's lap? /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Don't let it die, people! We're so close!!!

B.G.M. heidi

Mar. 4, 2001, 01:48 PM

I once set a guy's hair on fire.

baymare

Mar. 4, 2001, 01:57 PM

Not quite. But my sister lives in Montreal (do you consider that part of Canada?) and is a dual National. Plus, I have been to the Royal Winter Fair and admired the butter sculpture.

Q: How many Vermonters does it take to change a lightbulb?

A: Ten; one to do it and nine to sit around and talk about how good the old one worked. /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

Tin

Mar. 4, 2001, 03:17 PM

I've racked my brian over and over to try and think of a "clean" joke to post on this board (yes, I'm back to joke posting) but can't think of any. So y'all have escaped the gilloteen of having to listen to one of my cheesy jokes /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

I should actually be studying for a mid-term I have tomorrow morning because I have no clue what it's on and haven't touched that book except to write my name in it (silver metalic pens rock). But I'm still nursing the remains of a tequilla hangover and just don't feel like it right now /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif Besides, I work better late at night /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

Hey..does anyone want to study for me? It's Enviromental Systems (ie. plumbing codes, pipe sizes, ect...) pretty interesting stuff *sarcasim*
Please???? Anyone???

o.k well fine, so here my question for everyone: how do you get the elastic on your girth clean? So far I've just been scrubbing mine with some soap and warm water (with toothbrush). Is there an easier way?

ClipClop

Mar. 4, 2001, 03:18 PM

Tin, You better have that baby before this post hits page number 37 or whatever our goal is! I don't think our dear dear post is declining, just slowing down. These things happen with age /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Merry

Mar. 4, 2001, 03:26 PM

So he's your group's idea of a California icon? He embodies California?

Well, let's see: he has cosmetically altered teeth, hair a bit too coiffed (IMHO) for any self-respecting man, he is bloated with illusions about his singing talent, and oh, what he "really wants to do is direct."

Sorry, my apologies. He is indeed a Calif. representative.

Tin

Mar. 4, 2001, 03:41 PM

So if that Baywatch "boy" (I use that term lightly, he's got to be what 50 somehting now /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif ) is a representative of California, who represents Canada?

My vote goes to Bob and Doug MacKenzie (sp?), who do you vote for?

oh and while I'm here (still avoiding my studying) here'sa cool website with a whole bunch of games. I've discovered that I'm really good at Blackjack /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif Now if only I had some money to bet..........Heidi, Canter, anyone?

http://funtines.hypermart.net/regjava.htm#games

doubletake

Mar. 4, 2001, 03:47 PM

Tin -> Instead of studying, go to www.candystand.com (http://www.candystand.com) and play the games there. Very addictive /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Tin

Mar. 4, 2001, 03:50 PM

OMG doubletake! I'll have to remember that site for school, my computer at home is just too darn slow (y'all should know how impatent I am by now)but what a cool site! Thanks /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

doubletake

Mar. 4, 2001, 03:55 PM

You're welcome, Tin. I highly recommend the Nabisco Minature Golf. /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

ClipClop

Mar. 4, 2001, 03:57 PM

You know what I think would be very funny... if we all talked about the smashing evil things we have done in the past. /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif I'll start...

Me and my sisters use to terrorize the neighborhood. I wonder if any of the poor kids we tortured turned out normal?! The one thing I can remember most vividly, is stuffing hay down the neighbor boys pants, and them tying him to a tree... and leaving him there! My sister set the field across the street on fire, and my brother shot out the street light with his bebe gun...

Okay guys, spill, what awful things have you guys done? /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Tin

Mar. 4, 2001, 03:58 PM

that's dangerous you know doubletake, I get sooooo addicted to things like that especially solitare! I LOVE solitare because I can talk on the phone or concentrate on something else and still win /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

doubletake

Mar. 4, 2001, 04:09 PM

OMG, Tin! Moi aussi! While doing work I play loud music, talk on the phone, play games, and check the BB(I practically live here /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif ) The only thing that I can't do is proofread and edit papers while doing all that!
BTW, I am anxiously awaiting 2+ feet of snow here. /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif
/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Mar. 4, 2001, 04:21 PM

a corgi pup, trying to poop in 6 inches of fresh snow---trying not to dip it's stub of a tail in the snow??? Funny!!!!!!

Tin

Mar. 4, 2001, 04:22 PM

doubletake! Same with me!!! I always have to have something else going while I'm working, like the radio blasting, t.v going or a game playing /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif Isn't it funny? I also can't seem to work until it's pitch dark outside, the later the better. I've been know to produce my best (most creative, accurate and neatest) drawings or assignments going on 3 or 4 am. With all my early classes though this semester it makes it hard to go with little sleep for the complete week, so I'm trying to change my "working" schedule /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Snow? MORE snow? It's just starting to melt here (lots of ice) so I hope we don't get any more of the blasted white stuff!

Duffy

Mar. 4, 2001, 04:24 PM

We want pictures, Jaime Lynn!!!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

JumpTheMoon

Mar. 4, 2001, 04:37 PM

IT WASN"T MY FAULT!!!! I swear /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif (Joanna, how could you bring that up again you little devil?)Heidi you must understand, it was just so tempting. He was just sitting there, being a jerk, the coffee was right beside him, and next thing i knew he was hopping around screaming something awful! Ohhhh the memories. BTW, I don't regret it! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif
Joanna thinks she is so mighty just because her horse is bigger. Well let me tell you, I could take her on with my eyes blindfolded! Phff she's so tiny!!

Mar. 4, 2001, 04:37 PM

I'll get some in the morning if the dog doesn't disappear. We're supposed to get another 6+ inches...

JumpTheMoon

Mar. 4, 2001, 04:43 PM

HaHa ClipClop...I used to bite until i was like 12. If i didn't get what i wanted--*CHOMP* Once when i was in grade 5, my teacher was reading a story and the whole class was sitting on the carpet. This girl wouldn't talk to me and kept crawling away from me, so I continued to follow her. Finally, I got so mad I pinched her. She threatened to tell the principle if I didn't tell my mom, so I just told her I told my mom and I never got in trouble. /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif Not sure if my mom knows still...
Then theres the time in grade 4 when a boy came up behind me and gave me some flowers and I turned around and kicked him. Holy cow, I was such an evil child! My poor parents. /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

doubletake

Mar. 4, 2001, 05:19 PM

TIN! You and me are so much alike! I am known to save research papers to the night before they are due, resulting in very little sleep and being very tired the next day. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif As for now, I have a lot work to do, but am putting it off until later. Hehe- work to do, music blasting, posting here... If I'm lucky, the snowstorm will cancel classes. *crosses fingers* /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Tin

Mar. 4, 2001, 05:56 PM

doubletake> lol!! I'm still putting my studying off and it's been like what 3 hours? The bad thing about our college is that NO classes are cancelled because of snow, they think we should "just deal with it" so if it's snows alot I just sleep in anyways /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Canter

Mar. 4, 2001, 06:02 PM

Where's Heidi tonight? Probably GLUED to the TV, watching the Juno Awards (our version of the Grammy's only really, really amateurishly done)

Yooo-hooo Heidi! I just heard Sheila Copps presenting an award. It doesn't get any lower than this.

Miss D - I'm quite happy to inform you that Canter is indeed nowhere near 61. My dear friend Heidi made that up to help her get over her own midlife crisis brought on by an impending 50th birthday.

JumpTheMoon

Mar. 4, 2001, 06:06 PM

I mean Anne. Shouldn't you be at the Juno's? /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Daphnes hair dresser

Mar. 4, 2001, 06:09 PM

I know it's none of my business, but that has never stopped me before. Why don't you guys post much on the ' home ' board anymore? I find the intellectual level has dropped severly without you. /infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif

doubletake

Mar. 4, 2001, 06:24 PM

Tin -> lol! 3 hours- hehe! Don't worry, I am doing the same /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif I am still waiting for the first snowflake to fall out of the sky... so much for the "big, bad, terrible stowstorm." /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif Y'alls can quote me on that when I wake up to a foot of snow! /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Palisades

Mar. 4, 2001, 06:27 PM

Daphne: they're working on lowering the intellectual level over here right now. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Katie, what do you mean, you WERE an evil child? You still are!!! How else do you think you got that fabulous new horse? That was months of concentrated begging, screaming, verbal and physical abuse. But hey, it's all worth it in the end. Your parents retained the last fading bits of their sanity, and you got yourself a very cute little pony. /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Maybe you were smart to stay away from her, Heidi. I don't ask for nice hunters, just psycho jumper horses who enjoy chewing on jackets (but he's sooo cute, you've just got to love him- even after he takes off bucking and stops at all the jumps).

Oh, and Katie, the coffee was just mean. For MONTHS after that he was scared of you... good job! /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Canter

Mar. 4, 2001, 06:42 PM

You couldn't catch me at the Junos! That hip-hop/rap extravaganza isn't what I'd call music!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif Besides, I'm not up for any awards, so why bother?

Daphne - I've been posting, but many of the topics are repeated over and over again, and sometimes I get tired of giving the same answers. Once I get out of my "February Funk" I'm sure I'll go back to wasting space on the home front. Hey hold up here. I have to read ALL THE POSTS EVERY DAY. Doesn't that count for something? BTW missy, you haven't been posting that much lately either. February gotten to you too??

As for Miss Heidi - We must guilt her into returning to the fold - at least on a part time basis!!

[This message was edited by Canter on Mar. 04, 2001 at 10:03 PM.]

B.G.M. heidi

Mar. 4, 2001, 06:46 PM

Canter, you are still so much on the ball for a senior citizen - BTW, can you come with me to Shopper's Drug Mart on Tuesday so I can enjoy the benefit of your senior's discount? Even at 50, I remain 11 years younger than you, so /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif .

Juno update kids: Bruce Cockburn is being awarded some sort of lifetime achievement award -- a fact that's even horsey related. Anyone else recall Bruce's days showing hunters?

My bad-kid confession (besides setting someone afire but I was married by then so it doesn't count): I have dated every straight hairdresser in Toronto. Oh, and there was a poker game in Cannes years ago...all's I'll say is that I've seen the most powerful men in Canadian showbiz nekkid. /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

jch

Mar. 4, 2001, 06:56 PM

Well, I was basically a perfect child...except for the time I got my sister to call my brother and slam the door in his face when he came running (4 stitches)... or the time I got my sister to help me pull the hall rug up from under my brother a la 3 stooges (3 stitches)... or the time I pushed the neighbor boy out of the tree (broken arm)... At least the emergency room doctors loved me /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Canter

Mar. 4, 2001, 07:07 PM

Heidi - I just found out not long ago that Cockburn wasn't still married to Sue Franklin. But I don't recall his showing hunters himself - obviously I'm too young to remember. What's your excuse?? /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

B.G.M. heidi

Mar. 4, 2001, 07:26 PM

Canter dearest, my grandmother done tole me the tales of Bruce's days showing hunters. I was but a wee lass in grandmammy's arms when Bruce showed hunters - surely, your dementia isn't so far advanced that you already forgotten the days when you used to change my soiled diapers. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

For the record, Barenaked Ladies won the album of the year -- over the Tragically Hip... /infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif
At least MAZ and Jair will be happy.

Another hairdressing encounter of the too close kind - Vidal Sasson sponsored tonight's broadcast of the Junos, the commercial featured a guy I knew named Felix...Felix is looking very Halston in the new millenium. Horsey-related, I think equestrian sports is the perfect sponsorship opportunity for haircare manufacturers.

L Scott

Mar. 4, 2001, 07:40 PM

I might have to adopt one of you girls, I need help. The pay would probably be pretty good.

Hubby was third in slalom and fourth in GS. Pretty good for a guy that hasn't raced in 16 years. Stable, he looked very fine in his downhill suit. To bad he was mouthy with me when we got home!

I am just not evil. Sometimes I wish......

MsD, I am so sorry to hear about your dogs. That is so devestating.

I like to fall down the stairs. I am afraid of my stairs now. I also have very low blood pressure and like to pass out when I get up to fast. Head spins, yehaa!

My favourite movies are: Blade Runner, Excalibur, Road Warrior(Mel in leather, what did you expect?), Mulan, the Black Stallion, and many other Disney classics(I have seen them all 38 times each at least).

I tried to cover the conversations had in my absence. What I forget?

I am going to bed. Night all.

Tin

Mar. 4, 2001, 08:05 PM

Well I've studied for about 2 hours now, including the hours I talked to my friend on the phone and drew many tattoos on my body using washable markers at the same time. Oh and also in that 2 hours I e-mail 5 friends and took over some of mare cam duties. So I guess I've studied for...oh about....20 mins, 30 mins tops.

This is going to be a long night! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

As for evil things I did as a child, I was a perfect angel (can't you see the halo?). I was sugar and spice and everything nice /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif oh except when I would gnaw on small children who pissed me off when I was young. Or when our whole baseball team beat up another baseball team (they started it). Oh and there was a decade there where I would constantly throw things (remotes being my weapon of choice) at me sister. And can't forget when I threw the football at out gym teacher and pegged him off in the head, or the time I organized the class to stand on our desks and sing "we will rock you" to a very scared and intimidated supply teacher (who we sent crying and never saw again, I might add). And then there are a whole mess of things I'd rather the kind people on this board not know. But other than that, I'm an angel /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Back to studying, or perhaps to send some more e-mails....I haven't decided yet /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Daphnes hair dresser

Mar. 5, 2001, 03:59 AM

There isn't anyone to post to that is over 16. Since I lack Canter and Heidi's imaginative spirit, I can't think of a topic that would get the crowd out and chatting, ( without warring).

Canter, I did forget that you have to read every one of those posts. I promise to buy you a drink some time!

The winter blahs get longer every year.

Goodyfourshoes!

Mar. 5, 2001, 05:07 AM

edit

Eglinton

Mar. 5, 2001, 06:50 AM

That was MOST DEFINITELY a typo...Neil isn't really my type!!! Ooooops! Yes a support group would be good....please tell me you didn't board there. They were always trying to sell us various OLD school horses. Those lessons were crazy....poor horses they were ridden to death. How long were you there? That is very sad that they are turning it into houses though.

Tin

Mar. 5, 2001, 07:19 AM

The Waltons! Man that brings back memories! When I was all the age of 15 (?) we went to cd warehouse because the Waltons were going to be promoting their cd. We got all their autographs and I thought they were the best thing coming! I even had one sign my shoe!
I remeber sitting cross legged on the warehouse store thinking ho cute one of the guys were and that of course he was sing jst to me! LOL!!!

Thanks for the memories Worthy!

I didn't get to see the Juno's did OLP (Our Lady Peace), or Edwin get anything?

Bumpkin

Mar. 5, 2001, 07:30 AM

Heidi! Are you really close to 50? And did you grow up in Toronto?
/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

CdnRider

Mar. 5, 2001, 08:20 AM

Back from Skiing, there was no snow on the mountain! Needless to say I took a lot of falls. Oh well it was worth it anyway.

Yesterday we did the "terrifying tarp training" at my barn. Made the greenlings walk over a tarp, which is a lot more fun than I first thought. Nikko was an all star, a bit terrified at first, but then he just thought it was a jump and there is nothing better than jumping in his eyes. ha!

Does anyone else do spooking things to your horse to get the spook out of them?

Tin>goodluck on the exam, I have a midterm on Wednesday and I know absolutely nothing! I do however know that the chapter is about electrochemistry and ok I forget the other chapter its on! kinetic something! And I am going to the barn today (of course), the chiropracter is coming.

Canter

Mar. 5, 2001, 08:40 AM

Bumpkin our dear Heidi really is closing in the big 5-0. While not exactly ready for a rocker quite yet, she is just a few years away from the Depends set - and you know how awful Depends look under a pair of chaps or heaven forbid, TS's. /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

LCR - you made it!!! Did hubby get a little cocky after his big race? Has he forgotten that there would BE no race if it wasn't for your benevolent babysitting services???

What was with Nelly Furtado's outfits? Hubby wanted to know if she was Zellers new spokesperson. /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

doubletake

Mar. 5, 2001, 08:43 AM

lol- Depends?!!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

diane

Mar. 5, 2001, 08:51 AM

MissD - I'm so sorry about your poor dogs ... I know exacly what your going through, our youngest (of 5 dogs) was a 1 1/2 year old boxer, 2 weeks ago for some reason, he ran down to the road and was hit, thank god someone (we think it was the person who hit him) scooped him up and took him straight to the closest vet clinic. Although he was dead on arrival we found it easier to deal with knowing that he wasn't left on the side of the road suffering and to die a slow death ... he was only missing a short time when the vet clinic called, through tracing his micro chip.

Tin - hang in there with your mare, we have one that is due any day now, and she looks like she's inhaled a round bale .... but we think she is enjoying the constant attention and pampering and is going to hold on to this one for a while yet.

B.G.M. heidi

Mar. 5, 2001, 08:54 AM

Now that science has introduced the Carefree thong panty liner, I am waiting with bated breath, and a full bladder, for a thong Depends.

Yes, Eglinton, we did board there... /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif My daughter, Hans and I jumped a vertical on our second lesson. Oh the tales I could spill.

Bumpkin, I am 35. Canter is 61. She is old enough to be my mother and terribly jealous of my youth.

CdnRider, what a great idea to lessen the terror of flapping plastic. Perhaps it'd work on Canter as she too shares a fear of flapping objects - though, of course, her flapping parts are attached to her body. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

Eglinton

Mar. 5, 2001, 09:45 AM

They had us jumping courses way before we were ready...I cannot believe the stuff we did. The lessons were total mayhem.

Mar. 5, 2001, 09:50 AM

Try having 18 inches of snow, and going out to plow--only to discover that the tractor has a FLAT TIRE!!!!!!! Having a bad day...

Tin, has that mare popped yet???

Canter

Mar. 5, 2001, 10:52 AM

Diane - that's so sad! But your story goes to show the importance of PetNeting your dog. If it wasn't for the microchip you may never have found out what happened.

Ninja

Mar. 5, 2001, 11:17 AM

Somebody was wondering why the "Home Board" aka EMG isn't as lively as it used to be, well I think I have the answer (or at least an opinion). Casual chats, off topic discusions are a no-no over there. I was one of the first people to start using the BB over there and I tried hard to create topics and encourage input. I told many people about it and most joined, but how many times can you talk about beet pulp and helmets!!!!!?????

I like this BB here, even though the only (most) topics that go anywhere have nothing to do with horses or have been taken off topic and become a chat. It doesnt bug me. The only problem I have is that I don't have the time to visit as much as many of the people here so it's hard to keep up. I end up having to catch up reading so much that I never have time to post! lmao undefined

Tin

Mar. 5, 2001, 11:23 AM

Sam> good to see you back, even though your butt maybe a little bruised from "ice" skiing /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif Hope you exam goes well, I always loved kinetics. Way to go Nikko! We did that with a horse once, everytime he walked over a tarp (or something relitivly scarey) we'd give him lots of praise and/or a treat. Well he became quite proud of himself and everytime something would be on the ground (be it a tarp, or a jacket blown off the railing) he'd run over it and then look for praise or treat!

*sigh* mare has not popped yet, I'm getting ready to get the tongs and squeeze the sucker out of her but she's quiet content will herself. She used to be turned out with 5 other horses (all b!tches) in a lower field but was seperated when we thought she was getting close, and put her in her own field infront of where she used to be. At first she was in heaven because she got a whole round bale to herself but I guess she got bored because she decided to hop the fence and join the other group to eat their round bale too! I think she missed chasing the others away from the round bale, made the hay that much better knowing the others horses wanted it but she wouldn't let them have it. Piggy!

*does happy dance* All my mid-terms are done!! Yay! I had 4 exams before break, and the last one was today! It went really well even though it was really hard (that prof. loves to play with your head). So now all I have to worry about are my final assignments due in a few weeks, think I'll probably put them off till last minuit too. All except the model, those are too darn fun! /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif After the work load I've gotten this semester, I'm just waiting for the summer when I get to work 9-5, going to be a lot less hours /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

doubletake

Mar. 5, 2001, 11:27 AM

Tin> when is the mare due? or is she overdue?

Tin

Mar. 5, 2001, 11:32 AM

doubletake> she is now overdue by almost 2 weeks. Oh I tried to play that golf and I couldn't figure it out! lol! I always sent my balls backwards but I'm bound to figure it out sooner or later just may take a little time /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif What can I say, I'm a little slow /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

O.k, to go along with the little slow idea, for the last day I've read on here about Nellie's wardrobe changes at the Juno's and then was reading in the paper about it this morning. About half way through it popped into my head "wait, Nellie's Canadian?" ya DUH!

doubletake

Mar. 5, 2001, 11:38 AM

Tin>
Two weeks overdue?! /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif
Yes, the golf is challenging, but once you get the hang of it, you'll be glued to the computer forever! /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif If you want an easier game, try the Creme Savers Bowling or the Photo Shoot Safari game. /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif OMG...look at me! Talking about my favorite candy-themed games. /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif I am a pathetic FREAK!

Tin

Mar. 5, 2001, 11:51 AM

She'll be 2 weeks over on friday and she's as happy as a clam.

I'll have to keep trying with those games, I'm already addicted to the golf even though I can't play it! lol! gives me something to do in class, not very smart having boring 3 hours lectures when theere are somputers in front of every student, what do they expect? lol! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Fred

Mar. 5, 2001, 12:41 PM

you have to give him a lot of credit. Poor guy, to ride into the ring, have the announcer say your name, and have EVERYBODY look (and critique). I think it took GUTS and I admire him for it. as far as I know, he did Trillium/Futures. he and sue have not been together for some time - about 2 years
Great songwriter too - But the rest of the Junos - industry butt kissing. nothing to do with actual talent, just schmoozing, networking, industry crapola. IMHO.

Fred

Mar. 5, 2001, 12:52 PM

I tried to enter this earlier and something went wrong - so I'll try again.
Bruce showed trillium/Futures I think. I really admire him for doing it. Just imagine how he must have felt, riding into the ring, having the announcer say his name, and KNOW that EVERYBODY on the show ground had stopped what they were doing to watch him (and critique his riding). I think it took a lot of guts, and I really admire him for it. Great songwriter too. the rest of the Junos? what a pile of industry crap - it's not about talent, but rather schmoozing, industry ass-kissing and bucks. did i watch? no read a scarey book, "Birdman" by a writer named Mo something - along the lines of Patricia Cornwell, graphic, violent - but pretty gripping and well written.

Tin

Mar. 5, 2001, 01:49 PM

who is Bruce Cockburn? /infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif

halfhalt

Mar. 5, 2001, 02:00 PM

if you don't know Bruce Cockburn - the greatest male singer/songwriter Canada has ever produced...check out one of his albums.

halfhalt

Mar. 5, 2001, 02:09 PM

Canada has ever produced...

JumpTheMoon

Mar. 5, 2001, 02:10 PM

Isn't it Bruce Coeburn or something along those lines? I swear thats what Joanna told me! /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

BTW Jo, he was never scared of me. No one is! I'm much too innocent and too much of an angel. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

No physical abuse involved to get Chazzy boy. Only mucho persistence and a few death threats here and there. Now i'm trying to get a pony, wanna help me? /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif I'd probably squish it but hey, I could always get heidi to train it. Although I wouldn't want her to feel like she's being overpowered by such a big horse. Though with her "high heels" i'm sure she'd fit just fine...

Tin

Mar. 5, 2001, 02:12 PM

young? depends on what you call young. Perhaps if I hunt around I could find a record (did he have records/tapes or cds?) and will reconize him, my dad's gotta have something around here /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Tin

Mar. 5, 2001, 02:22 PM

is it just me or are the boards acting a little odd today? Have we angered the board gods again?

Merry

Mar. 5, 2001, 02:52 PM

"I see your thread has returned," Merry said, with a hint of bemused intrigue in her eyes. /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Honest, I swear I have nothing to do with your thread's frequent disappearing acts!

By the way, Tin wants her blond, blue-eyed Mountie returned, the one with her name tattooed on his French derrier. Alas, we must hold that one hostage until the return of our guru, David Hasselhoff.

Tin

Mar. 5, 2001, 02:57 PM

Merry> tell you what, you can keep the blonde haired french mountie, but can I have the brown haired brown eyed mountie back. He lacks the tattooed haunch but also displays and ownership tattoo on his buff chest. Please? come on you can't keep both!

Not fair /infopop/emoticons/icon_frown.gif

Merry

Mar. 5, 2001, 03:08 PM

Why are you so hung up on your Mounties? Are you lacking in manly men in the great far north? What, you have no one to bring in logs from the woodpile to keep the fireplace going? No one to carve a hole in the ice so you can fish for dinner? No one to skin the elk so you have a warm blanket? No one to drive a spigot into a fresh keg of brew?

Can't you share? We like men in uniforms who ride horses, too. The closest we come to that is the San Diego County polo team. /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

Tin

Mar. 5, 2001, 03:11 PM

Sure we have them to, but how can you resist a chiseled buff man in a uniform on a horse? Impossible! Plus the more the merrier /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

We don't need ALL of them back, one each should be sufficient /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

Palisades

Mar. 5, 2001, 03:22 PM

I never said that, Katie! Although now that you mention it, the name does sound familiar... hmm...

He was seriously scared of you. Before I heard about it, I wandered into the tack room one day and he jumped around and went "Damn, I thought you were Katie!" He was actually terrified... lol, good times. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Yep, I will definitely help with the pony getting techniques. If I had your short little legs, I would want one too!

JumpTheMoon

Mar. 5, 2001, 04:04 PM

Oh you did say that! I swear. It was the day you were wearing your grandma's cut off jeans and the purple shirt that was supposed to be long sleeved but you cute the sleeves off? And you were wearing your sparkly purple high heels from when you were five. Don't you remember that? If my memory serves me right, it was the same day you went on the date with the 43 year old McDonalds worker from K-Town. Is it comming back to you now? I hope so... /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif
Jeffrey is such a wimp anyways, of course he'd be scared of me. Anyone who has seen me is, i'm just such a scary looking gal. Riiiiight... I'm just as angelic as my darling horse /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Now for the question: If this guy's name is really Bruce Cockburn, is there such a person as Bruce Coeburn?

B.G.M. heidi

Mar. 5, 2001, 04:38 PM

The youth of today...sheesh. Bruce's last name is spelt Cockburn, pronounced Coeburn. BTW, is it Nellie Frutator or Fruitstato? /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Bruce is a political activist, wonderful singer/songwriter whose popularity is such that a compilation of covers (by Barenaked Ladies, for one) was released to great critical acclaim a couple of years back. Perhaps reflective of my mood, my favourite lyrics include, "If I had a rocket launcher, some son of a bitch would die". And you thought Trent Reznor was controversial. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Rather than mocking the great Canadian heritage, Merry, shouldn't you be feng-shuing yourself to a seance/EST/yogic flying session with Shirley Maclaine, clad in a white robe and turban? /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Mar. 5, 2001, 04:46 PM

Just got in from finishing "chores"--dragging horses out of their new-found igloos(one of the coming yearlings actually tried to roll TWICE on her way out to the pasture this am),dealing with a tractor with a broken leg--should I shoot it??? I don't mind snow, but with the two feet we just got (all at once), it is driving me insane!!! Since I have a lovely Turbo-Powered Kubota (and a Super Turbo-Powered snow-blower to boot), I thought I had it made (may I remind you that Mr. Lynn is in India for two weeks), but having to plow for 5 minutes---go pump up tire--plow for another 5 minutes--go pump up tire, cancel lessons because only the brave, with 4WD can get into this place...

WHERE'S MY BLUE????? Ahhhhh!!! Gotta go change my socks for the third time today.....

Tin, how's the mare???

Tin

Mar. 5, 2001, 05:08 PM

Jaime Lynn> we're just starting to get snow now, I thought I told you to keep it there...we don't want it! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif Sorry bout your day, I say shoot the tractor (humanly of course) and bury it in the snow. Pure white innocent snow covers all! Until it melts of course, then you might be discovered, but have no fear just blame it on the butler /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Brie is good, really really fat but good /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif No discharge in the last 3 days and she's been wanting in about 3 hours early each night. She seems quite content to keep that baby right were it is and I'm starting to think that when she's ready it's going to come out a 4 year old and already broke /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Tin

Mar. 5, 2001, 05:13 PM

MELTDOWN! I forgot my foundation plan on my school computer *ahhhh* it's due tomorrow and I'm only half way done (to much done already to start again) *sobb* I can't believe I forgot! Now I have to go to school early tomorrow. I hate working on drawings at 6 in the morning. Not fun /infopop/emoticons/icon_frown.gif

doubletake

Mar. 5, 2001, 05:18 PM

Glad to hear that the mare's well.
->But look on the bright side, Tin- when you get up so early, you can start your day with a nice, frustrating round of virtual golf. /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Tin

Mar. 5, 2001, 05:23 PM

I'm I a page starter or what? *does running man*

Well I'm going to bed now (yes at 8:00pm) actually no...I'm going to have a bath!! a mint bath! man I haven't had the time for a bath in a loooong time! No shower for me tonight /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Tin

Mar. 5, 2001, 05:26 PM

doubletake> nope golf is saved for when I'm actually IN class /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif I wonder why I don't get my assignments done in class........unsolved mystery huh? /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Canter

Mar. 5, 2001, 05:56 PM

I am soooo sick of shovelling snow. Sick. /infopop/emoticons/icon_frown.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_frown.gif

Mar. 5, 2001, 06:02 PM

at this point!!!LOL

Bumpkin

Mar. 5, 2001, 06:11 PM

Heidi thank you for the age update!! haha /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif
I guess I am in the middle of you two, pushing into 50 /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

Mar. 5, 2001, 06:36 PM

Show that picture to the mare---she'll pop something!!!!LOL

Palisades

Mar. 5, 2001, 07:30 PM

I KNEW that Bruce "Coeburn" sounded familiar! Way to go me, I actually recognized the name. Wait a minute, that's probably not a good thing, eh? /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Goodyfourshoes!

Mar. 6, 2001, 05:04 AM

edit

Tin

Mar. 6, 2001, 07:25 AM

Didn't Alannis Morreset (sp?) ride too?

Once again another sleepless night and mare did not pop, I'm thinking she'll have it saturday night when both me and my sister are out about and can't be reached /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

doubletake

Mar. 6, 2001, 08:23 AM

Yes Tin, she'll definately pop when you want to be there but can't! /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Tin

Mar. 6, 2001, 08:32 AM

doubletake> that's the plan! lol! At first I wanted to make sure I didn't miss the birth but now, I don't care anymore I just want that sucker out!! lol! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Canter

Mar. 6, 2001, 08:38 AM

Yes Alanah still rides. She's still with Robin Howard last I heard. She hasn't shown herself in a few years now - but her horse does every now and again. I spoke to her sister not too long ago who gave me an update.
As you may have read in the paper, Alanah recently won a lawsuit against the National Post - she was falsely accused of being a drug addict amongst other things. The article hurt her and her family tremendously. She did deserve to win. The Post was negligent in their reporting.
Say what you will about Alanah ... she's actually a very nice person - just really, really, different. Some people just don't get her and therefore don't like her. I like her. She's never given me any reason otherwise.
Bad Worthy, bad! Shameless gossip that you are!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

doubletake

Mar. 6, 2001, 08:38 AM

Tin> haha! The baby will probably come out a well-broke four-year old! /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

Canter

Mar. 6, 2001, 08:41 AM

If I'm 61, I have a fantastick 6 year old hunter that is guaranteed to win you ribbons in every class you ever enter. This horse is so perfect, you don't even have to worry about finding a spot - he'll do it for you. And he's never lame. Guaranteed!!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

B.G.M. heidi

Mar. 6, 2001, 09:18 AM

Shania Twain rides and in fact takes her horse with her when she's on tour.

Does anyone remember Lee Aaron? Posed for Hustler, chanteuse of big hair and spandex, a real screecher of a singer. She's apparently now covering jazz standards in B.C.

Comedienne Sandra Shamas rides, I believe, and I've seen her at several horse shows. One of the funniest jokes of hers:

-She sees grafitti in the bathroom, one of which reads, "My mother made me a lesbian"; to which she responds, "If I give her the wool, do you think she can think she can knit one for me too?" . /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Bumpkin, as fun as it has been to mock Canter (and I do it cause I love her), she is, in fact, 20 years younger than the rumoured 61.

Daphnes hair dresser

Mar. 6, 2001, 09:19 AM

Canter, can I trade the bridge I own for your horse? /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Daphnes hair dresser

Mar. 6, 2001, 09:22 AM

Canter, can I trade the bridge I own, for your horse? /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Daphnes hair dresser

Mar. 6, 2001, 09:24 AM

Sorry for the double post. I really want the horse!!!

Goodyfourshoes!

Mar. 6, 2001, 09:47 AM

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Canter

Mar. 6, 2001, 10:12 AM

Lee Aaron!! Yikes!!! Heidi that's going way back to the days of "Hollywood" and well...er...Holly Woods. I always think of Lee Aaron and Holly Woods in the same context: The BlackHawk Motor Inn, Richmond Hill. Saw both metal queens perform there in my teens. Saw Rush play there too, but that was courtesy of a borrowed ID. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

B.G.M. heidi

Mar. 6, 2001, 10:29 AM

Geez Canter, here I am disspelling the rumour that you're 61 and you date yourself again - Rush at the Blackhawk? /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

Anyone remember Frozen Ghost? Worthy, didn't hubby play with them for a while? Perhaps we remembers Phil X...Don't believe, BTW, that Phil rides. Anyone else recall Lori Yates? Few country albums, a techno-type CD couple years back, gigs locally at Ted's Wrecking Yard, fronting Hey Stella.

Goodyfourshoes!

Mar. 6, 2001, 11:07 AM

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Fred

Mar. 6, 2001, 01:07 PM

Bruce is a great songwriter, and I really like him too as a person.
But back to my JUNO rant, getting a JUNO - or getting radio play is not really a measure of talent or creativity - it is all industry and money.
Another great Canadian male singer-songwriter? GARNET ROGERS. and I bet most of you have never even heard of him. doesn't kiss ass, doesn't write 3 minute songs to get radio play...But he is a truly powerful performer,beautiful voice, writes stunning, moving, beautifully written songs, but doesn't "play the game". He'll probably never get a Juno either.
I don't know Allanah M. but I DO remember an interview she did a few years ago in which she stated that her sexual allure was so great, the stallion they were using for the video kept getting an erection.!!! um, she's veeery pretty, but, as someone with a stallion, that made me ROTFLOL. erections (in stallions) are not hard to come by <G>

[This message was edited by Fred on Mar. 06, 2001 at 04:13 PM.]

Goodyfourshoes!

Mar. 6, 2001, 01:31 PM

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Canter

Mar. 6, 2001, 01:47 PM

I told you Alanah is a NUT. Only she would say that.

Remember Lisa Dal Bello? She does a ton of commerical work - both singing and songwriting and is the nicest person in the world.

Heidi/Worthy: CHALLENGE QUESTION FOR 10 POINTS
I'm trying to remember the name of the guy who had the Toronto band called...errr. He used to think he was David Byrne and wore those really boxy suits. What is his name? Who is the band? It's on the tip of my tongue... no I can't even remember the name of their hit song (maybe they had 2 or 3) I remember the video, hence the boxy suit reference. Care to take a wild guess? I'd recognise the name if I saw it!!!

Goodyfourshoes!

Mar. 6, 2001, 01:51 PM

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B.G.M. heidi

Mar. 6, 2001, 02:24 PM

Blue Peter - Paul Humphreys.

Lori Yates, BTW, is a good friend of ours and gave birth last week to a baby boy. Another 'unsung' talent. Such a wonderful voice; if Patsy Cline were alive, she'd give her a run for her money. /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Agree with both Fred and Worthy about the music industry - probably the only one sleazier and more corrupt than the movie industry.

Riddle me this though girls - don't you think there are parallels between success in the schmooze industries and pro riding/training, etc.?
Yes, talented, works hard, but I do think by virtue of his ability to make nice with the rich folk, Eric's suceeded where many have not.

Canter

Mar. 6, 2001, 02:45 PM

Blue Peter. That's the name I couldn't remember. Thanks for playing ladies. I knew one if not both of you would remember.

The schmooze factor is a major asset in the horse biz. So are Hollywood looks. Now how come one of our lovely and talented horsewomen (you know the one) isn't feeling the love from a few wealty sponsors? Is it really easier for a guy to get ahead?

Everythingbutwings

Mar. 6, 2001, 03:51 PM

You guys are beginning to lose ground to the only thread the Californians can understand /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

What happened to your "views vs posts" stats? Slowing down at age thirty three and a third, tsk, tsk.

Where is my toque? Clever of you Canadians to have Jair divert them from the true path /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif Keep the other cliques busy playing dress up with Jair - I am on to your tricky ways /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

JumpTheMoon

Mar. 6, 2001, 04:11 PM

How about we play a game? Since there are no IP's shown here it will be a bit harder than on the EMG one lol. All must chose an alter, and we get 3 clues as to who it is. First person to guess gets a prive (not sure what yet though). We need to get this going! Its slowing down.

Bigger_Dayz

Mar. 6, 2001, 05:53 PM

O.k, I'll start /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif I am an alter and will give you three hints as of who I am. Since I'm the start of this I'm not really sure what kind of hints to post but I'll try /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

hint #1- I hate my horse's registered name but like the unique short version of it

hint#2- out of all the horses I've owned they have all been bays except for one

hint#3- I'm very impateint

Well? too easy? too hard?

Heidi

Mar. 6, 2001, 06:03 PM

Incubus is one of the following:

-Ninja
or
-Tin

Who am I?
-Recently gave virtual birth eating a paper cup of poutine;
-Am 'animated';
-Am at a barn where the trainer answers to the nickname 'Scout';
-Am younger than Canter

JumpTheMoon

Mar. 6, 2001, 06:06 PM

#2 writes like heidi but I have no clue lol.

Bigger_Dayz

Mar. 6, 2001, 06:10 PM

I won't reveal myself yet but I must say, for the seond alter, being younger than Canter doesn't help alot. Isn't everyone younger than Canter? LOL!! sorry Canter dear /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

doubletake

Mar. 6, 2001, 06:13 PM

All these alters are making my head spin! /infopop/emoticons/icon_frown.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_redface.gif
Please reveal yourselves before I die of confusion! /infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif

Bigger_Dayz

Mar. 6, 2001, 06:24 PM

this should make it clear to who's alter I am.

I have a very pregnant mare who is almost 2 weeks over due and it's driving me nuts on how content she is while we watch and wait /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

How's that? /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

one more hint: I finally figured out the golf game, doubletake and am now REALLY addicted /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

Heidi

Mar. 6, 2001, 06:25 PM

Incubus is Figjam, aka Toe Jam, aka Mary Kate Rose. I'm right, aren't I?

Bigger_Dayz

Mar. 6, 2001, 06:26 PM

gefiltefish > noppers on that last guess /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

doubletake

Mar. 6, 2001, 06:30 PM

lol, Incubus/Tin! She still hasn't popped yet?! /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif
p.s.->Have I created a mini-golf monster?! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Bigger_Dayz

Mar. 6, 2001, 06:34 PM

lol! that last one should have "outed" myself. I am Tin /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Nope, no baby yet /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif I think it's a big conspiracy, she getting back at us for riding her and making her work. Good theory?
You have created a min golf monster! I like the billard games too but I'm not as good at them.......yet! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Heidi

Mar. 6, 2001, 06:41 PM

I guessed your identity on the previous page and demand the recognition that I so richly deserve! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

Here's a game:

-When is Tin's mare gonna pop? My guess is tomorrow afternoon.

Palisades

Mar. 6, 2001, 06:42 PM

I'll play, I'll play!!!

Number 2 does sound like Heidi, but since they guessed wrong on Incubus, I'll have to say it's not... perhaps LCR Scott has come out to play again???

Bigger_Dayz

Mar. 6, 2001, 06:43 PM

Yes gefiltefish you were the first to guess /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif Congrats! I don't have a prize though *pats pockets in search* hey! how about a pregant mare? lol!!

tomorrow night? O.k I like the sounds of that :0) Does anyone know when the next full moon is?

gefiltefish > I still haven't been able to guess you ridentity, do we get more hints?

Tin

Mar. 6, 2001, 06:45 PM

opps, guess I can change back again now /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Heidi

Mar. 6, 2001, 06:51 PM

I own a pair of wellies and should I grow a second left leg, I have the perfect half chaps.

Tin

Mar. 6, 2001, 07:01 PM

you are definatly heidi!! Am I right?

B.G.M. heidi

Mar. 6, 2001, 07:34 PM

I knew the two left chaps would give it away. I am gefiltefish, but who knows who or what I'll be next. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Has anyone else noted that we're only three pages from overtaking the CA Clique? Let's agree now that rather than a wake, we'll just sulk away like the polite Canadians that we are, never to be seen or heard from again - but proud in the knowledge that a 2-4 of Blue is always victorious over feng shui and wine from a box. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

Daphnes hair dresser

Mar. 6, 2001, 07:55 PM

Just doing my part to keep the pages flowing /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif
Sorry, I couldn't think of an alter ego.

Mar. 6, 2001, 09:14 PM

Baaaaaddddd thing... Sniff... On another thread, I actually posted what I thought, and then pressed "enter"...

Guess which thread??? /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

Can't wait to see the response...

elizabeth

Mar. 6, 2001, 09:25 PM

Shame on you! /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif (I'm teasing, of course.)

I saw your post. My experience has been that it can go one of two ways when posting a post that is not vanilla. You can either (a) get ripped limb from limb like a fox caught by the pack of hounds in a Virginia field or (b) be ignored because the god of perception is smiling upon you and somehow everyone does not seem to read your post.

For fun we could wager on which result is likely.

(I actually disagree with the message of your post, but I love you just the same b/c you are from NY. Where 'bouts?) /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Mar. 6, 2001, 09:38 PM

The message didn't come off the way that I meant it, and I really tried to hit "delete", but now I'll just leave it to see what happens. Most of the content was what I meant, but it came off wrong---long day out in the blizzard...

I'm in upstate NY---used to live near Albany (know jumphigh83--not well, but appreciate her humor, and drove her golfcart at the St Clements horse show once), and have since moved southwest to what I though was a more peaceful environment (ie. less snow), until this latest blizzard!!!

elizabeth

Mar. 6, 2001, 09:43 PM

Well, very nice to meet you, Jaime Lynn! I keep my horse with Jumphigh right now (we're trying to figure out what to do with him . . . .), though I live on the west coast. Jumphigh83 is great.:)

I grew up upstate and rode there 'til I left for college. Very small world.

Well, good luck with your post on the other thread. My sense is that Snowbird has a good sense of perspective, so she won't be offended.
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Mar. 6, 2001, 09:54 PM

we probably know each other, I trained for a few stables up ther, and did a bunch of catch riding, then I had my own place...

feel free to email me if you want...

Fred

Mar. 7, 2001, 05:16 AM

on another board. It was a thread about horse meat. and I was just about to post about this woman I knew who actually DROVE her horse to the slaughterhouse!!! but as I scrolled down, the woman in question posted that herself, but made it sound as if it were justified. ie what else could I do? I needed a new pair of Serenghettis (that last bit are my words, but you get my point). I just had to put a mare down last week ( I posted about it on the SH Breeding Forum). I just can't imagine or condone anyone sending a horse to the slaughterhouse. I mean W'underware one day, wonder where the next. so I "wonder" if I'll get torn up as you sso eloquently put it. or ignored. oooh ooh or get "kicked off??"
Heidi - I knew you were Gefillte Fish as soon as I saw the name - that's just too funny. I've got to think up one.

Tin

Mar. 7, 2001, 06:22 AM

o.k, ya. Who sent us the snow? fess up! That wasn't very nice you know, take it back! please??

Jaime Lynn> I wouldn't worry too much about it, sounds like everyone is putting in their opinion on that thread and living to talk about it /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif And besides if anyone comes after you with a pitch fork we'll hide you out here and spray them with beer and throw Timbits at them (hey the ones with raisons in them hurt!). After all you are an honourary Canadian /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

doubletake

Mar. 7, 2001, 06:23 AM

Tin> My guess is that the mare will pop on Friday the 9th. (It's a full moon) I think that I am more anxious than you are! /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif
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Tin

Mar. 7, 2001, 06:25 AM

same goes for you Fred /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Tin

Mar. 7, 2001, 06:29 AM

doubletake> we think firday night too!!! fingers crossed!

Though once this mare does pop, you know, this board will be FILLED with pictures. There's no escaping it. Just a forewarning /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Tin

Mar. 7, 2001, 06:45 AM

oh and I have a question for the creator of this thread (Our Thread God?) heidi, it's about the future of this thread. Here are my questions:

1- are we merely going to match the CA's thread with number of posts or will we continue to nourture our thread until we have in fact beat them?

2- once this thread is *sniff sobb* deceased, kaput, deader than a door nail, stiffer than a (darn I finish this annalogy? nah), 6 feet under, crossed the bridge, bit the dust, kicked the bucket and more appropraitly "bought the farm", will we retaliate by challenging the "wake" thread or know when to quit while we're ahead?

3- will you wean us slowly back into the outside world? I've lived in our little thread too long and it's scary out there. Perhaps some little pink pills will aid in my resurfacing. One post at a time....one post at a time....one post at a time.....:p

B.G.M. heidi

Mar. 7, 2001, 07:01 AM

Tinnie, Tin, Tin, not to worry, please note following:

1. We must whoop the CA cliques brass. Don't come to play, unless you're playing to win. That's my football coach impression. Good, eh? I do believe the record is 37 pages - we should scale Everest and strive for 40 pages.

2. We will outdo the CA cliques little wake - wake, shmake! We'll have a thread pageant-cum-seance. Talk about combined training!

3. Once we've reached our thread-page milestone, suggest we all venture to a virtual yet refreshing retreat in Switzerland, where we'll enjoy strolls in the mountains, mineral baths, and face lifts under pseudonyms.

We'll ease ourselves back into BB civilization slowly but confident in the knowledge that we look fabulous and, 'why, yes I have been getting more sleep, thank you.'

Just had a revelation - I think your mare will pop whence we reach our milestone! /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif She's holding out as a show of virtual support to us all. You realize what that means don't you, Tin? The foal will be the thread's baby.

Where's the thread's historian - did anyone or anything give birth during the lifetime of the CA's clique's thread?

Tin

Mar. 7, 2001, 07:14 AM

LOL!

*bows down at heidis' feet* thank you oh thread God. You've answered all my questions and set my little mind at ease /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

You know, I think your right, maybe she is holding our until we reach our goal! Why didn't I think of this before? Heidi you are a bright one, and not just Who want's to be a Millionaire bright, we're talking Jeopardy bright!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Now, the tricky part- if she does give birth when we pulverize the CA's post, then I will be compelled to come up with a good name to celebrate. I can't promise a for sure "naming" because, alas, it is my sister's final choice (if it was mine I would call is Goober or make up a mame like Glomperlikathaym; lets see the announcers pernounce that one!)

So think everyone, what's a good name that starts with "G" that can fullfill this task? *think think think*

Canter

Mar. 7, 2001, 09:53 AM

Man, I have got to get a full time job in order to keep up with you guys!! Tin needs another big storm 'cause mares love to foal when it's awful out!

Fred why on earth would you think you'd get kicked off for expressing your opinion? Controversy, like chain-noseband threads can be good.

I say keep going for 40 pages ... Go Big or Go Home

Canter

Mar. 7, 2001, 10:00 AM

Okay who pissed off Infopop?

Canter

Mar. 7, 2001, 10:01 AM

Okay who pissed off Infopop? /infopop/emoticons/icon_mad.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_mad.gif

Canter

Mar. 7, 2001, 10:03 AM

Okay who pissed off Infopop? /infopop/emoticons/icon_mad.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_mad.gif

L Scott

Mar. 7, 2001, 10:35 AM

Here is a conversation starter:

Four years ago, I leased my broodmare out. As it hasn't been resolved I am not naming names on this board. I could not get the mare back, she was moved several times, literally hidden and not maintained. When I finally did get her back she was in decrepit shape weighing in at about 700 lbs(16.1 1/2h, large framed mare, easily 1200lbs in riding form). The lessee always claimed that it was her, not him and the vet I contacted(who the lessee had slipped with a name, perhaps forwarding the blame) would not talk to me at all, only saying she had breathing problems. I got her back dec 1, 98 and she died July 22, 99. I have been searching for the foal ever since. Legally, without a lot of money, I had no recourse and the filly was "gone", so any claims to her were futile.

Every once in a while, I would put out help adds on boards or key in the stallions name(or who I thought he had bred her to) on a search. One day I got a hit. I contacted the stallion owners, who seemed very guarded. I emailed them my story and the return email was devestating. This man was known for doing this kind of thing in his area. All his horses are in terrible shape. The filly, I found out, was kept on scrub and started very early and sold on very cheaply.

I am trying to get my hands on her to make sure that the rest of her life is a good one. With the help of the stallions owners, we have tracked her down to her new owner. If she has a seemingly good home, I will provide them with information about this filly's exceptional breeding and offer her a home if they ever need one for her. If she is not in my idea of an ideal situation, I am going to try to get her.

It is a situation of guilt and trying to undo the wrong my beautiful mare suffered at the hands of this awful man.

Once that is done, I am going to go after the lessee through the local SPCA.

Canters going to help me, cause she doesn't have anything else to do and as stimpy said to Ren, she's my "feriend".

Has anyone else had an experience like this. Was legal action taken and successful? To me it is cut and dry. He starved my horse which ultimately led to her death, hid her from me, did not return phone calls, moved her, did not provide her with adequate medical care, used her as a lesson horse when the lease was explicit about her not being anything but a broodmare, removed(sold on) the filly when he had no right to do so and was basically in breech of every aspect of our signed agreement.

Unfortunately, cdn law sees it differently.

[This message was edited by LCR Scott on Mar. 07, 2001 at 01:51 PM.]

B.G.M. heidi

Mar. 7, 2001, 10:45 AM

LCR, because you refer to an agreement, and the mare was intended as a broodmare, what did the agreement stipulate re: ownership of the babies? And why do you conclude that Canadian law isn't on your side? Had the agreement specified that you had the right to any foals, you would have the legal right to claim the filly from the 'new owners' - would you not? If the filly was sold without your knowledge and agreement, didn't the guy, in effect, commit fraud? And if that's the case, couldn't you call the cops?

BTW, could you share your 'feriend' Canter with me? I've only shovelled half the driveway and cannot bring myself to clear the rest. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Tin

Mar. 7, 2001, 11:08 AM

and to add to Heidi's questions, was anything signed?

Mar. 7, 2001, 11:11 AM

LCR Scott, I am involved with a dispute with a lessee right now. My problem is less serious, however, the health of my horse was jeopardized. The CEF is intervening in the situation at my request, although they will not get involved in "personal disputes". I was able to get help because I only need the horse's passport returned. For several reasons, I will never, ever lease a horse again. I have learned to trust my instincts and have learned that where a horse's welfare is concerned, I will not keep my opinion to myself. There seem to be far more bad horse people than good these days. I hope you find the filly and get some kind of compensation for your loss.

diane

Mar. 7, 2001, 11:20 AM

have you found the filly yet? I know that if I was contacted by someone who knew of one of my horses history, breeding etc. I would be thrilled to talk to them. While I wouldn't want to sell them back (unless I was ready to sell them at that time) I would certainly enjoy the comfort of knowing that 'Grandma' would want them if it came to it, and just the comfort of knowing that she came from a mare who was loved.

Good luck!

Quinn

Mar. 7, 2001, 12:18 PM

Heidi, I have offered repeatedly to teach you how to drive the tractor and you have yet to take me up on that. We "Southwestern Ontario" inhabitants have virtually no snow to speak of and want no more!

Spring is not far off! But then of course we're into mud aren't we? Oh well, better than this bloody cold.

doubletake

Mar. 7, 2001, 01:09 PM

What are you naming the soon-to-come foal?
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Tin

Mar. 7, 2001, 01:15 PM

doubletake> we're pretty set on Galibrie for a girl (gallie for short; Kalibrie is mommy's name) but we have no clue about a boy's name. Some thoughts are Gunther /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif Gladiator, Gattica, Gandolf and Galian. Other suggestions would be great!

doubletake

Mar. 7, 2001, 01:27 PM

Here we go- many last minute suggestion boy's 'g' names: Gallagher, Galvin, Gannonn, Gardner, Garfield, Garrett, Garth, Garvey, Garvin, Garwood, Gary, Gaspar, Gaston, Gene, Geno, George, Gerald, Gregory, Gervase, Gifford, Gilbert, Gilmore, Giovanni, Gladwin, Glen, Glendon, Gonzalo, Gordon, Graham, Grant, Greg, Gregory, Griffin(Griffy), Grover, Gunther, Gustave, and Gambler.
Do you have any clue whether it's gonna be a boy or girl? You can't leave me in total suspense! /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

B.G.M. heidi

Mar. 7, 2001, 02:59 PM

I had an entire page of 'G' names which disappeared earlier. /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

How's about "Gallileo" for a colt Tin. Leo, for short.

Quinn, do you have insurance for your tractor? Are there seat belts? Be afraid, be very afraid, one of these days I shall unexpectedly show up on your door step, clad in snowsuit, a greek pastry arranged jauntily atop my head.

Canter, been thinking about your query on an earlier page (can't remember the number) about the predicament of a certain female rider in generating sponsorship. You talking about Ainsley?

From an owner's perspective, she'd be measured and judged in the context of her fellow competitors - Ian, Eric, Jay, Mac, etc. - and I'm not certain that Catch 22 enables owners to understand how well she does, in fact, ride. I'd imagine in the minds of most, she's just hangin' on for the ride. I think for most owners, given their financial investment and desire to win, they perceive her as a greater 'risk' than the veterans.

Personally, I think she should pursue more of a corporate/product spokesperson sponsorship relationship with a retailer trying to establish profile among well-to-do teens - i.e. assuming that Club Monaco wanted to pursue the equestrian angle, she'd be perfect for them. What she needs is an agent - yes, someone like you and I, Canter, to guide her career outside the show ring. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Mar. 7, 2001, 03:03 PM

a certain other thread to be repeating itself??? Redundancy irritates me, and I refuse (itchy trigger-fingers) as of this point to even look on it. Mute points, and rediculous people aren't worth my time...

Tin, I'm thinking on names for you--runs to get Websters...

B.G.M. heidi

Mar. 7, 2001, 03:08 PM

Dearest Jaime Lynn, you know you want to interject some common sense and strong opinion into the proceedings. I can feel it! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

Or was this a cry for intervention? Hmmm. Don't do it! Resist the temptation! Be strong! Flame me instead! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Canter

Mar. 7, 2001, 05:01 PM

Heidi you are oh so right!! If Ainsley was riding a Millcreek GP horse right now they'd be beating the sponsors off with sticks.
Why didn't you call me? I ran out of snow to shovel. Would have loved the additional work out. Bikini training has officially begun.

Anyone else care to comment on LCR Scott's quandry?

I have never heard of a situation as bad as this. Please, she could use the input!!

Mar. 7, 2001, 05:18 PM

Bring the ol' snow shovel and bikini-was 50 something today--down here for the weekend--we're supposed to get hit again--if you're really 61, forget it I'd be liable if you had a heart attack...

For LCR Scott, I really haven't had that type of situation arise--several horses out on "trial" that lasted too long, and a horse that came back from a lease broken--not physically, but mentally... I refuse to lease after that--they had a kid (novice at most) jumping this horse 4'+ for no reason other than they wanted to see what she had... Now I have a horse that can jump 4'6" easily, but requires a "specific ride", and is much harder to try and sell...

Heidi, as for your last comment in my general direction, I haven't seen any of your opinions over there in a loonnnnnnggg time, I really don't want to get into a pissing match with a martian...

B.G.M. heidi

Mar. 7, 2001, 05:40 PM

Jaime Lynn, we all have our crosses to bear; mine at this particular point is trying to get this thread to 40 pages. Seems, though, there's a conspiracy brewing - we have somehow lost a couple of pages today. /infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif

Leases - I'd only ever lease out to someone else in the barn whom I trusted. Is your 4'6 horse April, BTW?

As with much else in life, a little honesty, especially when it relates to oneself, is a good thing. Very often, the horse can jump 4'6, but the rider can't navigate beyond 2'6. Don't you find that people lie to themselves all the time about their riding talent? Nothing infuriates me more than to witness a perfectly good horse being ruined because the rider/owner can't get over their self-delusion and ego.

BTW, I ain't gonna comment elsewhere cause I feel like I'm talking into a vacuum.

Speaking of bikinis - underwire is a girl's best friend. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Reckoning

Mar. 7, 2001, 05:44 PM

Geez, Heidi, I'll help you reach the 40 page goal! /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

Here's my meaningless post re: question for Canter: What inspired you to pen "Teddy Bears Picnic", Canter? /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Mar. 7, 2001, 05:47 PM

Not April---she'll jump ANYTHING!!!!!!! Her older sister Roz...

Reckoning

Mar. 7, 2001, 05:51 PM

I'm with Heidi on the lease issue. I might consider leasing in-barn, but that would be all. Mind you, I seem to have a problem selling horses and am reaching collector status! I have one horse right now who is "for sale", but whom I will probably never sell. ideally, I will be able to "lease" (using that term lightly) to someone to show while keeping him with me at my barn. By lease I mean, I want someone to show him and give him a job- I don't want to let him go.

Mar. 7, 2001, 05:52 PM

I was 4mos prego at that show--that's why I look so... You know...

Palisades

Mar. 7, 2001, 06:45 PM

36 pages... way to go guys!!!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Bumpkin

Mar. 7, 2001, 07:25 PM

Very impressive /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

L Scott

Mar. 7, 2001, 07:58 PM

- I had a signed lease. The only thing missing from it was the consequences of breeching of the outlined points. He signed it, but did not pay me. He expressly leased her for breeding. I had done this successfully once before with a very reputable woman.

-I have contacted 2 different lawyers and got the same answers. Very expensive, you can't bleed a stone, the filly had been sold and the buyers bought in good faith were the most important.

-both thought I should go after him through the SPCA. They(SPCA) had a lackadazical(sp) reaction when I originally contacted them. Let's call it no reaction at all. I had to ask what constituted abuse if this didn't. She said she didn't like my 'tone'. Apparently, I have to be very pushy about this and hand them over a prepared file with photos and an accounting of what happened.

-At this time, I know the name of who bought the filly recently and am waiting confirmation o her whereabouts and a phone number. This is her third owner.

There is a lot to what happened that I don't want to go into until I have come to a conclusion on the filly's status.

Leases, except in exceptional circumstances are not an option for me now. I learned the hard way.

Daphnes hair dresser

Mar. 7, 2001, 08:19 PM

Could LCR Scott go to one of the equine lawyers? I mean human lawyers who specialize in Equine problems, not equines who are lawyers!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Sorry for what you are going through LCRSCOTT, it must be heartwrenching.

B.G.M. heidi

Mar. 7, 2001, 08:34 PM

LCR, have you considered the possibility of taking him to small claims? Not that you'll ever replace your mare but just to prove to him that he can't f*ck people over and get away with it. Secondly, I don't know who this person is but if he has a 'business' that's reliant on breeding, perhaps the mere threat of an impending lawsuit would be sufficient -- though, must admit I don't know what you could ever get from him to replace your mare. /infopop/emoticons/icon_frown.gif

How old is the filly that she's now been sold on to her third owner?

Beyond that, since you haven't specified whether the filly, legally, belongs to you or not, if he sold her on without your consent and knowledge I still think there's a case for fraud to be made -- in which case, call the cops.

What a heartbreaking scenario; even sadder, I bet it's not that uncommon.

I wish you the best of luck; do let me know if there's anything I can do.

Mar. 7, 2001, 09:29 PM

Most often times, broodmares are either leased for a breeding season, where the owner of said broodmare gets her back in foal to sire of first foal, or they pay a lease fee-get foal- and work with you to get her bred back, while keeping the original foal(from the lease).

OMG--there are so many alternatives, but if there was no obligation involving the foal, and if there was no clause involving that the horse be returned in the same condition that it was received...

Why????????

Mar. 7, 2001, 09:37 PM

why did your mare go through so much neglect??????

Merry

Mar. 7, 2001, 09:45 PM

I thought you would have spiraled down into thong discussions by now. Or was that 14 pages ago? /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

*yawn* We be done with the Mounties. We've sent them back across the border in a Winnebago with a Disneyland bumper sticker and a mini-fridge full of avocadoes, Ghiradelli chocolate and Sunkist oranges. Our little gift from the golden state.

By the way, David Hasselhoff says you Canadians treated him pretty well. What's all this talk about "Tundra Watch", though? Really, a show about buff reindeer herders in Saskatchewan? /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

Tin

Mar. 8, 2001, 01:43 AM

Well sorry to disapoint you guys but the mare didn't last until the 40th post /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

It's a GIRL!!! Born Wednesday night at 8 pm while me and my sister were riding of course! We decided to check on mare around 10 pm (after ride) and found a whole lot of cars waiting for us and a little filly. Well, sorry not little filly B I G filly. Birth was very quick (5 mins if that) and was caught all on tape by my parents (who were called) and assisted by our wonderful barn manager. Brie didn't show any signs that she was in labour until 10 mins before the birth. Nice huh? lol!

Brie didn't deliver the placenta so after a recommended 3-4 hours of waiting we got mr. vet back out to remove it. This was around 12 pm. He came out helped it along but at last moment she turned to chase after her baby (which has already been nicknamed "little $h!t") and pulled hte last part out herself, prolapsing a tiny part of her uterus. So he tried to put everything back where it belonged (as much as he could reach) and we've been watchin her for the last 3 hours to make sure she wouldn't do a true prolapse. Aren't I a nice sister for stick around that long? (Ie. she owns me BIG time /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif )

Anyways we joked at call the filly Gump because she's a little slow, but that's o.k /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

Oppps, sorry I'm so tired here's her stats:

Name: Gallibrie (Galli)
Height: 11.2hh (ALL legs)
Weight: around 120
colour: hard to tell, kind of a mousy chestnut might turn into a clear bay
Markings: 1 big beautiful star, a small dt on nose and as far as we can see right now, 2 white socks, a white coronet band and a white smear (could be wrong her legs are pretty light but that's what it looks like)

She's got an attitude on her, she was up and walking within 10 mins, bucking and running within 2 hours. She's big bold and beautiful /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

I don't have any pictures right now (hey, it's 5 in the morning and I'm dead tired) but we shot 4 hours worth of video (2 video camera's! lol!) so we should get a afew still shots out of that /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif Will have them up for tomorrow hopefully!

Fred

Mar. 8, 2001, 05:02 AM

on a healthy baby - best wishes with her.
LCR Scott - your story breaks my heart. You're right though about the SPCA, the animal cruelty legistation has no teeth. Basically, if the SPCA doesn't SEE the horse IN THE ACT OF BEING NEGLECTED (and their definition is not ours) nothing can be done. and even if the person is charged with neglect (we have all heard the horrible stories of the guy tying a puppy to his bumper and drivng down the road, dragging it to "teach" it a lesson ) even IF charged, the law itself is weak. Animals have no rights and very little protection under the law, and legislation to protect them has been vigorously opposed by Farmers and slaughter house operators who are worried that phrases like "unnecessary pain and suffering" might have an impact on their freedom to treat animals as they wish.
with the new session of Parliament the Justice minister has said that she will table a Bill containing amendments to the Criminal Code: Cruelty to Animals section. Please, everyone, write to your MP asking him or her to support this bill. current legislation allows animals to be beaten, neglected, starved and tortured with the perpetrators receiving little or no punishment. animal abuse is a crime. rant over for now ( at least it got me off the Junos)
LCR Scott would you like to email me privately, I'd like to see if I can help in anyway.
Canter - I don't know - I just thought the whole thing might escalate into a knockdown, drag em out fight.
and what is this other thread you guys are talking about?

Mar. 8, 2001, 05:31 AM

You're probably sleeping at this moment, but the color you're describing confuses me, did she have this (I thought it was a liver chestnut when born, but then realized there were going to be black legs--as she dried-and black mane/tail).

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1198441&a=8834796&p=28736332&Sequence=0&res=high

or more like April--she's now a very pretty/rich--almost blood bay

Fred--the other thread involves alot of very scarey BS about "rules" and our industry...

Daphnes hair dresser

Mar. 8, 2001, 05:45 AM

Congratulaions Tin, Welcome Filly!!

Goodyfourshoes!

Mar. 8, 2001, 06:57 AM

edit

diane

Mar. 8, 2001, 07:50 AM

Congratulations Tin! a word of advise, don't even try to figure out the color or markings for a while yet, I know greys that were born a beautiful chestnut and my filly was born with light to white on all four legs and as her daddy has four white socks we thought, yes she has daddy's markings ... then at around 5 months her white legs shed out and are all black, she does have daddy's blaze though.

Congratulations! and take lots of pictures ... they change very fast!

B.G.M. heidi

Mar. 8, 2001, 07:58 AM

Congratulations Tin! How exciting! Do post pictures once you've risen from the dead.

Jaime Lynn, the picture of April is adorable. I swear I let down - so cute. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Gotta go now and boast about a birth on the California thread. Seems quite fitting doesn't it? We represent life while they mourn on a 14 page wake.

Bumpkin

Mar. 8, 2001, 08:00 AM

I cannot wait to see the photos of the new "Filly" /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Tin

Mar. 8, 2001, 08:25 AM

Here's a sneak peak of our Galli, sorry they are all attachments but I haven't had time to put them up on my website yet, will do that today though and do a post on the main board /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

I choose 3 for you guys, enjoy /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Tin

Mar. 8, 2001, 08:26 AM

here's another (note the legs /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif )

Tin

Mar. 8, 2001, 08:28 AM

Last one (for now)

This is trying to show her colour a little better. The other 2 pictures were taken with night vision and this one is just reg. camera. I wonder what's she's up up being. Thoughts?

Daphnes hair dresser

Mar. 8, 2001, 08:33 AM

She's adorable! I love the long legs! I think she looks chestnut from the photos. /infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif

Tin

Mar. 8, 2001, 08:33 AM

Oh,that picture desn't really show her colour that well, too dark and I can't lighten it up. Will be taking the camera to see her today and see if we can capture the colour.

Thanks for the congrats everyone /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif We're really happy /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif Galli is a little ball of energy and such a character. The went outside for a tiny bit today and she had her first run in with a snow bank! The farm manager had to dig her out /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif We didn't get to see it (sleeping!) but hopefully we'll get some good pictures today.

Tin

Mar. 8, 2001, 08:34 AM

oops forgot, Jaime Lynn> her colour is more like the first picture I'd say, a little lighter in some spots kind of like a deer /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif Cute pics by the way!

Canter

Mar. 8, 2001, 08:40 AM

Congrats Tin! the pics are super cute!

Thanks for helping out Slugger. Teddy Bear's Picnic came to me one night in a dream. You can't mess with the subconcious.

Jaime Lynn I am NOT 61!! LOLOL!!

Merry

Mar. 8, 2001, 08:46 AM

Just had to sneak across the border to take a peek. Glad to see that there are signs of life in the frozen far north. The foal is awfully cute.

As for your soon to be record-setting thread, don't get too cocky... the year is yet young, my beer-swilling, Anne Murray-loving, snow-shoveling, sword-bearing, Queen-worshipping friends! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Mar. 8, 2001, 10:39 AM

What a cutie!!!!

This is what the first baby picture ended up looking like:

and April:

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1198441&a=8834796&p=28736324&Sequence=0&res=high

They do change drastically when they shed thier baby-coat, and often times lose alot of white as they grow, and gain more darkness(pigmentation) around their muzzle/eyes.

L Scott

Mar. 8, 2001, 10:45 AM

Of course my lease specified that she be returned in the same shape she left. Actually, it was very specific about her health and she needed special farrier work for a slight rotation due to an abcess. It was a legally drawn up lease. My mistake(stupity, if you will) was actually letting him take her.

He was good at calling me until about 3 months into the lease. I called the OPP and they weren't particularly helpful, because they didn't consider her stolen and he had a year left of his lease. I drove to Kingston to try to find her. It took me all day, but I managed to find someone who knew someone, who knew him. I went to the farm. There were four Rottweilers chained to the fence(in good condition), blocking entry to the premises. When he finally showed up and got her out, she was fine. She was in good condition and seemed happy enough.

I was alone with my sister, on a farm in the middle of no where, surrounded by huge dogs and men. She seemed ok, clean and well fed. I had no reason, except how I felt in the pit of my stomach, to remove her. By the time I got home(three hours) I had changed my mind. He moved her again and this time I couldn't find her. I left messages telling him I would pay all her expenses and give him the baby if he'd let me have her back. Then he changed his phone number. Again, no help from the OPP and SPCA.

Next time I heard from him was after the filly was born. He acted as if he had never received a message from me. It was when I got the photographs of the baby that I panicked big time. Way over the top. At this point I still did not know who he had bred her to, either, so that was a dead end.

What actually happened to her was this. He took her and used her in lessons until sending her away to be bred. The stallion owner refused to bred her because she was in terrible condition. He left her with the breeders and they fattened her up and eventually bred her. When he got her back was just days before I made that trip to Kingston looking for her, resulting in me thinking she was ok. The stallion owners ended up suing him for her keep, but could not get their hands on the foal either. They tried, but he coughed up the money and he had had her sold and hidden. A lot of people in the area, it turns out, know this guy. He drifts, screws people and drifts, taking his horses with him. What is most upsetting is that he said he owned her and no one thought it odd that a man like this could get his hands on a horse like her. She is well known in conformation and breeding circles. The stallion owner knew who she was, but didn't know whether to believe him or not.

He kept her on scrub, in a rocky field. Hardly fed her at all. I wouldn't be surprised if she wasn't shod on that rotation either. He does this to people, I was not the first. He got me at a time that I had very little money and was pregnant. He preyed on that. I was very naive.

How did I finally get her back? I think a vet told him he was going to have to report her to the SPCA and he made her my problem. He tried to fatten her up, but she was already to far gone. She was so bad when she returned that my vet cried. We all cried. For days, every time we looked at her. He called me about returning her sept1 and I got her back in early Dec. I had even offered to come get her(no returning of phone calls).

The lesson here is that a clause in my lease might have prevented any of this because he would not have been able to sell the foal until I had got my mare back in good condition. Mind you, a person with no conscience is a person with no conscience. Every end must be attended to in a lease or there are loopholes.

Oh, and one of the lawyers was an equine lawyer.

She had a few good months after she came home. We wormed her and got her special feed. She put on about 2-300 lbs. Still skinny, but no visible backbone and only 3-4 ribs. She hung out with the weanlings, took care of them and loved them. If I posted those photos of the day she returned you would all be sick.

Sorry for the long post. Believe it or not, I have left out some key information supplied to me by the stallion owner.

Canter has been very supportive of me through the latest of this as has another good friend.

Thank you everyone for your imput.

Mar. 8, 2001, 10:46 AM

My cute carmel coloured (with a star) foal grew up to be a grey. I thought he was going to get darker and be a chestnut, but he just kept getting lighter, until he was the same colour as his mother. He's still a cutie though. /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

B.G.M. heidi

Mar. 8, 2001, 10:56 AM

LCR, just your post and I'm sickened.

Here's a thought. Can you 'out' him as the a$$hole that he is - could you approach Horse Sport and offer to write an article on leases and relate your experience? There may not be an acceptable legal remedy but perhaps you can use your experience as a cautionary tale for others and in the process out him as the sleaze that he is.

Canter

Mar. 8, 2001, 11:37 AM

I've been racking my brain for weeks to find some way to track this guy down and expose him for the creep that he is, but I keep hitting a dead end.

Legally, LCR Scott can't prove ownership of the baby unless she was registered, showing LCR's broodmare as dam. Unfortunately this is highly unlikely. I'm hoping that some how, some way the baby can be tracked down so that LCR Scott can either rescue her, or at the very least, have some kind of peace of mind knowing that she is in a good home.

LCR knows that I'm ready and willing to do a midnight rescue if necessary. I've got my all-black outfit dry cleaned and my facemask by the front door.

Something that just occured to me. LCR what are the odds that that guy is a CEF member? If he was, or if you think he may be let me know. From the sounds of things he's too shady and cheap to be a member.
If he was or is a member there is some recourse.

doubletake

Mar. 8, 2001, 01:37 PM

Congratulations to you, Brie, and Galli! I have officially fallen in looove with the little, long-legged Galli! She is going to be TALL! OMG! She's adorable! How's the mare doing? Can I please be Galli's aunt? I can be Auntie Doubletake! I LOVE her, Tin! Congratulations on such a beautiful little girl! /infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif

B.G.M. heidi

Mar. 8, 2001, 01:40 PM

Another suggestion LCR. Have you considered taking the story to one of the tv news show consumer advocates - i.e. Goldhawk on CTV and Peter Silverman on City?

CdnRider

Mar. 8, 2001, 02:47 PM

Congrats Tin! She is VERY cute!

LCR's situation is awful, I think Heidi's suggestion of contacting a television station that does consumer reports would be a good idea. At our local CTV station the main broadcaster is an avid polo player and his co-broadcaster-person used to ride at my old barn on one of their horses, I know they would probably do a story like LCR's. I mean they do it for small animals...a couple years ago we had a humane story involving cats (200 of them) that made headline's for days.

As for finding that dirtbag I'd phone as many barns in the area you're from. Someone has to know of him and his whereabouts.

Goodluck.

Tin

Mar. 8, 2001, 02:55 PM

doubletake> of course you can be Galli's auntie I think you were just as anxious as we were /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif We just adore her, such a sweetie and worth the wait /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Fred

Mar. 8, 2001, 04:10 PM

of going to the television stations is good ( the only problem is that TV likes visuals)
What if you just posted this guy's name, here and now? one of us might know him or of him and at the very least it might prevent someone else from getting taken in. or is that illegal?

doubletake

Mar. 8, 2001, 04:17 PM

Sorry for your experience and troubles, LCR Scott. I really think that heidi had a good idea about the TV show thing. All those shows are always looking for stories, and they help you find what you are looking for and try to help resolve conflicts. Good luck.

Canter

Mar. 8, 2001, 04:18 PM

It wouldn't hurt to contact Goldhawk or Silverman. The worst they could say is no.

Fred, while I would love for LCR to post the creep's name, doing so would open her to libelous action and Erin would be forced to close this thread.

Perhaps one day LCR will be able to post a "Does Anybody Know?" thread. Then we will all know.

Fred

Mar. 8, 2001, 04:29 PM

can you imagine if Erin had to close this thread, and we are so close to our goal?
on another lighter note, perhaps a cautionary tale about reading the BB before going to bed...
Last night I DREAMT ABOUT HEIDI (insert googlie faces here ) ( I still can't do that !)anyway, here's the dream:
I went with my husband to an indoor horse show (2 impossibilities) it seemed to be "Henderhell". someone came up to me and said, "Heidi's here, come meet her" so we walked over to a 6 horse full of kids and ponies (more googley faces) and there was Heidi (who I have never knowingly met) looking a lot like the trainerformerlyknownas Sue Pritchard!! that was it. scarey. Stephen King, move over baby.
ps Heidi was fully dressed.

Canter

Mar. 8, 2001, 06:40 PM

LOL Fred. But did "Sue Pritchard" have a herd of goats with her? LOL!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif
To do the smilies, just click on the face that you want /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif whenever you need one /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif and it automatically inserts itself /infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif

Hardly there

Mar. 8, 2001, 06:42 PM

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Canter

Mar. 8, 2001, 06:50 PM

LOL One Away has invited the whole family!
/infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_mad.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_redface.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_frown.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif so there!!!

Mar. 8, 2001, 07:15 PM

Can I come out to play???? /infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_mad.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_redface.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_frown.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

OK, does anyone watch cartoons? My beast was just in the tub singing her lungs out (horifically I might add) like DeeDee from "Dexter's Laboratory", I was PMP in the kitchen... What ever happened to the classics? Yeah, you see them occaisionally, but these days...

HR---What is the "normal" amount of water that a "normal" horse should consume in a 24hr period?

Mar. 8, 2001, 07:59 PM

but once again Tin---Congrats on a healthy baby!!!!!! Maybe Aunt Sabra will come visit someday.

Next project on this thread--why do some people have NO sense of humor???

Yes this board is mostly horse related, but it's also fun, and I think that some people around here are WAY too serious. /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_redface.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_redface.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

Tin

Mar. 9, 2001, 03:50 AM

Thanks Sabra!! Especially for putting up with me (that goes for everyone too) I know I'm not the patient type and probably drove y'all right up the wall! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Auntie Sabra is welcome anytime, just let me know when your coming and I'll smuggle you and beast child across the border /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Ok and here's my theory why some people don't have a sense of humour:
-The Sense of Humour fairy forgot to whack them on the head when they were born, so I think it should be our job to bonk all the non-sense of humour people on the head to see if we can restore it /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif What do you think? I have a homemade wand at home just waiting so that when I get my funding, watch out non-sense of hunourers!
-And I don't think they use enough /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif perhaps we should make it maditory that each post have no less than two smilies /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif