me gone -- But not Miss G!

[YoungFilly]

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Note:
Because I have recieved a few PT's and a few others that thought the worst happened, it definately did not happen. Miss G is still here, doing very well. This topic is, uhem, about.... handbags. :-) I am very sorry, and I also appreciate it.

By the way, it does look like from her last checkup Miss G will be around for a while. :)

[YankeeLawyer]

Buy Hermes. It is made better than LV.

I have no idea what is going on with Louis Vuitton, but my old bags from them used to hold up really well. With the newer ones, I find that the stitching starts coming undone, the zippers break, etc and don't get me started on what happens if you check their luggage : (. And yes, they make even the nicest saddles look like very good value.

How's Odetta doing? Please post some pics when you get some : )

[slc2]

those cloth bags indian rice comes in are stronger, and they have a nicer design on the side.

slc

[physical.energy]

I'm with Yank, Hermes over Louis anyday. That will teach ya to buy cheap:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
P.S. The fake Louis last longer than the real ones:lol: :lol: :lol: and there only $70

[DressageReine]

I used to be such a huge Louis Vuitton fan, but man has their stuff ever gone down hill! Not only does the quality of their bags match that of Wal-Mart's, but the price has gone up!! (Nothing wrong with Wal-Mart, but they're two entirely different brands.)

Come to think of it, I started riding around the time my Louis Vuitton obsession ended - talk about good timing! My pocketbook is thanking me :lol:

[egontoast]

I think you missed what your friend was asking. She was not asking if your expensive saddle was like your expensive handbag.

More likely she was asking if your very expensive imported horse was a chi chi accessory like your very expensive imported handbag. Perhaps thatn is what she meant?;)

[Somantu]

...Come on, I can't be the only girl who as a LV bag, that thinks the leather work is crap. REAL CRAP.
:no:

Feh, the Epi leather ones are slightly better. But don't get me started on the Monogram collection! My cheap TB works way harder (and is more supple) than any of my LVs. No more for me!

[YoungFilly]

YankeeLawyer, Odette is doing awesome. We are headed to our second show of the season next weekend up in GA, and then to the Tampa show the next weekend. She is better than I could have ever imagined. I will try to get some from the show and post them. :)

[DocHF]

I think the remark was a snarky attempt at humour.

The fact that someone pays hundreds of dollars for a chi chi accessory like a handbag strikes some of us as funny when slc and youngfilly point out that a paper sac or a rice bag will do perfectly well...and likely last longer.

A PSG schoolmaster is NOT such an accessory.

If you wanted to learn to ride in bicycle road races, you would not start by buying a tricycle or a mountain bike with big knobby tires. That might help you learn the basics of staying on a bike, but it would be a very slow way to learn to race. You would start by buying the sleekest, lightest racing type bicycle you could afford and even though you couldn't do it justice at first, with help from a trainer you would gradually come to match the bikes' quality with your fitness and skill. Or not. :lol:

However, if your intention is only to take leisurely rides down a mud trail, or tool around in your driveway, a tricycle or mountain bike might be perfect and a racing bike would be wasted.

Fortunately, horses don't care a whit if their talent and training are wasted.

[egontoast]

I agree that it's not the same thing at all but I do believe that's what the friend meant and I don't see how the saddle got in there.:cool:

It's like bone marrow, some get it, some don't.

[physical.energy]

good Luck at your show and have a blast!!

[YankeeLawyer]

I ignored the snarkiness of the friend's remark. I assume it was meant to imply that YF collects designer horses like designer bags, which is of course rude and ignorant. But I also avoid discussing my horses with non-horsey people unless they ask about them, because inevitably many will jump to the conclusion that you are an elitist snob.

[Bogey2]

I don't see how the saddle got in there


why dahling...the HENNIG saddle is a top of the line dressage saddle.....:winkgrin:

[egontoast]

But this ones a 'Henning', a black market faux Hennig, no doubt.

Ducking, goosing, henning...

[YoungFilly]

Hilarious! I was so offended that someone would think my horses were "accessories" and the first "accessory" was the henning, and heck thats a serviceable one! My Henning is worth more than a LV bag. I was surpirsed at that.

But! But but but! My friend just showed up at the barn with extremely attractive Chennel sunglasses, and we talked about the cost.

Her sunglasses "$4600" my LV bag "$1300"

Little Odette: "PRICELESS"
Miss G: "PRICELESS"

[mickeydoodle]

It Hennig= not Henning!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[snowpony]

So, just to be clear here, people actually pay $1300 for a BAG????

I guess I live on a different planet....

[Eireamon]

snowpony you and me must live on the same planet. No way in the world I would buy a 1300.00 handbag.

I have a really nice LV knockoff called a Kenzia. Purchased in Vienna in 1994.
The quality is exceptional and apart from the leather strap going a bit darker from years of use its in perfect condition.
I thought it was actually quite expensive at the time at about $50.00 but boy its been great value for money.

[Bogey2]

and it's also CHANEL...are you and your friends buying those knock offs with the bad spelling?:lol:

[egontoast]

My Henning is worth more than a LV bag. I was surpirsed at that.


Why?

[YoungFilly]

no, I just can't spell, lol. and the n key is broken on my keyboard. <grin>
:)

And the Hennig is more useful than the hand bag because its able to be used without breaking. ;)

[slc2]

i can't imagine how anyone could spend that much money on such a ridiculous trinket, or spend so much time talking about it.

[Susie Q]

I'm all about fancy sunglasses, but $4600??? That's rediculous.....

Seriously, donate the money.... do something worthwhile.

[egontoast]

This is a case where Aunt Esther's purse might be more appropriate.:eek:

[newrider]

Regarding the analogy with bicycles... As someone who has professionally trained many cyclists and raced many races myself, I would never recommend that someone spend $4000+ on their first bike. Buying a high-end race bike when you are first learning how to ride and race is just a waste of money. There are many more moderately priced bikes ($1000 - $1500) that would be much more appropriate. I am not saying you want to get a mountain bike or tricycle to learn to road race, but a high-end bike is just inappropriate for a beginner. As a cyclist develops, the original bike they thought was perfect--especially if it was a bike designed for someone way beyond their ability--may wind up not being their best match for equipment. I have seen many people waste $5000 on a bike never to do much of anything with it in the end. Much more successful are the athletes who start with a modest bike that will allow them to get experience and gain cycling fitness, and then when they have reached a certain level of performance where the equipment is actually holding them back, THEN we upgrade to a better bike.

Don't know if that relates to dressage horses, but it seems a logical path...

[Rival]

I have to go with the people in the office. My horse is far prettier than any handbag and consumes more money than could ever be considered sane. If this is a disscussion about who can waste more money on pretty things I think it is safe to say that we all win over the non horsey variety!

[RoyalTRider]

I'm all for liking extremely nice things. (That is NOT to say I often buy them.) But even with the places I have shopped at (excuse me, looked around at and bought one thing every year), I have yet to even come across a pair of 4600 sunglasses... and I have seen a pretty big number of Chanel sunglasses. I don't think that can be defended on any level- I think the only answer there is to show off. Sorry, my opinion, I just don't see it any other way.

[YoungFilly]

I don't know about the bike comparison. I mean, we hear about people paying alot of money to buy schoolmasters, and gaining invaluable experience on them. Of course they cost more, but that's worth it.

I agree somewhat about buying really expensive hand bags and stuff, a lot of its not nessarry, but if you can afford it, I don't see an issue with it. Are you supposed to never indulge yourself? I mean, going to extremes is one thing, but treating youself to something nice every once in a while is, just that, nice. Be nice to yourselves every once in a while, and that way you won't be bitter by seeing someone else with nice stuff. :)

This is a light hearted thread, don't get all snarky now! :)

[MagicRoseFarm]

well i don;t have many Non horsey friends,, those people just don't get it :)

I will admit the ones I do have cannot understand that I don't have a handbag, and would never understand that I find the most efficient place to keep my cash is the dryer.,.. which is where it all ends up anyway :)

[YoungFilly]

MagicRoseFarm thats were my cash ends up too, in the dryer!

[egontoast]

I guess I knew there were people like this but I thought it was more in the nature of a stereotype or caricature.

PS What are these jobs people have wear(sic) they don't have to know how to spell?

[sabryant]

Here's how out-of-it I am. I've never heard of Louis Vuitton or his little hand bags either!

[DocHF]

New rider,(assuming you didn't type all that just to argue with me) since you haven't been around too long I'll explain:

There is another prominent poster on this thread who has trained in bike racing other than you :p and

the comparison was between a tricycle/mountain bike, something we both agree would not be too helpful in learning to race, and the best racing bike one could afford. Now in a world of Louis Vuitton and Chanel, I suppose some would buy the $5k bike just because it was $5k. From personal experience I can tell you there is a palpable difference between a $500 and a $5000 racing bike. But of course there are many in between. That was not my point. The comparison was not about different sorts of racing bikes. If you had to choose between the trike and the race bike, which is more suitable? If you only had that choice?

Ultimately, the $5000 race bike will take you further. Ultimately, the GP schoolmaster will take you further. Functionally speaking.

But I think as others have joked around on this thread, it is about fashion. While the rice bag is every bit as functional as the LV one, the LV bag has a certain cache that some people feel worth paying for. Sure, the GP schoolhorse or the alloy racing bike have a certain cache to them as well, but the fact is, both of these are far more functional than their lower priced substitutes, unlike the handbag.

For a snarky person who "knows the price of everything but the value of nothing" a GP dressage horse may be nothing more than a fancy status symbol when a lower priced horse can be ridden just as easily. Such a person would not understand the functional value of either the schoolmaster or the high end bike. Just as I do not understand the functional value of the entwined "CC" or "LV" trademarks on an otherwise $50 handbag.

Somehow, I think Young Filly understands both sides.

[egontoast]

Perhaps, but this is the same person who thought that geldings didn't have bone marrow so it's hard to say..

[YoungFilly]

egontoast, seeing your so brilliant yourself, you might have made your way over to the Barbaro thread. Evidently, there was a reason, that I could have come to believe that, CONSIDERING, that even today they will put a horse down with that kind of an injury.

Some people are definately of the 'old lady' variety, who would love to point at other people and point out there faults, and then there are others, who try to look at the good things in life. There are way to many old ladies here in the dressage forum, thats for sure.

I guess no one should enjoy anything and be like egontoast and be mean to other people and be jelous of anything they don't have hummm?

As for the spelling, get over yourselves people. I am not going to spell check everything I write.

[KrazyTBMare]

My goodness. I just cannot believe some people on this thread! It's light hearted and laughing at the comparisons that nonhorsey people made. So somehow it goes into making snarky comments about having a job where you dont have to know how to spell and making snarky comments on a mistyping? Really now. The snarkiness really is uncalled for. There are THOUSANDS of misspelled words on this forum. Why not go to each of those posts and point them out? Or do you have something personal with YF, ego? Sometimes, well not really.. it does lose the shock factor.. but really, sometimes the people on this board (not just the dressage forum, but the whole place) just really floor me with how bitchy they can be about the smallest, idiotic things just to get a jab in.. with some stranger.. on the computer.. Wheres the head exploding icon?

Anyways, exiting the post 'cause Lord knows this will probably stir the pot.. but I never do voice my thoughts but I guess I might as well join in and put my 2¢ in.

[Sabine]

Chill everyone- let's be cool- it's never about money in real life but really all about being a chill person, smart, sensitive and cool to a certain degree...and by and large (don't make me quote names now...LOL) I think we are that...some have bigger wallets, others have smaller ones- it's a matter of what choices you made in your life and how they weigh in at this particular time...frankly- I bought my daughter a Dior Saddlebag for her grad surprise- because I knew it was a dream of hers...but honestly- I never ever had bought a bag for myself for more than maybe $ 150.00.
I was given a nice Italian bag once- several thousand $$ worth- but that was a treat and an exception.... let's not compare money- it get's old and takes away all the meaning...
what matters is life is really only what contributes to true happiness and sense of feeling really great! this can be a horse, a saddle, a purse, a bike or anything else and it can cost from $5 to $ 5mio. there is no price for happiness and sense of fulfillment.!

[KrazyTBMare]

:yes:

Totally agree.

[egontoast]

Ok I'll admit that I find shallow narcissism irritating. If that makes me an
"old lady", fine. I'm an Old Lady then. I like most Old Ladies.

[SandyUHC]

I'm with the Egon here -- I didn't get that this post was lighthearted and laughing, all I saw was "I have an excuse to post that I have expensive stuff". With maybe a subtitle of: "Who cares, you don't need to be able to spell it to buy it."

Old, we're just old. And someday soon we will be buried in off-brand caskets.

BTW, add narrowminded to my description too. I find myself thinking of things in terms of how many treated bednets to prevent malaria I could buy if I lowered my standard of living a little. If I skip my daily soda pop for one week, voila', save a life. https://www.unfoundation.org/donate/malaria.asp
Don't get me wrong, I still heart my disposable income or I wouldn't even have a horse and I love a well-made saddle as much (or more, sadly) as the next guy. Bragging about conspicuous consumption just doesn't sit as well with me now that I'm old like Egon.

[DocHF]

Oh Sandy- an OFF Brand casket! How crass! But somehow it suits you!

Myself, I intend to be cremated and my ashes scattered in my enemies eyes! And I will RENT a designer casket for the funeral. Yes, we shall indulge ourselves!
Just like that mail order club where you rent a designer purse for a month for like, $100.

Signed:

another one of those "way too many old ladies" here on the dressage forum.

PS: apparently, after that ageism dig, YF- you're the one who needs to get over themselves!

[Bogey2]

Bragging about conspicuous consumption just doesn't sit as well with me now that I'm old like Egon

yep, toss me in the pile of old ones!

[PiedPiper]

Shoot and I was thinking that apparently some lessons from high school went unheeded. It is not cool to appear to put effort into anything and the original post reeked of effort. Quite the faux pas! :winkgrin:

Throw me in with the withered Egon! :lol:

[trailblazzer]

Whoever mentioned conspicuous consumption hit the nail on the head. I would NEVER go on and on to non-horsey people about my horses and how expensive they are. A horse is a horse, and no one really cares where your horse is from or what level he could theoretically be ridden at. You will get a more positive reaction from your friends if you talk about your horses as if they were pets (that's all they are, after all). At least pets are something people can relate to and enjoy hearing about.

And also I think the comparison of your horse to a Louis is spot-on. It's a bag like any other, and the only thing that makes it "better" is your own personal preference.

[willothwisp]

This post is like watching a car crash. Its horrible, but I just cant take my eyes off it.

(And I at 18, would be considered an old lady too.)

[YoungFilly]

What I don't understand is why everyone has to be so mean. Is it because your hidden in an anonymous world? That bag was bought as gift for my birthday. But even if I did buy it, so what?

I think some people just love to be nasty at any opportunity. I have actually been looking at this BB less and less, and definately paricipate a lot less because it seems like no matter the topic, someone is sure to flame me, or someone else and ruin it for everybody. Not all of us appreciate the snarky negative comments that seems to be all that is on here these days. :(

[Jeepers]

What I don't understand is why everyone has to be so mean. Is it because your hidden in an anonymous world? That bag was bought as gift for my birthday. But even if I did buy it, so what?

I think some people just love to be nasty at any opportunity. I have actually been looking at this BB less and less, and definately paricipate a lot less because it seems like no matter the topic, someone is sure to flame me, or someone else and ruin it for everybody. Not all of us appreciate the snarky negative comments that seems to be all that is on here these days. :(

But, that is life...there are witches and there people that tell you the truth and people that give you warm fuzzies about what you want to hear...

Roll with the punches, life isn't all warm fuzzies. Unless that's all you want, then don't put yourself out there if you don't want negative attention cause there will always besomeone thinking it if not saying it. My 2 cents. You're a grown woman, don't mope!

[physical.energy]

You've gone and done it again. Ya'all picked on YF so much she packed up her toys and left. Hmmmmpff. Guess she showed you!
I have to admit, I'm an oldie myself. Sometimes just gotta roll yur eyes when the conspicuous consumption devil takes hold of another sucker. (don't anyone wack me fur my spellin cuz I'm dyxlesic)

[BornToRide]

What happened?? Someone got envious about some purse?? :rolleyes: Man, just live and let live. If someone has the cash and a brand-name is important to them so be it if it makes them happy. I much rather prefer happy people's company, with or without expensive purses :D

[YankeeLawyer]

I agree with the "live and let live." No need to be so judgmental and hurtful.
And by the way, philanthropy and conspicuous consumption are not mutually exclusive, so don't assume that because someone has nice things that he/she is not also generous towards others less fortunate than himself/herself.

[Luie's Person]

Very true, Yankee Lawyer..very true....

But I will hazard a guess that Aunt Ester (never dreaming to reach her hallowed hand bag class myself)and many other ladies of a certain age or of refinement will continue to extoll the virtues of discretion, modesty and humility.

(But of course NEVER in the workplace! Chicas rule!)

[Jeepers]

I agree with the "live and let live." No need to be so judgmental and hurtful.
And by the way, philanthropy and conspicuous consumption are not mutually exclusive, so don't assume that because someone has nice things that he/she is not also generous towards others less fortunate than himself/herself.

So, it's everyone else's fault and they should all change cause you think so? Being rediculously nasty and jumping people's throats is one thing. Little remarks that aren't that bad isn't the end of the world and people should be able to just get over it. Realize that it really doesn't matter and you can't change everyone else's viewpoint. Maybe you do come off a certain way, some people will be offended by it while others could care less. Whining about all the 'nasty, witchy people' is just wallowing in your own misery, a pity party. Even if people get real nasty, let it just roll off your back, don't feel sorry for yourself. In the big picture, it doesn't matter! This is a pet peeve of mine...:sigh:

[Sabine]

I really think YF had no intentions of 'showing off'- I think when you live in it- you are not so aware that maybe others don't have it- or better that it's not an interesting topic for those who don't have it- especially when you are sitting at home late at nite, browsing your BB with a glass of wine in hand....

I am always a bit conflict adverse- because I have seen a lot of major shit and learned that sometimes the way it reads is not the way it's intended - so I guess I prefer to assume just a genuine, innocent post in this case, rather than a premeditated assault on the 'Old Ladies' around here...typecasting is always a way to close the door and put up borders...and a great way to stop discussion....now remind me - what was this BB for- to vent your menopausal frustrations and bash heads...??

sorry - I guess I missed that part...btw- old ladies are TRULY nice- they usually don't gang up to this degree...:LOL-...just an observation.

[nhwr]

Sabine,

I guess you didn't hear about the 2 ladies up in LA who would take in homeless men, put them up in an apartment, buy multiple life insurance policies on them, then run the men over with their cars and leave their bodies in an alley :eek: then collect on the insurance. They got more than $5 million this way. They were in their mid 60's. Not very nice :no:

I didn't read the original post 'cause I am not that into LV. It just isn't the kind of thing I'd want. Maybe all the mention of expensive brands could be construed as over the top, but I find that when I am satisfied with my own life, I am happy that other people can have the things they like too. One thing that was drilled into me as a kid was it is "vulgah" to discuss money in a social context. So I am never comfortable with it.

I'd prefer to think that makes me a bit old fashioned, rather than just plain old :lol:

[Sabine]

NHWR-
I agree- came from the same school-....don't talk about money and live modestly...which is what I do...:(
I read the post to be about the lack of quality of a LV bag....but I guess- since I apparently live in the middle of the expensive OC and still manage to be on the moon- I know nothing.
Just this weekend a judge/friend mentioned that her new Henning had arrived but didn't fit her in the twist...and I quickly remembered the post..I guess I must be out of it but I realized then that this is the 'in' thing now..so sorry...I know nothing..no LV bag for me and no Henning- but I love my Schleese- is that considered bragging???

- but still I do prefer to assume the best of people...- so now you can call me a VERY old lady!LOL!

[physical.energy]

When you live in so cal amongst some of the wealthiest people in the industry you are less affected by the name dropping and those who are impressed by designer this or that. I frankly could care less what others have. I gave up my LV's long ago, don't have a hennig, I have schleese's and too many I might add. And I wear Maui Jim or Silouette Sunglasses. My car is beat up I am struggling to pay for my bills. I think I am like many other people, and certainly don't look at other for what they do or don't have. I always feel a bit sorry for people who are so affected by the "nice things".

[Livie]

Okay I'm going to have to admit that when this post was first started I was totally confused. I reread it multiple times and was like "is there a question in here that I'm missing? Or....". Now that it's 3 pages and the OP removed the post I'm still confused. What was the point? It's like me posting what my cat ate for breakfast, irrelevant and nobody cares.

[egontoast]

My posts were of the mild poking variety. Others talked about conspicuous consumption but for me it was just responding to another me me me inane thread. Another in a series.

We horse owners are all over the top with conspicuous consumption in comparison with many others in the world. It's obscene if you really allow yourself to think about it.

[slc2]

i think yf's friend was giving her a ribbing for talking about the price of her horse. and it's well deserved. that isn't something well mannered people talk about.

my acquaintance was saying how she got a 'deal' on her horse for 30,000 dollars.

a lady next to us in the restaurant leaned over and said something to the effect that that is a pretty effed up way to spend money and that it could be spent on far worthier things.

bottom line is, though, that everyone decides how to spend their own money, and i don't begrudge anyone that any more than i do myself. however, it would be better manners to not go talking about it quite so much. it would be nice if people set some small amount aside for good works while they are lavishing all that fat cash on themselves.

slc

[DocHF]

What I don't understand is why everyone has to be so mean.-Young Filly
Pot, meet frying pans.

age and experience will trump youth and beauty every time
:lol: :lol: :lol:

[inca]

I would never in a million years keep repeatedly posting on an internet BB about how much I paid for my horse (or alluding to the fact that the horse is expensive) - basically bragging that I could afford to drop that amount of money on a horse. Okay, we got it the first time you posted her price - you are rich (or at least think you are rich) and for some reason want to keep reminding us of that fact. Why we need to be reminded of that fact, I have no idea.

Personally, I like to keep my financial situation private - no one needs to know one way or the other.

Guess I will join the group of old ladies!

[SandyUHC]

Jeepers --

"And by the way, philanthropy and conspicuous consumption are not mutually exclusive..."

I did not in any way imply that they are. Ted Turner pays the overhead for the foundation that I linked. On Sunday I actually bought the store brand >gulp< bag of sugar instead of my beloved C&H because it suddenly occurred to me I could send that $1.38 with my pop money to Africa, so that was the connection in my mind.

(Of course, I was a leetle out of my haid seein' as I had actually WALKED the three blocks to the store and carried a fabric tote bag with me. I wonder if having to use a reel/push mower since my gas lawnmower died is having some odd social conscience effect on me??!! I've had a Mt. Dew and some french fries and watched a bunch of TV while clutching my cellphone so I think I'm out of danger for now.)

I was raised in the South where people Just Don't Talk About the things YF was talking about, that's all. She didn't have to take her cats-eye marbles and go home.

[AllWeatherGal]

Maui Jim's rock ... I bought a pair cuz the company supported eventing and couldn't be happier. I bought Dehners cuz I like the toe box ;) But there are much less expensive sunglasses and boots in the world.

It is difficult to not be conspicuously consuming whilst astride a 1400-lb money pit and I don't try ;) ... but I also buy things cuz I think they've got cool features or they'll do a good job rather than the brand. To me, brands are a way of identifying a product so others can avoid the bad quality or share in the fun.

I'll try not to change when I win the lottery!

[AllWeatherGal]

Jeepers --
On Sunday I actually bought the store brand >gulp< bag of sugar instead of my beloved C&H because it suddenly occurred to me I could send that $1.38 with my pop money to Africa, so that was the connection in my mind.

Ok ... I admit it ... this is way out there, but are you sure that the store brand sugar was actually cane sugar? It could have been processed sugar beet, which is fine if you like it, but not the same.

Food is not something I stint on (in quality OR quantity!!). I was quite aghausted at a recent radio ad by some discount food store chain saying "save money on food so you can spend it on things that really matter, like gas".

I've found that by driving between 55 and 65 mph on the freeways (rather than my customary 80) I have a little more money for what matters to me -- FOOD!

[Jeepers]

Jeepers --

"And by the way, philanthropy and conspicuous consumption are not mutually exclusive..."

I did not in any way imply that they are. Ted Turner pays the overhead for the foundation that I linked. On Sunday I actually bought the store brand >gulp< bag of sugar instead of my beloved C&H because it suddenly occurred to me I could send that $1.38 with my pop money to Africa, so that was the connection in my mind.

(Of course, I was a leetle out of my haid seein' as I had actually WALKED the three blocks to the store and carried a fabric tote bag with me. I wonder if having to use a reel/push mower since my gas lawnmower died is having some odd social conscience effect on me??!! I've had a Mt. Dew and some french fries and watched a bunch of TV while clutching my cellphone so I think I'm out of danger for now.)

I was raised in the South where people Just Don't Talk About the things YF was talking about, that's all. She didn't have to take her cats-eye marbles and go home.

And I was not the one to say that, it was YankeeLawyer...I was the one ranting about being too sensitive and getting over the meanies :yes:

[didgery]

I'm not going to get into this argument except to state that deleting the first post of a trainwreck thread does NOTHING to draw attention away from oneself. It's a peeve of mine, and something I should work on getting over.

[SandyUHC]

And I was not the one to say that, it was YankeeLawyer...I was the one ranting about being too sensitive and getting over the meanies :yes:

Jeepers, Jeepers, sorry! I'm not going to delete it and risk peeving didgery though. ;-) Seriously, didgery has a point, there are many more posts post-deletion than pre-deletion.

AllWeatherGal -- eek! I'm trying to drink tea (Twinings English Breakfast) instead of "Coke" and I'm pretty sure authentic Southern sweet tea has CANE sugar super-saturated in it! And now I have the C&H song stuck in my head besides, gah.

I've put money into having my first equine money pit pop out a new one, like I can justify that instead of feeding a small village somewhere? Uh, no, but I try not to think about it.

[DocHF]

Of course, you could send the popped out foal to the hungry village...
And whats wrong with beet sugar? You guys can keep your designer labeled cane sugar....

excuse me, but this whole thread, including the deleted original post, (wherein Youngfilly bemoans the fact that her GP schoolmaster is belittled by a non-horsey colleague for being just a designer label item, not a really useful must for the aspiring dressage rider, and lets us know just how much that LV purse she got for her birthday cost), is just a bit silly and I'm all for that!

[Calhoun]

I just read through this thread and have a question. Are the $4600 sunglasses insured? What if you leaned over the side of your yacht to look at the dolphins and they slipped off your face into the water. It would be like watching 46 $100 bills float away.

[physical.energy]

Na, if you leaned over your $800,000.00 yacht to look at dolphins wearing the $4600 sunglasses, they would more than likely drop and get stuck in your $9000 tits and create a whole nother I have money thread:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

AWG, I like the way you think. :winkgrin:

[slc2]

Okay, we got it the first time you posted her price - you are rich (or at least think you are rich) and for some reason want to keep reminding us of that fact.

you're just too shy about expressing your feelings, :D

[Kathy Johnson]

What did your cat eat for breakfast?

[physical.energy]

It's early and I haven't had my coffee yet. :D Awww man ijust realized I don't ahve any 1/2 & 1/2.... now I'm gonna get cranky!

[Bogey2]

they would more than likely drop and get stuck in your $9000 tits and create a whole nother I have money thread


:lol: can you sit the trot with those?

Bogeywouldnotknowbutisnosey

[DressageGeek "Ribbon Ho"]

Another excellent charity is my research. I will gladly share all my data with you ahead of publication. Heck, I'll make you an author on every pub. If I ever get to design some neat therapeutics you could have the patent. And I cost less than several handbags.

[physical.energy]

[quote=Bogey2]:lol: can you sit the trot with those?

As long as one wears a $900 Madonna Bra they stay put.

[egontoast]

OW ! Sunglasses Cleavage! Gone but not gone, like this thread.

PS how much for the Dolphins?

[WBLover]

I just have to say that when my grandmother passed away (God rest her soul) I was told I could go through her clothes, costume jewelry, shoes, purses, etc. and take what I like. My grandmother was quite the fashionable old lady.

I took some things, including a very non-descript black nylon and leather purse. I immediately transferred my things from my broken down worn out Payless Shoe Source purse that I paid about $20 for, into this black purse that my grandmother didn't even seem to have used once.

I carried this purse around for MONTHS, until a co-worker finally noticed it and said "Is that a Coach?".

"What?" I replied. "Is what a Coach?"

And she replied, "Your purse?". And I said, "Oh this? I inherited it from my grandmother, I don't think so."

So we turned it upside down and low and behold stamped in the leather bottom was "COACH". Then I also noticed on each side a small metal tag that said "COACH".

Goes to show you that old ladies can be designer conscious and that 37-year-old me who makes a pretty decent income doesn't give a hoot about brand name purses because I carried it around for months and didn't even look at the label!

But I sure can appreciate a well-trained, quality, expensive horse!!!

[Equibrit]

This thread seems obscene and trivial when you consider how a very few dollars could help some starving children in Darfur. I'm sure a $1300.00 handbag is out of the realm of their comprehension.

[BornToRide]

Wow, I had no idea purses had such manipulating powers on women.....:lol: :lol: :lol:

[class]

i didn't realize there were hungry children that could eat with only a few dollars! with this brand new information, i will sell my $16 "Hot Topics" grey cotton purse and send them the cash. do you have the address that i should send it to equibrit? also, do you know anyone who wants an awesome grey fabric purse? it has not one, but two, yes two! zippers. i will just stash my car keys in my bra.

wait... what am i even doing with a car when i could just walk to work if i woke up two hours earlier...

[slc2]

congratulations, you have even made the compassion side of the argument sound like it belongs to the bottom feeders.

[Bogey2]

Less grain, 24 hour turnout and a bit of rollkur should fix the problem....wait..what were we talking about now?

[Equibrit]

i didn't realize there were hungry children that could eat with only a few dollars! with this brand new information, i will sell my $16 "Hot Topics" grey cotton purse and send them the cash. do you have the address that i should send it to equibrit? also, do you know anyone who wants an awesome grey fabric purse? it has not one, but two, yes two! zippers. i will just stash my car keys in my bra.

wait... what am i even doing with a car when i could just walk to work if i woke up two hours earlier...

You have attained a new level of crassness.

[physical.energy]

Anyone who spends $1300 on a bag should be sending money to well deserved needy charities or organizations to help people. However, I'm sure that many of these handbag queens are "the walking unconscious" and don't even know charities exist.

[Jeepers]

Anyone who spends $1300 on a bag should be sending money to well deserved needy charities or organizations to help people. However, I'm sure that many of these handbag queens are "the walking unconscious" and don't even know charities exist.

Ethics is a hard thing to nail down as to what is right for everyone and everything ;) In fact, impossible. People have different beliefs and views on the world....not saying at all that it isn't a good thing to donate money to charities, but just sayin'...you can't nail it down and make an absolute of it.

[SandyUHC]

physical.energy, why are you so sure about that? And where do you draw the line -- do YOU buy the lowest quality item in everything and send the rest to charity? And as someone mentioned before -- you have a horse, right? Horse = Luxury Item these days you know.

Edited to say: What Jeepers said, she's quicker than me today.

Class-less, if you had followed the link I posted (you do read ALL the replies before you post, don't you dear?) you would have seen how $4.00 can save multiple lives in Africa. Equibrit, looks like you skipped ahead too but read Jeepers' last post to get caught up.

Kathy Johnson, I really don't think we care about what Livie's cat ate. We care if had on a Tiffany collar.

egon "How much for the dolphins?" >SNORT<

[Jeepers]

Sandy ---- :p I win! :lol: hardy har har, I appreciate the play on my name earlier:p I am such a dork...

[Lookout]

Louis Vuitton quality has really deteriorated, since the merger with Moet & Hennessy. Just one cog in the corporation now.

[mp]

I opened this thread, expecting to read that one of Young Filly's horses had died. I'm relieved it's just YF who's gone and not one of her mares. And the rest of the thread is just a spirited (and, at times, vapid) discussion about manners, handbags and what are the politically correct limits for consumption.

WBlover, your granny may not have been merely brand-name conscious -- she may have liked Coach bags because they are well-made. I have two that I've had for 20+ years and they still look good. Take that LV. ;)

No Hennig for me -- NB to the spelling impaired: note the number of N's :p -- although my saddle was close to the same price. I felt guilty spending that much on a saddle, but after trialing a bazillion different saddles, it made both me and my horse very very happy to ride in one that fits. And since I'm in the old lady category, I figure I better cram in all the happiness my waning years can hold.

The saddlemaker isn't well known, so if someone asks what kind of saddle it is, I get a very blank look when I tell them. Does that -- and my 20-year old Coach bags, 8 year old Toyota and ratty furniture -- exonerate me from conspicuous consumption? just a little? maybe? :)

[spotted mustang]

now, at least the 4600$ sun glasses protect your eyes, which are priceless.

But what do you put in a 1300$ handbag? If ya turned the contents over on the table, would their collective worth surpass 20 bucks? :D

[physical.energy]

As long as you are not a member of "The Walking Unconscious" you shouldn't get your nickers in a twist. I didn't say all, I said there are "many". Many implies that there a more than a few. If you are not one of the many then don't be offended. One doesn't need to buy the lowest quality item and give the rest to charity.... lets not go overboard!!! Change from your purchase in the charity cup at the grocery store is a conscious recognition there are people in the world who need help and your change along with everyone elses is a bigger help than you might think. We should all do our part to helo in what ever way we can. One doesn't need to give up their lifestyle to help others.
P.S. this wasn't my argument anyway was just echoing a comment that I took as acknowledgement of consciousness. Thinking we should all do our best to help others while paying obscene amounts of money for our goodies including our horses. Giving is a good thing!! And yes in case you are wondering,,,, I donate my unused horse equipment to a charity that helps a handicap riding program and always drop my change in the cup at the grocery.

[mzpeepers]

I just found this thread and I'm astounded at the level of bitchiness displayed in it. Of course that goes to show how naive I can be. After hanging around this forum for a while you'd think I'd know better than be surprised. :rolleyes:
Those of you who brag about their thriftyness and classy behavior in not flaunting their money and so on and so forth could really use some of Born to Ride patented choklit :D , although I have a feeling that it might not do the trick. Lithium perhaps? :winkgrin:
Really you guys NEVER EVER bought an expensive item for the hell of it? And none of you who paid megabuck for a horse who may or may not be worth half of that NEVER EVER bragged about how that horse must be a good one because it was so darn expensive? Oh Please! :rolleyes:

[Jeepers]

As long as you are not a member of "The Walking Unconscious" you shouldn't get your nickers in a twist. I didn't say all, I said there are "many". Many implies that there a more than a few. If you are not one of the many then don't be offended. One doesn't need to buy the lowest quality item and give the rest to charity.... lets not go overboard!!! Change from your purchase in the charity cup at the grocery store is a conscious recognition there are people in the world who need help and your change along with everyone elses is a bigger help than you might think. We should all do our part to helo in what ever way we can. One doesn't need to give up their lifestyle to help others.
P.S. this wasn't my argument anyway was just echoing a comment that I took as acknowledgement of consciousness. Thinking we should all do our best to help others while paying obscene amounts of money for our goodies including our horses. Giving is a good thing!! And yes in case you are wondering,,,, I donate my unused horse equipment to a charity that helps a handicap riding program and always drop my change in the cup at the grocery.

panties are completely untwisted right now, not offended. Just discussing, now try not to be offended by what I say ;):p Just a discussion...

to quote you from earlier...
Anyone who spends $1300 on a bag should be sending money to well deserved needy charities or organizations to help people

You said should, as you did in your last post, but that is your belief not an absolute truth. I don't believe you get what I am saying. You commented that many of the handbag queens are clueless and oblivious to the world...how do you know? You are pigeonholing fancy namebrand bag carriers...

[inca]

Well, personally, I think those that brag about how much they donate to charity and how they are saving the world are as bad as those who brag about how expensive their worldly possessions are! Why not just keep your financial business to yourself? I always thought that was the polite and proper thing to do! It's your money, do with it what you want but don't tell people who much of it you have. And don't ask others how much they have!

I actually thought this thread was going to take a hilarious turn with the talk of the sunglasses falling over the side of the yacht but then it took another turn that wasn't funny.

[Jeepers]

So, how many trains have collided so far in this thread? :p Want to take bets on how many more will occur?? :winkgrin:

[physical.energy]

Huh.... talking about change in the charity bin at the gorcery is hardly bragging. :lol: and I drive a beat up 95 ford explorer and yeah what happened to those sunglasses anyway. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[SandyUHC]

Why doncha donate a little humor to this thread, then, inca! :-)

Like Jeepers keeps saying, you can't make blanket statements about ethics. There was some good discussion about it though that SOME people late to the party may have missed, along with ignoring the attempt to lighten the topic.

When I asked, "Where do you draw the line?" I am asking myself that question regarding the luxury of horseownership. Maybe someone would like to share their justification, if, indeed, one is needed? Or a few snappy one-liners? Otherwise I'd say this thread is not long for the world.

But there ARE questions still to be answered. No, I probably won't ship my foal off to the hungry village. And I'm pretty sure that the $4600 sunglasses would fit in the $1300 purse. And the natives Equitbrit says don't have a concept of a $1300 purse, I'm thinking they would use it to carry something if you sent it to them. And egon, if you are actually in the market, beware of dolphin selling scams. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=55&objectid=10348128

[fiona]

Actually that should read Dolphins selling clams.
It's a well known fraud believed to originate in Nigeria and will not solve the problem of world poverty or people with unsuitable purses.

[inca]

I could not even begin to think of anything as witty as physical.energy's reply to the sunglasses being lost over the side of the yacht. That is when I thought this thread might be good for an entertaining break to my day. But, it quickly took another turn. Too bad.

You know, if you do ship your foal off to the hungry village, then the anti-slaughter people will join in this thread and create and even bigger train wreck!

(Please, please, please read this as the joke it was intended to be - I beg this of the humor-impaired. I am replying in jest to SandyUHC saying she probably won't ship her foal off to the the hungry village. Please refer to her post as reference before the new round of flaming begins. I think she meant she wouldn't ship the MONEY from her foal off to the hungry village. I think no one would expect her to actually ship her foal to a hungry village! )

[DressageGeek "Ribbon Ho"]

Less grain, 24 hour turnout and a bit of rollkur should fix the problem....wait..what were we talking about now?

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

[DressageGeek "Ribbon Ho"]

I never even saw the original post to this thread (I also thought "gone" = "crossed the bridge") but i am having a blast with it.

By the way, there is also the "Toys for Ted" Foundation, which has a 10% matching gift policy - for every $100 donated, I match $10. And every penny goes to Ted. It's completely non profit. Why - we could even buy our own peeps. no - we could buy JustBorn and have peeps made on a continuous basis in appropriate shapes and sizes for horses. Plus the full line of peep-related bling.

[Dancing Lawn]

three weeks ago at the Kitchener meat sale, yearlings were going for $50 a piece. $1,300 would have saved 26 lives!!!

[physical.energy]

:cool: :cool: My question is this, Just how much $ can one fit into a $1300 hand bag? So far we have a $4600 pair of sunglasses. No diamonds or precious gems please. but any obscenely expensive trinkets are game. :lol: How bout a pricey $700 Monte Blanc pen. Please join in the obscene trinket game!!!

[DressageGeek "Ribbon Ho"]

Well, there's priceless and there's priceless.

My jump drive with my updated grant on it, for example.

[Bogey2]

Please join in the obscene trinket game!!!



well, I am not one to brag but....I have been known to use brand name dental floss instead of the store brand:p I do try to be discreet when I use it...don't want anyone to think I am a snob!

[physical.energy]

By all means drop your designer dental floss in the $1300 purse! All items are welcome!

[Huntertwo]

i can't imagine how anyone could spend that much money on such a ridiculous trinket, or spend so much time talking about it.


Well, I can't imagine a bunch of woman who have nothing else better to do than fill up 6 pages worth of useless gibberish mocking someone who bought an expensive trinket. Geez....

[Elegante E]

three weeks ago at the Kitchener meat sale, yearlings were going for $50 a piece. $1,300 would have saved 26 lives!!!

Yeah cause horse meat has more calories than cow meat.

[Bogey2]

Well, I can't imagine a bunch of woman who have nothing else better to do than fill up 6 pages worth of useless gibberish mocking someone who bought an expensive trinket

sure you can....you've been here a while:lol:

[Karoline]

Very true, Yankee Lawyer..very true....

But I will hazard a guess that Aunt Ester (never dreaming to reach her hallowed hand bag class myself)and many other ladies of a certain age or of refinement will continue to extoll the virtues of discretion, modesty and humility.

(But of course NEVER in the workplace! Chicas rule!)

The #1 virtue is kindness, without it, discretion, modesty and humility are false.

And Class, you are my hero, I love your posts.

I defy anyone to find anyone more generous,kinder and gentler then Class. Just ask Ivy and her family.

[egontoast]

oooogy

[YoungFilly]

mp, you just shook me to the core. I am completely sorry to anyone else who might have thought that. I was definately not thinking, I will change the topic's name. You're absolutely right I could have written that exact title for Gigi. Thank god, she is doing very good right now so no worries. We are only bickering about handbags. Puts it into prespective, huh?

Well, personally I am glad that we are all talking again, like normal.

All, you know, sometimes some of my posts/topics don't sound that great because I am coming off a long stressful day and I am trying to unwind. I am not being at my most careful when I post here, and sometimes that really bites me in the butt. Sometimes I have been unknowingly rude, sometimes intentionally rude, but for the most part, I try very hard to be nice.

I am not rich, I make a very good living. I would have to guess that seeing slc are in the same career field, we are making around the same amount of money.

I listen to a radio host here in Tampa named Schnitt aka, MJ in the morning. He recently bought a top of the line BMW, and he even more recently bought a corvette. He said (just this morning) "Well, I work hard, I deserve to have my toys". I also know that guy gives to charity. So do I (as most of us do) and I do work hard, as most of us do.

I wasn't bragging. I just feel (or still want to feel) that this is a place besides my barn to talk to other like minded people. I have been posting here for years, and, sure, there is some history, but for the most part, I think I have been a decent person here, as most are.

I felt guilty today because of this thread. I don't think I should feel that way about a thread I started on the internet. I am not narsisstic. If anything, I care too much about everybody and how others think of me. That causes me a lot of stress.

I have intentionally *never* said anything about Odette because of fearing people would think I was bragging. I think people who think I have ever done anything like that need to go reread my posts. I have intentionally not done that.

Lets all just take this as a good discussion, because it is. I think the world of you guys. We are a bunch of very intelligent, caring people. Even if you are 'old ladies' :)

[Karoline]

You dont have to apologize. If someone does not like your post they should do themselves a favor and ignore it. I understand we have a button for that now.

A couple of days ago on the radio (KGO San Francisco) a young boy from Salinas was calling about illegal immigration. He made the point that his family was very well off and told the host he was upset going to Wall-Mart that he was the only "white" amongst a sea of mexican immigrants. The host challenged his being wealthy and going to Wall-Mart and explained that there are lot of mexican immigrants at Wall-Mart because this group tends to be poor and Wall-Mart is a cheaper store. They are poor because they are exploited by the locals..The young man responded..."Well, I usually shop at Target".

I found it funny of course, because to him well off meant shopping at Target. To someone else it would be K-Mart or JC Pennys. To someone else its Macys or Nordstrom, to someone else Bergdoff-Goodman or Neiman Marcus...

In the same manner I have friends for whom an excellent restaurant is Chevy's or Outback, and others for whom its Aqua, Fleur de Lys or La Folie.

Personally, I like truck stop food. Real Americana food. I find it amusing when people who grew up eating tuna casserole ( something I have discovered recently and really like) berate me about it, and want to drag me to the local "bistrot" but I keep it to myself, and we usually rotate so my proletarian taste get indugled once in a while.

The fact is everyone is brand contious. Folger or Nescafe? Sprint or AT&T, Traders Joe or Whole Foods, a lot of these choices are not based solely on income but on environment and experience. As far as I am concerned, the smugness in snickering at someone who can and does buy expensive brands is a form of reverse snobbery, or envy.

Because frankly, what does it matter if one can chooses to have expensive brands and mentions it - how is that a crime?

I am glad for you that you do well, have nice things and take good care of your horses. At the end of the day, its all that should really matters.

[cinder88]

Well, it's a good thing I am not "rich", 'cause I'd make an awful rich person.

The idea of spending an exorbitant amount of money for ANYTHING that you can get cheaper, and that has pretty much the same practical purpose, is beyond me. Totally beyond me.

And, I never thought I'd see the day that Egon was called an "old lady"....Truly one for the record books.

If Egon is an old lady, then I hope to be HALF the Old Lady she is.

Hmmm.....not sure that came out right, but you know what I mean.

Cinder

And, YF???? Yes, I can hold it against you that you choose to not use spell check. It is a very selfish thing to do to those of us who have to read through your posts....

Where is the "Ignore" button, anyhow???

[spotted mustang]

Dahling, you can do whatever you please with your own money ;) Everybody else who was bitchin' is just doing the same.

(though I'd still be curious what you got in that thar 1300$ bag...)

[Dazednconfused]

:cool: :cool: My question is this, Just how much $ can one fit into a $1300 hand bag? So far we have a $4600 pair of sunglasses. No diamonds or precious gems please. but any obscenely expensive trinkets are game. :lol: How bout a pricey $700 Monte Blanc pen. Please join in the obscene trinket game!!!

Well, duh! My fairypooping Magickal Sparkle (TM) Gypsy Vanner, the size of a toy poodle, would fit perfectly! :winkgrin:

[physical.energy]

YF, so glad you are back to play, Sometimes ya just gotta let it all out and if it bites ya in the ass bite back. :D Mostly this has been a day attempting humor and a few little discussions entered into the thread but at the end of the day not to many knickers in a twist! And for those of you who couldn't find any humor, stop reading and let the rest of us be silly!:lol:
c'mon the sunglasses and the cleavage was a good one even for me!
Dazednconfused..... if you can fit that fairypooping Magickle Sparkle, toy sized gypsy vanner in the $1300 handbag then by all means join in for a giggle!!

[nhwr]

I am not narsisstic. If anything, I care too much about everybody and how others think of me. That causes me a lot of stress.
YF, please don't be offended by this. In the myth of Narcissus, what do you think the reflection in the pool was a metaphor of? Some say think it was an obsession with physical beauty. The another interpretation is the reflection is an obssesion with the feedback we get from what others think of us. Both are pre-occupations with the self and the latter is an easier pool to drown in.

PS Glad GiGi is OK. I had the same thought when I opened this thread.

PSS I'd like to hear more about how Odette is doing.

[Sabine]

I just found this thread and I'm astounded at the level of bitchiness displayed in it. Of course that goes to show how naive I can be. After hanging around this forum for a while you'd think I'd know better than be surprised. :rolleyes:
Those of you who brag about their thriftyness and classy behavior in not flaunting their money and so on and so forth could really use some of Born to Ride patented choklit :D , although I have a feeling that it might not do the trick. Lithium perhaps? :winkgrin:
Really you guys NEVER EVER bought an expensive item for the hell of it? And none of you who paid megabuck for a horse who may or may not be worth half of that NEVER EVER bragged about how that horse must be a good one because it was so darn expensive? Oh Please! :rolleyes:


Peepers- I am with you..I don't like the direction of this thread- I don't like the judgmental direction...maybe some of you have felt in the past put upon by YF because her posts sounded like they were bragging. I have not been involved that long - so I was not privvy to the story of the first mare and the trial and tribulations. I did not maybe read all posts of YF- but did get wind of her importing her mare from Holland. Surely nothing that many others here on this board haven't done as well- maybe they paid a tad less- but nonetheless....not sure it's necessary to gang up like that and get into some kind of fake donation deal...being involved in a charity- is more like going to Church or brushing your teeth- you just do it every week, every month- it has very little drama to it and a lot of regularity...it's a commitment.

Just realize- if you chase people off- you create a sterile climate - where everyone agrees- usually nothing that is worth perusing....

[Sabine]

jeez- I jumped to the end- when I read Peepers post - glad you're still around YF- I sometimes can read in your posts how tired you are- it seems familiar...LOL!

ps: we're probably all old ladies- if you define 'old' as circling around menopause- which my GYN informed me starts just about at 35 and ends just about in the grave...LOL!

[DressageGeek "Ribbon Ho"]

YF - as I mention, I never saw the original post (there are times when our ITS seems to forget how to keep us connected to the internet, but then, they also have trouble figuring out how to turn on a Mac :( ).

Some of us like to be smug about how our cheap OTTB beats the pants off of the very expensive imported WBs (:D). But it's like children (or should be) - while you might love kids in general, it's your children that are so precious to you, regardless of their abilities, looks, whatever. I know there are plenty of us on this board who are incredibly wealthy. I also know some of us literally have nothing but what they can walk around with. The commonality here is horses.

Actually, even if I had the money, I don't know that I'd know what to do with it. Well, maybe I'd open up that rescue farm and let others with the knowledge and ability run it. And maybe Ted would have sheepskin girths and pads that I could use a few times and donate to the local TH. And we could buy JustBorn and have peeps on demand.

But if you have a fabulously expensive mare - who cares? enjoy her. May she bring you much joy. That's the whole point of having them, yes?

It really is like that mastercard commercial. The times I spend with my boy? Priceless. I store them all up knowing that there will come a day that I won't have the physical reality. That's the true cost.

[mp]

mp, you just shook me to the core. I am completely sorry to anyone else who might have thought that. I was definately not thinking, I will change the topic's name. You're absolutely right I could have written that exact title for Gigi. Thank god, she is doing very good right now so no worries. We are only bickering about handbags. Puts it into prespective, huh?

Yup, it does. Last week, I was feeling sorry for myself because both my riding horses are sidelined with injuries. Then I saw Barbaro's breakdown and horrific injury. I won't be showing this summer as I'd planned, but at least my horses' problems aren't life-threatening or career-ending. And now I have time to get our 3 y.o. and 4 y.o. fillies ready to start under saddle. I'm sure I'll learn a lot. Hopefully, not the hard way. :o

Lets all just take this as a good discussion, because it is. I think the world of you guys. We are a bunch of very intelligent, caring people. Even if you are 'old ladies' :)

YF, you seem to be a good person. Communications-challenged at times, but there are worse faults, I think.

Old ladies, huh? Well, this old lady fed, watered, mucked stalls and cleaned the paddock before breakfast this morning. Then showered and went to work. What were you doing between 5:30 and 6:30 this a.m.? :D

PS -- Very glad to hear Gigi is doing well.

[SandyUHC]

three weeks ago at the Kitchener meat sale, yearlings were going for $50 a piece. $1,300 would have saved 26 lives!!!

For about 5 minutes. Another $1,300 X 26 would have maybe gotten each one of them through the first year. Nothing is every that simple.

[SandyUHC]

Well, I can't imagine a bunch of woman who have nothing else better to do than fill up 6 pages worth of useless gibberish mocking someone who bought an expensive trinket. Geez....

Well sure you can -- you are one of us now.

Muwahahahahahahah!

I recently went through a real funk because I don't have enough money. TO SPEND ON HORSES. Arrrrrgh.

Hmmm, what to put in the purse. I had to do some research but I think a pink Vertu Ascent cellphone (available at Neiman Marcus for a mere $5,700) would be just the ticket. But not if that stupid micro-Vanner is going to get sparkly poop on it. I say we put the Vannerlite in it's own LV carrier, k?

[DressageGeek "Ribbon Ho"]

One year I went to a meeting in DC with one of my grad students (who now works for a major pharmaceutical company and is making twice what I do, straight out of grad school, and I've been a faculty for almost 15 years...). She knew she had to do that, as she had very expensive tastes. We took a break and went to a huge mall in the area, and she went to teh Coach store and was trying on handbags - literally. Would sling one over her shoulder, and stand this way and that, perusing herself in the mirror. Every bag was over $200, even the weenie ones. And all I could think was, I could buy a really nice show bridle for that money, if you're going to buy leather...

All by way of saying, I have no idea what would cost that much to put in the handbag. Except - SSRI antidepressants. I can't use them in my research because they are so expensive. So one vial of fluoxetine or second generation derivative, not on an insurance plan.

[physical.energy]

Love the phone and the drugs are a must!!!:lol: Let's let the micro vanner stay as long as there is no sparkly poo in the bag. Otherwise the little midget get's it's own matching carrier. We can put a Chinese Crested in to keep it company.

[moonriverfarm]

Is this thread about horses?

[didgery]

Here - toss this in your handbag . . . when you take it out to pay the farrier, the thread becomes horse related again.

http://www.saksfifthavenue.com/main/ProductDetail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524446131 068&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=282574492074505&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=1408474395222441&site_refer=360iGoogle&bmUID=1148583422834&ev19=1:5

[DressageGeek "Ribbon Ho"]

And here's my (sort of horse related) question. Can you find an Amish guy to make the handbag knockoff for 1/10 the price?

[Jeepers]

And here's my (sort of horse related) question. Can you find an Amish guy to make the handbag knockoff for 1/10 the price?

And it sure would be sturdy!! :lol:

[SandyUHC]

Moonriverfarm, if you have to ask then you can't afford it.

[Equibrit]

YF - I don't know if you are interested, but there was an ad placed in Sporthorse Marketplace for anybody with a horse with melanoma. They were doing a research study.

[XHalt]

Very nice. I love Burberry! While we are on nice non-horse things. I was just flipping through the new Tiffany's catalogue that came in the mail and there's an equestrian charm bracelet! It's adorable. I should try to find the link.

[physical.energy]

An equestrian charm bracelet sounds lovely and returns our thread to horses. ;)
I also just remembered I have a Hermes silver fold over hoofpick in a lovely navy blue leather case that would fit nicely so that one can pick their horses feet at the classier shows. :lol:

[DressageGeek "Ribbon Ho"]

Hmmm...I have an idea. The mighty thoroughbred clique has charms, so you could add this charm to the bracelet, but instead of the usual amount (I think $40? it's sterling, and nice) you could have donated $3000 to horse rescue making it a very expensive charm.

See? Extremely horse related.

[YoungFilly]

Where in this newsletter did you find this? I went through the last two issues and did not find this information. Please let me know? I also tried a PT to you last night but it did not work.

YF - I don't know if you are interested, but there was an ad placed in Sporthorse Marketplace for anybody with a horse with melanoma. They were doing a research study.

[Equibrit]

It was a text only ad, at the top of a right hand page I think!

[YoungFilly]

thanks, I will look again in the morning.