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    I too discovered the joys of sleep deprivation...

    I too discovered the joys of sleep deprivation with our son when he was wee and awake.. but one of those bleary nights I found this:

    http://www.drhull.com/

    And for twenty bucks I bought a video...
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    How do you say...

    We have outstanding barn help with marginal English skills... I have hired a tutor to help them once a week... they take their lessons very seriously and if I stop by their break room at lunchtime,...
  3. I knew you'se guys would figure it out... I will...

    I knew you'se guys would figure it out... I will just presume a driving award. Neat!

    Coreeeeeene did you ever show western?

    Your secret admirer and now proud owner of a show award placque along...
  4. Help with vintage French show placque

    Hi All,

    I bought this old French award placque, maybe from a horse show? It's about 6" in diameter, cast metal with raised letters.
    Blue enamel over some kind of metal, maybe bronze?

    Anyway,...
  5. No. Check out the current threads on horse...

    No.

    Check out the current threads on horse business/income planning in the H/J group.

    Do the math and you 'll know, but be sure to be thorough.
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    Check the similar post under Hunter/Jumper for...

    Check the similar post under Hunter/Jumper for ideas.
  7. We keep 50 horses in a boarding/training stable...

    We keep 50 horses in a boarding/training stable situation. This is not my primary business but I love it- we have a nice place (now that we have dumped $700K into it!) and an exceptional group of...
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    Their website price at a buck a square foot was...

    Their website price at a buck a square foot was NOT a fraction of the cost I expected!

    They might want to spend a bit more on a useful website before they send out all those postcards, eh?
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    I bought a horse at a show one time, paid in...

    I bought a horse at a show one time, paid in full, wasn't even going to have a PPE, which was dumb, but the horse was all that and a box of chocolate and had been around for a long time, yada yada.
    ...
  10. Thanks for the comments... was thinking something...

    Thanks for the comments... was thinking something must be amiss with no responses.

    Sometimes you see these 'big players' come into a horse sport and they cast a lomg shadow for awhile, then exit...
  11. SIG International- Broker in Los Angeles Area?

    One of our boarders was looking at horses from this group- they seem to have lots!- anyone had dealings with them? They have horses in several places with different trainers?

    Good/bad/ugly?
    ...
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    We got some premier passes and some of the barn...

    We got some premier passes and some of the barn folk went tonight, said they loved the movie.

    A good horse movie = good for the horse biz!
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    Appreciate your thoughtful comments. My dad...

    Appreciate your thoughtful comments.

    My dad also checked out when I was in college. Not a huge surprise actually and though very sad and confusing, it was his life and choice. I don't think I was...
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    Wouldn't that make it really hard for all the...

    Wouldn't that make it really hard for all the barn workers to get to your favorite stable in the morning to take care of your horses?
  15. Absolutely the not-mosque at non-Ground Zero has...

    Absolutely the not-mosque at non-Ground Zero has every current Constitutional right to be where it is. In fact, under current law, this development, like other churches and quasi-churches in the US...
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    First and only child at age 40- no medical help...

    First and only child at age 40- no medical help needed for conception, routine and easy pregnancy, childbirth was a breeze... impossible to imagine life now without our kid who is terrific...

    We...
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    California: Worker's Comp is 32% of groom's...

    California: Worker's Comp is 32% of groom's salary. Yeah.
  18. My rant: people that won't lift a finger to help...

    My rant: people that won't lift a finger to help others get involved with horses or are so judgmental they make 'others' give up and go away.

    You may be an EQ princess or a DQ or some other kind...
  19. We are very interested in learning about both...

    We are very interested in learning about both large-scale composting and biomass as a municipal approach to manure management.

    Here's an interesting article about Norco, CA working on this issue....
  20. I wish I would have known we'd be a...

    I wish I would have known we'd be a boarding/training barn, not a training/boarding barn. That means building more pens and less box stalls, which would always have been easier to rent. (Pens) Better...
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    I don't win at games and contests, but boy, have...

    I don't win at games and contests, but boy, have I been lucky at life!

    And maybe we do make our own luck to some degree, but to be born when and where and to whom I was is the greatest luck of...
  22. Kids were invisible more or less until I was 40...

    Kids were invisible more or less until I was 40 (!!!) and had one of my own. Wow. Easiest pregnancy ever, easiest delivery ever, worried to death that I wasn't Mommy material- but my kid thinks I do...
  23. Funny to find a Constitution thread... I actually...

    Funny to find a Constitution thread... I actually read the thing the other night, trying to understand something that is being threatened around here... that has very little to do with the document...
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    Closest thing to a miracle I have ever...

    Closest thing to a miracle I have ever experienced (except for the birth of my child!) and it was very interesting too.

    Had a very heavy correction so they told me they'd likely have to touch-up...
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    Moving right along, I posted a sentence that...

    Moving right along, I posted a sentence that seems rather mundane.
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