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My contract says I'm an English Language Lecturer. I stand in front of classes of young (18-21) Omani men and women. I encourage them to speak English. I look over their shoulders at what they're...

Sigh....

I just left my husband in January. I know it was the right thing to do for both of us, but it still hurts and I wonder if I will every be in a happy partnership again. I knew I married...

Barn Dirt, I love the psychotic Santa Clause! Too funny!

Riding down a very forward line, trainer yells:
"Get it Girl!"

College coach said when I was riding an extremely hot gelding:

"You piss horses off."

Ooops, forgot #3

It happens from time to time that I will be out somewhere with my husband, maybe shopping or in some public place, and a fine breeze will blow and get under my tail and I start...

#1 On walks with mom, I sometimes pretend that she is the pony and I'm the racehorse. I jig, nip, chew, slam into, my pony until I get told to "STOP IT!" (Stop acting like a horse, that is!)

#2...

I take exception that some refered to the original poster's situation as one in which she needed the trainer to hold her hand, or babysit her, or that she should not show if she cannot have her...

Was in Saudi, whiling away the final weeks of teaching (classes finished, just office hours) when I discovered the fascination that is the COTH BB.

Always been a hunter lover, and was deprived of...

Not that it's popular nowadays..I think it used to be moreso about 15 years ago:

Crosby Prix de Nations

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"Airlines on the "Thanks, I'll think I'll walk" list are...

Yes,

And I hope our government will use this Saddam experience as a lesson...be VERY careful who you support with money and weapons in regional conflicts..Less than 20 years since the Iran-Iraq...

"people in other countries who ride competitively don't seem quite as neurotic as Americans are about fence height and finding spots- they just jump over stuff and get on with it."

You said it...

OT=off topic? (i.e. not horse related) ?
As a hockey fan, I also know it as overtime!!

Reading some British horse magazines, I found the word "numah" or "numnah" used. It seems to be in the...

What does Whalo mean when she writes "bump" ?

I think I missed that memo.

"What Jesus fails to appreciate is that it's the meek who are the problem."
-Life of Brian

your mom: You're funny. I like your posts.

Re: the original question, I find that non-horse people tend not to fully appreciate, much less applaud, work you do schooling and showing. As a teacher...

Hi Suz,

I respect your trainer for being honest with you. It sounds like he and your filly are having personality clashes...I don't know how busy he is, or how many clients he has, but it is...

Many thanks to all who've shared on this thread. I've really enjoyed reading it. Indeed she is an amazing mare! I also was lucky enough to live close to the Solters when they were in Upperco. I...

Mary in Area 1:
Do you mean to say how are ribbons won in hunter/jumper competitions? That is a valid question which would have gotten you many helpful answers. To ask the "point" of something is...

i thought that everyone grew up at the barn and spent rainy days practicing braiding. i guess not.

"And now my life is better than an Abba song"
-Muriel's Wedding

Were you there when he had Mogambo by any chance?

"Vanitas vanitatum et omina vanitas"

That's cool you worked for LeRoy Jolley. When/where was that?

When I rubbed horses I remember we took the babies' temps a lot, and quite often they'd be around 101, and it was not cause for...

For a long time I thought I was Canadian due to my frequent trips north for hockey games. And then the Forum, well, we all know what happened there.....

"Vanitas vanitatum et omina vanitas"

OMG, Barn Cat, I remember Judge Smells!!

What an awful name!!!

"Vanitas vanitatum et omina vanitas"

My mare's name was:

Hocake (I renamed her Island Colors)

I rubbed:

Just Plain Wicked
Shirley Furlong
Bearded Monk