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  • #161
    *just sitting and waiting to be dragged into the carnage on this thread as well*
    Co-founder of White Trash Dressage (WTD)
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    • #162
      My class prevents me from mentioning that i am a wealthy, super model brain surgeon with a large gypsy vanner breeding operation going on at my seaside villa
      hey is it ok to have 70 horses on 2 acres

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      • #163
        Originally posted by Pat
        Uh, well, class has nothing to do with your pinky or how well you type, aly.

        Class is behaving well in public. Class is not trying to out do your sister, in public. Class is volunteering to do the less nice jobs, not stealing hay.

        Class is saying please and thankyou, and meaning it.

        Class is offering help to a complete stranger, just because they "look" lost.

        Class is being just as happy with a clean (but not spectacular) round as a blue ribbon.

        Class is letting a friend know that there's something stuck to her butt, without letting the whole world know too.

        Your post, my dear, does lack a bit in the class department. But you already know that.
        I agree with all this and would sum up: class is knowing how to make others people feel good about themselves. I dearly hope that I've learned how to do that.

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        • #164
          Originally posted by dcm
          *puts on "Mom" hat*

          IMHO, "class" has to do with manners more than anything, except maybe not "lowering" yourself to some ill mannered antagonist's level. Nothing to do with your proper use of language (unless you have a potty-mouth), your written grammar, or where you hold your pinkie finger. It is being considerate of those around you, thinking of something other than "me me me", being kind to those less fortunate (horses even), knowing when to bite your tongue to keep from saying something hurtful, and understanding the art of the white lie.

          This is not neccessarily taught in today's families.

          *takes off "Mom" hat*
          I agree with everything "mom", but would add that sometimes class requires potty mouthing if that's the context.

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          • #165
            Originally posted by yellow-horse
            My class prevents me from mentioning that i am a wealthy, super model brain surgeon with a large gypsy vanner breeding operation going on at my seaside villa
            hey is it ok to have 70 horses on 2 acres
            Please consider contributing to the other train wrecks as well, you have a fabulous gift for derailment that leaves me limp with envy.
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            a 501(c)3 organization helping 501(c)3 equine rescues

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            • #166
              Horse Poor

              Horse Poor - I'm dragging you into this thread -but only if you bring the ciggies and beer/tequila........

              Man it's been a busy week!
              Bridal Sweet 05/28/1983 to 01/23/2008


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              • #167
                Originally posted by jilltx
                What I find entertaining is that it's allright for "me" to use "my" stall, but I become incensed at the thought of a man using it!!!

                When I had the girls at home I would clean stalls and my cats would follow me...and use them accordingly , but only after I had cleaned them.
                It drove me NUTS!!!!!!!

                Well I think we've managed to successfully de-rail this thread. I need to be the founding member of the "de-rail" clique.
                hear, hear! the best derailing of any thread that i recall (and I'm not always here) was the "nothing" thread that resulted from a barn drama that i can't even remember, but the "nothing" part was memorable indeed.

                As for TP, my greatest adventure on that front was not in a horse stall, but in a radioactive forest in Belarus. I was desperate and hoped to use an outhouse, but it was flooded from some heavy rains and so I had to crouch behind some bushes deep in the forest and got bitten by a huge horsefly. Needless to say, I had no TP and used leaves -- actually not bad. But the horsefly left a huge bump on my thigh that was quite painful and the mark took months to disappear.

                for photos of that adventure (without TMI about my toilet travails) see http://chernobyl.in.ua/en/belarus

                I don't think class is defined by how or where one pees. The issue is leaving the place clean enough for the next person. But heck, I'm clearly liberal on that...

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                • #168
                  this is quite off topic but have i mentioned my portapotty story

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                  • #169
                    Originally posted by dizzywriter
                    hear, hear! the best derailing of any thread that i recall (and I'm not always here) was the "nothing" thread that resulted from a barn drama that i can't even remember, but the "nothing" part was memorable indeed.

                    As for TP, my greatest adventure on that front was not in a horse stall, but in a radioactive forest in Belarus. I was desperate and hoped to use an outhouse, but it was flooded from some heavy rains and so I had to crouch behind some bushes deep in the forest and got bitten by a huge horsefly. Needless to say, I had no TP and used leaves -- actually not bad. But the horsefly left a huge bump on my thigh that was quite painful and the mark took months to disappear.

                    for photos of that adventure (without TMI about my toilet travails) see http://chernobyl.in.ua/en/belarus

                    I don't think class is defined by how or where one pees. The issue is leaving the place clean enough for the next person. But heck, I'm clearly liberal on that...

                    I'd be more worried about those radioactive leaves!!!

                    I am REALLY enjoying your book, btw!!! I have a little trouble getting my brain around some of the terminology (I'm a visual person), but I am SO enjoying the journey!!

                    Wow. I have de-railed again. I am good.



                    Yellow Horse...please tell us your porta-can tale!!! PLEASE!!!
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                    ~Jilltx~

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                    • #170
                      Yes, there is nothing like potty humor to keep a thread derailed. Please, contribute!
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                      • #171
                        This has made it around several bb's over the years and it is my fondest memory of the old yellowhorse
                        She was in her mid 20's at the time and I knew it would be our last competitive ride, it was a 25 miler and i wanted it to be special, i had her 20 years and she was the best horse i ever rode and it was time to retire her
                        so it was a cold Nov day and i had got new pants for the day, we looked spiffy
                        started out as usual with the yellowhorse going like blazes and snorting down the trail, pretty soon my pants had rubbed a raw spot on my leg and blood started pouring down my leg, I had to stand up and ride with my leg off the horse but we kept going
                        we got to a place along the canal where you could go down and get a drink, by this time the sun had warmed it up to about 40 and the wind had died down to 30 mph, so i gave the yellowhorse a little kick to urge her down and she jumped in the canal and swam around a little, just enough to get me wet to the waist, so i got her back up the bank and there i am going down the trail with blood pouring in my boot, standing up, my leg off the horse and encased in ice from the waist down
                        i got to the half way vet chekc where my husband was supposed to be but since i quess we did the fist half in record time he wasn't there, i had 10 minutes for the vet check and i had to pee, i found a portapotty and no one was around to help
                        so I went in was holding the rein in one hand, balanced on one foot used the other to hold the door closed and started to pee, the yellowhorse pulled me out in midstream, of course at my age and with the wet frozen pants it's not like you could stop if you wanted to so she dragged me along the parking lot, peeing and with my very white shiney hiney exposed to the world
                        i of course got back on and finsihed, one leg on the horse standing up frozen feet blood pouring down my leg and pee pee pants
                        to finish is to win

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                        • #172
                          Originally posted by yellow-horse
                          This has made it around several bb's over the years and it is my fondest memory of the old yellowhorse
                          She was in her mid 20's at the time and I knew it would be our last competitive ride, it was a 25 miler and i wanted it to be special, i had her 20 years and she was the best horse i ever rode and it was time to retire her
                          so it was a cold Nov day and i had got new pants for the day, we looked spiffy
                          started out as usual with the yellowhorse going like blazes and snorting down the trail, pretty soon my pants had rubbed a raw spot on my leg and blood started pouring down my leg, I had to stand up and ride with my leg off the horse but we kept going
                          we got to a place along the canal where you could go down and get a drink, by this time the sun had warmed it up to about 40 and the wind had died down to 30 mph, so i gave the yellowhorse a little kick to urge her down and she jumped in the canal and swam around a little, just enough to get me wet to the waist, so i got her back up the bank and there i am going down the trail with blood pouring in my boot, standing up, my leg off the horse and encased in ice from the waist down
                          i got to the half way vet chekc where my husband was supposed to be but since i quess we did the fist half in record time he wasn't there, i had 10 minutes for the vet check and i had to pee, i found a portapotty and no one was around to help
                          so I went in was holding the rein in one hand, balanced on one foot used the other to hold the door closed and started to pee, the yellowhorse pulled me out in midstream, of course at my age and with the wet frozen pants it's not like you could stop if you wanted to so she dragged me along the parking lot, peeing and with my very white shiney hiney exposed to the world
                          i of course got back on and finsihed, one leg on the horse standing up frozen feet blood pouring down my leg and pee pee pants
                          to finish is to win

                          Can't...stop....CRYING!!!!!!
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                          ~Jilltx~

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                          • #173
                            I'm wheezing. I'm wheezing so hard my neck hurts.
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                            • #174
                              Originally posted by MissBri
                              Horse Poor - I'm dragging you into this thread -but only if you bring the ciggies and beer/tequila........

                              Man it's been a busy week!

                              I can bring ciggies but I do not drink so no can do on the alky-hawl. Geek, can though. I am volunteering her.
                              Co-founder of White Trash Dressage (WTD)
                              http://www.lulu.com/mavw1971
                              also available on Amazon.com
                              http://www.cafepress.com/wtdressage

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                              • #175
                                Originally posted by DressageGeek "Ribbon Ho"
                                Well, I would let Mr. JackieBlue use my stall, anytime!

                                I met your derailing, and raised you one!
                                Between this and yellowhorse's story, I think I broke a rib! Mr. JB is rather amused at his instant popularity and it made his night that he thread hopped and ended up over here. But I should let you know Geek, I'm a Scorpio (for that matter, so is he) and we can get FIREY when it comes to competition!
                                We definitely need yellowhorse over at the other trainwreck! c'mon mi amigo!
                                "Absent a correct diagnosis, medicine is poison, surgery is trauma and alternative therapy is witchcraft" A. Kent Allen
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                                • #176
                                  Originally posted by jilltx
                                  I'd be more worried about those radioactive leaves!!!

                                  I am REALLY enjoying your book, btw!!! I have a little trouble getting my brain around some of the terminology (I'm a visual person), but I am SO enjoying the journey!!

                                  Wow. I have de-railed again. I am good.



                                  Yellow Horse...please tell us your porta-can tale!!! PLEASE!!!
                                  jilltx, when ya gotta go, ya gotta go...I really didn't worry about the leaves, though they were certainly radioactive (like everything else there). But's it's not surface stuff that can rub off on you. But even if it was, it washes off. I got some funky dust on my shoe last fall and washed it off in a puddle.

                                  I'm glad you're enjoying the book (and thanks for derailing to say so)! I know what you mean about the terminology. A popular science book is a balancing act between the "science" and the "popular". It was impossible to explain some things without the lingo.

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                                  • #177
                                    Originally posted by yellow-horse
                                    so she dragged me along the parking lot, peeing and with my very white shiney hiney exposed to the world
                                    i of course got back on and finsihed, one leg on the horse standing up frozen feet blood pouring down my leg and pee pee pants
                                    to finish is to win

                                    OMGiH, I am CRYING!
                                    Chronicles of the $700 Pony
                                    The Further Adventures of the $700 Pony
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                                    • #178
                                      Originally posted by dizzywriter
                                      I'm glad you're enjoying the book (and thanks for derailing to say so)! I know what you mean about the terminology. A popular science book is a balancing act between the "science" and the "popular". It was impossible to explain some things without the lingo.
                                      It's motivated me to do some google-ing, and find out more about radioactivity ("Radioactivity for Dummies" if you will). I've even been able to converse about it a bit with my space-geek-obscure-science-know-it-all hubby (and I do say that with love in my heart!) and he wants to read it next.
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                                      ~Jilltx~

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                                      • #179
                                        Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Really, with all the shit that goes on in the world, if this is the worst thing you can come up with to be pissed about, then you are far, far, far ahead of 99.99% of everyone else.

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                                        • #180
                                          Oh my god Yellow Horse - that is hilarious! YOU GO GIRL - in more ways than one!

                                          I was out on a trail ride, stopped to pee (we were miles aways from anything and I had drank way too much coffee). I found a nice little spot just off the trail, dropped my drawers, and started wizzing. Just then I heard a 'ahem' from above. Good GOD - it was a bow hunter in the tree above me, trying hard not to laugh. As I scramble to pull my pants up he doffs his camo hat (probably to wipe his eyes), Bri gets a glimsp of the movement and shies backward fast - really fast, catching me off balance, dropping me to my knees with my pants stuck just about mid thigh. With my lilly white butt shining, she proceeds to drag me to the center of the trail in the open. The Hunter by this time is laughing clearly right out loud then says 'Gee sorry honey, but that was the best full mooning I've had in a long time'.
                                          Yeah, glad to be entertaining sir,
                                          I finish pulling my pants up, attempted to mount with some semblance of dignity, gave the fellow a big wave and a smile, and rode off with my silly old mare dancing around trying to keep an eye and an ear alert for more talking/laughing trees.
                                          Bridal Sweet 05/28/1983 to 01/23/2008


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