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  • #121
    hoopoe - is your thing a rooster head from the side, with eye, beak, and comb?

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    • #122
      Ugh, I'm back with more dumb questions. I'm feeling pretty 'smart' right about now

      Is CANTER an abbrievation for something? I know its a gait! lol! But what does it mean when its all in caps? And whats BOSS? I noticed BOSS on the horse care forum.

      Oh and someone mentioned something about posting without stirrups before. Is this really possible? And how would I go about learning this?!

      "You could say I'm a few flakes short of a bale"
      * JEWELS *

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      • #123
        <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>

        Is CANTER an abbrievation for something? I know its a gait! lol! But what does it mean when its all in caps? And whats BOSS? I noticed BOSS on the horse care forum.

        <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

        OMG! You don't know about CANTER ?! It stands for The Communication Alliance to Network Thoroughbred Ex-racehorses. Lots of us have picked up OTTB's from CANTER. Here are mine

        BOSS is black oil sunflower seeds. They're a great source of fat and omegas. BOSS and flax seed make for shiny ponies

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        • #124
          Oh, thanks Simkie, lol.

          And yes it is true, I had no idea what CANTER was! Is there a website where I can learn more?!

          "You could say I'm a few flakes short of a bale"
          * JEWELS *

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          • #125
            I must be the only person on this board that doesn't know this...but WHAT does TS stand for? As in TS rust breeches? It drives me NUTS when I see that because I have no idea what it means!
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            • #126
              Click on the link, Jewels

              PB, TS is shorthand for Tailored Sportsman breeches.

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              • #127
                Ok, this kind of goes along with the recent diesel truck thread. For those of you that have a diesel truck, or regular for that matter, and you have two gass tanks...
                If I get down to 1/4 tank of gas in my tanks, when I accelerate and have it switched to the front tank, it drops WAY below E - then if I switch to the rear tank and have to stop at a red light, it again drops way below E, and then goes all the way to the 1/2 tank mark when I accelerate. I'm guessing this is because the gas is sloshing around in there...but should I switch back and forth until I can get to a gas station? Or is it just the thing that reads how much is in there for the dashboard display? I've been wondering this for a while but didn't want to ask a mechanic and seem like a dumb little girl with a big truck...so I just try to avoid getting down to 1/4 tank

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                • #128
                  _\\]
                  -- * &gt; It's a hoopoe! Google for a photo. Looks like a Madagascar Hoopoe to me, but I definitely could be wrong.

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                  • #129
                    Kestrel is sorta right, though the madagascar is not what I was going for. Word text is hard to draw in.

                    here are some images of my most desired bird to see.

                    http://images.google.com/images?hl=e...oe&sa=N&tab=wi

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                    -- * &gt; hoopoe
                    The ancient Greeks did not write obituaries. They only wanted to know if you had a passion.
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                    • #130
                      Scuttle - That was exactly the same concern I had for the longest time! So I never, ever let it get to both tanks on 1/4 before getting to a gas station.

                      However, last weekend I found out something very interesting (although I was nearly physically ill in the process). I was meeting my parents 1/2 way of a nearly 10-hour drive to trade the truck & trailer for my car. Maybe because it was cold, or mountainous, or windy, my diesel got used up a lot faster than normal... I usually can go about 5 hours' driving, but this time I was on 4 hours' and looking to need fuel soon. So I'm thinking, get to the next town, you'll be fine, it's another 20 minutes. Then I get flagged down by my parents - they were way early to the "next town" and decided to keep going until they saw me. They said it was 45 min. to the next town, and 45 min. to the previous town... Uh oh. So, on two 1/4 tanks, I drove 66 km (~40 mi.). I have never felt so anxious - I have *never* let it go below 1/4!! The gauge was swinging wildly around when I went uphill, downhill, around a big curve. I almost pulled over to give up and go get a gas can, then decided against, then there weren't any more places to pull over! So I kept going (actually my Dad was driving the car, he said, what are you worrying about, it'll make it! Despite the worry of having to drain the lines if it didn't!!)

                      So, now I know how far that thing can go on 1/4 tanks. Not that I'll ever let that happen again!! (Oh, and I did have a "gas" can with 10 L of diesel in the back for the big trip I just made to Calif.... But someone stole it while I was there, and I hadn't replaced it yet!)
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                      • #131
                        Do western riders use quarter sheets?

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                        • #132
                          <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by JusGallop:
                          Do western riders use quarter sheets?
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                          Yes, but I think I've only see it a couple of times. Not a regular practice on a western horse. The front end on a western horse is usually what gets covered - like a neck sweat, or sometimes even a full sheet.

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                          • #133
                            Can't believe nobody's answered this yet, but--posting without stirrups? Oh my dear, you haven't lived until you've posted without stirrups. What on earth has your trainer been teaching you?! You just take your feet out of the stirrups and post like you always do. Don't pinch with your knees. It's great exercise for building jumping muscles. If you get really good you can do 2-point with no stirrups. Have a wheelchair and some serious painkillers handy for when you get off. Have fun!

                            The hooves of the horses! Oh witching and sweet is the music earth steals from the iron-shod feet. Will Ogilvie
                            The hooves of the horses! Oh witching and sweet is the music earth steals from the iron-shod feet. Will Ogilvie

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                            • #134
                              Oh my Simkie! I didn't even notice the link! These new blonde highlights are killing me! JK!

                              And Regalace, is it normal to post without stirrups in western?! Yeah I have a crappy coach as it is....I cant afford any better Someday...

                              And if I dont pinch with my knees, what am I using to lift myself up!? lol.

                              "You could say I'm a few flakes short of a bale"
                              * JEWELS *

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                              • #135
                                I have a stupid one:
                                Why when I receive an email notifying me of a PT, does it come out all in black background with faint blue text? Now that I know what it means, it's okay, but why does it happen?

                                And here's one for the acronym department: ODG
                                A friend and I have thought of it as Old Dead Guys, but then it could be Old Dressage Greats, or Gurus even. I saw it used in reference to a living classical dressage trainer/wealth of information person, so maybe the Dead part isn't right...
                                I may have been away for a while, but I'm not gone yet!

                                Crayola posse ~Magenta

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                                • #136
                                  Yes Old Dead Guys is one way of putting it.

                                  Old dead Gods is the other

                                  The Guy, Gurus, Gods, Greats depending on your tone and attitude.

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                                  • #137
                                    That PT thing reminds me, why, no matter how I have it set up, do I never get an email telling me I have a PT?

                                    Some of my PTs sat there for a loooooong time until I thought to look!

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                                    • #138
                                      Assuming your email is up to date, this is what worked for me:
                                      Go into Private Topics, then select Notify from the menu at the top, and click on "Immediate Notification by Email"
                                      If that doesn't work, I just don't know!

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                                      • #139
                                        <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by PeriwinkleBlue:
                                        I must be the only person on this board that doesn't know this...but WHAT does TS stand for? As in TS rust breeches? It drives me NUTS when I see that because I have no idea what it means! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

                                        Ok, don't feel bad, this is 100 times worse. It took me a couple of days to figure out what SO stood for after the "my SO left me today" thread started... I got the gist of it, but I couldn't for the life of me understand why the heck people were referring to their boyfriends/husbands as SO... And finally it dawned on me - significant other... Duh!


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                                        • #140
                                          <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Lamb:
                                          Assuming your email is up to date, this is what worked for me:
                                          Go into Private Topics, then select Notify from the menu at the top, and click on "Immediate Notification by Email"
                                          If that doesn't work, I just don't know!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

                                          THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                          &gt;^.,.^&lt;


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