Canadian mini-invasion

[SquishTheBunny]

So I missed last night's adventures - anyone want to fill me in with what happened on the EMG BB?

*Cody*
*Adastra*
*Serkadian*

[Czar]

Did anyone get First Cry her Timmy's?

Eek...25 miles from the nearest Timmy's...I don't think I would survive. That is the primary reason why I could not live in the U.S. (that and the whole powdered chocolate milk deal, that's just sick!)

[Chequebook]

Well imagine my shock when I did the same as all of you - I checked in for my break and EMG fix, and no EMG. Imagine my greater shock when I discover that the Maplewood thread was the target, and the last reply I made was to ....yes you guessed it ..... the Maplewood thread (no I wasn't the troll- that must have come later).

My post concerned other barns I was aware of that had played dirty tricks on people I knew. One concerned an eventer barn near Ottawa that I felt were not good Horse People. My friend took the owners of this barn to small claims court and won. She had sent her horse for training and selling. They returned it severely underweight and with a fracture several weeks old. She won her case only to find they had sold the business for a token amount to avoid paying - she also discovered they had done this at least once before.

The other concerned a barn in the Stouffville area. The owners started a camp and hired a lot of staff only to fire most of them before the camp started. This left the camp kids with almost no supervision and no properly credentialed swimming instructors - while offering swimming and canoeing lessons on a property that had both a pond and a pool! Again, I didn't name names, but did mention that the barn had been around Awhile, and was still operating.

These situations are as serious in nature as the Maplewood one, and in both cases the barns in question are still operating, with no repercussions. In both cases, someone close to me was directly affected, so neither is just rumour or hearsay.

Within a day, the Maplewood thread is attacked - hmmmm - am I just unduly suspicious, do you think?

[littlecreek]

This troll showed up as kswiss1- started in on the Brookside thread and went from there- obscenities and foul language- came on also as snugglyprincesshorselover or something like that- both awful and late in the evening enough the mods didn't find out until the next am. Some peoples' kids.....

[Backstage]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Firstcry:
Good Morning all. Sorry EMG is down . Someone want to grab me a Timmys too, we have one store here but it is 25 miles away from me.
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Are you SURE you are in Canada? I didn't think their was ANYPLACE in Canada that far from a Timmies!


The Canadian Experience: the Windchill factor and the Humidex

[arcadia]

I missed the penis thread on H/J (damn!) but did catch the trolls posting on the Maplewood thread calling Scratchie Sox a MF and other explict names....

Equigirl now you're talking! Crown Royal and Ginger Ale.....damn still at work

I would rather laugh with the sinners, than cry with the saints - The Piano Man

[Tin]

well geeze it's still down and I had a question to post dang nabit!!!

Not big on Ice Caps- I'm not a big coffee drinker but I do enjoy hot chocolate and hot cider! yummy! yummy!

Gotta love Tims, I think there whould be a Tim's stand at every horse show They'd make a KILLING!

~ Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once ~

[Pendeen]

&lt;passes FirstCry a Timmies&gt;

The trolls hit SEVERAL threads on all the forums except kids, dressage and eventing. I was at work early so I sent the mods a link to each affected thread so they wouldn't have to go hunting (the joy of being an ex-moderator is it never entirely leaves you ).

Timing-wise, the troll visited the Maplewood thread around the middle of its rampage. It didn't start there, and it didn't end there.

FYI, the reason the Maplewood thread was allowed to stay on EMG while others are not is that the statements being made were also substantiated by media reports.

[HeidiRVT]

I know that our fearless leader Stable lurks and posts here on COTH too under a different name of course.

Too bad she doesn't Canter her way on over here and let us know what's up...

How come this always happens when I am looking for any excuse not to do real work?

Sigh...

Cheers

"Animals are such agreeable friends. They ask no questions and they pass no criticisms."

[Galileo1998]

I will gallop in and let you know what's happeing as far as I know. Currently the board has been shut down due to a few trolls posting in a lot of different forums. Equiman is a very busy person, especially during show weeks and has real trouble understanding why there is continual abuse of a free service. It's unfortunate that a couple of people have to ruin it for everyone and hopefully we will be back online soon. Now who wants to bribe me with donuts from Timmys????

"I'll try being nicer if you try being smarter"

[arcadia]

What kind of donuts would you like? (They need a batting eyelash emoticon!)

I would rather laugh with the sinners, than cry with the saints - The Piano Man

[stasha]

Hello, Canadians!
That stinks. Hope EMG is back up again soon! I miss lurking there.

~Disclaimer:
The opinions expressed in this post are not neccessarily the views of this poster.~

[GuelphGurl]

Ah, Pendeen, thought it was you! More-or-less worked out who you were on EMG due to the nature of your insightful posts But it's nice to know for certain

[FirstCry]

Thank you Thank you Pendeen. I was starting to have a caffine withdrawl fit.

Backstage Pass: Nope not in Canada I'm in Upstate NY. But I do cross the border on occasion.

mmmm - donuts perfect w/my timmies.

"Do not underestimate a horse's pride, or he will dent yours.

[Backstage]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Tin:
Not big on Ice Caps- I'm not a big coffee drinker but I do enjoy hot chocolate and hot cider! yummy! yummy!

Gotta love Tims, I think there whould be a Tim's stand at every horse show They'd make a KILLING!

~ Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once ~<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

On a related Ottawa Tim's note...I don't think I could work where you do...its just a hop skip and jump away from heaven

Also, you know the little sometimes leased building on Dunrobin road right before the March/Durobin intersection and after the corner store? That, my friend, is a place waiting for a Timmie if I ever did see one...Now, I just have to figure out where to get my funding..


The Canadian Experience: the Windchill factor and the Humidex

[littlecreek]

Donuts? Gotts have those American invaders-KrispyKreme!! There's one right near the Greenhawk warehouse- I love the drive home- hoovering up donuts and having just tack shopped. Doesn't get any better than that...They do make lousy coffee though,IMHO, nobody beats Tims!

[FirstCry]

(hands littlecreek a couple krispykremes)

Now Krispy is much closer to me (needs a thumbs up icon)

"Do not underestimate a horse's pride, or he will dent yours.

[Part-Time Angel]

Don't have much to say for once (I'm pining for emg and the eventer forum there ) but just thought I'd join the canadian party over here. Hey guys!

::This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time::

*^*Like so many others, I had become a slave to the ikea nesting instinct*^*

[Galileo1998]

MMM, experienced Krispy Kremes for the first time at my hometown's Waterfront Festival this year...love Krisy Kremes

"I'll try being nicer if you try being smarter"

[arcadia]

That's the only reason I still go to the Mississauga Greenhawk instead of Orangeville...Krispy Kreme! Although I am very scared why they taste the same and have the same texture when they are a few days old

How many posts until I become a hunter and get out of my training division?

I would rather laugh with the sinners, than cry with the saints - The Piano Man