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  • #181
    Who was the person that had the loose emu?

    That was my FAVORITE!!!!!!!
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    • #182
      I'm just a lurker now...

      It is great to see all the "old" names and hear updates. My former member of the BGSG is now all grown up and quite the sweet and spoiled girl. . We still dabble in low level eventing.

      Here are two pics for comparison if I can figure out how to make the links work!

      Still a Baby Greenie:

      http://www2.snapfish.com/slideshow/A...48/t_=52477448


      Now a mature lady:

      http://www2.snapfish.com/slideshow/A...48/t_=52477448

      http://www2.snapfish.com/slideshow/A...48/t_=52477448

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      • #183
        what a great trip down memory lane....

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        • #184
          Hey Everyone. What a nice reunion! I have been on the BB off and on this year. I was actually kicked off a few months back for what should have been 3 days, but the Mod didn't let me in for weeks for no reason. Anyway, I caught wind of the hoopla and came back to visit. Can't say I am upset about the changes. Changes are good. I love the COTH and the BB. No doubt it will stay strong and carry on just as it has before.

          I still have the Plow Beast and his girlfriend the Haflinger. Honestly, I haven't done a thing with them since summer when I found out I was pregnant with my 2nd child (son) who is due on New Years Eve. I just keep telling myself to make it to spring and I should be back on track then. Until then, I just look out the window at the fat and furry beasts enjoying their very extended vacation.

          And I just have to add that I posted the very first "Riding While Pregnant" thread that was ever on the BB. That "baby" is now 7 1/2 years old. How do you like them apples?

          Who was the person that had the loose emu?
          That is LMH. She is good. I saw her not too long ago and will probably see her at an upcoming Xmas party. We actually talked about the Emu. That thing is a legend.

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          • #185
            Originally posted by Louise View Post
            Beamup! I remember you. You leased a horse to someone in my neck of the woods, if I am remembering right. I always connected you with Hambletonian, because you're from Goshen.
            That would be me and boarded her at the place you are now (Say Hi to Bo & Rene for me)

            It did not work out--but I did learn alot from it. I learned alittle something from every horse I leased. Mostly-TB's are not for me--QH are and currently own one--finally! I like to refer to him as my Western Sport Horse Jumps, shows and trail rides--love him.
            Tater-my Western Sport Horse
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            • #186
              I've been around through a lot of this and just assumed that the comings and goings were a fact of internet BB life. But it's *wonderful* that everyone has checked in, to find out what people are doing and how their horses are--even those who have set horses aside for whatever reason.

              I think it says something important about the nature of this community. I hope this glimpse at the quality that it had in the past is realized by the powers that be, as well as by the current population. I would be truely wonderful if the squabbling could be put aside in favor of the genuine comradeship that characterized the BB that these "old COTHers" are recalling.

              None of us are perfect, but the better among us are able to accept differences with aplomb and go on. Diversity is.
              "One person's cowboy is another person's blooming idiot" -- katarine

              Spay and neuter. Please.

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              • #187
                What Monstrpony said!!

                Great to see so many old faces and enjoy a trip down nostalgia lane.
                If you believe everything you read, better not read. -- Japanese Proverb

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                • #188
                  Originally posted by TuxWink View Post
                  It is great to see all the "old" names and hear updates. My former member of the BGSG is now all grown up and quite the sweet and spoiled girl. . We still dabble in low level eventing.

                  Here are two pics for comparison if I can figure out how to make the links work!

                  Still a Baby Greenie:

                  http://www2.snapfish.com/slideshow/A...48/t_=52477448


                  Now a mature lady:

                  http://<br /> <br /> http://www2.s...48/t_=52477448

                  http://www2.snapfish.com/slideshow/A...48/t_=52477448


                  WOW - you BOTH look fabulous!!!!
                  \"Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down like a game of solitaire. It is a grand passion. It seizes a person whole and, once it has done so, he will have to accept that his life will be radically changed.\" -- Ralph Waldo E

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                  • #189
                    Originally posted by Duffy View Post
                    WOW - you BOTH look fabulous!!!!
                    I echo what Duffy said. WOW is right!!!

                    TBLover, please say hello to MAZ for me. That's something that's bothered a little part of my brain for years. So pleaed to hear she's well.

                    http://community.webshots.com/user/ballyduff
                    \"If you are going through hell, keep going.\" ~Churchill~

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                    • #190
                      well this is pretty amazing.

                      i keep checking this thread to see who else will appear.
                      glad to hear everyone is doing well.
                      and we even got the aiden update
                      http://www.eponashoe.com/
                      TQ(Trail Queen) \"Learn How to Ride or Move Over!!\" Clique

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                      • #191
                        I would be truely wonderful if the squabbling could be put aside in favor of the genuine comradeship that characterized the BB that these "old COTHers" are recalling.

                        The old COTHers may have done more to create discord here then anyone else had. They "started" [it started it's self] the VA clique. Some people just had a MAJOR problem with ONE forum [now Off course] of the BB being a place for the VA clique to network get together and post pic of our debauchery.

                        Why, I'll never understand. I guess they never got hold of the "if you don't like a thread don't frickin open it" concept.

                        Don't forget, several old COTHers don't really get along IRL.

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                        • #192
                          Man, I had to do a quick one day trip to NYC yesterday, and look at all the folks who showed up while I was gone! Robby, Quinn, GDG, monstrpony, knowonder.... And the Texas contingent, Olmos, SueCoo, Relocated... almost too many to name! HELLO everybody!

                          Beezer and Merry are doing fine. Beezer has posted in the last couple of days and is still a big time newspaper editor. Merry had a bad crash a while back but is back in the saddle again.

                          And now we await Jair and Jeb (and the trilateral commission).
                          "I don't want to sound like a broken record here, but why is it that a woman will forgive homicidal behavior in a horse, yet be highly critical of a man for leaving the toilet seat up?" Dave Barry

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                          • #193
                            .

                            Oooooh, I've got one - who remembers DMK's YSOD?

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                            • #194
                              Portia, heron is a very handsome boy.

                              I got myself a baby WB this year and I presented him to the BWP inspection last August in Michigan and he got a 76 like your boy

                              I was so proud. I'm a bad mommy, I don't have any pictures of my boy. And I gave him a goofy name too Bad, bad, bad mommy.

                              Am I going to dare to say his name ? Ok, It's Husband's Misfortune.

                              Even if I have a very supportive husband, he is a non horsey guy and I had to do a lot of negociations to get my foal. So, I wanted to be sure to pay a tribute to my husband

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                              • #195
                                OMGiH, I don't believe it!

                                It looks like the first forum to get their "Erin is Resigning" thread locked for inappropriate behavior is ... (drumroll, please!) ... the Eventing forum!!

                                I don't know about the rest of y'all, but I'm going home to batten down the hatches. I fully expect the world to end by the end of the week!!
                                "One person's cowboy is another person's blooming idiot" -- katarine

                                Spay and neuter. Please.

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                                • #196
                                  It's fun to hear from everybody. I joined the BB just before getting married and moving from France to the US.

                                  That's why my screen name is Mademoiselle and not Madame. Well, since then, I got married had a daughter and I'm pregnant again.

                                  This BB has been one of the best things to happen to me. my English was pretty weak when I moved here and I enjoyed taking english lessons from the posters here much better than any other classes.

                                  I met many of my students and close friends on the COTH and it is fun for me to see all the 'old' faces.

                                  I have to thank everybody for educating me about the horse community, here, is the US. I'm now able to teach lessons and talk with my vet without looking like a retard.

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                                  • #197
                                    I am still here... Now with 8 horses not much of a seller, I guess...

                                    Frankly, this thread has brought tears to my eyes = especially thinking about those who have left us. ReginaPony was one that I only wish I had gotten to know better.

                                    It IS good to hear from everyone. Stick around. (maybe... )
                                    co-author of 101 Jumping Exercises & The Rider's Fitness Program; Soon to come: Dead Ringer - a tale of equine mystery and intrique! Former Moderator!

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                                    • #198
                                      Originally posted by Weatherford View Post
                                      Frankly, this thread has brought tears to my eyes = especially thinking about those who have left us. ReginaPony was one that I only wish I had gotten to know better.
                                      She was such an amazing person.


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                                      • #199
                                        Originally posted by Calico View Post
                                        Oooooh, I've got one - who remembers DMK's YSOD?
                                        YES!!!! OMG that made me laugh out loud!

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                                        • #200
                                          Waiting patiently for Pocketrainer to re-appear.....
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                                          Go, Baby, Go......
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