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- Fri Feb 05, 2016 1:16 am
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: a few questions before I royally mess up the horse I'm leasing
- Replies: 16
- Views: 14137
Re: a few questions before I royally mess up the horse I'm leasing
My favourite bit is a French link with a little copper barrel roller on the link. I have it in a d-ring as well as a loose ring. I like the French link for the reasons mentioned above by others, and the little copper barrel on the link encourages salivation and playing or movement in the jaw. (My ma...
- Fri Feb 05, 2016 1:06 am
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: Will a 22 rifle humanely kill a horse?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 18817
Re: Will a 22 rifle humanely kill a horse?
Well, when I was 14 and had to have my Morgan pony put down, I didn't want to be present. My dad went for me and being who he was, didn't trust the vet who had a big heart, but wasn't really a large animal vet. My dad brought his 22 "just in case". Well, my pony was a tough nut, and the ve...
- Wed Jan 20, 2016 5:02 am
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- Topic: Radio in the Barn
- Replies: 21
- Views: 15824
Re: Radio in the Barn
My coach always played classical or our version of NPR. She said that it discouraged coyotes. She kept it in the arena, so I don't think it was ever loud enough to bother the horses. It was always at a low background music level, and it never bothered me. Occasionally there would be a new barn help ...
- Tue Dec 08, 2015 8:26 am
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- Topic: You could delay someones chemo
- Replies: 17
- Views: 13215
Re: You could delay someones chemo
Hear hear!! (Or is it here here?) I have gotten pretty good at preempting hugs, and being very vocal about staying away from me if you think you have even the slightest hint of a cold etc. Unfortunately you can't kick family out of their own house. I am frantically drinking orange juice and gargling...
- Tue Dec 08, 2015 8:14 am
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- Topic: Your favorite hand lotion/cream/salve
- Replies: 19
- Views: 16413
Re: Your favorite hand lotion/cream/salve
My favourite name for hand cream comes from an artisanal maker in Newfoundland.
Friggin Wicked Weather Moisturizing Cream
The cream is great. Available on Etsy
https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/176046043/friggin-wicked-weather-moisturizing
Friggin Wicked Weather Moisturizing Cream
The cream is great. Available on Etsy
https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/176046043/friggin-wicked-weather-moisturizing
- Sun Dec 06, 2015 12:32 pm
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- Topic: More gift advice
- Replies: 36
- Views: 21881
Re: More gift advice
Consumables!! Men love to eat, and if it isn't his thing, consumable are always useful as hostess gifts etc. For KK gifts when I don't know the person, I always buy something I would appreciate as a hostess gift, so I know if they don't like it, it can easily be regifted. Bottle of wine, liquor (if ...
- Mon Nov 30, 2015 10:52 am
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Holiday Euro Style
- Replies: 15
- Views: 13386
Re: Holiday Euro Style
I believe in this system, particularly for younger horses (<8) but I would probably recommend a longer break, and in winter rather than summer (at least in Canada). For the better part of 10 years I boarded at a barn without an indoor arena which in this climate means schooling from Christmas until ...
- Tue Nov 24, 2015 1:35 pm
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- Topic: Feeling grinchy about Christmas
- Replies: 38
- Views: 23987
Re: Feeling grinchy about Christmas
I have a friend whose family does the $100 gift card exchange. I really don't see the point. Then your $100 is tied up with particular stores. I still have some money on a gift card from last year that my aunt gave me to buy a cover for the iPad my mom gave me. Unfortunately that store didn't have t...
- Fri Nov 20, 2015 10:22 am
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- Topic: Whatever happened to customer service?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 14665
Re: Whatever happened to customer service?
I agree about the frustration of endless phone loops and service reps with whom effective communication is difficult. I will say I am impressed with Price Pfister. We installed one of their faucet sets with a life-time warranty eight years ago when we remodeled the kitchen . Last year, the handle s...
- Wed Nov 18, 2015 8:43 pm
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- Topic: Something spiffy w pork tenderloin?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 13851
Re: Something spiffy w pork tenderloin?
Not sure if you can do this without an oven, but it would work on a BBQ on low or convection. Split openpork tenderloin and pound flat and even thickness about 1/2 inch. Spread cranberry relish or your favourite fruit chutney over the whole thing. I also add goat cheese, but not necessary. Roll it u...
- Fri Nov 13, 2015 10:41 am
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- Topic: Question about Windows 10 (or maybe Fitbit - not sure)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 16092
Re: Question about Windows 10 (or maybe Fitbit - not sure)
I charge mine once a week, and I have had it for a year and a half now. The more it syncs, the faster the battery will go down, but I have found a week pretty average for a charge. It will usually send you a message or an email when your battery is getting low, but I find it easier to remember to ch...
- Thu Nov 12, 2015 10:25 am
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- Topic: Question about Windows 10 (or maybe Fitbit - not sure)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 16092
Re: Question about Windows 10 (or maybe Fitbit - not sure)
I am not sure about Windows 10 because I had Fitbit installed before I upgraded to Windows 10, so that part just works. As for the phone. I too was worried about constant syncing etc, so in the settings of the Fitbit app on my phone I set it to manual sync. I don't actually think it uses data to syn...
- Wed Nov 11, 2015 11:33 am
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- Topic: We flew yesterday!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 11273
Re: We flew yesterday!
Wow, congratulations!!! I am impressed. That is quite a height. I definitely wouldn't have had the guts to do that.
- Wed Nov 11, 2015 11:10 am
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Spinoff of a spinoff: Tempo
- Replies: 31
- Views: 20952
Re: Spinoff of a spinoff: Tempo
When I lose impulsion with my mare, she immediately goes into a passagey trot. That is her evasion and not a correct passage. It definitely comes from a tense back and trailing haunches. It is like a jackhammer that launches me out of the saddle and is almost impossible to sit. I immediately know th...
- Wed Nov 11, 2015 8:33 am
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Having Sticker Shock: How much do your trainers charge at a show
- Replies: 20
- Views: 15912
Re: Having Sticker Shock: How much do your trainers charge at a show
My coach never charged separately for show weekends, but weekend lessons included in training or half training were not rescheduled. As well, she would not come to a show for just one person. There needed to be at least two or more, and we always included her in our pot luck lunch, but she did not h...
- Mon Nov 09, 2015 7:22 am
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- Topic: Simple pleasures. The grilled cheese sandwich...
- Replies: 69
- Views: 41133
Re: Simple pleasures. The grilled cheese sandwich...
Next time you are passing through Ohio make a point of stopping at Melt Bar and Grill, specializing in gourmet grilled cheese: http://meltbarandgrilled.com/menu/melt-menu/ The only complaint I have about it is that their sandwiches are so filling I am full after half of one, and I really want to tr...
- Sun Nov 08, 2015 9:18 am
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- Topic: How Does/Did Your Garden Grow?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 12178
Re: How Does/Did Your Garden Grow?
We had a weird summer weather wise. My tomatoes did well, both in and outside of the greenhouse, and everything else did meh. I kept it simple this year because I knew I wasn't going to be home much to supervise. My only disaster was the squash. I planted spaghetti, buttercup and pumpkin squash. One...
- Sat Nov 07, 2015 5:29 am
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- Topic: Simple pleasures. The grilled cheese sandwich...
- Replies: 69
- Views: 41133
Re: Simple pleasures. The grilled cheese sandwich...
Grilled cheese is my Mecca food. I told the owner of the new fromagerie in town that her store was my mothership. She laughed and is helping me work my way through her products country by country. I have a notebook where I try to comment on each cheese, but for the most part I just want to say "...
- Sun Oct 25, 2015 1:58 am
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- Topic: Tell us about YOU.
- Replies: 223
- Views: 205597
Re: Tell us about YOU.
Minz here and TOB, was Minz000 on UDBB, and was DW many moons ago but lost that login with an old email. I live in "Headwaters Horse Country" a very horsey rural area 1 hour north west of Toronto Canada. I am usually a gr 7 and 8 schoolteacher, but am currently on LTD because I am undergoi...
- Sun Oct 25, 2015 1:24 am
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- Topic: It's That Time...Show Your Fall Colors!
- Replies: 28
- Views: 20728
Re: It's That Time...Show Your Fall Colors!
Colours here haven't been as brilliant as usual. Not sure why, last year was spectacular. Photo from a hack last week. http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc418/Minz00/21a643a409a827cde92d068b83841797.jpg Fat Newfoundland Pony in the valley view paddock. http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc418/Min...