Poverty is owning a horse.

[Goblin]

How many people here are or were involved in horses? I know Chanceyy and flame are horsey types but who else?

I've just been looking back at some old Pony Club pics and reminiscing about the old days....trekking and pony club camps were so much fun! Then I found motorbikes and boys....and the rest is history.

So how many of you still have the real horse power?

[Hitcher]

Eew. Horses. Evel (sic) things. No kill switch.

[Meekey_Mouse]

I use to fully be into horses, got my first pony at 5 yrs of age. Planned my future in Natural Horsemanship and got an apprenticeship offer in it. Planned to go to Australia and France from there. Was stoked but my health kept declining. Was too stubborn to even think that being allergic to horses could be a possibility, until I was incredibly sick and had no other choice. I still love them :bye: but I'm still paying with poor health even though it's been a year and a half since I gave up.

So bikes have been a really good thing to keep me busy :scooter::love::woohoo:

[98tls]

Horses would be ok if someone could work out a way to fit handlebars to em......steering them with the ears just seems dodgey to me:nono:

[Swoop]

I fail to see the need for "horse float" trailers.
Horses are a mode of transport. Get on the damn thing and ride it to whatever destination is intended rather than clogging up the roads with these abominations!

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[ajturbo]

they are very dangerous.. OSH should be told about them...

you sit tooo high from the ground...

they go way... WAY to fast.... and stop when THEY fell like it!...:bash:

[chanceyy]

waves of course :lol: well Maggie in my profile pic is coming up 20 & still going strong & looks like butter will not melt in her mouth the dirty lil grommet

then there is charlie hmmm he is a total boy, but lovable & trys really hard to please, was gonna get him well & sell him on but .. nahhhhhhhhh he is way to much fun & far to soft & sensitive to just pass off to someone who may not appreciate his attributes .. ohh yeah at least he likes to stay clean .. for a wee while

pics taken two weeks ago .. charlie white blaze on face .. mags looking angelic as usual

[98tls]

waves of course :lol: well Maggie in my profile pic is coming up 20 & still going strong & looks like butter will not melt in her mouth the dirty lil grommet

then there is charlie hmmm he is a total boy, but lovable & trys really hard to please, was gonna get him well & sell him on but .. nahhhhhhhhh he is way to much fun & far to soft & sensitive to just pass off to someone who may not appreciate his attributes .. ohh yeah at least he likes to stay clean .. for a wee while

pics taken two weeks ago .. charlie white blaze on face .. mags looking angelic as usual Maggie...............:girlfight:sure thats not Helen

[chanceyy]

Horses would be ok if someone could work out a way to fit handlebars to em......steering them with the ears just seems dodgey to me:nono:

so ya wanna ride one when ya come up to the north island Mike ???


they are very dangerous.. OSH should be told about them...

you sit tooo high from the ground...

they go way... WAY to fast.... and stop when THEY fell like it!...:bash:

ohh you can have a ride too AJ .. hmm if Clivoris is brave enough to get on a hot blooded horse, and ride bareback with no bridle should be easy enough for you guys :devil2:

or ya both not that brave :jerry::jerry::jerry::msn-wink:

[chanceyy]

Maggie...............:girlfight:sure thats not Helen

hmm nope .. she is branded MB on one side .. redhead so Maggie short for Maggie Barry :lol:

besides mags is much better looking than helen .. she is more of a mule :innocent::shutup: or dare I say it .. an ass :shit::done:

[98tls]

so ya wanna ride one when ya come up to the north island Mike ???



ohh you can have a ride too AJ .. hmm if Clivoris is brave enough to get on a hot blooded horse, and ride bareback with no bridle should be easy enough for you guys :devil2:

or ya both not that brave :jerry::jerry::jerry::msn-wink: They scare the shit outta me mate,i tried the steer by ear thing many years ago but sadly it just threw me off,truth is it probably cost me a shag and the owner of the 4 wheeled thing ended up in the back seat of my car with a mate:angry2:

[Goblin]

I use to fully be into horses, got my first pony at 5 yrs of age. Planned my future in Natural Horsemanship and got an apprenticeship offer in it. Planned to go to Australia and France from there. Was stoked but my health kept declining. Was too stubborn to even think that being allergic to horses could be a possibility, until I was incredibly sick and had no other choice. I still love them :bye: but I'm still paying with poor health even though it's been a year and a half since I gave up.

So bikes have been a really good thing to keep me busy :scooter::love::woohoo:Awww Jas that's tragic! Cant imagine being allergic to something ya love....mind you, could be like marriage.:laugh:
There was one girl, Amanda Crow, she was allergic to dust, icecream, dogs, hay, pollen, you name it, she reacted. It was the drought of summer 1985 at Tikitere shearer's quarters, five day camp and 20% of our girls were in hospital on the third night. Amanda ate Icecream and had a wicked asthmas attack. Kathryn, Melly and I were 3 up on the farm bike when Phillipa came at us with a broom and we nose-dived off a 3 foot bank onto the gravel road.:pinch: Kathryn broke her nose on the handle bar, I landed face first and put my teeth through my lip and Melly grazed her hands.:headbang: Those were the days!

[chanceyy]

They scare the shit outta me mate,i tried the steer by ear thing many years ago but sadly it just threw me off,truth is it probably cost me a shag and the owner of the 4 wheeled thing ended up in the back seat of my car with a mate:angry2:

:killingme then the shag would not have been worth it :laugh: :nya: ppsttt horses dunna steer by the ears very well unless they are trained too ::bleh:

my horses are really really really good .. clive & 86 can attest to that .. :Punk::msn-wink:

[Goblin]

hmm nope .. she is branded MB on one side .. redhead so Maggie short for Maggie Barry :lol:

besides mags is much better looking than helen .. she is more of a mule :innocent::shutup: or dare I say it .. an ass :shit::done::laugh: Im trying to get away from political and thugby threads here...

I'd be keen for a geegee ride when I get down to visit.:sunny:

[98tls]

:killingme then the shag would not have been worth it :laugh: :nya: ppsttt horses dunna steer by the ears very well unless they are trained too ::bleh:

my horses are really really really good .. clive & 86 can attest to that .. :Punk::msn-wink: Well those bits of rope are no good.......there to loose.....by the time you give em a good yank your leaning so far back the front wheels should come up,instead the fa%kin thing stops on a dime and away you go over the bars..:bash:

[Goblin]

Well those bits of rope are no good.......there to loose.....by the time you give em a good yank your leaning so far back the front wheels should come up,instead the fa%kin thing stops on a dime and away you go over the bars..:bash:Those aren't ropes...they're reins. The trick with them is that the tighter they are, the more the horse wants to go. Slacken them off and there's instant relaxation. ;)

[chanceyy]

Well those bits of rope are no good.......there to loose.....by the time you give em a good yank your leaning so far back the front wheels should come up,instead the fa%kin thing stops on a dime and away you go over the bars..:bash:

:lol: :killingme

[chanceyy]

Those aren't ropes...they're reins. The trick with them is that the tighter they are, the more the horse wants to go. Slacken them off and there's instant relaxation. ;)

ohhh crap Kels did ya have to tell him .. bugger was looking at selling tickets for the next round of entertainment .. :chase:

[Jantar]

Yes, stromfrau and I have a couple. A 17 yr old Standardbred mare and a 7 year old standardbred-quarter horse cross.

[98tls]

Those aren't ropes...they're reins. The trick with them is that the tighter they are, the more the horse wants to go. Slacken them off and there's instant relaxation. ;) I thought you pulled them to apply the anchors........buggered if i know,anyway some of em have a bigger dick than me so i just have to hate em really eh........

[chanceyy]

:laugh: Im trying to get away from political and thugby threads here...

I'd be keen for a geegee ride when I get down to visit.:sunny:

no probs chick .. :yes: Anytime ;)

[cold comfort]

Did years of support crew, financier, groundsman, farrier, etc with the kids with pony club. Highlights were riding with mydaughter at pc camp (after teaching myself to ride) riding an Arab horse at the Pyramids, Aussie cattle muster...
tragically the nags have taken their toll on the body and ironically daughter is now allergic to them!!

[chanceyy]

I thought you pulled them to apply the anchors........buggered if i know,anyway some of em have a bigger dick than me so i just have to hate em really eh........

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh so you feel threatened then :lol: :Pokey:

[Goblin]

ohhh crap Kels did ya have to tell him .. bugger was looking at selling tickets for the next round of entertainment .. :chase:

:laugh: My cousin used to take bus loads of asian tourists on rides. When they started heading home, the horses would take off and there'd be asians falling off everywhere. :lol: What a job eh! Pity it was slave labour.

[98tls]

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh so you feel threatened then :lol: :Pokey: Maybe..........just like oliver twist i will make do with what i have.....anyway sorry for basterdizing this thread i will butt out:whistle:

[MotoGirl]

I fail to see the need for "horse float" trailers.
Horses are a mode of transport. Get on the damn thing and ride it to whatever destination is intended rather than clogging up the roads with these abominations!

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We still own the horse float and it's brilliant. :clap: Mind you, we've got it set up to carry two bikes with all the tie-down points etc and our leathers etc. All our stands unbolt and it turns into a moving trailer or we could turn it back into a float if need be.

Mum had horses for 30 odd years and only sold them 2.5 years ago when they sold the family farm and moved into town. She originally drove ponies (Harness Club) before importing an Andalusian stallion from Australia and opening a horse stud.

The stallion definitely cost her truckloads because he was trained to rear on command, bow down, and walk sideways etc (sorry, I don't know the proper names for these actions!). He was one of the most highly trained horses in the country and this cost in the tens of thousands. :blink:

[Goblin]

Yes, stromfrau and I have a couple. A 17 yr old Standardbred mare and a 7 year old standardbred-quarter horse cross.My last horse was a standardbred.(first pic) I saved him from the glue factory and he was the coolest horse ever.


Did years of support crew, financier, groundsman, farrier, etc with the kids with pony club. Highlights were riding with mydaughter at pc camp (after teaching myself to ride) riding an Arab horse at the Pyramids, Aussie cattle muster...
tragically the nags have taken their toll on the body and ironically daughter is now allergic to them!!What a shame about the allergy. You'll have to teach her the joy of bikes.

I had a 3/4 Arab for a short while. Al Shariff was his name.(the little grey in front.) Was a psycho little bastard! I was working him around in circles then over some jumps when all of a sudden he farted! So loud he frightened himself and bolted!:gob: Had to grab one rein and try and pull him around to stop.:crazy:

[Jantar]

I cut my previous post shorter than I intended because my cell phone was ringing. Co-incidentally, it was Stromfrau calling me fro New Zealand to say that after she saw me off at the airport yesterday she went to the saddlery shop in Dunedin and bought a new saddle, stirrups and leathers, surcingle, saddle blanket, chaps, .... etc. There was more on the list, but I agree ... "Poverty is owning two horses."

All this is on top of having our horsefloat virtually rebuilt over winter, sending our youngest horse off to the trainers for three weeks to sort out a couple of bad habits, and god knows what else. I tell you, Horses are much more expensive than bikes.

[scracha]

Standard bred, thoroughbred and summit else the girlfriend has recently acquired from her work. Couple of others in livery ATM. Bloody skint bunch of arse.

[Goblin]

I cut my previous post shorter than I intended because my cell phone was ringing. Co-incidentally, it was Stromfrau calling me fro New Zealand to say that after she saw me off at the airport yesterday she went to the saddlery shop in Dunedin and bought a new saddle, stirrups and leathers, surcingle, saddle blanket, chaps, .... etc. There was more on the list, but I agree ... "Poverty is owning two horses."

All this is on top of having our horsefloat virtually rebuilt over winter, sending our youngest horse off to the trainers for three weeks to sort out a couple of bad habits, and god knows what else. I tell you, Horses are much more expensive than bikes.*Que Twighlight zone music*

But yeah...Poverty is owning a horse....or two.

[Goblin]

Standard bred, thoroughbred and summit else the girlfriend has recently acquired from her work. Couple of others in livery ATM. Bloody skint bunch of arse.She doesn't work at the glue factory does she?? :confused:

[scracha]

She doesn't work at the glue factory does she?? :confused:
Aww...you nasty Goblin. She works at the race-track.

[Goblin]

Pheeew!!:sweatdrop

Well racing horses is something else too. In my yoof I spent time in Te Aroha to check it out as a career. The early mornings, mucking out, feeding, swimming the horses was all ok but the hardest part was actually riding the bloody things! Legs all cramped up like that. I had one bolt on me & thought I was gunna die. This horse had NO brakes! It got the better of me and I chickened out of the horse racing/training scene.

[cowpoos]

well this is going to make a few of you giggle...I used to ride...and still do on the odd occasion...I left my last horse down south when I moved to the wairarapa a few years ago...I started riding while working at a backpackers hostel when I was 13...their was a bunch of chickies that were running horse treks from there and they got me helping...slaving away shoveling shit [mucking out was the proper term I was always reminded]...carting buckets of food around various paddocks,genral slave really...then they got me on them [I could actually some what ride at the time,part of my family are very horsey in,western,polo,dressage,hunting,etc] and I got the bug :)
Right to the point I was excersising a mad mad mad racehorse [ironicaly called step-a-side??]...who used to scare the shit out of me alot!! good times :) lol [that and I had the hots for one of the gals ;) ] but yeah...I never competed...thought about doing endurace a few times...would have loved to have given polo a bash but the $$$$ is to rich for my wallet!! and yeah...owned plenty of pleasure hacks over the years since...and occasionly you catch me hanging around various donkey events catching up with friend and family...and for the record the horsey scene is a giggle!!! good people and always a laugh!! much like bikes :)

[oldrider]

Poverty is definitely owning a horse/horses, when you add up the amount "totally" it is a amazing just how much money and time is involved!

The return you get from working with horses just can not be valued in money terms.

To engage the trust and communication of a horse or horses and feel the love (there is no other word suitable) trust they bestow upon you is unable to be explained unless you have experienced it first hand.

Our daughter has just sold the last one and all our gear has been sold traded or given away, with the last float being delivered to it's new owner today.

We will miss the horses but I really can say we will not miss the expense, the responsibility and the commitment that goes with them.

None of the grandchildren are really into horses so we are all off in their chosen directions (mainly motorbikes) lending them backup and support as required.

New chapters in life but just as expensive or even bloody worse, oh well! :grouphug: Kids! :calm: John.

[white belt]

I agree, Povety is owning a horse, and having horses and bikes is even worst! I can't believe that I took up road bikes when I already had an expensive hobbie.

I have two horses, Warrior is nearly 30 years old but still going strong. I used to event him. Cody is a Morgan /TB and I have started endurance with him, though want to do the odd event as well.

I ride heaps in the Woodhill forest if anyone else is keen for a ride sometime and is around this way.

I get the same buzz from road riding that I did from cross country but not prepared to give up either.

[ynot slow]

Grandfather was a trainer,dad was an owner for a while(too many years trackwork early starts),years ago at fielding they both had horses in the same race,dads father jokingly said to him you going to be in front at the straight yep was reply from dad,grandfather replied hope we don't catch ya on the line,stuff me if dads horse hits the front in the straight,about 50 mts from the winning post he spies this huge chestnut flying down the outside and hears his father saying holy shit don't win,dads horse won by a nose,grandfathers second.The best bit was there was a trophy for that race and dad had to make a speech,wish I was there,one of many memories.

Mind you dad is one of the few to have owned,bred,trained and ridden a horse to win,albeit over 40 yrs,all I could wish to do is own,train or breed,most can do that the hardest is riding,not all are 50kg lol.

Still dad and his partner have couple in work doing themselves,gives dad something to do,even do it yourself costs them,they hada win numerous places and won $4500 last season with 2 horses and might have broken even for feed etc,not time taken for racing off work etc.

[Trudes]

I was a horse mad kid, got chucked on many a station hack growing up in Gisborne, got given an old nag when I was 10, worked at an RDA for 4 years during school holidays and then my dad figured he could make some money out of my love and got me a three year old Appaloosa to train, which was cool, and he was lovely. Sold him when I was 16, when I discovered boys and the horse was costing me every cent I would rather be spending on piss.
Gave up riding for a few years then decided a job change could take me back to my first love and worked at a riding school here in Welly for about a year where I was meant to be trained as a riding instructor, but the boss was too taken up in her own bull-shit to teach me, so I left.
Still ride occasionally, but will have to wait until I can afford the whole horsey thing again before I get back to it, but I do miss it, it's like bikes, once its in your blood, it's always there.

[Dooly]

We have 6 of the suckas.
Fortunately we have 20 acres so theres plenty of grass for them.
But when there is'nt as much grass you spend heaps on dry feed & hay etc.
Anytime you call a vet out it seems to be 2-300 for minor things.
The missus and her friend only seem to ride 2 of them, the ex working stock horses, while the others, thoroughbreds just munch away all day.

Then theres the things like horsefloats and gear. Man we must have some bucks in gear. Dunno why she has to have 3 saddles!!! Plus all the cover and ropes, bridles etc etc.
They bust covers regularly and always need repairing.
Then you have to have a decent vehicle to tow the float.
And our driveway is steep so it has to have plenty of grunt.
My 2 Toyota Hiluxs 2wd wont pull the float with the nags in up the top of our driveway, so I brought the missus a SS Comodore a short while back, decent 5.7 Chevy power.
All's well I thought.

Now she's doing treks which involves a bit of driving on shingle roads to get there, so now according to her we need a 4WD.
She turns up with a new Nissan Navara 4wd yesterday for a demo and for tonight, and we're testing a Ford Ranger 4wd over the weekend.
So once again it looks like the bank account will be crucified for the sake of bloody horses!

And heres me with just my little old motorbike...............ahh, things ya do for ya sheilas!;)

(I actually do like the nags, just keep qiuet about it around her, and maybe might ride one soon, if I can figure out how to drive it.)

[Swoop]

I have a simple policy with horses.
I do not get on their back and expect them to carry me, and the opposite also applies.

I guess there is much less of a "bolt-on aftermarket parts" market.;)

[Goblin]

Cool! There's a few of us then.:grouphug:
Poos, you are full of surprises! We had only a handful of boys in our pony club.no pun intended. One went and worked for the Sultan of Brunei, training his Polo ponies.

Trudes...I can relate, I miss them sometimes too. Just the smell of a horse takes me back.

Good luck with the new vehicle purchase Dooly! Definitely do give it a go....they're easy to drive if you're relaxed.

[Stroker Girl]

Better put my hand up to. I've owned horses since I was 11 and was so pony mad it just about drove my parents crazy! Bought my first pony when I was 11 yrs (strawberry roan :love:) . Was lucky that the seller allowed me to pay him off working at a local trekking business where I helped out after school and in the weekends.

Trained and onsold a few horses since but have had Sea (see pic) since I was 14 yrs. He's now 27 yrs but still going good for his age. He's a part bred Arab and got character plus. You can put a kid on his back and he plod along like an old nag :innocent: but get someone with experience and all the dirty tricks come out :devil2:

[Finn]

I love horse, they're delicious. Seriously, it's a common meat in Europe and it doesn't taste that bad. I think at one stage, McDonalds in Sweden used to make horse burgers.

[Stroker Girl]

:laugh: My cousin used to take bus loads of asian tourists on rides. When they started heading home, the horses would take off and there'd be asians falling off everywhere. :lol: What a job eh! Pity it was slave labour.

Had to laugh when I read this. I use to do the same job at a tourist farm in Auckland. Use to always amaze me what the asian women would dress in for riding. Most wore white stockings, high heels, suits with short skirts. Crazy!

I had the same thing happen to me with a group once, when all the horses decided to bolt home halfway through the ride. I managed to grab the reins of one horse who had a kid on but the rest just took off right up this steep winding track. It was bloody chaos, the people were screaming and the horses going full gallop! I had to watch the whole thing from the bottom of the hill just praying they wouldn't fall off down the steep banks. Amazing when I managed to catch up they were a bit shaken but keen to keep going! I think they thought it was part of the experience :whistle: Alls well that ends well!

[The Pastor]

horses are cool. just like clint east wood.

[kelleyb]

I just thought I'd put up a pic of my girls back home in the States.

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z313/kboles_2007/Horses.jpg

[The Pastor]

i dont like brown or black ones

[chanceyy]

Better put my hand up to. I've owned horses since I was 11 and was so pony mad it just about drove my parents crazy! Bought my first pony when I was 11 yrs (strawberry roan). Was lucky that the seller allowed me to pay him off working at a local trekking business where I helped out after school and in the weekends.

Trained and onsold a few horses since but have had Sea (see pic) since I was 14 yrs. He's now 27 yrs but still going good for his age. He's a part bred Arab and got character plus. You can put a kid on his back and he plod along like an old nag but get someone with experience and all the dirty tricks come out

your horse sounds like my maqs .. if she knows someone can ride its all on .. if she knows they are nervous or not experienced then she is pretty quiet .. Charlie is just far to sensitive to put just anyone on so I am the only one to ride him



well this is going to make a few of you giggle...I used to ride...and still do on the odd occasion...I left my last horse down south when I moved to the wairarapa a few years ago...I started riding while working at a backpackers hostel when I was 13...their was a bunch of chickies that were running horse treks from there and they got me helping...slaving away shoveling shit [mucking out was the proper term I was always reminded]...carting buckets of food around various paddocks,genral slave really...then they got me on them [I could actually some what ride at the time,part of my family are very horsey in,western,polo,dressage,hunting,etc] and I got the bug :)
Right to the point I was excersising a mad mad mad racehorse [ironicaly called step-a-side??]...who used to scare the shit out of me alot!! good times :) lol [that and I had the hots for one of the gals ;) ] but yeah...I never competed...thought about doing endurace a few times...would have loved to have given polo a bash but the $$$$ is to rich for my wallet!! and yeah...owned plenty of pleasure hacks over the years since...and occasionly you catch me hanging around various donkey events catching up with friend and family...and for the record the horsey scene is a giggle!!! good people and always a laugh!! much like bikes :)

well aren't you just a dark horsey yourself there mr poos .. hmmmm feel free to come jump on a horse when ya down this way ... but sorry no hot girls to impress though :lol:


Pheeew!!:sweatdrop

Well racing horses is something else too. In my yoof I spent time in Te Aroha to check it out as a career. The early mornings, mucking out, feeding, swimming the horses was all ok but the hardest part was actually riding the bloody things! Legs all cramped up like that. I had one bolt on me & thought I was gunna die. This horse had NO brakes! It got the better of me and I chickened out of the horse racing/training scene.

been there done that too ... :yes:


We have 6 of the suckas.
Fortunately we have 20 acres so theres plenty of grass for them.
But when there is'nt as much grass you spend heaps on dry feed & hay etc.
Anytime you call a vet out it seems to be 2-300 for minor things.
The missus and her friend only seem to ride 2 of them, the ex working stock horses, while the others, thoroughbreds just munch away all day.

Then theres the things like horsefloats and gear. Man we must have some bucks in gear. Dunno why she has to have 3 saddles!!! Plus all the cover and ropes, bridles etc etc.
They bust covers regularly and always need repairing.
Then you have to have a decent vehicle to tow the float.
And our driveway is steep so it has to have plenty of grunt.
My 2 Toyota Hiluxs 2wd wont pull the float with the nags in up the top of our driveway, so I brought the missus a SS Comodore a short while back, decent 5.7 Chevy power.
All's well I thought.

Now she's doing treks which involves a bit of driving on shingle roads to get there, so now according to her we need a 4WD.
She turns up with a new Nissan Navara 4wd yesterday for a demo and for tonight, and we're testing a Ford Ranger 4wd over the weekend.
So once again it looks like the bank account will be crucified for the sake of bloody horses!

And heres me with just my little old motorbike...............ahh, things ya do for ya sheilas!;)

(I actually do like the nags, just keep qiuet about it around her, and maybe might ride one soon, if I can figure out how to drive it.)

hmm since i started on the naturalmanship route I do not spend much money on gear .. I trim my own horses feet & they are strip feed daily & only get grass & hay so for cost wise the expense is actually very minimal ... whew cause Betsy is sure more expensive than the horses are ... & bikes are fun & great but horses are my sanity ... :msn-wink::niceone:

[ManDownUnder]

I ate horse once... had to try a horse steak while it Switzerland and... well... they taste like they smell...

blleeaarrcchhh!!!!

Anyhoo - as you were. (Oh and no, in case you didn't pick it - I'm not a horsey type)

[RiderInBlack]

My job is ta make money off horse owners so I can spend it on my bike :2thumbsup I'm a Farrier. I trim and shoe horses to keep them sound (Like a tyre tech for bikes). Bloody horse are getting expencive even here now. I'm shoeing sport horses that are $20,000 - $40,000 (I don't touch Race Horses) and they aren't the flash ones ether. I'd get 2 dam good bikes for that.

Used ta own a horse and rode One Day Events (X-country).

[Toaster]

Eew. Horses. Evel (sic) things. No kill switch.

Yes there is, it's on the end of a rifle.

[Toaster]

My neighbours have horses and are either richer than me or have a lot of debt. Horse crap all over the paddocks which just doesn't degrade like my sheep and cow poos.

I like horses - rode one once (on the back of it that is) as a teenager and loved it. Never done it since.

Ate one once as a steak in a french cafe in Wellington, it was the best steak I have ever had.

An old friend of mine has a couple horses and they keep her very very poor indeed.

[yungatart]

Don't have and never have had horses...but teenagers aren't cheap either.
At least with your horse you can fence it in the paddock and give it a diet of grass and water. Last I looked, you couldn't do that with a teenager....much as I might be tempted to, at times.

[scracha]

Well if you wanna job they're short of a decent rider for the morning exercising.l $hit wages and high risk of paralysis is all included.

Oh, the other one's a pure bred .... whatever the hell that means.

If you can get standard, pure and thorough breds, does that mean you can get non-standard, tainted and fickle breds?


Pheeew!!:sweatdrop

Well racing horses is something else too. In my yoof I spent time in Te Aroha to check it out as a career. The early mornings, mucking out, feeding, swimming the horses was all ok but the hardest part was actually riding the bloody things! Legs all cramped up like .

[NighthawkNZ]

So how many of you still have the real horse power?

Apparently there I have a 100 odd horsy's in that V-Twin :blink:

[kiwifruit]

100 odd horsy's

*cough* on a really really great day *cough*
= X

[NighthawkNZ]

*cough* on a really really great day *cough*
= X

going down hill of course and a tail wind and after I have had some beans for lunch ;)

[scracha]

going down hill of course and a tail wind and after I have had some beans for lunch ;)

Even if it was on ice it still wouldn't be half as scary as our equine friends.

[Toaster]

Don't have and never have had horses...but teenagers aren't cheap either.


But you look waaaay too young to have teenagers!!!!

Send them to me and I will shoot them for ya... :eek: or at least use them as slave labour.

[Grahameeboy]

But you look waaaay too young to have teenagers!!!!

Send them to me and I will shoot them for ya... :eek: or at least use them as slave labour.

BOTOX.....or was that bollox

[Toaster]

BOTOX.....or was that bollox

Boy is Yungatart gonna spank you now! :spanking:

[Grahameeboy]

Boy is Yungatart gonna spank you now! :spanking:

Not from her current location she is not....................distance makes the heart feel safer..

[NighthawkNZ]

Even if it was on ice it still wouldn't be half as scary as our equine friends.

as some one said no kill switch... and AI control... :crazy:

[Goblin]

as some one said no kill switch... and AI control... :crazy:and a mind of their own.

[phaedrus]

Eew. Horses. Evel (sic) things. No kill switch.

They have one, although the owner tends to get a bit pissed when you use it. Apparently they can only be used once and you can't get replacement parts. It's a bloody stupid design if you ask me