Kitt

Ladies and gents, PLEASE if the opportunity ever comes up, tell your friends and acquaintances to give horse trailers extra room! We leave larger stopping distance for a reason! We have 1200 pound animals balancing on what amounts to 1 sq foot of floor when you add up all 4 feet. Cutting in front of us because "there is plenty of room" then slowing forces us to brake harder than is good for the horse. Last night I was on an emergency transport at 1 am with a colicky and heavily sedated horse when an idiot decided to pass me on the interstate, cut in front leaving less room than he should have, and then braked hard to get back down to the speed limit. I then had to listen to hubby curse at the guy for 5 miles. Not that I wasn't thinking the same things, but hey, why should I have to hear it if the idiot could not?

Feel better! Hopefully it doesn't look like my stick from yesterday!

Ok, it is now icky-er. Tripple digits. But barn chores done, horse move done. I can now hide in the AC doing house stuff the rest of the day!

Ok, this is just... icky! 6:30 am and the heat index is already 98!

That's sort of the point. They are trying to prove the animals should not be in captivity because if released they cannot fend for themselves. The fact that releasing animals totally unsuited for release is UNETHICAL seems to escape members of "People for Ethical Treatment of Animals "

Another county Faire in the books. Anyone familiar with 4H knows that the animals we bring to the Faire, while most are labeled "livestock" are in reality well loved members of the family. We had PETA protesting on the sides of the road leading to the Faire again this year. They were better behaved this year. Last year they came back in the middle of the night and set the goats and sheep loose befor anyone could stop them. That's why our horse girls all camp in the horse tent every year. Lol lots harder to set a horse loose if her kid is sleeping in front of the stall door!

I so confused. Approaching a traffic light controlled intersection, red my side. Patrolman in middle waving me on. No accident visible, no construction, light is functioning normally. Ok, I follow instruction and proceed thru the RED light. Light changes, he stops traffic in the now GREEN lanes and waves the now RED side road out. Yesterday a guy passes me using a left turn only lane, then stops for a count of 5 at the next light, then proceeds thru the RED light crossing 6 lanes. Admittedly @ 5 am there was no traffic at the time. Have I gone color blind? Did they change the rules and I am not aware?

Well that went smoother than anticipated. The herd ( 6 horses, a mini donkey and a pigmy goat) is at the county fair safe and sound, with no idiots. Last year a guy was expecting me to stop unloading the trailer and back up out of his way so he can unload.

I have no clue why she separated him. I thought she would want to know how he was reacting and passed on the info. This guy has a history of breaking out when angry or bored. Lol I used to be on a first name basis with the night dispatcher in town when he would lead a breakout and walkabout at 3 am.

New Idiocy Update: The smoke alarms were still ringing when the lady who called me @ 5 am yesterday arrived this morning. Instead of calling the barn owner, or going ballistic on the barn hand, she called me again at 4:45 ! My alarm does not ring till 5. What part of "I don't work there any more, I have no authority, and I AM AN HOUR DRIVE AWAY" does she not understand??? Ok, then while I am at the barn 6 am today, another boarder decided to turn her horse out into a currently unused private field. I have no idea why, nor do I care. What I do care about is that her horse is not a happy camper by himself in this new to him field. He is pacing the fence, hollering for his field buddies and generally working himself into a lather. I have known this horse for 20 years. ( he is a senior citizen at 26) I am very well aware that he will only stay alone for so long before he breaks a fence and goes back towards his regular field looking for his buddies. So I go point out to the woman who bought him last year what he is up to, and get told to butt out and MYOB. My response? "Hope your horse doesn't hurt himself when he breaks the fence. Enjoy your game of catch the pissed off horse!"

Idiocy update. Seems the barn hand changed the batteries in all the detectors last night, and the unit in question started to intermittently freak out. Has happened to us befor. Dust happens big time in a barn, and if you disturb it while changing batteries it freaks the little electronic brain out. A good cleaning with a can of compressed air solves the issue usually, with an occasional replacement of the unit sometimes needed. When I ran maintenance, I used to give the hands the compressed air with the new batteries and instructions to clean them in the process. One would think common sense would have dictated further maintenance last night or at least removing the battery till time allowed. SMH

Ok, silly question time! Boarder comes into barn @ 5 am to ride befor it gets too hot. Find a smoke detector ringing, but no smoke, no extra heat, no visible flame. Should she A) call 911 B ) bang on house trailer door and roust the barn hand to investigate C) call the barn owner who also lives on the property Or. D) call the lady that used to handle these things but no longer works for the place, and lives an hour drive from the barn I am sure you all have deduced she chose option D

Be strong and heal fast Rick!

Remember, opinions are like assholes, wveryone has one and not all should be heard from.

One show down, one to go. No one passed out from the heat and no horses showed signs of distress. Win-win considering we hit 93* with a heat index of 103!

Rant all you like. We will listen and send moral support. It's what family does.

I certainly HOPE there is intelligent life out there. That humans are the best it gets is a frightening thought.

Oh goody. Sitting @ a horse show and my phone just alerted, heat advisory for later today and hit or miss t storms, some severe.

Thanks guys. I hit the website and tried both of Ricks suggestions but no joy. This email in my phone absolutely refuses to move to the right save folder, and will not even appear on my laptop. The test email I had Wings send me worked fine both places, as did the one I sent myself from my business account. I have called my kid and she will come figure out wtf I did wrong when she is free.

That's really hard for someone like me who always has a plan B for my plan B. I have been told I would have made a good military strategist, having step by step plans to both move forward and fall back if needed. Any suggestions ( other than calling my daughter to come fix) how to get my computer email page and the same account on my phone to speak to each other? Never had an issue before, but this morning I answered an email from my phone, then I could not get the original to move to the correct folder. Kept giving me a "move to" box but would not let me actually move it. OK, so I get home and go to do it from my laptop. Cant find either the original or reply anywhere! Any techies out there can help???? I am what one would call tech challenged on a good day!

Yup! The little egg pan would just piss peeps off!

Enough to bring my fry pan!

Live CSR chats are great when they work. The automated system to get to a live body sucks!

No idea, but I'll protect you!

I do hope that's *F!