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« on: November 10, 2009, 06:32:15 AM » |
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This thread may only humor me. There are many household items that are taken to the Barn that never return home. This includes things brought to the Barn by anyone. Once at the Barn .... they stay at the Barn. I'll start with a few.
Garden hoses, scissors, tools, twist-ties, power strips, coffe grinder, Preparation-H, beard trimmer, coolers, extension cords
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Old and Slow
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« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2009, 08:02:30 AM » |
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Flashlights, fire extinguisher, those little measuring spoons on a ring, platform scale, every replacement light bulb on the property...
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I know one thing for sure. Indecision may or may not be my problem.
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Suicide_Mare
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« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2009, 08:10:46 AM » |
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Ahhh measuring spoons (good one)! Platform Scale ...ugh? Like a cooking one?
Palmolive, Saran Wrap, Electrical Tape, Grey Tape, Masking Tape, Painters Tape ... hell any tape will do. Dry Erase Markers ...
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Old and Slow
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« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2009, 08:43:52 AM » |
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Platform Scale ...ugh? Like a cooking one?
The old fashioned kind with the small platform and round dial - goes up to 20 pounds I think. Scissors, corn oil, towels, Vaseline, baby oil, every antibiotic ointment that used to be in the medicine cabinet, small bowls - after you've used your coffee grinder to crush the SMZ's, you need something to mix it in with the applesauce, right?  Fun topic, Mare. |
I know one thing for sure. Indecision may or may not be my problem.
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looking in
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« Reply #4 on: November 10, 2009, 08:48:31 AM » |
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Any dishes that you might use to take scrapes out for the dog and cats .
The sweat shirts that were taken off at mid morning and hung up in the tack room.
Box of SOS pads.
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I am just an old "Hoss" trainer, that has been raced hard and put away wet.
As my Friend from Maine(Ora Stratton) says "There are horse trainers, and then there are real "Hoss" trainers.
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Suicide_Mare
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« Reply #5 on: November 10, 2009, 09:14:38 AM » |
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Gotcha on the scale (that is what I thought). Yes on the dishes & bowls and anything to crush/mix with; that's where my coffee bean grinder went!
Beach towels, bath towels and hand towels for poop towels. Sweatshirts -- where do they all go? The box of SOS pads reminds me of a Barn mate that used diapers and feminine pads for leg wraps (lol).
Rakes, shovels, dust buster, dust pans, I don't even own a real broom anymore.
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« Reply #6 on: November 10, 2009, 09:08:48 PM » |
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CONDOMS
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skidmore
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« Reply #7 on: November 10, 2009, 10:18:35 PM » |
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I'm too old for the condoms, but how about 10 million hours of my life that I will never get back!
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« Reply #8 on: November 10, 2009, 11:31:36 PM » |
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Condoms, I'm without words.
Leaving years behind, hope your not sour skidmore!
Here are a few more: Bungee cords, ladders, leaf blowers, fans, throw rugs, garbage cans, wine openers (oops, my bad), tape measures, gloves and sunglasses
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King Nothing
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« Reply #9 on: November 11, 2009, 12:19:55 AM » |
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This reminds me of a joke. What's the difference between an oral thermometer and a rectal thermometer ?? ....The taste....   |
Then it all crashes down
And you break your crown
And you point your finger
But there's no one around
King Nothing
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Old and Slow
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« Reply #10 on: November 11, 2009, 07:46:02 AM » |
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wine openers (oops, my bad)
All good, SM.  Both my barns have corkscrews and beer bottle openers hanging by magnets on the side of the fridge. |
I know one thing for sure. Indecision may or may not be my problem.
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« Reply #11 on: November 11, 2009, 09:12:24 AM » |
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These items were garbage picked but they've become favorites ...
A maple dining room table (with extended leaf), heavy duty tricycle with wire basket, a stereo receiver and speakers (mounted of course)
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Chi-Town Hustler
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« Reply #12 on: November 11, 2009, 10:54:42 AM » |
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Funnel a box of baking soda,sugar !
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dingo
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« Reply #13 on: November 11, 2009, 01:31:32 PM » |
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bacon grease for hopple burns and good ol' campho phenique
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« Reply #14 on: March 03, 2010, 07:13:24 AM » |
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Resurrecting this thread as a light-hearted Barn and Horse topic. We have a lot of new horsefolk at BTW and lots of Harness enthusiasts that I am sure visit farms/barns and leave things behind. I thought of a real obvious leave behind recently that we overlooked.  If anybody is up to sharing left behind items or things taken to the Barn that never return home ... please chime in. |
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« Reply #15 on: March 03, 2010, 07:22:02 AM » |
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pant hose/tongue ties....duct tape....yarn/ribbons
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« Reply #16 on: March 03, 2010, 08:07:23 AM » |
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Yarn/ribbons good. U R reminding of Hair Gel for short forlocks -- the spike look.
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OldGreyMare
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« Reply #17 on: March 03, 2010, 08:27:37 AM » |
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Sorry, can't help ya. The one barn I've been at for 8 years has limited storage so I do a Spring and Fall clean-up. Any equipment (mostly riding) not in use goes home to be stored in the appropriate box in the celler.*
The other barns (racehorses) are always temporary so get cleaned/organized every time I move.
* However, why is it as soon as you store something away, you always need it?
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Beware of wolves wearing sheep's clothing.
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Old and Slow
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« Reply #18 on: March 03, 2010, 08:27:47 AM » |
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A new one - trouble light (light bulb in a metal cage with a hook on it). A month or so ago our vet was coming to my other farm (hocks, coffins etc) early in the morning. Me, thinking ahead, grabbed my light out of the garage and brought it with me. Set it in the feed room, never needed it - plenty of light in the wash rack. Last Saturday, radio dead in the truck. I suspect a blown fuse. Where the hell is my trouble light? Resting comfortably in my feed room 35 miles away! Thank God for Bic lighters  |
I know one thing for sure. Indecision may or may not be my problem.
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Suicide_Mare
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« Reply #19 on: March 03, 2010, 08:44:02 AM » |
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OGM -- Good discipline. You're reminding me of some things that get stored at "home" vs. cellars but never go back to the barn -- but should!
O&S -- Trouble light, good one. I forgot about those. I lost three of those halogen versions to the barn just for unfreezing hoses!
Couple more ... empty coffee cans and any container with a lid.
Work gloves ... two leave home, one ends up in the barn ... where one goes, nobody knows.
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« Reply #20 on: March 03, 2010, 08:46:54 AM » |
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When I get mad at the world,wife,kids,etc I take my anger to the barn , and hopefully leave it there stored in the bottom of a tack trunk forever.
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I am just an old "Hoss" trainer, that has been raced hard and put away wet.
As my Friend from Maine(Ora Stratton) says "There are horse trainers, and then there are real "Hoss" trainers.
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Suicide_Mare
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« Reply #21 on: March 03, 2010, 08:51:01 AM » |
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When I get mad at the world,wife,kids,etc I take my anger to the barn , and hopefully leave it there stored in the bottom of a tack trunk forever.
Good idea. I like it.  |
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Pupparazzi
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« Reply #22 on: March 03, 2010, 08:53:20 AM » |
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to go coffee mugs!!!......maxi pads......bleach.....laundry soap....
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Suicide_Mare
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« Reply #23 on: March 03, 2010, 09:01:07 AM » |
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Good ones Pupparazzi -- ya know you have to answer questions about items you nominate, right? LOL
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Homestretch
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« Reply #24 on: March 03, 2010, 09:54:12 AM » |
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My Ex !!!! At the barn forever !!!!!!!!!! |
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Pupparazzi
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« Reply #25 on: March 03, 2010, 10:36:33 AM » |
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ex husbands!! |
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bello
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« Reply #26 on: March 03, 2010, 10:39:44 AM » |
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Grew up in Brooklyn. Didn't know what a barn was, never even saw one. Is the cellar a good substitute?
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Uncle Merf
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« Reply #27 on: March 03, 2010, 11:27:26 AM » |
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Clocks, fans, kitchen chairs, old steak knives or any other knife for that matter, Cats, spray bottles. they all go out there and them seem to just be swallowed up by the barn
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Suicide_Mare
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« Reply #28 on: March 03, 2010, 11:30:14 AM » |
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Good ones on the Ex's you guys. I leave my current husband at the Barn -- but he says he likes it. Grew up in Brooklyn. Didn't know what a barn was, never even saw one. Is the cellar a good substitute?
Oh bello ... a cellar is similar only if you have horses in your cellar ... or Ex's ... those things cause the leave behinds to happen. |
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« Reply #29 on: March 03, 2010, 11:33:34 AM » |
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Clocks, fans, kitchen chairs, old steak knives or any other knife for that matter, Cats, spray bottles. they all go out there and them seem to just be swallowed up by the barn
Merf -- You are triple tied for first place with the Cats. Very funny. |
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Uncle Merf
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« Reply #30 on: March 03, 2010, 01:03:03 PM » |
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Merf -- You are triple tied for first place with the Cats. Very funny.
They seem to come in the barn and then never come out, kind of like Hotel California. Here's another one that I'm surprised hasn't been listed: VIRGINITY |
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« Reply #31 on: March 03, 2010, 01:25:05 PM » |
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turkey basters, those triangular sponges on sticks (great for putting fly spray on head shy horses!), garland, plastic table cloths and those black woooden cowboy siihouettes - all these things are great for putting on/over/under jump rails! and any boots/shoes/coats/towels/blankets you REALLY don't want anymore but just can't bear to toss out...heck...take it to the barn!!! someone might be able to use it!! and a few things that multiply at the barn it seems.....empty coffee cups and soda cans!!!
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Absolutely amazing.......s.m.h.....
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Suicide_Mare
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« Reply #32 on: March 03, 2010, 03:34:32 PM » |
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Oh Lordy -- what a fun resurrection this is. I see a poll in the works.
Merf, you definitely topped yourself with Virginity left at the barn. Way funnier than cats ... unless they were the same (oops).
Alpha Mare you are definitely in the running with the Turkey Baster. Everything else posted is good but the baster has me wondering. Thank goodness you didn't mention a meat thermometer !!
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« Reply #33 on: March 03, 2010, 05:19:06 PM » |
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this is one of the most enjoyable posts.....ever.
It is so true...and it also makes you 'think" and you wonder if you are alone in your thinking...and as it turns out...you're usually not alone.
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« Reply #34 on: March 03, 2010, 06:11:08 PM » |
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this is one of the most enjoyable posts.....ever.
It is so true...and it also makes you 'think" and you wonder if you are alone in your thinking...and as it turns out...you're usually not alone.
I hope you like the posts FL, I'm thinking your post means "yes". There are a lot of subtleties to day-to-day horse/racing operations that are understood and cherished but rarely declared. This thread is full of great notions of home and barn. I'm getting ideas from all even though I thought I had the home--> barn thing covered. I like Alpha Mare's black wooden cowboy silhouettes. I'm motivated to buy some for home just to take them to the barn! What about music, anyone leave a radio on for the horses ... if so what channel? |
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« Reply #35 on: March 03, 2010, 06:15:32 PM » |
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I hope you like the posts FL, I'm thinking your post means "yes".
Are you kiddin?? It is GREAT. We don't often see this type of post but it is GREAT to read. It is hard to explain in writing...but you (I) read along with what someone says and you think "wait..I do that too....I thought I was the only one". excellent, excellent reading!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Pupparazzi
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« Reply #36 on: March 03, 2010, 07:29:21 PM » |
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i leave the animal planet on at home for my pets when i am not there....does that count? lol
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freelegged
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« Reply #37 on: March 03, 2010, 07:33:11 PM » |
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i leave the animal planet on at home for my pets when i am not there....does that count? lol
my dog is very impatient and cannot sit still for long. So when I go out on Sunday evenings, I hook up the TV to the microwave for him. This way he can watch 60 Minutes in 90 seconds. |
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« Reply #38 on: March 03, 2010, 08:06:18 PM » |
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Ayyy ya aa. You guys are killing me here. You can leave the Animal Planet on but aren't your worried about the Animal Cops shows --- way too graphic. My rescue pooches love America's Funniest Pet Videos but they don't like rescue scenes on the Animal Cop shows. Too much.
FL, what's up with connecting the canine with the microwave ... I love Top Chef but I'm not handing over the remote AND kitchen any time soon.
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« Reply #39 on: March 03, 2010, 08:38:59 PM » |
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toilet paper
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« Reply #40 on: March 03, 2010, 08:43:42 PM » |
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toilet paper
and Paper Towels |
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« Reply #41 on: March 03, 2010, 09:19:54 PM » |
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I'm too old for the condoms, but how about 10 million hours of my life that I will never get back!
10 million hours? That would make you roughly 115 years old. |
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« Reply #42 on: March 03, 2010, 09:32:32 PM » |
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10 million hours? That would make you roughly 115 years old.
and .... A pretty dedicated Horseman |
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« Reply #43 on: March 03, 2010, 09:43:32 PM » |
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kind of like Hotel California.
Great line, Merf. I'm hoping I can check out when the bottom goes to $1200
Alpha Mare you are definitely in the running with the Turkey Baster. Everything else posted is good but the baster has me wondering.
Alpha Mare must do some AI...  2 barns with the radio on 24/7 - either country or classic rock. |
I know one thing for sure. Indecision may or may not be my problem.
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« Reply #44 on: March 03, 2010, 09:48:56 PM » |
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O&S you totally have a handle on this thread ... and you are invested. Take over for me please ... my Hotel Harnessfornia is kicking in -- I'll be back tomorrow.  |
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« Reply #45 on: March 03, 2010, 09:52:06 PM » |
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Feminine napkins ...for the heels, i don't use them but i knew a few who did. |
Then it all crashes down
And you break your crown
And you point your finger
But there's no one around
King Nothing
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oldschool
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« Reply #46 on: March 03, 2010, 10:23:52 PM » |
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bailing twine, Ole Man Oldschool, dollar store plastic bins (to toss in condition sheets, vet reports, whatever) big plastic bins (to toss in everything else), camp chairs, plant hangers and flowers, old pieces of carpet
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« Reply #47 on: March 03, 2010, 11:25:30 PM » |
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turkey basters work really well for admimistering melted smz's, bute, etc n water solutions to horses that refuse to eat their grain with them in them! beats the heck out of 'oral syringes'....so much goes in that even if they lose a bit, it's minimal...lol
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Absolutely amazing.......s.m.h.....
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Pupparazzi
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« Reply #48 on: March 04, 2010, 05:36:20 AM » |
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sunglasses!!!
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« Reply #49 on: March 04, 2010, 04:09:02 PM » |
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sunglasses!!!
Have a pair in every trunk! hanging on nails all over! |
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« Reply #50 on: March 04, 2010, 04:47:57 PM » |
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I made a sunglass carrier once that strapped around my bicep. The only summer I didn't lose my sunglasses but everyone kept asking me if I had some medical problem and was I taking my blood pressure. Also I had a very weird looking tan line.
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« Reply #51 on: March 04, 2010, 05:20:35 PM » |
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Hammers, hammers and hammers ... did I say hammers?
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« Reply #52 on: March 04, 2010, 06:49:24 PM » |
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clean, empty cat food and tuna cans and nails too....never know when you need to make a halter holder......
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Absolutely amazing.......s.m.h.....
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« Reply #53 on: March 04, 2010, 06:50:29 PM » |
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and sunscreen..i have had tubes all over the barn, trailer, office, in the outdoor arena, ......
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Absolutely amazing.......s.m.h.....
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« Reply #54 on: March 04, 2010, 06:51:34 PM » |
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clean, empty cat food and tuna cans and nails too....never know when you need to make a halter holder......
see..this is why I love this thread...I only needed to read as far as this part clean, empty cat food and tuna cans and I knew EXACTLY what the poster was getting at. good stuff |
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« Reply #55 on: March 04, 2010, 06:51:49 PM » |
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yarn
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« Reply #56 on: March 04, 2010, 07:34:49 PM » |
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Apples and  . I buy them, bring them home from the grocery store ... they are gone, most times they never even hit the fridge. Pot roast minus carrots. Pork chops minus apples or applesauce. I could go on and on. |
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« Reply #57 on: March 04, 2010, 07:51:51 PM » |
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Pork chops minus apples or applesauce.
I have never had pork chops and applesauce, nor do I think I would ever try it. But I seem to recall an episode of The Brady Bunch where Alice and Mrs Brady prepared it one time.  |
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« Reply #58 on: March 05, 2010, 05:42:39 AM » |
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I have never had pork chops and applesauce, nor do I think I would ever try it. But I seem to recall an episode of The Brady Bunch where Alice and Mrs Brady prepared it one time. Pork Chops and Applesauce was the subject of a "favorite" Brady Bunch ... however, W.C. Fields was the first to coin the phrase. These flavors do compliment eachother -- tons of recipes out there but I'd be derailing my own thread. Plus, I still have no apples. |
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« Reply #59 on: March 05, 2010, 08:06:27 AM » |
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earmuffs.....scarfs.........hats....... gloves.........cigarettes.....
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« Reply #60 on: March 05, 2010, 08:20:32 AM » |
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Bandanna's .... lighters ... shampoo ... socks ... my staple gun
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« Reply #61 on: March 05, 2010, 08:30:47 AM » |
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How about at home never to be returned to the barn?
Cowboy magic detangler
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« Reply #62 on: March 05, 2010, 08:37:05 AM » |
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How about at home never to be returned to the barn?
Cowboy magic detangler
From the barn now at home ... oyy ... 5 stall gates, 100 leg wraps, 10 blankets, 10 water buckets and a full-sized garbage can of just bits, etc. etc. |
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