On 8/20/13 9:33 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:


"F.O.A.D." wrote in message
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On 8/20/13 8:44 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:


Now she has him spreading and packing about 30 yards of stone dust on
the trails so the goofy horses won't trip.


Not that I would ever want to own a horse or two, but I've wondered from
time to time how much work on a daily basis it is to "keep" horses
properly. It just seems to me that the "upkeep" is continuous and
never-ending. And if you go on vacation, do you have to hire a service
to come by and take care of them?

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I really don't know how much it costs. It's a big secret around here. :-)

Judging by the number of bales of hay in the barn loft (and how often
they are replenished) plus the number of bags of oats and wood shavings
she has stored, I'll bet it's not cheap. Then there's the routine
visits by the horse vet, the horse dentist and the farrier. Of course
you also have to consider all the saddles, bridles and other
accessories that I don't really have a clue as to what they are. A
horse can't have just one bridle or saddle. It has to have several,
depending on what type of riding you do, I guess. She has one saddle
that she finally has decided to sell. It's a custom, show saddle that's
worth about $5K. I told her it would look cool installed on a custom
Harley-Davidson.

When she first got them, Mrs.E. used to be active in horse shows and one
of her horses is a National Champion in something. But, as the years
have gone by they have become big, 1200 lb. pets. She's an animal
lover and the horses are dear to her heart. It's ok. She deserves
them after all the years of putting up with me and our adventurous lives
together. Only problem is that they are about halfway through a normal
horse life which means they'll probably outlive me.

There's a young kid (also into horses) who has lined up a number of
clients and travels around daily to muck stalls, etc. Mrs.E. is one
of his clients.
Plus, she has a number of friends, including the people that bought the
old farmhouse from us (located at the end of our driveway) who are
horse people. They all help each other out and take care of the horses
when anyone is travelling away from home.

Then there's the town government. They send someone out to your barn
for an inspection every so often in order to renew your permit to have
horses. We never have a problem with that because Mrs.E. keeps the barn,
stalls and tack room in pristine condition. Unlike many other places,
our town does not permit spreading of the collected horse manure, so we
have a big, permanent dumpster that is emptied weekly.

In the past 12 years I rode one of them once for about 50 feet. Did
nothing for me. The only things I'll ride must have an ignition on/off
switch or pedals.





You'll appreciate this. When I was in Kansas, I dated a girl for a short
while whose daddy owned a commercial stables and a number of horses.

Being a lad from the *countryside* of New Haven, I wasn't much
interested in horses and I never ever went horseback riding with her.
Instead, I told her, I brought my horse with me...which, at the time,
was a 305 cc Honda SuperHawk that I had bought used after selling off my
250 cc Honda "Dream."

I really liked that SuperHawk. Looked exactly like this, and was
reliable and a delight to ride.

http://tinyurl.com/mn57hvv

Those Super Hawks sure we're nice in the late sixties.
I had a Honda 160 and it seemed like a toy next to my friend's Super Hawk.

"F.O.A.D." wrote in message
m...

On 8/20/13 9:33 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:


In the past 12 years I rode one of them once for about 50 feet.
Did
nothing for me. The only things I'll ride must have an ignition
on/off
switch or pedals.


You'll appreciate this. When I was in Kansas, I dated a girl for a
short
while whose daddy owned a commercial stables and a number of horses.

Being a lad from the *countryside* of New Haven, I wasn't much
interested in horses and I never ever went horseback riding with her.
Instead, I told her, I brought my horse with me...which, at the time,
was a 305 cc Honda SuperHawk that I had bought used after selling off
my
250 cc Honda "Dream."

I really liked that SuperHawk. Looked exactly like this, and was
reliable and a delight to ride.

http://tinyurl.com/mn57hvv

--------------------------------

I had one also ... except it was a 1965. Bought it while living in
Zion, IL when I was attending the Navy ET schools for 2 years.
I rode that thing year round, from our apartment in Zion to the Navy
base and back, even in snow storms. Mrs.E. had our car (a 1970 Fiat
Sports Coupe) because we had a then young daughter and she needed
transportation.

Traded the SuperHawk for a Honda 350 when I received orders to
Puerto Rico. We rented a house off base and within a month a guy
walked up our driveway one day, looking at the Honda 350. He spoke
Spanish of course, and I couldn't completely understand him. But then
he pulled a wad of bills out of his pocket, peeled off $600 of them
and offered them to me while pointing at the bike. I gave him the
keys and waved goodbye.

"True North" wrote in message
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Those Super Hawks sure we're nice in the late sixties.
I had a Honda 160 and it seemed like a toy next to my friend's Super
Hawk.

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Yeah, looking back now the 305 was a neat little bike. Of course I
weighed a lot less then, so it didn't feel so small.
I regretted trading it for the Honda 350. The Superhawk was a
classy, good looking basic motorcycle.

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"Hank©" wrote in message
eb.com...

On 8/19/2013 11:56 PM, thumper wrote:
On 8/12/2013 3:09 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:

The "banksters" didn't cause the recession. I think it would be
more
accurate to call it the "Barney Frank & Co." recession.

You keep making that assertion. I'd like to see you document and
quantify it. I think your proportion is off by an order of
magnitude or
so. Show good accounting and I'll accept it.


Mr Luddite doesn't work for peanuts. I doubt you have the resources to
pay him to enlighten you.

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To the contrary, Mr. Luddite indeed now works for peanuts. Mrs. E.
bought him a six pack of Sam Adams for a week's work clearing trees,
branches and briars and using his tractor to create horse riding
trails in the woods beside his house.

Now she has him spreading and packing about 30 yards of stone dust on
the trails so the goofy horses won't trip.

You really do need to earn some peanuts to go with the beer......

In article ,
says...

On 8/20/13 8:44 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:


"Hank©" wrote in message
eb.com...

On 8/19/2013 11:56 PM, thumper wrote:
On 8/12/2013 3:09 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:

The "banksters" didn't cause the recession. I think it would be more
accurate to call it the "Barney Frank & Co." recession.

You keep making that assertion. I'd like to see you document and
quantify it. I think your proportion is off by an order of magnitude or
so. Show good accounting and I'll accept it.


Mr Luddite doesn't work for peanuts. I doubt you have the resources to
pay him to enlighten you.

-----------------------------

To the contrary, Mr. Luddite indeed now works for peanuts. Mrs. E.
bought him a six pack of Sam Adams for a week's work clearing trees,
branches and briars and using his tractor to create horse riding trails
in the woods beside his house.

Now she has him spreading and packing about 30 yards of stone dust on
the trails so the goofy horses won't trip.





Not that I would ever want to own a horse or two, but I've wondered from
time to time how much work on a daily basis it is to "keep" horses
properly. It just seems to me that the "upkeep" is continuous and
never-ending. And if you go on vacation, do you have to hire a service
to come by and take care of them?

And don't look at me, I'm not about to service a horse......

On 8/20/2013 10:08 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:


"True North" wrote in message
...

Those Super Hawks sure we're nice in the late sixties.
I had a Honda 160 and it seemed like a toy next to my friend's Super Hawk.

-------------------------------

Yeah, looking back now the 305 was a neat little bike. Of course I
weighed a lot less then, so it didn't feel so small.
I regretted trading it for the Honda 350. The Superhawk was a classy,
good looking basic motorcycle.



I had the popped out honda 450.. it was released as a CB500 twin...
Honda. It was my first bike.

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says...

"F.O.A.D." wrote in message
...

On 8/20/13 8:44 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:


Now she has him spreading and packing about 30 yards of stone dust
on
the trails so the goofy horses won't trip.


Not that I would ever want to own a horse or two, but I've wondered
from
time to time how much work on a daily basis it is to "keep" horses
properly. It just seems to me that the "upkeep" is continuous and
never-ending. And if you go on vacation, do you have to hire a service
to come by and take care of them?

-------------------------

I really don't know how much it costs. It's a big secret around here.
:-)

Judging by the number of bales of hay in the barn loft (and how often
they are replenished) plus the number of bags of oats and wood
shavings she has stored, I'll bet it's not cheap. Then there's the
routine visits by the horse vet, the horse dentist and the farrier.
Of course you also have to consider all the saddles, bridles and
other accessories that I don't really have a clue as to what they
are. A horse can't have just one bridle or saddle. It has to have
several, depending on what type of riding you do, I guess. She has
one saddle that she finally has decided to sell. It's a custom, show
saddle that's worth about $5K. I told her it would look cool
installed on a custom Harley-Davidson.

When she first got them, Mrs.E. used to be active in horse shows and
one of her horses is a National Champion in something. But, as the
years have gone by they have become big, 1200 lb. pets. She's an
animal lover and the horses are dear to her heart. It's ok. She
deserves them after all the years of putting up with me and our
adventurous lives together. Only problem is that they are about
halfway through a normal horse life which means they'll probably
outlive me.

There's a young kid (also into horses) who has lined up a number of
clients and travels around daily to muck stalls, etc. Mrs.E. is one
of his clients.
Plus, she has a number of friends, including the people that bought
the old farmhouse from us (located at the end of our driveway) who
are horse people. They all help each other out and take care of the
horses when anyone is travelling away from home.

Then there's the town government. They send someone out to your barn
for an inspection every so often in order to renew your permit to have
horses. We never have a problem with that because Mrs.E. keeps the
barn, stalls and tack room in pristine condition. Unlike many other
places, our town does not permit spreading of the collected horse
manure, so we have a big, permanent dumpster that is emptied weekly.

In the past 12 years I rode one of them once for about 50 feet. Did
nothing for me. The only things I'll ride must have an ignition
on/off switch or pedals.

Same here, I have a deep understanding with all horses. I won't try to
ride them if they don't try to bite me. So far, so good. It isn't
expensive to keep a horse or three IF you already have a working farm,
but I'll bet in your case, it's not cheap.

"F.O.A.D." wrote in message
m...

On 8/20/13 9:33 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:


In the past 12 years I rode one of them once for about 50 feet. Did
nothing for me. The only things I'll ride must have an ignition
on/off
switch or pedals.



You'll appreciate this. When I was in Kansas, I dated a girl for a
short
while whose daddy owned a commercial stables and a number of horses.

Being a lad from the *countryside* of New Haven, I wasn't much
interested in horses and I never ever went horseback riding with her.

-----------------------------------------

When my family lived in Woodbridge, CT, back in the 60s, one of my
many part-time jobs was working for a guy that bred, raised and
trained thoroughbred race horses. He had a farm located just off
the Pulaski Highway somewhere between Woodbridge and Ansonia.

I mucked stalls, hauled the hay and fed the horses their late
afternoon oats. Race horses are huge and intimidating. I'd have to
go out into the pastures or paddocks to harness them and lead them
back to the stalls. The guy had several studs that were used for
breeding and it was done the old fashioned, natural way ... not
through test tubes. People would ship a mare to the facility to be
bred with one of the studs. The studs become very aggressive to
anyone trying to handle them and that experience led to my lack of
interest in horses.

In article ,
says...

"True North" wrote in message
...

Those Super Hawks sure we're nice in the late sixties.
I had a Honda 160 and it seemed like a toy next to my friend's Super
Hawk.

-------------------------------

Yeah, looking back now the 305 was a neat little bike. Of course I
weighed a lot less then, so it didn't feel so small.
I regretted trading it for the Honda 350. The Superhawk was a
classy, good looking basic motorcycle.

I had a Honda 305 that was a "trials" bike. They were a "TL" series, and
I've not seen much of them, even pics on google. It didn't make a good
dirt bike, too top heavy.