On 3/5/2015 11:58 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 05 Mar 2015 19:39:06 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 3/5/2015 5:56 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 05 Mar 2015 13:45:09 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 5 Mar 2015 08:36:33 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

Richard without the use of modern machinery, just think what it was like to put up with this 130 years ago.

Aren't you glad you didn't live in that era?

130 years ago, you wouldn't have anywhere you needed to go. People
were a lot more self sufficient, particularly out in the countryside.

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And you didn't have to worry about snow tires or getting your car
shoveled out.



Speaking of 130 years ago, I have sometimes teased my wife about horses
and how they have reached the end of their evolutionary cycle.

Saw this cartoon today that pretty much sums it up:

http://tinyurl.com/qdhxs2w


If god wanted us to ride horses he would not have invented Harleys.



Occasionally one of my wife's equestrian friends will ask me if I ride
the horses. My answer is always the same. "I only ride things that
have an ignition switch."

I've ridden both her horses a couple of times at her insistence. Does
absolutely nothing for me. Horses are really very dumb animals. They
can be spooked by the stupidest and smallest things like a stick that
they decide looks like a snake. They are content to accept that a
relatively flimsy fence rail will prevent their 1,100 lbs of brute force
from breaking through. All they would have to do is walk right through it.

One of her horses is really well behaved and likes human attention. The
other one has a bit of an attitude and likes to test you. I call him
the juvenile delinquent. He'll try to nip at you when you aren't paying
attention and likes to give you a hard time sometimes when trying to put
a bridle on him to take him back into the barn. But the weird thing is
.... put a saddle on him and he completely changes his attitude. He
loves to be ridden apparently and those who ride him thinks he's one of
the best behaved horse they ever rode.