The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread TEN

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[HairOfTheDog]

The FreeRepublic Saddle Club - Who's Who *pics*

This is a horse chat thread where we share ideas, ask for input from other horsemen, and talk about our riding and horse-keeping. We have a lot of different kinds of riders and horses, and a lot to share. In the previous threads we have had a great time talking through lessons, training, horse lamenesses, illnesses and pregnancies... and always sharing pictures and stories.

I always have a link to this thread on my profile page, so if you have something to say and can't find the thread in latest posts… look for it there and wake the thread up!

I also have a ping list for horse threads that are of interest, and MissTargets will now be pinging everyone most mornings. Let MissTargets and/or me know if you would like to be on the ping list. As FreeRepublic is a political site, our politics and other issues will probably blend in…. There are many issues for horsemen that touch politics… land use, animal rights/abuse cases that make the news…. Legislation that might affect horse owners.

So... like the previous threads, this is intended as fun place to come and share stories, pictures, questions and chit-chat, unguided and unmoderated and that we come together here as friends. There are lots of ways of doing things and we all have our quirks, tricks and specialties that are neat to learn about.

Previous threads:

The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread - thread ONE
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread - Thread TWO!
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread - Thread THREE!
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread FOUR
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread FIVE
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread SIX
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread SEVEN
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread EIGHT
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread NINE

New folk and occasional posters, jump right in and introduce yourselves, tell us about your horses, and post pictures if you've got them!

[Beaker]

That depends on the artifical sweetner. I think that the sweetner in Diet Coke is aspartame. It's full name is L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine methyl ester. It's marketed under the name of Nutrasweet. Formula: C₁₄H₁₈N₂O₅. It looks like this:
Funky, huh?

[CindyDawg]

I really believe it mimics sugar and is an appetite stimulant.

[Beaker]

Coke is the way to go. What's also really good is cola with cane sugar in it. You can find it at yuppie foodie organic shops. I go in and out of Boston for Dr.'s appointments, and to make myself feel better about the trip, I'll go into Trader Joe's to get myself a six pack of cane cola.

[Beaker]

Best of all you'll be by horses:)

I'm thrilled about that part. :-D I was on equine.com last night drooling over horses.

[CindyDawg]

One of these days when I'm traveling, I'm going to see a Trader Joe's and check it out. Even though it is an extra 150 calories I'm beginning to think coke is better too. I switched to diet years ago to loose weight. Yeah, right.

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

I'd stay away from Splenda....google "Splenda side effects"...I'm still think that what I thought was posion ivy, was a good chance a reaction to the Splenda. Not till after I broke out and was telling Mack of some of the side effects that I thought I was having, did he mention, he'd had some of the same ones just to a lesser degree...

Becky

[Beaker]

I like Trader Joe's as a treat now and again, and I go there when I can to get some specialty items that normal grocery stores don't carry.

[CindyDawg]

I'm trying to stay away from all of it. I take in very little splenda but a lot of phenylalanine. Splenda drinks are just too sweet for my taste.

[CindyDawg]

I've heard a lot of good things about them. I'm going to San Diego in Dec and that's on the tourist list:')

[CindyDawg]

I just have to get it out of my system. I'm drinking the tea to try to ward off the caffine headaches. I've tried to get off them before. Maybe I'll do better this time.

[carton253]

What kind of horses do you own?

[HairOfTheDog]

We have an Arab, and Arab/Mustang cross and a Hackney pony... Hi carton :~)

[HairOfTheDog]

Hullo - replying to where that picture was.... that's the road between Yelm and Elbe.

Yes, my horse is an Arab... big for an Arab, he's mostly Polish in type, used to do endurance.... My husbands is Arab/Mustang.

My good friend Bob just lost his old mule to old age. I love them. Spent 8 days on mules in AZ once. Especially a draft mule... is very cool.

One other guy in the club has mules, and a woman has gaited mules. Rode with her a couple months ago and we were trottin' the whole way to keep up.

[HairOfTheDog]

Oh - also wanted to ask what kind of announcement you got about Capital Forest and what kind of work? Since we don't belong yet, we haven't gotten any announcement and I haven't talked to friends about it yet.

[carton253]

I think I know what a Hackney pony is, but just in case I don't, please describe it for me. I do know what an Arab is... my great aunt had arabs.

[HairOfTheDog]

Not sure what you want to know... but here's a picture of her running with my horse.

Why do you ask? :~)

[carton253]

I just asked because I was curious as to what they looked like. Of course, read any Jane Austin novel, and you can learn about a hackney... so I just wanted to see if they were the pony that pulled the hackney. By the way, she's beautiful.

[HairOfTheDog]

There are both pony size and horse size Hackneys, they are flashy high steppers who traditionally pulled fancy little carts. The type you'd hitch up to go Sunday driving, not just to run to the lumber yard.

[CindyDawg]

I don't know if I'm going to make it. I'm craving a diet coke annoyingly bad. I are a little chocolate to see if it's "sugar" Maybe helping a bit. Much more of this and I may have to start smoking.

[CindyDawg]

The bird is not a happy camper. I have her locked up. She has decided she likes my computer chair.

Tonight at church the kids outside started screaming. They found a snake. Well a deacon and his brother started chasing it off. Well guess where he decided to hide? Yep . Right under my van. There was no way I was going to open doors and load kids in the dark. The deacon moved my van. The snake was a big one.