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angryrobots posted:Had to euthanize and bury my wife's horse today. Not a great day, but it had to be done. What happened to the horse?
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rdb posted:What happened to the horse? Clearly OP poisoned it as a scheme to get the kids out of the house.
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rdb posted:What happened to the horse? Thought about bees and died
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rdb posted:What happened to the horse? He's always been very difficult on the ground, aggressive. Not natural horse behaviour. We've sent him to training more than once but he's gotten steadily worse over the years. Wife has had him for 11 years and he was 18 (off the track thoroughbred). Last week we had an indecent with him, and the choice was to wait for a really big accident, or make a pre emptive move. A lot of thought and a lot of other persons were asked before this decision was reached, with heavy heart.
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angryrobots posted:He's always been very difficult on the ground, aggressive. Not natural horse behaviour. We've sent him to training more than once but he's gotten steadily worse over the years. Wife has had him for 11 years and he was 18 (off the track thoroughbred). Tough day. Was that what happened with the fence incident?
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That was the end of really a series of events, yes. We also have a young horse who is very submissive. The older horse was increasingly aggressive, and the feed stalls were an attempt to give the young horse the ability to eat in peace. It worked for almost a week, then every day the older horse got more aggressive until it ended in the fence incident. More concerning than the damage, was before that happened my wife was standing by the young horse who was eating, guarding him with a whip, while the older aggressive horse circled back and forth like a shark, turning and acting like he was going to kick. Not even remotely normal horse (prey animal) behaviour.
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Ohh wow. I have an OTTB as well, and I hope it never gets that bad. That really is a tough call.
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angryrobots posted:That was the end of really a series of events, yes. We also have a young horse who is very submissive. The older horse was increasingly aggressive, and the feed stalls were an attempt to give the young horse the ability to eat in peace. It worked for almost a week, then every day the older horse got more aggressive until it ended in the fence incident. Isn't that like some old world horse poo poo or wild horse or something? Maybe he was just a bittervet
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# ? May 7, 2017 02:34 |
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It's normal for one horse to dominate the rest of the herd but if they get aggressive to the point where they are a danger to people it's time to go. My in laws are both vets and had an older pony who was like that. She met the same fate after breaking someone's leg. You almost couldn't walk through the pasture without her trying to sneak up from behind and bite.
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angryrobots posted:
Ya'll from Enumclaw or something? Sorry, had to. But I am sorry for your loss, that had to be a difficult decision.
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I'm more wondering how bloody big a hole do you need to bury a horse.
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rdb posted:Ohh wow. I have an OTTB as well, and I hope it never gets that bad. That really is a tough call. Our other horse is also an OTTB, and if there's a silver lining to all this, my wife got him last year, fresh off the track on a hunch and he's turned out basically perfect. So she isn't without a ride, and we made this change before something bad happened between them which was probably inevitable. It would have been awful for the young horse full of opportunity to get hosed up physically or mentally. Also got to meet our new large animal vet, who just started in January with her own business doing farm calls. She was super cool, knowledgeable and compassionate. So also nice to know we have someone local to call if there's something we can't handle. My wife is a vet tech and also the practice manager, but it's a small animal practice and she fully knows her limitations. CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:I'm more wondering how bloody big a hole do you need to bury a horse. About 14'x14'x6'. I had my buddy bring over his backhoe to dig it on Thursday. I have a small tractor that I used to fill it in. angryrobots fucked around with this message at 03:28 on May 7, 2017 |
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financially racist posted:stay way way the gently caress away Metal Geir Skogul posted:Those are hellcars You Am I posted:Yeah, that's from Mercedes Malaise period. Avoid Seat Safety Switch posted:Talk him down to $250, then teach yourself to hotwire a car. InitialDave posted:
OK, I think I'm getting the vibe that there may be better options out there. This is why I love you guys. edit: sorry to hear about the horse, angryrobots. My sister deals with rescue horses, but has fortunatelynot had one anywhere near that aggressive. Darchangel fucked around with this message at 03:37 on May 7, 2017 |
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:I'm more wondering how bloody big a hole do you need to bury a horse. If this wasn't a goon's horse there's a dog food joke there somewhere.
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Rhyno posted:If this wasn't a goon's horse there's a dog food joke there somewhere. I'm sure with enough glue, you could piece something together....
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Beverly Cleavage posted:I'm sure with enough glue, you could piece something together....
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Darchangel posted:OK, I think I'm getting the vibe that there may be better options out there. Do exactly what I said. Post it on a Mercedes forum. Watch a bunch of 17-year-olds who refer to everyone as "cuzin" get immensely angry at you. I don't have a good solution for how to do spark on the cheap, but maybe there's a trigger wheel that fits that you can jam into a Speeduino. But then more wires! Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 05:56 on May 7, 2017 |
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Yeah uh.... jumping on the "gently caress late 90s/early 00s Mercedes" bandwagon. If you do get it... make sure you don't park it near anything flammable unless you have good insurance and can add it to the eventual fire claim no don't do that edit: holy poo poo, next week makes randomidiot fucked around with this message at 11:52 on May 7, 2017 |
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Seat Safety Switch posted:I think you should do it. It was just a target of opportunity. I know I can fix stuff that ordinary "users" can't or won't. If it were a decent car, I'd fix it and drive it for a bit and sell it on, unless it just caught my fancy. I like my Crown Vic, but MB, leather, wood, class, you know. Too bad it's one of the crap-rear end ones. Is it just the wiring harnesses that are biodegradable, or is the whole car a rolling dumpster fire?
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:edit: holy poo poo, next week makes 12 years on SA. One of us is bad at math. I think it's you.
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Well gently caress.
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:Well gently caress. Lol.
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Shut up newbies
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cakesmith handyman posted:I installed Strava. A week ago. I'm going to try to get out on the bike tonight, even if it's only a little 2-3k loop. CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Post link so I can kudos Olympic Mathlete posted:^ and he will. Without fail. cakesmith handyman posted:https://www.strava.com/activities/973975493/shareable_images/map_based?hl=en-US&v=1494099768 Now do it again, and get all the trophies. Seminal Flu posted:Metrics don't matter, you got out there and did it. Kudos given. Go do it again! Also 2004 reg date. So many years.
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You Am I posted:Shut up newbies Whatever newb
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Tomarse posted:Whatever newb Sixteen years? I'd expect your e-peen to be bigger than that.
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# ? May 7, 2017 15:27 |
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Moved into our new house this past week. Friday was a beautiful day, about 30C (86F) and thought it would be worthwhile to try the AC. Switch the thermostat over to AC mode, clicks on and off to the races. By late afternoon, I notice it's not as cool as I would have hoped so I played with the zone air dampeners to redirect more air upstairs than down. Dampeners are a little stiff and don't want to move well, so coincidentally the builder was just down the street so he came over and tried and had difficult too. He also agrees the AC isn't cooling great, so he wants to get the tin basher over the check the dampeners and AC unit to be safe. Yesterday AM he comes over, tweeks the dampeners so they move better but he agrees the AC isn't cooling as well as he would have hoped. Goes outside to check the compressor to make sure it's operating fine, comes back in and says "Hey, uh, Slidebite, do me a favor and check your breaker for the AC" Yep. Note to self, AC works better when it has power.
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Darchangel posted:It was just a target of opportunity. I know I can fix stuff that ordinary "users" can't or won't. If it were a decent car, I'd fix it and drive it for a bit and sell it on, unless it just caught my fancy. I like my Crown Vic, but MB, leather, wood, class, you know. Too bad it's one of the crap-rear end ones. When the car works, it is very good. Only real downside in that regard is the later W210 had a V6 so it doesn't make nearly as nice a noise as the early I6 cars. Buy it, boost it to the moon.
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Crap, i got a job at a Kubota dealer. BRB, gotta go pretend i've been team orange for years...
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Darchangel posted:It was just a target of opportunity. I know I can fix stuff that ordinary "users" can't or won't. If it were a decent car, I'd fix it and drive it for a bit and sell it on, unless it just caught my fancy. I like my Crown Vic, but MB, leather, wood, class, you know. Too bad it's one of the crap-rear end ones. The whole car is a rolling dumpster fire, probably was before the warranty ran out on it. If you want a good cheap luxury car get an old Lexus basically.
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if you want a good cheap luxury car, hunt down a subaru svx imo. they are some fuckin baller-rear end poo poo, and if i ever wanted something that was not a two-seater it'd be that.
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financially racist posted:if you want a good cheap luxury car, hunt down a subaru svx imo. they are some fuckin baller-rear end poo poo, and if i ever wanted something that was not a two-seater it'd be that. Grab one with broken glass for an even better deal!
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financially racist posted:if you want a good cheap luxury car, hunt down a subaru svx imo. they are some fuckin baller-rear end poo poo, and if i ever wanted something that was not a two-seater it'd be that. Lol you're joking I hope.
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Lol you're joking I hope. hell no the svx fuckin rocks, i'd hope that's not a controversial opinion
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financially racist posted:hell no the svx fuckin rocks, i'd hope that's not a controversial opinion You're either trolling, or haven't looked at them enough to see that their transmissions are fragile as hell and haven't been available for 15 years.
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Gingerbread House Music posted:Crap, i got a job at a Kubota dealer. BRB, gotta go pretend i've been team orange for years... Were you team blue or team green before?
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angryrobots posted:Were you team blue or team green before? Team "Hey shy boy from chess club, give me your old ford".
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Seminal Flu posted:You're either trolling, or haven't looked at them enough to see that their transmissions are fragile as hell and haven't been available for 15 years. lmao @ the thought of having one and not dropping a standard in it though i guess that eliminates it being cheap so vv DEEP STATE PLOT fucked around with this message at 19:51 on May 7, 2017 |
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financially racist posted:lmao @ the thought of having one and not dropping a standard in it Yep. Cheap is eliminated, so is "luxury." So I guess you're left with... "car." Yep, that's an SVX.
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It's okay, someone wrote a 57 step guide to doing a manual swap on the SVX!
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