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[Paint_Party]

Maybe Idiot Dipshit would comprehend his situation better if we used an automobile metaphor. After all, he sounded like a car salesman in his promotional video with Falcon.

Look, Idiot, you bought a snappy sportscar with some pizzaz, plus a reliable but shopworn old beater. You drove them off the lot and put many hard miles on both vehicles. You didn’t do any maintenance, so the warranties are void. In fact, several mechanics have taken a look at each of them, and said they wouldn’t pass a smog test, let alone be dependable transportation. In other words, they’re going to need a lot of work. So while neither of them are ready to be scrapped, you need to accept that their value has greatly depreciated. You might even consider gaining a tax write-off (if you’re employed) by contacting 1-877-CARS-4KIDS.

[2DogsFarm]

@OverandOnward

Does he really not see it? At all?

Oh, I think he sees it, but just doesn’t give an F.
Except as to how it might affect his Grand Finale.

In my dreams, he’s met by a crowd of actual horsepeople.
Who are so appalled by what he’s done, they ride him out of town. On a rail
Tar & feathers should be involved too, but Alas, we’re too civilized now
Press coverage would be nice, but only for the outrage.

[ShenanAnna]

I don’t think he’s really dragging it out, but lazing around on somebody else’s dime, in a comfortable situation where he’s lauded for being a mystical cowboy on an impressive quest. Horses being worn to nubs probably has little to nothing to do with it, except as an excuse to mooch further.

What does he have to look forward to after this is done? No more mooching off of adoring (female?) fans, no more playing this imagined character, no more his time is his own.

Perhaps he’ll go back to truck dispatcher in a roommate housing situation. Where’s the fun in that?

ETA: Or perhaps he’ll stay unemployed, waiting for money and video/television/movies offers to roll in. Waiting, and waiting, and waiting, with only bankruptcy to look forward to. Or maybe an endorsement offer from Ace Hardware to rebrand screwdrivers as farrier tools. Official 2raw2ride horseshoe pullers! (Sold as a novelty item only. No warranty expressed or implied.)

[2DogsFarm]

Those for Asswipe, not you.
I sincerely hope your prediction is Truth!

[foggybok]

@OverandOnward

I calculated once – the average pace throughout the ride of some of the top finishers comes out to about 15 mph,

not quite that fast. Winners have been averaging between 6 and 9 mph. And that is quite impressive on that kind of terrain.

From the Tevis Facts and Figures

• Shortest time to win on the traditional course (the 2011 course was modified due to weather) was 10:46 – equal to 9.29 mph or 14.95 km/h – in 1981 by Boyd Zontelli on Rushcreek Hans.
• Longest time to win was 16:23 (equal to 6.11 mph or 9.83 km/h) in 2003 – Heather Bergantz Reynolds on Master Motion. Commercial and residential development have invaded many of the once remote areas crossed by the original 100 mile Tahoe-to-Auburn trail. Due to the many year-to-year changes in the Ride route, it is difficult to make direct comparisons of record times.

[OverandOnward]

For the record. This is the text conversation between a vet-visit eyewitnessa and the_mare_stare. I think she posted it today (7/31 Monday). 7/28 was this past Friday.

There are days when it must be awful to be a vet, with not much you can do to help animals you know need a lot of help.

[Paint_Party]

My vet from when I was in SoCalif. is still one of my dear friends. We talk often. Every now and then she will tell me about a case and end it with, “There are some people who just shouldn’t have a horse.”

I think Cereal McCrackle is one of them.

[OnAMission]

It’s so difficult to get anything done; I’ve tried with a bad place, a place that eventually got much worse and the county did finally get involved, years later. My news feed told me today about a bad situation in South Dakota too. The sheriff in SD is supporting the owner, of course.

[betonbill]

I’m sure somebody has already done this, but maybe contacting some horsey celebrities who could afford to pay more money than the horses are worth might do the trick. Maybe some of the “glam” of the potential buyer might help swing the deal. Lots of well known people have horses, but don’t know of this specific case since it fits into such a small niche in the overall scheme of things. I’m sure he would love to be able to say that so-and-so bought my horses and bask in their limelight.

I do know that Willie Nelson has adopted many mustangs and other horses in need. That’s just off the top of my head. I know there are hundreds more out there. And the horses would be sure to have a soft landing with no money spared for vet bills, extra feed, etc.

[Sparrowette]

This Froot-loops Cereal guy started this whole fiasco on the misconception that Fame=Fortune.

That is not the case.

[OverandOnward]

@betonbill

maybe contacting some horsey celebrities who could afford to pay more money than the horses are worth might do the trick.

I like that idea. Especially if they will take many photos, get thorough vet attention and post everything on the web. They could do it under a fake name to keep themselves from being drawn down into the mess.

[ShenanAnna]

Re: the horsey celebrities paying big bucks for these animals – it may well work for rescue, but I don’t like Cereal profiting unduly; it’s paying him for abusing them.

Perhaps a compromise – the celebrity sends a representative to look at the horse, not wanting to buy a pig in a poke, and how can Cereal/team say no to a big name, with guaranteed big bucks available to spend? That could publicize their condition, hopefully resulting in them being placed appropriately. NOT sold for unrealistic sum.

Or just wait a few days, as Cereal outstays his welcome there in Montana, and moseys back (Greyhound bus?) to either Austin or the original moochee, daddy, or, if he can swing it, to another fan to mooch off of. Horses are still in pasture, still in pasture, abandoned. Healing all the while. By the time the pasture owner does something about it, they should be healthy to be sold for an appropriate sum.

[OverandOnward]

@ShenanAnna

Re: the horsey celebrities paying big bucks for these animals – it may well work for rescue, but I don’t like Cereal profiting unduly; it’s paying him for abusing them.

I thought about that as well.

But I decided that I can compromise on giving Bozo bookoo bucks for the horses, to bring this to an immediate end. Because I have an idea that whatever he sells the horses for, that money will be gone within a very few weeks, with little to show for it.

So in the end he still won’t really have much to show for the entire thing. Just a lot of messy memories. And hopefully a ton of saddle sores. That’s what I am predicting. I can live with that if the horses are ok.

[OverandOnward]

He has made a hash of his own entire theme, right from the first day. Nothing that happens now will change the damage he has done to himself.

I think that helps any proposed solutions for the horses’ future. Don’t worry about doing something that may appear to elevate Bozo. It won’t change the mess that is all he has to carry into his future. That is my thought, at this point.

What has he accomplished in the aftermath of his great introductory statements of trek, vision, tradition, character, and so on? What he has on his own record – basically, the horses themselves – contradicts every single thing he maintained at the beginning.

The horses’ condition deteriorating throughout show clearly that the only thing there is to gather out of this is an expose’, not a vision quest.

Although I have no doubt that he will try to blame everything on other people. It was everyone else’s fault, I’m sure will be his tale.

IMO.

[ShenanAnna]

@OverandOnward

@ShenanAnna

Re: the horsey celebrities paying big bucks for these animals – it may well work for rescue, but I don’t like Cereal profiting unduly; it’s paying him for abusing them.

I thought about that as well.

But I decided that I can compromise on giving Bozo bookoo bucks for the horses, to bring this to an immediate end. Because I have an idea that whatever he sells the horses for, that money will be gone within a very few weeks, with little to show for it.

Okay. I can live with that. And he has to live with the very-well-publicized (by him, after all) abuse, etc. etc. etc. that he has heaped on not only the horses, but all of the good souls that tried to help.

Yeah. And the horses, after all, are all that really matters.

[Paint_Party]

My concern with anyone shelling out oodles of money for these horses, due to the kindness of their heart, is that Cereal seems to be type who’d see that as a validation that he has the personal cachet to increase the value of an object (or horse) by his mere association with it. God forbid, but that could encourage him to try this again, only “better.” And “more spectacular.”

[moonlitoaksranch]

No, this F–ky Charm needs someone to go cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs on his -ss. No cash for horses. He might buy more horses. Animal Control should seize the animals when he gets into town. Enough is enough. Can someone contact Spokane and alert them to the situation? If he’s stupid enough to ride into downtown, or on a highway, to make a scene, he’s stupid enough to get the horses seized. City AC is usually tougher, especially if they know that Apple Jack-ff is headed their way.

My cereal puns are getting meaner as this thing drags on.

[2DogsFarm]

Pls don’t stop
Your cereal puns are making me laugh, while the rest of Cheerless O’s story makes me cry.
F**ky Charm
*Apple Jack-ff

[Sparrowette]

Do people still hang horse thieves?

Asking for a friend.

[Paint_Party]

I believe in the case of overwhelming extenuating circumstances there is such a thing as a “societal pardon.”