[QUOTE=NoSuchPerson;7766473]
Then you fully support the use of “the ‘n’ word” in any context? Because, you know, speakers can’t be responsible for the baggage of the listeners?[/QUOTE]
Hitler and Nazis. Now I think we’ve effectively taken it all the way here. :yes:
The fundamentals are sooooooooo not the same. Here is the definition of the “n” word according to Merriam-Webster:
[I]1) usually offensive; see usage paragraph below : a black person
usually offensive; see usage paragraph below : a member of any dark-skinned race
a member of a socially disadvantaged class of persons [/I]
No baggage needed there. The word is offensive and usually meant offensively, according to MW.
Heart? Horse? Do I need to post the definitions of those? Don’t think you’ll find many offensive meanings…
Windsor1
Godwin’s law… :lol::lol::lol::lol:
aemnsdgf
[QUOTE=prairiewind2;7766576]
Windsor1
Godwin’s law… :lol::lol::lol::lol:[/QUOTE]
It just seemed like that’s where we were headed . . . 
I have a lot of frozen peaches in my freezer from my trees. I am about to make this http://www.pinterest.com/pin/62487513550783704/ to see if the frozen ones bake as well as the fresh ones did. If they do not I will eat the crumbs off the top and use the remaining bags of peaches to make margaritas. Because a thread isn’t officially over until someone breaks out the recipes!
[QUOTE=Laurierace;7766609]
I have a lot of frozen peaches in my freezer from my trees. I am about to make this http://www.pinterest.com/pin/62487513550783704/ to see if the frozen ones bake as well as the fresh ones did. If they do not I will eat the crumbs off the top and use the remaining bags of peaches to make margaritas. Because a thread isn’t officially over until someone breaks out the recipes![/QUOTE]
:lol::lol: Wow! Can I bring my baggage and come over for a piece? Or a margarita, if PlanB it is? :winkgrin:
[QUOTE=Laurierace;7766609]
I have a lot of frozen peaches in my freezer from my trees. I am about to make this http://www.pinterest.com/pin/62487513550783704/ to see if the frozen ones bake as well as the fresh ones did. If they do not I will eat the crumbs off the top and use the remaining bags of peaches to make margaritas. Because a thread isn’t officially over until someone breaks out the recipes![/QUOTE]
I think that’s my Heart Recipe.
Lol,
Okay, so I only read through page 8, and I see it’s devolved into recipes now. But I do want to comment.
I was a small breeder. There were foals I never really connected with, foals I thought were a hoot, foals I admired for their talent or athleticism or sheer beauty. Foals that grew on me as they matured, and foals that i liked less as time went on. They were all sold, from yearlings to 4yo’s, because that’s what I did.
But there was one filly, from my 3rd foal crop. She was a very nice horse, but not the nicest I bred by a long shot. But she met life head on, and unblinking. And she was bone-deep kind. I just adored her and I always got the feeling it was reciprocated. She was the only one where I felt sadness when she sold as a 3yo. (All the rest I’ve been so happy to see them embark on their riding horse careers - because that is what i did)
Time went on, more foals were born, some by the stallion I bred. But oddly, years kept passing and I never felt quite the same way about any of the others that i still do for that filly. I didn’t plan for her to be my heart horse. It just happened. It was very different than “horse of a lifetime” because I did breed one of those, but the connection was not the same.
I am disappointed to report that my recipe turned out great.
[QUOTE=Alagirl;7764316]
I ca deal with ‘heart horse’ as long as it’s not coupled with stupid. Stupid of the human, not the horse.
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The ‘Forever Home’ kind of curls my toenails though…especially when listed as requirement in the giveaway section…:no::no:[/QUOTE]
I had a heart horse. Grew up with him and had to put him down when I was 19. Can hardly talk about it even now at 26 without tearing up and losing my voice. I’ll keep my mind open for another one to have as much of an impact on me as him, but yep, he was a heart horse. I also have a heart dog. He’s still with me after 15 years - found him by the dumpster in a cardboard box as a tiny little puppy when I was a lonely kid desperate for a friend in my house. Dog knows me better than any human. I’d give him my food before I ever gave him away. For my horse? This one I currently own isn’t really a heart horse but I love her and she’ll never be sold. I’ll do whatever it takes to give her a good life. That’s just me.
The forever home thing though. BLECK. Disgusts me especially when used in a giveaway situation. Oh, I see, YOU don’t want to have that responsibility but you expect someone else to do it. Nice.
I notice that actual rescues (ie humane societies, dog rescues, etc) who use the “forever home” term also all have clauses in their contracts requiring if you can’t keep it, it comes back to them. Why do I have a feeling that the kind of fpeople who use “forever home” in their ad on CL for the ‘twenty years old, would be a great 4H horse, does barrels/jumps/stands on its head on a ball while wearing a clown hat, very special to us’ horse they just don’t have time/room for wouldn’t be quite so understanding if you suddenly couldn’t keep it? (And yes, I hate those as much as calling every OTTB a ‘rescue.’ There are an annoying number of those around here.
I’m not going to pretend I read all of these pages. I started to, I tried.
What I am going to comment on is the original intent of the title.
Really? You want to diminish something someone else has to say in their heart about a horse relationship?
Why? Why would this be important to you to downplay and try to tear down?
I don’t get it.
You may not feel this way. You may be a horse trader, or someone who has many cross your path. You may be a trainer who wants your students to purchase another and yet another…you may therefore have reasons to encourage something beyond this. But, why? are you adamant about striking out at someone (many of us) who will never walk away from a certain horse…who will always hurt for the loss of that horse…
what was your point?
You’re not a horseman in my book if you cannot acknowledge that these connections do exist.
You’re a hollow horseman that I would not want advising me in anyway on my journey. I can always buy another horse. I will always listen to someone I admire. But I won’t admire anyone who says there is no reason to recognize a ‘heart horse’
[QUOTE=Windsor1;7766542]
Hitler and Nazis. Now I think we’ve effectively taken it all the way here. :yes:[/QUOTE]
Well, I did initially type “Then you fully support the use of “the ‘n’ word” by White Supremacists,” but deleted “White Supremacists” because I didn’t think we were quite ready for Nazis yet. But it looks like I was wrong. :lol:
Amen, ayrabz!
[QUOTE=Laurierace;7766847]
I am disappointed to report that my recipe turned out great.[/QUOTE]
I don’t think that this should stop you from using at least SOME of the peaches for margaritas!
[QUOTE=ayrabz;7767057]
I’m not going to pretend I read all of these pages. I started to, I tried.
What I am going to comment on is the original intent of the title.
Really? You want to diminish something someone else has to say in their heart about a horse relationship?
Why? Why would this be important to you to downplay and try to tear down?
I don’t get it.
You may not feel this way. You may be a horse trader, or someone who has many cross your path. You may be a trainer who wants your students to purchase another and yet another…you may therefore have reasons to encourage something beyond this. But, why? are you adamant about striking out at someone (many of us) who will never walk away from a certain horse…who will always hurt for the loss of that horse…
what was your point?
You’re not a horseman in my book if you cannot acknowledge that these connections do exist.
You’re a hollow horseman that I would not want advising me in anyway on my journey. I can always buy another horse. I will always listen to someone I admire. But I won’t admire anyone who says there is no reason to recognize a ‘heart horse’[/QUOTE]
:eek:
Ok, I shall translate for the rest of us heartless wenches:
“You are a big mean poopy head for not recognizing that what Dobbins and I have is spechul!!1!!1!!eleven!!!”
I admire professionals who know their stuff, not their fluff or perception of butterflies and rainbows!
And your post is likely the prime reason ‘Heart Horse’ makes a bunch of us cringe.
Fluff does not make a horse professional. I admire people a lot more who treat their horses - all horses - with the greatest of care.
And yes, it’s been common knowledge in my family for generations: The horses get treated better than people, and yet…they are horses.
[QUOTE=Laurierace;7764540]
I really don’t give a fig, flying or otherwise how you describe your relationship with your horse. Not sure why you would care how we feel about ours. Feel free to roll your eyes all you like, I loved all my horses but one especially set the bar so high the rest of them can’t even see him from down here. Leave it to a COTHer to start a thread specifically to bash people for caring about their horse. Some of you put the ass in asshat.[/QUOTE]
THIS.
[QUOTE=Pennywell Bay;7765562]
When I asked my SO if I should move on if he died (he knows this thread is going on, we have 4 senior animals).
“of course. But good luck with that… perhaps don’t mention those horse BB you go on. And don’t ask him trick questions about heart horses and dogs and what to do if he died.”…
Note to self- horse people are nuts. =)[/QUOTE]
Your SO sounds like a sweetie. And funny.
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