You know you've been around the COTH BB too long when...

[Everythingbutwings]

You’ve made more friends in two years than in the entire previous portion of your life

You refer to people by screen names 'cause learning their “real” ones is to much of a pain

You gladly go to the airport to pick up a person you’ve never met, holding up a sign that says HEIDI!

You chastise the members you do know for not locating Robby at Rolex

You miss Jair

When you have MET Sea Urchin!

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world, indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead

[3eme]

…you take a vacation in the States, stop by a tack shop, get to talking with the sales person, tell her that you ride in France…and she asks: “Oh! So do you know Medievalist!?!”. And you do!

[fleur]

LOL that is awesome! PPP is famous

I also chat with my barn friend who posts here about current BB threads and fights, etc.

EMMA

[Robby_Johnson]

<BLOCKQUOTE class=“ip-ubbcode-quote”><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Erin:
…the BB is the first place you think of when you need an answer to a question. Want to find out if your electric fence will zap your birds? If you have food poisoning? How to potty train your kid? Ask on the COTH BB! We know everything. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Ain’t that the truth, Ruth???

Or, you need an answer for a work-related project (erm, “how would you like to be in a story for …”) and come right to the BB.

Hey, Rob Banner, are you listening? You don’t need to charge us for using the board. We are the veritable “Ask Jeeves” of cyberspace! Real, breathing people who have opinions on everything!

Robby

You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world to one person.

[867-5309]

…You always looked forward to Flash44 changing her sig line to more of her Merlin-isms (Maryland-isms)- no offense to ELO, Flash.

…You have no idea what a Glebe is.

[VTrider]

And you automatically think of Robby Johnson’s rendition describing how Bambi felt when Jair got Lovely Alice…LOLOLOL!

[Jeannette_formerly_ponygyrl]

• you just got home from a clinic recommended by BBer’s

-you get right on the computer to e-mail a BBer to see if she’s still holding her book sale soon, so you can put your pony in her yard on your way to a lesson with Jeff Cook who was recommended by several other BBers

• then you e-mail a student - met first on the BB - to see about scheduling lessons

• and all this takes about 4 hours between checking up on threads and CW Anderson e-bay sales recommended by that same bad influence bi-continental BBer

  I used to work for an excellent outdoor recreation company which strove to have the lines between work and play merge.

  My line between virtual and real is getting veil thin, I tell you…

[DMK]

You know you have been on this board too long when you know exactly who Jair is, and why he isn’t posting…

LIU - Jair is going back to school, and is taking the summer off and put himself on a self-imposed BB/Computer moratorium. He did sneak back once though. We KNEW he couldn’t resist!

[I]“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.”

Albert Einstein (1878-1955)[/I]

[wadino]

You know which trainer from Virgina that Colin turned gay.

[Dragoon]

When a two-hour car ride with a fellow BBer is consumed with the latest fasion thread or Colin/VTRider escapades .

[I]- “Don’t look at your horse…I’ll tell you if you fall off.”

• “The base of the jump is your friend and the way you ride you can never have enough friends.”
  [/I]

[Maria]

This has probably already been said, but…

The friends you have made on this bb are people you really hope to meet in person one day.

Especially if you are armed with a frying pan behind your back.

[Gucci_Cowgirl]

You are secretly relieved that your father was held up in a meeting the evening he was supposed to ship you to the barn, just so you can talk to the BB’ers a little while longer

Every day you make decisions. Every day those decisions affect everyone around you. Just think, your choosing white over brown could quite possibly bring on a global dispute over bread preferences

[Colin]

<BLOCKQUOTE class=“ip-ubbcode-quote”><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Erin:
Ahem… mylilpony, didn’t someone get a limit set on his/her/its/their alters? I’m counting at least a couple roaming around out here.

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>NOT FAIR that he gets to have all those alters and I don’t get a single one! ERIN!!! NOT FAIR!!!

[Dementia_13]

when everything Moesha says makes perfect sense to you.

“What lamp has destiny to guide her little children stumbling in the dark?”

[brilyntrip]

YOu know you’ve been on too long when you order and send Flamingoes to decorate a stranger’s tack room at INDIO!!!
Also …You would be amazed at the number of lurkers and who they actually are …I was !!

[sarapony]

You are confident that no gathering is complete without Peeps.

You know exactly how well ETBW cooks and that Mr. Wings’ barbecue is the best.

Nothing makes a person more productive than the last minute

[daytimedrama]

<BLOCKQUOTE class=“ip-ubbcode-quote”><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Living it Up:
It was Wesley wasn’t it? or Graemento? I remember Ravello was up there too, although I’m pretty sure it ws Wesley… I LOVE him!

~*Grand Prix schoolmaster = $250,000…
*15 yrs training with the world’s top trainers = $40,000…
*Top hat and tails = $1000…
*The final salute after completing your first Grand Prix test = PRICELESS.~ (copyright me!)
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yes it was Wesley!!!

You also know you’ve been on the boards too long when you know almost everyone’s horse and their stories!

~Christina~
“I don’t patronize bunny rabbits!” -Heathers
Nothing is foolproof to a talented fool.

[Jane]

Should I be worried? I know the answers to just about everything you guys have mentioned.

<BLOCKQUOTE class=“ip-ubbcode-quote”><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Kryswyn:
~You know where Mosby’s is AND how to get there… and you don’t even live in Virginia!
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

ROTF!! That’s me!

** You know more about the going-ons of fellow COTH BB’ers and their horses/dogs than your own siblings.

Hey, has anyone mentioned baby quiches yet?

[JumperEq]

<BLOCKQUOTE class=“ip-ubbcode-quote”><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>When your signature line includes quotes from other BBers, whether the quotes were from COTH convos or private emails or IMs!
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Psh…forget internet convos. Phone convos are where it’s at.

.:Erin B #2:.

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There comes a time when people seperate and you just have to keep your head up and move on. That time is now.

[Winglet]

you use graemlins that do not exist outside of COTH in your everyday internet conversations… I can always tell I’m IMing a BBer if there’s a or a :razz: in there somewhere…

If you’ve ever been late to work (which is a quarter mile away) because you were waiting for SOMEONE to respond to your thread… (SOMEBODY’s gonna respond, I KNOW IT! Just 5 more minutes…)

“It’s not getting what you want; it’s wanting what you’ve got…” -Sheryl Crow, Soak Up the Sun

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