--
love,
la mangosteena
"This is also the 1200# behemoth who will hide her head behind a tree when
you try to 'find' her in the (wide open) pasture, and if she peeks around
and sees you looking at her, will quick jerk her head back behind the (four
inch, at the outside) tree so you can't see her... Horse ain't right." --
Cricket
"Over 50% of Americans find Atheists highly disagreeable." -- Sam Harris
> http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=588308
Not the ideal of the breed standard. Too long in the back.
When are you going to stop this compulsive shopping? Petey-boy will be
hurt if he finds out you are still in the market. :^)
- Jim
I'm hoping there is some 12 step program out there for me. : 0
Since most 12 step programs refer to a "higher power" I doubt you'd find one
that you would subject yourself to! But we can always hope! ;)
Fran
AFAIK, AA claims that the "higher power" doesn't have to be a deity. It
could be a doorknob. Of course it makes you wonder how many people could
stay on the wagon appealing to a doorknob.
maybe it's just me but she looks tucked up and foundered and maybe
intentionally think to keep it from happening again?? but the good news
is...she's bred.. ;>
Tamara in TN
maybe it's just me but she looks tucked up and foundered and maybe
intentionally thin to keep it from happening again?? but the good news
I had that exact same thought, but not trusting pictures by amatuer
photographers, wasn't going to say anything and get flamed for diagnosing
long distance...;>)
Cricket
>
> Tamara in TN
>
With my kids, school volunteering commitments, and remnant research
obligations, I don't have time for another horse. Nor the interest.
| Why do you look at the ads more often than the average bear?
I find them interesting. Also, I try to post stuff that will start
interesting, information-filled, fact-packed commentary. ; )
> Sheesh ... another man who doesn't understand "Shopping" does not
> necessarily mean "buying." Men! ;-)
Shopping does not necessarily mean buying, but it demonstrates interest.
That's why I have to wear sunglasses and a poker face at the beach. :^)
- Jim
> I'm hoping there is some 12 step program out there for me. : 0
Just say no?
<It never worked for the drug enforcement agencies so I doubt it will work
for you, of course, you can always get a couple more horses and never find
the time to actually go on the computer again.>
Why do you look at the ads more often than the average bear?
Jody
Sheesh ... another man who doesn't understand "Shopping" does not
necessarily mean "buying." Men! ;-)
LisaW
--
Before I lay me down to sleep
And fall into a slumber deep
Hear this little prayer of mine
Hope it gets to you in time
Bless those on land and sea and air
Who fight for freedom here and there
Send special blessings from above
Protect them with your shield of love
Return them safely, we humbly pray
To the Land of the Free
And the Home of the Brave
> No No No -- one can look all one likes ...
Actually, looking too hard can get a guy in big trouble (usually
commencing with the question, "What [the @#$%] are you looking at?").
> ... Hmmm, maybe you show much
> more interest at the beach than Lizzie does with the ponies.
My interest at the beach is purely esthetic -- admiring the perfection
of the human form and all that. And I don't take photos and post them
on the net with comments. (That would be truly weird.)
- Jim
No No No -- one can look all one likes ... one cannot buy (and in the
case of the beach ... touching is a No No)! Hmmm, maybe you show much
more interest at the beach than Lizzie does with the ponies.
It's OK as long as you don't admit to having Lust in your Heart. Jimmy
Carter did that, and look what happened. They wouldn't let him go to
the Pope's funeral. Gave his ticket to Condoleeza Rice.
--
************************************
Linda Harms
New York, NY
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Macbeth, Act 5 Scene 5
Yeah, they say that, then they start every meeting with the serenity
prayer, which goes
"God, grant me the serenity . . ."
If you're not happy with religion, then you won't be happy in a 12-step
program. Not only will you have to sit through a prayer right off the
bat, but you'll also have to listen to lots of people testifying how God
saved them.
Doesn't necessarily mean interest (whatever your beach activities may
indicate...;>) - sometimes I shop for the amusement value - you mean someone
would actually *wear* that??? Hahahahaha!!
I'm not real popular at the mall...;>)
Cricket
> "Jim Casey" <sea...@compuserve.com> wrote in message
> news:115l335...@corp.supernews.com...
>>lawiser wrote:
>>>Sheesh ... another man who doesn't understand "Shopping" does not
>>>necessarily mean "buying." Men! ;-)
>>Shopping does not necessarily mean buying, but it demonstrates interest.
>>
>>That's why I have to wear sunglasses and a poker face at the beach. :^)
> Doesn't necessarily mean interest ...
> sometimes I shop for the amusement value - you mean someone
> would actually *wear* that??? Hahahahaha!!
Contempt is nevertheless a form of interest.
I love to people-watch, and a big part of it is amazement at what people
will wear and what kind of distorted self-image they must have to be
able to go out in public dressed that way.
- Jim
>I love to people-watch, and a big part of it is amazement at what people
>will wear and what kind of distorted self-image they must have to be
>able to go out in public dressed that way.
People watching. Heh. I organize the local Life Drawing sessions.
That's nudes, folks. Definitely people watching!!!
<WEG>
Seriously, though, it's real easy to **NOT** have "evil" thoughts
while working. Strange as it may seem. We all get real intent and
all you can hear is the scratch, scratch, scratch, of our preferred
items on the paper. (No, not finger nails in frustration....) <G>
Corinne, with a weird social life....
Mikwy, TIBD, who likes his every 2 weeks to Camp life...
Carrot Gin Fizz Still Crew, "He'd better like it! It keeps him alive,
else Corinne would strangle him!"
--
*** Conserve Energy: Laughter is easier than Anger!
*** cl...@ns.sympatico.ca
I remember going to the beach with my mother a few years ago - just stopping
to stretch our legs while on a long drive (and we were mercifully fairly
well covered...) There were two guys lying on - whatchacallits - lounge
chairs? on the beach, looking precisely (and painfully) like a couple of
Beluga whales in Speedos. And neither of them would have been a beauty even
if svelte...
At any rate, their loveliness is their own business, and I would perhaps
have applauded their self-acceptance (if not their taste in swim attire),
except that as I walked by I couldn't help but overhear their conversation.
They were evidently local, and seemed to know most of the ladies on the
beach. They were laying on their lounges, gazing over their bellies the
best they could, and critiquing every woman (and most were not bad looking -
certainly none had a patch on the two individuals in the Speedos) that
walked by. "Can you believe she's wearing that?" "She really let herself
go, didn't she?" "Man, she put on some weight!" And the prize-winner "Boy,
I'm glad I broke up with her!"
My mother and I had to take up power-walking long enough to get out of
earshot before we cracked up completely...sometimes you get a
people-watching championship with no warning!
Cricket
>
> - Jim
>
> I remember going to the beach with my mother a few years ago ...
> There were two guys lying on - whatchacallits - lounge
> chairs? on the beach, looking precisely (and painfully) like a couple of
> Beluga whales in Speedos. ...
> They were laying on their lounges, gazing over their bellies the
> best they could, and critiquing every woman (and most were not bad looking -
> certainly none had a patch on the two individuals in the Speedos) that
> walked by. "Can you believe she's wearing that?" "She really let herself
> go, didn't she?" "Man, she put on some weight!" And the prize-winner "Boy,
> I'm glad I broke up with her!"
This is one of life's wicked ironies: Men who are about as attractive
as an elephant seal with a skin disease think they are hot stuff, while
women who are quite presentable fret over some imagined blemish.
Of course, to be fair, women who dress like Britney Spears and carry
saddle bags between their halter tops and low-cut jeans have the same
problem as the men.
- Jim
>People watching. Heh. I organize the local Life Drawing sessions.
>That's nudes, folks. Definitely people watching!!!
><WEG>
>Seriously, though, it's real easy to **NOT** have "evil" thoughts
>while working. Strange as it may seem. We all get real intent and
>all you can hear is the scratch, scratch, scratch, of our preferred
>items on the paper. (No, not finger nails in frustration....) <G>
>
>Corinne, with a weird social life....
Oh, I dunno that you are weird.
I used to live in Hippie Central (in the late 80s!) and I spent all
summer, every summer, for about 3-4 years swimming nude in the Gorges
of Ithaca where I would be in anything from Lonely Splendor to Among
the Hordes Of Mongol. Honestly, on a hot summer day in the back of
beyond gorges, like Businessman's Falls or the Dam Falls we would have
upwards of 40 people swiming, laying out on the rocks, etc. in the
buff.
I was always amazed at how much more respectful and polite people were
when we were all buck naked than when I went to a real beach/swimming
area where everyone was in some version of a swim suit. I felt much
less self concious or on display when nude surrounded by nudes.
Eileen Morgan, not sure what this has to do with horses
The Mare's Nest
: This is one of life's wicked ironies: Men who are about as attractive
: as an elephant seal with a skin disease think they are hot stuff, while
: women who are quite presentable fret over some imagined blemish.
Thanks for this morning's good laugh, Jim! :-)
--
Paula Jantunen * paujantu at cc dot joensuu dot fi * Joensuu * Finland
* "That stupid dog is more trouble than he's worth!" *
* "Most of us are." - Lucy and Charlie Brown in Peanuts *
* * * * Visit my home page at http://cc.joensuu.fi/~paujantu/ * * * *
>
> Of course, to be fair, women who dress like Britney Spears and carry
> saddle bags between their halter tops and low-cut jeans have the same
> problem as the men.
I will be sooooooo happy when the "hang your belly and butt out
over both sides of your jeans and show your thong lines" fad dies a
merciful death..
Tamara in TN
high waisted and long legged Levis for me
>I was always amazed at how much more respectful and polite people were
>when we were all buck naked than when I went to a real beach/swimming
>area where everyone was in some version of a swim suit. I felt much
>less self concious or on display when nude surrounded by nudes.
I went to Martinique back in the 70s, where most everyone is at least
topless on the beaches.
Well, when in Rome......
My observations were that the Locals and Europeans couldn't have cared
less that women were walking around bare breasted... the American men
however were like hound dogs with a bitch in heat.
I could hear the constant clicking of camera shutters as they walked
around checking everyone out.
Now, I'm not saying *all* the American men were acting like fools, but
I am saying I'm pretty sure everyone who was acting like a fool was
American.
Hunter
Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well-preserved body,
but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "...holy shit...what a ride!"
Or as a friend and I'll remark: Do you suppose HE/She/It looked in a
mirror before they left home?
Or as people said of me and some of my skirts in my youth, "Nice skirt.
Does it come in your size?"
> Or as a friend and I'll remark: Do you suppose HE/She/It looked in a
> mirror before they left home?
The question is not whether they looked into a mirror, but what they saw.
Take the guy who is wearing a polyester leisure suit, gold chains, white
shoes and belt (known as a "full Cleveland," or "full Chicago" if you're
from Cleveland), and a comb-over. He had to look in the mirror to do
the comb-over, and he obviously thinks he's hot stuff.
Or, to be fair and balanced, the woman who is wearing so much makeup she
looks like an refugee from a Hungarian circus act.
As the saying goes, "What are they thinking."
- Jim
>
> This is one of life's wicked ironies: Men who are about as attractive
> as an elephant seal with a skin disease think they are hot stuff, while
> women who are quite presentable fret over some imagined blemish.
LOL Is there a man alive who gets up in the morning, looks in the mirror,
and hates what he sees? Nope. A few years ago there was a commercial on TV
with that theme, I can't even remember what they were selling, it was a
series of men obsessing about their clothes, or butts. It was IMHO very
funny.
>
> Of course, to be fair, women who dress like Britney Spears and carry
> saddle bags between their halter tops and low-cut jeans have the same
> problem as the men.
Not too many of those outside CA, or Vegas, are there? Saddle bags? Jim, you
need to stop looking at those!!!! :)
Jody
Plenty of them in this area. Remember, I live in a resort town where at
any moment the number of tourists equals or exceeds the permanent
population, so we get them from all over. I also suspect people wear
stuff on vacation that they wouldn't dare wear in their home town, which
would explain Las Vegas.
I try not to look, but the worst examples radiate some evil fascination.
- Jim
One of the few commercials I actually paid attention to. IIRC, it was
for Special K cereal. My nephew's favorite line was "I have my mother's
thighs" ... he felt he resembled that remark.
>
>>Of course, to be fair, women who dress like Britney Spears and carry
>>saddle bags between their halter tops and low-cut jeans have the same
>>problem as the men.
>
>
> Not too many of those outside CA, or Vegas, are there? Saddle bags? Jim, you
> need to stop looking at those!!!! :)
>
Now, if those were the Ob:Horse saddle bags, fine. Unfortunately, not
only are those not the saddle bags Jim referred to ... nor are they
limited to California or Vegas.
>On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 01:39:15 GMT, Dr Corinne B Leek
><cl...@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
>>People watching. Heh. I organize the local Life Drawing sessions.
>>That's nudes, folks. Definitely people watching!!!
>><WEG>
.........
>>Corinne, with a weird social life....
>
>Oh, I dunno that you are weird.
Think about it, EIleen.
I get to say:
"Hi! I'm Corinne. You wanna get nekkid for money?" =8-D
<snipped re: swimming nekkid>
>I was always amazed at how much more respectful and polite people were
>when we were all buck naked than when I went to a real beach/swimming
>area where everyone was in some version of a swim suit. I felt much
>less self concious or on display when nude surrounded by nudes.
Probably because all were equally vulnerable and no one had durst
laugh at another lest they receive the same. ;-)
That all being said, I can draw nekkid people, but I have never been
in that condition in public ever. Nor will. Never did do any skinny
dipping. <shrug>
>Eileen Morgan, not sure what this has to do with horses
So? When do most of the conversations on the wreck have anything to
do with ObHorses? lol!
Corinne, who did a pastel profile portrait rather than a whole body
charcoal today at LD session...
Mikey, TIBD, happy after a walk and a now new rawhide chewie...
Carrot Gin Fizz Still Crew, "She'll do anything to keep that dog
busy!"
>On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 03:51:46 GMT, Eileen Morgan <eg...@enter.net>
>wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 01:39:15 GMT, Dr Corinne B Leek
>><cl...@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>
>>>People watching. Heh. I organize the local Life Drawing sessions.
>>>That's nudes, folks. Definitely people watching!!!
>>><WEG>
>.........
>>>Corinne, with a weird social life....
>>
>>Oh, I dunno that you are weird.
>Think about it, EIleen.
Did I actually *write* that??? Doh!
Of course I meant **Eileen**.
Sheesh.
Many apologies.
Corinne, slinking away....
Mikey, TIBD, better at bounding away...
Carrot Gin Fizz Still Crew, thinking Corinne needs to get a good
night's sleep...
????
You spelled it correctly but just capitalized the "i."
--
sharon
"You don't seem immune to the "touchy feely" aspects of horse
ownership...on your website you can be seen embracing your inner
"Howdy Doody". -- Phil M.
"Feel free to use a pie chart in your explanation." -- Phil M.
>>Think about it, EIleen.
>Did I actually *write* that??? Doh!
>Of course I meant **Eileen**.
>Sheesh.
>Many apologies.
>Corinne, slinking away....
Um, Doc? You do know you're setting a pretty high standard
for us rickety wreck-ity eq-ity keyboardists to meet?
--
Best,
Ben Turner, Mare's Reach
As if you, Ben, have much to worry about! ;-)
Ah well. Just call it my obsessive-compulsive Type A streak showing.
Rickety wreck-ity eq-ity keyboardists will type as they will (c'est la
vie), but I can try to control my own.
Corinne, who hates typos...
Mikey, TIBD, who hates not getting his way...
Carrot Gin Fizz Still Crew, who hate not having any Fizz ready chilled