NIGHTMARES -ARE AN EXERCSE IN CREATIVITY...
YOU NEED A FEW FACTS TO APPRECIATE THIS DISASTER....
I WAS KNOWN MORE FOR MY DONKEYS THAN DANES FOIR YEARS-
I DROVE 8 LIKE A MINI BUDWEISERS HITCH- EVERY WEEKEND All summer
i paid my kids tuition with teh $1000 per parade.
the list of what went into these parades ---
harness--- made tby sam freedman of toronto of leather superior to any coach leather bag.
wagon---- bennington vehicle from england-- in red-- prince phippip drove the same kind... in blue..
huge trailer-- size of a moving van -pulled by ford 350
8 donkeys-- DONQUI, SEVEN WERE LEAD TEAM -- THEN OMAR, TIMMY, PARROTT, SQUIRREL, LEROY AND WEEKIE.
8 rubbermade tubs for the harness LABELED WITH THIER NAMES
4 one hundred dollar bills to pay for my kids college friends as sidewalkers.. etc (spending money for them and $600 for me)
to this was added 8 antlers- which extencded us into the santa season.WITH ANTLERS AND SANTA WE DROVE THE 8 INTO THE BALL ROOM OF THE WESTON HOTEL - UP ON THE 4TH FLOOR.
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during teh ?8 years i did this we made absolute every combination of errors one could make with those 7 "items"
including---
7 trained donkeys and one very young one never driven before-- (put him in the middle and push)
7 tubs of harness for 8 donkeys ( take a piece of the 7 and make it look good.)
leaving all teh reins behind ( put a stuffed bear in teh drivers seat and chase the donks up the middle of the road)
a huge problem with parades is teh truck was usually - rushed to teh finish while THE DRIVER (ME) RAN BACK TO THE START TRY PARALELL PARKING A TRACTOR TRAILER IN A HURRY..LEADING TO SEVERA L $90 PARKING TICKETS FOR TAKING UP 3 SPACES...
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LAST NIGHT'S NIGHTMARE WAS A COMBINATION OF ALL THOSE ERRORS -- STARTING WITH THE ANIMALS WERE 6 HIGH STRUNG SADDLEBREDS, TEH HARNESS HAD NOT BEE4N PACKED IN TEH TUBS CORRECTLY- TEH COLLEGE KIDS HELPING THAT DAY HAD NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE ( HORSES ARE DANGEROUS-- DONKEYS FAR MORE FORGIVING---) WE HAD ONLY ONE REIN TO STEER THE 2 LEADERS- AND NO BRITCHING..
SO TODAYS LESSON IN USELESS INFORMATION.... TEH 2 REINS NEEDED FOR THE LEAD TEAM ARE SPLIT --- TEH REIN FOR THE RIGHT HAND HORSE IS SPLIT AND TEH CROSS REIN GOES TOTHE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE LEFT HORSE-- SO WHEN YOU TURN THE 2, THEY TURN TOGETHER.... THE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR NOT HAVING TEH CROSS REIN...
AND TEH BRITCHING-- THAT IS TEH STRAP THAT GOES BEHIND TEH 2 HORSES NEXT TOTHE WAGON WHICH BASICALLY KEEPS THE WAGON FROM HITTING THEM IN THE REAR END. THERE IS NO GOOD SUBSTITUTE FOR THAT EITHER---
THIS MORNING I AM WORNOUT TRYING TO PUT ALL THAT TOGETHER ...
