I LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY....
WOW... HOW TO SHIP A HORSE CROSS COUNTRY???
THERE IS A MOVEMYHORSE.COM.. AND I HAVE HAD A BUNCH OF RESPONSES
IT BLOWS MY MIND THAT THERE ARE A GROUP OF PEOPLE WANDERING AROUND THE COUNTRY DRAGGING THOSE HUGE TRAILERS-- THE COST FROM TEXAS TO IPSWICH SEEMS TO BE ABOUT $1000 IN WHAT IS PROBABLY A 9 HORSE TRAILER-- AND THEY PUT TOGETHER "LOADS" --- FILL EM UP...NOT UNLIKE THE AIRLINES..
SO "WE" HAVE A GUY WHO HAS A LOAD COMING NORTHEAST NEXT WEEK... WITH LUCK OUR NEW DONKEY WILL BE ON IT. I KNEW HUGE TRACTOR TRAILERS WAS A BIG THING IN THE RACE HORSE WORLD- BUT NOW IT IS THE 5TH WHEEL DRAG ALONG PICK UPS WITH MOSTLY "NORMAL HORSES"
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ONE PERSON RESPONDING TO THE HORAE TRANSPORT...HAD THE NAME "PRICE" - MY MAIDEN NAME---SO TO MY RESPONSE I ADDED " IF YOU HAD A RELATIVE IN THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD, WE ARE RELATED.". THAT GOT THEM TRYING TO TRACE THIER RELATIVES.. MY GRANDFATHER PRICE WAS IN THAT FLOOD AND RESCUED OUT OF THE TREES - THEN RAISED BY A FOSTER FAMILY. THAT FLOOD WAS A VERY INTERESTING BIT OF SOCIAL HISTORY. THE BOOK BY DAVID McCULLOUGH IS HISTORY- NOT FICTION.
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WE H AD BARKING THIS MORNING--- I SWEAR IT MUST BE THE FERAL CATS FROM THE FOREST-- ELSE WHY WOULD THE DOGS ALL BARK... THEN QUIT.. THE PHONE RANG MANY TIMES-- IT WAS THE SAME NEIGHBOR, AND TO BE HONEST I DID NOT ANSWER-- ALL SHE DOES IS SWEAR AT ME- AND BY THE TIME OF THE 3RD CALL THEY HAD STOPPED ANYWAY. I KNOW THERE IS A "CAT" GROUP WHO USED TO RELEASE FERAL CATS IN WILLOWDALE STATE FOREST RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD FROM US.-- I THINK THEY WERE FROM MMM MEDFORD MALDEN MELROSE. NATURE PROVIDES A BALANCE..... BETWEEN THE CHIPMONKS,RATS,SQUIRRELS, CATS AND RABBITS WE HAVE AN OVERABUNDENCE OF HAWKS LIVING OFF THE WILDLIFE-( HOPEFULLY INSTEAD OF OUR CHICKENS)
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IPSWICH ALSO HAS A NEW ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER I AM TOLD- THE LAST PERSON WAS GREAT-I HATE TO SEE A CHANGE.. DAVID???? WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE.????
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CREW IS ARRIVING FOR THE USUAL SUNDAY--I KNOW WE HAVE ONE APPLICANT COMING FROM CONN.. HE CALLED LAST NIGHT-- HE HAD A LETTER FROM US INVITING HIM TO COME VISIT-- AND HE WAS ALL EXCITED... I TRIED TO REMIND HIM HE WAS COMING SO WE COULD INTERVIEW HIM FOR A POSSIBLE DOG-- BUT IT DID NOT MEAN HE WQS GETTING A DOG- PROBLEM WAQS, HE WQAS SO EXCITED I DON'T THINK HE HEARD THAT PART.
AND I DIDN'T GET HIS NAME-- JUST THAT HE WAS FROM CONN. SO I HAVE SOME RESEARCH TO DO.
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MY ONLY FYI FOR THE DAY....PRETTY USELESS, BUT.....
COSTCO IN DANVERS HAS STARTED CARRYING "PRIME" BEEF-- THEIR USUAL IS "CHOICE" BEEF. AND TEH DIFFERENCE IS REMARKABLE.-- A FEW EXTRA DOLLARS FOR A STEAK BUT I THINK WORTH IT - YOU DON'T NEED PRIME FOR HAMBURGER-- BUT THAT STEAK WAS WHAT I REMEMBER A STEAK OUGHT TO BE.
I TRIED TO LOOK UP THE USDA GRADING OF BEEF...IT GOES SOMETHING LIKE PRIME,CHOICE,GOOD, UTILITY.
I THINK THE BASE IS THE MARBLING- WHICH MAKES IT TASTY, TENDER,(AND MORE FATTENING?)
I REALIZE THERE IS A NUMBER RATIO OF LAND/ACRES INVOLVED WITH EATING BEEF AS OPPOSED TO SOY PROTEIN,..AND THAT IS NOT A HAPPY NUMBER.
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ON WE GO
P.S GROMMET REPORT.... - ANOTHER 18 MINUTES
