Wat’s Carbon Water-N-Stuff Thread - Concepts In Iron And Wood!!!

Gutfeld! might be the best show on the television. I love late-night/early-morning laughs and the humor is biting and sharp without being a mean-girls hatefest. There is comedy on the right despite the bantering of octagons. The shot Kat just took at Miss Noem was every bit as lethally funny as the one she took at the dog.

The pun on car-jacking was hysterical.
Yo Tulsi!


"Treason fled before us, resistance was in vain..."


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My horse poem over there >>>>>>
is very accurate of how and when I learned about horses. I had a wonderful equine spirit in the flesh teach me. It was a fabulous excessive in putting aside Preconceived Notions in order to have a New Experience.

First, the are prey. We are predators. They can take care of themselves, but there are some ways of thinking and reacting that are the ways of prey. That needs to be accepted if not necessarily understood at first. I tried out a "distressed bunny" call to lure coyotes (not prey) and I wound up with four equine judges on the other side of the fence looking at me with Sherman's horse's focus like, "hey, human, what are you doing to that bunny?" They weren't amused. I had no idea - until I did.

Second, they are herd critters. One is truly the Loneliest Number for them. It's not fair. They should always be had at least in pairs. When we had four - the two older ones died last year - they seemed to bond in pairs. Tall horses here, shorter horses over there. They can come to be attached to humans, but we will never be horses.

Third, they have no fingers. All their sense of touch is in their mouths. My buddy was standing beside me one morning and took his teeth and "sampled" the skin on the back of my hand. He didn't bite me. I think he was curious about my texture and wanted more information than his lips could acquire. I wasn't sure what to make of it during the few seconds it went on, and I half expected to bleed. No blood. No pain. Just a small examination.

Fourth, if there is a bond, they like attention, and they will give attention. I think that knights and their warhorses worked to form bonds in order to communicate to become better killers. Dressage is similar training, and works best with One Horse One Human. Mine liked his apples and he liked being groomed. He would stand patiently while I brushed him.

Horses of burden are often abused grossly. I suppose that some are dumb and don't distinguish. Mine was smart. He might have played along to get along if needed, but he was capable of more than just that. The beasts get worked to death and treated as disposable things. It's not fair and it's abusive. They are Sentient, not machines.

For horses that are paying attention, I seem to bring out the best in them. I try to see things like they see things.

That's a handsome blanket that Sherman's horse has. I'm curious what his name was.
 
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