A Peregrinator Thread.

[tactful]

Two innocent fruit slice likers.

For the lost wanderer, who some people think, is into aviculture.
Hold on to the horse blanket and get rid of the nails, the stink lingers, action will ensue.

 

[Wings]

It's one of the most primally home-and-comfort smells there is. It's indicated safety, security, companionship, and food since before humans had language.


Chilly, I think you may be missing the point of the thread.

Yes, it's definitely a primal thing.

Do you actually bounce or just land a bit softer?

Uh, I bounce but I bounce even when I'm just walking. he uses the larger pieces for playground so it does still retain the bounce.

What does he do with the steel belted radials? I'm picturing a rope dive into a little bed of razor sharp wires.

Big ol' magnets. I've never had it puncture us so it must work well.

I save the razor wire for the moat around my house.

 

[chillywilly2]

snow hanging in the trees as I rip down a glass smooth trail in the sunshine

 

[kbate]

This is essential for ice climbers as well.

Please explain to me why it's important for horse driving?

It is about balance and weight distribution.

Ideally, your ear, shoulder, hip and heel should be in a near vertical line, carrying your weight directly down. The statement tells you to allow your weight to drive downward to your heels (low center of gravity) rather than onto the ball of your foot. It does not mean "drive your heel to a low position".

 

[chillywilly2]

It's one of the most primally home-and-comfort smells there is. It's indicated safety, security, companionship, and food since before humans had language.


Chilly, I think you may be missing the point of the thread.

Yeah I know.

I live in an area of such natural beauty and this winter was particularly spectacular.
Every time I went out the trees were snow covered, sunshine sparkling in the pure white snow...it was really amazing.

 

[Wings]

That has been the best part of this particularly harsh winter, the sunshine on the bright white snow is breathtaking. I even love the foggy mornings where the sparkle is still there but not blinding yet. The snow blanket looks so much better than brown, brown grass, brown mud, brown brown brown.

 

[VaticanAssassin]

It is about balance and weight distribution.

Ideally, your ear, shoulder, hip and heel should be in a near vertical line, carrying your weight directly down. The statement tells you to allow your weight to drive downward to your heels (low center of gravity) rather than onto the ball of your foot. It does not mean "drive your heel to a low position".

It is the same for both Western and English. Along with soft independent hands it allows you stay out of the horse mouth.

good lord...I am having flash backs.

 

[kbate]

It is the same for both Western and English. Along with soft independent hands it allows you stay out of the horse mouth.

good lord...I am having flash backs.

My favourite 'heels down' moment was when we broke out laughing at the movie 'Gladiator' when Russell Crowe used the term. People had no clue as to why my little section was in hysterics.

 

[SalviaDivinorum]

It is about balance and weight distribution.

Ideally, your ear, shoulder, hip and heel should be in a near vertical line, carrying your weight directly down. The statement tells you to allow your weight to drive downward to your heels (low center of gravity) rather than onto the ball of your foot. It does not mean "drive your heel to a low position".

It also prevents your foot from accidentally sliding through the stirrup.

 

[Peregrinator]

It is about balance and weight distribution.

Ideally, your ear, shoulder, hip and heel should be in a near vertical line, carrying your weight directly down. The statement tells you to allow your weight to drive downward to your heels (low center of gravity) rather than onto the ball of your foot. It does not mean "drive your heel to a low position".

Ah, gotcha. For ice climbers, it's similar, a balance thing, as well as using the crampon properly. Heels down puts the crampon in an ideal position, like a shelf bracket, and takes a lot of the effort out of the climber's calf muscles, reducing fatigue considerably.

Yeah I know.

I live in an area of such natural beauty and this winter was particularly spectacular.
Every time I went out the trees were snow covered, sunshine sparkling in the pure white snow...it was really amazing.

It's gorgeous here right now. We're busily getting slammed again, probably six or seven inches on the ground and coming down heavy. Just beautiful. I may get to use the new skis again yet!

 

[Lord_Nibiru]

Everyone thinks they're the one who can beat nicotine - until the day the doctor reports otherwise.

I did, I quit

It's almost completely a mental addiction. The physical aspects are virtually non-existent if you're mentally ready to get rid of the ciggies. I did love the cigarettes haha.

 

[chillywilly2]

Ah, gotcha. For ice climbers, it's similar, a balance thing, as well as using the crampon properly. Heels down puts the crampon in an ideal position, like a shelf bracket, and takes a lot of the effort out of the climber's calf muscles, reducing fatigue considerably.


It's gorgeous here right now. We're busily getting slammed again, probably six or seven inches on the ground and coming down heavy. Just beautiful. I may get to use the new skis again yet!

Wer'e getting the same storm.
6" last night and still coming down.

I will be putting another couple hundred miles yet...cripes, I'll be riding Easter weekend

 

[scrymettet]

snow fall = snow day

 

[chillywilly2]

whats a snow day...wer'e used to it now...no days off for snow

 

[scrymettet]

I refuse to be on the highway with the other idiots.
I sneaked home early.

 

[chillywilly2]

highway is closed....city roads aren't

 

[Peregrinator]

Today is Day Two. The baby Sea Monkeys are already visible, scrambling madly around in their tank.

 

[remy_lebeau8]

Years ago, I had a couple students in a wilderness first responder course who were survival-skills types. They were wearing these cool sort of hooded overcoats they'd hand sewn out of old army-issue wool blankets. They gave me a pattern and I made one for myself, mostly just for the fun of doing a craft-type thing. I never used it for anything. Fast forward to the present day, and I dragged it out of a box, thought it was kinda neat, and still don't really have a use for it. Picture a dull green, rough wool bathrobe with a floppy, pointy hood, a bit like a wizard's cloak. Lately it's become my smoking jacket. I smoke around five cigarettes a day, and I only ever smoke outdoors. This thing is perfect for cold New England weather, sitting on the porch reading with a smoke. It's like, well, it literally is, wearing a wool blanket. Cozy.


This thread is for little comments about your life that bring you a smile, or just a pleasant few seconds in your day.

I have a pattern for something simillar but civil war period. Thr soldiers would fold a blanket in half and cut a slit in the middle for their head to go through. Then they would cut a few holes about a quarter of the way down and use buttons or leather strings to tie up sleaves. I need to make one.

As for happy, sitting around a nighttime camp fire with a glass of whiskey and cigar will put a smile on my face. As will a nice guitar

 

[Kitty_Schrödinger]

When I lay in my bed late at night and the house and neighbourhood are oh so quiet- thru the walls I can hear my babies breathe deeply in their sleep.

 

[Peregrinator]

I have a pattern for something simillar but civil war period. Thr soldiers would fold a blanket in half and cut a slit in the middle for their head to go through. Then they would cut a few holes about a quarter of the way down and use buttons or leather strings to tie up sleaves. I need to make one.

As for happy, sitting around a nighttime camp fire with a glass of whiskey and cigar will put a smile on my face. As will a nice guitar

Basically a poncho. I wonder if they learned it from the Westward expansion troops.

You could combine all those things pretty handily. Poncho, fire, whiskey, cigar, and a guitar. Could be anywhere from 1400 to the present.

 

[Peregrinator]

When I lay in my bed late at night and the house and neighbourhood are oh so quiet- thru the walls I can hear my babies breathe deeply in their sleep.

I never knew you had kids. Sleeping peaceful babies are truly magical.

 

[Fata Morgana]

I think I may have inadvertently eaten mice droppings at work today.

 

[Peregrinator]

I think I may have inadvertently eaten mice droppings at work today.

Better than inhaling them and winding up with hantavirus.

 

[Kitty_Schrödinger]

I never knew you had kids. Sleeping peaceful babies are truly magical.

They're my babies but not babies any more- eldest is 9, younger is 6.
Seeing you around did make me smile, too- you've been missed

 

[Fata Morgana]

Better than inhaling them and winding up with hantavirus.

I'm taking my cat to work tomorrow.

I thought I was hoovering up bits of Cadbury's Flake (which I had just eaten) but then heard that lots of folks have found droppings on their desks. I'm not very observant.