Oh my goodness, treydog! I’m glad you’re seeking treatment. I hope it’s something that can be easily resolved. Best wishes today.

Maybe this will result in a gift of time, since you’ll probably get a list of Don’t Do instead the usual. I hope your recovery is swift and complete, since I doubt that Athynae will let that baldness spell stray too far from her hand!!

Get well soon Treydog. Sounds nasty, shoulder problems are a real nusience, you never realise how much they're needed for until they stop working properly. Hope x-ray comes back with the right result and it sorts itself out.

On an entirely selfish note I'm glad you can still write . Hope it gets better quickly and doesn't bother you again.

Hope your health gets better, Treyman.

It's been a while. I've been trying to get yet another piece of paper that says I'm qualified to do some stuff on computers and, lo and behold, I have actually managed to pick up a few things. Not much, just a bit of html and things related to it that I'm sure kids in preschool nowadays know about, but what the hell, let's call it computer sciences. I have four more exams till the end of my studies though.

Work, nonexistant as always.

Family, getting by.

Love... well, there is a girl. A woman, rather, and what a woman. If there were elves in this world she'd be an elf. A druid. Wonderful and passionate human being. But of course, blessings always come mixed with curses. She's much older than me... and much away from me, in the US federal state of Georgia. She came here though, in April, saw the land and me, and stayed for three weeks. Ever since she's left I feel loss. We're planning to see each other again, hopefully for a longer time, hopefully when I finish my (1/4-important) studies, hopefully when I get enough money for a ticket... hope dies last.

That's about it.

Mil- my dear friend... Best wishes on the studies and the prospect that they will bear fruit on the employment front.

Yes- druidical, elven Southern U.S. women... I might know a thing or two about that... But that would be telling.

May you find contentment and fulfillment, always.

So, what do you do when your horse tries to bolt off with you still on him?

First off, DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT THE FACT YOU ARE OUT OF CONTROL. If you do, you are going off. What you want to do is simply let your instincts take over, sit deep but forward, squeeze tight with your knees on the horse's withers while thrusting your stomach forward, and tighten the reins as quickly as you can.

We had a trainer down today to try and work some bad habits out of my horse's walk and gait, and after a while, our horse got sick of the exercises. All I can say is that the trainer was not happy with him.

This could have ended in disaster, and it is very fortunate that it did not. This is actually not the first time he tried to bolt on me, either (another time he spooked and, once again, very nearly unseated me).

I have to disagree with you. If a horse bolts, all you have to do is tuck the right rein under your right stirrup/boot and pull up quickly. The horses head will be pulled toward his right shoulder nose down - he can't go anywhere but in a circle in that position and it stops him instantly.

I'm back, my son graduated !!!!!! I'll post a pic asap !!!

And I must disagree with you there, too. Horses have amazingly strong necks, and if he fights back when you do that, he will send you over the side if the rein catches in the stirrup. NEVER put a horse into a position where they can fight back with physical strength, they WILL win.

The former technique allows you to dig intro your seat and ensure that you won't go off while not putting the horse into a position where he can fight back. If it's not as effective, fine, but that way I at least know I'm not leaving the saddle.

And not only that, you are allowing the horse to lower his head when he is misbehaving. Never, ever, ever do that. If they get their head down, they can buck you off.

Oh, and congrats to your son for his graduation!

This post has been edited by Thomas Kaira: May 21 2011, 09:50 PM

Congrats!

Treydoggie my dear! take care now, be kind to yourself, we need you to be ok you know! And tell that daughter of mine to be patient and a good girl..or else....

regards

Serene and minque

Yay! Congrats to you both!

Oh dear!!!!! Congrats to your sons graduation dear mALXie!!!

Yay to you and your son, mALX!

Second Dr. visit- strength is back- reflexes still down a bit. X-rays of my head probably will show nothing....

Is that a "Blonde Airhead" joke? Lol. Good luck on the tests, and thanks for the congrats (everyone).

Today, I went to a small air show (well, really a few planes being shown off on the ground), but I did get to take a 10-minute hop around the block in a Robinson R44.

Nothing to write home about, but still fun to do.

GAAAAH! Half of me would love to ride in a helicopter, the other half is scared to death to do it, lol.

Helicopters are actually a lot of fun. My uncle works for an aircraft ambulance company and he arranged for my family to go for a ride. It was awesome.

I can fly in a plane easily, but get a queasy stomach thinking about a helicopter. Not sure if I'm afraid I'll fall out the door by accident, or the pilot will accidentally drive into electric wires or the side of a mountain or something, ROFL !!!

Flying in a jet plane is not the same as a helicopter, that's for sure. Even then, I'd say mALX's fears would also be spurred by flying around in a small GA aircraft, too, because those also fly at low altitude with you right next to the door (just like in your chopper).

In a jet, all the obstacles are gone in 30 seconds after takeoff and you are secure in your seat next to a solid wall.

Yes, it is like being inside a bus or something on the 747's (etc). I don't get airsick or anything, and even like sitting by the windows. I have not been in a small prop plane yet, you may be right about how it would feel to me. The one time I was supposed to ride in one we got grounded by a storm before takeoff.

This post has been edited by mALX: May 23 2011, 06:56 AM