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    Posted: 09 Mar 09 at 1:37pm
Originally posted by Status

If you get horses you will be very lucky, or must be very wealthy, if you have any money left for sailing.


Horse riding, sailing and photography. Could I choose any pricier hobbies??
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If you get horses you will be very lucky, or must be very wealthy, if you have any money left for sailing.
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Someone famous once said that Horses are "dangerous at both ends, and uncomfortable in the middle". Broke my arm falling off one as a young teenager, and it still hurts thirty  years later: me? I wouldn't recommend them!
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Post Options Post Options   Quote tgruitt Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09 Mar 09 at 12:01pm
Originally posted by MerlinMags

Pleased to hear the other day that my wife now realises horses are dangerous. I subtly mentioned how boats don't throw you off and break your legs, but she still isn't convinced overall.


Boats are a lot more dangerous, I have capsized more boats than I have horses!
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Pleased to hear the other day that my wife now realises horses are dangerous. I subtly mentioned how boats don't throw you off and break your legs, but she still isn't convinced overall.
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Post Options Post Options   Quote Ross Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06 Feb 09 at 12:42pm
Originally posted by turnturtle

Originally posted by MerlinMags

One child is
scared of large animals - result! Will
probably be scared of water too though...

At present they enjoy playing in my boat in the
driveway, clambering all over
it and pulling ropes.


Yep I was reading Billy Goats Gruff the other night to
our little one...
replacing the word 'troll' with the word 'horse'....
hoping to get in there early
with the phobia of expensive, home fertiliser systems
that destroy sailing
time.


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One child is scared of large animals - result! Will probably be scared of water too though...

At present they enjoy playing in my boat in the driveway, clambering all over it and pulling ropes.
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They will want a pony - Guaranteed
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Either that, or they will want a pony?
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Post Options Post Options   Quote bigwavedave Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Jan 09 at 7:43pm

At the moment it all sounds good. However in a few years time you will relish those few hours you have to yourself at the sailing club.

 

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