New Posts New Posts RSS Feed: Lost Mojo..
  FAQ FAQ  Forum Search   Register Register  Login Login

Lost Mojo..
 Post Reply Post Reply Page  <1 678910 19>
Author
  Share Topic Share Topic  Topic Search Topic Search  Topic Options Topic Options
boatshed View Drop Down
Far too distracted from work
Far too distracted from work


Joined: 12 Apr 05
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 457 		Post Options Post Options   Quote boatshed Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Topic: Lost Mojo..
    Posted: 18 Jan 14 at 1:39pm
Oh boy.  Triple fecked.  Horses will financially ruin you.  They make dinghy sailing look sooooo cheap and simple.  Your  sh*t shoveling days will soon be replaced by working more & more to pay for it all.  


Edited by boatshed - 18 Jan 14 at 1:39pm
Steve
Back to Top
yellowwelly View Drop Down
Really should get out more
Really should get out more
Avatar

Joined: 24 May 13
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 2003 		Post Options Post Options   Quote yellowwelly Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Jan 14 at 1:51pm
too true!!!
Back to Top
iGRF View Drop Down
Really should get out more
Really should get out more
Avatar

Joined: 07 Mar 11
Location: Hythe
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 6499 		Post Options Post Options   Quote iGRF Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Jan 14 at 1:51pm
Originally posted by boatshed


Oh boy.  Triple fecked.  Horses will financially ruin you.  They make dinghy sailing look sooooo cheap and simple.  Your  sh*t shoveling days will soon be replaced by working more & more to pay for it all.  

+1 to that, one nag cost me enough, but plural? Apply the inverse square law to your finances.

I had a chum, quite well off until he had to put his horse through college..

Edited by iGRF - 18 Jan 14 at 1:51pm
Snow Equipment Deals    New Core Kite website
Back to Top
yellowwelly View Drop Down
Really should get out more
Really should get out more
Avatar

Joined: 24 May 13
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 2003 		Post Options Post Options   Quote yellowwelly Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Jan 14 at 2:08pm
well we've only got the one horse at the moment- another pony is probably imminent this spring for my eldest (5 y.o.) and the youngest just loves being around the stables and lead reign walks.... so not looking good; but if that's their thing then I'll find the time and money to make it happen- as best I can anyway and if that means sailing old windsurf kit once in a blue moon and not drifting around in a 10-20k dinghy at the duck pond every week... well so be it, they're well worth it.
Back to Top
pondlife1736 View Drop Down
Posting king
Posting king


Joined: 17 Jan 14
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 106 		Post Options Post Options   Quote pondlife1736 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Jan 14 at 2:38pm
many moons ago I had a wife with a horse affliction, and by way of compensation, I was allowed to try my hand at motorcycle racing. this is not a cheap sport, as you might imagine, but even so I was unable to match the prodigious spend on vets' fees and various equine paraphernalia.

Back to Top
Steve411 View Drop Down
Really should get out more
Really should get out more
Avatar

Joined: 09 Sep 08
Location: Cheddar, Somerset, England
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 705 		Post Options Post Options   Quote Steve411 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Jan 14 at 3:19pm
Originally posted by yellowwelly

Originally posted by boatshed


Originally posted by yellowwelly

off to the stables tomorrow
Oh... you have my sympathies.   If you've a daughter into ponies you are so fecked.  


Two daughters and a wife into them..... I understand that once they get to teenage years and find their old dad lurking around talking about boats and boards on an iPad avoiding the sh*t shovelling duties, my time may suddenly free up and I can go club sailing every weekend, or windsurfing at th coast, or dribbling into a warm beer at the wetherspoons... Whatever it is that old people do when they reach their mid forties....

Ha! Under the thumb James! Best thing I ever did was get my wife a horse. Free to go sailing whenever I like now. I made it VERY clear from the start that I wouldn't be doing any of the shovelling, not unless she helped me pack up the boat whenever I did an open.  LOL
Steve B
RS300 411

RS300 page
Back to Top
Steve411 View Drop Down
Really should get out more
Really should get out more
Avatar

Joined: 09 Sep 08
Location: Cheddar, Somerset, England
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 705 		Post Options Post Options   Quote Steve411 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Jan 14 at 3:21pm
Originally posted by pondlife1736

many moons ago I had a wife with a horse affliction, and by way of compensation, I was allowed to try my hand at motorcycle racing. this is not a cheap sport, as you might imagine, but even so I was unable to match the prodigious spend on vets' fees and various equine paraphernalia.


Too true - if my wife's horse had been a boat/car etc it would have been written off long ago. Trouble is, they get so attached to the things...
Steve B
RS300 411

RS300 page
Back to Top
yellowwelly View Drop Down
Really should get out more
Really should get out more
Avatar

Joined: 24 May 13
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 2003 		Post Options Post Options   Quote yellowwelly Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Jan 14 at 3:23pm
Originally posted by Steve411

Free to go sailing whenever I like now. I made it VERY clear from the start that I wouldn't be doing any of the shovelling, not unless she helped me pack up the boat whenever I did an open.  LOL

the sNAG in the plan is what to do with the girls... anyway, I'm not bitter about the horses.  It makes a lot more sense to do country sports around here than it does to use a beach toy.  
Back to Top
rogerd View Drop Down
Really should get out more
Really should get out more
Avatar

Joined: 25 May 04
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 1076 		Post Options Post Options   Quote rogerd Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Jan 14 at 9:11pm
Originally posted by pondlife1736

many moons ago I had a wife with a horse affliction, and by way of compensation, I was allowed to try my hand at motorcycle racing. this is not a cheap sport, as you might imagine, but even so I was unable to match the prodigious spend on vets' fees and various equine paraphernalia.



I suspect the motorbike was safer. Apparently you are more likely to be injured in a horse related accident than a motorbike. I never really got into bikes but have a horsehoe shaped scar to remind me of my riding days. Boats are much much safer option.

Edited by rogerd - 18 Jan 14 at 9:13pm
Back to Top
yellowwelly View Drop Down
Really should get out more
Really should get out more
Avatar

Joined: 24 May 13
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 2003 		Post Options Post Options   Quote yellowwelly Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 Jan 14 at 12:02am
If we include mental scaring, financial abuse etc I'm fecked....
Back to Top
 Post Reply Post Reply Page  <1 678910 19>

Forum Jump Forum Permissions View Drop Down

Bulletin Board Software by Web Wiz Forums® version 9.665y
Copyright ©2001-2010 Web Wiz
Change your personal settings, or read our privacy policy