Horse Sense....
So Belles bloods just came back and everything is perfect.
Just waiting to see that Belles hoof does its hoof thing now.
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Ralphy poo is not wearing a jacket and it's bloody freezing.
However, he has (seemingly overnight), grown a woolly mammoth of a jacket.
....and he's clean.
With all the mud, and rain and stuff around, he looks (and every day mind) like he has just stepped out of the salon.
Bwahahahahahahahaha
The rest of us just look like something the cat vomited up.
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Supposedly going to be 5 degrees tonight so Ralphy poo is all jacketed up.
That's just too cold for him.
And when I was there in the shop, new jackets had just come in for the big horses, so got Cappy a new one, too.
Came home and was putting it on today when two guys next door starting shooting.
I'm so lucky with my horses, they are excellent, but honestly, it gave us all a fright and who the fuck does that?
Actually, it's not that they are hunters, I have friends who are hunters - both male and female, and I have the hugest respect for them.
What I have a major issue with is that the guys wait until all the ducks are sitting on the pond, then go shoot them.
There are no bushes around it, it is just a very large open pond.
They are literally sitting ducks.
Fuck it annoys me.
If you're going to be a hunter, go out in the bush and fucking hunt.
Shame on you.
** It's not the guy who actually owns the property, he's away down the line - and I know this because I text him re the shooting, respectfully asking him to stop for 10 minutes so I could get my horses sorted.
In which case he said, It's not me, I'm down the line.
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Bwahahahahahaha...the cops just called as they had had a complaint that two guys on my property were shooting guns onto the road.
Now my neighbours think it's me being the fuckwit, and my actual neighbour (who wasn't shooting as he was away down the line) I had to apologize to.
The last thing I want him thinking is that I dobbed him into the police and brought trouble to his door.
Thank Spirit the people that know me just laughed.
But this whole situation is too stupid for words.
Damn, I miss the old days though, when there wasn't text messages or emails, Facebook or any kind of shady shite...you just rocked up to the person involved and said, Hey, we have a bit of an issue, how can we fix it?
But wait, do you know what I just found out?
If you say the (duck) shooters are shooting into the road (not the pond), the police will revoke the shooters license.
The neighbours knew I was mad yesterday, so were betting that all I had to say today to the cops was that it wasn't me, it was the neighbours...and yes, they were shooting into the road.
What the fuck did I say about people?
Fucking shady shite.
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So taking bets now that another situation does not work out the exact way Spirit and I are betting on.
I always find it slightly depressing when someone thinks I'm really that thick.
But to be fair, it is kind of funny knowing the words that someone is about to say.
I always have the overwhelming urge to say, Ok, this is where you mucked up.... and, This is your Tell...
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The rest of our week has just been hard work and unicorns.
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** Oh wait...hot off the press...one of my clients just got engaged!
Well done, mate.
Congratulations!
** No...wait...in the NZ Herald, Wednesday 8th May, 2024:
The Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine is being withdrawn worldwide, months after the pharmaceutical giant admitted for the first time in court documents that it can cause a rare and dangerous side effect.
The vaccine can no longer be used in the European Union, after the company voluntarily withdrew its “marketing authorisation”. The application to withdraw the vaccine was made on March 5 and came into effect on Tuesday.
Vaxzevria has come under intense scrutiny in recent months over a very rare side effect, which causes blood clots and low blood platelet counts. AstraZeneca admitted in court documents lodged with the High Court in February that the vaccine “can, in very rare cases, cause TTS”.
TTS – which stands for Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome – has been linked to at least 81 deaths in the UK as well as hundreds of serious injuries. AstraZeneca is being sued by more than 50 alleged victims and grieving relatives in a High Court case.
But Astrazeneca has insisted the decision to withdraw the vaccine is not linked to the court case or its admission that it can cause TTS. It said the timing was pure coincidence.
Well, well, fucking well, eh?
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So that's been our week:
Take what you need, leave the rest, don't be a Fuckwit.
Kissy hugs
Caps, me (T - she/her), Spirit, Az, Ralph, Chew, Suz, and of course, my beautiful Mumma Bear, Belle and Boo-ba-licious, Pat, Pepper, Marmite the Second, Geraldine, Milli, Bessie, Raz, Riz, Sugar, Butter, Cookie, Cinammon and Mork.
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