O/T, But I'm In Really Big Trouble

The wife is making noises that since I have my old tractors that she thinks she should be able to buy a horse.

How will I ever be able to hold my head up in public again?

I'm so disappointed in this silly woman! :>(

Allan

"You know Dear, they are big and slow and all, and you can still ride it (padded saddle too), and when you aint, I can use it for some chores. Stack? That aint no stack, it had a colostemy, but I'll take it into the barn and try to reverse it, if I can, the poor thing. Ya see Dear, you saved it from the glue pot".

Allan, Allan, Allan, every negative has a positive, just gotta look for it.

Mark

I know. I'm just flappin' my gums.

This ol' sister has an IQ that will boil water and if it weren't for her, this whole little empire we have built here would come a tumblin' to the ground.

So, if she want's an old snort, a snort she shall have. Lord knows she has given me enough tractors; and most of 'em she even knows about!

:>)

Allan

Hey guess what? Got a call today, them Amish finally got started on the new 40x60. 4 of them got the poles, side rails and trusses up today. Warm next few days - let's get that concrete poured too. Bout time, I've been waitin for weeks for them to show up. Tractors are settin out. Killed the battery on the Deere when the temps were zero-ish last week (won't use ether and didn't add anti-gel). The Allis has moisture oozing out of the PTO and I'm pretty sure moisture in the mag. Room for the Massey and Case too. And the pickups. I am excited about gettin home to Indiana first AM tomorrow for the holiday weekend. I'm on-call here in Illinois until 7AM, then hittin the interstate. Annnnnd, I hear these Amish are using a bobcat with an auger, but won't touch a ladder, and won't talk on the phone. I hear they're gonna goof on the doors, and gotta stop them in their tracks. Told them the overheads go on each end off to the same side so can pass through with bays on the other side - they want to come in 10' from the side towards the center. NO!! NO!! NO!!, but they won't talk on the phone. Never will figure them guys out, but right now don't care - just get the darned thing up so I can get the iron sunk for the 5 ton hoist. I am excited.

Oh yeah, is (was) fun to watch the smile on the face of the better-half galloping around - is (was) worth it.

Fast forward 34 years. We've always lived in the country. She now has about a dozen horses, mostly Paso Finos, a few Walkers, and our daughter's jumping Thorobred. She's been scraping teeth all these years to support her horse habit; she trains every baby, and gets top money for them when she sells; she's always happy to have me help muck the stalls, but she'll do it by herself if need be; she's never complained about my tractors (there's about 7 right now, but 3 will sell when I get them fixed), and will hold the light when I'm working on them if need be. She's actually dissapointed when I come home from an auction with an empty trailer. Last but not least, the horses keep her active enough that she looks pretty darn good in a pair of Levi's, even at 56.

All in all, its been a pretty good life, an it ain't over yet, thank goodness. I think the horses have been more of an asset than a liability, all things considered. There's a lot worse things in this world than having a happy wife.

YEEEEE EEEEE HAWWWWW WWWW

It took me 6 months to talk her into Angus instead of Herefords.

My life is just one long horrid grind. :>(

Allan

But, the good news is that you can make a small fortune in horses. The bad news is that you have to start with a big fortune.

By the way; my Wife goes down to the APHA Trail Ride at Fort Robinson every Fall. If by that time you are short of horses, she could probably haul a couple down, and take your lil' red H in trade.

Good Luck; I gotta go and put a new wrap on one of our yearlings that tore up his leg in the corral fence a month ago. (True story...It's amazing the new skills you acquire when you own horses!)

It is worse than I thought. Now she is using words like Dressage, Hanoverians of Germany, snaffle bits, check-rein and English Saddle.

I've caught her in two chat rooms talking freight fees and dietary supplements.

I’m just afraid that next she will be trying to tell me that grass can be considered hay and that it should be put up in small square bales.

At this point, I will know things are definitely out of control and that I should consult a good divorce lawyer, because, I vividly recall my first wife loading everything in the Impala and leaving.

And, yes it’s true, there are times when I really do miss that darned old car! :>)

Allan

increadibly boring days out they can be, and its a very opinianated sport - my mum does it, a few weeks ago went to a show, came last in 1 class when the horse went well, went in the next class at the next level up on the same day, with a different judge, same horse, won.

Shell soon be frustrated with dressage if she starts it.

Get her into eventing. Eventers do it in 3 different ways on 3 different days you know, and just think you could be doing it with her!

Ben

One thing you really ought to investigate though, are the possible premiums for some kinds of shows! Some types of events can payout premiums that make the plastic $5.00 trophies at tractor pulls seem trivial! Professional grade hunter-jumper events for example!

PS paint it red.

Why do I have this feeling like I should be readin' something between the lines here?

Did you say that your wife has horses too? :>)

Allan

See where this is going. When she buys a horse, you have an excuse to buy another tractor.

You just gotta lay down the law! YOU take care of the tractors. SHE takes care of the horses. Then get your pitch fork ready.....Your gonna be pitchin'..... dollars!

The last thing in the world you need is a walking composting machine! Good luck with all this! John

Can't trade off the wife, she's too darned smart and I need 'er.

Allan

Let's see.....First it's the horse. Then a trailer. Then a new dually to PULL the trailer. Then a barn. And then all those western clothes. Later it's the whoppin' vet bills. Gotta have a couple nice saddles. Feed. No one wants to ride ALONE! Gotta get Allan a horse....WHEN WILL IT END????? ? John

If my wife would get into the western wear thing, I'd buy here ALL the horses she wanted, and whatever "auxillaries" were also needed!

(She'd have to pitch the horse pucky, though!!!)

Thats what I shoulda done,bought the wife a horse. Woulda been cheaper then moving south. Mabe. $5000 for horse.$5000 for saddle and other gear. Had a barn,feed and tractors.

And what is wrong with Herfords?