Boarding horses is a part of what we do to afford the farm and keep our girls on competetive animals. Good boarders are a wonderful thing- a huge help around the place as well as a source of income, and they become friends...which is where the trouble starts, because then they get a "friend rate", and expectations get elevated, etc. and suddenly kindness is mistaken for weakness.They learn a little about the business, and suddenly they think they know it all- experts on hay, water, pasture, training, blah blah blah- when we all know if it was so d@mn easy they'd have a place of their own. It's almost better to have a real "beeyatch" who's expectations are high- you charge them an appropriately crazy amount, treat them with the same high faluting distain they treat everyone else with, charge 'em extra every time their animal poops in the aisle and absolutely know where you stand the entire time. In EVERY case, the animals and the children are easier to deal with than the person paying (or "not paying", or "paying late") the bills. If I had to do it all over again, I'd set it up as a "self care" deal where I could beeyatch and moan at THEM instead of vice versa. That said, I still have plenty of boarders and couldn't make ends meet without 'em
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Today's Featured Article - My Ford Golden Jubilee - by Troy Estes. This article is about my '53 Ford Jubilee and a story that starts with taking the tractor to my brother's Starter/Alternator Rebuilding shop for a wiring fix. The generator was shot as well as all the wiring. I dropped off the tractor expecting a transformation from a 6 volt to a 12 volt system utilizing the original generator housing, and a total rewiring of the whole tractor. The front end center pin bushing was worn also so I ask that they replace it if they had time. Well, that’s wha
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