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    Very sad but lovely news article

    Another person with a box of tissues here, so glad that the human touch remains
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    Absolutely gutted - WWYD?

    Cry, lots, then get so mad!! I really hope that you get your stuff back, I hate thieves
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    God preserve me from passive aggressive feckwits . . .

    Need a laugh I have two, mine This old broad has never kept ketchup in the fridge, it never was growing up, so I never did so in my own house. I figure that it is barely food, so it should never have an issue, and in 50 *cough* years, it never has been, until today. I didn't get breakfast...
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    Tack Shops around Manchester

    Thanks.
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    Facebook - Horse shot by livery owner

    And I respectfully Agree!
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    Facebook - Horse shot by livery owner

    I guess again and again until everyone agrees with the point that you, me, or anyone else is trying to make. With the paying up front, well to me the Yard Owner is at fault, if your rules are money upfront, don't let a horse set foot on your property until you have the cash it really is that...
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    Facebook - Horse shot by livery owner

    Again though, in the heat of the moment are you going to process that information? I just can't imagine acting rationally if someone had just dumped my horses dead body on the lawn. You think it has been shot, well out here anyway, I would think gun, and maybe someone still has it. If I was...
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    Facebook - Horse shot by livery owner

    I am just amazed as ever at the way people view the world.. You know I have zero idea how I would react if someone turned up with a horse that they had just shot, I'm not sure if I would of stayed there and waited with the horse, I can't imagine how I would react, it is a situation so awful...
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    Tack Shops around Manchester

    Bit of a trek is fine, we will be over for a while, can make a day trip if needed, if I can remember how to deal with traffic! Do have links for these places?
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    Tack Shops around Manchester

    I am coming over for Christmas, visiting my brand new granddaughter, can't wait..and need/want/need/want NO NEED to visit some tack stores, in particular would love to find someone who stocks Tipperary vests, so I can check them out in person. Any ideas for places to visit around the Manchester...
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    Facebook - Horse shot by livery owner

    As a business owner, we farm, we do custom/contract work at times for people, there are times when we do not get paid, there are times when we can't pay, we do not have regular incomes, I get that in this world things happen. What I can't get my head around is this happening at all, but more...
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    Teenage wannabe looking for Apprenticeship in the UK

    Thank you for understanding, I'm in equal parts frustrated about her bull headedness, wondering about the truth of what she is posting, and wanting to help her out. I have no idea in this modern world, and in the UK especially if her dreams of full board for her and her horse, full training and...
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    Teenage wannabe looking for Apprenticeship in the UK

    Sorry she is UK based
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    Teenage wannabe looking for Apprenticeship in the UK

    I think this is sadly true, I get being a teenager and knowing it all, I kind of remember that far back. When it came to riding though, I just was a sponge wanting to learn things, because I knew how I rode, and I watched people on TV and knew that I was light years away from that. I'm...
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    Teenage wannabe looking for Apprenticeship in the UK

    To be honest she struggles with basic English, either auto correct hates her, or she maybe dyslexic. I am only a little ashamed to say that I am drawn to her in part for the entertainment value. When asked if she had been paid for training these horses, this was the reply: I didn't get laid and...
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