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    Lifting rolling water barrels to empty them into trough?

    Pole in the ground, with a peice of hosepipe into bottom of barrel, hose over top of pole, hose back down over tub, hose coming down needs to be longer than section going in barrel, (a siphon need's a long leg and a short leg), suck the end until water comes out, point over tub, it will siphon...
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    Probably done thousands of times but....hoof boots

    Scoot Boots are great
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    Comments on your riding that make you laugh

    Years ago, went to local show, entered the ride ability class, judge said "we have a lot of bad habits don't we" to which I replied, "when you have a pony that will canter for 15 miles non stop, you Just get comfy", our forte was endurance riding.
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    Anyone else being bothered by flies already?

    Yes fly cream around face and ears today, blasted things :mad:
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    Issues with confidence

    I work on the rule of "ride the backside off the horse and the rider" until Problem fixed, also if a problem whilst riding, "deal with it, learn from it, and move on" I also try to work on desentisising, such as chainsaw (no chain on it for safety) groom with a soft yard brush all over and under...
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    Hyundai Santa Fe, auto or manual?

    I just like auto's period, in today's crap traffic of stop start stop stopped still stopped...move a bit stop move a bit stop poorly designed roads society
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    Horse insurance

    Now my lad is retired and about 30, I cancelled his insurance, but because I ride a friend's Pony, I joined BHS gold so as to have some cover for hacking.
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    Vet bills & the hunt.

    How ignorant and bad manners not letting you know, especially after you requested to be told, had similar at the first yard I was at when I first got my lad, idiot neighbours decided to shoot rabbits other side if the hedge FFS, no prior warning, needless to say a lot of upset horses and worried...
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    Body protector or air vest?

    Always been happy with my Ninja Turtles BP with shoulder pads, for hacking and general ménage stuff, if I was good enough for eventing cross country stuff, I would be wanting an air vest
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    Upset about my horse getting old

    Had my lad over 20 years, he is now 30ish, retired him last year, as he has cushings and got trippy, tried boots and bute etc, but it wasnt working, neither of us were enjoying it, yes I miss the 18 years of good times, and the times we did endurance riding and he would go all day, you couldn't...
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    Reporting a near miss to the police - car passing too close, too fast

    Always have go pro on front of my hat, then it records where I look, so drivers can see the camera and know I am looking at them directly, recently I have been uploading the whole clip straight from the sd card, as I cant be arsed anymore to trim it to two mins before and two minutes after the...
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    Reporting a near miss to the police - car passing too close, too fast

    I never ride on the road without my go pro on, quite often uploaded footage to the police capture page, mostly driver gets an Educational letter, last one got a warning letter, they are all logged, so worth reporting, bit of a pain, but some drivers are total 🛎️ends, so need reporting, I don't...
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    At a loss

    Ah the good old horsey game, this sort of thing seems endemic on yard's
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    How are they still allowed to be a livery yard?

    why, because we live in a NOFA :mad:
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    Please please sign

    So glad you won, but the mp and councillors just sitting with their faces in the trough of public money to pigged out to be arsed to do anything sickens me, and as for the evil witch causing all the trouble :mad:,
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