I am such a numpty!

Natalie_H

Natalie_H

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Have had 2 jumping lessons with my horse. Fell off in the first one, but we really enjoyed & did well with the gridwork in the second one. Instructor now away for 6 weeks. I only have one pole, & 1 pair of wings - not ideal to practice with in the meantime!!

So I find some poly jumps for sale. 6 poles (2 of each red, green, & blue), 1 shark teeth poly plank (red & white), 2 pairs of 6ft poly wings with rubber feet, plus 6 pairs of red cups (just a few pins missing). The jumps were 200 miles from me, but having had an offer of £125 for the lot accepted, I thought well worth the journey.

I went to collect them today. Everything fitted in the car as it could be dismantled, except the plank. Fitted the plank in at an angle & gently tried to close the boot to see if it fitted. Said plank cracked my front windscreen in the bottom corner - not a small crack - a big spider type thing. Had to put plank through the sunroof (I know - should have done this in the first place!). Had to drive 200 miles home with plank stuck through the roof. Fuel consumption went up no end on the way home.....

So - what I thought was a bargain has now cost me £60 in windscreen excess, a £60 tank of diesel, plus the cost of the jumps!!! Why am I so stupid!
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Is it just me, or do the best laid plans always go wrong!!

Trying to look on the positive side & remember that I can actually start to practice jumping at home now!

Sorry for the rant. Well done if you got to the end!
 
No - not wrong!! Glad to entertain! Makes me see the funny side of it a bit more. Will just avoid looking at the bank account for a bit!
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That is what I am trying to focus on!! To make matters worse, when I got them home, I realised that a snail family must have been living in one of the feet as their were loads of them crawling round the boot of the car! You can't make this stuff up!
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this is my first time on the site, you have just made my day by knowing someone out there does daft things like me!!!
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mine's usually daft things like this week, i wouldnt let me fella take me out cause the farrier was coming, i waited an hour for him then realised it was the wrong day!!! lol!!!

its been one of them weeks, took my lad in for what should have been a stand up castration but it went wrong, he had to be kept in and knocked out, he came round bad and smashed his face up on the wall, (20 staples over his eyes!!) and while he was under we found out an old wire scar has fused to his tendon!! i'm having no luck with him!! he's a home bred 5yr old, never had a problem till he went to be broke in, starting to think they must have jinxed him!!! to top it al he's had a reaction to the op and is sucking air back through the cut so is in aginy and there's nothing i can do!!!

not looking forward to the bill at the end of the month!!!!

dont ya just love horses!!!

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i am loving the jumps and plank story, thank you for the free entertainment, and my oh wonders why im hooked on here. im such a bargain hunter i would have done that too, addicted to ebay too but go girl, its fun its for a cause and youve got some jumps so enjoy!
 
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