The Grumpy Old Fart, Really Arsey, Tell It Like It Is Thread...

[The_snoopster]

Is it even worth it?

Yes of course its worth it, its the spelling police that write endless posts about bad spelling/puntuation getting on their nerves even having whole threads dedicated to it. Its their time they are wasting not mine, I,m out enjoying myself, not sitting looking for posts to shake their heads at.

 

[D66]

Yes of course its worth it, its the spelling police that write endless posts about bad spelling/puntuation getting on their nerves even having whole threads dedicated to it. Its their time they are wasting not mine, I,m out enjoying myself, not sitting looking for posts to shake their heads at.

Its not worth getting narked about. If I can't make sense of a post it won't get a reply.

 

[Flummoxed]

When you take on a new livery, take the time to explain your rules or, even better, give out a printed list or have them clearly displayed in the tack room. Show them where the light switches are and explain that the last one on the yard must lock the gate.

Don't be surprised if, not having gone to the trouble of doing any/all of the above, livery does not clear the manege of poo, doesn't sweep the yard or leaves lights on.

Should any of the above happen, why does it not occur to you that perhaps you have been remiss in your obligations as YO and that a quiet word with said livery would put the situation right? Don't cop out by putting messages on the board reminding "everyone" to lock up, turn off lights, pick up poos etc etc etc. I have been here for ages - I know!

If it happens, it's your fault not mine!

Oh and why is that your family are allowed to leave the gate open when no-one is on the yard, but quite a different story if someone else does?

And why don't you check that your son has poo-picked the paddock properly before you ask me to move my horses into it?

And why don't you ever pick up the trodden hay in your paddock, but are quick to remind me that I should (even though I always do!)




This is SO cathartic!!

 

[ThePony]

gosh, I think I'm on the same yard as you!

 

[katpierse]

Feel like i want to rant.

Just because my pony is older.(26yrs) and is still ridden does not make me cruel. He does about 1 hour work a week, as he suffers from laminintis and a protein problem which means his muscles need to work to help him absore. Because of this he backend does look bad but if some one could please tell me how to overcome these problems.


He eats Simple systems, haylage and sweet meadow hay, he is turned out with a rug, (has been since august), wears a rug at night and still weight gain is a slow and long lonely game.

He bullies all the horses in the field and see the vet every 5 months but I still get people saying i am cruel. I spend roughly £200 a month on him feed shoes and other things.

What I'm I supposed to do? Have a happy healthy ( apart from the weight ) pony put to sleep?

If he does not work he is moody and evil to handled. He is so happy.

He cant have weight gaining feeds because of the laminitis and protein problem. And he will not eat oilly feeds.

I adore him. And if he was in pain or suffering i would do it myself.
If any one has any other ideas i am all ears.

 

[lillith]

Oooooo rant thread - may I?

Here goes...

- No it is really, REALLY not cute that your ikkle baby foalio nibbles you and pushes you around and kicks out when led in hand. If you reward it the little b*gger will still be doing it when he is a 16hh monster and it will be an absolute pig to train out.

- Repeated for emphasis as many before me have already ranted fat natives do NOT require rugging and competition mix especialy when they are not clipped and do one lesson a week.

- One good smack is not cruel if the horse needs to know not to do that, it is a safety measure, a lesson and effective. However an extended beating is never acceptable.

That'll do for now.

Those of you who game may get this reference (unashamadly plagiarised from the awesomest cartoon ever). If life was like an MMORPG then those people who stand next to the 'breathing trainer' while spamming the world chat channel with 'zomg dudes, like how do i breathe' '*$£%@ someone tell me how to breathe nooooobs' would never get past their first day and life might be a lot easier for everyone else.

 

[Rosehip]

I have some more Im afraid...

Your 14.2 weighs 580kg, that I have stripped 10kg off her is great, but DOESNT make her 'a nice weight' now...it makes her obese instead of massively obese.
No, just because she is a cob doesnt mean she is ment to be that big.
No, its not cuddly.
NO she doesnt need a heavier rug on at night.
NO, she wont get cold, you could clip her out and leave her naked and she STILL wouldnt be cold!!!

Yes, a full clip looks super on your gelding...the belly fat however doesnt.

Yes, his sheath does smell doesnt it - no ta, I dont fancy finding out why.

Yes, your mare bit me, so yes I thumped her. If she does it again. I'll thump her harder.

No, I dont think he is the most wonderful thing in the world, he's a horse, he's ok.

No, they dont need a day net too...they ripple as it is.

No 'Darling' putting another rug on your painfully thin horse wont make his skin stop lifting, feeding him and letting the air get to him might help though.

Yes, my ponies are hairy bears, they also have better manners and coats than your pampered spoilt warmbloods.

Think Im done for now....but I'm sure there will be more!

 

[D66]

Those of you who game may get this reference (unashamadly plagiarised from the awesomest cartoon ever). If life was like an MMORPG then those people who stand next to the 'breathing trainer' while spamming the world chat channel with 'zomg dudes, like how do i breathe' '*$£%@ someone tell me how to breathe nooooobs' would never get past their first day and life might be a lot easier for everyone else.

Are you on the same stuff as Starzaan?

 

[TinselRider]

Oooooooooooooh I have more

- Yes I am cringing because your 18st daughter is jumping her 16hh THIN TB, NO I'm not suprised it has started bucking

- Yes I do expect something from you for taking your horse to shows.... more horses = more fuel consumption

- No your horse does not look "cute" in its pink glittery snuggy jams, it looks utterly stupid

- Yes I do expect to be thanked for slowing down and passing you safely, not ignored whilst you frown at every living being you see!

- No my horses do not need mountains of feed as you THINK yours does!

- Yes the field has mud in it IT HAS HORSES IN IT WHAT DO YOU EXPECT

- When I am approaching a warm up fence at a show I would appreciate it if you didn't park your chavved up self behind the fence I am about to jump

-My horse has stringhalt not a monster with 3 extra heads, 16 legs doing the can can, he is MORE than capable of being ridden thank you very much

-NO dearest darling Sophia is not a future olympian, unfortunatley riding in draw reins, a gag, hammering the poor pony around does not qualify her for any olympic teams

-No I do not want to do parelli with my horse and if you wave that stick on my face one more time YOU will resemble a shish kebab.

 

[lillith]

Hehe shish-kebab...mental image is funny

I'm not sure digger66 - what is starzaan on?

 

[Flummoxed]

gosh, I think I'm on the same yard as you!

It's always possible.....

You're not my YO, are you

 

[ThePony]

It's always possible.....

You're not my YO, are you

Noooo, because as well as being grumpy, I am also of course perfect!!

 

[Flummoxed]

Noooo, because as well as being grumpy, I am also of course perfect!!

Definitely not my YO then!!


Phew! (Wipes brow)

 

[PaddyMonty]

I have just two rants today.

1) Why are all the good horses for share that require an experienced rider miles away from northampton. I do not want to share a 15.1h cob.

2) If you have a horse that is normally calm and collected on the flat yet when turned in to a jump throws its head, locks on the bit and charges it DOES NOT mean s/he loves jumping. Most often its running from fear/anxiety.
Stuffing a stronger bit in its mouth is not a good solution.

 

[rubysmum]

I have just two rants today.

1) Why are all the good horses for share that require an experienced rider miles away from northampton. I do not want to share a 15.1h cob.

2) If you have a horse that is normally calm and collected on the flat yet when turned in to a jump throws its head, locks on the bit and charges it DOES NOT mean s/he loves jumping. Most often its running from fear/anxiety.
Stuffing a stronger bit in its mouth is not a good solution.

the 2nd one is sooooo one of my pet hates - "your pony is not happy/excited/having fun - he/she just wants to get it over & done with"........

 

[*hic*]

And more from me:

First text, along the lines of "X is so sad that she hasn't seen (little pony) for so long, can she ride today?" Well excuse me, it's not my fault that you and X decided that because it was raining you wouldn't ride on the days you'd booked to do so.

So I reply "Yes but its raining atm" and get the response "Oh well I don't think we'll bother then".

What do you think I do when it's raining, decide that actually I'm not going to do the horses / ponies? Perhaps you think they look after themselves in prolonged periods of damp. What the heck do you think happens on DIY livery? You certainly won't be getting my pony to take to DIY livery if you can't be arsed to even go and see the thing when it's raining.

No doubt I'll get a sad little message in the morning "Is (little pony) missing us?", I shall attempt not to answer with "How the heck do I know, it was raining so I didn't bother to go and see it?"

 

[cobgirlie]

May I join in?

No my cob is fine in his lightweight rug thanks. Yes I know he's clipped. He's also heavy weight, hairy where he's not clipped and perfectly happy.

No I am not cruel for not shoving him in a stable the moment the days grow a tad shorter, he is perfectly happy and capable of spending 23 hours of the day outside in a 5 acre field with companions.

Yes when I booked the school at 5.30 it was because I wanted to use it at 5.30 not at 5.50 because you arrived late and your brat had a tantrum and didn't want to ride her pony.

Yes I did buy that hay for my horse, your horse can eat the haylage quiet safely but mine can't so please don't steal my hay because precious is getting abit silly on the haylage. IF you actually took precious out it's stable for 5 mins of the day for anything other than walking it around the indoor school for an hour it might actually not be so silly and might actually behave like a happy, contented horse for once. It's bog all to do with it's haylage and more to do with the fact it's bored, lonely and desperate for a life.

 

[Natch]

Dear Mr Ill Informed,

Maybe that was the best known thing to feed horses 20 years ago. There has been a lot of research since then and current thinking is very different. Thats why when you ask I advise you differently to your old school instructor. Its not because I am faddy and don't have a clue what I'm talking about.

Dear Mr StuckInaRut,

Times have changed. More case studies and more research has come and gone since 20 years ago, and they are still coming. I do things the way that I believe is in the best interests of the horse following current thinking. I do my research well and am fully aware of the legal and scientific status. I can also make up my mind about things which aren't yet proven either way by science. This does not automatically qualifiy me as an airy fairy idiot who believes in the same rubbish as you think all stereotypical airy fairy idiots do. Please make the distinction.

Dear the business TakeAdvantage UK,

No I don't want to travel an hour round trip at late notice just to do 5 minutes of work and be out of pocket as a result. Nor do I want to do the gross, miscellaneous jobs which you are more than capable of doing but consider beneath you. No you won't remember the favours I did for you when I ask for a small favour. Yes I am fully aware that you count up all the favours you do for me and hold it against me. I know you won't forget the mistakes I've made half as easily as you forget all the things I have done that are over and above myjob role. This knowledge does not please me, neither does your attitude.,

 

[Spudlet]

Yes, my dog is a rescue. No, he is not dangerous. No, he does not have behavioural problems. No, he does not bite. Yes, he is trainable. No, he is not too old to learn. No, it was not his fault his useless former owners gave him up. No, he does not need to be kept on a lead at all times. No, you are not automatically taking on someone else's problems when you take a rescue.

EAT: No, you can't have him!

 

[cobgirlie]

Yes, my dog is a rescue. No, he is not dangerous. No, he does not have behavioural problems. No, he does not bite. Yes, he is trainable. No, he is not too old to learn. No, it was not his fault his useless former owners gave him up. No, he does not need to be kept on a lead at all times. No, you are not automatically taking on someone else's problems when you take a rescue.

EAT: No, you can't have him!

I get that with mine!! People's amazement that all 6 are rescues dogs and they all live together, they never fight, they don't eat children and they are perfectly safe off lead!!

 

[NumptyN]

To the potential loan horse owner who logged onto another forum to b1tch about me being a time waster:

No I did not travel miles in the pouring rain, groom and muck out your horse, traipse for miles through mud to catch and turn them out in order to have a 20 minute "joy ride." I don't count your horse having feet in such bad shape and them being so unfit that they fall over in the school while I'm on board very joyous, for one thing. I made myself late for a doctors appointment because I was polite enough to do everything for your horse and listen to your idiotic and ill-informed schpiel. No I don't want to share a horse who is crippled with arthritis, unfit and overweight, and has such bad conformation that she can't carry me. I am being honest when I tell you that all things considered I am too heavy for her to carry; and if you insist on disagreeing, I respectfully think I know more about a horse's ability to carry weight than you do. I also don't relish the thought of spending my winter buying lots of suppliments and spending hours and hours for weeks and months getting your horse sound, fit enough and correctly muscled enough for me to even think about getting on her back again. I was hardly a time waster when the horse wasn't as advertised: she is not sound and fit enough to get on and go. Yes the reason you are having so many "time wasters" IS because of you, not the horse. I had to lie as to the real reason I don't want to loan her because you wouldn't have accepted the truth. I wouldn't have gone off and b1tched on a forum but since you have, then had the thread locked before I could repy, I see no reason not to do so myself.

 

[peanut]

Who'd have thought this thread would have generated such a response

An awful lot of people must be feeling heaps better for having got it off their chest

 

[Rosehip]

Who'd have thought this thread would have generated such a response

An awful lot of people must be feeling heaps better for having got it off their chest

Oh god, its so cathartic though!
All those feelings and thoughts bottled up, because if we actually said what we thought, half of us would be out of a job, and the other half sporting black eyes!
Its great that we have a ranty thread, its just sad that we need one in the first place!

 

[TinselRider]

Oh god, its so cathartic though!
All those feelings and thoughts bottled up, because if we actually said what we thought, half of us would be out of a job, and the other half sporting black eyes!
Its great that we have a ranty thread, its just sad that we need one in the first place!

Agreed! If I voiced all my rantings out loud I wouldn't be able to stay in the country

 

[Rosehip]

Agreed! If I voiced all my rantings out loud I wouldn't be able to stay in the country

^^^^ Dito!! I'd lose my job and probably not get another in the area!
Im now imagining changing my name and having plastic surgery in order to get a new job!

 

[PapaFrita]

Yes of course its worth it, its the spelling police that write endless posts about bad spelling/puntuation getting on their nerves even having whole threads dedicated to it. Its their time they are wasting not mine, I,m out enjoying myself, not sitting looking for posts to shake their heads at.

But why is it worth it? You say in an earlier post that you deliberately make spelling and grammar mistakes because it annoys the spelling police. Are you getting back at them because the rants about poor spelling and grammar irritate you? I honestly am curious about people who do this. I don't understand the motivation; Do you enjoy winding people up?
I do, personally, like having a good rant about poor spelling and grammar. I seldom comment on individual posts with mistakes because most of the time I don't see it as my business, BUT careless spelling and grammar DO detract from the enjoyment I have of reading what people have to say. In the end it's not ME they're bothering because I tend to stop reading and don't reply to those posts.
At the end of the day, isn't a rant just a rant? Whether it's about spelling or grammar or your yard owner or some annoying people on your yard? What's the difference?

 

[PapaFrita]

And more from me:

First text, along the lines of "X is so sad that she hasn't seen (little pony) for so long, can she ride today?" Well excuse me, it's not my fault that you and X decided that because it was raining you wouldn't ride on the days you'd booked to do so.

So I reply "Yes but its raining atm" and get the response "Oh well I don't think we'll bother then".

What do you think I do when it's raining, decide that actually I'm not going to do the horses / ponies? Perhaps you think they look after themselves in prolonged periods of damp. What the heck do you think happens on DIY livery? You certainly won't be getting my pony to take to DIY livery if you can't be arsed to even go and see the thing when it's raining.

No doubt I'll get a sad little message in the morning "Is (little pony) missing us?", I shall attempt not to answer with "How the heck do I know, it was raining so I didn't bother to go and see it?"

What's in it for you? I mean... shouldn't you just get rid? I'll help shove 'em along

 

[Echo Bravo]

Dictation and spelling is taught in schools, so maybe the teachers aren't good enough or care enough. And I've enjoyed this post as so many people have spoken about what really gets them down. And many of us have given our honest opinions on posts gone bye and been torn strips off and called bullies.

 

[Pedantic]

I haven't read any of the posts, saw Grumpy Old fart in the title, am I mentioned anywhere else

 

[Pearlsasinger]

Completely unrelated to my bad day at work:
1. Wear your *****ing hi-viz all the time, not just at RC events - you don't mysteriously become easier to see when you are on your own.
2 For god's sake THANK tyhe drivers who slow down as they pass you, it might be ME that they pass next, after you've totally p*ssed them off, so I get the benefit of their raging temper.
3. Think that possibly the reason your pony 'doesn't like' jumping is because he can't lift your great weight over the bl**dy jumps - shrieking as you approach the jump WON'T help.
4. NO, the reason I give up my time to take entries at ALL the RC shows, is not because that is my favourite pastime and YES, it would be good if YOU could actually give up a few hours of your time, to do something similar and then, you never know, I might actually be able to either enter myself or watch my horse in the ring.
5. No we are NOT lucky enough to own our own place, we work bl**dy hard in incredibly stressful jobs to pay the mortgage and then come home and work bl**dy hard to maintain the fences/walls/land and just occasionally manage to ride our horses.