These 7 stitches came from feeding a horse in an Ice storm.?ÿ She was feeling frisky and happy when I went into the barn, and gave a kick of joy that connected to my face when I brought out her food.?ÿ The front door to the house was iced shut.?ÿ The doors to the truck were iced shut.?ÿ The guy that got called for help had to beat the ice off the gate to get it open, but on the bright side, the emergency room was empty!?ÿ was in, x-rayed or cat scanned or whatever and sewed up and home in about an hour and a half.
Ouch
I have yet to meet a horse that likes me. ?ÿGive them a wide berth.
I have yet to meet a horse that likes me.
So many jokes, so little time. ??ÿ ??ÿ
Horses are just like people.... only more insane.
Horses are just like people.... only more insane.
I always thought it was "People are just like horses... only more insane." Horses can't shoot guns.?ÿ ??ÿ
Wait!....An ice storm??ÿ In August??ÿ In Texas??ÿ
Wait!....An ice storm??ÿ In August??ÿ In Texas??ÿ
Naw, it took me that long to remember to post the picture.?ÿ It's like I got knocked in the head or something...
"Naw, it took me that long to remember to post the picture.?ÿ It's like I got knocked in the head or something..."
That may have happened considering the stitches.?ÿ ??ÿ
Horses....I have decided that they are the kind of animal that should be admired from afar. If they could be served up for dinner I might have a different view of them....maybe from a dinner plate.
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There's no fundamental reason to not eat horse meat.?ÿ Culturally, the attitude varies widely.
https://www.eater.com/2017/12/15/16741848/horse-meat-restaurants-america-diners-canada
There's no fundamental reason to not eat horse meat.?ÿ Culturally, the attitude varies widely.
https://www.eater.com/2017/12/15/16741848/horse-meat-restaurants-america-diners-canada
I had a buddy who was teaching in?ÿKazakhstan, he tried Horse and liked it, and always post photos of canned Horse meat. I heard Horse meat spoils faster than other red meats, which is another reason it is not as popular in America. I went to Joe Beef in Montreal, and I am happy I did not see Horse meat on the menu the night I was there.
Was it the movie Silverado when they are getting out or prison and ask for their Horses, and they get the answer, what do you think you have been eating all Winter.?ÿ
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There's no fundamental reason to not eat horse meat.?ÿ Culturally, the attitude varies widely.
https://www.eater.com/2017/12/15/16741848/horse-meat-restaurants-america-diners-canada
You're correct....BUT, people in the U.S. have turned their horses into pets much like a dog or cat.
I read a good story on this subject a while back and because they are now a pet that the owners have treated them with all kinds of pharmaceuticals. I'm not talking regular vitamins but heavy duty stuff that regular livestock do not have. Cows and chickens and pigs I've been told have growth hormones but they have to be weaned off of them a month or so before slaughter but horses apparently have anti psychotic and morphine and other stuff that stays with them for a long time.?ÿ
And they touched on another matter that being the lack of horse slaughter houses in the U.S. and how the lack of domestic horse slaughter has forced or driven the value of a horse to zero $. What can you do with a horse when you don't want it anymore or can't afford it or it is old?
It is on the news here frequently that people who cannot afford turn them loose.?ÿ Recently a big story was how a lot of these upper class suburban women had "donated" them to some charity facility and later discovered they had been shipped to Mexico for slaughter. You would have to know something about North Fulton County but it is common practice when these people buy a overpriced lot with some acreage the women like to buy horses, usually geldings (imagine that) but sometimes stallions to graze in their little pasture so they can be looked at but never ridden. And then the bills come in for care and food.
Heck I was on a WMA a few years ago and found 2 dead horses with clear bullet holes in their heads.
Check out this prophesy from an interview with Thomas A. Edison in the New York World, November 17, 1895
??Talking of horseless carriage suggests to my mind that the horse is doomed. The bicycle, which, 10 years ago, was a curiosity, is now a necessity. It is found everywhere. Ten years from now you will be able to buy a horseless vehicle for what you would pay today for a wagon and a pair of horses. The money spent in the keep of the horses will be saved and the danger to life will be much reduced.?
??It is only a question of a short time when the carriages and trucks of every large city will be run by motors. The expense of keeping and feeding horses in a great city like New York is very heavy, and all this will be done away with. You must remember that every invention of this kind which is made adds to the general wealth by introducing a new system of greater economy of force. A great invention which facilitates commerce, enriches a country just as much as the discovery of vast hoards of gold.?
You can always go to Luxemborg for that.?ÿ I have seen horse on the menu there...
I think I know how you felt.?ÿ Back in the day when I was growing up on the farm, we used to milk cows in a?ÿstanchion barn where each cow had their own spot to eat and be milked daily.?ÿ You had to be careful about walking up behind them.?ÿ Make some noise or talk to them to let them know where you were at so you wouldn't spook them.?ÿ Well a couple two times I must not of did that.?ÿ I ended up getting kicked and landing in the manure gutter across the isle.?ÿ Never needed stitches though...
Monte, you came out better than a friend of mine that was on a light gallop down thru the wide grassy strip along the side of a highway and when the horse dropped down the side slope of a ditch block he caught air and left horse and he did not land well at all. He was wearing casts and stitches and wrapped ribs for awhile.
Never seen anyone come out of a meeting with horse hoofs or horse wrecks unscathed.
I have not owned or been on a horse since 1973 after they and some cattle payed my way thru college.
Did wrangle and rope from the ground and in and around stock pens for awhile afterwards to help manage?ÿ cattle for a few ranchers during calf and yearling sepearations and cuttins and to drag in a wayward bull from time to time.
I am not quick enough to get out of their way or get large enough to turn them anymore.
My horse runs on gas and is a 4wheeler at least.
A few weeks ago a friend of a friend of mine had her horse stolen, right out of its stall.?ÿ It was a barrel racing horse so probably worth some money.
Until quite recently I used to drive south to the nearest pine forests, park up, and avail myself of the logging tracks with the mountain bike for fitness. My normal run was the classic 45 minutes grind uphill, 15 minutes out and back along the ridge, then 15 minutes downhill drop back to the wagon. Quite often I'd meet the locals out pig hunting, with crew on horses, and the dogs scattered here and there, and to avoid a cluster.... I'd always slow down or stop to let them pass. One evening I'm flying downhill and I spy a local on horseback heading up, so I stop, and when he got to me, he stops, so I can't avoid a conversation. He said he was going out to set pig traps, and spent about five minutes (still mounted) describing this and that. Then suddenly, and I presume it was because he'd seen me gliding effortlessly downhill, he asked if I'd like to swap my bike for his horse. I was about to say "It ain't as easy as it looks, fella", but the horse cut in first and peeled off a tremendous blast of southern wind. I then felt there was nothing more to be said and carried on downhill.
Grandma used to get horse meat at a butcher's shop in Mexico, Maine back in the day.?ÿ I enjoyed eating it in Europe.?ÿ Horses are one of the most inefficient animals to raise for meat in terms of the amount of feed required to create consumable calories.
