Horses - Page 3

xoxoxoBruce · 08-28-2015, 08:46 AM

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This is the same intersection today. Not much looks familiar.

Thanks for the flash forward! Notice trolley is long gone, the streets are comparatively narrow, although the sidewalks are wide as a result of urban renewal money. I lived in Medford, just west of here, when I worked at Tufts University. Malden was considerably different, although no horse water trough.
If Maldenites... Maldonians... them, want to go to Boston, as many commuters do, they are slaves of the MBTA, which used to be the MTA. I think they changed the name after what happened to poor Charlie.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-11-2015, 05:56 PM

The Ferrier...

Sundae · 09-12-2015, 06:24 AM

It's farrier here. Interestingly, the American usage is closer to the original, which is French (from ferrous for iron.)
As in chemin de fer - the traditional French for railway.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-13-2015, 09:58 AM

Baby steps doesn't mean left behind.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-29-2015, 10:55 AM

Nice Brookie, that's a good horsey, easy boy...

Gravdigr · 09-29-2015, 04:05 PM

Jumping Jehosaphat!!!!

Look. At. The. Neck. On. That. Hoss.

BigV · 09-29-2015, 06:51 PM

yeah... but look at the wabbit on this hoss. and the neck, don't forget the neck too.

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They do kinda favor each other, neigh?

xoxoxoBruce · 10-05-2015, 12:37 PM

The opposite extreme... would of saved this for a Friday IOtD but you bastards would have eaten the poor little guy.

limey · 10-05-2015, 03:00 PM

But there's more meat on the hoss in post 35 ...

Sent by thought transference

lumberjim · 10-05-2015, 03:38 PM

Biggest Horse I've been near. These are Percherons. hard to tell just how huge they are until I pan back and you can see jinx next to them

xoxoxoBruce · 10-05-2015, 07:48 PM

Percherons, Belgians, and Clydesdales, The Eagles need that tonnage.

Carruthers · 10-12-2015, 09:10 AM

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Ian Williams and his Clydesdale horses, Madge and Dolly, were among more than 230 entrants at the British National Ploughing Championships at Marden, Kent.

The annual event, in its 65th year, has categories ranging from vintage tractors to heavy horses.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-12-2015, 09:27 AM

OMG, they're so beautifully matched I want to squee. When I see pictures like this my heart wants to move to the country and lead a cinematic life of honest sweat, in a working relationship with these gentle giants. But after a couple minutes the brain kicks in with a word from our sponsor. Do you want to live that rural dream? Have you forgotten getting up at 5AM, in a 10 below blizzard, to trudge to the barn where they're waiting impatiently for breakfast?
Want to roll over and catch another 40 winks? The tractor don't care, the truck don't care, the animals care. Sigh, the bucolic life isn't, but the horses are.

Carruthers · 10-14-2015, 01:50 PM

As heavy horses have made several appearances in this thread, I thought that this picture might be of passing interest.

The shoe on the left is from a Shire and that on the right is from my old horse.

He was a fairly big lad and wasn't exactly small in the hoof department, but his shoe pales into insignificance next to the Shire's.

Incidentally, I've never met a farrier who didn't wear steel toe capped boots.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-14-2015, 02:02 PM

Anyone who's spent time around horses has had their foot stepped on and farriers spend most of their time vulnerable. The worst part is it's not like them walking by and stepping on you, usually they are changing position and stand on your foot, so you can't do anything until you convince them to move.

I see the heavy shoe still has one caulk(or cork, depending on where you're from), but none left, or never were, on the smaller shoe.

09-11-2015, 05:56 PM	#32
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The Ferrier... Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-12-2015, 06:24 AM	#33
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	It's farrier here. Interestingly, the American usage is closer to the original, which is French (from ferrous for iron.) As in chemin de fer - the traditional French for railway. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

09-13-2015, 09:58 AM	#34
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Baby steps doesn't mean left behind. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-29-2015, 10:55 AM	#35
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Nice Brookie, that's a good horsey, easy boy... Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-29-2015, 04:05 PM	#36
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Jumping Jehosaphat!!!! Look. At. The. Neck. On. That. Hoss. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

09-29-2015, 06:51 PM	#37
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	yeah... but look at the wabbit on this hoss. and the neck, don't forget the neck too. They do kinda favor each other, neigh? __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

10-05-2015, 12:37 PM	#38
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The opposite extreme... would of saved this for a Friday IOtD but you bastards would have eaten the poor little guy. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-05-2015, 03:00 PM	#39
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	But there's more meat on the hoss in post 35 ... Sent by thought transference __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

10-05-2015, 03:38 PM	#40
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Biggest Horse I've been near. These are Percherons. hard to tell just how huge they are until I pan back and you can see jinx next to them __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

10-05-2015, 07:48 PM	#41
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Percherons, Belgians, and Clydesdales, The Eagles need that tonnage. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-12-2015, 09:27 AM	#43
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	OMG, they're so beautifully matched I want to squee. When I see pictures like this my heart wants to move to the country and lead a cinematic life of honest sweat, in a working relationship with these gentle giants. But after a couple minutes the brain kicks in with a word from our sponsor. Do you want to live that rural dream? Have you forgotten getting up at 5AM, in a 10 below blizzard, to trudge to the barn where they're waiting impatiently for breakfast? Want to roll over and catch another 40 winks? The tractor don't care, the truck don't care, the animals care. Sigh, the bucolic life isn't, but the horses are. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-14-2015, 01:50 PM	#44
Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	As heavy horses have made several appearances in this thread, I thought that this picture might be of passing interest. The shoe on the left is from a Shire and that on the right is from my old horse. He was a fairly big lad and wasn't exactly small in the hoof department, but his shoe pales into insignificance next to the Shire's. Incidentally, I've never met a farrier who didn't wear steel toe capped boots. __________________

10-14-2015, 02:02 PM	#45
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Anyone who's spent time around horses has had their foot stepped on and farriers spend most of their time vulnerable. The worst part is it's not like them walking by and stepping on you, usually they are changing position and stand on your foot, so you can't do anything until you convince them to move. I see the heavy shoe still has one caulk(or cork, depending on where you're from), but none left, or never were, on the smaller shoe. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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