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peter nap

peter nap

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It's a little cool here this morning. I got up at 1:00 AM to get an order on the road at 4:00. Got that out and decided to work on a blade.

I fired the forge up and after about 2 minutes the flame froze. Yep just froze up about a foot out from the burner. I snapped a piece of flame off and looked at it and stuck it in my pocket. It must have thawed out in my pocket cause a little while later, a burn hole appeared in my pocket and the flame chip was gone.

Well.....I rigged a second burner and started it up. `It thawed the first one out pretty well but once every 15 minutes or so, I have to start it up again to knock some of the ice off the first flame.
 
Man, and I was whining about the little 12 degrees we have this morning! I'll start counting my blessings again, thanks for the reality check Don.
 
Shucks Dave, your having a heat wave. It's still 8 here.
We had Thunder snow last night. That's only the second time in my life I've seen that.
 
You guys should spend a week here in the winter. Yesterday morning when I went to the shop to feed the cats it was -15 outside :eek: Now I see that Christmas eve day is getting up to "0" :grumpy: and my kids and grandkids want to go to my Mothers for Christmas eve. I don't think they would think it was funny if I quit answering my phone when they call :rolleyes:

MERRY CHRISTMAS ( Bah Humbug )
 
I feel for you Pete :D
Actually, I like cold. What I don't like is going from 50 degrees to 9 in 8 hours. My old body doesn't adjust that fast anymore.

On the other hand I found a new way to make canister Damascus. I brought a piece of steel up to welding temperature and pulled it out of the forge.
It froze before it had a chance to cool off.

I took another piece of steel and drilled a hole in it.

I tapped the frozen piece in and used the heat gun on it.

The frozen piece thawed and welded itself to the center of the bigger piece.
:footinmou :footinmou :footinmou :footinmou :footinmou
 
:eek: ;) :eek: Got watch yourself in that kinda weather.


My uncle froze to the outhouse seat once. He was a real PITA after that.
 
Eight? ?Your crying about EIGHT?
HA! I went out to feed the horses this morning and it was NEGATIVE TWO WITHOUT THE WINDCHILL!
And I didn't get to run the forge to warm up either. I got to go haul hay and straw to the racetrack. This is the first I've been inside all day except for when we ate lunch.
I hate winter :grumpy:
 
Aww I know what you guys mean! It was cold this morning! I went out bare footed to get the paper this morning and wished I had put slippers on. It must have been in the upper twenties! :eek: And today it barely got to fifty degrees!!! Supposed to be 65 for the high tomorrow though... :D
 
I know I ain't got much to bitch about, but it was around 15 degrees yesterday morning and that wind was howling. I was trekking through fields to get to the duck blind and I think I damn-near froze my hands off.

It didn't help that I didn't see a single duck or goose either. :grumpy:
 
I don't know how yall live. I can't take anything below 60, and even then, it's a tank top, t shirt, and jacket. I was out riding today, and my teacher had to leave for a second to get her jacket- it was almost 70 out.

Do you actually ride Matt, or do you just take care of the horses?
 
I show quarter horses (reining). We have an indoor but its not heated so I don't do quite as much in the winter. Try to ride the one I show at least 3-4 times a week in the winter compared to at least 6 days a week during the show season. Winter sucks :grumpy: I've tried coveralls and all but its just not right. Most of the time I just stick with a heavy coat and let my legs go numb when I'm riding :eek: I really don't like wearing gloves on my rein hand either. If I'm doing barn work or anything like that I wear carharts and a lot more layers.
What kind of riding do you do Peter? I'd love to move somewhere warmer, texas seemed too hot when I was there though. I was in Ft. Worth in August twice for the AQHYA World Show and the heat was pretty hard on my horses. I didn't mind it much cause it wasn't humid like it gets up here, but the horses got winded and lathered up pretty quick.
 
Matt I know what that hot humidity is like; it blows. Much as I like to whine about cold weather I sure prefer it to Iowa summers. I have kind of a rep at work - I'm the guy who likes inclement weather. The colder the better (I don't really mind my whining, it's the other people who mind it) and if there's a major thunderstorm I'm the one out there waving my arms around. But let it be hot and I'm staying indoors. Our yard gets looking pretty tacky by about July or so, but it's spiffy in the Fall! :D I'm the guy who shovels the (nice) neighbor's sidewalks 'cause I'm the first one out on snow days. I'm small I know, but it makes me feel good to shovel all the sidewalks around my house except the evil neighbors'. ;) Let em wade, I say.

But if it ever gets cold enough to freeze the flame in the forge, I'm going back inside. :D
 
I ride english. We have a 16h german horse, two 15h quarter horses- one is the sweetest thing on earth, and the other is a beautiful black with a perfect diamond, but it kicks. We also has a 14.3 arabian, a 14.2 quarter pony who is only two years old, but is super athletic and can do flying lead changes without signaling (he would make a great cutting pony- you'd have to see him), and we have a little welsh pony. Other than that, we have two boarders, and a mare who didn't seem to pickup the good traits from her mother.
Since were in Texas, the owner and teacher there has a water trough in the ring, and during the 80- 95 degree wheather (we don't ride on hotter days), they are allowed drinks whenever they want. Another good thing is that these horses were either born here, or have spent a while here (big advantage in the arena :D ). The arabian is another case alltogether- he can go forever without water in 100F wheather.
What are your like, and what do you ride
Oh yah, another thing, on the 30th, my instructor is letting me come to watch her farrier. :) :) :) :)
 
Dave
I'd rather it stayed about 80 degrees and sunny year round, maybe rain one day a week so the hay and stuff would grow an I'd be a happy camper. Since paradise doesn't exist, I bitch about all weather cold or hot :D

Peter
We have 12 in the barn right now. All quarter horses. I have a 6 year old mare I raised from a weanling that I show in reining. She's about 14.2 and built pretty stout, stops real big when I can get her to try and she's figuring out the other stuff pretty well. We ended up and won the point standings for the amature reining in Ohio this year (OQHA circuit).
I also have a weanling colt, yearling colt and two year old mare, all out of a mare I used to show. I'm trying to sell the 2 year old cause she's too small for me to ride (13 hands, I'm 6'3") she's really talented though. I've got her started under saddle but can't get on her. I'll sell one of the colts also and keep the other to show, its like dr. evil and mini me right now, they look exactly alike. Both really nice horses too, I can't choose which one I want :D Want to pass the mare I have now on to my sister soon.

My sister has an old mare my brother used to show and a weanling that we bred this year. Then my bother has a couple mares and a yearling stud colt out of a mare he used to show. I've pretty much taken charge of halter breaking all the young ones and getting them used to being handled. Its fun, although it usually takes some wrastlin :eek:

The two brood mares are ones my brother and I used to show. They're about as nice as you could ask for when it comes to brood mares, throw a nice foal and aren't overly protective or hard to deal with.
The other two horses in the barn are boarded.

You've never watched the farrier before? Thats funny, I've spent hours and hours holding horses for the farrier. It can be really boring if your not interested in the work. I talk tools and forging with him though and have learned a lot about a horses feet from him. Lesson number one: Don't let the horse bite him in the middle of the back. Lesson numer two: Don't let the horse move around. Lesson number three: Don't let the horse bit him in the middle of the back :D

Wow this is getting really long and off topic. I know....
You should start riding western so you don't have to wear those goofy pants that don't have pockets for knives :p Especially knives that you've made (back on topic now right?) :D
 
It felt like Winter is finally here walking between buildings right by the bay. Nice 30 mph winds at 0430 wakes you up real good.
 
My teacher is an ex- western rider- we get chapps. Showing is gonna be a pain in the ass, but hey, I can deal with it. I only been riding a few months now, but I'm with kids who have ridden for a few years- I learn pretty quick. There is also the fact that I'm only 13. Those two things make it hard to have any experiance with the farrier. I'm pretty happy about the farrier visit, cause I'm too young too attend blacksmithing classes. Other than the occasional farrier visit- I'm gonna wing it.
As far as the biting problem goes- that's the 16h German, and he only nipps (they can leave monster bruises though).
 
You got it as bad as we did Mark. We had to have equipment there early this morning and the roads were a solid sheet of ice all the way from Richmond to the beach.
 
seeeeeeeeeeeelected what color short sleeved T-shirt I wanted to wear (I only wear black...every day....) put on my cargo shorts and headed out for the car. I love south Texas. :)


a very warm,
mitch
 
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