This message is from: " Dave McWethy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I thought I'd copy here what I wrote on the CD-L. Three pieces.
> What kind of horse did I buy? > > I called my wife on my way home, to say I bought a horse. Then as she > started to ask me about it, I made static and said the signal was breaking > up, and hung up. She had the rest of my trip home to wonder. She said she > was thinking if it was a living breathing one, I was crazy to have one more > to feed. She guessed a stuffed horse. Wrong. It's a full size horse made > of plastic. Maybe because she was so relieved, she thought he was cool. > > I had decided that it would be very good to have one to hang harness on, to > display it. When I visited the ADS booth at EE, their display horse was > very eye-catching. I saw it before I realized it was the ADS booth. After > that I had a pleasant visit with Holly Pulsifer, Natasha Grigg and Susan > Koso, all there at the booth, spreading enthusiasm. > > On late Sunday afternoon, when price meltdown happens, I saw this horse at a > tack store booth with a price on his side. I told the woman I didn't think > I could pay that much and she gave me a price I liked. She was happy not to > have to transport him back to RI. Turns out the best way to move these > plastic horses is in a horse trailer. > > I had some doubts about getting it home. I was going home with a four horse > trailer, but with a wagon in the front and pair in the back. Perhaps I > could put it between my mares, except I was concerned they might take > offense if the gelding leaned on them going around a corner and they could > kick its plastic legs off. > > Carrying it around the expo floor got a lot of attention. Someone suggested > I train it to walk. I parked it at the Fjord booth, where people came along > to talk to him and give him a pet. A conversation with one led to > discovering she needed a harness, so this horse is working for me already. > > This horse could be useful for a Fjord booth in the future, but we figured > we'd have to sew a Fjord suit (well padded) to hang over him to transform > him. > > His name at the tack shop was Secretariat. I hope it isn't bad luck to > rename a horse. He is now "Camptown". Someone later told me that Camptown > also was a famous racehorse. > > Back at the horse trailer I couldn't picture him traveling with my mares. > Instead I measured him and discovered he would fit sideways just behind the > cab in front of the gooseneck. We tied him securely front and back, > standing on his feet, and that's how we went home. A few people hurt their > necks turning around to look at us as they drove by. > > Camptown made it home intact, with no bruises. He's now temporarily > standing in my living room. I'd like to get a pile of plastic manure to put > behind him. Every time I walk into the room he takes me by surprixe - what > the hell's this horse doing in the house? > > So anyway, I got a new horse. Life is good. > > > > >
