Re: [IceHorses] Turnout Sheets

2007-11-05 Thread Nancy Sturm
Minus forty-five? I'll pray for you dear. Nancy

RE: [IceHorses] Turnout Sheets

2007-11-05 Thread Karen Thomas
Minus forty-five? I'll pray for you dear. Now, Nancy, remember that's -45C, not F. Let me just quickly do the conversion Ok, -45C is only...WHAT? MINUS FORTY-NINE F! Oh my god, Wanda, how DO you stand it! Karen Karen Thomas Wingate, NC No virus found in this

Re: [IceHorses] Turnout Sheets

2007-11-05 Thread Janice McDonald
hey wanda did you ever go out and find your horses underneath the snow because they are short and the snow was deep?? Janice -- yipie tie yie yo

Re: [IceHorses] Turnout Sheets

2007-11-05 Thread IceDog
Now, Nancy, remember that's -45C, not F. One degree C is a larger change in actual temperature than one degree F. The two systems have to cross paths at some point and that point is at 40 below, -40°C and -40°F are the same temp. After you get lower than 40° below the same number is

Re: [IceHorses] Turnout Sheets

2007-11-05 Thread Nancy Sturm
Oh yeah. I always have trouble with the C/F conversions. I feel so much better now. Nancy

Re: [IceHorses] Turnout Sheets

2007-11-05 Thread Wanda Lauscher
On 05/11/2007, IceDog [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After you get lower than 40° below the same number is colder in Celsius than Fahrenheit, just as above 40° below Celsius is warmer than the same number Fahrenheit. Hope that make some sense. None Wanda

Re: [IceHorses] Turnout Sheets

2007-11-05 Thread Wanda Lauscher
On 05/11/2007, Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, -45C is only...WHAT? MINUS FORTY-NINE F! Oh my god, Wanda, how DO you stand it! I remember once hearing Ophra say that she loved rainy days because then the pressure was off. The weather was too bad to be out in it. I love cold

RE: [IceHorses] Turnout Sheets

2007-11-05 Thread Karen Thomas
None No need for it to make sense, when we have: http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/conversions.html Ah, life is so easy these days! That one lives in my favorites. :) Karen Karen Thomas Wingate, NC No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 /

Re: [IceHorses] Turnout Sheets

2007-11-05 Thread Janice McDonald
Where are you that deer season ends?? Here it is just beginning with bow season now, deer and turkeys then normal opening day is Thanksgiving day. Janice-- yipie tie yie yo

Re: [IceHorses] Turnout Sheets

2007-11-05 Thread Wanda Lauscher
On 05/11/2007, Janice McDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where are you that deer season ends?? Here it is just beginning with bow season now, deer and turkeys then normal opening day is Thanksgiving day. Janice-- yipie tie yie yo Here in Saskatchewan it was over on November 2. Thank

Re: [IceHorses] Turnout Sheets

2007-11-05 Thread Penelope Hodge
Now, Nancy, remember that's -45C, not F. One degree C is a larger change in actual temperature than one degree F. The two systems have to cross paths at some point and that point is at 40 below, -40°C and -40°F are the same temp. After you get lower than 40° below the same number

Re: [IceHorses] Turnout Sheets

2007-11-04 Thread Wanda Lauscher
On 01/11/2007, Nancy Sturm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now tell me again - the majority of you are not blanketing your Icelandics except in extreme weather ?? If that's correct, what do you consider extreme? Nancy, we've never blanketed, even during a blizzard this past spring. The horses just

Re: [IceHorses] Turnout Sheets

2007-11-02 Thread Anna Hopkins
On 11/1/07, Nancy Sturm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now tell me again - the majority of you are not blanketing your Icelandics except in extreme weather ?? If that's correct, what do you consider extreme? We get some below zero temps, freezing rains and snow. Even with a hard keeper QH/TB, I

Re: [IceHorses] Turnout Sheets

2007-11-01 Thread Nancy Sturm
Has Janice seen the orange one? Deer season ends here tomorrow (thank God), but I'd be tempted to buy the orange sheet. I usually keep my horses/ponies in the barn opening morning. Now tell me again - the majority of you are not blanketing your Icelandics except in extreme weather ?? If

RE: [IceHorses] Turnout Sheets

2007-11-01 Thread Karen Thomas
Now tell me again - the majority of you are not blanketing your Icelandics except in extreme weather ?? If that's correct, what do you consider extreme? I have never blanketed an Icelandic. I have a cooler, and I think I put it on a horse once, for about 5-10 minutes. Our temps on average

Re: [IceHorses] Turnout Sheets

2007-11-01 Thread Judy Ryder
the majority of you are not blanketing your Icelandics except in extreme weather ?? I don't blanket here in So CA, but I probably would if riding hard and coming home in cold or bad weather. Luckily, in Arizona, we had room in the hay shed to put a horse. One Easter we had a TWH filly born