View Poll Results: Do you prefer us lobbing Potatoes or Grenades to take care of spammers?
Lob potatoes to just stun them
2
18.18%
Lob grenades and remove them from the TMS pool permanently
9
81.82%
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Mustangs Coast to Coast
4/5/13, 12:38 PM
Service Manager
Well I'm working....I now have to go out and drive the Terminator powered 67 Shelby(aka T-67) for a while as part of my job.....So who has it better?!? You can have your Union job...at least my **** is planted behind a supercharged Classic instead of an office chair as part of "work"
4/5/13, 12:52 PM
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4/5/13, 12:56 PM
4/5/13, 01:05 PM
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So... how was your week? I've had better but I'm not complaining. Out of sadness came opportunity to accomplish something I hadn't done before and had been mentally prepping myself for a few years now.
Grammie Chelse went down Tuesday, 3 months shy of 33. She went off her feed on Monday the 25th. Wouldn't even eat her senior pellet feed which she loved. Had a bit of a cough so maybe it was respiratory? Would nibble at hay but clearly wasn't getting enough each day to sustain her.
Mid week I heard the alpha stallion pitchin a fit in the evening so I went out and she was standing over in the back corner behind the trees by herself - like she went there to die alone. Hawkwind was pacing and yelling at her - kind of like "get over here next to me" or "don't you go over there to die, you get over here!!" It was amazing to watch. Stallions are so cool.
I looked out this Tues afternoon, saw she was laying down so I went to check on her. She was laboring to breathe. I tried to get her up but she was too weak. By the time I got things rounded up and back out there she was pretty well gone. So the bullet was just to make sure. I like the peaceful smile on her face.
I had hoped she wouldn't go down in the winter and I hoped I would have the strength to save her hide. Beautiful blue roan with blanket/spots. In '99 when I skinned the stallion my buddy did most the work, I just assisted. So I drug her to the corner away from the other horses, gathered tools and a spotlight and went to work. I did well. Done in 4 1/4 hrs (still sore), left only a bit of meat I need to flesh, and didn't cut through the hide once. First large animal I've done by myself.
I covered her with a tarp and left the spotlight on hoping that would keep coyotes away. Up several times during the night to make sure. Throughout the night pretty much the whole herd was whinnying like "get up Grammie - why aren't you getting up?"
Found a tanning kit for $65 (taxidermist wanted $400) so I've got work ahead of me. These pelts are just too nice to bury, and now Chelse Girl - the matriarch of my herd - will be immortal at my mountain lodge like Echohawk is - the patriarch of my herd.
'Tools of the trade' for Scott:
https://themustangsource.com/f649/yo...2/#post6595184
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Grammie Chelse went down Tuesday, 3 months shy of 33. She went off her feed on Monday the 25th. Wouldn't even eat her senior pellet feed which she loved. Had a bit of a cough so maybe it was respiratory? Would nibble at hay but clearly wasn't getting enough each day to sustain her.
Mid week I heard the alpha stallion pitchin a fit in the evening so I went out and she was standing over in the back corner behind the trees by herself - like she went there to die alone. Hawkwind was pacing and yelling at her - kind of like "get over here next to me" or "don't you go over there to die, you get over here!!" It was amazing to watch. Stallions are so cool.
I looked out this Tues afternoon, saw she was laying down so I went to check on her. She was laboring to breathe. I tried to get her up but she was too weak. By the time I got things rounded up and back out there she was pretty well gone. So the bullet was just to make sure. I like the peaceful smile on her face.
I had hoped she wouldn't go down in the winter and I hoped I would have the strength to save her hide. Beautiful blue roan with blanket/spots. In '99 when I skinned the stallion my buddy did most the work, I just assisted. So I drug her to the corner away from the other horses, gathered tools and a spotlight and went to work. I did well. Done in 4 1/4 hrs (still sore), left only a bit of meat I need to flesh, and didn't cut through the hide once. First large animal I've done by myself.
I covered her with a tarp and left the spotlight on hoping that would keep coyotes away. Up several times during the night to make sure. Throughout the night pretty much the whole herd was whinnying like "get up Grammie - why aren't you getting up?"
Found a tanning kit for $65 (taxidermist wanted $400) so I've got work ahead of me. These pelts are just too nice to bury, and now Chelse Girl - the matriarch of my herd - will be immortal at my mountain lodge like Echohawk is - the patriarch of my herd.
'Tools of the trade' for Scott:
https://themustangsource.com/f649/yo...2/#post6595184
.
Last edited by cdynaco; 4/5/13 at 01:14 PM.
4/5/13, 01:14 PM
**** Charlie, really sorry to hear that man. Doesn't make it any easier, but its just the circle of life. Nothing we can do about it but make the best of the time we have and cherish the memories that will always live on.
4/5/13, 01:17 PM
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4/5/13, 01:22 PM
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So... how was your week? I've had better but I'm not complaining. Out of sadness came opportunity to accomplish something I hadn't done before and had been mentally prepping myself for a few years now.
Grammie Chelse went down Tuesday, 3 months shy of 33. She went off her feed on Monday the 25th. Wouldn't even eat her senior pellet feed which she loved. Had a bit of a cough so maybe it was respiratory? Would nibble at hay but clearly wasn't getting enough each day to sustain her.
Mid week I heard the alpha stallion pitchin a fit in the evening so I went out and she was standing over in the back corner behind the trees by herself - like she went there to die alone. Hawkwind was pacing and yelling at her - kind of like "get over here next to me" or "don't you go over there to die, you get over here!!" It was amazing to watch. Stallions are so cool.
I looked out this Tues afternoon, saw she was laying down so I went to check on her. She was laboring to breathe. I tried to get her up but she was too weak. By the time I got things rounded up and back out there she was pretty well gone. So the bullet was just to make sure. I like the peaceful smile on her face.
I had hoped she wouldn't go down in the winter and I hoped I would have the strength to save her hide. Beautiful blue roan with blanket/spots. In '99 when I skinned the stallion my buddy did most the work, I just assisted. So I drug her to the corner away from the other horses, gathered tools and a spotlight and went to work. I did well. Done in 4 1/4 hrs (still sore), left only a bit of meat I need to flesh, and didn't cut through the hide once. First large animal I've done by myself.
I covered her with a tarp and left the spotlight on hoping that would keep coyotes away. Up several times during the night to make sure. Throughout the night pretty much the whole herd was whinnying like "get up Grammie - why aren't you getting up?"
Found a tanning kit for $65 (taxidermist wanted $400) so I've got work ahead of me. These pelts are just too nice to bury, and now Chelse Girl - the matriarch of my herd - will be immortal at my mountain lodge like Echohawk is - the patriarch of my herd.
'Tools of the trade' for Scott:
https://themustangsource.com/f649/yo...2/#post6595184
.
Grammie Chelse went down Tuesday, 3 months shy of 33. She went off her feed on Monday the 25th. Wouldn't even eat her senior pellet feed which she loved. Had a bit of a cough so maybe it was respiratory? Would nibble at hay but clearly wasn't getting enough each day to sustain her.
Mid week I heard the alpha stallion pitchin a fit in the evening so I went out and she was standing over in the back corner behind the trees by herself - like she went there to die alone. Hawkwind was pacing and yelling at her - kind of like "get over here next to me" or "don't you go over there to die, you get over here!!" It was amazing to watch. Stallions are so cool.
I looked out this Tues afternoon, saw she was laying down so I went to check on her. She was laboring to breathe. I tried to get her up but she was too weak. By the time I got things rounded up and back out there she was pretty well gone. So the bullet was just to make sure. I like the peaceful smile on her face.
I had hoped she wouldn't go down in the winter and I hoped I would have the strength to save her hide. Beautiful blue roan with blanket/spots. In '99 when I skinned the stallion my buddy did most the work, I just assisted. So I drug her to the corner away from the other horses, gathered tools and a spotlight and went to work. I did well. Done in 4 1/4 hrs (still sore), left only a bit of meat I need to flesh, and didn't cut through the hide once. First large animal I've done by myself.
I covered her with a tarp and left the spotlight on hoping that would keep coyotes away. Up several times during the night to make sure. Throughout the night pretty much the whole herd was whinnying like "get up Grammie - why aren't you getting up?"
Found a tanning kit for $65 (taxidermist wanted $400) so I've got work ahead of me. These pelts are just too nice to bury, and now Chelse Girl - the matriarch of my herd - will be immortal at my mountain lodge like Echohawk is - the patriarch of my herd.
'Tools of the trade' for Scott:
https://themustangsource.com/f649/yo...2/#post6595184
.
4/5/13, 01:24 PM
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4/5/13, 01:31 PM
The Legacy TMS Lady
I'm sorry, Charlie
4/5/13, 01:31 PM
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I'm sorry for your loss Charlie, I know it's not easy. I'm glad you were able to get the hide as you wanted. Both are beautiful and memorialized.
I don't think the pics are inappropriate and I appreciate you posting them.