Re: Marketing success story

2009-04-21 Thread KateSeidel
This message is from: katesei...@aol.com Corinne, this sounds like a wonderful and exhausting event. Knowing what a horse nut I was as a kid, I guess I should never be surprised at how overwhelmingly popular pony rides are - especially when they are Fjords! I particularly get a kick out

Round Pens

2009-04-21 Thread KateSeidel
This message is from: katesei...@aol.com Because apparently I have nothing better to do than basically wad my money up and throw it in the street, I have decided I can no longer survive without a round pen. No, really - since I'm apparently too afraid to ride any more, I spend a LOT of

Re: Trimming Replies -- AGAIN!!

2009-04-21 Thread Beth Pulsifer
This message is from: Beth Pulsifer magicm...@roadrunner.com - You've got it exactly right Beth! Give the lady a Gold Star! -- Gee thanks!!! :) Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads:

Re: Collectors

2009-04-21 Thread Genie Dethloff
This message is from: Genie Dethloff gdp...@comcast.net We had bought land in Michigan in the start of a small horse community that was adjacent to a long standing one. Due to job instability we sold the land and never built there. A month after we sold, my husband's company closed it's

round pen

2009-04-21 Thread BBDRI1
This message is from: bbd...@aol.com Hello: Bonnie Dobson here in Floridaowned by two amazing fjordhorses, Thor and Stine Gutten. Katemy round pen is now the official diet pen and it is a Fjord lifesaver here in Florida where the green grass grows year round. I consider it

Re: What is CEM

2009-04-21 Thread Sally A. Kjorsvig
This message is from: Sally A. Kjorsvig kjors...@venturecomm.net Thank you for printing this message about CEM, I do read alot of the messages and print out the ones that I feel I learn from. I had not heard of CEM until it came up on the list. To be able to print it out and understand what

From the List Admin: READ THIS (or else)

2009-04-21 Thread Steve McIlree
This message is from: Steve McIlree st...@carriagehorse.com What is it that is so hard to comprehend? I ranted on just yesterday about trimming replies. I threatened loss of posting privileges. And yet, just minutes ago, a reply showed up in my In Box which contained the entire message to

Re: From the List Admin: READ THIS (or else)

2009-04-21 Thread KateSeidel
This message is from: katesei...@aol.com I do a lot of tech support. People rarely do these types of things intentionally with the purpose of being discourteous. In fact, I would say that most people do not do it knowingly, or have any idea they are doing it, even if they've been told.

Re: round pen

2009-04-21 Thread Cherie Mascis
This message is from: Cherie Mascis vikinghorseri...@bellsouth.net my round pen is now the official diet pen and it is a Fjord lifesaver here in Florida where the green grass grows year round. If anyone is looking for a portable, electric round-pen (not electrified when used as a round

RE: From the List Admin: READ THIS (or else)

2009-04-21 Thread plumg...@pon.net
This message is from: plumg...@pon.net plumg...@pon.net One thing that might help is to have folks try subscribing to the digest for a while. When they do, they will realize how it makes the list almost impossible to read if people do not trim posts. I had to give up on digests because the

Re: From the List Admin: READ THIS (or else)

2009-04-21 Thread Heather Baskey
This message is from: Heather Baskey cavy_l...@yahoo.com Hello from an Offender of not trimming messages.  Although, I have been in good graces for a few days, I will explain the errors of my ways.  Unfortunately, I get so excited about a topic and/or rush to reply, that I have been rude and have

Re: From the List Admin: READ THIS (or else)

2009-04-21 Thread Steve McIlree
This message is from: Steve McIlree st...@carriagehorse.com katesei...@aol.com wrote: ... People rarely do these types of things intentionally with the purpose of being discourteous. In fact, I would say that most people do not do it knowingly, or have any idea they are doing it... I

RE: Re: From the List Admin: READ THIS (or else)

2009-04-21 Thread plumg...@pon.net
This message is from: plumg...@pon.net plumg...@pon.net Not to mention the fact that replying to the digest and not trimming means duplicating every single post in that digest...including the ones that were already not trimmed. There must be some kind of exponential duplication that happens when

Trimming quotes

2009-04-21 Thread Linda Lehnert
This message is from: Linda Lehnert lindalehn...@hotmail.com I get my FH List every day in digest form and I don't understand why people have to quote from a previous message. The List from the previous day is always in my deleted messages file if I want to refer to it. Even I can remember what

Re:what is CEM

2009-04-21 Thread FoxxRidge
This message is from: foxxri...@aol.com WHAT IS CEM ? Contagious Equine Metritis Kudos to Sophie and Howard for the class and professionalism they have shown in dealing with the recent CEM issues. Their prompt attention to alerting and educating those of us who had bred to Fernando helped

RE: From the List Admin: READ THIS (or else)

2009-04-21 Thread Tom Rounsville
This message is from: Tom Rounsville trounsvi...@stny.rr.com How do you trim? -Original Message- From: owner-fjordho...@angus.mystery.com [mailto:owner-fjordho...@angus.mystery.com] On Behalf Of Steve McIlree Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 1:24 PM To: FHL Subject: From the List Admin:

Re: fjordhorse-digest V2009 #82

2009-04-21 Thread CrystalZak
This message is from: crystal...@aol.com In a message dated 4/21/09 1:21:18 PM, owner-fjordhorse-dig...@angus.mystery.com writes: Come on folks, those of you who are tired of scrolling through untrimmed replies on the Digest, speak up now. sick to death of it. laurie ** A

Small Farmers Journal Auction

2009-04-21 Thread jerry friz
This message is from: jerry friz jf...@com-pair.net I just want to thank Karen for the results of the auction. I always wanted to attend the auction, and have never been able to...[I need to rearrange my priorities] That part of Oregon, [central] still has a few farmers using horsepower, I

Re: From the List Admin: READ THIS (or else)

2009-04-21 Thread jerry friz
This message is from: jerry friz jf...@com-pair.net This message is from: Steve McIlree st...@carriagehorse.com What is it that is so hard to comprehend? - Steve, thank you for working on a solution to this. [ I wore my delete key

Re: fjordhorse-digest V2009 #82

2009-04-21 Thread igs4me tds.net
This message is from: igs4me tds.net igs...@tds.net Steve wrote: Maybe we should have an open discussion here about just why people can't seem to extend this little courtesy to the rest of us on the List. I just assume that people are hitting the send button a little too quickly. An

Re: fjordhorse-digest V2009 #82

2009-04-21 Thread Lauren Chumley
This message is from: Lauren Chumley xhaltsal...@gmail.com I, for one, have almost canceled my subscription to this list on more than one occasion due to having to scroll through page after page of untrimmed replies on the Digest. I understand that people do not do this on purpose, but Steve has

RE: From the List Admin: READ THIS (or else)

2009-04-21 Thread plumg...@pon.net
This message is from: plumg...@pon.net plumg...@pon.net What e-mail program do you use? Basically, you hit reply, then go in and delete the text from the old message before you write your own. I think it is best form to put your message above any text you leave from the old message. The only

Trimming Posts

2009-04-21 Thread Emily Wigley
This message is from: Emily Wigley ewig...@mindspring.com On Apr 21, 2009, at 10:59 AM, fjordhorse-digest wrote: I know it's frustrating - believe me, anyone in tech support often wants to string our users up and get a big stick. But I appreciate that it is not intentional. Is this

Re: From the List Admin: READ THIS (or else)

2009-04-21 Thread Genie Dethloff
This message is from: Genie Dethloff gdp...@comcast.net I don't understand why we can't delete the whole previous message unless you want to emphasize something someone else said. If the person reads the digest, the previous text is there. If you read individual messages chances are you

Supporting American Fjord Breeders?

2009-04-21 Thread morrisshadowmt
This message is from: morrisshado...@aol.com With the economic times being the way they are and well train good quality fjords selling for much less than they should be sold. It is also effecting the young untrained (unproven stock). Either not moving or selling for much less . So with

RE: trimming posts

2009-04-21 Thread Eike Schön-Petersen
This message is from: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Eike_Sch=F6n-Petersen?= eike.schoen-peter...@t-online.de Alright, Steve! --- I get the digest in the compiled form and sometimes just give up on the never ending quotes. Thanks for the great job you are doing for all of us, including the international

How to trim an old message when replying...

2009-04-21 Thread coy...@acrec.com
This message is from: coy...@acrec.com coy...@acrec.com ...What e-mail program do you use?... Tom is using Microsoft Outlook. Most email software programs are similar in how you trim an old message. Here's how: Click the Reply button as you normally do to reply to a particular message.

The Register-Herald, Beckley, West Virginia -

2009-04-21 Thread Barbara Coughlin
This message is from: Barbara Coughlin middleagespr...@mac.com Check out Captain Jack Sparrow at the link below http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_109234505.html Barb Middleage Spread Eagle Creek Or Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management:

Re: What is CEM

2009-04-21 Thread ruth bushnell
This message is from: ruth bushnell fjo...@frontiernet.net This message is from: Green Valley Farm sop...@greenvalleyfarm.com Stallions are symptom-free carriers of the bacterium Taylorella equigenitalis. CEM is considered a foreign animal disease in the United States. It was first

Re: From the List Admin: READ THIS (or else)

2009-04-21 Thread Steve McIlree
This message is from: Steve McIlree st...@carriagehorse.com plumg...@pon.net wrote: Not to mention the fact that replying to the digest and not trimming means duplicating every single post in that digest...including the ones that were already not trimmed. Actually, that is something that

trimming posts

2009-04-21 Thread Claudia
This message is from: Claudia cava...@bloomer.net I usually just create a new email to the Fjord List instead of using the 'reply' button. Then I can refer to the subject I'm addressing. That way I think the risk of unintentionally sending untrimmed posts is avoided. Claudia in WI Important

Re: How to trim an old message when replying...

2009-04-21 Thread Sally A. Kjorsvig
This message is from: Sally A. Kjorsvig kjors...@venturecomm.net My apologies to the list, I did not think one E-mail could create such an uproar. I have posted twice to the Fjord list, have not read about trimimg messages. The first time was because of a problem with Hot Mail, and now to say

Duplicating Every. Single. Post.

2009-04-21 Thread Karen McCarthy
This message is from: Karen McCarthy weeg...@hotmail.com Gosh Steve, I don't know if you have ever read or subscribed the the Recreational Driving List but that is surely one hell hole for untrimmed messages. I still subscribe to it, but only delve in to sort out a thread that is particularly

Re: How to trim an old message when replying...

2009-04-21 Thread Genie Dethloff
This message is from: Genie Dethloff gdp...@comcast.net This message is from: Sally A. Kjorsvig kjors...@venturecomm.net My apologies to the list, I did not think one E-mail could create such an uproar. Don't take it personally, you were just writing to the list in the middle of a hot

Re: How to trim an old message when replying...

2009-04-21 Thread Steve McIlree
This message is from: Steve McIlree st...@carriagehorse.com Sally A. Kjorsvig wrote: My apologies to the list, I did not think one E-mail could create such an uproarIf I do post anything on the list again which I doubt, I will be more careful. It's not just one E-mail, Sally. Yours was

RE: Trimming Posts

2009-04-21 Thread plumg...@pon.net
This message is from: plumg...@pon.net plumg...@pon.net I had not thought of this before, but if I set Outlook to delete the whole previous message when I can reply, I can then copy any part of the previous message I want to preserve, and then hit Reply, and then paste the saved portion of the

Import Bashing - Was CEM and Supporting American Fjord Breeders

2009-04-21 Thread Karen Keith
This message is from: Karen Keith kkke...@hotmail.com Gee, it's a good thing the Morgan breeders didn't cop an anti-import attitude back in the 50s when the first Fjords were coming to America. I can see the Morgan people saying, Hey, whaddaya need a European all-purpose horse for when we've got

round pens

2009-04-21 Thread sandra church
This message is from: sandra church minih...@hotmail.com Congratulations on your round pen purchase,Kate. We bought one last spring and I wish I had bought it 30 years ago! It's not the top of the line but I figure that it'll last longer than I will. We did discover that the footing cost more

Re: Import Bashing - Was CEM and Supporting American Fjord Breeders

2009-04-21 Thread Starfire Farm
This message is from: Starfire Farm starfiref...@usa.net Karen Keith wrote: Karen in Northern Virginia, still doing the Snoopy happy dance in anticipation of the new arrival. Just a few days left. I was lucky enough to see photos of Karen's new filly. She is GORGEOUS. The others are

Re: What is CEM - imported stock

2009-04-21 Thread Starfire Farm
This message is from: Starfire Farm starfiref...@usa.net ruth bushnell wrote: It occurs to me, from this piece that you have shared, that the most comprehensive control of this infectious disease is to STOP European importation, is that not correct? Unfortunately, that is not correct. It

Import Bashing - Was CEM and Supporting American Fjord Breeders

2009-04-21 Thread morrisshadowmt
This message is from: morrisshado...@aol.com Yes a bit touchy.Congrates on your new arrival. My post was not an import bash, but a batch of questions to help understand as a breeder our fjord market and to get more imput from other breeders. Yes it is a free country and you can buy