TAN #203: TANese New Year - Horsing Around (Page 2)

Random horse fact: On average, a horse's small intestine is 70 feet long.

edit: top of page 2! 

Absolutely love when Regional VP's can blankly say "I don't believe those numbers.  The data has to be wrong." just because it doesn't match their assumptions and perceptions.  And when confronted with how the numbers were reached and they agree with the methodology on how they were reached and agree with the raw numbers as a whole, they still say, "I don't believe it." and mean it!

Shiny new TAN!  

I'm never, ever, ever, EVER doing any kind of home renovations again.  I'm just going to let everything fall apart and then move.   

and construction people wonder why people do not want to remodel? Because its always a HUGE PITA takes twice as long as advertised and costs twice as much thats why. 

Random horse fact: Of all mammals that live on land, horses have the biggest eyes

You did not think I was going to say "eyes", did you?

Hiya Tan

Bathrooms are FUN, especially when they are your only one!

HUGE PITA is entirely too much of an understatement for the last week of adventures.  But - it's *almost* done.  Almost being contingent on when the contractor company will get and install a new sink for us.  Other than that - it looks fantastic and I'm REALLY happy to have a shower that doesn't give me the heebie jeebies anymore.   

It also cost us about $400 more than they quoted for labour, but I'm ok with that - we asked the guy to do some extra stuff and he did a great job.  

Two people at home during the day (one being sick) during the deconstruction phase with two cats the one and one bathroom being ripped apart is no fun.  Yay for our friend who lives in our building and left us the keys to her place so we could use her bathroom.   

Originally posted by turtlegirl Oh I had to post in a horsing around thread!! That's my specialty. My horse fact: horses originally had 6 toes on each leg. The hoof is actually one toe.

Dangit - I have no interesting horse facts, but I think I remember seeing somewhere that the hoof is also like a fingernail in that it continuously grows and needs to be trimmed?  Or am I delusional?  (it's been known to happen)   

Looking for bootcamp type workouts.. Suggestion?  I may go back to P90x, but not feeling it.  Also not going to pay $100 a month for Crossfit...

Tap out XP.  Very challenging and you can do it at home with a resistance band

Originally posted by blueyedbikergirl

Originally posted by turtlegirl Oh I had to post in a horsing around thread!! That's my specialty. My horse fact: horses originally had 6 toes on each leg. The hoof is actually one toe.

Dangit - I have no interesting horse facts, but I think I remember seeing somewhere that the hoof is also like a fingernail in that it continuously grows and needs to be trimmed?  Or am I delusional?  (it's been known to happen)   

oMG yes. Horses have to be trimmed every 8 weeks and in the summer when the hooves grow faster 4-6. Add shoes and we're looking at $250 a pop. My horse gets more shoes and manicures than I do.

Congrats.  Mine was 11/11/01 again by accident.

I'm in Atlanta.  I have been in town since Monday.  I did not have any need to get out in the ice but Janicewhokeepsmehumble drove from Tennessee to Atlanta yesterday.  That was 24 hours after the snow stopped.   It took 6.5 hours for what is normally a 2 hr drive.  (She was coming down to join me to go to the Georgia Tech basketball game.) Apparently, the state of Georgia did not see the need to put salt on the interstate.  The roads from Cartersville north to Tennessee were clear.  It was an icy parking lot from Cartersville to Atlanta.

She arrived without any car damage but missed the game.  The only casualty was that the dog peed in her car seat.

I am wondering about the wisdom of the state's decisions on keeping the roads passable.  They have taken the "let Mother Nature clear the snow" approach.  In relative dollars to taxpayers for salt and plowing versus car repairs, lost revenue to businesses and individuals, and other snow related expenses, we probably lost out.  Plus, we look incompetent to the rest of the country if we can't handle 2" of snow.

TW 

I ran labor numbers by the president of the company to show we were not making money on his huge project.  He quoted the job without asking anyone about costs or labor or machine times.  His response - F'n fix it!!  Then later says work faster.  The machines can't run any faster or they don't do their jobs.   ARGGGGHHH!!!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4luHEVjqKA

Brad's favorite artist...

w00t.  Still page 1!