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Horse talk for 20-somethings

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So the young whippersnapper teenagers :)-P) get their own forum, and the mature folk over 40 get their own thread so I thought I'd make one for us 20-somethings.

So how goes the 20-somethings on this here Horse Forum?

I guess I should introduce myself as I'm a serial ninja member just reading and not posting. The name is Jess, I live in Australia and have dressage lessons once a week. I study psychology and have been riding "properly" since I was 19. One day, preferably before pension age, I hope to own my own horse. Alas, it's not the right time now.

Discuss dreams, vent, celebrate achievements and all things in between!
 
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There are only a few roads with traffic in our forest that lead to some nearby villages, but the drivers are sometimes careless, old men who don't give too much of a thought that racing those narrow, dark roads might be a bad idea.

I am going to order gear from Kraemer (a German tack shop), although I like the quality of Horze gear better. But Horze shipping costs are sky high if you don't cooperate with other buyers. And all the people that are pooling together for a shipment, are buying their stuff in Kraemer.

I will also order a winter riding coat, winter PVC boots and thermal riding boots for myself. And maybe an oilskin hat, if I have enough funds. :)
 
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I will also order a winter riding coat, winter PVC boots and thermal riding boots for myself. And maybe an oilskin hat, if I have enough funds. :)
I don't know that I've ever seen an oilskin hat. I used to have an oilskin duster, but left it for dad when I moved up here and had no need for it. I am, however, in need of a new hat. Had a nice black felt one, and a white straw one. Gave the straw one away, and the black on got sat on, never could get it back to shape.
 
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I think the biggest issue with 16yr olds getting their license isn't about technology, there's always been something to distract a driver. But more about how we don't make them responsible for their actions. Kids these days are told how good they do and patted on the back even when they fail miserably at something. At the last horse show I was at, games(speed), they were giving out participation ribbons. I'm sorry but if you lose, you lose, end of story. We are so caught up in not hurting anyone's feelings that we lose that competetive edge that once kept out nation great. It's really not a surprise how our education is failing. What consequences do kids have if they don't suceed in school? Oh you dropped out of school to have to many kids with different fathers, no worry the government will pay you to keep reproducing failures.

Sorry for the mini rant, haha. I'm just getting disgusted with the way people are turning out these days. Maybe it's because I went to a Catholic school for 9 years and had very strict rules and standards.
 
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Poppy, I loved your rant and I completely agree. When I was a kid playing baseball, we did get little medals for participation, but we got big trophies when we one. I don't have a problem with giving kids something for participating. It takes at least a little courage to put yourself out there and do something with a large audience. But not everyone should get the same award. If you win, you should get something better than those who didn't win. I mean seriously, if a kid spends his whole life getting the same things as everyone else without working at anything, how will he ever survive in the real world. Companies don't hire everyone that applise for a job, they hire the best person for the job. The way things are, kids think that they are entitled to the same things everyone else is getting without having to work for it. That's why our society is going down the crapper.

But now that I "know" people in Canada and Australia, I have options where I can move :)
 
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Haha yea, my brother is only 3 years younger than me and somehow everything I was taught ended with me. Most days I just cannot understand his thinking. I think telling every kid they can be whatever they want to be needs to stop. You can be what ever you want to be when you grow up if you work hard enough for it. Jeesh, my brother "works" 2 days a week because going to school with 4 classes at a community college means he cannot work. He's pretty convinced in a year or less his band of "death metal rock" will hit it big and he will be a milionare and not have to work, yea ok, keep dreaming buddy. So since that will happen he doesn't need to work now, or try at school. Someone has got to feed him, because we can't possibly expect him to feed himself, jeesh. Oh yea and he thinks he will get hired just by applying.

I can't wait til he moves out on his own here soon. He thinks a minimum wage job will work and he can get weekends off with said job hahahahaha. I can't wait until I get to say I told you so.
 
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I think that saying needs to be modified. you can be anything you want, but you may have to work your butt off to get there, and you have to deal with all the consequences along the way. Maybe your brother's band will make it big....someday. But banking on that doesn't give him the right to sponge off his family until it happens.

I wanted to be an engineer, so I went to college. I come from a lower-middle class family, so there wasn't going to be much if any help from my parents. I got scholarships, but went to a private college. So for my last two years in school, I had 3 part time jobs, while going to school full time. This is what I wanted, so I did what had to be done.

So many kids think that just wanting it to happen will be good enough. That's only the start. You have to want it badly enough that you'll do whatever it takes to make it happen.

Ok, there is my rant, i'll step off my soapbox now.
 
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In regards to your bro... metal music is NOT popular right now. Oh, I like it plenty, and there are lots of fans scattered around the world - but it is not mainstream and most bands (even the 'big' ones) still have day jobs. Rock and pop are a different story, but metal... yeah. Metallica and Megadeth are still riding on album sales from the 80s... unless he invents a time machine, it's not going to happen!

Someone somewhere said "You can be whatever you work for" - I like that much better than "You can be whatever you want." I have to admit I look at people only 10 years younger than me and it feels more like 20 or 30 sometimes.
 
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Poppy i just gotta say...i agree with you and i loved your rant! haha

i was brought up knowing anything i wanted i had to work my a** off for. nobody was gonna wait for me or do it for me. i had to get there myself...
i saw how much my parents were dishing out for my sister to go to college....so i enlisted. im not gonna break their bank just to get an education when there are options out there for me, and all i have to do is follow orders and keep myself in shape.

all these youngins are more than capable of putting a hard days work in but they were raised in the age of, "oh dont worry just play on your xbox and ill go walk the dog for you."

where as i was "Christine Nicole Castle, get your butt outside and run your dog, then go clean the stalls, and exercise all the horses."

in school if i got a bad grade, i got my butt spanked, was grounded till i got them back up, and my reward was getting an icecream cone from TCBY on report card day...
not blame the teachers for your kid being a lazy bum, then tell them its not their fault, theyll still rule the world if they do nothing

people are getting waaaaay too soft with their kids imho
 
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haha i was talking to my cousin the other day about when they had gone out to the ranch to ride (i have a post on my journal thing i think haha) and she was saying that after she took them home they were throwing a giant fit, screaming in the car, throwing things, etc.
so i was just like commenting said that my parents woulda taken their belts to my behind if i acted that way....

you woulda thought i told her to lock em in the basement with no food for a month! she want on a tangent about how thats abuse and she would never hurt her kids that way, i should be ashamed....i was just saying thats what my parents had to do once or twice (i was quite the devil child hahahah)

never woulda thought it from her. we were pretty much raised the same way, she was in the army same as me etc etc. but idk. i guess mindsets change when you have kids? *shudder* i couldnt handle it haha
 
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Haha oh no, my idea will not change when I have kids. We were spanked all the time. I regularly talked back and beat up my brother but I certainly paid for it. My behind actually broke the wooden paddle one day.

I live in an apartment building right now and I am absolutely appalled at the behavior of children and adults. People take zero responsibility for what they do. If you use something put it back, how fricken hard is that?

Oh and countryryder people do that to us too. Only once people have thrown things. But Lizzy has this habit of having projectile liquid poo after awhile on trail rides and I want to train her to aim that to the annoying cars :)

Oh and I had to pay for everything I wanted growing up, I mean everything. Both my parents had their own businesses so if I wanted money for ice cream I had to work. Chores at home were a given no allowance was paid for those that's what my jobs were for. At the age of 8 when I started taking riding lessons, the agreement was I got lessons if I paid for them.
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I'm in Western Australia :D
sorry it took so long to reply .. I work weekends, and just caught up!

Anything Else - is your horse seriously on bute 24/7? Do you worry about damage to the kidneys/liver, especially being an older horse?

Hope everyone is having a lovely day! What saddles is everyone loving at the moment? I need to do my research and buy a new saddle for my Warmblood, who is coming back into work. I will get a saddle fitter out when we're ready (still have another month of long lining before I even consider it!) .. but just thought I'd ask :D Oh and I'm a taller rider .. so needs leg room ;)

Do we really have Curlies in Australia? I thought they'd over heat in summer ..
 
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Well Squishy, I don't know what kind of riding you do - but I love my new saddle. I wanted something very lightweight, being on a very small horse. It's a synthetic western trail saddle, and it only weighs 16 pounds. So far my girl seems to like it too! :D Can't show in it, though - I guess we'll cross that bridge if/when we come to it.

(Abetta Arabian Trail Saddle)
 

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Oohh that does look very comfortable!!!

I ride English - hoping to get back into some dressage lessons and clinics. She has some wonderful education under her belt, and I put riding on halt for her to have a foal, but that's a whole other story (and no foal). My turn to get back in the saddle :D Just need one to fit us ;)
 
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