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Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2015 11:03 am
by Mouse
I'm also in the 'advise them' camp. I think you hit the nail on the head bunny when you mentioned they would then know the disruption would be short lived.
Mousie (who is now fascinated to know what is being delivered but too well mannered to ask
)
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Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2015 3:57 pm
by Bunny
Thanks all. I'll definitely tell them in person when they arrive. I was kind of hoping they might be out and would be completely oblivious, but that would be a risky strategy. They shouldn't get blocked in but we can always let them out of another gate, so I'll reassure them that I don't wish to inconvenience them in any way. Hoping they'll be up early and out.
Ask away Mousie. We are resurfacing our horse menage, so it is 112 builders' 1 tonne bags of new surface. We will actually be having two artic deliveries two weeks running. We intend to spread and lay it on Saturdays in between changeovers so that there will be no noise for guests.
Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 8:30 am
by Mouse
Phew bunny! That's a lot of work...especially between changeovers. You're the 2nd person on LMH I'm in awe of
Mousie
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Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 8:48 am
by Bunny
Mouse wrote:Phew bunny! That's a lot of work...especially between changeovers. You're the 2nd person on LMH I'm in awe of
Mousie
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Oh, I won't be doing any of it. My OH will be doing the work with my daughter. I usually do the changeovers on my own anyway. Mind you, I have spent weeks hand shovelling to remove the old surface so as to not destroy the lining fabric underneath. It's better than going to the gym. I like to combine exercise with something productive and it's given me a nice tan working in the sun.
Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 9:04 am
by Normandie
Bunny wrote:We are resurfacing our horse menage...
For three horses?
More seriously... do you or your family compete or bring horses on? A friend built a seriously good manège some years ago, cost thousands... and then never used it.
The next owners turned it into a tennis court.
But I suppose this is serious thread drift so... as you were, all.
Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 9:22 am
by Bunny
Normandie, anyone who knows my daughter would be very amused by your comments. She lives and breaths horses and competes, so there is no chance of it not being used. Yes, they can cost thousands, hence why we are doing a lot of the work ourselves to save money on the labour. We built it ourselves about 9 years ago and it has been in constant use ever since, because the hacking around us is poor. Unfortunately, the surface deteriorated when she went to university and then moved away from home for a while, so it didn't get used. She took the horses with her and so I gave up riding, but now she is living back home again. It's not the first time I have heard 'oooh that would make a lovely tennis court, or huge swimming pool site'. No chance, not as long as we live here.
Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 9:32 am
by Normandie
Bunny wrote:She lives and breaths horses and competes, so there is no chance of it not being used.
Oh, I wasn't suggesting that
you wouldn't use yours - more that you'd understand my bewilderment when said friend went through about a year of discussing (obsessing) and deciding on substrates, toppings, fencing (she planted a beech hedge to hide the fencing) etc... and then not use it.
Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 9:37 am
by Bunny
Normandie wrote:Bunny wrote:She lives and breaths horses and competes, so there is no chance of it not being used.
Oh, I wasn't suggesting that
you wouldn't use yours - more that you'd understand my bewilderment when said friend went through about a year of discussing (obsessing) and deciding on substrates, toppings, fencing (she planted a beech hedge to hide the fencing) etc... and then not use it.
Does she even own a horse??
Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 9:42 am
by Normandie
Couple of novice eventers plus a couple of 3 or 4 year-olds. Really nice horses. But this was about 15 years ago, not recent.
Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 10:11 am
by Moliere
Pity she's not down here - we've got two horses and no manège. In fact our boys are stabled half an hour's drive away, which is a real shame (but they're happy).
Mols
Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 5:10 pm
by Bunny
Moliere wrote:Pity she's not down here - we've got two horses and no manège. In fact our boys are stabled half an hour's drive away, which is a real shame (but they're happy).
Mols
We couldn't survive without a menage because our paddocks are on quite a slope so totally unsuitable for schooling, and I just couldn't cope if our horses weren't at home.
Am I allowed to thread creep my own thread? I'm not very good at forum etiquette
Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 5:19 pm
by Moliere
Bunny wrote:Am I allowed to thread creep my own thread? I'm not very good at forum etiquette
Neigh!
Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 5:30 pm
by Bunny
Moliere wrote:Bunny wrote:Am I allowed to thread creep my own thread? I'm not very good at forum etiquette
Neigh!
Dam, oh shergar!
Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 5:41 pm
by Moliere
Funny you should say that, Bunny. Many years ago on a riding holiday in Ireland, my horse was called Shergar; he was the right age, he looked like him with that big white blaze, he was fast as sh*t, could it have been? Unlikely I suppose, but it's nice to dream.
Mols
Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 6:11 pm
by Bunny
Moliere wrote:Funny you should say that, Bunny. Many years ago on a riding holiday in Ireland, my horse was called Shergar; he was the right age, he looked like him with that big white blaze, he was fast as sh*t, could it have been? Unlikely I suppose, but it's nice to dream.
Mols
I expect it will remain a mystery, like his whereabouts. But I'd like to think it was him!