[Ag-eq] Out House

Susan Roe dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
Fri May 7 15:35:33 UTC 2010 

I could see that happening.  Luckily your horse wasn't afraid of the 
outhouse, mine wouldn't have gotten close enough for me to hold onto him and 
still be able to use the bathroom inside the port-a-potty.  He would have to 
had been tied to a tree.

Susan
dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peg Brandt" <hazer100 at hotmail.com>
To: "NFB Equine" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 9:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Out House


>
> Years ago I was on a huge Iowa trailride where there have been as many as 
> 1300 horses with riders on it and at the half way point I needed to use 
> the bathroom, portable potties in this case!  I couldn't find the rest of 
> my party I was riding with and had to go into the outhouse holding my 
> horses reins throught the door!  Shortly afterwards, I heard my cousin, 
> Wendy, yell my name and like a dummy I answered back!  Everyone started 
> laughing and they were all talking to and making noises to get Shodow's, 
> my horse, attention.  Why, at the time I did not know.  Several weeks 
> later at cousin,m Wendy's house, she pulled out a photo book with a 
> picture of Shadow and the outhouse with arrows pointing and labeled 
> Shadow, pointing to he5r and Peg with arrow pointing to the outhouse! 
> That is one of her most treasured pictures she told me and a source of 
> great laughter for everyone!  Even me now!  Peg, in Iowa
>
>> From: dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
>> To: ag-eq at nfbnet.org
>> Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 21:30:54 -0600
>> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Out House
>>
>> I want mine to have a good lock. Growing up, we use to always go in two's
>> because sneeky boy cousins always liked to either lean against the door 
>> and
>> wouldn't let you out or they would fling open the door and then run.
>>
>> Susan
>> dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Nella Foster" <nfoster at extremezone.com>
>> To: "Agricultural and Equestrean Division List" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 7:52 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Out House
>>
>>
>> > Cool, we could all learn to build our own outhouse! Mine will only have
>> > one seat as I value alone time!
>> >
>> > Seriously as much as I hate to admit it I'm a little nervous about 
>> > power
>> > tools and some machinery. I think it's the noise, but not sure. I would
>> > like to learn more so I could make more of my own repairs and maybe 
>> > even
>> > build things.
>> >
>> > I know blind people who mow their own yards, but again the noise makes 
>> > me
>> > nervous. While living in Arkansas I got one of those old push mowers, 
>> > the
>> > kind without the motor and used it. I liked it and had a system so that 
>> > I
>> > could cover the whole yard. It was also good exercise!
>> >
>> > Nella
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message ----- 
>> > From: "Peg Brandt" <hazer100 at hotmail.com>
>> > To: "NFB Equine" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
>> > Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 10:33 PM
>> > Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Out House
>> >
>> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Hi, All! Peg from Iowa here! Have been enjoying the conversation here
>> >> and I would like to tell you all that if you wwere to take training at 
>> >> a
>> >> National Federation of the Blind training center, you would basically 
>> >> be
>> >> required to run chain saws, cut with saws, learn to mark and measure, 
>> >> and
>> >> putting all of these together wheere you would build something that 
>> >> you
>> >> would like in your house out of wood! If you have usable vision, you 
>> >> are
>> >> blindfolded and guided at YOUR pace until you are comfortable at 
>> >> handling
>> >> the saws! No parent theree, no spouse there to fret and freak out at
>> >> what they feel is an impossibility for a blind person to do! Don't let
>> >> their fears convince you that you can't do this as you can! If you 
>> >> feel
>> >> that a blind person can do anything a sighted person can do with the
>> >> proper training and equippment, except to drive a car and that is in 
>> >> the
>> >> forseeable future if you read all the N.F.B. news out there, then you 
>> >> ARE
>> >> an N.F.B. minded person! Most of you cook. If you can cook a meal
>> >> without burning yourself every time you get near the stove then you 
>> >> can
>> >> run a chainsaw, a jack hammer4, etc! Maybe your local state 
>> >> departments
>> >> for the blind have programs that offer shop, home ec, travel, 
>> >> computer,
>> >> etc. Check to see that these are programs that teach full inclusion 
>> >> and
>> >> immersion onto doing these. If not, theree is a way that your state 
>> >> will
>> >> pay an N.F.B. center in another state that will give you the program 
>> >> that
>> >> you desire! I know on their recreation time the centers do rock
>> >> climbing, yes, horseback riding, skiing, etc! I, unfortunately, did 
>> >> not
>> >> attend an N.F.B. center but being in Iowa, which ALL N.F.B. centers 
>> >> are
>> >> modeled after, as a student there, I arranged twice to go riding at a
>> >> horse park near by where those who didn't want to ride went golfing! I
>> >> missed my horses and since I wasn't close to my home to ride them, I 
>> >> had
>> >> to compromise riding their horses! It was sooo much fun and they even
>> >> gave me a lively black snorting gelding that I just delighted in! By 
>> >> all
>> >> means, if you can take tim
>> >> e to attend an N.F.B. center as you are being oppressed by family and
>> >> friends, I highly reccomend the experience! For the outhouse thing.
>> >> Windchimes could work, different sounding ones. Mayve a radio blaring.
>> >> Different genres for different buildings? Anybody have any other
>> >> suggestions for this?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Peg
>> >>> From: dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
>> >>> To: ag-eq at nfbnet.org
>> >>> Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 21:48:03 -0600
>> >>> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Out House
>> >>>
>> >>> Oh, that was bad, almost as bad as seeing who could finish first!
>> >>>
>> >>> Susan
>> >>> dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> >>> From: "Laurie Porter" <freespirit1 at tds.net>
>> >>> To: "Agricultural and Equestrean Division List" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
>> >>> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 4:37 PM
>> >>> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Out House
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> > this is turning into a very interesting conversation, but I was
>> >>> > thinking
>> >>> > that people could encourage eachother.
>> >>> > ----- Original Message ----- 
>> >>> > From: "Susan Roe" <dogwoodfarm at verizon.net>
>> >>> > To: "Agricultural and Equestrean Division List" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
>> >>> > Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 6:12 AM
>> >>> > Subject: [Ag-eq] Out House
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> >> No waiting?
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> Susan
>> >>> >> dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
>> >>> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> >>> >> From: "Nella Foster" <nfoster at extremezone.com>
>> >>> >> To: "Agricultural and Equestrean Division List" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
>> >>> >> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 9:02 PM
>> >>> >> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Egg color
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >>>
>> >>> >>> I'm still trying to figure out why anyone would want a 3 whole
>> >>> >>> outhouse!!!
>> >>> >>>
>> >>> >>> Nella
>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> >>> >>> From: "Laurie Porter" <freespirit1 at tds.net>
>> >>> >>> To: "Agricultural and Equestrean Division List" 
>> >>> >>> <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
>> >>> >>> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 6:46 PM
>> >>> >>> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Egg color
>> >>> >>>
>> >>> >>>
>> >>> >>>> Our friends cabin is way up in the north woods in wisconsin 
>> >>> >>>> about a
>> >>> >>>> 6
>> >>> >>>> hour drive straight north. there is usually quite a bit of snow 
>> >>> >>>> on
>> >>> >>>> the
>> >>> >>>> ground when we go to tab the maple trees and make syrup. we
>> >>> >>>> especially
>> >>> >>>> enjoy going up there as we are so far from civilization, we have 
>> >>> >>>> no
>> >>> >>>> electricity or gas. we boil the syrup down over a wood fire and
>> >>> >>>> finish
>> >>> >>>> it off in a copper kettle. We cook our meals on a wood stove and
>> >>> >>>> have a
>> >>> >>>> big fireplace that keeps us warm. The cabinwas built in the 
>> >>> >>>> 1930s
>> >>> >>>> and
>> >>> >>>> at the time they built a huge outhouse that is a 3 holer. We 
>> >>> >>>> pump
>> >>> >>>> water
>> >>> >>>> right out of the deep artisian well and I think it's the best
>> >>> >>>> tasting
>> >>> >>>> water in the world. since there is nothing out there but 
>> >>> >>>> treestrees
>> >>> >>>> and
>> >>> >>>> more trees, the boys had to come up with some sort of a landmark 
>> >>> >>>> so
>> >>> >>>> I
>> >>> >>>> can find mmy way out therre when nature calls trudging through 
>> >>> >>>> knee
>> >>> >>>> deep snow. the cut down a large iron wood tree and lay a path of
>> >>> >>>> logs
>> >>> >>>> so my cain has some point of reference.
>> >>> >>>>
>> >>> >>>> I've never had a guide dog before. I own a retired yellow lab 
>> >>> >>>> named
>> >>> >>>> leonard who just had his 14th birthday and the poor guy has a
>> >>> >>>> little
>> >>> >>>> trouble with his bag legs and he had some difficulty handling
>> >>> >>>> walking
>> >>> >>>> around out there in deep snow, but he really loves it out there
>> >>> >>>> from
>> >>> >>>> and he sure is very helpful out there so much so that I don't 
>> >>> >>>> have
>> >>> >>>> to
>> >>> >>>> depend on any sighted person have to lead me around
>> >>> >>>>
>> >>> >>>> P.s. what this story has to do with egg colors I have no idea, 
>> >>> >>>> your
>> >>> >>>> guess is as good as mine lol
>> >>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> >>> >>>> From: "Susan Roe" <dogwoodfarm at verizon.net>
>> >>> >>>> To: "Agricultural and Equestrean Division List" 
>> >>> >>>> <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
>> >>> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 5:06 AM
>> >>> >>>> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Egg color
>> >>> >>>>
>> >>> >>>>
>> >>> >>>>> Yeah, I don't think I'm quite ready for home made toilet paper
>> >>> >>>>> yet.
>> >>> >>>>> When we use to have an out house growing up, there were times 
>> >>> >>>>> we
>> >>> >>>>> had
>> >>> >>>>> to get creative, but I'd rather prefer good old tp.
>> >>> >>>>>
>> >>> >>>>> Matt and his brother who lives in Belfair Washington, outside
>> >>> >>>>> Seattle,
>> >>> >>>>> both love making artisen bread. We do not buy any store baught
>> >>> >>>>> breads
>> >>> >>>>> any more. Our local NFB chapter has been doing monthly auctions 
>> >>> >>>>> to
>> >>> >>>>> raise money for our treasury and Matt made a loaf of Irish Soda
>> >>> >>>>> bread
>> >>> >>>>> with raisens and a 50% wheet bread and I put up four of my
>> >>> >>>>> preserves
>> >>> >>>>> and in three lots, they went for $87 total.
>> >>> >>>>>
>> >>> >>>>> Susan
>> >>> >>>>> dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
>> >>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> >>> >>>>> From: "Laurie Porter" <freespirit1 at tds.net>
>> >>> >>>>> To: "Agricultural and Equestrean Division List" 
>> >>> >>>>> <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
>> >>> >>>>> Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 1:35 PM
>> >>> >>>>> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Egg color
>> >>> >>>>>
>> >>> >>>>>
>> >>> >>>>>> I've tried brown, white, green and blue eggs and I never 
>> >>> >>>>>> noticed
>> >>> >>>>>> a
>> >>> >>>>>> difference in the flavor. I get my fresh eggs from local 
>> >>> >>>>>> farmers
>> >>> >>>>>> around here. I'm lucky, I do 4 farmers markets per week and
>> >>> >>>>>> between
>> >>> >>>>>> the vendors, our garden friends the only thing I have to get 
>> >>> >>>>>> from
>> >>> >>>>>> the
>> >>> >>>>>> grocery store during the market season is toilet paper. lol
>> >>> >>>>>>
>> >>> >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> >>> >>>>>> From: "Jody W. Ianuzzi" <jody at thewhitehats.com>
>> >>> >>>>>> To: "'Agricultural and Equestrean Division List'"
>> >>> >>>>>> <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
>> >>> >>>>>> Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2010 4:54 PM
>> >>> >>>>>> Subject: [Ag-eq] Egg color
>> >>> >>>>>>
>> >>> >>>>>>
>> >>> >>>>>>>I have a funny story you will all enjoy. When we lived in 
>> >>> >>>>>>>upstate
>> >>> >>>>>>>New York
>> >>> >>>>>>> the white eggs were more expensive then the brown eggs 
>> >>> >>>>>>> because
>> >>> >>>>>>> everyone
>> >>> >>>>>>> thought they were better. We moved to New Hampshire and the
>> >>> >>>>>>> brown
>> >>> >>>>>>> eggs were
>> >>> >>>>>>> more expensive then the white eggs because everyone thought 
>> >>> >>>>>>> they
>> >>> >>>>>>> were more
>> >>> >>>>>>> natural. We live in Florida now and I don't even know if you 
>> >>> >>>>>>> can
>> >>> >>>>>>> buy a
>> >>> >>>>>>> brown egg here.
>> >>> >>>>>>>
>> >>> >>>>>>> People sure have funny ideas.
>> >>> >>>>>>>
>> >>> >>>>>>> JODY
>> >>> >>>>>>>
>> >>> >>>>>>>
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