From: tom@0.0.0.0   
      
   On Wed, 20 Jun 2018 18:12:31 +0000   
   Ivan Shmakov  wrote:   
      
   > >>>>> Coyo  writes:   
   > >>>>> Ivan Shmakov wrote:   
   > >>>>> Snuhwolf  writes:   
   >   
   >  >>> Ever ride one?   
   >   
   >  >> Not as of yet.  Will try to get to it next year, perhaps.   
   >   
   >  > Horses are cool.  I want to get a few and a truly modern stables   
   >  > with building automation and everything.   
   >   
   > 	... I've been rather involved in a project recently.  Say,   
   > for the measure, I had 28 workdays in May.  And we still had to shift   
   > the delivery dates around, etc. (thankfully our customer was willing.)   
   > 	We're yet to deliver one full set of equipment, too (we've   
   > agreed to give them our prototypes instead for the time being.)   
   >   
   > 	No surprise I was absent from Usenet for months.   
   >   
   > 	On the bright side, with the expected payment for this   
   > contract, and with anticipated further contracts like that for the   
   > next two or three years, there's a tangible chance I'm buying a house   
   > 	in the country.  From my earlier wandering around I know a few   
   > 	rather nicely-looking places, too.   
   >   
   > 	I've been thinking more about a couple of camels, however.  Or   
   > 	perhaps a few alpacas or llamas.   
   >   
   > 	I guess I'd need to get the relevant training first.  That   
   > 	shouldn't be much of an issue, though: there's a whole State   
   > 	University of Agriculture I can see right from the window of   
   > my current workplace.  Not sure they offer courses on camelids, but   
   > 	it's certainly something worth checking at some point.   
   >   
   > 	Not sure what kind of automation I may end up needing, either.   
   >   
   > 	My biggest concern, however, is continuity.  My health isn't   
   > 	exemplary as it is, and accidents do happen as well.  I find   
   > it unlikely for my relatives to take care of my charges should   
   > 	anything to happen with me.  So, who will?..  That's quite a   
   > 	question to ponder.   
   >   
   > PS.  Speaking of the contract; we've made the impossible, too.   
   >   
      
   What climate do you live in? Horse caring can differ greatly upon it.   
      
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