and random bits before 2009

I didn't get activated for flight, so I predictably spent the most part of the evening and night going through the rest of my blog entries (before heading out for sups with nicko at 12-ish). In the years following 2004, I spent a great deal of entries talking about my time in the airline. I charted my progress from a nervous newbie to a sometimes-excited, sometimes-jaded regular cabin crew. There was this (very rare) time I was crying in a drunken stupor after a heavy night at Velvet, wondering... read more

The first four of the drabbles I'm going to post under my "Little Bits" Title are mevrian 's fault. While we were IM'ing, she sic'ed a bunch of plot bunnies on me, left a pile of carrots on my front porch to make certain the little critters wouldn't run away, and then walked away whistling while my ankles got royally chewed. My revenge, of course, was to trap the little beasties and tame them into exactly 100 words each. Now that I've had them for a while, I've decided I like drabbles. ...

Most commonly seen on young or green horses still learning to bend and flex, as the long cheek of the bit puts pressure on the whole side of the face when pressure is applied to the rein. These horse bits also have the advantage of not allowing the bit to be dragged through the horses mouth if the horse opens their mouth wide or yaws a lot in resistance to the riders aids. These horse bits should be used with fulmer keepers which help to keep the bit safely in place against the cheek...

Conventional horse bits have 5 commonly seen groups of cheeks namely the loose ring, eggbutt/D, full/fulmer cheek, continental cheek, shanked bits. The two most popular are the loose ring and eggbutt, and all common mouthpieces are available in one cheek or the other. It has been said that the mouthpiece of the bit is for the horses comfort, the cheek is for the rider benefit which can be true in some cases. The loose ring is one of most commonly seen cheeks, and ideally used on youngsters...

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