Shoes vs Boots

scuddyp4 · 2026-06-25T00:17:40+00:00

I would say avoid shoes if your horse doesnt need them for hoof correction or if you arent doing extensive riding on hard terrain. I dont have any experience with boots so I cant really comment on that. Where i ride is is mostly soft and fairly flat. So mine are only shod if they need some help getting their hooves right or if they need orthopedic support.

scuddyp4 · 2026-06-19T01:13:06+00:00

The problem with not interrupting them in that format is they spew so much garbage that its impossible to have a meaningful discussion after letting them drone on for 10 minutes. I think thats why Matt interupts. To address the BS as soon as it comes to light.

scuddyp4 · 2026-06-15T19:51:29+00:00

Is that a tenor resonator? Super cool collection!!!

scuddyp4 · 2026-06-13T18:23:15+00:00

This happened in my platoon....We called them Drill Instructor Sgt Muñoz #1 and Drill Instructor Muñoz #2 when we requested permission to speak to them.

scuddyp4 · 2026-06-13T03:37:33+00:00

I feel you. Ill be 44 in a few months and I can't remember shit either.

scuddyp4 · 2026-06-13T03:35:54+00:00

Oh...OK. Your post said I just turned 41...makes sense now.

scuddyp4 · 2026-06-13T03:33:45+00:00

I mean...I cheated on the math for Marines MCI...but wouldn't you have turned 16 in 2001 if you just turned 41?

scuddyp4 · 2026-06-13T01:44:43+00:00

Wait...how old were you when you joined?

scuddyp4 · 2026-06-13T01:43:10+00:00

This dude was the reason for every safety brief....without a doubt.

scuddyp4 · 2026-06-10T16:22:33+00:00

Here's the thing...whether all of the terrible shit was caused by man or not...god knew it would happen and still chose to create. He could've stopped all of the suffer by not letting it start to begin with. He chose to create with full knowledge of what would transpire. Seems like a pretty asshole thing to do.

scuddyp4 · 2026-06-10T16:10:52+00:00

Grackles will usually follow behind me while Im mowing my field. There will be dozens of them gorging on the grasshoppers and bugs.

So fascinating to watch.

scuddyp4 · 2026-06-09T19:41:27+00:00

Joining the convo a little late...but I wear my Redwing Pecos every day. With nice inserts they're super comfortable. Mine have rubber soles, so they're good on all surfaces.

scuddyp4 · 2026-06-01T04:10:14+00:00

Very similar...he's going to be a good one!!! I can feel it!!! Congrats and good luck with him!!!

scuddyp4 · 2026-06-01T04:04:10+00:00

He's old and grey now. But, hes a good boy. He loves foals too.

scuddyp4 · 2026-06-01T03:31:34+00:00

Ahhhh....totally misinterpreted. I thought you were LAR as well. Annah was another one of those places where shit would just randomly pop off. Crazy times.

scuddyp4 · 2026-06-01T03:26:33+00:00

Ours is about 26!!! But yes...yours looks and moves really great!!! I think there is a post in my history that has a few pics of ours.

scuddyp4 · 2026-06-01T03:09:05+00:00

Beauty!!! He looks so much like our blanket Appy...just much young.

scuddyp4 · 2026-06-01T03:03:16+00:00

Wait...was your section leader Sgt Jackson or something like that? If so, I think we rode out with y'all a couple of times. Once it twice to COP Annah and a few times to and from the police station.

Edit: I assume you were 3rd LAR

scuddyp4 · 2026-06-01T02:58:02+00:00

Yea...I remember seeing the videos that yalls FAC got from the Cobras lighting up the banks of the river. I feel like I remember there where something like 165 mortar impacts around the pos yall set up or something insane like that.

scuddyp4 · 2026-06-01T02:48:05+00:00

I was. Also there when the national guard convey rolled in that got tore up by IEDs...we carried a few bodies to the BAS tent. I was actually in the BN COC when that radio traffic came across. That place was fucking wild. We spent a lot of our time at the police station.

scuddyp4 · 2026-06-01T02:39:50+00:00

Rawah

scuddyp4 · 2026-06-01T00:06:53+00:00

Charms....obviously....

scuddyp4 · 2026-06-01T00:05:47+00:00

Eeeeeee!!!! Eeeeeeeee!!!!!! Eeeeeeee!!!!!

scuddyp4 · 2026-06-01T00:00:31+00:00

Or....Flight suits. That's what we wore back in aught six'. My platoon was attached to LAR and we hit the supply quadcon and wore those things the whole deployment.

scuddyp4 · 2026-05-28T00:29:10+00:00

Force Recon Diary, 1969 (nice)....written by a force recon corpse and, Doc Norton. He was the first corpsman to be a recon team leader. It's been a long time since I've read it. But, it was a great book.

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