> subject I saw
 > this beautiful horse that maybe you can fill me in on
 > some information
 > about with your knowledge of horses.  My boyfriend and
 > I went to the El
 > Dorado County Fair, In Placerville(Hangtown), CA and
 > We saw this horse
 > that we thought at first was part Clydesdale(sp?) But
 > he was Belgian
 > work horse, used for pulling plow equipment or for
 > you ever seen
 > them?
    I've  never seen a Belgian up close (only in pictures). But, from what 
I've seen of them in books and pictures, they surely are beautiful!!!
 > In re: to kids shooting Andy.
 > JP>     Oh noooooooo -- how can anyone (even a kid) do something like th
 > JP> Stuff like that is hard for me to understand.
 > Some kids are not taught how to value life, Just how
 > to put a gun in
 > their hands and shoot things, That is especially true
 > in South
 > Sacramento, Not too far from me where there are alot
 > of gangs, Those
 > gangs recruit many a young kid, and they don't respect
 > life, Not any
 > kind of life, Human or animal.  It's sad because these
 > kids should be
 > just that kids not punks.
    That is sad .....I just don't know what this world is coming to 

 > So tell me where is this beautiful ranch of yours, Not
 > exact location
 > just the state and city that is closest to you?
    We are about 4 miles west of LaBelle, FL or 35-40 miles east of Ft Myers, 
FL ...... southern Florida.
 > I live in Antelope, CA and my boyfriends Mom's ranch
 > is in Granite Bay,
 > CA which is near Folsom, CA about a 20 minute drive
 > from us.
 > Antelope is okay it is a suburb of Sacramento, not as
 > bad as South
 > Sacramento, or even as bad as Rancho Cordova where I
 > grew up, Rancho
 > has been nicknamed, "Rancho Cambodia" by the
 > Sacramento County
 > Sheriff's Department But where I live I am still in
 > Sacramento County
 > but about a mile from the Sutter and Placer county
 > lines so it's still
 > kind of rural But not like Folsom or Granite Bay or
 > even Placerville is
 > very rural.  But I am very tired of California if you
 > tell and I am
 > really wanting a change to a quieter life But it
 > probably won't happen
 > until after I get all of my schooling in which
 > hopefully will get
 > started by spring semester.
    Well, you have a long time to travel around and see the rest of the 
country ..... it'll happen .  Take care now.
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