>      ElseWhere must EAT part of the node list!
 
If I'm still in your node list, you can also send mail for Meg to me and I'll 
pass it on.
 
 > Hey, I was
 > glad to hear this morning that the hurricane decided to
 > bypass you folks.  Good thing your barn locks up; I'd have
 > to bring the horses home and put them in J.D.'s bedroom
 > or something!
 
Don't forget _Misty of Chincoteague_ -- don't they end up putting the ponies 
in the kitchen during the storm?
 
And speaking of horses in the kitchen -- did anybody besides me see Ang Lee's 
film of Jane Austen's _Sense and Sensibility_, the one with the script by 
Emma Thompson?  There's a scene in the stable where Elinor is saying goodbye 
to her horse, because they have to move out of the big estate house after her 
father dies and move to smaller quarters.  One of the other characters 
sympathises and asks "Cannot you take him with you?" and she replies that 
they can't afford him. 
 Edward then suggests that maybe her horse "could make himself useful 
in the kitchen".
 
The idea of a horse-y servant is funny enough, but when I first saw the 
movie, I groaned at Edward's ineptitude.  I wanted to yell out 
"Good lord, man, you're in England, not FRANCE!"  Good thing, too 
-- later on in the movie, they end up with not enough money to buy 
beef.  ;-)
 
Anyhow, if you can forgive me repeating myself, I recommend the film for its 
high horsey content and superb 'turnout', as well as all the other wonderful 
qualities.  Fine horsemastering job by Debbie Kaye.
 
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