I'm here, too. Been on the phone with my cousin. We have made contact after almost 30 years. He's like a brother to me, maybe closer. Life circumstances, more or less, separated us. He's really into horses and mules.( Maybe I can get him into chainsaws, too. ) Visited with him at the barn Sunday and he got me on the back of one of his horses. One foot in the stirrup, one hand on the pommel, the other on the back of the saddle. Pushed off from the ground and the saddle slid around to the horses side. Yeah, real John Wayne like. A diet might be in order. They clinched up the saddle tighter. Horses eyes were starting to bulge, kid you not. Tried again, same thing. His daughter had to go to the opposite side to hold the saddle in place. All the while my cousin is laughing his butt off and taking pictures of the whole thing. Now understand, I've ridden before, but it's been close to 40 years and about a hundred pounds lighter.