Comments | tinhuviel: Llamas in the coming Alpaca Lips

tinhuviel

Llamas in the coming Alpaca Lips

May 20, 2008 17:05

The price of gas has gone beyond ridiculous. Beyond horrific. Beyond my ability to continue to afford. It's gotten to the point where I sincerely believe that the fuel crisis is yet another sign of the coming Alpaca Lips. Scooters and mopeds have increased in price because dealers are taking advantage of the sudden keen interest many Americans ( Read more... )

llama, weight, gas, alpaca_lips, work, money

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furnacechant May 21 2008, 00:32:06 UTC

It's not quite a llama, but it might do. I certainly wish the city ordinances would let me have one, since I DO have big enough yard.
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tinhuviel May 21 2008, 00:41:41 UTC

That's delightful! But, given my reputation in the neighbourhood, if I started riding around on a goat-pulled cart, I'd end up being chased about by torch-bearing, pitchfork-wielding local yokels. "Lookie at that thar Satanist ridin' to work on a goat! And she wuz listenin' to that Damien music on her iPod when we cornered her at our communal pig-pickin' fire pit. There's gonna be a lynchin' tonight y'all so be shur to warsh yer white hoods and BYOB! Yeeeehaw!"

Yeah.

furnacechant May 21 2008, 00:56:42 UTC

Haha. I wonder if it would work hitching a llama to it? Personally I'd actually like a reindeer, but then, the climate here is probably better suited for that than yours.

tinhuviel May 21 2008, 01:04:14 UTC

Yeah. Reindeer are kind of thin on the ground in these parts.

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While I like the concept... zoethe May 21 2008, 02:25:53 UTC

Wouldn't a bicycle be rather more practical?

Re: While I like the concept... tinhuviel May 21 2008, 19:25:35 UTC

Not for someone who needs a knee replacement like last year. If I tried to pedal a bicycle, my left knee cap would fly off and roll into a ditch, and I wouldn't be able to chase after it because my leg would have fallen off as a result of the errant knee.

Re: While I like the concept... zoethe May 21 2008, 21:32:46 UTC

Well, that is rather a problem. But I'm not sure that a saddle is the best plan for you, either - there is a lot of gripping with the legs. Llama cart is clearly the answer!

anita1967 May 21 2008, 02:35:31 UTC

what is their location? Carpool perhaps with me?

tinhuviel May 21 2008, 19:40:57 UTC

Röchling is 2.5 miles down the road from where I live, right off Highway 290, so I think our carpooling attempt would be counterproductive.

zitronenhai May 21 2008, 03:21:21 UTC

This is an excellent post. The accursed fuel, indeed!

Hooray for llamas.

tinhuviel May 21 2008, 19:42:38 UTC

::sigh of relief:: Thank you! Some folks I'm afraid are taking it a bit too seriously, even though I am considering the possibilities of llama-wrangling. ;)

Consider this laprilw May 21 2008, 12:24:53 UTC

Buying a cart for a Llama plus all the harness equipment & buying a Llama that you know is A) Rideable or B) trained to pull a cart is going to be more expensive than you think. You do realize that you can't just go buy any Llama and expect it to already know how to pull or be ridden. It's similar to buying a horse, if it has never been handled or saddled it's not going to let you walk up to it, throw on a saddle, and go for a trail ride. You get bucked, if you even make it that far. PLUS have you considered the fact that the road you will be traveling has moderate traffic. Traffic can easily spook an animal if it is not trained to tolerate it. Then you will be off for the ride of your life ( ... )

Re: Consider this laprilw May 21 2008, 12:59:22 UTC

PLUS if you tell a Llama rescue what you plan to do with the animal, do you think they will adopt to you? It'd be like telling a dog rescue you're going to use it for hunting. And most of their animals have probably been abused or are so old they couldn't do the work anyway...

Re: Consider this tinhuviel May 21 2008, 19:36:20 UTC

It's still worth asking, though. I found a site later on last night that features saddle and harness-trained llamas, most of them the clydesdale type that have the body type perfect for such tasks.

Re: Consider this tinhuviel May 21 2008, 19:34:15 UTC

Well, duh! LOL ~ I know I'd have to train and condition a llama for such a task, and a daunting task it is, considering the hurdles I need to scale.

And, please, you've seen me hobble about. Do you really think I could pedal anything longer than 10 seconds without my left knee flying off into the forest. The motorbike might be an option, if it doesn't cost right out the arse. I'm trying to go gasless, though. I don't want to have to depend on fossil fuel for transportation any longer than I have to. If being able to have a llama companion and it also be a working companion is even remotely possible, I'm going to do my best to make it a reality. :)

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