{"id":4391,"date":"2017-06-04T12:34:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-04T00:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/?p=4391"},"modified":"2017-06-04T12:26:37","modified_gmt":"2017-06-04T00:26:37","slug":"not-a-pony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/not-a-pony\/","title":{"rendered":"Not a Pony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Favorite Stepson was mumbling about his need for\u00a0a means of transport. He wanted something responsive and maneouverable with excellent fuel economy. I thought this could be\u00a0the perfect solution.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4396\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Friesian.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4396\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4396\" src=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Friesian.jpg\" alt=\"Friesian horse\" width=\"720\" height=\"575\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Friesian.jpg 720w, http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Friesian-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4396\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Because who wouldn&#8217;t want one of these?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Strangely, he had other ideas,\u00a0and instead we are welcoming a\u00a0small Japanese car to the farmlet.<\/p>\n<p>To the newcomer&#8217;s\u00a0credit it is light on hay consumption, and &#8212; so far &#8212; has not roamed from its assigned area\u00a0during the night. More than I can say for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/not-listening\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">some other farmlet inhabitants<\/a>. What Favorite Stepson&#8217;s\u00a0little metal box lacks in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/and-then-there-were-two\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">swag<\/a>, it certainly makes up for in docile subservience. Not a bad quality in a first mount.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s your ideal mode of transport? Do you favour\u00a0a mild mannered Toyota? Or prefer to ride something a little more challenging? For my part I&#8217;d be quite keen on\u00a0dashing through the snow in a one horse open sled.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Favorite Stepson was mumbling about his need for\u00a0a means of transport. He wanted something responsive and maneouverable with excellent fuel economy. I thought this could be\u00a0the perfect solution. Strangely, he had other ideas,\u00a0and instead we are welcoming a\u00a0small Japanese car&hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/not-a-pony\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[61,67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","category-miscellanious"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4391"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4553,"href":"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4391\/revisions\/4553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}