[Strine]

To the question about shoeing horses.

No. I only shoo flies. Or:

Yes but I would ask that you supply the stick.....shoo horse, get away with you.

Then wax lyrical about how complex the foot of a horse is and that no one in their right mind would let me near it. It is far better to take your horse to a professional horse chiropodist.

To the comment about an ancestor being a blacksmith, I reply with...mmmm, I come from a long line of chook (chicken) farmers dating from around 1740 (all lies of course). I still can't lay eggs.

Relish the bloke that fronts up, says nothing for quite a while then eventually pipes up and says "I was a blacksmith". That's time to down tools, pull up a couple of stumps and wag the chin (chat) for a while over a brew (cup of tea or coffee)...your shout of course.