Re: RC: Re: ridecamp-d Digest V00 #768 (ever have that feeling...)

[Bette Lamore <woa@stormnet.com>]

Boy Deanna
I sure wish YOU could take a trip to sunny California and learn to smell
the roses and lighten up. Too much winter there in the midwest?? (I grew
up in Chicago area and can empathize but life doesn't have to be so
bleak!) Lord, you have a lot of anger, lady. Maybe a good game of
darts???
Bette

Deanna German wrote:
> 
> Bette Lamore wrote:
> 
> > Hi Deanna
> > Welcome to the REAL world.
> 
> Life is not fair; build a bridge, get over it.
> 
> > Even vets and judges are real people and
> > those have prejudices and attitudes sometimes. I got a lot of attitude
> > from some Paso Robles people when we moved up there from Ventura because
> > we were considered Los Angeles immigrants. After they got to know us,
> > their attitudes changed--- not much chance for that in short duration
> > activities. Sad, but true.
> 
> I stand by my original post. Even IF the vet and ride management had it "in
> for" him/her, BFD!! As I said, it's ONLY distance riding. Not a death
> sentence.
> 
> Does anyone seriously think that the vet and RM actually thought "we're
> going to make her day miserable"? I guess I'm smelling the roses, but I
> don't think that people are THAT petty and small-minded, especially when
> they're trying to attract riders to make running a ride worth their while.
> What is wrong with scrutiny of a new horse/rider team? Newbies everywhere
> have to prove themselves — even if they're oldbies somewhere else.
> 
> Gosh, I used to play rec league volleyball and whenever my team played
> "away" or for a new ref, we knew we'd have to play harder. This is not a
> concept unique to distance riding. It's true that some CTR's deduct more for
> lameness than others. Some vet judges deduct more for lameness. And lots of
> people just can't spot lameness.
> 
> I think this person is being overly paranoid. Repeat after me, it's only
> distance riding. (It's something I find myself needing to repeat when I get
> a little too serious about it.)
> 
> > And perhaps the "poster" does not wish to
> > incur more attitude on future rides. The parties involved know who they
> > are and may be able to look at the negative attitude honestly in
> > privacy--- not strewn all over ridecamp for all to judge.
> 
> To that I say "grow a spine!" It's already strewn all over ridecamp. Oh no!
> *I* might be jeopardizing my chances of being judged fairly by signing my
> name to THIS post!
> 
> There is a big difference in signing one's name and naming/smearing names.
> To our guest's credit, he/she did not name names. That's a good thing and to
> be commended. Would he/she have described facial expressions and supposed
> attitudes had he/she signed a name? I doubt it. Would the post have  less
> value if we were missing the color commentary? I don't think so.
> 
> Deanna German (Ohio)

-- 
Bette Lamore
Whispering Oaks Arabians, Home of TLA Halynov
http://www.stormnet.com/~woa
I've learned that life is like a roll of toilet paper, the closer it
gets to the end, the faster it goes. Smell the roses!