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[RC] affording endurance riding - rides2far@xxxxxxxxI solved that--moved to a place where there is no access to cable... ;-) We have a hill that even blocks the three major networks on antennae. I may have sounded as if "rich" people were somehow silly or foolish in my post. That's not my attitude at all. I'm happy for everyone who has money to spend. More power to them. I could have more if I wanted to work harder but am such a slug that I prefer to find ways to cut corners instead of figuring out ways to be more successful. I didn't take a full time job for 10 years while my girls were small and we lived practically on air (but I still competed with well cared for horses). When I took a full time teaching job I felt absolutely filthy rich and really enjoyed loosening up a bit on the pocketbook. Josie still apologizes when she says she needs basketball shoes or something and it feels good to say, "No problem, no big deal". My post was just for a 20 year old who is probably in the shape I was in at 20. It's kinda fun to rough it when you start out, but I'd hate to turn back time. I will say that I try to be fair to the family. We *do* have a house, and six acres with barn & field, access to trails, etc. We have it because we had priorities and that was one of them. If someone else would rather have more horses or a bigger rig that's their choice, more power to them. I can assure you that if I had *plenty* of money sitting in the bank I'd just pick out the truck & trailer that I wanted and be happy for the sales guy that made a commission. The great thing about endurance is that you have people pulling up in rusty old 2 horse trailers who are contenders, and you have people in zillion dollar rigs who never make them feel bad about what they're driving. I don't know any other horse sport where everybody accepts each other's financial differences in class so casually. :-) Angie ________________________________________________________________ Juno Platinum $9.95. Juno SpeedBand $14.95. Sign up for Juno Today at http://www.juno.com! Look for special offers at Best Buy stores. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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