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chris

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Chris

BayRab Acres http://pages.prodigy.net/paus

Lake RegionSWA http://lakeregionswa.fws1.com

 

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From: rides2far@xxxxxxxx
To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [RC] I've got *hate* mail!
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:32:00 -0400
>Well folks, I guess I've *truly* arrived. I just got my first REAL hate
>mail and I've just got to share.
>
>I got a 3 page single spaced letter postmarked from Oakland California
>about the article EN recently printed, "Endurance Riding By Invitation
>Only". Since it's anonymous, I can only guess it was written by Roseanne
>Rosanne Danna. I kept thinking about Foghorn Leghorn's saying, "It's a
>JOKE son!" It starts out blasting me for being anti-Quarter Horse
>because I commented on the "Lead'em and Feed'em Halter Heifer, I mean
>Horse ranks" and goes on to blast me for being and Arab snob. Whoa! Did
>I mention Quarter Horses *anywhere* in that article? Do Arab shows not
>have *halter* classes?? Does she know I started out for the first 2 years
>on Appaloosas (a half QH Appaloosa at that!)??? >sigh< Then she goes on
>to say how appalled she and her sister, as show riders, were at how
>unfriendly the atmosphere was at rides compared to the show ring. >double
>sigh<
>
>Of course *she* has helped people apply easyboots (ditto here) stopped to
>help hurt people (ditto here) and though SHE rides an Arab she hasn't
>harrassed newcomers who don't the way *I* would. (hard to do that when I
>was on an Appaloosa at the time and all)
>
>All I can say is you folks in Oakland must be pretty cutthroat because
>according to her in her two years experience of competition you guys run
>her off the trail, shove her away from water, don't know how to ride, are
>*very* cliquey, and the mentors in her area seem to hope she doesn't
>succeed.
>
>Then she took offense at my "never recruit anyone you wouldn't want to
>drink after" statement. She asked, "Is that water only, or alcoholic
>beverages".
>
>Hello... woman, I think everybody who has ever even run into me or read
>anything I write knows I'm a Southern Baptist. One sip of beer would send
>us straight to hell. I don't drink ANYTHING. Insinuating I'm a drunk
>sure won't fly. >g< Then she said, "So as for drinking from a water
>bottle that you find on the trail, how gross. Have you ever looked inside
>a porti potti? There are some dirt, nasty people out there".
>
>I knew it...she thinks her **** dont' stink! >eg< Heck, put a porta potti
>in a nunnery and it's gonna be dirty, and nasty woman! Does she think
>somebody fills their waterbottle up in there? What's she been looking in
>there for?? Oh yeah...then she throws in a jab that all us *endurance
>riders* have fancy living quarters don't we. HA HA. She should get a good
>look at my 1994 truck pulling a 1988 trailer with me sleeping on a cot in
>the back. Go on Rosanna....
>
>Then, my favorite part. After sending an anonymous letter, she writes:
>
>"Thank you again, I do not expect this to be printed or a response, I
>just had to let it out".
>
>Respond... to an anonymous letter? Who am I supposed to send it to??
>
>I got to thinking about this letter and that article and I think what has
>happened is you guys in Oakland are doing the right thing. You've tried
>to recruit the right kind of people...fun loving, no chips on shoulders,
>intelligent, ABLE TO TAKE A JOKE, etc. and somehow this person slipped
>through the cracks. Thus, when she's around you're trying hard to make
>things appear not fun so she'll go away. I know it's difficult and you
>really like new people so you're probably a little stressed about this
>but all I can say is, stay at it. As bad as I offended her and if you
>guys keep it up, you all should be free of her soon. :-))
>
>Angie
>
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