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RE: [RC] I've got *hate* mail! - Christina McCarthyOMG...that person needs prayers...how unfortunate Angie. By the way I LOVED your artical and hope to see many more from you. Perhaps she was "joking"...anyway some people just don't get it.Christina McCarthy > To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:32:00 -0400 > Subject: [RC] I've got *hate* mail! > From: rides2far@xxxxxxxx > > 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 > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > 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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