Re: RC: Re: Bragging (was x-factor/heart scores)

[CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com]

In a message dated 3/6/00 10:02:36 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
provincmk@fanninelectric.com writes:

<< These are two very different opinions on the same subject.   Hmmmmm.    I
 was of the understanding that "tooting your own horn"  was a "no-no" on
 ridecamp---but---possibly people are interested ---Let's take a vote---who
 wants to hear more about people's individual horses/farms and honors they
 and their offspring have garnered---or---who thinks this should be left for
 advertising. >>

I personally love to hear stories and brags about what others have done--be 
it breeding or riding or whatever.  There isn't a thing wrong with pride.  
But it's one thing to brag and clearly mark a thread with a title like "New 
baby" or "We Won the Whatsit 100" or "We Survived The Whosis 25" (then one 
can read or delete as one so chooses), and it's something else altogether to 
relate EVERY thread to one's own horses, unless giving case studies or 
specific examples.  I do think the readers can discern where pride ends and 
bad taste begins and draw their own conclusions--and Maria chose to share 
where she thought the line had been crossed.  Case in point--Maria herself 
has shared her first endurance ride with us, and has told us a little about 
her horses (and she is rightfully proud on both counts), but she also makes 
contributions and asks questions about subjects ranging from shoes for riders 
to horse trailers and manages to do so without changing the subject and 
continually discussing her horses.  She herself has set a very good example 
of how to brag on one hand, but how to keep her focus on other subjects when 
her horses are NOT the subject header.

Heidi