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

["Celia Krall" <celiak@pcrs.net>]

Being a referee is no excuse for being rude.  Whether you are an accepted
member of a group, or a green beginner, you are STILL entitled to being
treated with respect and common courtesy.

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> From: Deanna German <dgerman@earthlink.net>
> To: Bette Lamore <woa@stormnet.com>; ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject: RC:   Re: ridecamp-d Digest V00 #768 (ever have that feeling...)
> Date: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 4:27 PM
> 
> 
> Bette Lamore wrote:
> 
> > 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???
> 
> Uh, wrong emotion. Try amazement sprinkled with a little annoyance. (I'll
curtail
> my use of exclamation points from here on out so as to not appear angry.)
> 
> Bette, you've contributed nothing of substance to the topics at hand
(amazement),
> yet you felt compelled to write something anyway (annoyance).
> 
> This whole "state" thing has me thinking; our anonymous poster said early
on in
> his/her story that the RM noted that she was from a certain unnamed
state; could
> this be one of those regional things?
> 
> I'm lucky to be in an area where, at the most, there are two rides going
on
> within hauling distance on any given weekend during ride season. The
sanctioning
> clubs in the Grest Lakes region seem to take pains not to schedule
conflicts.
> This means that the experienced ride vets aren't spread too thin. Even if
a vet
> with no ride experience vets a ride, the vet likely specializes in
horses, or at
> least large animals. TB and Standarbred racing are both so popular here
that we
> are blessed with having veterinary professionals accustomed to looking at
equines
> and equine athletes. Maybe experienced vets are spread too thin in some
regions.
> Too bad we don't know where the poster is from or where the ride took
place so we
> could explore this meanigfully.
> 
> Referees in any game have a tremendous impact on the final outcome.
Referees
> exist in games like basketball, football, etc. to enforce rules and 
prevent
> injury (the latter is the usual result of the former) Ride vets are the
referees
> of these distance riding games we play with our horses. An intregral, and
> occasionally frustrating part of the game.
> 
> Deanna (Ohio)
> 
> 
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