Re: RC viruses and horses in Afghanistan

["C. Eyler" <eyler@mindspring.com>]

Welcome home, Susan.

You must not have updated your McAfee when you got home before downloading
your e-mail.  My McAfee protection has been grabbing those 'bad trans'
messages just fine.

Cindy (who checks for McAfee updates every day)


----- Original Message -----
From: "Susan Garlinghouse" <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>
To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 4:04 PM
Subject: RC: RC viruses and horses in Afghanistan


> Hi guys,
> I'm back from visiting my husband in Japan and sorry to say, immediately
> came home to the bad trans worm virus going around.  My McAfee virus scan
> did not stop it, so I apologize for anyone that caught it from me.  You
> apparently do NOT have to open an attachment to get infected, and I got it
> from someone in Germany (I think).  Anyway, it crashed my whole system for
> awhile.  Now I've seen the light, dumped McAfee and loaded Norton which
has
> been lighting up like a Christmas snagging these little buggers.  Anyway,
> hope everyone has a good virus program on their systems.
>
> I saw some assorted comments on RC about the horses and "cavalry" in
> Afghanistan and thought I'd pass along what my husband told me last week.
> He's a warfare operations logistics officer for the Navy and currently on
> loan to the Marines, has already spent five weeks in the Afghan region and
> is back there now (about 60 miles outside of Kandahar).  Anyway, he said
> that he's seen virtually all of the logistical requests coming out of
> Afghanistan and the surrounding areas and while there have been requests
and
> discussions about getting horse feed for the Northern alliance troops and
> their horses, he has not seen anything to lead him to believe that U.S.
> special op troops are on horse back or will be any time in the immediate
> future.  No requests for saddles or bridles or anything like that, no
> discussion of troops that can ride or not.  Yes, he *would* know if there
> were anything like that in the wind.
>
> I also asked him how the Afghani horses looked and he said he thought they
> all looked good.  Lean, but not starving, well-fitting tack (he brought me
> back an Afghan snaffle-type bit that's really cool).  Tough horses,
> outstanding horsemen.  He said the Afghans treat their horses with alot of
> pride and consideration (considering the circumstances) and do the best
they
> can for their animals.  I had the impression that while horses are being
> used, they are not even close to replacing mechanized tools of the trade,
> and their use is not a critical factor either way---just part of what has
> always been a part of Afghani culture.
>
> Thought some of y'all might find this interesting.
>
> Susan G
>
>
>
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