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[RC] Technophobia - Ridecamp GuestPlease Reply to: ti tivers@xxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ========================================== So, could somebody show me how having a nervous breakdown over worrying about how to feed, condition, get all the fancy monitors, etc. has made things better. Bonnie> I can cite hundreds of individual horses that have been greatly improved through scientific conditioning protocols. What you're calling new feeding technologies, though, are, of late, taking us backward--the fat and fiber fad. None of the horses I could tell you about were on that kind of lethargy-inducing, colic-producing diet. You have to sort through the "science" to find out what works--on the track, not in the laboratory. Nothing happens in the laboratory, ever. Right now, applied science represents a clearcut "unfair advantage" to technophobes--surprised the AERC hasn't banned it totally, in all its insidious forms. I mean, you're already down to "to finish is to win" so you can feel good about losing. Why not "to show up with a stone cripple while totally ignorant of anything technological is to win". Hell, celebrate ignorance if you're going to embrace it. "Ignorance is King." "Long live mediocrity." Here's a good one, if you take it literally: "The Devil's in the details"--and he's going to eat you alive. When's the last time you raced a 100 in a little over 7 1/2 hours, Bonnie? That record's been broken a couple of times now. Did you notice? The TB record for a mile has similarly been boked several times in the past few years. Standardbred records are falling every year. And technology is just getting started in those sports. Ya kinda gotta know what yer talkin' about, this day and age--if ya wanna win. ti ti =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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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