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Why would it be necessary to go AROUND horse poop; why not just ride through 
it?  It shouldn't splatter like cow poop does.  Now there's something a 
bicyclist could REALLY complain about.  :-))

Barbara
(Who has been raising cattle for 54 years and been in just about every kind 
of situation you can imagine.  But I, and my clothes, are washable.)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ranelle Rubin" <RanelleR@xxxxxxx>
To: "'jamie'" <ffend@xxxxxxxxx>; <Ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 9:51 AM
Subject: RE: [RC] LTE - Tucson Citizen this morning


> I can totally see that as a viable solution when riding through a
> neighborhood if it is typically pristine in that sense. It sounded like
> this guy was a mountain biker who objected to going around horse poop...
>
> Ranelle
>
>
> What we truly and earnestly aspire to be, that in some sense we are. The
> mere aspiration, by changing the frame of mind, for the moment realizes
> itself.
>
> Anna Jameson
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of jamie
> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 9:45 AM
> To: Ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [RC] LTE - Tucson Citizen this morning
>
>
> In the neighborhood I used to ride in, the neighbors
> all had little scoopers & buckets in front of their
> houses. It was kindof a pain in the butt to get off
> and clean up every time, but it was better than
> trailering to the trail head 2 blocks away! Or worse,
> having the barn closed down because of grumpy
> horse-hating neighbors. Most of the neighbors emptied
> the buckets of manure into their gardens, but there
> were some that did not. So every once in a while,
> someone from the barn would drive around and empty the
> buckets into the truck & take it home. It really was
> the only way to keep everyone happy. Us riders, for
> not having to trailer to the beach 2 blocks away, and
> the neighbors, for not having to look at poops in
> their road.
>
> jamie
>
> --- Ranelle Rubin <RanelleR@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > oh bother!!
> >
> > Why don't we all outfit our horses with those "poop
> > bags" the city
> > carriage horses use....then they can have compost
> > piles at the trail
> > heads that the city folks can avail themselves of
> > for their roses....
> >
> > Ranelle
> >
> >
> >
> > What we truly and earnestly aspire to be, that in
> > some sense we are. The
> > mere aspiration, by changing the frame of mind, for
> > the moment realizes
> > itself.
> >
> > Anna Jameson
> >
> >
> >  -----Original Message-----
> > From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Maryanne
> > Gabbani
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 9:18 AM
> > To: Barbara McCrary
> > Cc: Ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Vallonelee@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [RC] LTE - Tucson Citizen this morning
> >
> >
> >
> > Or, the handles could be longer and you could
> > initiate the new sport of
> > horse-apple polo......
> >
> > Maryanne
> >
> > On Feb 1, 2005, at 6:40 PM, Barbara McCrary wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > The only solution I can think of is for riders to
> > carry mini-lawn-rakes
> > with very short handles, available at garden supply
> > centers. The rider
> > dismounts and rakes the pile off the trail into the
> > brush, or whatever
> > vegetation is alongside the trail.  I guess some
> > people just aren't used
> > to horse turds, but in my opinion, since horses are vegetarians, their
> > turds smell a lot more acceptable than do dogs'.
> > There is something
> > about the scat of meat-eaters that is not very
> > pleasant.
> >
> > Barbara
>
>
>
>
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