[RC] Helmets, Kids, Old Farts, Liability, Howard, and loose dogs in camp - Tom Sites
Figured i'd save you all the hassle of deleting all
these responses and get it over with one quick ejauculate of
thought.
Helmets: I didn't wear them for a long time,
but when i got a solid hit upon my head by a young stallions head when the
keeper on a martingale got caught, he bucked , i rode the first 3 bucks, til i
came forward and our heads hit, mine in the temple. His head was harder
than mine, i was dizzy for 3 weeks til i went to go get a cat-scan and
everything came out ok. Someone mentioned i cracked my sinus, i took a
sinus pill and lost the dizziness, tho some may accuse me of it still. I
had a helmet on and glad i did. I may have been the first RM in AERC to
require helmets at the Ft Valley ride i was manager of and the previous year we
had a State declared emergency when the horse went over the cliff. The
next time i had Board approval for this requirement. Today i came down the
road and there was this tractor trailer of wrecked cars....you could tell who
had their seat belts on and whose head hit the glass. Its a Free World
here in America and its everyones decision. Make your own
'Choice'.
Kids do not all mature at the same age and age
should not be the only determining factor of entry. Heck, i was a senior
in high school at 16 and hated gym class because all the other boys had hair and
big *****, while i still had a string to find mine. Parenting is
always an individual thing and again, i thinks its choice. I have personal
stories of my own kids to share, like when i went looking for 5 yo Michael and 4
you old Amy and found them asleep on the back of Jose (Jose Dante RC Stories a
runaway) w/ Michael asleep leaning backwards and Amy asleep leaning forward and
Jose eating hay in the paddock. Michael did his first 100 at 16 on the US
100 Cavalry and again, i think its Choice and individual maturity, that we all
don't have at the same time.
If we are talking Liability, consider this. I
have 4 herniated discs and degerenative disc disease which puts me at great risk
for injury when i crumble. Am i not a greater risk for injury and
liability making this known, than a kid that for some reason has the capacity to
tumble and roll? Again, its Choice, and it can't all be written down and
dictated as dogma.
Loose Dogs in Camp...i have been quilty, but not
lately and find it inconsiderate that others allow their pets to invade my
little space and either tear up my trash, slobber on my sleeves or intimidate my
little dog friend. I may get personal if my friend is attacked, who is on
her leash. Sorry, thats just the way i am. To me its not a Choice,
its courtesy.
Howard, come Home. We're all nuts here and
some just don't see it or know how to mask it. I just talked w/ a
shrink who told me of her nuttiness, and i asked her how she got away with it
and tried to tell others how to be Normal" and her answer was..." I know
the answers"... I don't, and there's a lot more i don't know than i do
know. In fact, i don't really know if i'm sure about anything anymore,
other than, I wish you All, Peace.
