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Truman,

Don't forget the "Uppity 50 miler" T-shirt...OMG..wonder what you would have 
to put on a 100 miler shirt..goodness gracious folks..just ride..~!



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> From: Truman Prevatt <tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Cindy Collins <c_collins@xxxxxxx>
> CC: Ridecamp <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [RC]   re:  trail trash and crabby old riders
> Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 10:11:40 -0500
>
> By golly - I've got it. I'm going to make me two T-shirts a "Trail Trash" T 
> for when I ride 25 and a "Crabby Old Timer" T for when I ride 50. That 
> should cover it all - don't you think?
>
> I think we need to all lighten up, get our nose out of each others choices 
> and go ride our horses.
>
> I'm off to ride - it's too nice of a day to pass up.
>
> Truman
>
> Cindy Collins wrote:
> > First, I think any one who calls LD riders trail trash deserves to be 
> > criticized. (though it is funny if it's being said by someone like Angie:) 
> > That being said, this whole thread irritates me just as much as it did the 
> > first time it came around a thousand times ago. Yes, many of us old, 
> > crabby riders are the most adamant about what real endurance is or is not. 
> > Many of us old crabby riders don't ride much any more due to our failing 
> > health. However, that IS the point. You don't see those crabby old 
> > endurance riders, who may now only be able to ride LD distances, wanting 
> > to change the focus of endurance. Even if I can't ride like I used to, I 
> > still want the sport focused on 100 mile rides. Even if I can only ride 
> > 25s, I don't want 25 milers winning big awards and being given national 
> > championship status. Because I can't do something doesn't mean I want the 
> > world to change over my problems...whether those problems are age, health, 
> > money, other responsibilities, old or young horses, etc. THAT'S what old 
> > timers find so incredibly offensive and no many how many times they say it 
> > or try to explain it, it gets twisted into something else.
> >
> >
> > Cindy Collins
> > c_collins@xxxxxxx <mailto:c_collins@xxxxxxx>
>
>
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>
> ?It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how 
> smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong? Richard 
> Feynman, Nobel Laureate in Physics
>
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