Just because someone is as you call "an advanced rider" doesn't mean they
have an obligation to less advanced riders. If you, as an "advanced" I would
rather use the word experienced - would like to encourage and mentor - that's
great BUT it is NOT mandatory.
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KimFue@aol.com wrote:
>
> I'll never forget a few years back when a bunch of us were at a ride doing
> the 25 and we had such a great time. We were saying how great this distance
> was because your done by 11:00AM, your not thrashed and you can start
> relaxing a lot earlier than the 50s. We elitist 25 milers were laughing at
> the poor saps riding the 50 who had to go back out after lunch as we sat
> sipping on cool drinks. We were clean for the awards dinner while many of
> the 50s were still dirty from a full day of riding, we were first in line for
> dinner because we weren't busy cleaning horses and our camp chores were done
> hours before. At the awards we even got the same completion award as the 50
> for going half the distance. What a deal! We smirked as we saw 50 mile
> riders walking back from awards with at least a grade three lamenss downing
> their advil and aspirin. We weren't even sore!
> Of course, the next month we were those 50 mile saps leaving the lunch
> break...
>
Hi Kim,
Whaddya mean "done before the 50's?" *smile*. I was on the Equest 25
for my five year old's maiden a few years back. We hooked-up with a
couple very nice ladies on their senior citizen aged horses and had a
wonderful time riding the hills and bringing our horses into the checks
in the 40's. We were going out for the final 5 mile leg at about four
hours when the first fifties came blasting in!
There's a contingent of non-competitive mileage seekers out here and a
lot of us are in it for the companionship along the way. I've had a top
ten 50 miler and several also-rans and I prefer the latter. Less stress
on this poor postal worker who has to run five days a week as it is!
~Nikki~
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On Wed, 29 Jan 1997 13:58:57 PST, you wrote:
>Hi - Just a suggestion, lots of internet software (or email software =
like
>the Juno I use) allow you to change colors and fonts of the messages you
>see on the screen. (And background colors.) This can be helpful if you
>have visual problems. I see a little double (astigmatism) and find a
>softer, reddish brown color is easier to read than black. I also like
>"arial" letters which are plainer than "roman."
Unfortunately, no software that I know of converts upper case to lower
case.
Regardless of the colors or fonts, most people (including me) find text
written in all caps more difficult to read. On the Internet, posting or
e-mailing in all caps is considered bad "netiquette;" it's as if the
person writing is SHOUTING at you!
There was a time back in the "dark ages" when some computers (and some
computer printers) didn't have lower case. That is not true of any
modern computer, but you still occasionally see databases, for example,
done in all upper case. But please, folks, use courtesy in your Usenet
posts and e-mail and type in upper case ONLY when you want to SHOUT!
--=20
Joe Long
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