> I always want to know if the person taking the videos is
 > a horse person
 > or not.  I hate dressage tapes where they tape a long shot
 > of the rider
 > for two seconds then show the horses legs for the rest of
 > the test.  I
 > want to see if the riders hands are quiet and if the rider
 > is beating
 > the horse every step with their heels.
 
You bet!  Wonder if the guys who make those tapes are the same ones who do 
the figure-skating tapes where they cut off the skaters' feet! 
 So somebody has had to tell them, doofus, show the feet -- and then 
they go do dressage and that's all we see.  ;-)
 
Seriously, though, there's a talent in knowing what to look for and knowing 
what people will want to see.  No matter what they pick, somebody will be 
unhappy.  I know with commentary, the expert commentators who are sometimes 
quite good at telling me exactly what I want to know as soon as the question 
forms in my mind, are often reviled by other people who can't stand them.  So 
you can't win.
 
 > BTW how are you doing in this weather.  A lot of people
 > in your area
 > don't seem to have A/C.
 
Yes, it's true. But since I am a Florida native, *I* am doing just fine.  I'm 
used to having this heat *plus humidity*.  I just crank up the fans and drink 
lots of Gatorade, my native drink.  (I was at the University when it was 
developed, and no, I don't mind the taste, even of the original lemon-lime 
flavor.  I prefer the orange and lemonade flavors, however.)
 
 > Can you believe Montery, 102 in
 > October?  I
 > wonder if we're going to get fall or just summer then winter.
 
Well, this is the typical pattern for us: spring, fog, mini-fall, hot 
weather, mini-fall, rain.  Halloween is coming so it's time to scrounge 
around and find the umbrellas and other raingear.
 
 > I wanted to go out to ride yesterday but it was 94 at 6p.m.
 > here and
 > it's not fair to ride them in these temperatures with their
 > winter
 > coats.
 
No, not at all!
 
A friend of mine came into work the other day with his dog, a golden 
retriever.  Boy, that poor dog was hot to the touch.  He immediately lay down 
and spread as much of himself against the cool floor as he could manage.  I 
wished I had one of those misters from the cross- country course at the 
Olympics.
 
And earlier in the day, I had passed parked cars as I was walking to work, 
where people had left their dogs inside.  It was cooler then, but knowing how 
hot it can get in a hurry, it was still pretty stupid. 
 Why are people so dumb?
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