Ma'am, You Can't Ride the Horse Dressed Like That.

[Enigma]

You're in the foothills? I'm towards the plains and we would love to get some of that mud. ^^ Seems we have only three seasons down here: Warm, Cold, Snowy.

How dare you discriminate against her because she (thinks she's) pretty? I wish there would have been pics of that ending though, that would be enough to brigten any day.

[greensinestro]

I love the shoes! Does she also take her purse with her when she rides a horse?

[Alpha Strike]

Saydrah:

You were way out of line on this one. I mean the woman had already told you at least twice she had TRAINED AND RIDDEN WILD MUSTANGS FOR YEARS, and if she was as beautiful as she thought she was, she was entitled to whatever she wanted. Really.


[In all seriousness though, if conditions were as bad as you describe, why was the ranch open in the first place?]

[PhotoChick]

Up here in the mountains we have two seasons - snowing and non-snowing. Oh, and the past few years we've also had monsoon season.

[Lace Neil Singer]

Good story. XD At the riding stables where I used to ride, and sometimes work for rides during the summer holidays, there used to be all sorts from kids to adults showing up wearing the most ridiculous outfits imaginable. Never had anyone turn up in six inch stillettos; but we had quite a few in sandles, flipflops and sneakers, with quite a few wearing shorts or short skirts. It took precious minutes to drum into the thicko's heads that we would not under any circumstances allow them to mount a horse wearing that kind of outfit. The very least you could have was jeans and wellies. I remember telling a woman that she should go home and change, and then return and then she'd be able to ride (she was wearing baggy shorts and sneakers). She glared at me and said, "Well, maybe I'm just not as rich as you are!" and stomped off. Yeah, I'm rich just cuz I happen to have the correct gear to ride a horse in. -.- By the way, at the time I was just 13 years old; way to go, lady; you just yelled at a kid. -.-

[napoleana]

Do you not have a policy about pants/long shorts, either? I guess it makes sense, since a rash isn't much of an injury, but I've gone riding a few times before where I've seen someone told, "I'm sorry, ma'am, but you'll have to change."

[FenigDurak]

You're in the foothills? I'm towards the plains and we would love to get some of that mud. ^^ Seems we have only three seasons down here: Warm, Cold, Snowy.

How dare you discriminate against her because she (thinks she's) pretty? I wish there would have been pics of that ending though, that would be enough to brigten any day.

Y'all're lucky! We have seasons downtown too! Light Rail packed with crazies, Light Rail packed with fluffy coats, and Light Rail completely empty. Sadly though, it's never a set section of the year. It kinda varies.

[Saydrah]

[In all seriousness though, if conditions were as bad as you describe, why was the ranch open in the first place?]

Horses gotta eat even when it's windy. They don't go on wind-fasts. So, were were basically all there to feed them in the morning, hide out from the wind and the drunk boss for eight hours, feed them at night and go home.

RE: Long pants- yeah, that would have been a good rule, if it weren't for the fact that half the staff rode in shorts or worse bikinis all summer. This was a real wild west place- no real regard for safety unless conditions were EXTREME, drunken pedo boss on a Harley, slaughter and eat their own pigs and steer every year.... SO GLAD I AM NOT THERE ANYMORE

[BookstoreEscapee]

DD: LOOK A BUNNY!

This is actually the line that made me

Ex and I took Pablo (see my avatar) to the park one day. Ex went to the bathroom. I was waiting outside with Pablo on the leash, while he meandered around the area. A little boy, maybe 4 or so, came out of the women's bathroom with his older sister, saw the dog, and said "LOOK A BUNNY!" (Ex heard it from inside the men's room...yep, that's your dog, man!)

[Amethyst Hunter]

My wife works with a guy that has a mild case of adult ADD. Their running gag to help him realize he's not focusing is to say "Look. A chicken" and point toward the task at hand.

As an ADD person myself I take exception to that.

The correct phrase is "OOOoooOOo! LOOKIT THE SHINY!!"

[Pagan]

Here in Colorado, we have four seasons: Hot, Cold, Muddy, and Windy. It was the season of the Windy, which out here means WINDY, and at the dude ranch- located atop a spot of high ground in the foothills- we would get gale force winds daily for at least a month during the appropriate season. It was so bad that if there also happened to be ice on the ground, you could stretch out your coat and sail (usually right into a fencepost or a wall, OUCH).

Ah, yes, "spring" in the southwest! I keep telling people, yes, we do have four seasons in New Mexico. Autumn, Winter, Wind, and Fire. Funny thing about Fire is that it seems to bleed in other parts of the year.

People that have recently moved here and are experiencing their first spring are particularly amusing. They think it's horribly windy one day and we natives are standing around telling them that if you can still see the Sandias, it's not windy. And they just can't believe that I-10 between Las Cruces and Deming gets closed because of the wind.

[Sliceanddice]

wait why are sneakers bad? ive ridden in sneakers...

[starla671]

I feel sorry for any horse she does ride if she's wearing those stilettos. That poor animal will be getting kicked by those things! Ouch!

[VampireSlave]

I live in CO too, so I know how the weather can be.

That woman was craxy for wantint got ride in that weather, with those shoes, and that drunk. I can barely ride my horse in that strong of a wind, let alone if I was tispy or not.

[Saydrah]

wait why are sneakers bad? ive ridden in sneakers...

Sneakers do not have a heel, and they have rubber non-skid soles. This means that if you come off the horse, your foot is about 100% more likely to go through the stirrup and get you dragged behind the horse than if you were wearing proper riding boots with a smooth, hard sole and a small heel. Being dragged by a bucking horse is unpleasant- I've seen it a couple of times. I recommend investing in a pair of paddock boots or cowboy boots even if you are only riding a couple times a year- it only takes one bad fall and being dragged to give you at the best a serious case of 'ring rash' as I call it, and at worst kill or paralyze you.