Things that let You know might be an Older rider if.....??

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Permalink Reply by Laurie J Blake on January 14, 2010 at 5:07pm

An over 40 the other day told us she kept her rotary phone forever -- until a young person asked to use her phone and couldn't figure out how to "dial" the number.

Permalink Reply by splash on January 14, 2010 at 7:13pm

Oh dear, that's still my winter riding gear (OK, long johns and one pair of jeans but otherwise.....LOL) AND my mother just told me about two wheeled wheelbarrows!

But no one knows my original coaches and the barn kids I trail ride with are my teenage son's age! What's scary is they consider me one of them, so I often hear MORE about teenage life than I probably should! Must to my son's dismay!

I remember rotary phones and only activate my cell phone in winter. My son snowboards and I wanted him to be able to reach me in case of accident. I still have to get the barn kids to answer it when he rings me and I can't for the life of me retrieve msgs without their help.

When he leaves for college I anticipate MANY, MANY phone calls asking him to remind me (for the millionth time!) how to use the TV remote and the DVD player. Having a tech savy teen living at home has made me dead lazy, LOL.

I raised him alone so there is no other male to explain things I SHOULD know!

I am also incredibly dismayed that there is no way on God's Green Earth I can mount a 16hh horse without a mounting block anymore, Aargh!

And my balance isn't all it used to be, bareback riding is scary! But I continue to do it occasionally in the hopes it'll help me maintain the balance that we all tend to lose as we age.

Permalink Reply by Lise M. LeBlanc on January 20, 2010 at 7:00pm

You're riding outfit icludes a shouder brace, leg brace, ankle brace, wrist brace because you have more injuries than not ... and people refer to you as Robo Rider ...

Permalink Reply by Eileen on January 22, 2010 at 7:37pm

Actually i don't see myself at the age of 66 as an older rider. merely a rider with a bit of experience. i have ridden since i was a kid on the farm. never took lessons,never had an indoor arena, never took my pony to the local county fair. it was a make you own fun out on the trails or forget the horse. lol In my minds eye i am still that 25 year old that just hopped up on the horse and rode out. But in the past 40 years i have listened to my body when it says...'hey, you can'tdo that any more...do you know how old you are' lol keep on doing it people don't let the calender get you down

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