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

1.You remember braiding pom poms into a show mane & tail
2.You keep buying taller step stools to replace mounting blocks...
3.You remember the land of time before cell phones & computers

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Permalink Reply by Amy on November 21, 2009 at 2:04pm

You remember when the phone company offered party lines.
You remember the Sears Farm and Ranch catalog carried all your tack and stable needs.
When your just senile enough to have done an internet search to see if Kauffman's is still around.

Permalink Reply by Karen T on November 21, 2009 at 2:59pm

You used to hold the twitch while assisting your vet to worm your horse through the stomach tube....
The vet would hold your horses tongue in one hand while using a hand rasp in the other hand to float his teeth......

Permalink Reply by Amy on November 21, 2009 at 5:26pm

When Margarite Henry was at a book signing for Misty of Chincoteague and I waited in line.

Permalink Reply by Cindi Roberts on November 22, 2009 at 9:55pm

You remember at age 10 going into your First tack store, and it was Kauffman's in NYC!!!!!!

Permalink Reply by Cindi Roberts on November 22, 2009 at 10:01pm

You remember
The land o time before calculators, before computers, before push button phones
When you got you first cashier job because your hands span could reach the number buttons on the register.
Hair dryers were a plastic hat with a hose

Permalink Reply by Amy on November 24, 2009 at 10:08pm

Haha!!!! I HAD a hair dryer with a hose and plastic cap! I love this thread!
When you remember making Christmas wreaths out of folded, stapled, and spray painted IBM computer cards.

Permalink Reply by Karen T on January 12, 2010 at 1:18pm

Oh my God! I remember using both of those items.... used to get up early, wash my hair and tie it is rags and then go back to sleep with the cap on my head.....wake up in an hour, hair would be dry, untie the rags and voila - instant waves.......

as for the IBM computer cards - we used to have to proof those when I worked at the university. Old time keypunch operators.......and if the output wasn't correct - we would have to collect the cards from the operators and start looking for the error.... ugh!!

Permalink Reply by Cyndi on November 23, 2009 at 9:34am

You remember having to go through a switchboard to make a phone call.
You remember being one of the first families to get a phone...and an indoor toilet!!!

Permalink Reply by Betsy Jarnigan on January 11, 2010 at 9:20pm

You realize that your beloved Passier dressage saddle is OLDER THAN YOUR TRAINER!

Permalink Reply by Karen T on January 12, 2010 at 1:18pm

That one hurts ! :)

Permalink Reply by Denise Colebrooke on January 12, 2010 at 8:11pm

Your first pair of jodphurs were made of cavalry twill with elephant ears.
You sewed a bit of elastic onto your velvet riding hat with no safety symbols if you didn't want it to fall off hunting
A school tie made a handy bridle when you sneaked to the farm instead of school
The drop noseband was a gadget
Knee rolls were for wimps
There was one type of complete feed - Spillers Pony Nuts

Permalink Reply by Cindi Roberts on January 12, 2010 at 9:36pm

You remember the your first pair of riding boots,
were mounted police issue boots, with buckles up the side of each leg and thick laces!!!

Winter riding gear was wearing leotards, wool knee socks socks, two pairs of jeans
a turtleneck and a irish knit sweater under a wool navy pea coat.

Dad put chains on the tires to drive you to the stables.

The phone made a cool sound as you rotated the round dial for each number