How will we ever get back into those spandex breeches for the summer show circuit?
Some government health agencies classify obesity as a disability. Warp that Kuhnle carriage, and the USA Equestrian will give you a special dispensation to drive a Hummer put to a Shire-Tyrannosaur cross.
Fat is not our fault. Fat happens, especially at concession stands at Southern horse shows. Decades of surplus junk food have caused oxygen to morph into a new atmospheric gas: carbohydrate dioxide. Just breathe, and you put on weight.
We make celebrities out of people who lose weight. Jared, the guy who ate Subway sandwiches for years, is a hero because he can see his feet for the first time.
But what about all the SOFT (Slow, Old, Fat, Tired) riders like me? Without Dr. Atkins to guilt us into passing up those Doritos, we’ll soon be shopping for those XXL breeches and using old draw reins for belts. We have to help each other. The next time you see me standing in line at the concession stand, just gag me with my stock tie.
The DOT Sees the Light
Three cheers for the N.C. Department of Transportation and the Committee for a Sensible Southern Pines-Aberdeen Bypass. As of November of 2002 and confirmed in a recent memo to co-chairman Jim Van Camp, project R-2203 is now history. The bypass proposal that formulated a right of way for the U.S. 1 bypass through the Walthour-Moss Foundation, Weymouth Woods and the Southern Pines horse country on the edge of Fort Bragg has been abolished. We can all breathe a sigh of relief, and thank the CSSPAB board of directors for their efforts.
Contact Sue Smithson at smithson@pinehurst.net
