On 7/10/2013 10:34 AM, Jinx the Minx wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Jul 2013 09:31:18 -0600, casa bona > wrote:
>> On 7/10/2013 3:07 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> > "JBurns" > wrote in message
>> > ...
>> >> On Tue, 9 Jul 2013 10:48:43 -0500, Sqwertz
> >
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> On Mon, 8 Jul 2013 23:24:25 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>> >>>> ...
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> I think it's ridiculous that some folks believe people can
> communicate
>> >>>>> with cats on anything but the most primitive level. Not only
> "in
>> >>>>> person", but most of all psychically and telepathically.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>> I could communicate with a cat once.
>> >>>
>> >>> I'll let somebody else field that one.
>> >>>
>> >>>> Alas, I do not have the same abilities with my cats.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> What's not hard to believe is that there are people out there
> who will
>> >>>>> gladly relieve you of your money for giving false hope of
> having a
>> >>>>> loved one returned to you.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Yes. I am thinking this lady is wrong despite what the news
> show said.
>> >>>
>> >>> Oh, she was recently on the news <sigh>. Then business for her
> must
>> >>> be booming. What is happening all too often nowadays is that
>> >>> advertisers are paying media outlets to feature them in a "news
>> >>> story". This is how media, especially TV, can make more
> advertising
>> >>> money while still abiding by content rules set forth by the FCC
>> >>> (namely, they dictate a maximum amount of air-time you may
> devote to
>> >>> advertising).
>> >>>
>> >>>> She's an elderly lady. I'll give you her link.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> http://www.annettebetcher.com/index.shtml
>> >>>
>> >>> You can Betcher ass her abilities are all fictitious.
>> >>>
>> >>> -sw
>> >>
>> >> She works primarily with horses. There is a reason for that. You
> can
>> >> tell an awful lot about a horse by its body language and
> inter-action
>> >> with other horses and people, allowing you to make educated
> guesses
>> >> about its previous treatment, neuroses and fears. Pain and unseen
>> >> injuries are also easy enough to diagnose with an educated set of
>> >> hands.
>> >>
>> >> I could do this and be right about 70% of the time, but I know
> people
>> >> that would *connect* with the horse about 90-95% of the time.
> Nothing
>> >> psychic about it though, just good rapport, good touch and lots
> of
>> >> experience.
>> >
>> > That could be. I do love animals and while I don't necessarily
> dislike
>> > horses, they are for sure not my favorite animal. So I don't
> know too much
>> > about me. Had two friends as a kid who were horse crazy. I never
>> > understood that. But apparently it is some sort of almost sexual
> thing
>> > where they substitute the horse for a male.
>> >
>> >
>> It seems all to be about having control over a large animal, so
> your
>> assessment is not far off.
>
> That's complete crap. As a "horse crazy" girl, I wished for a pony and
> actually got one for my 9th birthday. It has nothing to do with having
> control over a large animal nor anything sexual. Horse lovers are no
> different than cat or dog obsessed pet owners. Perhaps in your two
> warped fantasy worlds its something more than that, but it's fairly
> clear to most of us here that you and Julie both live in other worlds.
>
> Jinx
We may be at that, and I'll not dispute my world is not typical
mainstream Americana.
I also accept that your experience need not conform to my anecdotal
observations.
That aside, there is room to propose that there are elements of control
and sexuality involved for _some_ horse women:
http://nymag.com/thecut/2013/06/when...women8217.html
There's no denying that horseback riding, at least here on the East
Coast, is a sport thats tied up with privilege; little blonde girls
with pigtails photographed atop their ponies next to moms Jack
Russells; Polo Ralph Lauren; Georgina Bloomberg. I always think that
saddest part of the sport is that it is associated with the elite,
because at its heart of hearts, it's just being outdoors and being with
a beautiful creature. While it's still not cheap by any means, Nir says
that shes a strong enough rider to be able to sit on anything, and
makes it work by riding other people's fancy horses. As a grown-up, she
says the superficial values that made horseback riding slightly icky
back when she was younger mostly seems to have disappeared. Yennie
Solheim, another rider who works at Google and has been riding steadily
since she was a young girl, adds that as a teen, there was a lot of
pressure to have this fancy helmet, and that fancy riding coat. For me,
now, riding is purely a way for me to relax; it's a getaway.
As young girls, the barn offered the same thing. I was less interested
in boys than my friends were, DiSclafani says, and didn't, like, love
middle or high school. The barn was a total refuge. (Like her, and all
who rode, really, Christine Quinn writes in her new memoir that
horseback riding was the activity that sustained her as a teenager).
But the sexy stuff is unavoidable. This might be an oversimplification,
but girls have a lot of sexual energy at that time, and being obsessed
with horses was one way to direct that, DiSclafani adds. Looking back
on my early teens, my friends and I definitely used to talk about horses
like we talked about boys (whom we were definitely not talking to):
Wasnt Toy just so cute today? Sarah rode Lucky, and it was so clear he
didnt like her! Windy and I just really have such good chemistry. It's
no coincidence that Yonahlossee, a bildungsroman set during the
Depression about a young girl whose wealthy family sends her away to a
horse-centric boarding school, charts her relationship with an older man
as she becomes a more competitive horseback rider. As she becomes more
interested in the world of sex, she becomes a better rider, and riding
is an even more important part of her life, DiSclafani says.