Re: Horses in streets

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2 total messages Started by Sue Brezden Thu, 20 Feb 1986 15:20

#978

Author: Sue Brezden
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1986 15:20

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>>When I came to USA, about three years back, one of the americans
>>asked me, whether there are still horses used for travel on the roads in
>>Bombay and other cities!!!
>
><FLAME ON>
>
>Really? HORSES? Jesus Christ!! Did someone really ask you
>that?! I can't believe how ignorant
>some people can be! 

Relax.  I am from Nebraska.  About 80% of the people I've met who were born and
still live in the eastern part of the US will say something to me indicating
that they think we have horses in our main streets (what there are of
them--they seem to think that our cities look like a set for "High Noon"). 
And they think everyone wears cowboy hats and chaps, and that the calvalry 
is still battling the Native Americans in the canyons.

If someone has never been to a place, and knows it only from the movies,
what else are they to think?  The best policy, I've found, is to educate
them gently and politely.
-- 

                                     Sue Brezden
                                     ihnp4!drutx!slb

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Re: Horses in streets

#1009

Author: Linda Seltzer
Date: Sat, 01 Mar 1986 02:04

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> 
> Relax.  I am from Nebraska.  About 80% of the people I've met who were born and
> still live in the eastern part of the US will say something to me indicating
> that they think we have horses in our main streets (what there are of
> them--they seem to think that our cities look like a set for "High Noon"). 
> And they think everyone wears cowboy hats and chaps, and that the calvalry 
> is still battling the Native Americans in the canyons.
> 
Relax - I've spent a fair amount of time in Wyoming, and plenty of people
up there wear cowboy hats and ride horses, even if they can afford a
Ferrari and a business suit - some of those men wouldn't be caught dead
in a business suit.  I'll never forget about the University of
Wyoming's "reception" for the Contemporary Music Orchestra of Paris -
it was in a dark old cowbay bar, with people sitting around drunk,
a couple of people with the D.T.'s, etc.  This bar had no food that
the Frenchmen would eat, so they left (en masse) in their black
suits, when one of them ran into a woman who once spent a summer studying in
France.  She recognized one of the players from the city she visited!


I have also seen preppie girls riding to school (Grinnell College)
on horses (it was a status symbol) in Iowa.

I saw a lot of farms and small cities and towns in Nebraska, but
noone riding a horse in he streets.

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