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   Well I finally have a minute & people are still posting this
   thread so I guess it is my turn:

   My name is Amy Lehman.  I will be 26 in March and I work at
   Mead Data Central as a Software Engineer in Dayton, OH.

   Without this newsgroup, I would not currently own my gelding,
   Beau!  I read this group Monday-Friday faithfully.  I have been
   reading for about two years.  I don't post very often because
   I am still a novice when it comes to horsey care. I saw Sue 
   Bishop's name in the listing one day.  Her posting address 
   is from Wright State university.  I graduated from WSU and
   I do not live very far from it.  After seeing postings from 
   California, UK, Canada, etc., I was very exited to see a posting
   so close to home.  So I sent her an email to say "Hello".
   One thing lead to another and now we are very good friends.  
   She helped me buy Beau from Ricarda, another newsgroup participant!

   Anyway, I have been Horse Crazy my entire life.  My room was
   PLASTERED with horse pictures, wallpaper, bedspread, ... well you
   get the picture.  My riding experience as a child comprised of
   2 weeks each summer at Girl Scout camp.  I'd get to ride 
   about 6 hours a day and we learned a lot about grooming, tack,
   etc.  My training consisted completely of western and bareback.
   Living in the suburbs I did not know anyone who owned
   horses so I had to be content with camp.  

   When I was old enough to buy my own horse there were a lot of
   things holdings me back.  The main thing was that I did not have
   a mentor to help me through daily horse care problems.  I didn't
   even have someone to show me where to look to buy a horse.  I
   didn't want to subject a defenseless horse to my ignorance. :-)
   When Sue offered to board Beau if I bought him, it made a perfect
   match.  Sue got a horse for her 4H kids and I got a horse I
   could afford to keep and someone to show me the ropes!  Sue has
   been teaching me to ride English.  I hope to jump into one or
   two of the open class events at her 4H shows this summer!


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Amy Lehman                   _ ___/ /\|                 (513) 865-1045
Mead Data Central        ,;`( )__, )  ~              Data Technologies
P.O. Box 933            //  //   '--;                 amy@meaddata.com
Dayton, Ohio  45401     '   \     |             ...!uunet!meaddata!amy
                             ^    ^ Beau...appaloosa sweetheart