>>>> Oh boy. Richard Shrake. My sainted mother taught us "if you can't say something nice ...", but even writing that suggests there is somehing not nice to say.
Yep - be nice, Nancy! Seriously, I know that feeling. A few months ago I read a glowing report on another list about a clinic someone attended - coincidentally in Oregon. I about choked when I read who the clinician was - a guy from my immediate area that I always thought...ok, be nice, Karen! The corollary though, is when people think that because someone is from afar, they MUST be good...especially if they have an accent! And that isn't just an Icelandic-horse-community phenomena - I know it was common with Germans when dressage first got popular in the USA too. Most of my life, I've worked in consulting engineering, and the common joke definition of "consultant" is that they live more than 50 miles from where they work...and sometimes, I'm afraid that there's some truth in that... Karen Thomas, NC No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.6/1193 - Release Date: 12/22/2007 2:02 PM
