This message is from: "Denise Delgado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> thank you pamela. at least someone understands my original message. though it did seem to touch a lot of hot buttons. denise ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 1999 3:37 PM Subject: Re: Weight Carrying Abilities of Fjords
> This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In a message dated 7/13/99 15:05:54 Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > writes: > > << i agree that alex's story was great, and i still think there is a case > for lessened coordination etc in people of weight. >> > > Have to respectfully disagree about this. And the statement that overweight > people have poor reflexes. I'm not as young or light as I used to be, but my > reflexes haven't declined one bit. Maybe it's from running after my special > needs son, to keep him out of trouble, I don't know, but reflexes are intact. > And there are soooo many people I can think of who are extremely heavy, but > light on their feet as cats. To think of one, Jackie Gleason was pretty darn > nimble in his prime. Ah well, you know, it's generalities that get us into > trouble. Everybody's got their own unique situation, with a generous dose of > qualities and flaws. It's how we deal with these that make us better or > worse riders (or humans). I understand what you were trying to say, and that > you were trying to be helpful in your original post. And that's what is > important. > > Pamela >