The Society in Dedham for Apprehending Horse Thieves

Post by 082349872349872 » Mon, Oct 14, 2024, 10:04 AM UTC

motohagiography wrote: post #30

082349872349872 wrote: post #25

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> barns are feminine coded spaces now That all depends upon the barn*, now doesn't it? Eg, I don't recall there being many female rough stock riders. > places need social fabrics and a way to connect Around here we do that with voluntary associations. De Tocqueville mentions them approvingly in Democracy in America (1835), but for some reason this aspect of culture has swapped over the intervening centuries, and I fi…

always seemed like a bit of a stretch to me to call the spectacle of falling off an animal riding per se. we've got ways to back them now, even if they are a bit european, but I admire the grit. :) it's leisure and guys don't do a lot of that because it raises questions about how serious they are when they could be using that time to get ahead in their jobs. pleasure itself is effete and often only acceptable in thes…

Post by 082349872349872 » Sun, Oct 20, 2024, 10:27 PM UTC

cafard wrote: post #32

082349872349872 wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> barns are feminine coded spaces now That all depends upon the barn*, now doesn't it? Eg, I don't recall there being many female rough stock riders. > places need social fabrics and a way to connect Around here we do that with voluntary associations. De Tocqueville mentions them approvingly in Democracy in America (1835), but for some reason this aspect of culture has swapped over the intervening centuries, and I fi…

Anybody remember Malcolm Baldridge, Secretary of Commerce in the Reagan Administration? He died when his horse fell on him during a calf-roping contest.