Conference noted::equitation

    Well noters I just wanted to say that I've really enjoyed these past
    few years getting to know you all thru this file. I"m leaving Dec with
    Friday the 25th being my last day.  I've enjoyed meeting many of you
    and those I've not met, its been nice hearing about all of your 
    experiences with the horses. For a new career I'm in the process of
    opening up a large boarding facility in North Andover. The opportunity
    arose and it was just time for me to jump at it.  I'm hoping to host
    an open-house in the latter part of summer, hope many of you will 
    be able to make it. Keep your eyes out for Deer Run Farm in the 
    Pedlar and/or Equine Journal!
    
    Happy Riding!
    Marianne
    

    
    I wrote my introduction here when I first started enjoying this notes
    file.  Now I want to take the time to say good bye and thank you all
    for your responses over the last year.  I will be leaving DEC on Friday
    and know I will miss this conference a lot.
      
    I have been working at DAS on assignment through Kelly Services.  It
    has been a wonderful experience to work with so many other horse
    people.  I hope to keep in touch with a few of you on the outside.  It
    is amazing to note that my riding has probably improved in the last
    year due mainly to the support and suggestions of Equitation Noters.
    
    It goes to show that this conference WORKS.  Thanks again everyone.
    It has been great.    I wish you all happy hours in the saddle.
    C-ya,   Marti
    
    

    
    
    	Well I just wanted to say good bye to everyone, I'm going to 
    	miss you all *very* much!  I just received the lastest package 
    	so today is my last day here.  I learned quite alot from all the
    	people in here and I also found my horse through here too!
	
    	Thanks you everyone and take care!!!!
                                         
    	Zina Brown  
    

 I would like to say goodbye to some of our Equine Notes friends 
 who have been recently TFSO'd.

 Dawn Fisher was given notice last week. She has a lot of experience 
 in the hunter/jumper world and I will miss her advice and perspective
 as well as her great sense of humor. I hope I will still see her at
 the local horse shows with her students.

 Pat Leech, co-moderator of this notes file, was given notice today.
 Pat has been a dear friend of mine since I visited her in Colorado 
 three years ago. We have had many horsey adventures together, both 
 here in NE and in CO. We have laughed and cried together over the
 fun and pain of sharing one's life with horses. 

 Thanks, both of you, for making my life better.

    I will be leaveing Digital (this friday on my birthday will be
    my last day at dec ) Unless by some godsend I get an offer 
    before friday at 5pm.
    
    
    I will be getting my Mass. teaching license for riding.
    
    For the next couple of months I will be available if anyone needs a
    barn full of horse cared for, also if anyone needs any horses trained.
    
    I would prefer working with AHQA, Paint horses and do both english and 
    western.
    
    I will also be doing some coaching/lessons in NH.
    
    Please call me for you need some work done.
    
    		Wendy o'
    
			    
    	Wendy-junaita Matthews
    	home  (603)891-0909
    
    
    

    
    
    	I wanted to tell everyone that my husband (Ed Fultz) he was the 
    	previous modertor equine, has just excepted a new job.
    
    	I want to thank everyone for there support, good wishes and prayers
    	they all paid off.... 
    
    	Donna

    congratulations!
    
    I'm happy to hear of Ed's success.

    Great,
    
    I too am happy to hear of Ed's success.

    Congratulations!  I am glad to hear that he found a new position so
    quickly.  There seems to be so many people missing, have a lot of the
    Equine noters left??
    
    KJ

    Well, I just got the tap.  Friday is my last day.
    
    I want to thank all of you for the information, support and sharing. 
    You've provided me with a lot of help with my critter over the last
    couple of years and I hope I've been able to help some of you in
    return.
    
    Mary
    
    ps Kiirja -- I seem to remember a note in here somewhere for goodbyes. 
    I can't find it now -- with all the preparation, all the forewarning,
    etc. it still comes as a bit of a shock.  Feel free to move this note
    to its proper place. Thanks!  --mm

    Bye Mary, and good luck, we'll miss you!
    
    -Linda
    

    Bye, Mary. Good luck w/ Algiers and your singing (and your birds
    and....
    
    John

    
    
    I'm writing to say goodbye to everyone, please feel free to move this
    reply.....  I have been mostly a read-only member but know many of you
    outside of work through my horse photography.  I am leaving Digital
    this week and don't expect to be in much this week so please don't
    write.  I have enjoyed my work here for the past 6 + years and have
    enjoyed meeting many of you...... I am moving on to greater challenges
    and will continue my photography weekends and who knows, maybe someday
    I'll be that world famous photographer you used to work with!
    I haven't had much time to write to each of you individually so I will
    post my home number and address for you to keep in touch out of
    work....   I wish each of you every success in this company and hope
    to someday ...... become a part of this company or another as great as
    Digital has been someday again.
    
    Nancy Rostanzo
    297-3868 - don't call USCTR1::Rostanzo
    
    508-478-0162
    202 South Main Street
    Hopedale, MA 01747
    

    Hey, there is life after DEC!
    
    I heard from Ellie Roberts yesterday. She's alive and doing well. 
    
    She said to say "Hi" for her and that she misses our notes conference.
    
    You may remember that she is an artist. Well, she hasn't taken another
    software related job. She's been working as an artist! She said she's
    selling a fair number of pieces but not really paying the rent with her 
    art work. I don't think she wants to go back to 'work' if she can help
    it. 
    
    I have an e-mail address for her. If you're interested, send me mail.
    
    John

    Hi all.
    
    I know I have been active for a short time in this conference but I am
    leaving.  I will be moving to Indiana at the end of the month.   Been
    great being back.
    
    Gin
    
    

    Where to in Indiana?
    

    We will be in Ft. Wayne for about a month then to West Lafayette,
    Purdue University.
    
    Gin

    If you haven't lived in Indiana before, you're in for a pleasant
    surprise.  The people there are among the most friendly I've met
    anywhere.  We lived in Noblesville (North of Indianapolis) for 3 years
    and made many many lifelong friends.
    
    I spent considerable time in Ft Wayne and less time in West Lafayette,
    but they both are nice places.  My only complaint... it's too flat
    there for my taste; I like rolling hills and lots of trees.
    
    Good luck with those Hoosiers and Boilermakers.
    
    JW 8}
                       

    Thanks!! All that I have heard about the place is good things.  I feel
    that my son and myself will finally live happily ever after there. 
    The thing that is strange to me is that you can drive accross the state
    in less than 2 hours.  Where I am now it would take a bit longer.
    
    Flat?  My, that will be a change after living in a valley.
    
    Gin
    
    

    >The thing that is strange to me is that you can drive accross the state
    >in less than 2 hours.
    
    Going from East to West or the other way round is a real shocker in
    lots of ways! In New England(where we used to live), the states are so
    small that I could get just about anywhere in the 6 state region in 
    4 hours or less. 'Course, we were about in the middle of the region
    which saved lots of time.
    
    When we moved out here to WA, I wanted to go look at horses on a ranch
    I had heard about. I figured it would be a hard 1-day trip because it
    was in the next state. Then, I looked at the map and found out it was
    14-15 hours drive EACH WAY. I decided not to go.
    
    Where I am now, it's a 3 hour drive north to Canada, a 3 hour drive
    south to Oregon, a 3-4 hour drive west to the ocean or a 5-6 hour drive
    east to the Wahington-Idaho border. It ain't just the distances! It's
    all these natural obstacles like mountains and Puget Sound! For example, 
    if you wanna go to southern Idaho from here(like I did to look at horses), 
    you have to go east to *Montana* and then south. The other way is SE 
    across Wasington & Oregon and then east. There ain't no roads in Idaho 
    that go north to south because of the mountains. So the trip is about
    double what the straight line distance would take.

    
    I will be "temporarily" leaving Dec on maternity/family leave this
    Friday.  I'll be returning in August, so best of luck to all in your
    horse endeavours for '94!
    
    
    Lynne

    
    
    What a nice long leave!  Enjoy, and best wishes on your new addition!

    
    	Well..  I can honestly say that I didn't think that I would be
    doing this in the near future, but that goes to prove you never know
    what the future holds until it gets here!
    
    	I have accepted a position outside of digital and my last day will
    be this Friday June 10.  I started 14 years ago in Augusta, Maine and
    have arrived in New Mexico over the past two years.  I am only sad
    about digital and the many friends that will be left behind.  The past
    few weeks have been very tough but I am continually reinforced that
    this is the right thing for us to be doing - even though it means a
    move to Reno, Nevada (Yes John and Jan I am getting even closer!!)
    
    	The horses will of course come with us when a suitable property is
    found and can be purchased.  In the meantime I'll start work on the 24
    of June and Jud will take care of them in New Mexico - I will be able
    to fly home every other weekend.  If we need them to 'hang out here' I
    have the best friends who will take the best care of them until I can
    have them shipped to our new home.
    
    	I wanted to fill you all in on a couple of things - Victoria just
    yesterday passed all the final tests needed so that we can breed her
    for a foal next year.  There has been a lot of support from my old vet
    in Maine and the vets here in NM and we're going to see her through to
    a live foal next spring, I just know it.  It really looks like the
    filly she lost this past February was a fluke of nature - and we have
    every reason to be optimistic!  I have decided not to breed her
    daughter "d.v." with the move and everything else - I'll just ride her
    when I can and think about breeding her later.
    
    	On a sadder note - I got a call this morning from the folks who
    bought Torries first daughter (Brooke) who is now 9 years old.  They
    have had to make the decision to have her put to sleep tonight... the
    result of an unknown infection from a wound of unknown origin. It looks
    like she had some kind of infection in her body and the cut gave it a
    place to mainfest and now it has run rampant in her body and will only
    get worse, not to mention the pain and potential to only have 3 legs. 
    I am most sad for the little girls who have loved Brooke dearly and
    taken incredible care of her... she has never been sick a day in her
    life and she has never been hurt.  It is very sad, but I know that it
    is the right thing - they have surgically tried to deal with this and
    it is not an issue of money - it is a decision about her quality of
    life.  She will be missed.  Guess it is appropriate that her mother get
    pregnant again soon so that another Brooke can come along and put so
    many smiles on so many little girls faces.  
    
    	On the other side of life issues - I wanted to say THANKS to all
    the folks in this notes conference who have become my friends and
    supporters... the years have flown by!  We have all been through alot
    and grown, but this conference has provided SO MUCH that I can't put in
    words how much I'm going to miss having the opportunity to share with
    you all.  For those of you in New England who frequent the shows where
    Morgan horses are being shown - please look up my sister Katrina
    Benington who is assistant trainer for Luman Wadhams stables and tell
    her hello and that her sister misses her every day!...  If you're
    around Epping NH visit Rum Brook Farm where Victorias mother and father
    both still live very active lives (in fact I think Highlander is at
    UMASS standing at stud)... 
    
    	I wish all of you the very best as digital continues on its path
    and remember how important the support of this network is in your daily
    lives..  its easy to take for granted.  I will miss you a great deal.
    
    	Folks that might want to stay in touch can drop a card to me at my
    home address - and I'll forward the new one when it develops!
    
    	Holly & Jud Butterman
    	Buffmeadow
    	191 Grullas En El Bosque
    	Bernalillo, New Mexico  87004
    
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    What a coicidence that this note should be here today.  I just got word
    that my job has been "phased out."  I don't know why, but I'm still in
    shock.  
    
    I've been, over the last two years, reading this conference frequently. 
    I wanted a horse but didn't know anyone who had one and was scared to
    death that if I bought one, one of two things would certainly happen:
    a.  I would kill it
    b.  It would kill me.
    
    I am proud to say that neither has happened (or will happen).
    You have all taught me so much, and your comments and criticisms have
    directed me toward some good reading as well.  Thanks to you my dream
    came true- I finally bought a horse.  What's more is that my horse,
    Susie, and I are best friends!
    
    Thank you for all your help and for giving me the confidence that I
    needed to become the proud "mommy" of a sweet little mare.  I'll miss
    you all.
    
    Paula Dunton
    

    
    Hi, y'all!  I am back from maternity leave, (for those of you
    who knew I was prego, it was a baby boy!) and I'm leaving Digital today....
                        
    Both the horses are fine, but I haven't been able to ride since
    Oct!!!!!
    
    Just wanted to wish all of you the best!!!!
    
    
    Lynne

    It is with a sad heart that I am announcing my departure from Digital.
    I have made many wonderful friends over the years and I have come to
    think of this file as a friend, always there and full of helpful
    information.
    
    BUT, on the brighter side I would like to let you all know that this
    gives my husband and I an opportunity pursue a dream come true.  
    Over the next three months we will be moving to South Dakota to work 
    on a cattle ranch.  He has been out there since the first of the year 
    trying it out, and loves it.  Now I can join him.  Riding horses,
    working cattle and enjoying the beautiful midwest is something I
    thought only vacations were made for.
    
    I wish the very best for all of my close Digital friends and their
    horses.  
    
    God Bless
    
    Karen & Steven Bibeau
    Sisseton, South Dakota

    My company, EA Systems Inc. of Alameda CA, has finally been sold by
    DEC and our connection to the Easynet is about to be history (please
    hold down your applause).  So before the connection is severed, I'm
    saying my goodbyes now.
    
    Thanks to all the noters from whom I've learned so much.  I'm the
    biggest bitting expert on my block!!  But big special thanks to
    John D'Addamio.  Thanks a million, John, for all your expertise and
    friendship.
    
    We may have agreed or disagreed, but I had fun and hope everyone else
    did too.  No hard feelings about the animal communications stuff, I
    hope?  None on my part, anyway.
    
    Goodbye,
    Carl

    Carl,
    
    You will be missed!
    
    JW
    
    P.S. your trivia questions were a hoot!
         no animal communications intended ;}

    "Illud cape et ei fibulam adfige!!"
    
    roughly translated means:
    
    "Catch this and sew a button on it!!"
    
    Never truly serious,
    Carl

    See ya, Carl. We'll miss you around here. Especially in trivia and TB
    racing notes.

	Well, it's my turn to say `See Ya'

	Digital has made the decision not to support a `corporate-wide power 
	testing lab (although all my customers begged to differ).....so...as 
	of 12/6/94, I will no longer be with DEC.  (My whole orginization 
    	got TFSO'd...strange....we're the only test lab left in the
    	corporation).

	I am very happy about *my* future, I'm going to do something I've been 
	wanting to do for the past 4 years.....Teach high school and breed
	Fjord horses.  My husband is happy too, because he won't have to listen 
	to me crab about this place!  :^)

	Good luck to all of you staying.  I'll miss this Notesfile, as I have
	learned a lot over past 10 years from reading about other's experiences.

	Take Care!  I'll miss you all!  BTW, anyone interested in Fjord Horses 
    	can contact me or the association (I'm the new club secretary).
	
	Michele
	     

    Good luck Michelle! You'll be missed!  
    
    - Linda
    

    
    Michelle, it's been great reading your notes, and thank you for
    helping me in my paint horse search (Ill find one yet).  Pls
    take care and keep riding!
    
    Louisa

    Good luck, Michele! You'll need it teaching high school! I'd rather
    join the French Foreign Legion(or whatever) than do that...

    Good bye and good luck Michelle, I still have your picture of you and
    Jesse because I never did get to meet you in the "flesh".  I hope you
    make some Paint/Pinto shows and many of my horse friends are also
    teachers!  
    
    Karen

	Congratulations, Michelle! Enjoy those Fjords and kids -

	-julie

Its my turn to say goodbye.  I've accepted a position outside the 
company and will be leaving in a few work days.

I've enjoyed all the discussions in this conference, especially
the ones in the dressage topic, and am thankful to have met so
many horse enthusiasts here.

Hope some of you will keep in touch.

home phone: 603-585-7764

Melinda

    Goodbye, Melinda. I will miss our discussions about dressage. I'm sure
    all the noters to whom you've offered advice over the years are sorry
    to see you leave too. 
    
    John

		As of May 12, 1995 I will be resigning from Digital.

	I have been with the company 15 years, and as most of you know 
	Seven months ago I gave birth to a One pd 5 oz named Nina.

	I have decided to start a pet sitting service for horses,lama,dogs,
	cats, and etc. out of my home in Chelmsford MA.  Which will allow
	me to spend more time with my special bundle.

	I will miss the conference, but will stay in touch via internet.

	Keep in touch..

	( Iam in the phone book..)	Donna

    Well, now it's my turn.....
    
    I'm leaving Digital next week to move back to Boston with my husband. 
    We'll be returning to Marblehead, and I'll be riding again at Essex
    Equestrian Cooperative.  Not sure what I'll do for a job, but I'm going
    to enjoy the summer - I've really missed the beach while living in the
    middle of Europe.
    
    It's been a wonderful experience here in Germany, I wouldn't trade it
    for anything.  I'm really going to miss my instructor, but someday I'd
    like to have him come to the States for a clinic or just a visit.
    
    I haven't participated much in this conference, I got involved in
    Equine-L out on the Internet and that took up most of my free time on
    the job here.  But, I'm sure I'll run into some of you at some of the
    shows, especially the NEDA ones.  My guy is a little old for showing
    (27), but my friend Betty has offered her horse to me to continue
    working on the stuff I've learned since I've been here.  I'm looking
    forward to that challenge.
    
    Give your horses a carrot from me!
    
    Janet
                                                                     
    

    I hate to say it - but me too :-((
    
    There is no much Digital demand on business consultants and I am
    going to work elsewhere.
    
    As a (mostly) reader of this conference I would like to wish you
    all the best at DEC and in the saddle.
    
    See 'ya
    
    		Maciej
    

    So long, Maciej! Hey, I have an idea. You like riding on cattle drives
    in the American west. I'd *love* to be in Vienna so I could study with
    Hr Oberbereiter Kottas...Why don't we switch jobs for a while? ;-)

    Just a courtesy FYI to all noters of ::EQUITATION.  Former noter and 
    Equine lover Wendy Juanita Matthews (known formerly in notes as WendyO)
    passed away this past weekend.  She was only 32 years old.
    
    Services for Wendy will be held this Sunday, 21 JAN in Nashua.  Calling
    hours are from 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm, with a service following thereafter.
    
    Davis Funeral Home
    Locke Street
    Nashua, NH
    
    Included below is Wendy's last note ever in ::EQUITATION.
    
    ---------------------------------------------------------------------
    
           <<< Note 5.6 by BRAT::MATTHEWS "SINGLE with TOYZ !!! " >>>
                        -< The offical GOOD-BYE note! >-

    I will be leaveing Digital (this friday on my birthday will be
    my last day at dec ) Unless by some godsend I get an offer 
    before friday at 5pm.
    
    
    I will be getting my Mass. teaching license for riding.
    
    For the next couple of months I will be available if anyone needs a
    barn full of horse cared for, also if anyone needs any horses trained.
    
    I would prefer working with AHQA, Paint horses and do both english and 
    western.
    
    I will also be doing some coaching/lessons in NH.
    
    Please call me for you need some work done.
    
    		Wendy o'
    
			    
    	Wendy-junaita Matthews
    	home  (603)891-0909    

    I am sorry to hear this. Wendy was a warm and very funny
    person to talk to. I have missed her humor and insite in
    the notes file. Good bye Wendy.

I was so saddened when I read this note, that I couldn't write anything before
this. I remember her cheerfulness and the loss I felt when she left Digital.

It is heartbreaking for someone to leave at so young an age....

Good-bye, Wendy-O.  You are very missed.

    
    Today is my last day here at Digital.  It as been interesting to say
    the least.  This file has ment alot to me, you all have helped me and
    Sultan so much - espcially you John!
    
    I think I will try and get my insturcters license and see what happens
    from their.
    
    Thank you all,
    
    Louisa and Sultan

    
    
    Happy Trails, Louisa!
    
    Simone
    
    

    So long, Louisa! Hope all your dreams come true.
    
    John

    Good luck, Louisa!  Keep up the good work with your horse!
    
    	Regards,
    
    		Janice Bennett

Louisa,

I see that you're still here!  Congratulations!

Karen

    
    Thank you!  I had alot of support from alot of people I don't know.  I
    am very glad to still be here, and I even got a great new job in HLO
    only 2.7mi from home :-)  That means I'm also closer to Sultan!
    
    Anyone doing the hunter pace in Oxford this weekend?
    
    Louisa (back_in_the_saddle_again)

    I wanted to take this opportunity to say farewell. I haven't been an
    active participant in this notesfile though I've read every note with
    great interest. I have been "tapped" for TFSO.
    
    I'll miss this notesfile and the people who make it a great place to
    converse.
    
    Vicky

    Now it's my turn to say goodbye. The latest frenzy of downsizing took
    forty percent of the Internet Software Business Unit's development group
    including me.
    
    At least I will now have time to ride my horse! I might even get him in
    shape and enter a Novice event. Unless I have to move to find gainful
    employment I will still be involved in various equestrian activities in
    the Greater Maynard Area.
    
    Ian