http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/rusty/1998 Since this reader sent this via the "Contact Rusty" we won't list his blogger name. Thanks for the input, "podner". Guess we don\'t have a contingent of cowboy readers willing to discuss rodeo. I\'m not actually a militant anti rodeo, PETA (people eating tasty animals) type. I just disagree with some of the events as entertainment. The \"fat stock show\" as we used to call it, is a thread that runs way back in this neck of the woods. Plus, I have had some sweet little barrel racer girl friends in my time. Them gals could outride all the hippie chicks I\'ve known! Rusty again: I'd bet they could rope, hogtie, bulldog and castrate with the best of them too. Since this reader sent this via the "Contact Rusty" we won't list his blogger name. Thanks for the input, "podner". Guess we don\'t have a contingent of cowboy readers willing to discuss rodeo. I\'m not actually a militant anti rodeo, PETA (people eating tasty animals) type. I just disagree with some of the events as entertainment. The \"fat stock show\" as we used to call it, is a thread that runs way back in this neck of the woods. Plus, I have had some sweet little barrel racer girl friends in my time. Them gals could outride all the hippie chicks I\'ve known! Rusty again: I'd bet they could rope, hogtie, bulldog and castrate with the best of them too. en-us