She's written a pretty interesting biography
Posted on 01/31/2025 5:24:09 AM PST by Cronos
I’ve always been a daredevil, but fear completely lost its grip on me when I was 15. A horseback riding accident resulted in severe injuries, the death of my beloved horse Spooks and the devastating news I’d never ride again. I was set on proving the doctors wrong. Just a few months later, with my mother’s support, I rode sidesaddle to win my first jumping competition. T
From then on, I dedicated my life to adventure. At 22, I read about an opening to be a motorcycle stunt rider.
.. I signed my stunt rider application, leaving off an honorific, hoping to disguise that I was a woman. But they never got back to me.
I was devastated. Maybe the position had already been filled; maybe they’d discovered I was a woman. My mother suggested I train in something that could lead to a stable career. I agreed, so long as it didn’t come at the expense of adventure. My friend Steve then proposed an idea that at first seemed absurd: learning to fly aeroplanes. “Flying is for men,” I scoffed, but the suggestion stuck.
...Last October, after nearly 50 years and countless adventures, I received a letter from a post office in Staines. It was my stunt rider application, with a note scribbled at the top. The post office apologised for the delay and explained it had been found stuck behind a drawer in the office – the company never received it.
It felt strange to get it back after all those years. I remembered the excitement I’d felt when I heard about the listing back in 1976, my days of anxiously waiting for a reply, and the disappointment when it never came. I also looked back on all the adventures I went on after that letdown.
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She's written a pretty interesting biography
It is incredible that the “post office apologised for the delay and explained it had been found stuck behind a drawer in the office.”
Yeah, they would never have apologized for the delay.
Better late than never................
So did she get the job?
No, fortunately God had other PLANS ......
Anyone else remember the episode “Old Mail Day” from “Green Acres”?
That “Old Mail Day” clip is hilarious. Thanks for finding and posting it.
There is a certain kind of person, who can be either male or female, who thrives on high risk, high drama as a normal part of their lives. If you are a friend or relative of such an individual, the first impulse is to discourage more risk taking, to strongly suggest taking a safer, more predictable approach to recreation. We need those risk takers. Fight the urge to clip their wings. This kind of person lives in the present moment, grabbing as much joy and fascination that they can. Fight the urge to gloat or say “I told you so!” when they occasionally stumble and break a bone or two.
This is who they are. I know people like that right now.
I’m always ready to advise them from the comfort of my swivel chair.
I will always consider myself an honorary member of both
Hooterville and Mayberry. I loved watching those shows during my Cold War Era childhood.
Almost all of us are male, the females who like risk generally find it by being our girlfriends.
Are you now, or have you lived as a thrill seeker?
I used to hitchhike back in Ohio during my college years of the 70s. I didn’t have wheels then. That was enough risk for me. This was back when Woody Hayes was the coach at Ohio State. Ancient history.
Don’t name your horse “spooks.”
I have a lifetime of stories and still try to sneak something in occasionally.
My question as well, I couldn't easily find that part.
“ I have a lifetime of stories…”
I have lots of good stories.
Some of them happen to be true.
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I left home at an early age to accumulate adventures and spent decades pursuing them and the wild side, I have been very successful at it.
Apparently the post office misplaced her letter at their facility and the letter never reached the Company. So they sent her letter back to her.
“The post office apologised for the delay and explained it had been found stuck behind a drawer in the office – the company never received it.”
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