When I graduated from high school, my hair was long enough that I could braid it and still sit on the braids. In other words, it hung way down past my bum when it was loose. I'm sure I looked like a wild woman, because it was not only long, it was curly and very, very thick. (I wish I had some of that thickness now, ha ha) Most of the time I kept it in some kind of ponytail, or sometimes in braids...one or two, didn't matter....it was not flying around with a mind of its own. In college, after about 4 months, I cut it so it was only half way down my back. Most of the time, especially at those infamous college drinking/dancing events, it was in a pony tail. Of course, that pony tail was very tempting...there were always young men around who thought it was very clever to grab that ponytail and give it a tug...and how or why they thought I would react favorably to that act still amazes me. One time I remember hearing my roommate's voice behind me saying "don't pull her hair, she really has a fit if you do that." And a moment later, came the tug. I spun around and smacked one of the cutest boys I've ever seen...and went right to the manager of the place we were all in and asked him to call the police, as I wanted to bring charges against someone. The cops came, and they tried to tell me I didn't have grounds to have this guy arrested...but I persisted, and he was hauled off to the city jail, where he spent the night, waiting arraignment or something like it. Of course, in the morning I went downtown with my roommate and told the police to let him go, I wasn't going to be pressing charges after all. The three of us got to talking later, and he said he'd learned never to do anything like that again...he was mighty impressed that pulling someone's hair could be considered assault and battery. He ended up getting engaged to my roommate several months later...and while they never did get married, she still laughs about it to this day....how impressed he was that anyone would have him hauled off to jail just for pulling their ponytail! So you know...if that cow ever lays a hand on me, she's going to pay...and heaven knows I can afford the time and can use the money. Peggy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Becky T. Dickson" <gretchanya@xxxxxxx> To: <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 4:17 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] That poison pen -- err, typewriter > Becky opines: > > > Dear Mr. Gaeta - > > Thank you for replying to my note regarding the events at the Fitchburg, > Mass., shows. > > I am assuming, and please correct me if I am wrong, that when you refer > to "credible" reports in the below email, you are not implying that I > am a liar. > > I am disappointed to hear that the AKC will not take a stand on the > matter of its Rep behaving in what was clearly an unacceptable manner. > I wish I could say I was surprised. > > Please be advised that the next time an AKC Rep lays a hand on me, (and > I am sure that she will, knowing you will back her) I will not bother > to file a complaint. Instead, I will call the police and have her > charged with assault. > > It is unfortunate that any of these events took place. 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