The older I get the more I find out just how much I don't know and I always find questions about things I take for granted.
Last night whild being lazy and watching some pro Bull Riding, I started to question something I've seen for years at this event... a rope tied around the bull behind the rider and in front of the rear leg muscles. What on earth can that be for? You certainly can't lead a bull from the behind! As it turns out, it's called a flank strap. The flank strap is affixed by the supplier of the bull and is used to make the bull use it's back legs to buck more.
An other question that keeps popping in my mind when being lazy and watching the tube is medicines. I know why people take them but watching those commercials just has to make you sit up and go HUH! Many of them can actually promote what your hoping to fix or give you side effects that could be far worse than what you have. Buyer beware and careful! One such drug that I see promoted heavily is supposed to help with the sypmtoms of depression but in the long list of possible side effects is in rare cases the ability for it to give you suicidal tendencies? WOW. Others trying to fix other ailments may not be quite that far off, but they can still do lots of harm. I think I'll be very careful in what I let get prescribed for me. Next time you see one of these commercials, turn up the volume and listen.
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