Things we were taught, but we don't do anymore

Random thought can't to mind.

I was taught to write down your emergency contact details and place them in your hat. Also always take 10p with you for the phone box. I guess back when we actually had loads of those even in the villages.
 
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Another random.
As a beginner I was taught to shorten the reins before asking for trot. I do think that to some extent it created my short arm syndrome and actually having my hands too far in front of me. I wasn't taught the next stage of things because I only had lessons for about a year initially.
I now ask and take up the slack that the mount has offered to keep the contact. The cob likes a light contact anyway so this seems to suit her.
 
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Same here @newforest and @Frances144 . I guess there's some logic to it since many horses do shorten the neck slightly on picking up trot, I guess it depends if you wre taught to shorten the rein enough to shorten the neck or just enough to stop the rein going slack. At least I wasn't taught that awful fiddling that's now seen as asking for a contact! Though nowadays I do very little on a contact anyway and even that is a contact he's picked up rather than me.
 
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