Reminds me of this Border Collie on my commute back home from school last year. As any good Border would do, it not only crouched and gave "the stare", it laid down and actually had its chin on the ground as it stalked the approaching cars. The most scary thing is that its nose was right at the pavement's edge (with no paved shoulder).
It used to really irritate me actually, as I didn't want the damage to my car or the trauma of nailing a dog in the road, then having to decide whether to go back and attempt to rescue it as it flailed and suffered, and to try to contact the dog's owners and face their wrath and hysteria and sorrow. On the other hand, maybe as farmers they would take the news in much more stoic fashion and chalk it up to a dog that was no good 'cause it got ran over and couldn't stay out of the way of cars. At any rate, I really wanted to ask them to contain their dog. In fact I tried to call the local sheriff dept. but couldn't find the number. As for dogs and bicycles: That irritates me even more. I know a woman from our cycling group that had to be airlifted to the hospital because of a dog that chased her and made her crash. She is not ever going to be the same. I feel so badly for her. But as far as I know, she did not seek to call the dog's owners to responsibility for this. I'm a dog lover, but I really am not as enchanted at the idea of dogs running loose as a lot of people are. Brian > Mitch wrote: There's a dog which likes to lay in the ditch (for the last 8-10 years) > and then race whatever comes along. Never goes into the road. When I > drove by the other day, he gave himself a 200 foot head start, didn't > wait for me to get to the starting line. Maybe he's getting older? > I caught him near the edge of the field next to the yard. Not sure what > he considers the finish line, he usually pulls up and stops near the > center of the field. I haven't paced him on the bicycle for a few > years, but IIRC he used to be able to be able to accelerate quite > smartly to 30-35mph. > > Mitch. > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
