On 12/11/2017 9:33 PM, jbeattie wrote:
On Monday, December 11, 2017 at 11:48:06 AM UTC-8, duane wrote:
On 11/12/2017 1:47 PM, Ian Field wrote:


"Andy" wrote in message
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I was crossing crosswalk with green light.

Lady made a right at red light. She never looked right.

I was hit.

Broke left hand and neck pain.

I will never again cross at light.

Will cross between blocks.

Can't trust anyone!!

Andy

Tactical riding - I learned it on motorcycles, but it applies to
bicycles too.


He was walking. Tactical walking I guess...

****wittery is expected of car drivers.

Yeah, but not exclusively. My wife took months to recover from a clown
riding his bike on a sidewalk and knocking her down as she walked out of
her office door.

My wife just got knocked down by two f****** dogs who were with their owner, and in her relatively frail condition, that's no trivial matter. And what I hate is the inevitable effort to make it seem acceptable -- "oh, he just wants to say hello," or "oh, he's just so happy to see you . . ." I want to slap these idiots. It's not O.K.

Dog people are weird. And there are FAR too many dog people.

Why do they think I won't mind very much if their animal jumps on me?

Aside from jumping incidents, the most obnoxious incident I remember was
when our kid was about three years old. We were walking in a park when a
woman's little yappy dog came rushing, barking, straight for our
daughter. This wasn't a friendly "glad to see you" bark; it was aggressive.

When the dog got within about three feet, I kicked it. The dog ran back
yipping, the woman picked it up in her arms and growled with fierce
sincerity "If I had a gun I would shoot you!"

And I don't doubt that she would have. Her dog is MUCH more important
than my child!

P.S. We've noted with amazement that in Portland, it's often fine to
take your dog into stores, even restaurants. At least that doesn't
happen around here.


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- Frank Krygowski