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  #11  
Old September 13th 07, 06:42 AM posted to rec.bicycles.misc,pdx.general,or.politics,or.general
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" rem sleep wrote:

On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 21:54:48 -0700, "Curt" mumbled:


"Paul Berg" wrote in message
...
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A Portland bicyclist was thrilled to encounter a skunk on the
Springwater Corridor Trail, on Monday night as the sun was going
down. "At first I thought it was a little black and white kitten"
said the bicyclist, who preferred to remain anonymous,


I would too, if I was admitting to a paper I couldn't tell a skunk
from a kitten.

Curt

Yer about that ****ing stupid.


Picking up coyotes sleeping by the highway stupid.
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Old September 13th 07, 06:43 AM posted to rec.bicycles.misc,pdx.general,or.politics,or.general
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On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 22:38:34 -0700, Bill Shatzer
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Lobby Dosser wrote:

"Mike Jacoubowsky" wrote:


A Portland bicyclist was thrilled to encounter a skunk on the
Springwater Corridor Trail, on Monday night as the sun was going
down. "At first I thought it was a little black and white kitten"
said the bicyclist, who preferred to remain anonymous, "I have seen
snakes and turtles and possums and raccoons and heron and eagles and
even a deer, but I did not know we had skunks living in our city. And
I had no idea they were so cute!" The bicyclist stopped to watch the
skunk for a moment and then bicycled home.


Poster's comment: The bicyclist must have never biked by City Hall,
for there are a good number of skunks there.


I think the point is that life passes by at just the right speed on a
bike. Think about that one for a moment, and whether that might be the
way it really is.


Also kind of sad that someone's first sight of a skunk is not as a child.
Before I was nine I'd seen all of those critters up close and personal
while wandering the woods with friends.



Your friends were skunks?

Figures.


JEalous your rellys went over to his house?
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Old September 13th 07, 06:45 AM posted to rec.bicycles.misc,pdx.general,or.politics,or.general
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On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 05:42:56 GMT, Lobby Dosser
mumbled:

" rem sleep wrote:

On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 21:54:48 -0700, "Curt" mumbled:


"Paul Berg" wrote in message
...
~

A Portland bicyclist was thrilled to encounter a skunk on the
Springwater Corridor Trail, on Monday night as the sun was going
down. "At first I thought it was a little black and white kitten"
said the bicyclist, who preferred to remain anonymous,

I would too, if I was admitting to a paper I couldn't tell a skunk
from a kitten.

Curt

Yer about that ****ing stupid.


Picking up coyotes sleeping by the highway stupid.



Who wouldn't save a stray dog?


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Old September 13th 07, 06:58 AM posted to rec.bicycles.misc,pdx.general,or.politics,or.general
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" rem sleep wrote:

On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 22:38:34 -0700, Bill Shatzer
mumbled:

Lobby Dosser wrote:

"Mike Jacoubowsky" wrote:


A Portland bicyclist was thrilled to encounter a skunk on the
Springwater Corridor Trail, on Monday night as the sun was going
down. "At first I thought it was a little black and white kitten"
said the bicyclist, who preferred to remain anonymous, "I have seen
snakes and turtles and possums and raccoons and heron and eagles
and even a deer, but I did not know we had skunks living in our
city. And I had no idea they were so cute!" The bicyclist stopped
to watch the skunk for a moment and then bicycled home.


Poster's comment: The bicyclist must have never biked by City Hall,
for there are a good number of skunks there.


I think the point is that life passes by at just the right speed on
a bike. Think about that one for a moment, and whether that might be
the way it really is.


Also kind of sad that someone's first sight of a skunk is not as a
child. Before I was nine I'd seen all of those critters up close and
personal while wandering the woods with friends.



Your friends were skunks?

Figures.


JEalous your rellys went over to his house?


And a Really Pathetic comeback.

I can remember lying on my stomach watching a mother skunk and three kits
walk by less than three feet away. Precious times. And they're still
around if you look for them. The bicyclist is paying attention.
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Old September 13th 07, 07:00 AM posted to rec.bicycles.misc,pdx.general,or.politics,or.general
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" rem sleep wrote:

On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 05:42:56 GMT, Lobby Dosser
mumbled:

" rem sleep wrote:

On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 21:54:48 -0700, "Curt"
mumbled:


"Paul Berg" wrote in message
...
~

A Portland bicyclist was thrilled to encounter a skunk on the
Springwater Corridor Trail, on Monday night as the sun was going
down. "At first I thought it was a little black and white kitten"
said the bicyclist, who preferred to remain anonymous,

I would too, if I was admitting to a paper I couldn't tell a skunk
from a kitten.

Curt

Yer about that ****ing stupid.


Picking up coyotes sleeping by the highway stupid.



Who wouldn't save a stray dog?


LOL!!
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Old September 13th 07, 10:23 AM posted to rec.bicycles.misc,pdx.general,or.politics,or.general
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On Sep 12, 11:29 pm, " rem sleep wrote:
On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 21:54:48 -0700, "Curt" mumbled:



"Paul Berg" wrote in message
...
~


A Portland bicyclist was thrilled to encounter a skunk on the
Springwater Corridor Trail, on Monday night as the sun was going down.
"At first I thought it was a little black and white kitten" said the
bicyclist, who preferred to remain anonymous,


I would too, if I was admitting to a paper I couldn't tell a skunk from a
kitten.


Curt


Yer about that ****ing stupid.


According to YER NAME, you would've stepped on the poor creature and
felt the Wrath of PEPE.

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Old September 13th 07, 10:24 AM posted to rec.bicycles.misc,pdx.general,or.politics,or.general
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On Sep 12, 11:42 pm, Lobby Dosser
wrote:
" rem sleep wrote:
On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 21:54:48 -0700, "Curt" mumbled:


"Paul Berg" wrote in message
...
~


A Portland bicyclist was thrilled to encounter a skunk on the
Springwater Corridor Trail, on Monday night as the sun was going
down. "At first I thought it was a little black and white kitten"
said the bicyclist, who preferred to remain anonymous,


I would too, if I was admitting to a paper I couldn't tell a skunk
from a kitten.


Curt


Yer about that ****ing stupid.


Picking up coyotes sleeping by the highway stupid.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -


What was wrong with giving ugly, drunk women a lift?

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Old September 13th 07, 10:26 AM posted to rec.bicycles.misc,pdx.general,or.politics,or.general
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On Sep 13, 12:03 am, Lobby Dosser
wrote:
) wrote:
The people I know of who have gotten close enough to make them feel
threatened say that the skunk gives a lot of warning before spraying.
Since they noticed such things (in all cases the skunk started dancing
around on its front legs, for example) they avoided getting sprayed.


ROTFLOL!!!

Yeah, dancing around on the front legs is a sign they're perturbed about
something. They sure ain't telling the other skunks the distance and
direction to a food source!


Not the Macarena...

 




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