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Not sure that you being bitten by a dog is that unpopular.rick_chasey said:It’s definitely unpopular!!
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First.Aspect said:
Not sure that you being bitten by a dog is that unpopular.rick_chasey said:It’s definitely unpopular!!
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
No food, and I wasn't stopping to enquire. 😉blazing_saddles said:
If it was anything like my nephew's Ridgeback, it must have been because you had food in your hand.pblakeney said:You may not feel that way if you'd been chased by a Rhodesian Ridgeback. They are big, heavy, and very fast. I did not need my sprinting tested on a New Year's Day morning.
And I like dogs having had 3.
Big, loud, permanently ravenous and as gently as a lamb.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
We ought to be able to coexist with animals like bears and wolves. Canadians manage okay. But the Victorians completed the sterilisation of this country and the mindset seems to persist. Too many people have a fear of anything not made of tarmac, concrete or glass.morstar said:Bad incidents with animals (that aren’t above you in the food chain) often come down to your own behaviour.
The day I stared down a bull ended up with me being chased and only just escaping with an adrenaline fuelled, world record leap.
Why was I staring down a bull? Because I was censored scared about the potential for it to chase me. Self fulfilling prophecy.
People shouldn’t have to run a gauntlet of wild animals in built up areas but conversely, they should learn how to behave around animals. It’s a basic life skill.
That's unnatural.
(Btw, don't understand how you could possibly confuse a bull with anything other than something to be admired at a safe distance, or the other side of a fence or river. It's clearly not a cow and one can spot this from a distance.)0 -
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Wittering on about dogs is bo-o-o-oring.0
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There's a wee bit more space in Canada. There have been no wild bears here for 1500 years.First.Aspect said:
We ought to be able to coexist with animals like bears and wolves. Canadians manage okay. But the Victorians completed the sterilisation of this country and the mindset seems to persist. Too many people have a fear of anything not made of tarmac, concrete or glass.morstar said:Bad incidents with animals (that aren’t above you in the food chain) often come down to your own behaviour.
The day I stared down a bull ended up with me being chased and only just escaping with an adrenaline fuelled, world record leap.
Why was I staring down a bull? Because I was censored scared about the potential for it to chase me. Self fulfilling prophecy.
People shouldn’t have to run a gauntlet of wild animals in built up areas but conversely, they should learn how to behave around animals. It’s a basic life skill.
That's unnatural.
(Btw, don't understand how you could possibly confuse a bull with anything other than something to be admired at a safe distance, or the other side of a fence or river. It's clearly not a cow and one can spot this from a distance.)1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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That's not the point. The British can't seem to cope with badgers or foxes. Its humiliating.rjsterry said:
There's a wee bit more space in Canada. There have been no wild bears here for 1500 years.First.Aspect said:
We ought to be able to coexist with animals like bears and wolves. Canadians manage okay. But the Victorians completed the sterilisation of this country and the mindset seems to persist. Too many people have a fear of anything not made of tarmac, concrete or glass.morstar said:Bad incidents with animals (that aren’t above you in the food chain) often come down to your own behaviour.
The day I stared down a bull ended up with me being chased and only just escaping with an adrenaline fuelled, world record leap.
Why was I staring down a bull? Because I was censored scared about the potential for it to chase me. Self fulfilling prophecy.
People shouldn’t have to run a gauntlet of wild animals in built up areas but conversely, they should learn how to behave around animals. It’s a basic life skill.
That's unnatural.
(Btw, don't understand how you could possibly confuse a bull with anything other than something to be admired at a safe distance, or the other side of a fence or river. It's clearly not a cow and one can spot this from a distance.)0 -
Most don't even seem to be capable of dealing with spiders.First.Aspect said:
That's not the point. The British can't seem to cope with badgers or foxes. Its humiliating.rjsterry said:
There's a wee bit more space in Canada. There have been no wild bears here for 1500 years.First.Aspect said:
We ought to be able to coexist with animals like bears and wolves. Canadians manage okay. But the Victorians completed the sterilisation of this country and the mindset seems to persist. Too many people have a fear of anything not made of tarmac, concrete or glass.morstar said:Bad incidents with animals (that aren’t above you in the food chain) often come down to your own behaviour.
The day I stared down a bull ended up with me being chased and only just escaping with an adrenaline fuelled, world record leap.
Why was I staring down a bull? Because I was censored scared about the potential for it to chase me. Self fulfilling prophecy.
People shouldn’t have to run a gauntlet of wild animals in built up areas but conversely, they should learn how to behave around animals. It’s a basic life skill.
That's unnatural.
(Btw, don't understand how you could possibly confuse a bull with anything other than something to be admired at a safe distance, or the other side of a fence or river. It's clearly not a cow and one can spot this from a distance.)
And we don't even have proper ones.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Easier to keep small kids on leads or harnesses so as not to pose a danger to dogs playing. Or go to a bigger parkrick_chasey said:Yeah. Keep your dog on a lead, especially when the gated playgrounds are shut.
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
You should consider buying and using a pressure washer on your precious and shiny chrome bicycle.Not a Giro Hero!0
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Children are fucking dangerous. Run everywhere, no control over them. Say anything whatsoever and you get savaged by a wild middle class parent.Stevo_666 said:
Easier to keep small kids on leads or harnesses so as not to pose a danger to dogs playing. Or go to a bigger parkrick_chasey said:Yeah. Keep your dog on a lead, especially when the gated playgrounds are shut.
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In fairness I've never actually been bitten by a parent.0
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-53349929
Mmm. I question the British public's ability to cope with this. Buffalo are large. Very large.0 -
The parents should train them better. Also there are more dogs than young children and the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.First.Aspect said:
Children are censored dangerous. Run everywhere, no control over them. Say anything whatsoever and you get savaged by a wild middle class parent.Stevo_666 said:
Easier to keep small kids on leads or harnesses so as not to pose a danger to dogs playing. Or go to a bigger parkrick_chasey said:Yeah. Keep your dog on a lead, especially when the gated playgrounds are shut.
Who was it who said "children are like farts: you can just about stand your own." ?"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Wut? In what way do we not cope with either? I'm currently coping with four of them living in my garden. Not sure I'd say we happily coexist, they recently dug up and dismembered one of their deceased fellows and spread his or her body parts across the lawn, which was a bit much, but we rub along together somehow. No badgers, sadly, but then I'm not a dairy farmer.First.Aspect said:
That's not the point. The British can't seem to cope with badgers or foxes. Its humiliating.rjsterry said:
There's a wee bit more space in Canada. There have been no wild bears here for 1500 years.First.Aspect said:
We ought to be able to coexist with animals like bears and wolves. Canadians manage okay. But the Victorians completed the sterilisation of this country and the mindset seems to persist. Too many people have a fear of anything not made of tarmac, concrete or glass.morstar said:Bad incidents with animals (that aren’t above you in the food chain) often come down to your own behaviour.
The day I stared down a bull ended up with me being chased and only just escaping with an adrenaline fuelled, world record leap.
Why was I staring down a bull? Because I was censored scared about the potential for it to chase me. Self fulfilling prophecy.
People shouldn’t have to run a gauntlet of wild animals in built up areas but conversely, they should learn how to behave around animals. It’s a basic life skill.
That's unnatural.
(Btw, don't understand how you could possibly confuse a bull with anything other than something to be admired at a safe distance, or the other side of a fence or river. It's clearly not a cow and one can spot this from a distance.)1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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I still stuck on the first post. Cake inferior to pastry. I hold both in equal esteem. If you dont like cake are you human?www.thecycleclinic.co.uk2
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Why would you want Bernard Hinault living in your garden?rjsterry said:
Wut? In what way do we not cope with either? I'm currently coping with four of them living in my garden. No badgers, sadly.First.Aspect said:
That's not the point. The British can't seem to cope with badgers or foxes. Its humiliating.rjsterry said:
There's a wee bit more space in Canada. There have been no wild bears here for 1500 years.First.Aspect said:
We ought to be able to coexist with animals like bears and wolves. Canadians manage okay. But the Victorians completed the sterilisation of this country and the mindset seems to persist. Too many people have a fear of anything not made of tarmac, concrete or glass.morstar said:Bad incidents with animals (that aren’t above you in the food chain) often come down to your own behaviour.
The day I stared down a bull ended up with me being chased and only just escaping with an adrenaline fuelled, world record leap.
Why was I staring down a bull? Because I was censored scared about the potential for it to chase me. Self fulfilling prophecy.
People shouldn’t have to run a gauntlet of wild animals in built up areas but conversely, they should learn how to behave around animals. It’s a basic life skill.
That's unnatural.
(Btw, don't understand how you could possibly confuse a bull with anything other than something to be admired at a safe distance, or the other side of a fence or river. It's clearly not a cow and one can spot this from a distance.)
He's far more likely to bite the kids than any of Rick's dogs."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.1 -
It's not so much I don't like cake. It's more, when presented with a sweet pasty option versus a cake option, I can't remember ever ever wanting the cake option.thecycleclinic said:I still stuck on the first post. Cake inferior to pastry. I hold both in equal esteem. If you dont like cake are you human?
To put it in cycling terms, cake is like a .1, whereas pastry as at worse .HC, and often WT level.0 -
Very true.blazing_saddles said:
Why would you want Bernard Hinault living in your garden?rjsterry said:
Wut? In what way do we not cope with either? I'm currently coping with four of them living in my garden. No badgers, sadly.First.Aspect said:
That's not the point. The British can't seem to cope with badgers or foxes. Its humiliating.rjsterry said:
There's a wee bit more space in Canada. There have been no wild bears here for 1500 years.First.Aspect said:
We ought to be able to coexist with animals like bears and wolves. Canadians manage okay. But the Victorians completed the sterilisation of this country and the mindset seems to persist. Too many people have a fear of anything not made of tarmac, concrete or glass.morstar said:Bad incidents with animals (that aren’t above you in the food chain) often come down to your own behaviour.
The day I stared down a bull ended up with me being chased and only just escaping with an adrenaline fuelled, world record leap.
Why was I staring down a bull? Because I was censored scared about the potential for it to chase me. Self fulfilling prophecy.
People shouldn’t have to run a gauntlet of wild animals in built up areas but conversely, they should learn how to behave around animals. It’s a basic life skill.
That's unnatural.
(Btw, don't understand how you could possibly confuse a bull with anything other than something to be admired at a safe distance, or the other side of a fence or river. It's clearly not a cow and one can spot this from a distance.)
He's far more likely to bite the kids than any of Rick's dogs.
Going back to Rick telling off the local dog walkers, is this not just a case of Rick's Dutch side coming to the fore (if you'll excuse the national stereotypes)?1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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I'd say no. I would guess that Rick is considered forthright with his words in Dutch as wellrjsterry said:
Going back to Rick telling off the local dog walkers, is this not just a case of Rick's Dutch side coming to the fore (if you'll excuse the national stereotypes)?0 -
It's a common occurrence so I have tried various methods.TheBigBean said:
I'd say no. I would guess that Rick is considered forthright with his words in Dutch as wellrjsterry said:
Going back to Rick telling off the local dog walkers, is this not just a case of Rick's Dutch side coming to the fore (if you'll excuse the national stereotypes)?
What would you lot propose as the best option to deal with the rule breakers?
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I ignore them unless it has a direct impact on me. You would, of course, argue that a dog off its lead has a direct impact on you.rick_chasey said:
It's a common occurrence so I have tried various methods.TheBigBean said:
I'd say no. I would guess that Rick is considered forthright with his words in Dutch as wellrjsterry said:
Going back to Rick telling off the local dog walkers, is this not just a case of Rick's Dutch side coming to the fore (if you'll excuse the national stereotypes)?
What would you lot propose as the best option to deal with the rule breakers?
Smokers annoy me though, so perhaps that is a comparable thing.
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I find silently tutting to myself, combined with a bit of glaring works well. 😏rick_chasey said:
It's a common occurrence so I have tried various methods.TheBigBean said:
I'd say no. I would guess that Rick is considered forthright with his words in Dutch as wellrjsterry said:
Going back to Rick telling off the local dog walkers, is this not just a case of Rick's Dutch side coming to the fore (if you'll excuse the national stereotypes)?
What would you lot propose as the best option to deal with the rule breakers?
More seriously, if it's happening that often it's probably worth finding somewhere else. There'll be less risk of toxoplasmosis as well - owners that can't be bothered to train their dogs properly probably don't pick up their turds either.1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
Part of the anti-growth coalition0 -
My unpopular opinion is that choux pastry is to be avoided.thecycleclinic said:I still stuck on the first post. Cake inferior to pastry. I hold both in equal esteem. If you dont like cake are you human?
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Well the thing is, is that a) the playgrounds are shut for corona and b) the other parks allow dogs off leads (which is fine - I just don't go to those).rjsterry said:
I find silently tutting to myself, combined with a bit of glaring works well. 😏rick_chasey said:
It's a common occurrence so I have tried various methods.TheBigBean said:
I'd say no. I would guess that Rick is considered forthright with his words in Dutch as wellrjsterry said:
Going back to Rick telling off the local dog walkers, is this not just a case of Rick's Dutch side coming to the fore (if you'll excuse the national stereotypes)?
What would you lot propose as the best option to deal with the rule breakers?
More seriously, if it's happening that often it's probably worth finding somewhere else. There'll be less risk of toxoplasmosis as well - owners that can't be bothered to train their dogs properly probably don't pick up their turds either.
So I'm not against dogs off leads per-se (though in my ideal world they would always be on leads, but I appreciate that's not reasonable). Just not where they're not supposed to be.0 -
My farming relatives lose a few sheep a year to dog walkers who refuse to follow signs on someone else's land.rick_chasey said:
Well the thing is, is that a) the playgrounds are shut for corona and b) the other parks allow dogs off leads (which is fine - I just don't go to those).rjsterry said:
I find silently tutting to myself, combined with a bit of glaring works well. 😏rick_chasey said:
It's a common occurrence so I have tried various methods.TheBigBean said:
I'd say no. I would guess that Rick is considered forthright with his words in Dutch as wellrjsterry said:
Going back to Rick telling off the local dog walkers, is this not just a case of Rick's Dutch side coming to the fore (if you'll excuse the national stereotypes)?
What would you lot propose as the best option to deal with the rule breakers?
More seriously, if it's happening that often it's probably worth finding somewhere else. There'll be less risk of toxoplasmosis as well - owners that can't be bothered to train their dogs properly probably don't pick up their turds either.
So I'm not against dogs off leads per-se. Just not where they're not supposed to be.0 -
"But it's alright, he's just being friendly."TheBigBean said:
My farming relatives lose a few sheep a year to dog walkers who refuse to follow signs on someone else's land.rick_chasey said:
Well the thing is, is that a) the playgrounds are shut for corona and b) the other parks allow dogs off leads (which is fine - I just don't go to those).rjsterry said:
I find silently tutting to myself, combined with a bit of glaring works well. 😏rick_chasey said:
It's a common occurrence so I have tried various methods.TheBigBean said:
I'd say no. I would guess that Rick is considered forthright with his words in Dutch as wellrjsterry said:
Going back to Rick telling off the local dog walkers, is this not just a case of Rick's Dutch side coming to the fore (if you'll excuse the national stereotypes)?
What would you lot propose as the best option to deal with the rule breakers?
More seriously, if it's happening that often it's probably worth finding somewhere else. There'll be less risk of toxoplasmosis as well - owners that can't be bothered to train their dogs properly probably don't pick up their turds either.
So I'm not against dogs off leads per-se. Just not where they're not supposed to be.1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
Part of the anti-growth coalition0
