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From: jj@rabbit.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: Dogs: canine and otherwise
Message-ID: <2726@rabbit.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 17-Apr-84 12:59:28 EST
Article-I.D.: rabbit.2726
Posted: Tue Apr 17 12:59:28 1984
Date-Received: Wed, 18-Apr-84 08:02:34 EST
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill
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Well, I finally got out for my first ride two weekends ago.
<Unfortunately, I'm not into riding in the rain and snow.>

I must have gotten up on the wrong side of the bed, since
I encountered (I WAS going to say "ran into", but...) both
a canine dog, in the form of a medium sized terrier type,
that thought I was lunch (It had short legs, fortunately),
and a human male canine who thought that it was OK to pass 
a cyclist and then do an immediate right turn. <I missed the car,
glared at him, and was rewarded by seeing a high-school-aged
football player jump out, start raving about "I'll HIT you,
you *(&^*(^(*, the next time, get the *&(*& off the road. What's
wrong, can't you afford a car" and pitch a Dr. Pepper can at me.
(It was empty, I was surprised it wasn't a beer can, <also
disappointed, I would have called the police and preferred charges>
and it missed.)

Since this dude appears to live about five houses down the road (I 
was on the way home), I just rode off <past home, around the block,
and in the back way.>.

Does anyone have a good suggestion (that's LEGAL, I have a good
imagination, but I also have ethics) on how to deal with
dogs of the human species?

(I don't usually carry a pump.)


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