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- From: flip@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Phillip D. Russell)
- Subject: Re: dogs & rocks
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- Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
- References: <1992Dec21.054045.16718@news.ysu.edu>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 10:03:54 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec21.054045.16718@news.ysu.edu> ae505@yfn.ysu.edu (Frank Krygowski) writes:
- >
- >But I started my biking career in northwest Georgia, and it was a
- >different world! Getting dog-chased once per mile was ridiculously
- >typical. Not much sympathy from the owners, either.
- >
- >My wife got really rattled, and is still scared of dogs when biking.
- >(Well, have YOU ever had a 100 pound mutt sink its teeth into your
- >panniers as you rode? ) So, I developed techniques to deal with
- >them.
- >
-
- When I bought my tandem, I noticed that the dogs wouldn't chase us
- on it. They always stop and stare. Strange thing.
-
- Has anyone else had anything similar occur or is this just a sign that
- there are weird dogs around here?
-
- Flip
-
-
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