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   Carlos E.R. to Lars Poulsen   
   Re: Dogshit and bags   
   11 Dec 25 20:16:58   
   
   XPost: comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-12-11 15:05, Lars Poulsen wrote:   
   > On 2025-12-11 03:30, rbowman wrote:   
   >>> One of the popular trailheads in town has a collection of colorful bags of   
   >>> dog shit and a sign giving the daily count. I think it's a nearby resident   
   >>> that walks their dog and collects the bags the idiots leave.   
   >>>   
   >>> The dispensers have pictographs of using the provided bags but fails to   
   >>> show the 'take it with you' part. Sometimes the black Lab is the smarter   
   >>> of the pair.   
   >   
   > On 2025-12-11, Carlos E.R.  wrote:   
   >> Depends. Some cities put the bag dispenser with a bin in the same post,   
   >> so obviously that bin is for the poo bags.   
   >   
   > We have a "dog beach" here. At Arroyo Burro Beach County Park, the area   
   > to the right of the parking lot is reserved for people. There is a   
   > restaurant, a grassy picnic area and a beach where dogs must be on   
   > leash. To the other side, there is about a mile of beach allowing   
   > offf-leash dogs. The parking lot has about 12 trash cans marked as   
   > dedicated to "Animal Waste".   
   >   
   > It is a great place for dogs to run a little wild. Confined between   
   > the Pacific Ocean and a sandstone cliff. My late beagle often tried to   
   > scale the cliff, and once fell on a rock from 15 feet up. Broke a rib,   
   > and was forever sore in that area if you picked her up and did not   
   > remember that. But that did not keep her from trying again in the same   
   > spot later.   
   >   
   > The downside of that beach, is that there is a natural oil seep in the   
   > ocean and little lumps of tar the size of a BB pellet often mix in the   
   > sand, so you need a bottle of baby oil handy to clean feet, paws and dog   
   > fur to avaid getting tar on your car seats.   
   >   
      
   That's a nasty downside.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
   ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;   
      
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