XPost: comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: pj@jostle.com   
      
   On Thu, 11 Dec 2025 14:05:21 -0000 (UTC), 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.   
      
   Waste the dog,   
   Get a cat.   
      
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