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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / RVs / April 2007I did my good deed for the day today.
During my daily 60 mile training ride I noticed an RV parked in a little roadside rest area. The windows were closed up tight and there was no generator running or anything. No people in sight. They must have been off hiking or something. Anyway, they left their dog inside (a little Yorky) and he was sitting on the passenger seat panting and barking and looking all hot and sweaty. I checked the doors but they were locked. On my way back about an hour later the RV and the dog was still there. He was looking pitiful. Panting and listless. He didn't even try to bark at me like he did on the way down. So I got fed up. I got a big rock and broke the window out on the passenger side. I lifted the dog out and put him on the ground beside the RV in the shade. I found a paper drinking cut and filled it with water from my bottle. The poor little dog slurped up the whole thing. Why are people so cruel to their pets. Don't they know it's against the law to lock up a pet inside a hot vehicle? They could have killed that dog if I hadn't happened along. Shad O'Shay Did you leave a note for the owners of the RV ? When you reached in to remove the dog, how hot would you say it was inside ? It is a shame dog owners do that ; I dont know if I would have smashed the glass to retrieve the dog or not ; I may have been more inclind to phone the local police or Animal Warden . But i can understand your frustration and disgust. You must be in pretty good shape if you knock out 60 miles per day biking . > Did you leave a note for the owners of the RV ? When you reached in > to remove the dog, how hot would you say it was inside ? It is a [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > You must be in pretty good shape if you knock out 60 miles per day > biking . It was pretty darned hot. Like a car parked in the sun with the windows closed hot. I didn't leave a note. I wasn't carrying my cell phone. Freaking batteries were way low so I left it charging. I think they maybe just forgot about their dog like some people forget about their babies. It's amazing how many human babies die locked up in hot cars in the summer because people forget they are sleeping in the back seat or they just intend to run into a store and get something quick but get preoccupied with something else and don't get back to the car for hours. If those people aren't happy to see their dog alive and chalk the broken window up to "their fault, and thank a good Samaritan" then they're terrible people in the first place. That's the limit of my concern for them. Yep, I'm in real good shape. I'm not quite world-class but getting there. I work as a domestic on the team. We have our climbers and our sprinters. The job of a domestic is to provide a draft for the captain or sprinters to save their strength for their climb or their sprint. Lance Armstrong, perhaps the greatest modern cyclist, would never have been able to win seven Tours in a row without his team working for him. I think Eddy Merckx was the last cyclist who could go out on his own (breakaway) and hold or increase his lead over the peloton on a consistent basis. These days, it's all about the team. Shad O'Shay >> Did you leave a note for the owners of the RV ? When you reached in >> to remove the dog, how hot would you say it was inside ? It is a shame [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > to "their fault, and thank a good Samaritan" then they're terrible people > in the first place. That's the limit of my concern for them. How do you know that the driver was not in trouble and you were not falsely assuming he was irresponsible? > Yep, I'm in real good shape. You look like a skinny weasel in your picture. I'm not quite world-class but getting > there. I work as a domestic on the team. We have our climbers and our > sprinters. The job of a domestic is to provide a draft for the captain or [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Shad O'Shay >>> Did you leave a note for the owners of the RV ? When you reached in >>> to remove the dog, how hot would you say it was inside ? It is a shame [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > How do you know that the driver was not in trouble and you were not > falsely assuming he was irresponsible? Good point. >> Yep, I'm in real good shape. > > You look like a skinny weasel in your picture. (snicker) > I'm not quite world-class but getting >> there. I work as a domestic on the team. We have our climbers and our [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >> >> Shad O'Shay  SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com > You look like a skinny weasel in your picture. Here in the U S of A, we call them tweakers. Steve On Apr 9, 4:24 pm, DaveInLakeVi...@webtv.net (Dave in Lake Villa) wrote: > You must be in pretty good shape if you knock out 60 miles per day biking . Be careful there Shad, Dave's an admitted homosexual as evidenced by this exchange some time ago: Matt: Do you have first-hand experience with alcohol? illegal drugs? prostitutes? homosexuality? or any other things that you consider to be sinful?' DAVE'S REPLY: Yes on most of those, prior to acceptance of making Christ the Lord of my everyday life. <<<Now Dave has already admitted Drug and alcohol abuse, and I believe he already stated somewhere that he never used prostitutes, therefore if he is admitting experience of most of those items, this MUST include homosexuality>>> DAVE'S REPLY: And what if it once did involve homosexuality many years ago when i was a godless heathen Randy ? Then what ? It wouldnt make me a 'hypocritical Bigot' now since i dont do it. > On Apr 9, 4:24 pm, DaveInLakeVi...@webtv.net (Dave in Lake Villa) > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Be careful there Shad, Dave's an admitted homosexual as evidenced by > this exchange some time ago: <snip> I'm not worried about gay men. It's easy enough to just say, "Sorry, I'm not interested. I prefer women," if they make an advance. In a way, a homosexual advance can even be viewed as a compliment. At least gay men seem to understand and appreciate what constitutes a physically attractive man. You can't really blame them if they find a fit, young cyclist sexy. You fat, sedentary slobs don't even need to worry about homosexual advances because your disgusting. bloated, diseased, swine-like bodies are so repulsive to both men and women that it would be a very perverse or desperate man or woman to express any sexual interest in you. Shad O'Shay >> On Apr 9, 4:24 pm, DaveInLakeVi...@webtv.net (Dave in Lake Villa) >> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > seem to understand and appreciate what constitutes a physically attractive > man. You can't really blame them if they find a fit, young cyclist sexy. Too bad it's not you. I'm sure you would appreciate their advances on you skinny weasel body. You fat, sedentary slobs don't even need to worry about > homosexual advances because your disgusting. bloated, diseased, swine-like > bodies are so repulsive to both men and women that it would be a very > perverse or desperate man or woman to express any sexual interest in you. > > Shad O'Shay > During my daily 60 mile training ride I noticed an RV parked in a little > roadside rest area. The windows were closed up tight and there was no > generator running or anything. No people in sight. They must have been > off hiking or something. Anyway, they left their dog inside (a little > Yorky) and he was sitting on the passenger seat panting and barking and > looking all hot and sweaty. That happens often here in Phoenix with people leaving dogs in their cars especially during the summers when its 110F. Police and Fire will bust windows to take them out. There have even been idiots leaving their kids in closed up cars while shopping!! > During my daily 60 mile training ride I noticed an RV parked in a little > roadside rest area. The windows were closed up tight and there was no [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Shad O'Shay We were camping in Stephen Foster State Park in southeast Georgia a few years ago. We rented a canoe and had a good time. On our return to the dock, we saw a small young dog running loose. On the boat launching ramp there was a medium sized alligator. He looked hungry and the dog was happily wandering around with the people coming and going completely ignorant of the proximity of the alligator. We looked around and found a pickup truck with the window ajar. Clearly, the dog had jumped out of the truck while the owners went on a canoe ride. We picked up the dog who was going to be lunch soon and waited until the owners returned. It was late in the day and they were sure to be back soon. They returned and found us with the dog and were rude and impolite to us for taking the dog, alligator or no. I don't know if it is better to be in or out. Seems to depend on the rest of the circumstances. Good for you, though, for getting the dog out. You did right. John Andrews, Knoxville, Tennessee |
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