Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/11/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]As someone who rode horses extensively for over thirty years, I was conditioned to regard the smell of limited quantities of horse poo as almost pleasant. Herb >I bet that was it Herb. >And there was horse poo already in the street. > >By the way on Central Park South the whole street smells like horse poo. >Which I believe has quite an edge over dog poo. >Kind of like the difference of a pipe over a cigar. > >-- >Mark R. >http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > > > From: Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> > > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2011 10:33:56 -0800 > > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Please Curb your Dog > > > > I believe the phrase is more specific. When I was growing up in New > > York City, circa 1932, one of the things a kid learned very quickly > > was to keep an eye on the sidewalk to avoid stepping on dog > > excrement. "Curb your dog" was an edict to take your dog just beyond > > the curb so that the excrement would be in the road instead of the > > sidewalk. > > > > Herb > > > > > >> The term "Curb Your Dog" basically has two meanings. One meaning >is to keep > >> your dog under > >> control and out of trouble ... ie; keep your dog leashed and/or > confine to > >> your property as to > >> keep them from causing trouble for others. It also means to pick up > your > >> dog's poo when > >> they are out of your property. > >> > >> Dennis > >> > >> On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Mark Rabiner ><mark at rabinergroup.com>wrote: > >> > >>> Took me years to figure it out! Always mystified me as a kid. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Mark R. > >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > >>> > >>> > >>>> From: Philippe Amard <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> > >>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > >>>> Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2011 13:26:55 +0100 > >>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > >>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Please Curb your Dog > >>>> > >>>> related? > >>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue0fZfwHfzo&feature=related > >>>> > >>>> OTT I had missed that pear, and it travelled well through time over > >>>> here :-) > >>>> Nice rendition, > >>>> Ph > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Le 27 nov. 11 ? 12:55, Marty Deveney a ?crit : > >>>> > >>>>> On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 9:18 PM, FRANK DERNIE > >>>>> <frank.dernie at btinternet.com> wrote: > >>>>>> What does "curb your dog" mean? This is not a phrase I have heard > >>>>>> in England, but I remember visiting the Hog's Breath Inn (?), > >>>>>> proprietor Clint Eastwood, when in Carmel in the 80s and they were > >>>>>> selling a T-shirt with a Dirty Harry picture with gun and that > >>>>>> phrase underneath. > >>>>>> I have been mildly curious of the US meaning ever since... > >>>>>> FD > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> ________________________________ > >>>>>>> From: Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > >>>>>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > >>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, 27 November 2011, 10:37 > >>>>>>> Subject: [Leica] Please Curb your Dog > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>> >http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/onthisAutumnday/081103_142525.jp > >>>>>>> > >>> g > >>>>>>> .html?g2_fromNavId=x638a4fc1 or > >>>>>>> http://tinyurl.com/7caehc8 > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Please Curb your Dog > >>>>>>> Broadway between 80th and 81st. > >>>>>>> 3 November 2008 > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> -- > >>>>>>> Mark R. > >>>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > -- > > Herbert Kanner > > kanner at acm.org > > 650-326-8204 > > > > Question authority and the authorities will question you. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Herbert Kanner kanner at acm.org 650-326-8204 Question authority and the authorities will question you.