Gentriconfrontation (racist style) and a warning.

The old lady sounds like she had one too many hits of crack that day.

Must you keep saying "my special lady." ???


It sounds somehow creepy

bill c wrote: always remember the adage: "we don't garden in your toilet, please don't pee in our garden."


that is quite a mural on the side of the house. a little slice of easter island in pro ho.

I do feel the need to point out that the lady in question has a couple toilets on her stairs with plantings in them. For what that's worth.

HAHA good one, Bill

liftandcut wrote: So what, you got yelled at. Big deal. This is New York and that kind of thing happens all the time. You people let your dogs urinate and defecate on trees, the soil the trees are planted in, and on peoples' homes and gardens. I see it all of the time. Maybe if you stuck to hydrants and parking sign posts that wouldn't happen to you. Assault? My goodness.

He was pretty clear that he is not one of the people who let's their dogs urinate and defecate on other people's property. Which "you people" are you talking about?

If you know you don't do that with your dog, then relax. I don't know you personally, so I obviously can't accuse you specifically. But I see people around my block letting their dogs spray everywhere. The urine is the biggest problem because it destroys trees and vegetation. A dog can rust out the base of a lampost in one year if it urinates on it two or three times a day.

Your homeboy Odyssey said he let his dog walk around on and sniff the crazy lady's dirt, so I'd say she was justified in having some kind of reaction. Dogs probably hit her plants everyday, because their owners see nothing wrong with the dogs peeing on them. That's what I'm talking about.

As far as the woman making the slant eye statement and violent threats, she's probably nuts so let it slide. Again, this is New York City, after all.

Yes, two or three times a day. I wrote that because I've seen it happen. Lampost bases get replaced all the time. On the block I grew up on in the West Village, there were a ton of dogs. Each dog, including mine, held down his or her lampost like the military, and then hit every other post on the block. What started to hapen was that lampost bases started to corrode because owners were not encouraging their dogs to skip the posts. It was really ridiculous, but I have seen it first hand. That being said, it's still better for dogs to hit the hydrants and posts than trees, planters, and other plants. My main point is that I see so many owners allowing their dogs to urinate on trees and soil and if the fluid is caustic enough to do in a post, imagine how that affects the trees.

WhyFi wrote:
Also, if dog piss was the only thing that caused the posts to crumble (doubtable), it was most likely the salt content that caused oxidation

Not just the salt content; urine is usually slightly acidic, and I'd guess the action of microbes and air on the organic components will tend to drop the pH further, increasing the rate of corrosion. We should do a controlled study: two posts, a dog, and some saline. Make that three: the third gets placebo. Not sure how to make it double-blind though -- that could get messy.

if you walk down this block you will see that it is very lovely and I commend her for making it greener but the owner has to realized that she has encroached on the public walking space. You cannot walk by 2 abreast because there is no room. If she wants to complain she should complain to the people who leave the mess behind.

And no one, whether they live in NY or not, should not be subjected to threats, offensive statements nor racial epithets - period.

I love it when you people do a poor job of making a point, you get shot down, and then you fall back on weak personal attacks. Too funny.

WhyFi wrote: I love it when you people do a poor job of making a point, you get shot down, and then you fall back on weak personal attacks. Too funny.

I love it most of all when you people make broad sweeping generalizations.

ahem.

liftandcut wrote: You people let your dogs urinate and defecate on trees, the soil the trees are planted in, and on peoples' homes and gardens.

(emphasis added)

In Brooklyn, the traditional pronunciation is "youz people." Perhaps this is falling out of style.

pensodyssey wrote: I really wanted to call 911 and say, "Hello. I am currently being assaulted,"

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Subject: Re: Gentriconfrontation (racist style) and a warning.

pensodyssey wrote: My girlfriend, before we cross, mentions that she always has trouble here because the owner(s) have a little shhtzu that always gives her dog trouble when they pass.