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Dogs v. Posties

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Roy Mayall
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Dogs v. Posties

Post by Roy Mayall »

There used to be a vicious old Boxer dog on my round. He lived at the end of a long drive with a gate. There was a post box outside where I used to leave the mail. Occasionally the owners forgot to close the gate and left the dog out. It would spot me as I was parking my bike, and begin padding in my direction, head down, growling, until it got close enough to launch itself at me.

Read more here: http://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2011/08/31/ro ... v-posties/
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Re: Dogs v. Posties

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Have you been bitten yet ? Roy Mayil ?

The law need changing. Ideal with death penalty for both dog and owner :)
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I was told in my office that they have a 'doggy taser' but cant find any one they trust to take it out. I'm on a rural at the moment and have a fair few dogs i'd like to use it on! If posties were issued them and used them, would people report us to the RSPCA?
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Done a search on the site regarding the taser thing,couldn't find anything but i'm sure we've talked about them before.

While i was looking i found the below,how naive was I in 2007. :oops: :nervous
POSTMAN:2007 wrote:I got done by a dog a while back,jumped up at me growling like mad,i twisted myself,done the old bag between me and the dog bit.
Done me back in,but didn't count as an AOD as i couldn't get a Police report as the dog hadn't actually bit me :shock:
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Re: Dogs v. Posties

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POSTMAN wrote:Done a search on the site regarding the taser thing,couldn't find anything but i'm sure we've talked about them before.

While i was looking i found the below,how naive was I in 2007. :oops: :nervous
POSTMAN:2007 wrote:I got done by a dog a while back,jumped up at me growling like mad,i twisted myself,done the old bag between me and the dog bit.
Done me back in,but didn't count as an AOD as i couldn't get a Police report as the dog hadn't actually bit me :shock:
Perhaps where the expression ' hard-bitten ' comes from Postman :wink: