[WPRESTO]

No dogs allowed

As someone who walks a dog daily, I sometimes understand, sometimes get annoyed by "No Dogs Allowed." What bothers me most is the prohibition against dogs around the huge Quabbin Reservoir where there are numerous very pleasant places to walk. Some will quickly say it's an obvious sanitation and human health protection measure. But I say, if you are worried about dog poop, what about the excrement from opossum, raccoon, skunk, porcupine, weasels, squirrels, mice, bear, fox, coyote, deer, birds, waterfowl, frogs, turtles and fish? The latter wildlife vastly outnumber any dogs that might be walked, and all of the wildlife is there 24/365, including hundreds of thousands that dump all their poop directly into the water not on a woodland trail a quarter mile away, the prohibition against dogs because of their poop seems transparently nonsensical.

[noelcmn]

Heartily agree- some rules are just plain dumb.

[bill.mc]

somewhere in NZ...

[tokyoscape]

K3 and DA21, 3 images stitch.

( if you have been there you might feel something strange in the photo. That's because I photoshop out McDonald logo, for no reason.)

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[Vaskebjorn]

An artist’s impression of a work in progress sign



---------- Post added 01-26-20 at 10:50 AM ----------

I hear you on this one. In the town I live, dogs are not allowed in the city center. When we still had dogs (they all died in the meantime unfortunately) we never took them into town. But then walking in the city center you see a gazilion people with a dog (slightly over estimated), but you never see a police officer to hand out a ticket. One day we also decided to take one of the dogs and guess what. We got a warning almost immediately after passing the no dogs allowed sign. A bit frustrating to say the least.

As someone who walks a dog daily, I sometimes understand, sometimes get annoyed by "No Dogs Allowed." What bothers me most is the prohibition against dogs around the huge Quabbin Reservoir where there are numerous very pleasant places to walk. Some will quickly say it's an obvious sanitation and human health protection measure. But I say, if you are worried about dog poop, what about the excrement from opossum, raccoon, skunk, porcupine, weasels, squirrels, mice, bear, fox, coyote, deer, birds, waterfowl, frogs, turtles and fish? The latter wildlife vastly outnumber any dogs that might be walked, and all of the wildlife is there 24/365, including hundreds of thousands that dump all their poop directly into the water not on a woodland trail a quarter mile away, the prohibition against dogs because of their poop seems transparently nonsensical.

[pepperberry farm]

[pepperberry farm]

[Wasp]

Samsung NX100 with 20-50mm kit zoom.

[robgski]

Perhaps Mandy has a pottymouth?
Looks like dinner's ready

[WPRESTO]

Th sign is almost lost in the scene. Wonder if what's ahead is the "valley of the shadow..."

[Merv-O]

1. LOVE sign at Davio's Elevator, 17th & Snasom Streets
2. Sign on Eastbound PATCO Train

[jquill]

The subject of the sign:
USS Clamagore (SS-343)

[edom31]

Tokina RMC 135/2.8

[jquill]

Siesta Key Distillery, Sarasota, FL

They only distill rum, my kind of place.

Truer words were never spoken

[Merv-O]

Is this the 'End of (the) Line" or the entrance to Hell.....