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Old 26th February 2025, 06:27 PM
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I Thank You All For Being So Pedestrian

Its really a great way to get some exercise and its good for the environment. And by staying healthy you're lowering medical costs for everyone else too. Thanks!
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Old 26th February 2025, 06:45 PM
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I'm very seldom a pedestrian. I apologize for driving so much and polluting the air.
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Old 26th February 2025, 07:30 PM
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My app nags me if I don't get enough steps in. It's quite the slave driver.
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Old 26th February 2025, 07:43 PM
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Such people have DWIs where I’m from!

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Old 26th February 2025, 08:04 PM
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As pedestrians we have the right of way.
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Old 26th February 2025, 09:06 PM
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Yeah, but you're just as dead if the car runs you down.

Right of way doesn't keep you alive. Look both ways before stepping out into the street.

And if it's a one-way street, the one time you don't look the wrong way is the one time some moron will be coming the wrong way. And not watching for peds.

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Old 27th February 2025, 05:41 AM
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I'm very seldom a pedestrian. I apologize for driving so much and polluting the air.
Have you considered a hybrid or an electric?
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Old 27th February 2025, 07:00 AM
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I walk all the time and pity those who live places you can't get anywhere without a car.
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Old 27th February 2025, 09:48 AM
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I walk like an Egyptian.
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Old 27th February 2025, 04:14 PM
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As pedestrians we have the right of way.
That’s what makes us pest-rians.
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Old 28th February 2025, 10:02 AM
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Today I walked on sunshine. It was pleasant.
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Old 28th February 2025, 10:26 AM
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I walk all the time and pity those who live places you can't get anywhere without a car.
That would be me. I have a walking pad in my office that I need to use more. The scenery isn't as good, but it's warm and dry and there are screens and wifi.
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Old 28th February 2025, 02:38 PM
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Today I walked on sunshine. It was pleasant.
You shouldn't walk on sunshine. It might crack.
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Old 28th February 2025, 04:35 PM
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Today I walked on sunshine. It was pleasant.
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Old 2nd March 2025, 08:14 PM
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I shake the dust off my feet best walking, unless I'm walking in mud, in which case it's not dust so much as mud. No-one ever suggested I shake the mud off my feet, except my dogs. One must question their advice (don't eat that!)
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Old 3rd March 2025, 11:01 AM
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A couple of decades or so, ago, when I lived in an apartment in Syracuse, the downstairs neighbor's dog had a frozen, half rotted squirrel in its mouth. I ignored it and left it as a problem for the dog's owner to deal with. If a dog says this is yummy, you might want to question the dog's food judgement.
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Old 4th March 2025, 06:16 AM
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Reducto ad S.E.P. is a very useful guideline for life.

We have a mouse problem. We also have a dog that occasionally wants to hunt. I figure that if the dog can catch a mouse, the dog can have the mouse.
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Old 4th March 2025, 06:26 AM
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I had a mouse in my house last week. Yes, the same house that contains my four cats. I haven't seen the mouse since.

I hope it managed to escape and warn its murine brethren to stay the hell away from THAT house.

The cats thought it was the best toy ever and waited and waited for it to reappear.
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