On Sat, 03 May 2014 20:57:50 -0400, Mort wrote:
: Excuse my language, but I recently saw a bumper sticker that sums up
: many of life's problems, including this post about prints: "****
: happens". My philosophy is simply this: when I see doggie droppings on
: the sidewalk, I do not get angry, I do not yell and scream at the owner;
: I just walk around it and go on my way. Perhaps that is merely the
: serenity of old age.

Being about Mort's age, I can confirm his recollection. When we were kids, it
was assumed that dogs would do what they did wherever they were and that it
was your fault if you stepped in it. (I believe the operative slogan, covering
this and other ambulatory hazards, was "Watch your step".) If the worst
happened, you cleaned off your shoes and moved on. The idea that a sane person
would follow his dog around picking up the latter's **** was, quite simply,
ludicrous.

Bob