On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 17:04:06 -0600, "Wolfgang"
wrote:

Each loop goes past only
ONE property with dogs that are consistently, reliably, a pain in the ass
chasing me.

My dad solved the problem when I was a 10 year old delivering news
papers. Tippy, the Small's mutt, used to attack me every day. He'd
grab my pants leg and wouldn't let go. I tried a baseball bat, water
pistol. Nothing worked. I managed over the weeks to kick him a
couple of times, but that seemed to make him madder. When my mom
asked me what happened to my pants, I told her it was the Small's dog.

Dad went down to the cellar, got a burlap bag, and took off a couple
of lug nuts on the left front wheel of his car, put the burlap onto
the lugs and replaced the nuts. He drove about 10 miles an hour past
the Small's house, and good old reliable Tippy came running out, sunk
his teeth into the burlap. After about four revolutions, Tippy freed
himself and went home yelping. Old Tip never chased me or cars again.
I bet he had nightmares.