Gionnirocket
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Yeah but now with those knee pads... You can charge a premium!
What have you learned from your e-bike experiences?
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PedalUma
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I wrote and submitted a news story about it that was factchecked, edited, and published. Here is the news story:
A skunk-at-the-garden-party situation in Petaluma recently reminded locals of the endless unpredictability of local wildlife.
The incident, disrupting an otherwise calm morning on Friday, Aug. 22 just outside Petaluma’s Grand Central Café, began with a woman screaming.
“Oh, God! Now what?” thought Natalie Vinueza, co-owner of the riverside coffee and community destination.
“A skunk! A skunk! A skunk!” the woman shrieked.
Vinueza jumped to her feet, summoned her husband and business partner, Juan Carlos, and together they ran outside.
Although they had smelled a skunk earlier that morning, Vinueza said, the couple was surprised at what they saw: The woman, while throwing away a coffee cup, had startled a skunk inside one of the garbage cans and gotten sprayed. Some other people were in the line of fire and also were sprayed.
The unlucky customers were there that morning for a singalong led by local music teachers Tyler Johnson and Julia Cramer, who host a free preschool music hour as part of a grant from Play It Forward Music Foundation. On this particular Friday, they were performing to a crowd of no less than 30 kids and their caregivers.
Once the hullabaloo had died down, Juan Carlos placed the lid over the can and kept the skunk there until animal control could arrive a few minutes later. They safely retrieved the animal and removed it from the premises.
Vinueza said they removed the skunk-infused garbage can.
With the incident finally over, the Vinuezas said they went back to their cafe, grabbed a Henhouse Saison Ale, sat down in one of their Adirondack chairs, and looked over at the river, wondering, “What else does the day have in store?”
The normally skunk-free Play it Forward Preschool Music Hour takes place every Friday from 10-11 a.m. at Grand Central Cafe, 226 Weller St., Petaluma.
The mom took a direct hit and couldn't get in her car, because it would be totaled.
henhousebrewing.com
A skunk-at-the-garden-party situation in Petaluma recently reminded locals of the endless unpredictability of local wildlife.
The incident, disrupting an otherwise calm morning on Friday, Aug. 22 just outside Petaluma’s Grand Central Café, began with a woman screaming.
“Oh, God! Now what?” thought Natalie Vinueza, co-owner of the riverside coffee and community destination.
“A skunk! A skunk! A skunk!” the woman shrieked.
Vinueza jumped to her feet, summoned her husband and business partner, Juan Carlos, and together they ran outside.
Although they had smelled a skunk earlier that morning, Vinueza said, the couple was surprised at what they saw: The woman, while throwing away a coffee cup, had startled a skunk inside one of the garbage cans and gotten sprayed. Some other people were in the line of fire and also were sprayed.
The unlucky customers were there that morning for a singalong led by local music teachers Tyler Johnson and Julia Cramer, who host a free preschool music hour as part of a grant from Play It Forward Music Foundation. On this particular Friday, they were performing to a crowd of no less than 30 kids and their caregivers.
Once the hullabaloo had died down, Juan Carlos placed the lid over the can and kept the skunk there until animal control could arrive a few minutes later. They safely retrieved the animal and removed it from the premises.
Vinueza said they removed the skunk-infused garbage can.
With the incident finally over, the Vinuezas said they went back to their cafe, grabbed a Henhouse Saison Ale, sat down in one of their Adirondack chairs, and looked over at the river, wondering, “What else does the day have in store?”
The normally skunk-free Play it Forward Preschool Music Hour takes place every Friday from 10-11 a.m. at Grand Central Cafe, 226 Weller St., Petaluma.
The mom took a direct hit and couldn't get in her car, because it would be totaled.
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Hewholaughslast
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I hope this isn't lion country? He-He! I wonder if they make lion repellent for use in Africa or the SW USA? I read a story about a woman jogger/runner taken down by a Mountain Lion some years ago somewhere in SW USA. I say this because the neighbors dogs seem to think that I am their prey, when they see me on my bicycle, while being held on a leash by their owners.
PCeBiker
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