Ryan Ginstrom <ryan@ginstrom.com> wrote:

> <declan_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1117771994.839858.181450@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> > Louise Bremner wrote:
> > > I watched from the front window as a woman with a bulging briefcase
> > > approached our front door, raised her hand as if to ring the bell, then
> > > seemed to see the *se-rusu wo kotowari* sign by it. She paused, then
> > > turned away
> >
> > Crikey. I'll make or buy one immediately. I don't have a dog either,
> > but maybe a beware of the doberman sign while I'm at it.
> 
> The dogs work very well. So far only two cold callers have come in the gate
> with the dogs barking at them -- a missionary type and a very brave
> salesman.

I keep hoping the mosquitoes will relish the fresh meat, but no, they
save themselves for the rare gaigin blood. While I'm out there dealing
with cold-callers, I get bitten repeatedly but they seem imune.  

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