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Post by boxhead on Apr 10, 2012 11:58:01 GMT -5
Loud and close, bam, bam... bam... bam. Definately a handgun. I belly it over to the window, which was open, and take a peak outside not knowing what to expect here in Kazakhstan. Right out of my fourth floor window across a narrow one lane road at the edge of a small field is a large dog on its side doing its last kick, then dead. I look a bit to the right and another, dead. Down at the corner maybe 30 yards away I see a guy throwing another in the back of a truck. Appears they were city workers taking care of the many loose dogs that run here. Not a pleasant sight but I suppose an effective way to manage them. I was kind of surprised that they were blasting away given there are "homes", my apartment complex and a medical center all within 50 yards or so of the animals. While waiting for my driver outside the lobby 30 or so minutes later I could here more shots fired in the distance.
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Post by zac0419 on Apr 11, 2012 5:25:24 GMT -5
Definitely a crazy thing to wake up to. I'm on your side of the world too and some of the places I fly to aren't super friendly. I keep my running shoes and my go bag by the front door. What city are you in, our group is up in Shymkent a couple of times a year.
Another world for sure. Keep your head down. Lol.
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Post by oldschool on Apr 11, 2012 7:43:03 GMT -5
Interesting. Our town police chief used to do this when I was a kid growing up in the south....
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Post by whitworth on Apr 11, 2012 7:45:06 GMT -5
Loud and close, bam, bam... bam... bam. Definately a handgun. I belly it over to the window, which was open, and take a peak outside not knowing what to expect here in Kazakhstan. Right out of my fourth floor window across a narrow one lane road at the edge of a small field is a large dog on its side doing its last kick, then dead. I look a bit to the right and another, dead. Down at the corner maybe 30 yards away I see a guy throwing another in the back of a truck. Appears they were city workers taking care of the many loose dogs that run here. Not a pleasant sight but I suppose an effective way to manage them. I was kind of surprised that they were blasting away given there are "homes", my apartment complex and a medical center all within 50 yards or so of the animals. While waiting for my driver outside the lobby 30 or so minutes later I could here more shots fired in the distance. Haha! I've experienced the exact same thing while working overseas in the '90s -- it's a strange life, boxhead! |
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Post by boxhead on Apr 11, 2012 11:34:00 GMT -5
Definitely a crazy thing to wake up to. I'm on your side of the world too and some of the places I fly to aren't super friendly. I keep my running shoes and my go bag by the front door. What city are you in, our group is up in Shymkent a couple of times a year. Another world for sure. Keep your head down. Lol. Atyrau now though I bounce between here and Aktau (heading there next week for a bit) and some offshore on the island. |
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Post by bagdadjoe on Apr 15, 2012 12:22:52 GMT -5
what a waste....I was flying with a Filipino pilot once and someone radioed to tell people to watch for dogs on the runway. He says "save them for me...I'll have them for supper". I'm not real sure he was kidding...
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Post by tangocharlie on Apr 18, 2012 11:25:18 GMT -5
When I lived in Tehran in the '60s, wild dogs had become such a problem the local government paid a bounty on them. 10 rials - about 13 cents at the time - for a pair of ears.
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Post by AxeHandle on Apr 18, 2012 20:55:59 GMT -5
Yo TC.... And you shot the camels in the what?  |
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