Mondays are good for some...
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So, driving to work, 75 miles and 1.5 hours of mostly country 2 lane roads. This morning though it's VERY foggy, low visability, but at 6AM there's little traffic. Hate mornings like this, as it's very stressful. Oncoming traffic always seems to be much closer to me then normal, can't see very far and the thought of a deer (or worse; a cow or horse) in the road just makes it all the worse. Halfway to work, getting to a more populated area, and therefore 4 lane roads. Come around a curve as I see an oncoming car approach when DAM!!!! Antilock brakes work well...and that little bunny who had a death wish by trying to cross in front of both the on coming car and me will live to try again. Mondays aren't all bad... :rolleyes:
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So, driving to work, 75 miles and 1.5 hours of mostly country 2 lane roads. This morning though it's VERY foggy, low visability, but at 6AM there's little traffic. Hate mornings like this, as it's very stressful. Oncoming traffic always seems to be much closer to me then normal, can't see very far and the thought of a deer (or worse; a cow or horse) in the road just makes it all the worse. Halfway to work, getting to a more populated area, and therefore 4 lane roads. Come around a curve as I see an oncoming car approach when DAM!!!! Antilock brakes work well...and that little bunny who had a death wish by trying to cross in front of both the on coming car and me will live to try again. Mondays aren't all bad... :rolleyes:
I would gladly sacrifice a bunny's life to avoid that much wear and tear on my brakes.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
I would gladly sacrifice a bunny's life to avoid that much wear and tear on my brakes.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001[Best Movie Trailer Voiceover Voice] "In a world where rabbits are a verminous pest, destroying crops and eating our food... ... Only one man can stop them... John Simmons, The Rabbiteer. In Theatres Next Week." [/Best Movie Trailer Voiceover Voice] I too would kill a rabbit rather than risk my car/life.
------------------------------------ "The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion" Arthur C Clarke
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I would gladly sacrifice a bunny's life to avoid that much wear and tear on my brakes.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001I have only hit one animal when driving ... actually, more correctly, the stupid rabbit ran into the side of my tire and executed himself. While I will not violate the integrity of my lane for an animal I think testing ABS is the least I can do.
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I have only hit one animal when driving ... actually, more correctly, the stupid rabbit ran into the side of my tire and executed himself. While I will not violate the integrity of my lane for an animal I think testing ABS is the least I can do.
Need software developed? Offering C# development all over the United States, ERL GLOBAL, Inc is the only call you will have to make.
If you don't ask questions the answers won't stand in your way.
Most of this sig is for Google, not ego.Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote:
I have only hit one animal when driving
So have I... an owl! Hit it with my windscreen as well. I though it was going to come straight through into my face, but luckily it bounced off.
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So, driving to work, 75 miles and 1.5 hours of mostly country 2 lane roads. This morning though it's VERY foggy, low visability, but at 6AM there's little traffic. Hate mornings like this, as it's very stressful. Oncoming traffic always seems to be much closer to me then normal, can't see very far and the thought of a deer (or worse; a cow or horse) in the road just makes it all the worse. Halfway to work, getting to a more populated area, and therefore 4 lane roads. Come around a curve as I see an oncoming car approach when DAM!!!! Antilock brakes work well...and that little bunny who had a death wish by trying to cross in front of both the on coming car and me will live to try again. Mondays aren't all bad... :rolleyes:
Zhat wrote:
Antilock brakes work well...and that little bunny who had a death wish by trying to cross in front of both the on coming car and me will live to try again.
They aren't called bunnies here, they are "thumpers" and no, the name does not come from Bambi, though it does make the name a pun. :)
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
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I have only hit one animal when driving ... actually, more correctly, the stupid rabbit ran into the side of my tire and executed himself. While I will not violate the integrity of my lane for an animal I think testing ABS is the least I can do.
Need software developed? Offering C# development all over the United States, ERL GLOBAL, Inc is the only call you will have to make.
If you don't ask questions the answers won't stand in your way.
Most of this sig is for Google, not ego.Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote:
I have only hit one animal when driving
I wish that had been the case here... I have hit uncountless numbers.... :sigh:
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
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So, driving to work, 75 miles and 1.5 hours of mostly country 2 lane roads. This morning though it's VERY foggy, low visability, but at 6AM there's little traffic. Hate mornings like this, as it's very stressful. Oncoming traffic always seems to be much closer to me then normal, can't see very far and the thought of a deer (or worse; a cow or horse) in the road just makes it all the worse. Halfway to work, getting to a more populated area, and therefore 4 lane roads. Come around a curve as I see an oncoming car approach when DAM!!!! Antilock brakes work well...and that little bunny who had a death wish by trying to cross in front of both the on coming car and me will live to try again. Mondays aren't all bad... :rolleyes:
Zhat wrote:
Antilock brakes work well...and that little bunny who had a death wish by trying to cross in front of both the on coming car and me will live to try again.
Did you stop the car or get around it?
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I have only hit one animal when driving ... actually, more correctly, the stupid rabbit ran into the side of my tire and executed himself. While I will not violate the integrity of my lane for an animal I think testing ABS is the least I can do.
Need software developed? Offering C# development all over the United States, ERL GLOBAL, Inc is the only call you will have to make.
If you don't ask questions the answers won't stand in your way.
Most of this sig is for Google, not ego.Ditto on that, though I'll swerve to another lane to avoid an animal that could render my car into scrap metal (I'm thinking a Moose, Donkeys, Cows, Horses, Mules or sometimes on the highways in the south of Jordan all the way to Yemen, Camels) I've only ever hit one animal and like you that animal was depressed lemming with a death wish. Believe it or not, it was a bird and it dove under my wheel. I can still remember the sound of the crunch :shudder:
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Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote:
I have only hit one animal when driving
I wish that had been the case here... I have hit uncountless numbers.... :sigh:
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
El Corazon wrote:
I have hit uncountless numbers....
So how many? 3?
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[Best Movie Trailer Voiceover Voice] "In a world where rabbits are a verminous pest, destroying crops and eating our food... ... Only one man can stop them... John Simmons, The Rabbiteer. In Theatres Next Week." [/Best Movie Trailer Voiceover Voice] I too would kill a rabbit rather than risk my car/life.
------------------------------------ "The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion" Arthur C Clarke
And now the image of JSOP toting a shotgun going "SHHHHHH! I'm hunting wabbits!" is stuck in my mind. Thank's Dave.
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And now the image of JSOP toting a shotgun going "SHHHHHH! I'm hunting wabbits!" is stuck in my mind. Thank's Dave.
John 'Elmer' Simmons! OK I have that fixed too! :-D
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El Corazon wrote:
I have hit uncountless numbers....
So how many? 3?
Pi? Well, it may have ended up there!
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Ditto on that, though I'll swerve to another lane to avoid an animal that could render my car into scrap metal (I'm thinking a Moose, Donkeys, Cows, Horses, Mules or sometimes on the highways in the south of Jordan all the way to Yemen, Camels) I've only ever hit one animal and like you that animal was depressed lemming with a death wish. Believe it or not, it was a bird and it dove under my wheel. I can still remember the sound of the crunch :shudder:
Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:
it was a bird and it dove under my wheel
It was a dove?
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So, driving to work, 75 miles and 1.5 hours of mostly country 2 lane roads. This morning though it's VERY foggy, low visability, but at 6AM there's little traffic. Hate mornings like this, as it's very stressful. Oncoming traffic always seems to be much closer to me then normal, can't see very far and the thought of a deer (or worse; a cow or horse) in the road just makes it all the worse. Halfway to work, getting to a more populated area, and therefore 4 lane roads. Come around a curve as I see an oncoming car approach when DAM!!!! Antilock brakes work well...and that little bunny who had a death wish by trying to cross in front of both the on coming car and me will live to try again. Mondays aren't all bad... :rolleyes:
About a year ago I was with a couple of other guys driving up a country lane. We approached an unkindness of ravens feeding on some unidentified carrion. As we approached I said, in my most authoritarian manner,"It's amazing, you rush up to these birds, but they just hop out of the way at the last sec..." at that moment there was a load THWACK. Yep, one dead raven splattered into my front grill! The timing was perfect and everybody laughed. (Well, not the Raven).
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I have only hit one animal when driving ... actually, more correctly, the stupid rabbit ran into the side of my tire and executed himself. While I will not violate the integrity of my lane for an animal I think testing ABS is the least I can do.
Need software developed? Offering C# development all over the United States, ERL GLOBAL, Inc is the only call you will have to make.
If you don't ask questions the answers won't stand in your way.
Most of this sig is for Google, not ego.Make that two. I found a bird lodged in the grill of my truck once. Never new I hit it.
Need software developed? Offering C# development all over the United States, ERL GLOBAL, Inc is the only call you will have to make.
If you don't ask questions the answers won't stand in your way.
Most of this sig is for Google, not ego. -
Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:
it was a bird and it dove under my wheel
It was a dove?
------------------------------------ "The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion" Arthur C Clarke
Nope. One of those brown, Robin like birds.
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Nope. One of those brown, Robin like birds.
Then why didn't it Robin under the car? (I am picking up on the absurdities again, Dived is the correct English for the past participle of Dive.)
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El Corazon wrote:
I have hit uncountless numbers....
So how many? 3?
1 to 3 a week for 16 years plus 1 to 10 for every night trip up/down the missile range
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
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Pi? Well, it may have ended up there!
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Only if 0.858407346 of the fourth rabbit got caught in the treads!
