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  • realJSOPR realJSOP

    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

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    Ennis Ray Lynch Jr
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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.
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    Most of this sig is for Google, not ego.

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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, 10/26/2001

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      Dalek Dave
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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.

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      • E Ennis Ray Lynch Jr

        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.

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        Brady Kelly
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        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:

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          El Corazon
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          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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          • E Ennis Ray Lynch Jr

            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.

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            El Corazon
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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."

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            • Z Zhat

              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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              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.

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                Mustafa Ismail Mustafa
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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:

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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."

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                  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

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                    Mustafa Ismail Mustafa
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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.

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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.

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                      Dalek Dave
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                      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?

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                        Dalek Dave
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                        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:

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                          Dalek Dave
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                          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:

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                            Dalek Dave
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                            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).

                            ------------------------------------ "The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion" Arthur C Clarke

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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.

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                              Ennis Ray Lynch Jr
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                              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.

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                                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

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                                Mustafa Ismail Mustafa
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                                Nope. One of those brown, Robin like birds.

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                                  Nope. One of those brown, Robin like birds.

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                                  Dalek Dave
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                                  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.)

                                  ------------------------------------ "The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion" Arthur C Clarke

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                                    El Corazon wrote:

                                    I have hit uncountless numbers....

                                    So how many? 3?

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                                    El Corazon
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                                    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!

                                      ------------------------------------ "The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion" Arthur C Clarke

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                                      hairy_hats
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                                      Only if 0.858407346 of the fourth rabbit got caught in the treads!

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                                      • B Brady Kelly

                                        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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                                        I've got ya beat. My sister borrowed my car once and hit a porcupine. She didn't tell me about it and when I went to drive it the next time I noticed the quills sticking out of the sidewall. It was kinda funny looking (the tire looked like it had fur) but unfortunately it ended up in me having to replace the tire.

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                                          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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                                          Dalek Dave
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                                          Is this your sex life? and who is living at the top of the missile range?

                                          ------------------------------------ "The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion" Arthur C Clarke

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