Mondays are good for some...
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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.
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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.
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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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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!
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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.
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."
Is this your sex life? and who is living at the top of the missile range?
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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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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:
Like many other CPians who have responded to your post, I have only ever hit 1 animal whilst driving. It was a suicidal domestic moggy. A ginger tom that ran from between parked cars too close to avoid. One dead moggy and I felt dreadful for the rest of the day. I felt even worse for the rest of the month when I got the estimate to repair the Audi I was driving at the time, £520. Damned inconsiderate animal. Damn aluminium car-body panels!
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"
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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."
El Corazon wrote:
1 to 3 a week for 16 years plus 1 to 10 for every night trip
May be is time for you to stop driving your Hammer inside the local zoo…I’m realizing that it is matter of personal choice, but it seems your little hobby went too far.
The narrow specialist in the broad sense of the word is a complete idiot in the narrow sense of the word. Advertise here – minimum three posts per day are guaranteed.
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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.I am pretty sure my number is 0 but I did see the demise of a squirrel and it made me sick to my stomach. I had to cross over its twitching body where the back end of it was stuck to the pavement and the front was trying its hardest to get out of my way. [EDIT]After I passed and saw it still struggling out my rear view mirror, I did not know if I should turn around and try to assist the poor thing. I ended up chickening out because that was a place you can not stop on the road. There was a turn before and after that position and there was no place to pull off the road. And then if I stopped I am not sure I could have put it out of its misery. [/EDIT]
John
modified on Monday, January 26, 2009 11:10 AM
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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 wrote:
1 to 3 a week for 16 years plus 1 to 10 for every night trip
May be is time for you to stop driving your Hammer inside the local zoo…I’m realizing that it is matter of personal choice, but it seems your little hobby went too far.
The narrow specialist in the broad sense of the word is a complete idiot in the narrow sense of the word. Advertise here – minimum three posts per day are guaranteed.
about two decades ago I had only hit one animal, a dog, and I was miserable over it. On my first trip to Carlsbad from the El Paso shortcut, I hit a dozen rabbits or more. The idiots are safe on the left, you startle them, do the run safely MORE left? no. they run in front of you. After the first few dozen thumpers under the tires the tears dry up and there is only the understanding that the universe builds bigger idiots in all species.
_________________________ 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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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?
No way to stop completely and going around would have meant (1) head on collision with oncoming vehicle, or (2) Roll over in the ditch and possibly sustain life threatening injuries to myself. At 60+/- MPH (100+/- KPH) I could only try to slow down enough to miss the little guy while keeping my car in my lane. Thankfully, I did both.
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I am pretty sure my number is 0 but I did see the demise of a squirrel and it made me sick to my stomach. I had to cross over its twitching body where the back end of it was stuck to the pavement and the front was trying its hardest to get out of my way. [EDIT]After I passed and saw it still struggling out my rear view mirror, I did not know if I should turn around and try to assist the poor thing. I ended up chickening out because that was a place you can not stop on the road. There was a turn before and after that position and there was no place to pull off the road. And then if I stopped I am not sure I could have put it out of its misery. [/EDIT]
John
modified on Monday, January 26, 2009 11:10 AM
Small roadkill doesn't require stopping to finish off. It's a brute force solution. :rolleyes:
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall
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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.
