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Deer Vs. Taurus
whlie not the same subject, reading about your adventures reminded me of these lovely lyrics from "Dogs" by Pink Floyd (the last few lines really don't apply here):
You gotta be crazy, you gotta have a real need
You gotta sleep on your toes, and when you're on the street
You gotta be able to pick out the easy meat with your eyes closed
And then moving in silently, down wind and out of sight
You gotta strike when the moment is right without thinking.
And after a while, you can work on points for style
Like the club tie, and the firm handshake
A certain look in the eye, and an easy smile
You have to be trusted by the people that you lie to
So that when they turn their backs on you
You'll get the chance to put the knife in.
Mike - the Optimist
Marc Getty <marc@getty.net> wrote:
Julie,
I know exactly what you mean! What is the deal with people who walk in
the street, when there is a perfectly good sidewalk that is for some
reason not sufficient?
Where I used to live there were these two old people who would walk in
the street. They would carry a flashlight and shine it at the driver
of any car that came close to them. I would purposely try and come
close to hitting them, making them jump out of the road and onto the
sidewalk.
For more fun, I would switch cars, and try the same thing in a
different car. ;-) I think that once I did this three times in the
same hour, once in the Benz, once in the Scirocco, and once in the
BMW.
-Marc
-----Original Message-----
From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of Julie Macfarlane
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 11:10 PM
To: scirocco@powerlink.net; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: Re: Deer Vs. Taurus
Back in the early days, trains had a problem with cows. They placed a
scoop
in the front to pick up the cow and toss it to the side.
I wonder if that would work.
Now if it would work on the jerks from the city who insist on walking
in the
street here in Amsterdam...
Julie Macfarlane
1981 MKI 2L 16v w 2Y
"For good health : EAT RICE!"
Amsterdam NY
>From: "John C. Worden"
>To: Scirocco Mailing List
>Subject: Re: Deer Vs. Taurus
>Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 22:50:36 -0500
>
>At 01:09 AM 4/2/04 +0100, Aaron wrote:
>
>>If you're really worried about this hazard - buy a Saab. Antelope
>>strike
>>is the number one cause of accidents in Sweden, and these cars are
>>specifically designed to deal with that exact source of trouble.
Front
>>fender takes out the legs, torso comes crashing straight on through
the
>>passenger compartment. This can happen with smaller beasts too, who
>>instinctively bound when startled. Solution: seriously beefed up A
pillars
>>
>>Highlands of Scotland we have this problem with red deer. Have had a
>>few
>>friends who have come unstuck hitting them (all survived with no
lasting
>>damage, the drivers that is - not the deer, half of them ended up in
a
>>deep freeze). I myself have been about 6 inches off of hitting a 12
>>pointer red deer stag at 80mph in the wet, I swerved - he reared -
just
>>missed - scared the living shit out of me, and probably him too. Was
in a
>>Volvo at the time but at that speed and hitting that heavy a
target...
>>doesn't bare thinking about...
>>
>>Look for the reflection of their eyes out in the periphery - night
>>time is
>>the danger time (with red deer anyway). Look for natural places they
might
>>want to cross, and take those deer hazard warning signs seriously
(we have
>>them in Scotland, assume you guys put them up too)
>>
>>Stay safe
>>
>>Aaron in London
>
>Not a bad idea if it were an everyday problem. But even with beefed
up
>A
>pillars I wonder how well it would hold up to a 1000lb Moose that is
twice
>as tall as a deer.
>
>John
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