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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Lazydocker on 20 April 2010, 22:36:31
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Just took the in Laws home and on the way back a cat ran out into the road, straight into the rear wheel :(
I know I didn't go over it but, sadly, it had used up it's 9 lives :'(
I went back and checked (it was definitely dead), looked for a collar/tag (none) so couldn't really do much more than move it out of the gutter onto the grass verge :'(
There are only about a dozen houses near where it happened but I couldn't start knocking on doors at this time, especially as I know the farms there have 60+ feral cats on the land but I still feel dreadful :'(
Even rang the police when I got in but, as I thought, they aren't really interested as it's not a reportable incident.
The only good thing is that I was driving and not SWMBO (although she was in the car) as she would find it more devastating than I am...
RIP poor little pussy cat :'( :'(
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Ah well at least you tried.......
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That's life LD, don't beat yourself up about what couldn't be helped.
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That's life LD, don't beat yourself up about what couldn't be helped.
I know... But I'm a big softie really ::)
If I'd been speeding I'd have been able to blame myself but I wasn't... In fact, I'd slowed down because of it! :(
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same happened to me a while ago.....felt awful for days. :'(
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there is nothing you can do..
everyday I try to drive very carefull when I leave and come back.. but they many times jumped in front of the car and luckily avoided up to now :-/
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Big shame but, it couldn't have been avoided.
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tough when something like that happens :'(
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Apologies if I cause offence to the feline lovers amongst you but....
One of those little furry bundles caused me the loss of both my front teeth at the tender age of 11 when it ran out in front of me whilst I was upon a Mk IA Raleigh Chopper (red, of course) and I braked to avoid it.
The little chuffer got caught under the front wheel which, combined with a copious handfull or two of brake, caused me to exit said Raleigh Chopper (Mk IA, in red, of course...) via the gap in the cowbar handlebars, and thereafter doing a freshly tripped up Wile E Coyote impersonation with my face and newly resplendant buck teeth along the tarmac leaving dust clouds (and blood and tooth) behind.....
Enter the use of wallies at said tender age of 11....
Sympathy for those feline beasts of Satan? nope, not I..... ;)
The little bugger ran off to empty its saucer of milk and the neighbours beloved Tiddles survived for some years afterwards with nary a gravel rash or two. ::)
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It happens, sadly.
I took out a Rabbit a few years ago, two of them just ran out in front of me, stopped to make sure it was dead. It's mate just sat at the edge of the road and looked at me, talk about feeling guilty...... :-[ :(
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Apologies if I cause offence to the feline lovers amongst you but....
One of those little furry bundles caused me the loss of both my front teeth at the tender age of 11 when it ran out in front of me whilst I was upon a Mk IA Raleigh Chopper (red, of course) and I braked to avoid it.
The little chuffer got caught under the front wheel which, combined with a copious handfull or two of brake, caused me to exit said Raleigh Chopper (Mk IA, in red, of course...) via the gap in the cowbar handlebars, and thereafter doing a freshly tripped up Wile E Coyote impersonation with my face and newly resplendant buck teeth along the tarmac leaving dust clouds (and blood and tooth) behind.....
Enter the use of wallies at said tender age of 11....
Sympathy for those feline beasts of Satan? nope, not I..... ;)
The little bugger ran off to empty its saucer of milk and the neighbours beloved Tiddles survived for some years afterwards with nary a gravel rash or two. ::)
I bet that hurt just a tad :o
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Apologies if I cause offence to the feline lovers amongst you but....
One of those little furry bundles caused me the loss of both my front teeth at the tender age of 11 when it ran out in front of me whilst I was upon a Mk IA Raleigh Chopper (red, of course) and I braked to avoid it.
The little chuffer got caught under the front wheel which, combined with a copious handfull or two of brake, caused me to exit said Raleigh Chopper (Mk IA, in red, of course...) via the gap in the cowbar handlebars, and thereafter doing a freshly tripped up Wile E Coyote impersonation with my face and newly resplendant buck teeth along the tarmac leaving dust clouds (and blood and tooth) behind.....
Enter the use of wallies at said tender age of 11....
Sympathy for those feline beasts of Satan? nope, not I..... ;)
The little bugger ran off to empty its saucer of milk and the neighbours beloved Tiddles survived for some years afterwards with nary a gravel rash or two. ::)
I bet that hurt just a tad :o
Not when you are a Scott..... :D :D :D
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Apologies if I cause offence to the feline lovers amongst you but....
One of those little furry bundles caused me the loss of both my front teeth at the tender age of 11 when it ran out in front of me whilst I was upon a Mk IA Raleigh Chopper (red, of course) and I braked to avoid it.
The little chuffer got caught under the front wheel which, combined with a copious handfull or two of brake, caused me to exit said Raleigh Chopper (Mk IA, in red, of course...) via the gap in the cowbar handlebars, and thereafter doing a freshly tripped up Wile E Coyote impersonation with my face and newly resplendant buck teeth along the tarmac leaving dust clouds (and blood and tooth) behind.....
Enter the use of wallies at said tender age of 11....
Sympathy for those feline beasts of Satan? nope, not I..... ;)
The little bugger ran off to empty its saucer of milk and the neighbours beloved Tiddles survived for some years afterwards with nary a gravel rash or two. ::)
I bet that hurt just a tad :o
Not when you are a Scott..... :D :D :D
11 years of age - Scots, English, Swahili or from Planet Zog - the loss of your front teeth, with accompanying sore face, elbows and knees, (and mangled Raleigh Chopper, Mk1A in Red, of course)nipps just a tad.... ;D
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Apologies if I cause offence to the feline lovers amongst you but....
One of those little furry bundles caused me the loss of both my front teeth at the tender age of 11 when it ran out in front of me whilst I was upon a Mk IA Raleigh Chopper (red, of course) and I braked to avoid it.
The little chuffer got caught under the front wheel which, combined with a copious handfull or two of brake, caused me to exit said Raleigh Chopper (Mk IA, in red, of course...) via the gap in the cowbar handlebars, and thereafter doing a freshly tripped up Wile E Coyote impersonation with my face and newly resplendant buck teeth along the tarmac leaving dust clouds (and blood and tooth) behind.....
Enter the use of wallies at said tender age of 11....
Sympathy for those feline beasts of Satan? nope, not I..... ;)
The little bugger ran off to empty its saucer of milk and the neighbours beloved Tiddles survived for some years afterwards with nary a gravel rash or two. ::)
I bet that hurt just a tad :o
Not when you are a Scott..... :D :D :D
11 years of age - Scots, English, Swahili or from Planet Zog - the loss of your front teeth, with accompanying sore face, elbows and knees, (and mangled Raleigh Chopper, Mk1A in Red, of course)nipps just a tad.... ;D
But how was the Raleigh Chopper, Mk1A in Red, of course :question
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Apologies if I cause offence to the feline lovers amongst you but....
One of those little furry bundles caused me the loss of both my front teeth at the tender age of 11 when it ran out in front of me whilst I was upon a Mk IA Raleigh Chopper (red, of course) and I braked to avoid it.
The little chuffer got caught under the front wheel which, combined with a copious handfull or two of brake, caused me to exit said Raleigh Chopper (Mk IA, in red, of course...) via the gap in the cowbar handlebars, and thereafter doing a freshly tripped up Wile E Coyote impersonation with my face and newly resplendant buck teeth along the tarmac leaving dust clouds (and blood and tooth) behind.....
Enter the use of wallies at said tender age of 11....
Sympathy for those feline beasts of Satan? nope, not I..... ;)
The little bugger ran off to empty its saucer of milk and the neighbours beloved Tiddles survived for some years afterwards with nary a gravel rash or two. ::)
I bet that hurt just a tad :o
Not when you are a Scott..... :D :D :D
11 years of age - Scots, English, Swahili or from Planet Zog - the loss of your front teeth, with accompanying sore face, elbows and knees, (and mangled Raleigh Chopper, Mk1A in Red, of course)nipps just a tad.... ;D
But how was the Raleigh Chopper, Mk1A in Red, of course :question
;D Never rode the thing again! Gave it away, eventually. Should have kept it. Even with its crash scratches and later, being thrown around in temper several times, would still be worth a few squids... ;D
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Apologies if I cause offence to the feline lovers amongst you but....
One of those little furry bundles caused me the loss of both my front teeth at the tender age of 11 when it ran out in front of me whilst I was upon a Mk IA Raleigh Chopper (red, of course) and I braked to avoid it.
The little chuffer got caught under the front wheel which, combined with a copious handfull or two of brake, caused me to exit said Raleigh Chopper (Mk IA, in red, of course...) via the gap in the cowbar handlebars, and thereafter doing a freshly tripped up Wile E Coyote impersonation with my face and newly resplendant buck teeth along the tarmac leaving dust clouds (and blood and tooth) behind.....
Enter the use of wallies at said tender age of 11....
Sympathy for those feline beasts of Satan? nope, not I..... ;)
The little bugger ran off to empty its saucer of milk and the neighbours beloved Tiddles survived for some years afterwards with nary a gravel rash or two. ::)
I bet that hurt just a tad :o
Not when you are a Scott..... :D :D :D
11 years of age - Scots, English, Swahili or from Planet Zog - the loss of your front teeth, with accompanying sore face, elbows and knees, (and mangled Raleigh Chopper, Mk1A in Red, of course)nipps just a tad.... ;D
But how was the Raleigh Chopper, Mk1A in Red, of course :question
;D Never rode the thing again! Gave it away, eventually. Should have kept it. Even with its crash scratches and later, being thrown around in temper several times, would still be worth a few squids... ;D
Hindsight is a wonderful thing...... ;D ;D
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Cats, Birds, Fox's, Badgers, Rabbits, Squirrels..... I've squished the lot.
They don't pay RFL, so shouldn't be on the road. ;D
I used to drive Mini-Buses, ferrying passengers to and from an Airport CarPark near Bristol Airport. One early morning I had a bus full of passengers heading to the Airport traveling up the A38. A Badger ran out from a grass verge on the left. I couldn't swerve to miss it as another vehicle was driving in the opposite direction.
Inevitably, the Badger came off worse than a fully laden Transit.
A Woman sat immediately behind me started shouting and swearing at me, telling me I was evil and should have swerved to miss the "poor defenseless creature". She carried on until we got to the Airport. I then told her that 'if' I had swerved to avoid the stupid thing, she, nor anyone else on the minibus would be getting their flight but instead would probably be heading to the nearest hospital or morgue.
I appreciate wildlife and I appreciate some people are more sensitive to that kind of thing than others, but, 9 times out of 10, there is nothing you can do to 'safely' avoid the possibility of killing an animal on the road.
I wonder if that Woman cried everytime she saw a fly lose its guts on her windscreen whilst traveling down the motorway? Dappy bint. >:(
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I must say that I'm fine about it... Apart from the thought that some young child may be devastated by the loss of a family pet :(
The more I think about it, the more I reckon it was probably a farm cat, which I hope it was.
H21, thank you for sharing a story which has definitely brought a smile to my face this morning! :y
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One down............ ::)
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Apologies if I cause offence to the feline lovers amongst you but....
One of those little furry bundles caused me the loss of both my front teeth at the tender age of 11 when it ran out in front of me whilst I was upon a Mk IA Raleigh Chopper (red, of course) and I braked to avoid it.
The little chuffer got caught under the front wheel which, combined with a copious handfull or two of brake, caused me to exit said Raleigh Chopper (Mk IA, in red, of course...) via the gap in the cowbar handlebars, and thereafter doing a freshly tripped up Wile E Coyote impersonation with my face and newly resplendant buck teeth along the tarmac leaving dust clouds (and blood and tooth) behind.....
Enter the use of wallies at said tender age of 11....
Sympathy for those feline beasts of Satan? nope, not I..... ;)
The little bugger ran off to empty its saucer of milk and the neighbours beloved Tiddles survived for some years afterwards with nary a gravel rash or two. ::)
choppers were cool
although they did have a feature or two i didnt like such as the slide forward and crack your balls off the gear shifter and i was never too keen on the lean back and crack your head off the pavement feature
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RABBITS.............yummy!!
ROADKILL rabbits..............my ferret loved 'em!!
(used to stop and pick it up in a plastic bag when I had loads of ferrets....)
But then, I'm a country boy, not a townie.........
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Hey, Lazy Docker, do you fancy extending your success rate further by driving up and down my close a few times and removing some of the Cat vermine for me?
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we came back from a day at the beach/in the pub at St Andrews one summer, now I don't know why - maybe the warm summers day had heated the road so it was nice and cosy on a cold night, but the road home there were loads of rabbits all sitting on it.
the sump of that AX with four in it brained most of them my (now) wife was driving and was pretty much in tears as she kept killing these stupid bunnies just sitting in the road!!!!
unfortunately the rest of the car was drunk and found it hilarious
"why don't we stop and buy some hare-restorer"
"better yet- what about head and shoulders for flat, greasy hare?"
"doesnt matter what you buy - you're just splitting hares!!" and so on ;D ;D ;D ;D
this was 20 yrs ago in my defence.....wife still doesnt find it funny :o ::) ;D
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anyway don't feel bad Lazyd - no ones to blame - i lost a cat that got hit by a car, my wife lived in the country and lost around 9 cats- unless you keep them indoors 24/7 its going to happen to most cat owners :o :o
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I generally try to increase my succes rate with those walking on 2 feet but they let bad traces on my car so I give up ;D ;D
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Put it in the curry......waste not ...want not... ::) ;)
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Put it in the curry......waste not ...want not... ::) ;)
And why not! ;) ;) Your local friendly Takeaway establishment certainly probably will!!! ::) ;D ;D ;)
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Put it in the curry......waste not ...want not... ::) ;)
do you know what the chinese restaurant use in your food ;D :y
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..............tastes a bit like chicken apparently
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deer are the worst my mate hit one at 60mph and it wrote his car off. The deer died he felt terrible for ages the car was his pride and joy :)
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deer are the worst my mate hit one at 60mph and it wrote his car off. The deer died he felt terrible for ages the car was his pride and joy :)
That reminds me of an early morning drive out of Tonbridge in 1973 with me driving my new red Ford Escort Mk1.
There were these signs that warned of wild animals posted along a long stretch of road going out towards Sevenoaks, which as a youngster always virtually ignored with humour thinking what wild animals!!.
Anyway this morning was a typical Kent very foggy morning, and as I was going along at about 35 mph suddenly two enormous stags came out of the fog, right in the middle of the road! :o :o :o :o
I braked hard and missed them, eventually going around these two to continue the journey.
Never again did I joke about those "wild animal" signs!! ::) ::) :D :D :D ;)
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deer are the worst my mate hit one at 60mph and it wrote his car off. The deer died he felt terrible for ages the car was his pride and joy :)
Yep, wrote of a Volvo 960 with a Roe Deer a few years back, boy are they solid (the deer & the car)
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deer are the worst my mate hit one at 60mph and it wrote his car off. The deer died he felt terrible for ages the car was his pride and joy :)
Yep, wrote of a Volvo 960 with a Roe Deer a few years back, boy are they solid (the deer & the car)
you must go down as the first person in history to write off a volvo ;D