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Re: I feel awful
« Reply #15 on: 20 April 2010, 23:06:54 »
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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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Re: I feel awful
« Reply #16 on: 21 April 2010, 00:14:52 »
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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Re: I feel awful
« Reply #17 on: 21 April 2010, 05:58:02 »
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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Re: I feel awful
« Reply #18 on: 21 April 2010, 07:31:07 »
One down............ ::)
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Re: I feel awful
« Reply #19 on: 21 April 2010, 08:47:38 »
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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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Re: I feel awful
« Reply #20 on: 21 April 2010, 10:48:06 »
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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Re: I feel awful
« Reply #21 on: 21 April 2010, 10:53:29 »
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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Re: I feel awful
« Reply #22 on: 21 April 2010, 11:31:22 »
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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Re: I feel awful
« Reply #23 on: 21 April 2010, 11:35:30 »
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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Re: I feel awful
« Reply #24 on: 21 April 2010, 11:50:34 »
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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Re: I feel awful
« Reply #25 on: 21 April 2010, 12:08:05 »
Put it in the curry......waste not ...want not... ::) ;)
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Re: I feel awful
« Reply #26 on: 21 April 2010, 13:23:15 »
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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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« Reply #27 on: 21 April 2010, 13:28:30 »
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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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Re: I feel awful
« Reply #28 on: 21 April 2010, 18:35:44 »
..............tastes a bit like chicken apparently
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Re: I feel awful
« Reply #29 on: 21 April 2010, 19:22:04 »
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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