Sounds like the people on the street where I used to live. Storm sewers get clogged up by leaves and causes flooding in heavy rain, and their solution is to complain to the city and alert the media. As the person with the lowest sitting house on the street I didn't have time to pander to such attention whoring, so I'd go out with a rake and fix the problem in about 3 minutes.
I've seen enough videos of people doing basically this to save a deer stuck on the ice that I'd at least try it, and failing that to come back with a rope and maybe a helper so we could drag the poor thing back to less slippery ground.
I did that when I was a security officer at Zoo Atlanta. Came from the back of the zoo after a thunderstorm to find the plaza just inside the front gates flooded several inches deep. The "security manager" and her nr.1 had called Maintenance and were standing around waiting for one of them to arrive.
I took my boots and socks off, rolled up my pantslegs, waded through to a storage area, got a broom handle, and went around the plaza raking the mulch that had washed down from the planted areas off the drain grates. In five minutes the whole area was drained.
At least the driver did the right thing. I worked with a few log truck drivers that as soon as that back axle took a dip they would have hit the brakes. This person went full speed ahead and powered out of it. Granted, he got lucky but he did the right thing.
It looks more like that driver didn't so much get "lucky" as he just relied on a full bag of previous experience. He's a seen it, been there, done that kind of guy.
#2 I would bet that a hunter. A non would be more apt to call 911, the SPCA and watch the deer hurt themselve while awaiting assistance.
ReplyDeleteSounds like the people on the street where I used to live. Storm sewers get clogged up by leaves and causes flooding in heavy rain, and their solution is to complain to the city and alert the media. As the person with the lowest sitting house on the street I didn't have time to pander to such attention whoring, so I'd go out with a rake and fix the problem in about 3 minutes.
DeleteI've seen enough videos of people doing basically this to save a deer stuck on the ice that I'd at least try it, and failing that to come back with a rope and maybe a helper so we could drag the poor thing back to less slippery ground.
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DeleteI did that when I was a security officer at Zoo Atlanta. Came from the back of the zoo after a thunderstorm to find the plaza just inside the front gates flooded several inches deep. The "security manager" and her nr.1 had called Maintenance and were standing around waiting for one of them to arrive.
I took my boots and socks off, rolled up my pantslegs, waded through to a storage area, got a broom handle, and went around the plaza raking the mulch that had washed down from the planted areas off the drain grates. In five minutes the whole area was drained.
#3... Mine!,Mine!,Mine!
ReplyDeletesocialists stealing from capitalists
Delete#2 My kind of person...
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#2- Yet more proof critters know when humans are trying to help them.
ReplyDeleteI would like to see more video of #7. Specifically how the person reacts when the plastic bag springs a leak.
ReplyDelete#1 - Remind me never to go to that country.
ReplyDeleteMy old boss went off a road in a bus in Ecuador after the driver fell asleep 15 or 20 years ago, half the load of 70 people died, he was thrown clear.
DeleteAlong with rehab on other things he earned a PhD in Forest Biometrics, pretty much helped rewire his own brain.
At least the driver did the right thing. I worked with a few log truck drivers that as soon as that back axle took a dip they would have hit the brakes. This person went full speed ahead and powered out of it. Granted, he got lucky but he did the right thing.
DeleteIt looks more like that driver didn't so much get "lucky" as he just relied on a full bag of previous experience. He's a seen it, been there, done that kind of guy.
DeletePeople in the back seat of that bus musta been crapping their pants.
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#1 The bus driver must be uncomfortable sitting in a seat with his baseball size testicles
ReplyDelete1. I bet that is a regular occurance for that bus driver, passengers probably not worried
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1. No way out but through.
ReplyDelete3. Fuck, I hate seagulls. They're a big part why I hate the beach.
8. Who says you can't feel a picture?
The beach: a frying pan with sharks on one side and corn dogs on the other.
Delete#8- "Liberty call, liberty call...
ReplyDelete#9 must be a Trudeau.
ReplyDelete#9 - Gov. Northam, izzat you?
ReplyDelete#9 - Is that Justin Trudeau as a baby?
ReplyDelete#4 ?
ReplyDeleteGuy on the bike decided he was going to do a u-turn on a one-way street. The traffic cop disabused him of the notion. My guess is Thailand, maybe?
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