#3 - I see this trailer thing so often it makes me wonder of there are people in the world who go around undoing latches and pulling out receptacle pins when nobody is looking. If you are pulling a trailer and leave your vehicle unattended, re-check it every time.
Buy a locking pin for your receiver and a long hasp padlock to secure your trailer hitch. Also, the right sized ball for your hitch helps. Problem solved.
Agree and I think that padlock for the trailer hitch is the part people miss. But I still believe there is some sort of fuckery going on. Trust no one.
I saw a car and trailer disconnected on highway side once. The idiot had 1-7/8 ball on the car and was pulling a trailer with a ring hitch. First bump and was coming off. I think it happens because half the people pulling trailers have no idea what they are doing.
#1 Never hit a deer with a bike, but I did have big dog cross the street to intercept my front tire, went down hard, road home though, dog seemed OK. # 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, oops. #9 MIKE!! Did you order a big assed boat from God?!? No, really... but I wanted one, can we keep it? Never mind, I can't even afford the big assed crane to get this project started.
I hit a swarm of bees once, killed about half of I suppose because there was a lot of dead ones on the outside of my shirt.. It was the live ones that got into my shirt that stung the fuck out of me JD
I hit a deer coming home from swing shift at the sawmill at 1:30 AM when I was young. I was doing around 50 on my Honda 250 and clipped his ass with the left side of my handlebar. When I went down, I watched as the sparks flew as the rivets on my full-face helmet were ground off by the pavement. I was able to pick myself up and ride the three miles home without so much as a scratch.
I come from a VERY small town of maybe 1,000 people. Yet I know two people who lost a leg due to an accident hitting a deer. They were both athletes and one had the chance at a college scholarship for wrestling. That was now out of the picture.
Hitting a large animal with any vehicle is bad news- when I was 20, driving to work in traffic one morning doing about 75- the car to my right suddenly jams on it's brakes for a German Shepherd trotting across the 4 lane highway- no time to react- he's dead center in my lane when I hit him- I got a glimpse of him in my rear view mirror tumbling behind my car- I pulled over, shaken up, and inspected for damage- lucky I was driving a Chevy Impala station wagon- only damage was the lower edge of the front bumper was bent in a few inches- hate to think what would have happened if I had hit him with a tire-
I had an owl bounce off the windshield of my log truck going to work at o'dark thirty one morning. It didn't do any damage, but I don't think it did him any good.
Friend of my brothers hit a buzzard that was eating in the middle of the road. Flew up and went through his windshield. missed the driver but then threw up right in the middle of the front seat.
#1. I was riding a Maxi-Scooter through Vienna, MO about 9:30 in the evening, and my son was on his much larger bike behind me. A Racoon came right at me and manage to run between the front wheel and frame where the radiator was mounted. I had visions of finding myself on the road, but somehow the 'coon made it through. My son told me he was about fall off is bike laughing when it happened.
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Welp, there's a setup for some injuries. Hope he wasn't moving fast.
ReplyDelete#3 - I see this trailer thing so often it makes me wonder of there are people in the world who go around undoing latches and pulling out receptacle pins when nobody is looking. If you are pulling a trailer and leave your vehicle unattended, re-check it every time.
ReplyDeleteBuy a locking pin for your receiver and a long hasp padlock to secure your trailer hitch. Also, the right sized ball for your hitch helps. Problem solved.
DeleteAgree and I think that padlock for the trailer hitch is the part people miss. But I still believe there is some sort of fuckery going on. Trust no one.
DeleteWhich is why I use both a locking pin and a padlock.
DeleteI saw a car and trailer disconnected on highway side once. The idiot had 1-7/8 ball on the car and was pulling a trailer with a ring hitch. First bump and was coming off. I think it happens because half the people pulling trailers have no idea what they are doing.
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#7 Sunroofs, gotta love em.
ReplyDelete#4 - I'm guessing Nassau County, FL, as it's on a golf course and flat.
ReplyDelete#1 Never hit a deer with a bike, but I did have big dog cross the street to intercept my front tire, went down hard, road home though, dog seemed OK.
ReplyDelete# 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, oops.
#9 MIKE!! Did you order a big assed boat from God?!? No, really... but I wanted one, can we keep it? Never mind, I can't even afford the big assed crane to get this project started.
My cousin Ronnie was killed when a mule deer hit him while he was on his bike.
DeleteI hit a swarm of bees once, killed about half of I suppose because there was a lot of dead ones on the outside of my shirt.. It was the live ones that got into my shirt that stung the fuck out of me
DeleteJD
I hit a deer coming home from swing shift at the sawmill at 1:30 AM when I was young. I was doing around 50 on my Honda 250 and clipped his ass with the left side of my handlebar. When I went down, I watched as the sparks flew as the rivets on my full-face helmet were ground off by the pavement. I was able to pick myself up and ride the three miles home without so much as a scratch.
DeleteI think the deer came out it as well as I did.
I come from a VERY small town of maybe 1,000 people. Yet I know two people who lost a leg due to an accident hitting a deer. They were both athletes and one had the chance at a college scholarship for wrestling. That was now out of the picture.
Delete#5: Grab some straws and cotton towels we can still salvage some Cabernet.
ReplyDelete#8 Down that grub and a few hours your hemorrhoids will be history along with your stomach and intestines.
#9: The odds of that being the SS Minnow are very slim but never zero.
2. Google Street View, must be following Google Maps
ReplyDeleteMakes you wonder. Is this WHY Google has defective maps? Or was this car following a defective Google map?
DeleteYes. Can confirm. The Google sent me down a mountain road which ran into a rather large stream. Had to back up the mountainside.
Delete#2 looks like it was following Google's directions.
ReplyDeleteI like venison but not with hair.
ReplyDeleteHitting a large animal with any vehicle is bad news- when I was 20, driving to work in traffic one morning doing about 75- the car to my right suddenly jams on it's brakes for a German Shepherd trotting across the 4 lane highway- no time to react- he's dead center in my lane when I hit him- I got a glimpse of him in my rear view mirror tumbling behind my car- I pulled over, shaken up, and inspected for damage- lucky I was driving a Chevy Impala station wagon- only damage was the lower edge of the front bumper was bent in a few inches- hate to think what would have happened if I had hit him with a tire-
ReplyDeleteRiding my bike one dark night I almost had my head taken off by a big owl. I was doing about 60.
ReplyDeleteI had an owl bounce off the windshield of my log truck going to work at o'dark thirty one morning. It didn't do any damage, but I don't think it did him any good.
Delete#9 The HOA said I couldn't keep a boat. Eff 'em.
ReplyDeleteFriend of my brothers hit a buzzard that was eating in the middle of the road. Flew up and went through his windshield. missed the driver but then threw up right in the middle of the front seat.
ReplyDelete#1. I was riding a Maxi-Scooter through Vienna, MO about 9:30 in the evening, and my son was on his much larger bike behind me. A Racoon came right at me and manage to run between the front wheel and frame where the radiator was mounted. I had visions of finding myself on the road, but somehow the 'coon made it through. My son told me he was about fall off is bike laughing when it happened.
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