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EDIT: Oh, and that was yesterday - Today, when returning home on the highway, saw a convertible crashed onto the rails and the body of the driver impaled on the steel - sent shivers down my spine. Who knows if I'm not next...
One of the worst accidents I've ever seen involved a convertible. It was a definite fatality. The car was upside down, door frame to pavement with no room for the driver. For this reason, I will never buy one. It's also the reason I've moved closer to work. I've seen scary stuff on the highway and have had way too many close calls.
I can honestly say I have not ever hit an Ox. I don't even remember the last time I saw one. Mom helped local farmers herd a young bull back into the pasture with a Volkswagon Bug (old version). The bull was bigger than the car. Seen deer and rabbit cross the road many times, but never hit them.. My dad hit a cow once. He was the third one to hit it. It was raining and nighttime. Two other drivers hit him first. My dad ended up in a ditch. We came, got him, and towed truck later. (Mom asked if he was drinking when he told her on the phone he hit a cow. She couldn't believe it. We believed it when we saw it. Poor thing was still alive when dad hit her, but was dead by the time we got there.)
Had a tractor trailer truck jackknife behind me once. Seen a car go up an embankment end over end and stop in the vertical position, bumper to grass. I've seen a pick-up truck flip several times and, miracle of miracles, the driver walked away without a scratch! Someone had a trailer not connected right on the Northbound lanes of a highway. It came off the car, spun across the median and hit the car in front of me as we were travelling South. I've seen numerous ladders in the road. One flew off a truck, hit one end on the ground, flipped up in the air over my car and went through the windshield of the car behind me only inches from the driver's face. One time I hit a ladder already in the road and it flew up behind me into the radiator of a truck behind me. I hit a road construction barrel in a turn with my drivers side mirror. I had my window open and my mirror shattered in at my face (Did not get hurt.) Once a tractor trailer clipped the back wheel of a car on the highway. I saw it happen as I got on the exit ramp to go to work. The car went out of control and spun up the hill in between the highway and exit ramp. The car ended up head on with me on the exit ramp! All of this happened so fast I had just enough time to slam on my brakes. Fortunately, I stopped in time and didn't hit her. I've seen a wheel come off a car and the car drag the remains to the side of the road. I've seen trucks lose retreads in front of me, narrowly missing me. Had someone hit me from behind at traffic lights. Hit other people from behind on highway (hills or other obstructions blocked view of stopped cars). When I was young (mom was driving), we got hit broadside by a tire truck due to the fact the traffic light was green in both directions.Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Coke in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO-HOO, what a ride!".Comment
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Talking of convertibles...i saw one of those "police,camera,action" type shows....it showed a Mercedes convertible in Germany....he came round the corner going way to fast & lost control and ended upside down...went a couple of hundred yards upside down.....this was with the top down....the driver walked away....apparently in the Mercedes, when the car goes over a certain angle an anti roll bar flips to protect the occupants...you had to see it to believe it....Tip for the day; Treat every problem as your dog would.....If you cant eat it or f*ck it....then p*ss on it & walk away...Comment
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Indiana wants me, but I can't go back there.“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'” (Isaac Asimov)Comment
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Pretty much the entire southwest from California to Texas you can witness this in places...they even have Tarantula Crossing signs....it's pretty awesome site
The Sam Wells Bug Page: Tarantula Crossing"In a cruel and evil world, being cynical can allow you to get some entertainment out of it."
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The oxen we usually see on TV from India usually look like their starving; thin and gaunt.Thanks for the explanation. I'm usually the guy who has to explain other non-english speakers the jokes that are lost in translation, but that one eluded me completely.
I should also mention that, although I'm not quite sure about this, but I get the impression that the oxen around these parts are not as big as the ones on the US - at least, not the ones I usually see on TV.
Somewhat like the cars.
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I have to seriously appreciate the awesome puns in this thread. Some might get chapped, or even a raw hide over them, though.Comment
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“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'” (Isaac Asimov)Comment
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Even our bubble-gum music was better back in the day.“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'” (Isaac Asimov)Comment
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