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Date: 15 Nov 2007 16:52:02
From: Claire
Subject: Bus and deer ruin reflective commuter vest
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From my previous Rain Jacket Removal Survey, I got this story from
Joshua Putnam:
"The last time I regularly commuted with a reflective vest, I stopped
one morning to clear a deer out of the road. Turned out it was still
alive and didn't want to be moved. Since it was a large dark obstacle
on a dark busy road, I took off my reflective vest and strapped it
onto the deer so it wouldn't get hit. I was about to leave the scene
to call the police when a Metro bus ran over the deer at speed despite
the reflective vest. At that point the vest was a bit too messy to put
back on, so I left it with the carcass when we got it unstuck from the
rear axle of the bus."
"There are a few parts of bike commuting on Vashon Island that I don't
really miss."
Just thought I'd share.
Warm Regards,
Claire Petersky
http://www.bicyclemeditations.org
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Date: 18 Nov 2007 04:27:41
From:
Subject: Re: Bus and deer ruin reflective commuter vest
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On Nov 16, 2:15 am, Ryan Cousineau <rcous...@sfu.ca > wrote:
> In article
> <3d41726d-847e-4b84-b768-c82e1ed66...@s36g2000prg.googlegroups.com>,
>
>
>
> Claire <cpeter...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > From my previous Rain Jacket Removal Survey, I got this story from
> > Joshua Putnam:
>
> > "The last time I regularly commuted with a reflective vest, I stopped
> > one morning to clear a deer out of the road. Turned out it was still
> > alive and didn't want to be moved. Since it was a large dark obstacle
> > on a dark busy road, I took off my reflective vest and strapped it
> > onto the deer so it wouldn't get hit. I was about to leave the scene
> > to call the police when a Metro bus ran over the deer at speed despite
> > the reflective vest. At that point the vest was a bit too messy to put
> > back on, so I left it with the carcass when we got it unstuck from the
> > rear axle of the bus."
>
> > "There are a few parts of bike commuting on Vashon Island that I don't
> > really miss."
>
> You think Josh had a weird day, how about the bus driver who had to
> explain that he ran over a deer that was wearing a reflective safety
> vest?
>
> --
> Ryan Cousineau rcous...@sfu.cahttp://www.wiredcola.com/
> "My scenarios may give the impression I could be an excellent crook.
> Not true - I am a talented lawyer." - Sandy in rec.bicycles.racing
god this was the funniest thing i have read on this blog!
carlos
www.bikingthings.com
ride hard, get fit, be happy
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Date: 17 Nov 2007 08:01:10
From: Bill Sornson
Subject: Re: Bus and deer ruin reflective commuter vest
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Claire wrote:
> From my previous Rain Jacket Removal Survey, I got this story from
> Joshua Putnam:
>
> "The last time I regularly commuted with a reflective vest, I stopped
> one morning to clear a deer out of the road. Turned out it was still
> alive and didn't want to be moved. Since it was a large dark obstacle
> on a dark busy road, I took off my reflective vest and strapped it
> onto the deer so it wouldn't get hit. I was about to leave the scene
> to call the police when a Metro bus ran over the deer at speed despite
> the reflective vest. At that point the vest was a bit too messy to put
> back on, so I left it with the carcass when we got it unstuck from the
> rear axle of the bus."
I'm just imagining the road worker sent to remove the carcass: "Wow, the
deer are wearing reflective VESTS nowadays!"
Bill "too bad he didn't have a helmet ;-) " S.
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Date: 16 Nov 2007 08:42:37
From: landotter
Subject: Re: Bus and deer ruin reflective commuter vest
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On Nov 16, 1:15 am, Ryan Cousineau <rcous...@sfu.ca > wrote:
> In article
> <3d41726d-847e-4b84-b768-c82e1ed66...@s36g2000prg.googlegroups.com>,
>
>
>
> Claire <cpeter...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > From my previous Rain Jacket Removal Survey, I got this story from
> > Joshua Putnam:
>
> > "The last time I regularly commuted with a reflective vest, I stopped
> > one morning to clear a deer out of the road. Turned out it was still
> > alive and didn't want to be moved. Since it was a large dark obstacle
> > on a dark busy road, I took off my reflective vest and strapped it
> > onto the deer so it wouldn't get hit. I was about to leave the scene
> > to call the police when a Metro bus ran over the deer at speed despite
> > the reflective vest. At that point the vest was a bit too messy to put
> > back on, so I left it with the carcass when we got it unstuck from the
> > rear axle of the bus."
>
> > "There are a few parts of bike commuting on Vashon Island that I don't
> > really miss."
>
> You think Josh had a weird day, how about the bus driver who had to
> explain that he ran over a deer that was wearing a reflective safety
> vest?
>
FIE~!
Paul had me giggling, but you sir, have caused a caster for my chair
to come missing.
"I suppose it had a rape whistle around its neck as well."
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Date: 16 Nov 2007 07:15:05
From: Ryan Cousineau
Subject: Re: Bus and deer ruin reflective commuter vest
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In article
<3d41726d-847e-4b84-b768-c82e1ed66e54@s36g2000prg.googlegroups.com >,
Claire <cpetersky@yahoo.com > wrote:
> From my previous Rain Jacket Removal Survey, I got this story from
> Joshua Putnam:
>
> "The last time I regularly commuted with a reflective vest, I stopped
> one morning to clear a deer out of the road. Turned out it was still
> alive and didn't want to be moved. Since it was a large dark obstacle
> on a dark busy road, I took off my reflective vest and strapped it
> onto the deer so it wouldn't get hit. I was about to leave the scene
> to call the police when a Metro bus ran over the deer at speed despite
> the reflective vest. At that point the vest was a bit too messy to put
> back on, so I left it with the carcass when we got it unstuck from the
> rear axle of the bus."
>
> "There are a few parts of bike commuting on Vashon Island that I don't
> really miss."
You think Josh had a weird day, how about the bus driver who had to
explain that he ran over a deer that was wearing a reflective safety
vest?
--
Ryan Cousineau rcousine@sfu.ca http://www.wiredcola.com/
"My scenarios may give the impression I could be an excellent crook.
Not true - I am a talented lawyer." - Sandy in rec.bicycles.racing
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Date: 16 Nov 2007 17:42:27
From:
Subject: Re: Bus and deer ruin reflective commuter vest
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In article <rcousine-B98AF5.23150315112007@
[74.223.185.199.nw.nuvox.net] >, rcousine@sfu.ca says...
> In article
> <3d41726d-847e-4b84-b768-c82e1ed66e54@s36g2000prg.googlegroups.com>,
> Claire <cpetersky@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > From my previous Rain Jacket Removal Survey, I got this story from
> > Joshua Putnam:
> >
> > "The last time I regularly commuted with a reflective vest, I stopped
> > one morning to clear a deer out of the road. Turned out it was still
> > alive and didn't want to be moved. Since it was a large dark obstacle
> > on a dark busy road, I took off my reflective vest and strapped it
> > onto the deer so it wouldn't get hit. I was about to leave the scene
> > to call the police when a Metro bus ran over the deer at speed despite
> > the reflective vest. At that point the vest was a bit too messy to put
> > back on, so I left it with the carcass when we got it unstuck from the
> > rear axle of the bus."
> >
> > "There are a few parts of bike commuting on Vashon Island that I don't
> > really miss."
>
> You think Josh had a weird day, how about the bus driver who had to
> explain that he ran over a deer that was wearing a reflective safety
> vest?
I don't believe he explained it to anyone but me. No damage to the bus,
and he kept his route on schedule. I didn't report it, and I'm pretty
sure the deer didn't tell anyone.
All this happened less than half a mile from where I was hit by a salmon
while riding. (A bald eagle had just caught the fish and was sitting in
a tree overhanging the road. My bike spooked him, he flew off and
dropped the fish on me.)
The road is a beautiful ride, a steep wooded bank on one side, the bay
on the other, a level road with no intersections or lights for most of a
mile. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jputnam/1805508243/ But mixing
commuters and nature does have its drawbacks.
--
josh@phred.org is Joshua Putnam
<http://www.phred.org/~josh/ >
Braze your own bicycle frames. See
<http://www.phred.org/~josh/build/build.html >
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Date: 17 Nov 2007 07:10:22
From: Ryan Cousineau
Subject: Re: Bus and deer ruin reflective commuter vest
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In article <MPG.21a7e6c780e4478d9897d3@newsgroups.comcast.net >,
<josh@phred.org > wrote:
> In article <rcousine-B98AF5.23150315112007@
> [74.223.185.199.nw.nuvox.net]>, rcousine@sfu.ca says...
> > In article
> > <3d41726d-847e-4b84-b768-c82e1ed66e54@s36g2000prg.googlegroups.com>,
> > Claire <cpetersky@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > > From my previous Rain Jacket Removal Survey, I got this story from
> > > Joshua Putnam:
> > >
> > > "The last time I regularly commuted with a reflective vest, I stopped
> > > one morning to clear a deer out of the road. Turned out it was still
> > > alive and didn't want to be moved. Since it was a large dark obstacle
> > > on a dark busy road, I took off my reflective vest and strapped it
> > > onto the deer so it wouldn't get hit. I was about to leave the scene
> > > to call the police when a Metro bus ran over the deer at speed despite
> > > the reflective vest. At that point the vest was a bit too messy to put
> > > back on, so I left it with the carcass when we got it unstuck from the
> > > rear axle of the bus."
> > >
> > > "There are a few parts of bike commuting on Vashon Island that I don't
> > > really miss."
> >
> > You think Josh had a weird day, how about the bus driver who had to
> > explain that he ran over a deer that was wearing a reflective safety
> > vest?
>
> I don't believe he explained it to anyone but me. No damage to the bus,
> and he kept his route on schedule. I didn't report it, and I'm pretty
> sure the deer didn't tell anyone.
When the legend is better than the truth, print the legend.
> All this happened less than half a mile from where I was hit by a salmon
> while riding. (A bald eagle had just caught the fish and was sitting in
> a tree overhanging the road. My bike spooked him, he flew off and
> dropped the fish on me.)
!!!
I've encountered skunks, coyotes, and raccoons within a block of my
house, and all manner of birds in the next couple of blocks, but I've
never had a fish drop onto my head.
Then again, I did once have an owl with a 6' wingspan fatally fly into
the grille of the car I was driving.
> The road is a beautiful ride, a steep wooded bank on one side, the bay
> on the other, a level road with no intersections or lights for most of a
> mile. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jputnam/1805508243/ But mixing
> commuters and nature does have its drawbacks.
--
Ryan Cousineau rcousine@sfu.ca http://www.wiredcola.com/
"My scenarios may give the impression I could be an excellent crook.
Not true - I am a talented lawyer." - Sandy in rec.bicycles.racing
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Date: 19 Nov 2007 01:02:46
From:
Subject: Re: Bus and deer ruin reflective commuter vest
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In article <rcousine-20014A.23100416112007@
[74.223.185.199.nw.nuvox.net] >, rcousine@sfu.ca says...
> In article <MPG.21a7e6c780e4478d9897d3@newsgroups.comcast.net>,
> <josh@phred.org> wrote:
> > All this happened less than half a mile from where I was hit by a salmon
> > while riding. (A bald eagle had just caught the fish and was sitting in
> > a tree overhanging the road. My bike spooked him, he flew off and
> > dropped the fish on me.)
>
> !!!
>
> I've encountered skunks, coyotes, and raccoons within a block of my
> house, and all manner of birds in the next couple of blocks, but I've
> never had a fish drop onto my head.
News headline from eastern Washington not long ago, motorists on a state
highway were hit by a falling *COW*.
As in half a ton on the hoof, falling a couple hundred feet off a cliff.
Smashed up their minivan but the people weren't hurt; the cow survived
the fall but had to be put down.
Not an accident to have on a bike!
--
josh@phred.org is Joshua Putnam
<http://www.phred.org/~josh/ >
Braze your own bicycle frames. See
<http://www.phred.org/~josh/build/build.html >
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Date: 17 Nov 2007 08:14:37
From: Bill Sornson
Subject: Re: Bus and deer ruin reflective commuter vest
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Ryan Cousineau wrote:
> Then again, I did once have an owl with a 6' wingspan fatally fly into
> the grille of the car I was driving.
Driving home from a night mountain bike ride on the freeway with the bike on
top of the car, I saw a flash and heard/felt a slight impact, but couldn't
tell what it was.
30 seconds later a guy pulls up on my right side and honks to get my
attention. I roll down the window, and he says, "You have a hawk stuck in
your bike rack!"
So we pull to the side of the road, and it's a GORGEOUS horn-billed white
owl. We weren't sure if it was dead and its claws were extremely
threatening, so what to do? It looked like it was jammed in there tight,
but I finally pulled on one leg rather gently and it just slipped out
easily. Poor thing must have thought my bike's handlebar was a deer antler
or something?
There wasn't a mark on my bike's fork legs or the car or rack, so not really
sure what killed the poor thing, but he was dead as a doornail.
One of the stranger endings to a night ride I recall...
BS (no, really)
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Date: 18 Nov 2007 01:48:35
From: Sir Thomas of Cannondale
Subject: Re: Bus and deer ruin reflective commuter vest
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> There wasn't a mark on my bike's fork legs or the car or rack, so not
> really
> sure what killed the poor thing, but he was dead as a doornail.
==
Not what but "who" ...
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Date: 17 Nov 2007 09:03:42
From: Peter Cole
Subject: Re: Bus and deer ruin reflective commuter vest
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Ryan Cousineau wrote:
> I've encountered skunks, coyotes, and raccoons within a block of my
> house, and all manner of birds in the next couple of blocks, but I've
> never had a fish drop onto my head.
>
On an off road ride my wife had a (dead) mostly-plucked crow dropped
from above, actually struck her top tube.
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Date: 17 Nov 2007 08:47:39
From: Paul Myron Hobson
Subject: Re: Bus and deer ruin reflective commuter vest
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Ryan Cousineau wrote:
> I've encountered skunks, coyotes, and raccoons within a block of my
> house, and all manner of birds in the next couple of blocks, but I've
> never had a fish drop onto my head.
>
> Then again, I did once have an owl with a 6' wingspan fatally fly into
> the grille of the car I was driving.
Not Vegan!
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Date: 16 Nov 2007 15:22:04
From: Sir Thomas of Cannondale
Subject: Re: Bus and deer ruin reflective commuter vest
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Ryan ,, thanks for that..
==============================
"Ryan Cousineau" <rcousine@sfu.ca > wrote in message
news:rcousine-B98AF5.23150315112007@[74.223.185.199.nw.nuvox.net]...
> In article
> <3d41726d-847e-4b84-b768-c82e1ed66e54@s36g2000prg.googlegroups.com>,
> Claire <cpetersky@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> From my previous Rain Jacket Removal Survey, I got this story from
>> Joshua Putnam:
>>
>> "The last time I regularly commuted with a reflective vest, I stopped
>> one morning to clear a deer out of the road. Turned out it was still
>> alive and didn't want to be moved. Since it was a large dark obstacle
>> on a dark busy road, I took off my reflective vest and strapped it
>> onto the deer so it wouldn't get hit. I was about to leave the scene
>> to call the police when a Metro bus ran over the deer at speed despite
>> the reflective vest. At that point the vest was a bit too messy to put
>> back on, so I left it with the carcass when we got it unstuck from the
>> rear axle of the bus."
>>
>> "There are a few parts of bike commuting on Vashon Island that I don't
>> really miss."
>
> You think Josh had a weird day, how about the bus driver who had to
> explain that he ran over a deer that was wearing a reflective safety
> vest?
>
> --
> Ryan Cousineau rcousine@sfu.ca http://www.wiredcola.com/
> "My scenarios may give the impression I could be an excellent crook.
> Not true - I am a talented lawyer." - Sandy in rec.bicycles.racing
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Date: 15 Nov 2007 23:10:15
From: Paul Myron Hobson
Subject: Re: Bus and deer ruin reflective commuter vest
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OK, see, this is *exactly* why I won't ride with a reflective vest!
:)
funny (if not weird) story
\\paul
Claire wrote:
> From my previous Rain Jacket Removal Survey, I got this story from
> Joshua Putnam:
>
> "The last time I regularly commuted with a reflective vest, I stopped
> one morning to clear a deer out of the road. Turned out it was still
> alive and didn't want to be moved. Since it was a large dark obstacle
> on a dark busy road, I took off my reflective vest and strapped it
> onto the deer so it wouldn't get hit. I was about to leave the scene
> to call the police when a Metro bus ran over the deer at speed despite
> the reflective vest. At that point the vest was a bit too messy to put
> back on, so I left it with the carcass when we got it unstuck from the
> rear axle of the bus."
>
> "There are a few parts of bike commuting on Vashon Island that I don't
> really miss."
>
> Just thought I'd share.
>
> Warm Regards,
>
> Claire Petersky
> http://www.bicyclemeditations.org
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