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Stig / Major Tom

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Dumb squirrel - almost an OFF
« on: July 01, 2018, 01:54:54 PM »
Riding into my coffee village today at the posted 25mph I came upon a young squirrel in my lane who refused to move.
As I  counter balanced (or whatever) around him I could see that he was just dumb, not 'sleeping'.
I knew that there was a big dump truck following me 100 yards back.
That truck is going to make a book-mark outta him!
So, I hit the brakes and did an almost too fast U-ie - nearly dumping the LIKE200iLX with 14gm Dr P sliders!

The truck swerved, and we both survived. The driver was laughing as he passed.
Junior was put on the Morning Report.

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« Last Edit: July 01, 2018, 02:02:19 PM by Stig »
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Re: Dumb squirrel - almost an OFF
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2018, 09:35:49 PM »
Would there have been any harm to you if you ran it over?

My only injury from riding a scooter was overbraking for a squirrel on a wet road. The result was the last quarter of my radius being shattered/impacted, which I found out almost two weeks later after finally getting it checked out, the general practitioner grudgingly x-raying it.

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Re: Dumb squirrel - almost an OFF
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2018, 12:29:06 AM »
Would there have been any harm to you if you ran it over?

Well, yes actually.
Over the past 5 years this village has made me an honorary citizen - and we try hard to practice....

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« Last Edit: July 04, 2018, 12:32:33 AM by Stig »
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