How Was Your Week?

Thomas said:
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LOL, thank God you landed 'right side up' too!
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Indeed! It was the damnedest thing mate. I'm the only vehicle on the road and this bloody roo comes out of nowhere. Quick right hand down, quick left hand, the truck starts to lean, over it goes, does a pirouette on the from brush guard, as if someone were holding up the rear portion and plops down on all 4 wheels minus windscreen, drivers door glass and mirror! Not a scratch on me, just some bits of broken glass in my shirt pocket. Finished my errand and drove home. Should have seen the wifes face when I pulled that thing into the drive!:D
 
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Indeed! It was the damnedest thing mate. I'm the only vehicle on the road and this bloody roo comes out of nowhere. Quick right hand down, quick left hand, the truck starts to lean, over it goes, does a pirouette on the from brush guard, as if someone were holding up the rear portion and plops down on all 4 wheels minus windscreen, drivers door glass and mirror! Not a scratch on me, just some bits of broken glass in my shirt pocket. Finished my errand and drove home. Should have seen the wifes face when I pulled that thing into the drive!:D
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You have more lives than members of my favourite genus (you know which one!) No wonder your guardian angel is frequently plowed! lol

Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine
 
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I've done the nose flops and tail flops....and drove away....never drove away.from rollovers thou.... I was waiting on the rest of the story...
 
Spent most of my week car shopping. Looked at a couple new Ford Utes. A new Hilux and some second hand. New stuff all felt like driving a bloody marshmallow. Damned expensive marshmallow!

Settled for this clean little 4X4 Hilux. Not new, but 10 years newer than what it replaces. 3 litre turbo diesel, 5 speed OD gearbox and air. Now if I can just keep the greasy side down and the shiny side up.;)

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Aussie Thoughts said:
Spent most of my week car shopping. Looked at a couple new Ford Utes. A new Hilux and some second hand. New stuff all felt like driving a bloody marshmallow. Damned expensive marshmallow!

Settled for this clean little 4X4 Hilux. Not new, but 10 years newer than what it replaces. 3 litre turbo diesel, 5 speed OD gearbox and air. Now if I can just keep the greasy side down and the shiny side up.;)

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Just avoid the big roos and you'll be more than halfway there. :D

Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine
 
Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine said:
Roo-burgers, roo-steaks, roo-roasts, roo-stews, etc. Correct?

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Something like that. Actually, I never touch the stuff. Funny story. Last harvest we had an entire native Aboriginal tribe help us bring in a badly weather damaged field that we couldn't get at with heavy equipment. My wife and I were the first to greet them when they arrived. The Chief's wife presented my wife with this great roo they'd bagged along the way. My wife didn't know what to do. She just starred at this poor dead creature being held up by it's feet in her face. It's actually quite an honor in native culture to be presented such a gift and not taking it would be a supreme insult.

I just kept smiling and mumbling through my teeth, "Take it! Take it!" Finally my wife took it mumbling back through her teeth, "What'll I do with it? What'll I do with it?" Well, we have this great long barbecue pit and the fire was already going in anticipation of the tribe's arrival. Now, none of the tribe spoke English, but I guess my wife's reaction to their gift struck them funny, because they all started cracking up. Then the Chief's wife took the roo back and tossed it in the fire. That's how they cook 'em. Just toss 'em in the fire and when it's charred beyond recognition, dig it!

We had a hell-of-a great time those 2 weeks the tribe was here with us. The family couldn't have brought in that harvest without them. Really saved our collective arses.
 
Went grocery shopping yesterday and, when I grabbed a loaf of bread, the gentleman who works for the company thanked me for choosing their brand. I responded by thanking his company for making a product that didn't effect my blood sugar and other medical conditions as much as other brands, plus I've used the product in several recipes (like stuffing/dressing, croutons, french toast, grilled cheese sandwiches, etc.)

Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine
 
Just found out a lady that I knew irl is now living in a nursing home (she had another stroke or two, and she's 48!) Her immediate family has forbidden contact with anyone from the clinic that we used to attend together (I'd like to defenestrate, sending them out a seventeenth-storey window right onto a paved parking lot [empty space, of course] before opening the window!)

Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine
 
Just got back to campus after getting blood drawn, seeing my PCP and getting a flu shot. The jerk who drew blood left another bruise :mad:

I got my flu shot at the grocery store that I also get my prescriptions since they donate "one meal" to a local food bank for every flu shot given. The person giving the shot told me that she doesn't like getting them herself (or anything that requires her facing the "business end" of a needle to the point that she has to look away, while I have to watch.)

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