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> OT: I saw something really sad on Friday, On the way home from Thunderhill
Trekkor
post May 29 2006, 08:37 PM
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I can get it out of my head.

I was trailering home from the track and coming through a rural stretch of freeway and I see a duck with several ducklings trying to cross.

I slowed down and the ducks stopped.
The car next to me in the fast lane ran them all over and I saw it in my mirror. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

I got a little teary. When the driver passed me, she was visibly upset, too.

It keeps replaying over and over.
I really like ducks...used to feed 'em as little boy. Also had a job at Embassy Suites years ago and fed 'em then too. Saw lots of ducklings.


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post May 29 2006, 08:40 PM
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this is sad........... were they all killed?
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post May 29 2006, 08:46 PM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) wow, thats really sad. I still remember from a long time ago...probably 6 years at least, we were driving down the interstate, and a TINY turtle was crossing right over the road. I mean this guy was probably only the size of my hand. We slowed down, and the little guy took off towards the center lane...I didn't know turtle could move that fast...but he got there right in time for the 90 year old guy driving a lincoln to run over the little guy. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) We lived by a river, so we always picked up turtles on the road and moved them, so this was really bad. I dont think you will ever forget it...I can still remember it just like it was yesterday..still makes me sad now... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)
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post May 29 2006, 08:49 PM
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post May 29 2006, 08:51 PM
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aww man...delete that pic please...seriously
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post May 29 2006, 09:03 PM
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That's horrible. I saw a dog get hit by a car when I was 17, I can still hear it scream. I drove around the neighborhood looking for it, thinking it needs to get to a vet but I never found it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

I've also had several turtles and currently have a 5 yr old tortoise. I was on a rural gravel road and saw a turtle sitting right in the middle. So I stopped and was going to move him off into the grass, but when I got up to him it was only half of a turtle. The other half was crushed. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) It shocked the hell out of me because it looked like a whole turtle while sitting in the car.

The images of both those events are burned into my brain.
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post May 29 2006, 10:22 PM
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Really sad.... I hate roadkill. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
I had a duck when I was younger, about 10 years ago. I got him when he was a duckling from my kindergarden teacher. We kept him in our backyard, and had the healthiest most bug free garden ever (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) Ate all the goldfish in our pond though. He used to escape and run/waddle down the neighborhood streets (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
Finally had to take him to a local pond and let him go with all his fellow buddies, but we enjoyed him.
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post May 30 2006, 12:18 AM
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We had a family picnic on Saturday at Lake Elizibeth in Fremont, Sherryl and I went for a walk with the twins (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif) and I captured this picture

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post May 30 2006, 12:25 AM
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Very nice , Mike (IMG:style_emoticons/default/clap56.gif)


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post May 30 2006, 12:26 AM
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Cute pic Mike!

Hey people, it's sad, and life goes on... we all care about the little living things.. but don't sweat anything that happens, it's all part of life.. it's sad, but it's part of it... and that is a really cute pic Mike!


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post May 30 2006, 12:59 AM
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Yah it's all part of life, like my shotgun, if they hadn't flown in front of it they would still be alive. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post May 30 2006, 02:31 AM
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QUOTE(So.Cal.914 @ May 29 2006, 11:59 PM) *

Yah it's all part of life, like my shotgun, if they hadn't flown in front of it they would still be alive. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

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post May 30 2006, 05:53 AM
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Last year I was on my way home from Home Depot and saw in the road ahead - something - as I got closer that something was a freshly killed mom duck still surrounded by over 10 ducklings. I stopped my car just before this scene and flagged two lanes of traffic to stop - whipped off my shirt once I realized it was the only thing I could collect the ducklings in - by then of course some started to run for it - I managed to get 5 home - feed them for a month or so - one drowed in about an inch of water but the other four grew big - they would not fly away until the last one could go with them. Their first flights were anything but gracefull - especially the landings : )

My coworker has a squirrel that just left home. His cat brought home an almost dead baby squirrel about a month ago - he feed and caged the baby squirrel until it got its teeth - then he let it outside - and for a few nights it would come back to him to be put in cage but now it come back to him infrequently for a short visit but spends its night in the forest.
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post May 30 2006, 08:19 AM
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When I lived in Texas, my wife was driving the 240 SX(Pop up headlights, similar to a 914) Truck in front of her hit a young deer, which landed on my wife's hood, getting caught on the headlight. Deer is not dead, sort of thrashing around. This dude stops, lifts its head up off the car and dispatches it with his pistol. He tosses the deer in the ditch, asks the wife if she is okay to drive, and drives off. A good samaritan with a gun
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post May 30 2006, 11:26 AM
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A few years back The wife and I were driving up an on ramp on a major highway when a momma duck and babies crossed out in front of us. I managed to stop in time. I waited for them to cross while watching in my rearview as the big rig closed the gap and started to jack knife. I waited untill I hoped the ducks cleared and floored it. Luckly all was well. Just a pissed off trucker.

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post May 30 2006, 11:30 AM
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I must confess:

In the dark last night when I got home from "Andy's Wonderful Adventure" I stepped on a snail. I felt bad. I was carrying a laptop, my travel bag and my day planner.. didnt see the little guy (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)


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post May 30 2006, 11:47 AM
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Snails are the bain of me and my garden's existence.

Poor little ducks though.. My chinese nickname ever since I was little loosely translates to 'little duck' so I've always had a fondness for them. Thanks to everyone who posted here that's saved an animal trying to cross the street.

I always try to catch dogs I find wandering the streets and bring them home. There's one shitzu in my mom's neighborhood that always gets out of the backyard. About once every two months, I end up jumping out of my car at lunch and herding Honey back to her backyard.

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post May 30 2006, 12:28 PM
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Totally splatted a cat a couple of weeks ago.....nothing I could do as I was going 80mph and it just ran out in front of me.

Glad it wasn't a moose.
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post May 30 2006, 12:30 PM
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QUOTE(So.Cal.914 @ May 29 2006, 11:59 PM) *

Yah it's all part of life, like my shotgun, if they hadn't flown in front of it they would still be alive. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)


Sensitive type huh?
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post May 30 2006, 08:19 PM
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QUOTE(Brad Roberts @ May 30 2006, 10:30 AM) *

I must confess:

In the dark last night when I got home from "Andy's Wonderful Adventure" I stepped on a snail. I felt bad. I was carrying a laptop, my travel bag and my day planner.. didnt see the little guy (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)


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I'm withdrawing my nomination for Brad as humanitarian of the year.

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