Re: Wildlife Gone Wild

David Oliphant

2008-03-06

No offense people, but i don't think this is the forum to discuss your
triumphant stories about animals or whatever that were killed while you were
riding your bicycles.....

Next topic please....

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Cipale"
To: "Eric Kytola"
Cc: "obra" ; "Jeff Tedder & Shari"

Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 2:53 PM
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Wildlife Gone Wild

> They just seem to know how to do this unscathed and unharmed.
> Think of the number of bicycle crashes that could be avoided...
>
> Eric Kytola wrote:
>
>> i had a little bird fly through the spokes in my rolf front wheel,
>> completely unharmed.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
>> Behalf Of Jeff Tedder & Shari
>> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 2:10 PM
>> To: joec@aracnet.com; markjginsberg@yahoo.com
>> Cc: obra
>> Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Wildlife Gone Wild
>>
>> Joe, I also hit one in Fort Vancouver about 2 years ago...Same thing,
>> ran
>> out in front of me and I ran right over top of him....I felt really bad
>> because it broke the little guys back and when we turned around his
>> front
>> was going one way and his back the other....I was not sure what to do
>> but he
>> ran off in the bushes before we had a chance to do anything....I hope he
>> had
>> nine lives like a cat....
>>
>> Jeff
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Joe Cipale"
>> To:
>> Cc: "obra"
>> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 1:42 PM
>> Subject: [OBRA Chat] Wildlife Gone Wild
>>
>>
>> > Mark J. Ginsberg wrote:
>> >
>> >> Bill Cass carried the TAIL of a squirrel, I ran over the tail, and
>> cut it
>> >> off the squirrel (which ran away).
>> >> Bill wanted to tail for some art project or hat, so into his pocket
>> it
>> >> went for the rest of the ride.
>> >>
>> >> I hope stubby the squirrel forgave me.
>> >>
>> >> Mark Ginsberg
>> >>
>> >
>> > Speaking of squirrels...
>> >
>> > I live a stones throw away from Fort Vancouver Natl Park. Lots of
>> > squirrels. LOTS! While returning home from a long ride (I was using a
>> pair
>> > of SPinergy Rev-X wheels that day), one of the cute little rodents
>> decided
>> > to dash out from behind a tree. Somehow, the darned thing managed to
>> go
>> > THROUGH the spokes of my front wheel realitively unscathed. I say
>> > relatively becuase after I wheeld home (about 3 blocks away), my wife
>> > noticed I had something on one of the spokes. Her next question was:
>> > "Where is the rest of the squirrel?"
>> >
>> > Joe
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > OBRA mailing list
>> > obra@list.obra.org
>> > http://list.obra.org/mailman/listinfo/obra
>> > Unsubscribe: obra-unsubscribe@list.obra.org
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> OBRA mailing list
>> obra@list.obra.org
>> http://list.obra.org/mailman/listinfo/obra
>> Unsubscribe: obra-unsubscribe@list.obra.org
>>
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> OBRA mailing list
> obra@list.obra.org
> http://list.obra.org/mailman/listinfo/obra
> Unsubscribe: obra-unsubscribe@list.obra.org