Not even Thanksgiving
Apr 22, 2012 15:19:41 #
PDGMike
Loc: Longview, WA.
When a Kenworth and a wild hen Turkey meet at 55 MPH, not much good comes from it. For either participant.
Apr 22, 2012 16:38:52 #
Apr 22, 2012 16:45:59 #
PDGMike
Loc: Longview, WA.
I'm the driver and all I got were a few cuts on my face, a lap full of glass and a deceased turkey in my sleeper.
Apr 22, 2012 18:37:52 #
PDGMike wrote:
When a Kenworth and a wild hen Turkey meet at 55 MPH, not much good comes from it. For either participant.
Glad your ok. That had to be quite an impact.
Apr 22, 2012 19:37:07 #
Apr 22, 2012 19:49:00 #
I may have look something like this.
PDGMike wrote:
When a Kenworth and a wild hen Turkey meet at 55 MPH, not much good comes from it. For either participant.
Apr 22, 2012 23:24:39 #
PDGMike wrote:
I'm the driver and all I got were a few cuts on my face, a lap full of glass and a deceased turkey in my sleeper.
Glad to hear you are ok. I have seen and heard of a lot of them type of crashes in my area. Some of the drivers or passengers here in my area weren't so lucky and got badly injured.
Apr 23, 2012 00:18:46 #
PDGMike
Loc: Longview, WA.
I had just had the windshield replaced 6 months ago because of numerous rock chips. The only advantage with it happening in Idaho and not Washington, where I live, it was cheaper to replace. All in all though, it was not a fun experience.
Apr 23, 2012 00:42:36 #
PDGMike wrote:
I had just had the windshield replaced 6 months ago because of numerous rock chips. The only advantage with it happening in Idaho and not Washington, where I live, it was cheaper to replace. All in all though, it was not a fun experience.
I'm just glad you're ok though (not majorly injured physically). Did you save the bird for a meal?
Apr 23, 2012 02:19:15 #
PDGMike
Loc: Longview, WA.
Alas, I did not save the bird. That, at the time, was the furthest thing from my mind. I rather doubt she would have been edible after the impact.
Apr 23, 2012 02:26:51 #
Glad you are OK, that must have been a pants-changing experience! I know it would have been for me for sure. :)
Apr 23, 2012 09:17:38 #
Apr 23, 2012 09:31:07 #
PDGMike wrote:
When a Kenworth and a wild hen Turkey meet at 55 MPH, not much good comes from it. For either participant.
I almost had a similar experience in a single engine airplane a few years ago. I was near the airport going in to land and an eagle decided I must be Prey and dove at my wind screen. I had to do a quick evasive move or he would have come in at around 100 miles an hour.
Apr 23, 2012 10:09:08 #
PDGMike
Loc: Longview, WA.
I hit a crow once with the wing brace of a Cessna 172 I was flying some years ago, but never anything in the windscreen.
Apr 23, 2012 16:50:37 #
The turkeys are moving around a lot lately. I've seen more in the last 2 weeks than I did all winter trying to feed them.
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