Old Crow

KJ.Kate wrote:
> :
> : --
> : Old Crow
> : '82 FLTC-P "Pearl"
> : '95 Wrangler YJ
> : TOMKAT,DOF#51,SENS, BS#133, MAMBM, SLOB#13, DH#2
>
> Hey OC...
> Your sig cracks me up.

I gotta admit, most of it relates to rec.motorcycles.harley. So sue me
:-)
I used to post as Big Daddy, but when the damn movie came out, BD's
sprung up like weeds in spring. About that time I hit 50, and I
decided it was time for a change(google "Diary of a DOF" in rmh).
We collect the OC whisky advertising stuff, so it seemed like the name
to use.

>
> It was cool looking at your photo album.
> There in the first picture of (I am guessing) you and a nice looking gal
> with long curly hair...

Nope, another Harley guy and his neighbors wife(for Coasty and anyone
else familar with rmh, that's RE and Mrs Neighbor from Hell).
I'm the fat guy in the next picture taken with my better half on the
flight deck of the USS John C Stennis. The oldest Crow is seen in a
couple of other shots with me and his twin grandsons, who were born on
his 75th B-day.

> In the background there is a small picture frame on the right hand side of
> mantle... I think I have it's twin.

Too wierd. It's on a wall in Jackson, Ca.

>
> Hope that all is well and the boy gets his total if that's what he really
> wants.
> Are you sure that the airbag sensors were properly connected last time it
> was crashed?

Yeah, if the sensors weren't hooked up, there'd have been a warning
light. Car was taken over to the Mitsi dealer after the last repair to
clear out the codes(the advantage of working for a multi-lne dealer).


> It reminds me to watch for deer carefully. Out where we are they are thick
> as fleas.

Yeah, and the damn hillbillys around here are all trapsing through the
woods getting them all stirred up right now, too. I hit one in the
Jeep about this time last year, but I was only doin' 65 and it didn't
really do that much damage.

>
> Oh!
> The cave pictures, were those taken at the Jack Daniels Distillery? They
> look familiar.
> How about the river pic? Where is that?

The cave's in Fairfield Bay, AR, and the river is the White River, near
Calico Rock, AR. Those were taken whist we were out in the Jeep,
Geocaching. It's what we do when it's too cold to ride the Harley's.

I ain't even gonna comment on the Land Crusier pics<g>. My sons liked
that one when we saw it at a car show in Jackson last spring.

--
Old Crow
'82 FLTC-P "Pearl"
'95 Wrangler YJ
TOMKAT,DOF#51,SENS, BS#133, MAMBM, SLOB#13, DH#2

Old Crow

RoyJ wrote:
> It's unlikely a deer would be big enough to deploy the airbags unles the
> deer was on it's knees and he hit it solid with the sensor. What is
> scarey is the size of the dent in the hood and the intact windshield. If
> the deer had been a bit higher, it would have gone through the
> windshield and done SERIOUS damage to the driver.

Absolutly *everybody* that saw the car yesterday said the exact same
thing.
He hit one about a year ago at a much slower speed, said it just
knocked the deers feet from under it and the deer slid on over the top
of the car...not even a scratch on the car from that one.
My boy never even looked at the deer the other night, but the cop told
him it was pretty good sized for around here.
What scared me was that it happened on the freeway. On the back roads
you expect it, but you'd think the traffic on the freeway would keep
them away.



--
Old Crow
'82 FLTC-P "Pearl"
'95 Wrangler YJ
TOMKAT,DOF#51,SENS, BS#133, MAMBM, SLOB#13, DH#2

Old Crow

RoyJ wrote:
> It's unlikely a deer would be big enough to deploy the airbags unles the
> deer was on it's knees and he hit it solid with the sensor. What is
> scarey is the size of the dent in the hood and the intact windshield. If
> the deer had been a bit higher, it would have gone through the
> windshield and done SERIOUS damage to the driver.

Absolutly *everybody* that saw the car yesterday said the exact same
thing.
He hit one about a year ago at a much slower speed, said it just
knocked the deers feet from under it and the deer slid on over the top
of the car...not even a scratch on the car from that one.
My boy never even looked at the deer the other night, but the cop told
him it was pretty good sized for around here.
What scared me was that it happened on the freeway. On the back roads
you expect it, but you'd think the traffic on the freeway would keep
them away.



--
Old Crow
'82 FLTC-P "Pearl"
'95 Wrangler YJ
TOMKAT,DOF#51,SENS, BS#133, MAMBM, SLOB#13, DH#2

Old Crow

RoyJ wrote:
> It's unlikely a deer would be big enough to deploy the airbags unles the
> deer was on it's knees and he hit it solid with the sensor. What is
> scarey is the size of the dent in the hood and the intact windshield. If
> the deer had been a bit higher, it would have gone through the
> windshield and done SERIOUS damage to the driver.

Absolutly *everybody* that saw the car yesterday said the exact same
thing.
He hit one about a year ago at a much slower speed, said it just
knocked the deers feet from under it and the deer slid on over the top
of the car...not even a scratch on the car from that one.
My boy never even looked at the deer the other night, but the cop told
him it was pretty good sized for around here.
What scared me was that it happened on the freeway. On the back roads
you expect it, but you'd think the traffic on the freeway would keep
them away.



--
Old Crow
'82 FLTC-P "Pearl"
'95 Wrangler YJ
TOMKAT,DOF#51,SENS, BS#133, MAMBM, SLOB#13, DH#2

Earle Horton

Deer don't give a damn about traffic. A single vehicle though, in the
middle of the night, on the back roads, will send them scurrying. This is
similar, I think, to "not seeing the forest for the trees".

Earle

"Old Crow" <walliscrow@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1131704415.650924.287850@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
--snippy--
> What scared me was that it happened on the freeway. On the back
> roads you expect it, but you'd think the traffic on the freeway would
> keep them away.
>
>
>
> --
> Old Crow
> '82 FLTC-P "Pearl"
> '95 Wrangler YJ
> TOMKAT,DOF#51,SENS, BS#133, MAMBM, SLOB#13, DH#2
>
>

Earle Horton

Deer don't give a damn about traffic. A single vehicle though, in the
middle of the night, on the back roads, will send them scurrying. This is
similar, I think, to "not seeing the forest for the trees".

Earle

"Old Crow" <walliscrow@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1131704415.650924.287850@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
--snippy--
> What scared me was that it happened on the freeway. On the back
> roads you expect it, but you'd think the traffic on the freeway would
> keep them away.
>
>
>
> --
> Old Crow
> '82 FLTC-P "Pearl"
> '95 Wrangler YJ
> TOMKAT,DOF#51,SENS, BS#133, MAMBM, SLOB#13, DH#2
>
>

Earle Horton

Deer don't give a damn about traffic. A single vehicle though, in the
middle of the night, on the back roads, will send them scurrying. This is
similar, I think, to "not seeing the forest for the trees".

Earle

"Old Crow" <walliscrow@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1131704415.650924.287850@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
--snippy--
> What scared me was that it happened on the freeway. On the back
> roads you expect it, but you'd think the traffic on the freeway would
> keep them away.
>
>
>
> --
> Old Crow
> '82 FLTC-P "Pearl"
> '95 Wrangler YJ
> TOMKAT,DOF#51,SENS, BS#133, MAMBM, SLOB#13, DH#2
>
>

Clap Trap

Just looking at the damage, I wouldn't have expected the bags to deploy.
The hit was too high and even if it weren't, it takes a very large
force to deploy the bags. The difference between hitting a deer (that
probably went flying several yards after impact) and hitting another car
or a solid object is *huge*. Remember too the manufacturers have to
walk a fine line on setting when the bags deploy. If they set it too
low and a bag goes off for a relatively minor hit, it could obscure the
driver's view and cause a bigger accident - and a lawsuit.

Reminds me of the time I inadvertently went cow bowling on a backroad.
Not one, but five - count'em, five, 800+ lb cows decided to cross the
road. Late at night, no street lights of any kind, no moonlight, black
cows on a black road. I was doing about 55-60. The guy in front of me
was just beyond the range of my headlight low beams. I saw one shiny
hoof and had enough time to throw on the brakes and make a quick lane
change only to find another cow! When it was all said and done, I took
out three of them! Then, the cops and I had to round up the other two
and commandeer a barn to put them in.

Anyway, I was lucky. If I had been in a vehicle that sat just two or
three inches lower, those cows would have been in my lap instead of
being thrown down the road.

Clap Trap

Just looking at the damage, I wouldn't have expected the bags to deploy.
The hit was too high and even if it weren't, it takes a very large
force to deploy the bags. The difference between hitting a deer (that
probably went flying several yards after impact) and hitting another car
or a solid object is *huge*. Remember too the manufacturers have to
walk a fine line on setting when the bags deploy. If they set it too
low and a bag goes off for a relatively minor hit, it could obscure the
driver's view and cause a bigger accident - and a lawsuit.

Reminds me of the time I inadvertently went cow bowling on a backroad.
Not one, but five - count'em, five, 800+ lb cows decided to cross the
road. Late at night, no street lights of any kind, no moonlight, black
cows on a black road. I was doing about 55-60. The guy in front of me
was just beyond the range of my headlight low beams. I saw one shiny
hoof and had enough time to throw on the brakes and make a quick lane
change only to find another cow! When it was all said and done, I took
out three of them! Then, the cops and I had to round up the other two
and commandeer a barn to put them in.

Anyway, I was lucky. If I had been in a vehicle that sat just two or
three inches lower, those cows would have been in my lap instead of
being thrown down the road.

Clap Trap

Just looking at the damage, I wouldn't have expected the bags to deploy.
The hit was too high and even if it weren't, it takes a very large
force to deploy the bags. The difference between hitting a deer (that
probably went flying several yards after impact) and hitting another car
or a solid object is *huge*. Remember too the manufacturers have to
walk a fine line on setting when the bags deploy. If they set it too
low and a bag goes off for a relatively minor hit, it could obscure the
driver's view and cause a bigger accident - and a lawsuit.

Reminds me of the time I inadvertently went cow bowling on a backroad.
Not one, but five - count'em, five, 800+ lb cows decided to cross the
road. Late at night, no street lights of any kind, no moonlight, black
cows on a black road. I was doing about 55-60. The guy in front of me
was just beyond the range of my headlight low beams. I saw one shiny
hoof and had enough time to throw on the brakes and make a quick lane
change only to find another cow! When it was all said and done, I took
out three of them! Then, the cops and I had to round up the other two
and commandeer a barn to put them in.

Anyway, I was lucky. If I had been in a vehicle that sat just two or
three inches lower, those cows would have been in my lap instead of
being thrown down the road.