slofox
19th October 2009, 10:59
1. The Australasian Harrier (aka "hawk") is one big mother of a bird - when you get up close and personal...round the corner, winding it on and there s/he is - on the road kill. Lifts off just as I'm thinking "Sheeeeit!" (they take their time about that lift off). I duck my head underneath birdie and get to see all the details from about six inches away. Nice bird. Big too...
2. When the highway repairmen stick out a sign that says "New Seal - 50km", it's not always a good idea to think "Huh! 80'll be fine...". Coz sometimes they hide the new seal in a corner, in the shade, against the low sun, on a sharpish right hander, and leave it practically knee deep in lovely little blue metal ball-bearings...now that was an arse twanger...specially coming not long after the birdie above...Like ice skating on two wheels.
3. On a more serious note. The guys who attend serious crashes on the road, like the one I came across this morning just south of Karapiro on SH1, do a difficult job and deserve much credit for it. The looks on the faces as I idled through the scene spoke volumes. The car looked like it had drifted off the road to the left, into the little ditch depression beside the road, hit a culvert for a driveway and then totally lost it. What was left of the car was a total mess. Just a heap of bent metal facing back the way it had come. I could only hope the occupant/s were OK, but as I said, there were some very serious faces huddled around a stretcher on the side of the road.
Take care everyone - be safe.
2. When the highway repairmen stick out a sign that says "New Seal - 50km", it's not always a good idea to think "Huh! 80'll be fine...". Coz sometimes they hide the new seal in a corner, in the shade, against the low sun, on a sharpish right hander, and leave it practically knee deep in lovely little blue metal ball-bearings...now that was an arse twanger...specially coming not long after the birdie above...Like ice skating on two wheels.
3. On a more serious note. The guys who attend serious crashes on the road, like the one I came across this morning just south of Karapiro on SH1, do a difficult job and deserve much credit for it. The looks on the faces as I idled through the scene spoke volumes. The car looked like it had drifted off the road to the left, into the little ditch depression beside the road, hit a culvert for a driveway and then totally lost it. What was left of the car was a total mess. Just a heap of bent metal facing back the way it had come. I could only hope the occupant/s were OK, but as I said, there were some very serious faces huddled around a stretcher on the side of the road.
Take care everyone - be safe.