What the fuck was that!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Beautiful clear night, moon a shade past full, & a sky filled with stars.
Went around to the residence of razorgirl_au & insert_this for dinner & to watch the new teev being tuned. Good dinner, and the tuning was at least a sociable one. After everything was working we watched American Psycho, & made razorgirl_au's bed (as she had forgetten to, and we are considerate friends who take pity on poor, sleepy chums who need it). miss_terri_girl was in attendance as well, so I drove her home after all the bidding goodnight was done.
Got almost all the way home, and was just navigating through this little narrow bit of road 'twixt two paddocks, had just passed a car going the other way, when some stupid bastard 'roo calmly hops onto the road infront of my car! I'd been going fairly slow (about 60 kph in an 80 zone; tight bends), so I figured we both had time to swerve & avoid, but this dumb fucking grey just keeps going, like its a suicide attack or something! End up grazing the poor bastards shoulder with my bumper bar. Car is already in the opposite lane, so I just ease to a stop on the far shoulder, get out, and try to find the 'roo.
No luck though. Second time I've hit a 'roo, and both times there has been no corpse.
Got off a lot lighter this time. All it seems to have done is crack the rubber on the bumper, nothing structurally or functionally impaired.
Thankfully, we don't get reds this high up or this far south & east. One of those would seriously fuck up and automobile!
Went around to the residence of razorgirl_au & insert_this for dinner & to watch the new teev being tuned. Good dinner, and the tuning was at least a sociable one. After everything was working we watched American Psycho, & made razorgirl_au's bed (as she had forgetten to, and we are considerate friends who take pity on poor, sleepy chums who need it). miss_terri_girl was in attendance as well, so I drove her home after all the bidding goodnight was done.
Got almost all the way home, and was just navigating through this little narrow bit of road 'twixt two paddocks, had just passed a car going the other way, when some stupid bastard 'roo calmly hops onto the road infront of my car! I'd been going fairly slow (about 60 kph in an 80 zone; tight bends), so I figured we both had time to swerve & avoid, but this dumb fucking grey just keeps going, like its a suicide attack or something! End up grazing the poor bastards shoulder with my bumper bar. Car is already in the opposite lane, so I just ease to a stop on the far shoulder, get out, and try to find the 'roo.
No luck though. Second time I've hit a 'roo, and both times there has been no corpse.
Got off a lot lighter this time. All it seems to have done is crack the rubber on the bumper, nothing structurally or functionally impaired.
Thankfully, we don't get reds this high up or this far south & east. One of those would seriously fuck up and automobile!