i got "DUCKED" in memphis, literally

BHQ

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i swear, EVERY damn time i go somewhere , SOMETHING happens
driving to memphis to pick up a lathe i got on ebay
thursday morning about 9am somewhere between nashville and memphis, i'm tooling along about 75MPH and kapow!!!
this big mallard comes out of nowhere and hits my truck
the duck exploded like a mortar shell full of feathers
i knew it broke the bugshield , but i didn't realize how much damage was caused until i stopped and took a good look
broke the grill and dented my hood pretty good
i figure that was about a $500 (my deductible) duck :rolleyes:


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thats funny

I'm not laughing at you, only with you. Really, that does suck. Sorry.
 
did ya get a pic of the duck? :)

sorry to see that happen to you, but atleast you didnt get hurt.
 
BHQ said:
i swear, EVERY damn time i go somewhere , SOMETHING happens
driving to memphis to pick up a lathe i got on ebay thursday morning about 9am somewhere between nashville and memphis, i'm tooling along about 75MPH and kapow!!!
this big mallard comes out of nowhere and hits my truck
the duck exploded like a mortar shell full of feathers
i knew it broke the bugshield , but i didn't realize how much damage was caused until i stopped and took a good look
broke the grill and dented my hood pretty good
i figure that was about a $500 (my deductible) duck :rolleyes:
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If I were you, I wouldn't be getting on eBay while driving 75 mph... especially not between Nashville and Memphis! :eek:
 
I am a co owner in a trucking company. We bought two new trucks a few weeks ago. I was driving one of them home and hit 3 deer. There was a total of 5 so I guess it could have been worse. Did $15,200 worth of damage. I was so proud of myself:mad:
 
ouch

Could have been worse, my sister and brother in law hit a buzzard a few years ago. It hit at the top of the wind sheild in the middle where it meets the roof pusheed everything back about 6 inches, Good thing my brother is a great body man.
 
My uncle emailed me about my cousin and his new truck, once. Seems my cousin bought a brand new, red truck. Stopped at a stop sign and was about to go again, when this huge deer came out of nowhere and ran smack into the side of his truck. Lots of damage!
 
cbi1000 said:
I'm not laughing at you, only with you. Really, that does suck. Sorry.
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what else can ya do, except laugh about it.
thats my life, i laugh everyday . lol :D
 
BHQ said:
i think the duck was vaporized
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In my younger and slimmer days I drove a big truck, Brent. Believe me, vaporization is much preferred over looking eyeball to eyeball with a 2,000Lb. moose over the top of a hill on I90 at Snoqualmie Pass, WA in mid-winter at 3AM. The antlers were taller than the cab. My only saving grace was that I was only doing about 50mph due to the snow covered road and was able to slow enough to only bump his right hind quarter.

Hope the new lathe works out well for you, Brent. You do high quality work, sir.
 
hemicudas said:
In my younger and slimmer days I drove a big truck, Brent. Believe me, vaporization is much preferred over looking eyeball to eyeball with a 2,000Lb. moose over the top of a hill on I90 at Snoqualmie Pass, WA in mid-winter at 3AM. The antlers were taller than the cab. My only saving grace was that I was only doing about 50mph due to the snow covered road and was able to slow enough to only bump his right hind quarter.

Hope the new lathe works out well for you, Brent. You do high quality work, sir.
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thank you very much.
i'll bet that was scary as hell
 
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Poor duck... I was drivin one day and a bird flew into the side of my car and left a dent.. Pretty sure he didn't make it.. Another day I'm driving and a freakin cat crosses the street just as I'm passing by.. Car behind me and to the left of me.. I couldn't swing over or stop.. I could hear it crush under the tire..

I felt really bad both times even though there was nothing I could do other than have been in that spot 15 seconds sooner or later..

Think about everything you did and happened during that day for you to be at that exact place at that exact time..

Let me just stop right there.. I still feel bad..
 
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LOL on the "Ducked".

Got Turkeyed in Kansas once. The turkey flew up from the side of the interstate, hit the front passenger window and exploded the window glass bits all over the inside of the car. The mushy big turkey hit my wife in the side of the head! Scared us both half to death. Feathers and glass everywhere... Once we realized what had happened we had to pull over we were laughing so hard.:eek:
 
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