tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4657406150025287334.post3267728540588034196..comments2023-07-09T05:17:05.831-07:00Comments on The Critical Thinker's Speakeasy: Don't talk to me about kangaroosLauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14036898253383221436noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4657406150025287334.post-53963058760892818772009-03-31T20:24:00.000-07:002009-03-31T20:24:00.000-07:00Moose are probably more dangerous, given their mas...Moose are probably more dangerous, given their mass and the high centre of mass. 300-700 kg at windscreen height is often lethal. On the other hand, they are not as numerous.<BR/><BR/>Moose are also known to take offense at oncoming vehicles, including railroad trains, and charge head-on.<BR/><BR/>Nice story telling.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00786274274062038420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4657406150025287334.post-87607948427097027692008-11-09T19:37:00.000-08:002008-11-09T19:37:00.000-08:00We have the deer here. We take the kids out at dus...We have the deer here. We take the kids out at dusk so we can see them. We drive slowly. We have never gone out to see deer and not seen them. They are quite abundant.<BR/><BR/>I've only hit one once. I just grazed it. It broke the front headlight and dented the front quarter panel a bit but nothing major. <BR/><BR/>Had some friends that hit a moose when we were tree planting in the North many years ago. <BR/>You don't want to hit a moose. Although a 'roo seems just as bad.Frankushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07001524233372346374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4657406150025287334.post-71570630597531375292008-11-03T04:16:00.000-08:002008-11-03T04:16:00.000-08:00Thanks, Phil - tell me all about Longreach when yo...Thanks, Phil - tell me all about Longreach when you get back!Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14036898253383221436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4657406150025287334.post-70454747667806031822008-11-03T03:59:00.000-08:002008-11-03T03:59:00.000-08:00That is some trip you had. I'm off to Longreach o...That is some trip you had. I'm off to Longreach on business later this week and at some stage will need to do a kind of gettin' to know you trip to the farthest reaches of my dominion, namely Birdsville. The roos are constant menace on these roads: I whacked one a few months ago just out of Emerald, luckily a smaller one and a more glancing blow. <BR/><BR/>Your insights into the bits of Australia that city folk don't know are spot on. Shit, this is starting to sound like Banjo Patterson, better give it away :-)philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12011647023598364166noreply@blogger.com