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Re: Alpine hits moose

To: terrymckitrick@shaw.ca
Subject: Re: Alpine hits moose
From: Bill Mounce <bmounce@bellatlantic.net>
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 11:21:22 -0400
Ouch!  Those pointy fins could hurt!

Bill, SV, with subdued fins

terrymckitrick@shaw.ca wrote:

> My wife and I were driving home from a car club event when we met a female 
>moose standing broadside to us on the road.  Two things here I would like to 
>share with the other "Piners".
>
> 1.  Alpines can stop VERY quickly when 500 foot tons of pressure are applied 
>to the brake pedal.
> 2.  Moose are much bigger than Alpines (think of the biggest horse you have 
>ever seen, on steroids).
>
> Fortunately, just as we were screeching to a halt almost under her belly, she 
>turned and jumped into the ditch, clipping the front bumper on her way with a 
>rear hoof.  No damage.
>
> Terry McKitrick
> 1960 Series I
> St. Albert, Alberta, Canada

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