Originally Posted by Kurts

Hmmmm, let's count the times.........

Almost whacked a 3-legged deer on the way home yesterday afternoon. Darn thing came limping out of the woods at a pretty good clip while I was driving a county highway with hardly any shoulders (like most of Wisconsin's roads). Had to do a brake slam to avoid the critter.

3 weeks ago, on my way to work, while driving up a long sweeping curve heading into the village of Iola, some clod in a silver Ford pickup blew past a stop sign on a road that intersects the highway I was on, full speed ahead, never slowed down, right in front of me. Thought to myself that if I had been driving a few mph faster I'd have been toast, a mere few seconds faster & the missus would've been reading the will. Never had a chance to hit the brakes. The only thing I remember is a whole bunch of adrenaline suddenly pumping around my body.

A couple of months ago I had a liquid manure wagon (very common around these parts) pull out right in front of me down the same highway & proceed to cruise down the road at about 5 mph while dripping liquid cow-sheet all over the road & my car. Had to take it to a car wash just to get rid of the odor that permeated the car for the rest of the day.

And so it goes...........