From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Jun 27 19:17:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA08787 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sat, 27 Jun 1998 19:17:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from python.shoal.net.au (andrew@python.shoal.net.au [203.26.44.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA08761 for ; Sat, 27 Jun 1998 19:17:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andrew@python.shoal.net.au) Received: from localhost (andrew@localhost) by python.shoal.net.au (8.8.6/8.8.5) with SMTP id MAA05795; Sun, 28 Jun 1998 12:17:03 +1000 (EST) Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 12:17:03 +1000 (EST) From: Andrew Perry To: Frank Pawlak cc: John Birrell , Greg Lehey , malartre@aei.ca, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Does it's true? In-Reply-To: <980627053718.ZM23338@darkstar.connect.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > > > But that'd be after dusk, when the "wildlife" comes out to play. A few > > months ago I was late getting home and I came across another bike rider > > lying on his side on the road having spoilt the nice paint job on his > > bike. He didn't hit the kangaroo. It jumped on _him_. What else can > > you expect just outside a town called Kangaroo Ground? > > I had one try and do the same to me on my way back from Canberra one weekend. I saw it waiting by the side of the road at the top of a hill so I slowed down a little, as soon as I got close he jumped straight out in front of me and then bounded along the left hand side of the road. I moved over to the right hand lane so as not to be too close and rode beside him for a while, he was doing about 60 kilometres per hour. I'm told that headlights dazzle them and as soon as you are close enough so that the light is directed more in front of them than at them they make their move. Gave me a fright anyway :-) Andrew Perry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message