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Date:      Sat, 27 Jun 1998 05:37:18 +0000
From:      "Frank Pawlak" <fpawlak@execpc.com>
To:        John Birrell  <jb@cimlogic.com.au>, grog@lemis.com (Greg Lehey)
Cc:        malartre@aei.ca, fpawlak@execpc.com, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Does it's true?
Message-ID:  <980627053718.ZM23338@darkstar.connect.com>
In-Reply-To: John Birrell  <jb@cimlogic.com.au> "Re: Does it's true?" (Jun 27,  3:32pm)
References:  <199806270532.PAA16424@cimlogic.com.au>

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On Jun 27,  3:32pm, John Birrell wrote:
> Subject: Re: Does it's true?
> Greg Lehey wrote:
> > In fact, you're thinking of Australia.  Out here in the wilderness
> > there's no street lighting, and in the darkness you could get eaten by
> > a Tasmanian devil.
>
> 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?
>
> Definitely safer to stay inside at night here.

We have problems in the US, at least in the upper Midwest, with deer on the
highways getting hit by automobiles and trucks.  But have never heard of one
hitting someone on a bike.  So we must be relatively safe here in the Great
Lakes region of the US. :-)

Frank


>
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>-- End of excerpt from John Birrell



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