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Postal workers attacked by wild turkeys
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Posted on 04/07/2008 6:10:18 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
Maybe mailmen should start carrying terriers as co-pilots. A single fox terrier could run off at least a half dozen mean turkeys before getting winded.
This story brings back a childhood memory of mine. When I was about 8 years old, my uncle raised turkeys. They weren't the dumb white ones. They were, I believe, considered game birds. They were dark colored like wild turkeys, but they were larger and not quite as wild and weren’t as good at flying. These birds roamed the barnyard. Us kids had to keep an eye out for these crazy birds because they would attack viciously. And I mean they were relentless. It was like a war zone and they were always trying to sneak up on us. There were 2 dogs around that would defend us. A golden, and a large fox terrier. These birds only had half their feathers from their tangles with the dogs. And I didn't feel one bit sorry for those birds either. They were mean, and they didn't run from those dogs without putting up a fight first. And it seems to me the dogs didn't alway win. We couldn't count on the dogs always being around though. So we started carrying baseball bats with us. Boy, I still remember whacking those dam birds so hard I'd swear I was killing them. But it didn't seem to hurt them much. THey’d just run off and a little while later, they'd be back trying to attack again.
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posted on
04/07/2008 6:35:37 PM PDT
by
mamelukesabre
(Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?)
To: NormsRevenge
Whatever happened to professional courtesy?
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posted on
04/07/2008 6:36:03 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
To: NormsRevenge
Send a few out here. I’d like to scare the willies out of the crew at my local post office.
To: Mad_Tom_Rackham
I think their brains are about the size of a small raisin. I agree. I've seen them run across the freeway once. Real dumb, since turkeys can fly and roost in trees.
Although they have a real good sense of escapability. Three of us were hunting them one year and saw a flock. We cornered them in and there was only one way out....they found it. I waited too long to shoot looking for a better shot and they saw that it wasn't a hen making that noise calling them in.
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posted on
04/07/2008 6:37:04 PM PDT
by
Darren McCarty
(Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in - Michael Corleone)
To: capt. norm
I love Wild Turkey! The 101 proof is my favorite.
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posted on
04/07/2008 6:38:49 PM PDT
by
KoRn
(CTHULHU '08 - I won't settle for a lesser evil any longer!)
To: KoRn
Time to start filling the water pistols with a little ammonia...
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posted on
04/07/2008 6:39:29 PM PDT
by
MSF BU
(++)
To: capt. norm
PS: Though I do love it, I don’t drink it often(maybe twice in a year). Anything that burns that bad going down COULDN’T be good for what its burning. lol
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posted on
04/07/2008 6:40:46 PM PDT
by
KoRn
(CTHULHU '08 - I won't settle for a lesser evil any longer!)
To: capt. norm
A.K.A. "Kick'n Chicken" :)
I remember a couple of weddings were that was served, to the groom, right before the ceremony. LOL
To: NormsRevenge
How weird. We had wild turkey in our backyard for two days recently. We live MILES from any wooded area. He was enormous.
I know that the increased home building is driving the wild creatures out of their habitat.
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posted on
04/07/2008 6:46:40 PM PDT
by
kitkat
To: KoRn
Anything that burns that bad going down COULDNT be good for what its burning. lolFrom the old "Maverick" TV series:
"My daddy told me to never drink anything older or stronger than I am."
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posted on
04/07/2008 6:48:06 PM PDT
by
capt. norm
(Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.)
To: NormsRevenge
... adding that he will meet with Wilhite next week to discuss other possible solutions.
Well, D'uh !
The answer is sort of obvious...
Cajun Style -- Deep Fried Turkey
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posted on
04/07/2008 6:52:38 PM PDT
by
pyx
(Rule#1.The LEFT lies.Rule#2.See Rule#1. IF THE LEFT CONTROLS THE LANGUAGE, IT CONTROLS THE ARGUMENT.)
To: NormsRevenge
Postal workers attacked by wild turkeys
You'd think they'd learn to stay away from Congress.
To: NormsRevenge; KoRn; Joe Boucher; Eaker; AnnaZ; Rennes Templar; LexBaird; mikrofon; martin_fierro; ..
Wild Turkeys Go Postal!
Film at 11 (excellent headline, Norm!)
Some workers have been using long sticks to fend off the birds, he said, adding that he will meet with Wilhite next week to discuss other possible solutions.
Heap many Indian Chiefs say long stick needum gunpowder and ball.
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posted on
04/07/2008 7:01:17 PM PDT
by
The Spirit Of Allegiance
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To: NormsRevenge
Geez. There’s got to be a good way to trap them if they are flying in your truck. Bet they make good eating.
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posted on
04/07/2008 7:03:40 PM PDT
by
Nachum
To: The Spirit Of Allegiance; Eaker
Postal workers attacked by wild turkeys Wild turkeys are good eating!
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04/07/2008 7:04:32 PM PDT
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To: NormsRevenge
(C)Copyright 2007, C. Burke. All rights reserved.
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posted on
04/07/2008 7:08:00 PM PDT
by
Tanniker Smith
(I didn't know she was a Liberal when I married her.)
To: NormsRevenge
The turkeys went postal?!!!
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04/07/2008 7:08:16 PM PDT
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To: mamelukesabre
I still remember whacking those dam birds so hard I'd swear I was killing them. But it didn't seem to hurt them muchNo kidding! I drove past a few of them on the shoulder of the highway as they were pecking at the gravel. I thought there were crows until it was too late to slow down. One of them flew up and hit my sideview mirror and broke it off. I thought for sure it was a dead turkey - looked in my rearview mirror and saw it land on the highway, shake itself, and fly off.
It's like hitting a cannonball.
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posted on
04/07/2008 7:10:14 PM PDT
by
PLK
To: The Spirit Of Allegiance
Oh, This is for the birds!
I should have figured, Spirit!
Anyone have a cartoon of a postal truck with a turkey in love with it? You would think they could see better than that! Perhaps they are upset about the continual postal rate increases, it ain't chicken feed any more ya know. They are serious about striking against the postal workers.
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posted on
04/07/2008 7:13:35 PM PDT
by
MountainFlower
(There but by the grace of God go I.)
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