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FRANCONIA (NEW HAMPSHIRE) JOGGER BUMPS INTO MOOSE
Foster's Online (Dover, NH) ^
| June 6, 2002
Posted on 06/06/2002 7:34:41 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
FRANCONIA, N.H. (AP) Collisions between moose and cars are common this time of year, but joggers? A California man visiting Franconia is nursing a sore shoulder after bumping into a moose on a bike path Wednesday.
Steve Skelton said he jogged around a corner and found a mother moose and her calf running toward him. The moose hit his shoulder, then fell and skidded on the wet ground before running into the woods. Skelton was knocked to the ground but wasnt seriously injured.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: jogger; moose; newhampshire
Hmmmm. Would be a frightening experience especially for an uninitiated Californian. He should be glad she didn't turn on him and finish the job.
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
>Steve Skelton said he jogged around a corner and found a mother moose and her calf running toward him. The moose hit his shoulder, then fell and skidded on the wet ground before running into the woods. Skelton was knocked to the ground but wasnt seriously injured. Skelton returned home, showered, and called the police...
--KotS
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Unfortunately, Skelton's sister, who was jogging alongside him, was bitten by the moose.
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
"The Moose was rushing home to tend to the BRIE she had warming in the oven."
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posted on
06/06/2002 7:42:39 AM PDT
by
peteram
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
He was running down to the market to get some cheese for his sister...
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
He should have been more careful. Moose bites can be nasti.
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Damn californians always hogging the moose lane, can't they read the signs? We'll have to raise the fines. Call the state police and have them go undercover to catch violators. Have then wear unmarked moose costumes.
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posted on
06/06/2002 7:49:41 AM PDT
by
ozone1
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
I had to finish a hike in the dark in the Whites once. You could hear the moose in the woods crashing through the brush. When you weigh like a moose, bushwhacking is easy! I had to keep to the trail. By the way, those white LED headlights rock. Otherwise I'd have had to take it very slow on that almost moonless night.
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posted on
06/06/2002 7:54:10 AM PDT
by
eno_
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Cheese it! The crops are coming back bushwacked!
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Just how much did that guy weigh to be able to cause a Moose to fall?
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posted on
06/06/2002 8:03:34 AM PDT
by
Deguello
To: eno_
Otherwise I'd have had to take it very slow on that almost moonless night. ...but not a mooseless night.
To: Deguello
Just about what I was going to say,I personally would be bragging that I shoulder blocked a moose to the ground! That would be good bragging rights in the VFW back home....;-)
"Yah,she comed at me,I laid into her der wid a shoulder and she dropped,I was aboot to lay da peoples elbow into her and finish up,but she upped and runned off der,chicken#$%@ moose anyways"
To: Deguello
No idea. How did you come by the handle Deguello? That is the title of a music piece which basically means: We're going to slaughter you like a chicken. This music was played by the Mexican army under Lopez de Santa Anna just prior to the attack on the Alamo. Poor Texans probably didn't realize they were being insulted prior to the slaughter. Most Texans in the present age do not know the significance of the Mexican military playing that song.
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
"Dequello" translates to "leave no quarter".
Do not worry, Native Texans know what this means and we are very sure that the defenders of the Alamo knew the same.
The Heroes of the Alamo knew that they would not reinforced nor assisted in their battle. There job was to delay Santa Anna as long as possible to allow Sam Houston and the Texas Army more time to establish their force for a later battle.
The brutal slaughter of the Mexican Army at San Jacinto was pay-back for what happened at the Alamo, Gonzales and other Villages and Posts.
I have heard that much of this is now lost or not taught in Texas Public Schools due to the PC crowd.
I knew what Deguello meant long before ZZ Top named their album.
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posted on
06/06/2002 9:42:28 AM PDT
by
Deguello
To: Deguello
The brutal slaughter of the Mexican Army at San Jacinto was pay-back for what happened at the Alamo, Gonzales and other Villages and Posts."Remember Goliad!"
To: TexasRepublic
Good job!
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posted on
06/06/2002 12:57:12 PM PDT
by
Deguello
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