Wouldn't that be a beef patty, Sheppard's pie is usually made with Mutton or Lamb.
John Coyle wrote: > That's a good rule anywhere - I once ran into not just one but a whole herd > of Brahman cattle, > having been blinded by the high-beam lights of a truck which had just turned > one of them into > shepherd's pie. > The best I could do was to go for the belly - the damned cow ran off and was > never seen again, > by me at least, and the whole front end of the car looked like crumpled > tissue paper. > > Cattle, kangaroos, emus and koalas are a hazardous fact of life outside the > big cities in Oz, at > least here in Queensland. There'd be few drivers who've driven in the > country that haven't had > at least one incident or near-miss with the wild-life. > > And, I did run over a cat once - again in the dark, and it ran straight into > my rear-wheel - no > chance of surviving the Ferris wheel effect on it, I'm afraid. > > John Coyle > Praxis Data Solutions Pty. Ltd. > Brisbane, Australia > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kenneth Waller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 3:09 AM > Subject: Re: Re: OT - Cat Stew > > > >> A good rule of thumb in deer country (or any where else) is not to swerve to >> avoid animals in your vehicles path. >> >> Kenneth Waller >> http://tinyurl.com/272u2f >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Gonz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: Re: OT - Cat Stew >> >> >> >>> I hit a large coyote with a minivan once, at about 75 miles per hour. >>> It just ran into the highway at night, and afraid a sudden maneuver >>> would flip the vehicle, I just tried to keep it away from the path of >>> the tires and center the van. The impact cracked the plastic skirt >>> under the front bumper and left some marks on the bumper itself. If >>> it had been my bimmer, that would have been much worse, being much >>> closer to the ground. >>> >>> My sister-in-law is a nurse and once she was called late at night due >>> to a bad accident. A family of four lost three people due to the >>> driver trying to avoid a raccoon crossing the highway and running >>> their car off the highway and flipping it. >>> >>> On 9/5/07, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>>> From: Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> I agree. If you are going to control animal numbers and a cull is >>>>> necessary, shooting - as long as it is with a rifle and not a shotgun >>>>> (unless at point blank range) - is fine. As long as death is instant. >>>>> Traps are a no-no. Anything that produces prolonged and sustained >>>>> suffering is bad. Like aiming a car and running over a feral cat. >>>>> >>>> The suffering will not only be the cat's. Hitting anything substantial >>>> at speed (unless you have something like a Defender) will result in major >>>> bodywork damage and expense. Bones will easily penetrate tyres. Having >>>> seen the almost complete rebuild required of a (metal) front end once, >>>> due to (accidental) impact with a hare, I do think the original statement >>>> was hyperbole. >>>> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> > > -- Remember, it’s pillage then burn. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
