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| | From:  ßeaker (Original Message) | Sent: 3/19/2008 9:56 AM |
OK - I had an altercation with the side of a hill in my work car today. Bloody sheep on the road freaked me out as I was going around a corner on a metal road and bang. I'm scooting towards the bank. I hit the bank with the front drivers side corner at about 20 - 30 km - so did get flung sideways. Not quite sure as while I was skidding to my doom, I was too busy mourning my perfect record at work (no accidents, no tickets) - that I didn't really pay attention to whether I was injured or not. Anyway, apart from a graze and bruise on my arm and a bit of tingling from where I must have wacked my elbow, I thought I'd come off pretty well. But now my neck is starting to get a bit stiff. Not sure if I've got whiplash, or it was due to the 5 hours of driving I did today? Can the effects of whiplash come later on? BTW - hopefully only a few hundred dollars of damage to the car - I cracked the plastic moulding under the front bumper. |
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| | | From: Lovelee | Sent: 3/19/2008 10:50 AM |
Yes .. whiplash can come on after. I think your muscles tense up and protect you, then when they relax, the pain is felt from the stress of the neck being thrown around. You should visit the doc in case  |
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| | | From: shef© | Sent: 3/20/2008 7:16 AM |
Ouch  If you got flung sideways, chances are you did get whiplash. Can you sort out an osteopath on ACC for tomorrow? It should be sorted as soon as you can, because through lack of sleep etc you probly will get ratty and worse  Next time, keep a knife in the car, hit the sheep a glancing blow and take it home for next weeks dinner . Are you home all weekend? We're probly coming over at some stage for a 50th  |
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| | | From: Μacca | Sent: 3/20/2008 10:12 AM |
Ummmm yep as per above, see a doctor but whatever you do, don't slacken off on your duties to Mr B. Remember to have dinner for him etc etc etc. But seriously look after yourself this weekend |
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| | | From: Lovelee | Sent: 3/20/2008 10:15 AM |
Heinz got whiplash today. I was sitting in the garage forecourt, he was doing something behnd the ccar. A woman with both bazookas poking out of her dress walked across the front of the car. KNowing he likes to look, I searched for him, found him eventually .. head going left right left right left right!! BIG SMILE!! I knew he got whiplash |
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| | | From: shef© | Sent: 3/20/2008 11:40 AM |
Mr Macca but whatever you do, don't slacken off on your duties to Mr B. HUH Be careful Macca , I'm off to Wangas on Saturday,we might be over to sort you out  |
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| | | From: ßeaker | Sent: 3/20/2008 8:07 PM |
OK, I didn't get to the Dr yesterday - yes I'm bad. The neck was sore yesterday, but today is feeling heaps better. Yeah, I should have killed the bloody thing, but it scampered pretty quickly. There were about five of it's friends sitting on the road around the corner and I was oh so tempted to run them down. But I think the additional damage to the car wouldn't have been worth the extra meat. But then again, the farmer also had a heifer and her calf on the road as well, so I could have really filled the freezer and then some. Shef, we're heading off to Wellington early Saturday morning for the weekend and won't be back until Monday afternoon. Yes Macca, I did ensure that Mr B's meals were cooked and on the table (granted the other night was precooked chook). I have been adhering to my wifely duties of cooking and cleaning  . |
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| | | From: Lovelee | Sent: 3/20/2008 8:47 PM |
Legally, tis my understanding that farm animals MUST be kept within their enclosure and that any accidents that occur are the farmers financial responsibility. We had a farmer up north in our area, whose animals were alays out. He fixed his fences good and proper when he had to pay for 3 cars in 6 months, and for medical expenses. |
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| | | From: ßeaker | Sent: 3/21/2008 12:28 AM |
Yeah, I've got the name and number of the farmer in the area that always has his stock out on the road. Whether it was one of his sheep, I don't know. The community are a bit sick of it and are keen for my employer and their insurance company to do something about it. FFS, the guy has pure black cows out on the road at night time... In the middle of the country. There have been quite a few close calls up there. The people I spoke to said that the guy's been farming his whole life so should know better and there is no excuse for the way he keeps his fences. |
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| With a lack of grazing, a lot of them here are 'accidentally' letting them out to graze the long paddock. |
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Yep....something I have observed over three decades is that whenever there is a drought resulting in lack of feed in paddocks, farm animals who normally contentedly remain within fences become escapologists and go after feed on the rail corridor (and on the sides of roads). Cattle will often simply trample a fence to get at feed outside the paddock. The kill rate on the rail corridor goes through the roof during a drought. The railway line down the hill from the Rimutaka Tunnel to Speedy's Crossing (just south of Featherston) is currently littered with the remains of carcasses of sheep and lambs plus a few cattle beasts that have been bowled by trains over the past few months. There are also lots of carcasses on the rail corridor around Woodside and between Clareville and Waingawa. At least the Harrier Hawks have been doing very well out of it, although that has had a downside as the rabbit population has dramatically increased in the area as the hawks have turned their attention to the constant supply of freshly-killed meat along the rail corridor instead of having to actually work at chasing down rabbits. |
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This locomotive appears to have a thing about cattle-beasts. It was the trailing locomotive when I smashed into a herd of about eighty pregnant cows just south of Waingawa in June last year while driving a passenger train hauled by two locomotives. The lead locomotive derailed at speed as about fifteen or so of the cows went underneath and ended up costing about $130,000 to repair the structural damage. The second locomtive was 4156 and it stayed on the tracks and got off pretty lightly, although there were several cows jammed underneath it when the train stopped and the locomotive still smells a bit ripe nine months after the collision in spite of being washed with industrial-grade deodorant on a few occasions since the collision. I guess this latest encounter with a cattle-beast will raise the ripe-odour level somewhat!
Wandering bull runs into path of freight train By RICHARD WOODD - Taranaki Daily News | Wednesday, 26 March 2008 
OFF THE RAILS: The aftermath of the train versus bull incident near Whangamomona. | A wandering bull has derailed a freight locomotive near Whangamomona and caused severe track damage. The impact about 1.30am on Friday killed the bull. It went under the loco which jumped off the line and ripped out 100 track sleepers. The southbound train was carrying logs when it hit the bull just north of the Marco School. Because the spot is not accessible by road, a crane was railed in to lift the loco back on track. Ontrack spokesman Kevin Ramshaw said the track was due to reopen by last night after repairs were completed. Any north-bound Taranaki rail freight was diverted via Marton junction to the main trunk line. Phone inquiries yesterday failed to establish who owned the bull and Mr Ramshaw said he doubted even an earmark would have survived the incident. "The owner would be liable for costs �?if we could find him or her," he said. The police were not notified. http://www.stuff.co.nz/dailynews/4451638a6554.html |
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| | | From: ßeaker | Sent: 3/28/2008 10:51 AM |
There was a lot of irony when I read this article this morning... guess where I was when I had my accident? Whangamomona Valley! Just down the valley a bit in Makahu. Then... after putting the paper down the office manager comes in and sits down next to me in the tea room and says "Guess what.... the Rentokil guy's just backed his truck into the car you crashed last week... there's a huge dent in the back of it" Sigh |
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