Very bad day
Burning Brakes
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From: Fort Wayne, IN
Safety Car
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From: AnyTown NJ
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You guys are correct about it is really not the dogs fault but I have a thing against pit bulldogs in general. In the south many people have the breed and rarely a month goes by that one of them disfigures a child. I have 2 protection German Shepards and take good care of them but the only dogs I really like are the Ga Dawgs. Sorry for the rant but sick about the car, its just been one of them days.
Sorry to hear about your car....sometimes it doesn't pay to get up in the morning.
I do agree with you about Pit Bulls. When was the last time anyone heard about a Labrador Retriever killing another dog or maiming a child?
I saw first hand what a Pit can do. A neighbor was walking a lab puppy destined to be a seeing eye dog except another neighbor's Pit got out and ripped this puppy to shreds killing it.....nothing would stop this dog until a neighbor came out and hit it with a baseball bat. This Pit had been raised in an upscale suburban neighborhood by responsible owners...the owner said she couldn't understand what happened...... said he never did anything like this before.
I love dogs...had them my entire life...have a Black Lab now that a little over a year old and is a real mush but I have to say if I see a Pit I turn and walk the other way, it's the one breed I just can't trust.
Drifting
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From: Hamilton Virginia
Sorry to hear about your car....sometimes it doesn't pay to get up in the morning.
I do agree with you about Pit Bulls. When was the last time anyone heard about a Labrador Retriever killing another dog or maiming a child?
I saw first hand what a Pit can do. A neighbor was walking a lab puppy destined to be a seeing eye dog except another neighbor's Pit got out and ripped this puppy to shreds killing it.....nothing would stop this dog until a neighbor came out and hit it with a baseball bat. This Pit had been raised in an upscale suburban neighborhood by responsible owners...the owner said she couldn't understand what happened...... said he never did anything like this before.
I love dogs...had them my entire life...have a Black Lab now that a little over a year old and is a real mush but I have to say if I see a Pit I turn and walk the other way, it's the one breed I just can't trust.
As for Dogs, I love them all except for the ones that cant be trusted, and one of those happened to be pitbulls. One dog that is one brick shy of a load. When was the last time you read about a lab or a sheppard mauling someone or another animal, not biting, I mean mauling.
I had a sheppard for 14 years till I had to put her to sleep. Would not let anyone in the house or backyard without permission, but would lay in the front yard with no fence while I was out there doin yardwork and wouldnt move from her spot no matter who or what walked by.
Racer
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From: candler nc
your story reminds me of my father and his 54 corvette. i remember this car from when i was just a wee lad. he spent 2 years customizing the front end(this was the early 70s) and on the day it was to go in the shop for pain, a guy in a 59 plymouth wiped it out!
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From: Dallas TX
That sucks!! I know the feeling...My friends are conviced there is an invisible bulls eye on my C5. About once a year something gets it. Last Thanksgiving was a deer. Good thing is that the car is like playing with legos. Just snap another piece on and paint it. :-)
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From: Out Where the Buses Don't Run, Eglin AFB/ Niceville FL
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Definitely could have been worse. Here's my encounter with a white tailed deer yesterday morning. Brand new 2013 427 convertible. Total damage right now stands at $17634.
Last edited by Tally Ho; Apr 18, 2013 at 03:39 PM.
Racer
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From: Dallas TX
[QUOTE=Tally Ho;1583673953]Definitely could have been worse. Here's my encounter with a white tailed deer yesterday morning. Brand new 2013 427 convertible. Total damage right now stands at $17634.
Mine looked the same. (Stomach is hurting) It didn't add up to that much tho.
Mine looked the same. (Stomach is hurting) It didn't add up to that much tho.
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