[s-cars] NAC: sucks to be me (not for children to read)

[lebakken1 at netzero.net]

Dave was "Unibomber" now "Rabbit Killer" Kase writes:

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So, I am cutting the grass last night on my new-to-me Cub Cadet and 
enjoying myself.  My son (6 years old) was out in the yard playing.

As I took a pass up the yard I noticed a rabbit nest in the grass.  I 
shut the mower off and called my son over to see them.  They were about 5" long, 3 of them all cozied up in a small depression.

My son was immediately worried about my hitting them with the mower.  So I fetched a small orange traffic cone out of the shed and placed beside the nest.  I told my son that I will cut way out around them and they should be fine.  He placed the cone directly over them for extra protection and stood guard.

I started the tractor and finished the pass.  Then I turned around and 
headed back toward the cone, my son and the rabbit's nest.  As I 
approach, I swung way out to my right and around.  About 6 or 7 feet 
past the nest I hit the brakes and shout to my son "see, I missed them".

Just then, the cone topples over and 3 tiny bunnies shoot out of the 
hole.  One jumped into the fallen cone, the other one shot across the 
yard and under the fence 4 feet away and...you guessed it, that last son of bitching rabbit ran 6 or 7 feet and went right under the running mower deck.  WTF!!!

I quickly looked around to see if he miraculously made it under the 
tractor some how but all I saw was a piece of bunny scalp with a little ear.  F-me.  My son freaked out and started crying.  That cut the evening short as I took him in and tried to comfort him.

Damn, somebody get me a beer...

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AWWW the trauma! At least you have a boy. I have three daughters. A few years ago, my daughter's run into the house to tell me that a mouse has run underneath the water filled base for the basketball hoop. I think I will just tip that sucker up and get him to run out.

On first pull of the post, instead of tipping, it drags. Next pull, it tips, to reveal a little mouse smeared into the driveway like warm butter. Three daughters 13,10, and 7 (at the time) just start bawling their eyes out. Dad felt like such a schmutz.

On a worse note, two months ago, my neighbor backed his Powerwagon over our dog and killed it. Total disaster. Four inconsolable females in the house.

An expensive note too. Yesterday, my wife plunks down $2K  - yes $2000.00 - for two Bichon Frise/Shih Tzu puppies. Cute, yes, but not AKC purebread anything. At a cool G per copy, I would think there would at least be some papers. Oh well. Whadda I know??

Craig Lebakken
94 S4
81 Scirocco - in paint!