Topic: Sometimes life is stranger than fiction..

[PJ]

Tonight we went for a burger at our favorite drive in, a friend and his wife on his 08 street glide and me on the Suzuki (Honda still down). Had a great time at the drive in, Mekun showed up and we BS'd for a couple hours. Now it gets weird... We went to ride home (my friend is also my neighbor) and got a few blocks from the drive in and got waved down by a couple of guys on Harleys, straight piped bottle cap helmet kinda guys. Wanting us to ride in some parade this weekend, for a good cause but?? I'm on a Suzuki bro.. I don't own a Harley. The conversation gets more strange when these guys start telling us they are wanting us to maybe join their group and oh yea.. they take all kinds of bikes. Enough of that we say fair wells and head out. Get about 6 blocks from home and my friend hits a deer! At about 40mph. I'm right behind them and I see the deer jumping into the road then their headlight goes dark.. Impact! Deer goes flying, the bike stays upright and he rolls to the side of the road. Nobody hurt! Bike is ok except for a probably expensive Street Glide front fender. His wife, on back, didn't even realize they hit anything! I watched the whole thing go down and thought I would see sparks from the bike going down but nothing. We pulled the front fender off the tire and road home and popped a couple Newcastle Brown ale! Boy, life can be strange!
peace
PJ

[tramp]

there's a night that will stick in your mind for a while
glad nobody got hurt

[Steve F]

Look at it this way....maybe if those guys didn't wave you down and you didn't stop, you could have been in the path of two or THREE deer.  The one deer you friend hit could have been the last of a herd.  There's a reason for everything.  

[754]

Cool.. when will the deer jerky be ready......

 always them them HD guys ya have ta think about it when they ask ya to ride with them.... 

[bill440cars]

      I can well imagine that those events will be in your minds for sometime. Sure am glad that no one ended up in a hospital too! Like Steve F said, "There's a reason for everything."

[heffay]

i think those harley guys were in cahoots w/ the deer... just too coincidental, ya know? 

strange!   

[Terry in Australia]

Those Harley guys weren't wearing "Rainbow" braces, or perhaps "God Squad" colors? There's gotta be a catch........... 

[rhos1355]

What I find even more shocking is that you drink Newcastle Brown Ale. In the US??
Jeepers, that's like finding a Marks and Spencers in the Congo!
What's it taste like over there??

[Rocking-M]

I'm getting a Harley for my next deer hunting trip. 
Glad he didn't go down.

[Bob Wessner]

Look at it this way....maybe if those guys didn't wave you down and you didn't stop, you could have been in the path of two or THREE deer.  The one deer you friend hit could have been the last of a herd.  There's a reason for everything.  

How true on the multiple deer. I would say atleast 50% of the time, perhaps more, when I see one bound across the road well ahead of me, I slow down drastically, as two or three more follow the first and may not be in sight yet.

[Bill K]

 Wife and I were out cutting fire wood in the George Washington national forest  a long way from anywhere. While I was busy cuttn she was kickn around in leaves near the access road. She found 8 or 10 Newcastles scattered about, unopened . When the truck was full of wood we sat there in the woods and had few. Tasted  GOOD ! 
 Glad to hear nobody got hurt hitting that dear  PJ !  LOTS of those in my are too.

[74cb750]

the main thing is you are all ok.

[heffay]

newcastle is very common here in colorado.  not sure if that's strange or not.

[azuredesign]

Wow, That seems like your friend and his wife got through that experience about as easy as one can. Definitely enough to qualify for several beers!

[Caaveman82]

What I find even more shocking is that you drink Newcastle Brown Ale. In the US??
Jeepers, that's like finding a Marks and Spencers in the Congo!
What's it taste like over there??

New Castle is the beer of choice. When I lived in San Diego that's all I would see floating around the bar. Not so much here in Minneapolis, a lot of scenesters... a lot of Pabst... *gag*

[PJ]

So I have had a few days to compile all that happened that night. I went into my riding jacket to retrieve something...(can't remember what) I forgot, biker dudes gave me a flyer..


Newcastle Brown ale rocks. A friend of mine is a home brewer and turned me onto it a couple years ago. Kinda spendy but good stuff.

[texaninseattle]

did they want you to shave your head or give up any posessions?

[Steve F]

did they want you to shave your head or give up any posessions?

I'm sorry, but did you say something??  I was too busy watching your avatar

[CaféElite]

Quote from: texaninseattle on Today at 07:40:16 pm
did they want you to shave your head or give up any posessions?

I'm sorry, but did you say something??  I was too busy watching your avatar

I have the nudes of that as well