Please Welcome Our New Baby Greenwing

[Dopey]

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE put your animals in restraints in the car...just like you do (or should) yourself and your kids. I know of someone who didn't have his macaw restrained and he had a car accident. The only thing the man cared about when he came to was whether his bird lived or not. The bird died and the man isn't able to care for himself anymore due to the accident and lives in constant pain.

Please - I know you will be careful but that bird and all of you will be better off if it learns to travel in a cage.

Yes, I know this message is going to make someone mad but better someone mad at me than us to all have to get a message that things didn't go well on the trip home. Besides, you don't want to mess up that car - inside or out. Really nice car BTW.

 

[Birdman666]

I'm not really a car guy. I actually liked my "Mommy mobile." Most comfortable car I ever drove was my old Chrysler Town & Country.

YEAH, WELL, MY PERSONAL BEST (ON THE WING WALK JUMP) WAS 255.6 MPH - AND THAT WAS OUTSIDE A VEHICLE!

My average tracking speed is 198. My vertical freefall speed is slightly faster, and I can move in three dimensions at that speed!

(HEY, WE GOT THE RUBBER DUCKY UP TO 204.5 in a vertical inverted spin!!)

I don't like going anywhere near that fast when there are things I could potentially hit...

I do PI Litigation for a living. Seen too much ugly stuff...

 

[Selestine]

Ok totally jealous of the car... I drive a "mom mobile." When I got my Rav4 I wanted an Rx8. Karen very vociferously told me h e double hockey sticks no.

I only have one last suggestion... Do not wear a button down shirt... I'm sitting here half naked due to Zoe snapping all my buttons in half.

lolol -- you're sure she's a girl?!

 

[Birdman666]

Ok totally jealous of the car... I drive a "mom mobile." When I got my Rav4 I wanted an Rx8. Karen very vociferously told me h e double hockey sticks no.

I only have one last suggestion... Do not wear a button down shirt... I'm sitting here half naked due to Zoe snapping all my buttons in half.

Sweepea went through a button phase.

She also went through a zipper phase.

 

[getwozzy]

ONE MORE DAY!!!! YAY!!!!! How exciting!!!!! I bet no one will get much sleep tonight lol

IMHO I would rather use a carrier for the reasons others have already stated....

I also had an accident-free record until 5.5 years ago.. I rolled my car (an EVO VIII w/ approx 300 hp) off an embankment and landed upside down on another road- thankfully I was only going 25-30 mph because if my car had more speed and kept rolling I would've gone off a cliff into the trees. I'm thankful I limped away with only a torn ligament in my ankle and there were no other cars involved considering I landed on a fairly busy road. so yeah- I'm a bit paranoid traveling in cars now lol

I know you will do what you feel is best though, because he is your baby good luck tomorrow!!

 

[Birdman666]

I was in a Monte Carlo that rolled when I was 15. I've been in two VW bus "keel over like a dead elephant" incidents. (All as passengers.)

Back when I was a tad more reckless behind the wheel, my TR3 (my first car!) went for a swim in Bolinas Bay. (Those cars hop around corners. Mine went hop, hop, hop, SPLASH! Whoops! Too fast!) This, along with the huge insurance hike hit that went with it, mellowed out my driving considerably... (I think I was 17 at the time. Thank god I had the top down, eh?!)

That and I was a surfer boy, VW buses were the anti-style. And they simply could not speed. In fact, you had to get a running start to get all the way up a hill... (Start at 70, end up at 35! No lie!)

Like I say, if you really want to go fast, take an airplane up to 18,000 feet, open the door and go vertical!!! MOST RACE CARS COULDN'T CATCH YOU!

 

[Anansi]

thankfully I was only going 25-30 mph because if my car had more speed and kept rolling I would've gone off a cliff into the trees.

I'm rather thankful you were only going 25-30 as well, then. Quite a few of us have grown rather fond of you in your current, unsplattered configuration, my friend.

 

[Birdman666]

thankfully I was only going 25-30 mph because if my car had more speed and kept rolling I would've gone off a cliff into the trees.

I'm rather thankful you were only going 25-30 as well, then. Quite a few of us have grown rather fond of you in your current, unsplattered configuration, my friend.

One of the Jackass guys died that way a few years back. They found him in his porsche 911, in a the upper branches of a tree... apparently the computer download said he tried to take the turn at 150, and over the side of the cliff he went...

That's way worse than hop, hop, splash! (Same basic cause and effect though. The game is "how fast can you corner.")

 

[getwozzy]

I'm rather thankful you were only going 25-30 as well, then. Quite a few of us have grown rather fond of you in your current, unsplattered configuration, my friend.

HA!! Lol imagine how my poor husband (boyfriend at the time) felt!! He thought my friend was joking when she called him (she was my passenger)...I was in shock, screaming and crying like a lunatic.

One of the Jackass guys died that way a few years back. They found him in his porsche 911, in a the upper branches of a tree... apparently the computer download said he tried to take the turn at 150, and over the side of the cliff he went...



That's way worse than hop, hop, splash! (Same basic cause and effect though. The game is "how fast can you corner.")

OMG!! a corner at 150?! That is so so sad

A corner is what did me in too- I came around a corner and my back right wheel caught the embankment on that side of the road and sent me flying across the (gravel) road and off the other side where there was another embankment going down. Rolled and landed on the nose slightly- intercooler completely smashed into the engine, hood slightly crumpled (couldn't even open it), a couple tires came off the rims..... Completely totaled it. This is what it looked like before


Hubby was mad I never let him drive it before I wrecked it lol

 

[Birdman666]

I believe there may have been some illicit intoxicating substance that contributed to him thinking he could take that corner at 150...

But when you look at some of the stunts that Travis has pulled... you begin to think that maybe, just maybe, cornering at 150 fell within his definition of normal...

(Which is outside the definition of normal for pretty much anyone not employed by Jackass, Nitro Circus, or Nascar.)

 

[GW.Joe]

Ok totally jealous of the car... I drive a "mom mobile." When I got my Rav4 I wanted an Rx8. Karen very vociferously told me h e double hockey sticks no.

I only have one last suggestion... Do not wear a button down shirt... I'm sitting here half naked due to Zoe snapping all my buttons in half.

Ha Ha Ha, THANKS Karen !! No button down shirts (Rissa's been told) I think I'll even get her to bring and extra shirt LOL

I do LOVE my car, you don't see them one the road anymore (90's series Caprices or Impalas, all gone now)

BTW, that 128 MPH pic is not me...

My average tracking speed is 198. My vertical freefall speed is slightly faster, and I can move in three dimensions at that speed!

I just got a mental picture of you jumping with a Mac
(in a wing suit of course)

Yes, I know this message is going to make someone mad but better someone mad at me than us to all have to get a message that things didn't go well on the trip home. Besides, you don't want to mess up that car - inside or out. Really nice car BTW.

LOL, no one is going to "get mad" all opinions are FINE !!

The plain simple fact is putting the bird in a cage the size that a Mac needs creates enough room for the bird to kill itself on impact with the cage, I just got off the phone with a buddy of mine that does Physics, he said at highway speed the G force you would get only needs about 6 inches movement to be deadly....

Tomorrow is NOT going to be the day I wreck, I am fairly confident about that LOL

IN 20 HOURS OUR BABY WILL BE ON HIS WAY HOME !!! YAY

 

[Birdman666]

Hubby was mad I never let him drive it before I wrecked it lol

Yeah, well... try being a high school kid, and having to explain to your Dad how someone has to come and pick you up in the middle of friggin' nowhere on Highway 1 north, because the car is presently sitting on the bottom of Bolinas Bay...!!!

Trust me, that one made the highlight reel!

"And the lifetime achievement award for stupid goes to..."

 

[thekarens]

Ok totally jealous of the car... I drive a "mom mobile." When I got my Rav4 I wanted an Rx8. Karen very vociferously told me h e double hockey sticks no.

I only have one last suggestion... Do not wear a button down shirt... I'm sitting here half naked due to Zoe snapping all my buttons in half.

lolol -- you're sure she's a girl?!

Yes, I'm definitely sure we're both girls. She knows how I get when I'm behind the wheel with a little power. What's the sense of having power if you don't use it? ;-)

 

[Birdman666]

ACTUALLY the funniest AUTO ACCIDENT I HAVE EVER PERSONALLY BEEN INVOLVED IN CAME A FEW YEARS LATER...

My College roommate drove a motorcycle. Motorcycle breaks down off PCH near Beach Blvd. Calls me to come get him. We have the GENIOUS idea to stick the motorcycle INSIDE my bus and transport it home... [No, I was NOT a physics major!] We tied it off really well, too. Tied it to off to the back seat in two places. Tied the front forks, and handlebars off to the handle on the sliding door. My buddy sat in the back seat and held it... thinking that oughta hold it stable... AND IT DID!

NOW KEEP IN MIND that Beach Blvd. is a six lane highly traveled roadway with a 50 mph speed limit. It's the main drag from inland to the beach. So, we're talking not lightly traveled, very congested roadway...

But, of course, the inevitable happened. The motorcycle tipped over and fell against the door. (Which significantly exceeded the weight capacity for the sliding door to the van!)

So, you can imagine my shock and surprize when the door to my van, suddenly flew off and went sliding down the road into traffic. BUT THAT WAS NOTHING COMPARED TO THE LOOK ON MY BUDDIES FACE... because we had done such a good job of tying off the motorcycle that it remained attached to the door...

And my back seat...

That my buddy happened to be sitting on at the time...

Sliding door gone. Gasp! Gaping hole in my van. Gasp! Motorcycle down. Gasp! BACK SEAT OUT THE DOOR! GASP! JON STILL SEATBELTED INTO THE BACK SEAT, OUT THE DOOR AND INTO TRAFFIC...

SIX LANES OF TRAFFIC GOING EVERY WHICH WAY BEHIND US IN MY PERIPHERAL VISION THROUGH THE GAPING HOLE THAT WAS MY SLIDING DOOR!!!

Fortunately, everyone avoided the accident. To this day I don't know how no one got hurt killed, or even fender-bended.

There were two guys at the gas station who witnessed the whole thing happen, that nearly peed themselves laughing...

In retrospect, I kinda wish we had that one on video.

 

[95talongirl]

Well, I was just informed that the hawkie will not be coming home tomorrow. He lost a little weight, and seemed to revert back to wanting a hand feeding, so they are going to keep him a little longer. Silly little bugger! So you'll get to se him tomorrow if you stick around!

I love the cars in this thread! That evo was gorgeous! I've always wanted one!

Have a very safe trip tomorrow to get your baby!! Looking forward to the videos/pictures of "him" at home!!

"Auntie" loves to live vicariously through you as well!

 

[95talongirl]

ACTUALLY the funniest AUTO ACCIDENT I HAVE EVER PERSONALLY BEEN INVOLVED IN CAME A FEW YEARS LATER...

My College roommate drove a motorcycle. Motorcycle breaks down off PCH near Beach Blvd. Calls me to come get him. We have the GENIOUS idea to stick the motorcycle INSIDE my bus and transport it home... [No, I was NOT a physics major!] We tied it off really well, too. Tied it to off to the back seat in two places. Tied the front forks, and handlebars off to the handle on the sliding door. My buddy sat in the back seat and held it... thinking that oughta hold it stable... AND IT DID!

NOW KEEP IN MIND that Beach Blvd. is a six lane highly traveled roadway with a 50 mph speed limit. It's the main drag from inland to the beach. So, we're talking not lightly traveled, very congested roadway...

But, of course, the inevitable happened. The motorcycle tipped over and fell against the door. (Which significantly exceeded the weight capacity for the sliding door to the van!)

So, you can imagine my shock and surprize when the door to my van, suddenly flew off and went sliding down the road into traffic. BUT THAT WAS NOTHING COMPARED TO THE LOOK ON MY BUDDIES FACE... because we had done such a good job of tying off the motorcycle that it remained attached to the door...

And my back seat...

That my buddy happened to be sitting on at the time...

Sliding door gone. Gasp! Gaping hole in my van. Gasp! Motorcycle down. Gasp! BACK SEAT OUT THE DOOR! GASP! JON STILL SEATBELTED INTO THE BACK SEAT, OUT THE DOOR AND INTO TRAFFIC...

SIX LANES OF TRAFFIC GOING EVERY WHICH WAY BEHIND US IN MY PERIPHERAL VISION THROUGH THE GAPING HOLE THAT WAS MY SLIDING DOOR!!!

Fortunately, everyone avoided the accident. To this day I don't know how no one got hurt killed, or even fender-bended.

There were two guys at the gas station who witnessed the whole thing happen, that nearly peed themselves laughing...

In retrospect, I kinda wish we had that one on video.

Holy crap!!! LOL!!!!

Glad no one was hurt! And, yes... Kinda wish it was on video too. Hahaha!

 

[thekarens]

Zoe is getting very sleepy waiting for her new cousin to come home. Uncle Joe better plan on posting pics ASAP.



PS this was right before she rolled off my shoulder.

 

[Birdman666]

NOW THAT IS SOME SERIOUSLY FUNNY STUFF...

The "red front roll"... it's not just for red fronts anymore. In fact, some birds even do it in their sleep!

 

[Anansi]

Karen, I love it! Hahahaha! There is no bird that can do "unbirdlike" poses like a macaw! She just looks like a feathered child in that pic! And the roll! Lol! High comedy!

 

[Birdman666]

I just got a mental picture of you jumping with a Mac
(in a wing suit of course)

NOPE! NEVER GONNA HAPPEN. TOO AFRAID OF LOSING THEM...

BUT SINCE YOU BROUGHT IT UP, I'LL HAVE TO FIND THE VIDEO OF THE GUY WHO FREE FLIES WITH HIS FALCON...!!! THAT IS SOME REALLY COOL STUFF FOR A SKYDIVING BIRD NERD!

(THE BIRD'S VERTICAL FREE FALL SPEED IS ONLY ABOUT 190!!! So technically, I'm faster in a dive. But he's way prettier in the air than I am.) This bird's best ever was 242 mph.

Mine was 255.6, so technically I still win, but since I had the help of a "slingshot" on that one, and the bird did it on her own, PLUS she managed to hit an itty bitty target from way off, we'll give that one to the bird...

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