Hi folks,
  hier ist 'ne kleine Geschichte von der VFR mailing liste (die aber an
fuer sich auch nicht viel mit VFRs zu tun hat..)
Vor ein paar Wochen hatten wir doch 'nen Thread ueber die kollision mit
tieren etc, und ich denke diese Geschichte hier gibt dem ganzen auch
einen netten Lichtblick ;)

Best regards, Alex.

P.S.  neulich am Sylvensteinstausee ist mir durch einem fast geschlossenem
      Visir eine Muecke hinneingeflogen, und hinter meinem Ohr langsam
      anfing richtung Nacken zu krabbeln...  Nach ein paar ausserst
      unangenehmen Momenten machte sie einen kleinen Sprung und war schwupps
      unter meiner Lederkombi und marschierte schnurstracks meinen
      Ruecken hinunter.  Zuschauer mussten ein ziemlich bloedes Gesicht
      gemacht haben ich in einer nothaltebucht anhielt und anfing energisch
      saemtliche kleidungsstuecke von mir zu reissen...  Letzendlich flog
      das bloede Vieh einfach weg ;)
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From: Fjziglar@aol.com

Ok, I know this is the VFR list and not the moose list, but I thought you
might get a laugh out of this gem that I saved from another motorcycle list.
The gentleman is from Finland and I'll just include the Moose part of his
story:

And then, a true learning experience of my own from summer 1993:
> A couple of years ago me and my girlfriend had a near miss with 
>a moose. (You know, the huge animal with a weight of a truck, 
>even over 1000 kg, and a brains of a fly.) I was cruising about 
>110 km/h when I saw the animal runnig to the highway from left 
>to right. I locked both wheels and started manouvering. Everything 
>was pure instinct, this was what I had been practising (thank god) 
>for. We did not hit the animal. But the wind shield hit the tail
>of the moose, or that's what I thought at first...
> Naturarly we were not the only ones that got scared. The moose was 
>certainly scared to hell! In fact, the bloody animal was so scared, 
>that it let loose and shitted all over us. Yes, you got it. We hitted 
>the moose shit in mid air allmost at the speed of 100 km/h! The stuff 
>splattered all over our leather suits, wind shield, bike, face... 
>AND THE SMELL, OH GOD!!!!  
> We stopped to catch air and relax. Our friends where driving behind 
>us and they told they were 100% shure we would hit the animal and die. 
>But we came out of it alive and when they saw us they could only laugh. 
>They are still laughing :-) 
> What did I learn? Practising braking and high speed manouvering pays. 
>I was expecting the unexpected. I know the moose is loose in the 
>evening, I was expecting to see one. I learned the lesson to check 
>constantly the sides of the road a couple of years earlier, when I 
>hitted a unlucky rabbit. And finally, I learned that moose shit really 
>sticks on leather...
>
>Regards, santtu.ahonen@icl.fi

VFR content: what is the best cleaner to use to get moose shit off of a VFR?

Fred Z.