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Thurs 3/5 Masters Daily...and Craziness (Read 585 times)

    From the Associated Press: RENO, Nev. (AP) — The eagle has landed — with a thud — after crashing through the windshield of a tractor-trailer on a Nevada highway. State wildlife officials said Wednesday that a 15-pound golden eagle with a 7-foot wing span has a swollen head but otherwise appears unhurt after crashing into a Florida truck driver's big rig on Monday. Matthew Roberto Gonzalez of Opa Locka, Fla., was driving on U.S. Interstate 80 in northeast Nevada near Wells, about 60 miles west of the Utah line, when the eagle came crashing into the cab of his truck. "I heard a loud thump like a brick or something coming through the glass," said Daryl Young of Miami, the co-driver who was dozing in the sleeper berth when it happened. "I woke up, and the windshield was all over me. Next thing I know there was a big bird lying on the floor." Joe Doucette, a spokesman for the Nevada Department of Wildlife, said it appears the eagle hit the windshield head first. "One side of the head is swollen, but there does not appear to be any permanent damage," he said. "The guys in the truck immediately bailed out because it was one ticked off bird. She was pretty feisty," Doucette said. "Even the officer who responded didn't want to go in there so we had one of our wildlife biologists do it." The eagle was recovering at the Northeast Nevada Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Spring Creek, and Doucette said the goal was to release it back into the wild. Jeffrey Spires, owner of Spires Trucking of South Florida in Miramar, Fla., said he thought his drivers were kidding when they called to report the damage. "Never in trucking history," he said.

    Leslie
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    Marathon Maniac #957

      Well Erika, it looks like you and I aren't the only arrogant and egotistical people here.
      Actually, I don't think anyone said that personalized license plates were arrogant and egotistical. Certainly I didn't mean to give that impression, if I did. I simply thought that "TRI JOCK" sounded arrogant and egotistical.

      Life is a headlong rush into the unknown. We can hunker down and hope nothing hits us or we can stand tall, lean into the wind and say, "Bring it on, darlin', and don't be stingy with the jalapenos."

        No, I think anybody with a vanity plate is arrogant and egotistical (says she while pondering what her vanity plate should say . . . . ) Big grin CATFREK CATLOVR PSYCHO MNOPASL hmmmmm . . . . . .

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        King of PhotoShop

          Actually, I don't think anyone said that personalized license plates were arrogant and egotistical. Certainly I didn't mean to give that impression, if I did. I simply thought that "TRI JOCK" sounded arrogant and egotistical.
          Holly, I knew what you meant. We all did. We were just having fun with vanity plates. No worries. Spareribs


          Hill Runner

            but people do put these personalized plates on to make a statement. Maybe it's not always the statement they had intended. Roll eyes
            Uh oh......

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              Peter - a cool plate on a mighty fine car! Eliz

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              King of PhotoShop

                Peter, how arrogant! (Cool car and plate. Breger?) Spareribs
                evanflein


                  Nice, Peter. And not only are my plates personalized Maniac plates, my license plate holder says "26.2" on the top, and "nothing else will do" on the bottom. Big grin


                  Marathon Maniac #957

                    No, I think anybody with a vanity plate is arrogant and egotistical (says she while pondering what her vanity plate should say . . . . ) Big grin CATFREK CATLOVR PSYCHO MNOPASL hmmmmm . . . . . .
                    Big grin Big grin

                    Life is a headlong rush into the unknown. We can hunker down and hope nothing hits us or we can stand tall, lean into the wind and say, "Bring it on, darlin', and don't be stingy with the jalapenos."

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