Many years ago during my old career I was working on patrol
for the Sheriff’s office. This would have been around 1977. We had a snow storm
(enough to close everything down) come through and of course we had to go out
in the stuff. Nobody else would be other than emergency folks and fools who had
to show their families they could drive in the snow.
I enjoyed fools. We would
happen up on them a ditch upright with little damage or, upside down with
injuries I don’t recall a fool related death on the roadway. These folks were hilarious telling us their stories
about what happened “I hit the brakes and kept sliding” – fool brakes will not
stop on ice. “I turned the wheels and I kept going straight into ditch” – fool where
you expected to end up on ice.
Kids on sleds were great. Back then we really didn’t have
that many fools so kids would find a hill on a roadway – Chapel Hill road was
good they had a great time. I don’t know how the emergency room made out on
those but, kids would be kids.
Today’s mess reminded me of one particular snow. The statute
of limitations is up. The game for the day was to find a rabbit or two killed
by a car not broken up enough to eat. Yes,
folks road kill for dinner. We set out on our hunt to round as many up as we
could. The road kill had to be legal. In other words we could not aim for the
desired food that was not sporting or fair to the rabbit and its family. Also, we would end up in a ditch with our
hood sight only on the rabbit.
We bundled up the kill of the day and took them to the old
jail. There the inmates cleaned them and prepared them for the end of watch
dinner. It was a great time. Those were good times. I know a lot of PETA folks
will be after my head but, that was many years ago and no animal was killed in
the making of this war story.
To you fools out there stay at home. Don't endanger my friends lives.
To the emergency folks and others out there today God bless
you. You take care of yourselves, and if you can get by with a road kill meal
it will make one of your best memories of your life.
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