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Oddities
Oddity #1:
As we were driving in front of the church near our house on Saturday, I saw an older man mowing the lawn with a riding mower. The grounds of the church and the building itself are about four feet higher than the street; there's a steep little three-foot hill going up from the sidewalk. The angle is only slightly less steep than this: /.
The mower was down at the sidewalk, and was heading straight up the little hill. As I watched, the front wheels went up, left the ground, and the whole mower tipped over backwards with the man still stuck in the seat. The front was straight up in the air.
Teri was driving, so she pulled over and I hopped out. A car ahead of us did the same thing. Gasoline was rapidly leaking out of the engine and all over the man in the mower. Fortunately the engine was off.
The two of us held the mower while the old man rolled out from the seat, and then we pushed it back down onto its tires. The man was okay, although a little shook up.
Oddity #2:
This morning there was an absolutely huge slug next to our car in the driveway. It was about eight inches long and as thick as a cigar. Sebastian got scared, although I told him it didn't have any teeth and couldn't hurt him. Teri was grossed out too, so at their request I scooped the slug up with a piece of paper (which it didn't like; it hunched and twisted itself up), and took it out to some grass in the back yard.
As we were driving in front of the church near our house on Saturday, I saw an older man mowing the lawn with a riding mower. The grounds of the church and the building itself are about four feet higher than the street; there's a steep little three-foot hill going up from the sidewalk. The angle is only slightly less steep than this: /.
The mower was down at the sidewalk, and was heading straight up the little hill. As I watched, the front wheels went up, left the ground, and the whole mower tipped over backwards with the man still stuck in the seat. The front was straight up in the air.
Teri was driving, so she pulled over and I hopped out. A car ahead of us did the same thing. Gasoline was rapidly leaking out of the engine and all over the man in the mower. Fortunately the engine was off.
The two of us held the mower while the old man rolled out from the seat, and then we pushed it back down onto its tires. The man was okay, although a little shook up.
Oddity #2:
This morning there was an absolutely huge slug next to our car in the driveway. It was about eight inches long and as thick as a cigar. Sebastian got scared, although I told him it didn't have any teeth and couldn't hurt him. Teri was grossed out too, so at their request I scooped the slug up with a piece of paper (which it didn't like; it hunched and twisted itself up), and took it out to some grass in the back yard.
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Or would that of only made the situation worse?
;-)