Jogeephus
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We've been thinning some timber along the river and one of the trucks broke down in the road late this afternoon. The straw boss takes a Cat 545 skidder down the county road to pull the truck out of the road. On a straight away a 90'ish chevy blazer driven by Jose something or other comes barrelling down the road with his cruise control on and - I assume - his eyes on his keypad and rams into the back of the skidder. Thankfully for Jose the knuckle was in its locked position so it swung with the momentum absorbing some of the energy of the collision. Thankfully only the vehicle was totalled and no one was injured. I told Jose that God undoubtedly had a purspose for his life cause by all rights he should be dead. As for the straw boss, just as we know the foundation of modern medicine is built on a large pile of corpses we now know that the impact of a blazer travelling at 65 mph hitting a skidder travelling 10 mph is similar to a bug hitting the window on your car. Maybe everyone learned something today. Till tomorrow! :tiphat:
