Bronco owners salute...???

[DucksOff]

Is that a plastic model permanently on display?

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[DucksOff]

Yep some places are friendlier than others. We still acknowledge other folks when we meet, whether on a sidewalk or down a country road.

This makes a lot of sense, I think.

 

[DucksOff]

It depends on location. Over here, we have "free range state".....meaning animals have "right of way". Twisty road with limited visibility, cliff on one side, and the river on the other (no guard rails). There are cows, sheep, deer, elk, and many other smaller critters on the road (not to mention rocks/boulders after the rain). Locals know the time of the day (or night) when the animals are on the move, and either stay home at that time, or drive very carefully. Tourists however........a lot of them die on 93 every year or kill animals for which they are financially liable (when it comes to cows/sheep/horses). Flashing hi-beams means " slow down MF, you are about to be in trouble".

I whished I could predict the movement of deer...

 

[DucksOff]

I always give a quick flash of lights or a wave but rarely does anyone respond. People don’t seem to be into traditions any more

Hopefully, not on I93

 

[DucksOff]

The shocker

A lil'off color, huh...

 

[Danielsand]

A lot of people carry where I live and that does not prevent them from being neighborly. I am glad I do not have the same experience

You probably misunderstood this quote.

I was quoting Billy Bob Thornton from the series Landman (taking place in Midland County, TX). It describes pretty accurately the situation in Lemhi County, ID.

"Neighborly" is great when one has the neighbors. I guess we all do one way or the other, but my first "neighbor" is almost 2 miles away (his house is,....his land obviously borders mine), but behind my property are thousands (maybe more) acres of BLM land (no neighbors). In the front, there is a river, and the almost vertical mountain range (BLM too) across the river. Nobody to be "neighborly" with.

As far as population over here.....well, most "newcomers" (that moved here in the last 20+ years) are either retired L.E., or ret. military. The reason we gravitate toward places like this, is MINIMAL human contact, because we're all utterly disgusted with human behavior in general and have multitude of bad experiences with humans.

Oh,....and we all consider firearms to be "tools of the trade" (the trades that we practiced in the past), and we all have them.
So,...when you take in the account that we (former .gov) employees don't like people much, have tons of guns, suffer from all kinds of PTSD (short fused), etc. Thornton's line in Landman rings very true.

 

[DucksOff]

No. Why do so many people want the bronco to turn into a jeep? lol. no wave, no ducks. but that's just me.

I have not read anything in that direction.

 

[DucksOff]

You probably misunderstood this quote.

I was quoting Billy Bob Thornton from the series Landman (taking place in Midland County, TX). It describes pretty accurately the situation in Lemhi County, ID.

"Neighborly" is great when one has the neighbors. I guess we all do one way or the other, but my first "neighbor" is almost 2 miles away (his house is,....his land obviously borders mine), but behind my property are thousands (maybe more) acres of BLM land (no neighbors). In the front, there is a river, and the almost vertical mountain range (BLM too) across the river. Nobody to be "neighborly" with.

As far as population over here.....well, most "newcomers" (that moved here in the last 20+ years) are either retired L.E., or ret. military. The reason we gravitate toward places like this, is MINIMAL human contact, because we're all utterly disgusted with human behavior in general and have multitude of bad experiences with humans.

Oh,....and we all consider firearms to be "tools of the trade" (the trades that we practiced in the past), and we all have them.
So,...when you take in the account that we (former .gov) employees don't like people much, have tons of guns, suffer from all kinds of PTSD (short fused), etc. Thornton's line in Landman rings very true.

Guilty as charged, sorry.

 

[Danielsand]

I whished I could predict the movement of deer...

I have two herds of deer (population 37), and one herd of elk (population 24) on my property. They never leave the property because they have abundance of feed here (alfalfa and many other edible herbs) and they have unlimited supply of fresh water. In this area, deer goes to the river at the daybreak, and at dusk to drink and cool off (they rarely go to the river in the Winter). Since the almost vertical mountain range on the West side of the river is hard to traverse, they need to cross the highway from the East in order to get to the water. On my property they don't have to, because I have a stream that flows in the river through the culvert under the highway.

Elk, however, moves at ANY time of the night, and is very dangerous. During the day, both species are dormant and don't cross the highway. But,.........since there is a growing population of elderly people that can't properly maintain their fences (and help is very hard to find), loose cows, sheep, and horses can be on the highway any time of the day. Highway follows the river through the canyon, and one never knows what's behind the next curve (very limited visibility).

So, if you are insinuating that nobody can "predict movement of the deer",......you are wrong.

 

[JBlanco]

^^^Ditto^^^

As a motorcycle rider, and Bronco driver, see too many distracted electronic device operators out there for comfort. Next upgrade is the Loud-A$$ horn, like I had in the truck, to wake-up the texters when signal lights go green & they're still screen driving vs. vehicle driving. >.<

in 2005 I bought a large scooter and rode it from Miami to San Francisco and back. There is absolutely no way I would do anything even close to that nowadays. I don't even own a motorcycle anymore, I just buy convertibles now for the open road experience.

 

[JBlanco]

I've had a few Jeeps flip me off. Reminds me of when I had my Mitsubishi Evo....every kid in a WRX would flip me off. The Evo was tuned to the hilt and more often than not I'd swing a u-turn and blow their doors off, flipping them off as I passed. Childish - yes. Enjoyed - absolutely!

I had a woman in a Kia SUV flip me off, I wasn't even driving the Bronco! Maybe it was for something else...

 

[Danielsand]

I had a woman in a Kia SUV flip me off, I wasn't even driving the Bronco! Maybe it was for something else...

She was just trying to signal you what she's missing in her life.

 

[box986]

I do the peace sign for both the Bronco & the Sport (no need to leave them out of the Bronco love)

 

[ScLeCo]

the Sport (no need to leave them out of the Bronco love)

Don't engage with the riffraff.

 

[CarGuy]

Here's your salute

Mr. Bean must be from NJ

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