WINTER DRIVING TIP ZZ9 PLURAL Z ALPHA

"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile) 12/31/2013 at 10:55 • Filed to: None

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Prevent cats from hiding under the hood of your car by keeping a dog there. Also, muffle excess engine noise with towels.

vdub_nut: scooter snob > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/31/2013 at 10:57

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And always keep a spare towel with you.

You know.... just in case.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > vdub_nut: scooter snob 12/31/2013 at 10:58

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P récisément.

ddavidn > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/31/2013 at 10:58

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Hey that's where I live!

William Byrd > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/31/2013 at 10:59

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You guys should compare notes. The canvas from this post could also work as a muffler and cat-keeper-outer.

http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/winter-driving…

Cajun Ginger > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/31/2013 at 10:59

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Dammit you beat me to this.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > ddavidn 12/31/2013 at 11:03

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So, like "beware of Doug" but "beware of Dave"?

Clown Shoe Pilot > ddavidn 12/31/2013 at 11:10

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Been down to the local galactic planning office lately?

(The younger crowd probably has no idea wtf we're talking about)

ddavidn > Clown Shoe Pilot 12/31/2013 at 11:24

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I qualify as the younger crowd, I think, but no, not for over a year... Are there some sort of plans on display there?

Sethersm > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/31/2013 at 11:31

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And if a cat does by some means get in there, DON'T PANIC!

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Clown Shoe Pilot 12/31/2013 at 11:38

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I'm assuming the accessibility of the local planning office is somewhat akin in an ironic way to a cabinet in a basement restroom with a sign up that says "beware of leopard"?

Swale > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/31/2013 at 11:48

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I keep seeing this damn cat in wheel well thing. Is actually a problem somewhere?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Swale 12/31/2013 at 11:55

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Ditzy people on facebook, etc. were mass sharing a warning about it, and being mocked - particularly this year. Apparently it does occur, but deciding one must "TELL THE WORLD" is ripe for amusement.

Swale > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/31/2013 at 12:01

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but wouldn't the engine turning over scare them off?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Swale 12/31/2013 at 12:05

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You'd think so, but apparently some cats are sound enough sleepers they don't wake up until it's too late, or if nesting on the engine, have no safe way out. Hence, cats under the hood/fender getting engine munched/rolled over. It's one of those things that probably almost never happens, but stories get spread that it happened to a brother's wife's half-sister's cousin, and it stays alive and gets passed on, because who wants to hurt the precious kitties, mirite? Remember, a popular/lurid urban legend doesn't necessarily have to be untrue to be an urban legend, just vanishingly uncommon/unlikely.

Fookin' Prawns > ddavidn 12/31/2013 at 13:15

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Apathetic bloody planet, I've no sympathy at all.

Fookin' Prawns > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/31/2013 at 13:16

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You sass that hoopy Ford Prefect? There's a frood who knows where his towel is.