| Author | Message | ||
     Crusty |
Australian Cow In 1994, I went to Australia for a couple of months. My best friend Ron had come into an Insurance Settlement, and he bought me a round trip ticket and even a motorcycle for me to ride around on while I was there. After looking around at a few bikes, I wound up with a Yamaha XJ 900. It was pretty ratty, but I could clean it up pretty well. I got it looking so good that after I left to come back to the States, they sold it for more than it cost; and the guy who bought it thought he got one hell of a bargain. Helmets are mandatory in Australia, and I'd brought my trusty Bell open face helmet with me, as Ron had warned me that helmets are really expensive there, too. Anyway, after I’d been there a few weeks, we decided to ride up the coast to Cairns (It’s pronounced cans). Ron & Melia lived just above Byron Bay, which is the easternmost point of Australia, so it was roughly 2000 Kilometers each way. The weather was pretty close to Tropical at the house, (the ocean water felt like it was around 80 F), but as we traveled North, things got progressively more tropical. There were a lot of Cane fields, and we crossed the Tropic of Capricorn into the “Official” Tropical Zone. One morning, the three of us were cruising north when a Ute carrying a cow pulled out onto the highway ahead of us. (A Ute is a uniquely Australian vehicle. It’s a cross between a Pickup and a Flat Bed truck. Kinda like a flat bed with shallow sides). At that time, I was the lead bike of the three of us. After a couple of minutes, my face felt cool. When I looked ahead, I could see the cow standing in the back of the Ute, but the air behind it was very blurry. Realizing what was happening; I grabbed my brakes hard, and stopped so fast that my friends thought my bike died. I explained what the refreshing coolness was, and fortunately there was a petrol station/ Rest Area just ahead. We all pulled in and went into the Rest Rooms where we thoroughly washed our faces before continuing on our way. I wear a full face helmet now. | ||
| Blake |
Evaporative cow cooling. Eat a burger for dinner that day? | ||
| Hootowl |
Urine is sterile  | ||
| Aesquire |
But not odorless. And mostly sterile. High salt and acid kill off most stuff you might worry about. There are a few pathogens that can live in urine but generally it's a low hazard body fluid. Corrosive though. Cows really aren't that bad. Now if it had been sheep. ........um. best skip details on semi liquid super corrosive byproducts. 4H a century ago and I still remember fresh concrete turning to rubble in weeks. | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
Watched a couple in an MG convertible get a shower while overtaking the cattle truck in front of me once. I had to pull over til the tears of laughter stopped & I could drive again. | ||
| Blake |
It's the simple things. | ||
| Schwiiing |
Years ago, my wife and I were riding our bikes back from a movie. We decided to take the back roads for a nicer ride. The car in front of us hit a skunk, we rode thru the resulting spray - ick. Felt the cool on my face, then came the smell. Our leathers and the bikes reeked for weeks. |
