[TR] Critters - revisited

[spook01]

hmmmm.  now we know why they banned fox hunting in the UK.  no room for 
horses thundering through the garage!  and, how loud is that hunting horn 
when you are under the car!  ;-)
Best,
Ray



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Macartney" <macartney.john at yahoo.co.uk>
To: "Triumph List" <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 10:01 AM
Subject: [TR] Critters - revisited


> This subject comes up from time to time, so I thought I'd offer the latest 
> for
> review.
> Spent some time talking to a group of people yesterday on the subject
> of "Urban Phenomena" - in this case, animals. In the UK, we are seeing a
> substantial increase in wild animals moving into urban communities and 
> living
> happily alongside human beings. Badgers and foxes are typical examples.
> One of
> the people in the group told the rest of us he'd finished a 6 year long
> restoration of a 3A and took it on its first trip to visit his brother. 
> The
> car was left overnight in the brother's carport and as the evening drew 
> on,
> the family watched the antics of some fox cubs playing near the garage on 
> the
> lawn.
> Next morning, as the 3A was reversed out to return to its new home, all
> of a sudden - no brakes! Urgent investigation as to the reasons why, 
> revealed
> tiny and very sharp teeth had knawed both front hydraulic pipes - and
> identities of the culprits was confirmed pretty well immediately by what 
> was
> left under the car - apart from the fluid on the concrete. Clearly, Dot 4
> hydraulic fluid acts as a most effective laxative for fox cubs!
>
> Jonmac
>
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