thread or a suspense thread or anything of that nature. 
Maybe that's not why they call you that :shrug:dems4me said:
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kwillia said:Of course you did....
Here's the question.... maybe this long email just put her to sleep instead
Last night on my way home from work I was coming down route 5 about 6:30 at night and traffic was flying both directions northbound and southbound by the Brandywine 381 light (the insane double lights back to back) as I whizzed past I noticed a black and white cat just sitting their in the median and not going either way, just sitting there and staring at the traffic. I said “Dear Lord” to myself... and realized I couldn’t stop to help it it and prayed on it. Then as I was getting ready to make my left turn at the light to proceed onto 381. I then decided that maybe I could help the cat get off the median safely and maybe take it back home with me to get vetted and then put up found cat flyers, etc... as there is not any houses around – just woods.
I get to the light, determined to turn around and hurry up and help the cat before anything happens and then as soon as the tun signal light turns yellow, the car in front slams its breaks on. "Great!! I'm now stuck at the light - more time wasted", I'm thinking as I'm stuck and I think as I’m trying to turn aruond to now go northbound route 5 to get the cat off the median... and it just so happened I had leftover chicken from KFC dinner that I picked up and ate on my way home. I eventually got up to the cat and pulled over into the median..
The cat spotted me in the truck and looked frieghtened... I didn’t move because I didn’t want him to run out into the traffic so I waited until the traffic died down the best I could (i.e. all the cars getting stuck at a light further up the road). As soon as I opened my door carefully and said.. hey kitty!!! kitty!!! and went to toss a peice of chicken at him.... he darted into the road. A white car was flying (outrageously speeding) down the road and the cat ran right towards it and then I don’t know if it was a guardian angle, a 9 lives cat thing or what... but the cat ran towards the car... was running so fast it darted to the left and right in a blink of an eye and then did a backwards flip avoiding this car. The acrobatic moves worked for the cat and it ran off into the woods.
What should I have done? Should I have tried to get the cops involved to stop traffic to help the cat safely out of the median? I just feel terrible... the cat could have been killed because of me.
What do you do in a situation like that... Sometimes animals can sense animal lovers and I thought maybe I could help it as I work really well with animals. I didn’t want to post this because I was worried would pass judgement and I’ve felt bad about this all night and day and keep having flashbacks of that poor cat almost getting hit. It was like a nightmare where ya’ yelll NOOOOO!!!! while watching. It just happened so quick and the cat did survive but what could I have done different that would have helped the cat?
kwillia
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This was worth the wait...dems4me said:
Here's the question.... maybe this long email just put her to sleep instead
Last night on my way home from work I was coming down route 5 about 6:30 at night and traffic was flying both directions northbound and southbound by the Brandywine 381 light (the insane double lights back to back) as I whizzed past I noticed a black and white cat just sitting their in the median and not going either way, just sitting there and staring at the traffic. I said “Dear Lord” to myself... and realized I couldn’t stop to help it it and prayed on it. Then as I was getting ready to make my left turn at the light to proceed onto 381. I then decided that maybe I could help the cat get off the median safely and maybe take it back home with me to get vetted and then put up found cat flyers, etc... as there is not any houses around – just woods.
I get to the light, determined to turn around and hurry up and help the cat before anything happens and then as soon as the tun signal light turns yellow, the car in front slams its breaks on. "Great!! I'm now stuck at the light - more time wasted", I'm thinking as I'm stuck and I think as I’m trying to turn aruond to now go northbound route 5 to get the cat off the median... and it just so happened I had leftover chicken from KFC dinner that I picked up and ate on my way home. I eventually got up to the cat and pulled over into the median..
The cat spotted me in the truck and looked frieghtened... I didn’t move because I didn’t want him to run out into the traffic so I waited until the traffic died down the best I could (i.e. all the cars getting stuck at a light further up the road). As soon as I opened my door carefully and said.. hey kitty!!! kitty!!! and went to toss a peice of chicken at him.... he darted into the road. A white car was flying (outrageously speeding) down the road and the cat ran right towards it and then I don’t know if it was a guardian angle, a 9 lives cat thing or what... but the cat ran towards the car... was running so fast it darted to the left and right in a blink of an eye and then did a backwards flip avoiding this car. The acrobatic moves worked for the cat and it ran off into the woods.
What should I have done? Should I have tried to get the cops involved to stop traffic to help the cat safely out of the median? I just feel terrible... the cat could have been killed because of me.
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vraiblonde said:
Its not like I sit around here breaking wind or anything :shrug:
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kwillia said:This was worth the wait...
Thanks for your suggestion...
Chasey_Lane
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Dems, first of all, what "median" are you talking about? I know that area and light, and I don't recall a "median" anywhere. There is a tattoo parlor and convenience store on the corner of 381 & Route 5. 
kwillia
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dems, you obviously already know that thinking you could cozy up to a strange cat in a median was not the brightest thing to do...you pretty much stated that yourself twice. To answer your question... I think what you could of done different was to leave the cat be and thereby giving him one less distraction so that he could attempt to cross the road when he was good and ready rather than what some strange woman started throwing chicken at him.dems4me said:I just feel terrible... the cat could have been killed because of me.
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kwillia said:
I never got a chance to get the chicken out the door before he bolted. I couldn't just leave him there though.
I would have never forgave myself and would have felt like crap... kind of like some folks stop to help turtles cross the road some don't... I opt to help them. I wasn't 100% sure it was a stray so I thought I'd take my chances - I couldn't bear the thought that maybe it was some family's pet and they were oblivious and watching tv while their dear family member is stuck on a median. It could have been a friendly cat and happy someone stopped to help it. Hello6, there is a grass median between northbound and southbound route 5, the roads do not run smack up against each other and there's no jersey wall, I think its just not very conspicious because there's no trees and wildflower display, etc... just grass and dirt. What would you have done? Not know what the end result was, but if it was you and you drove past?
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Bogart
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I was just wondering how this was vrail's area of expertise.dems4me said:
Here's the question.... maybe this long email just put her to sleep instead
Last night on my way home from work I was coming down route 5 about 6:30 at night and traffic was flying both directions northbound and southbound by the Brandywine 381 light (the insane double lights back to back) as I whizzed past I noticed a black and white cat just sitting their in the median and not going either way, just sitting there and staring at the traffic. I said “Dear Lord” to myself... and realized I couldn’t stop to help it it and prayed on it. Then as I was getting ready to make my left turn at the light to proceed onto 381. I then decided that maybe I could help the cat get off the median safely and maybe take it back home with me to get vetted and then put up found cat flyers, etc... as there is not any houses around – just woods.
I get to the light, determined to turn around and hurry up and help the cat before anything happens and then as soon as the tun signal light turns yellow, the car in front slams its breaks on. "Great!! I'm now stuck at the light - more time wasted", I'm thinking as I'm stuck and I think as I’m trying to turn aruond to now go northbound route 5 to get the cat off the median... and it just so happened I had leftover chicken from KFC dinner that I picked up and ate on my way home. I eventually got up to the cat and pulled over into the median..
The cat spotted me in the truck and looked frieghtened... I didn’t move because I didn’t want him to run out into the traffic so I waited until the traffic died down the best I could (i.e. all the cars getting stuck at a light further up the road). As soon as I opened my door carefully and said.. hey kitty!!! kitty!!! and went to toss a peice of chicken at him.... he darted into the road. A white car was flying (outrageously speeding) down the road and the cat ran right towards it and then I don’t know if it was a guardian angle, a 9 lives cat thing or what... but the cat ran towards the car... was running so fast it darted to the left and right in a blink of an eye and then did a backwards flip avoiding this car. The acrobatic moves worked for the cat and it ran off into the woods.
What should I have done? Should I have tried to get the cops involved to stop traffic to help the cat safely out of the median? I just feel terrible... the cat could have been killed because of me.
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Bogart said:I was just wondering how this was vrail's area of expertise.
I was asking her what kind of forum rules the animal forums had -- if they were fair game for belittling someone of if they were hands off like the religious forum. I didn't want to be berated for this. I feel badly enough the cat could have gotten hurt or killed.
kwillia
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dems, being the wonder that you are with animals, I'm sure you know it is perfectly natural for a cat, be it a stray or be it someone's beloved pet, to bolt when confronted. You drove it into traffic.
As for the turtle, if you safely pull over to the side of the road to move a turtle, so be it. A turtle is much slower than you, speed-wise.
As for the turtle, if you safely pull over to the side of the road to move a turtle, so be it. A turtle is much slower than you, speed-wise.
Bogart
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Well my take is that an animal trapped on a five foot strip of dirt between lines of speeding traffic will be frightened, and when one of these scary things starts stalking it flight will probably be the first reaction. Next time be humane and just shoot it.dems4me said:I was asking her what kind of forum rules the animal forums had -- if they were fair game for belittling someone of if they were hands off like the religious forum. I didn't want to be berated for this. I feel badly enough the cat could have gotten hurt or killed.
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kwillia said:
Sometimes cats come to me... cats don't always bolt for strangers, some come up because they are hungry and want to be pet and loved :shrug:
I feel badly because when I was a kid I witnessed my puppy get killed in a very similar way. It was chasing our older dog that found a hole under the fence... the older dog saw me and knew it was in trouble... out into the middle of the road it went after seeing me and the puppy followed - and SMACK. My puppy was runned over and died in my arms in the person's van that ran over my puppy enroute to the vets. I feel badly about the cat situation too and that's why I didn't want the harsh criticism or anything. I love animals and I'd never deliberatly set out to hurt any of them. I was trying to help it and wanted to know what I should have done differently - I could have helped it, left it alone and always wondered about it, passed by it dead on the road the next day on my way home and then feeling bad I didn't stop, or I could have just been callous and not have even noticed it stressing in the meadian. Should I have gotten a cop involved that was parked at the tattoo place doing radar, etc???
And be sure to come back and tell us how it went.
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No one has answered what they would have done differently... just condemnation.. :shrug:
BTW thanks for the red - whoever...
Hey Vrai??? 04-15-2005 12:58 PM please dont waste my taxes on cops rescuing cats
BTW thanks for the red - whoever...
Hey Vrai??? 04-15-2005 12:58 PM please dont waste my taxes on cops rescuing cats