Posted on 09/14/2012 8:41:31 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
Along Duluth roadside, road-striping crew delivers a final insult
At least one Howard Gnesen Road traveler said she wishes someone on the road crew had taken the time to clear the way before the striping truck came through this week.
At least one Howard Gnesen Road traveler said she wishes someone on the road crew had taken the time to clear the way before the striping truck came through this week.
Patty Donaldson of Gnesen Township said she’d seen the dead raccoon in the roadway near South Road, north of Arrowhead Road, since early this week. She said she’s been known to stop and gingerly pull a dead skunk off the road, but she didn’t dare stop at this spot so near a curve and with only a narrow shoulder to pull onto.
That would have been a good job for someone on a road crew with a pickup and flashing lights, she said.
“I’d think the foreman on that patrol should have looked through there for obstructions before they paint the road,” she said.
But no one moved the animal and the striping truck couldn’t be expected to stop mid-stripe. So now there’s a striped raccoon in the road.
Donaldson, 60, said she was disappointed to see it.
“We’re all God’s creatures,” she said. “For somebody to leave an animal lay like that and not move it over … we have to have some sensitivity in this world.”
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Gotta know, are you that sure it looks like a big skunk?
lol....that’s insulated. Must have never watched nature shows, either.
“Not in my job description.” - Every (union) worker polled about why they didn’t move the carcass prior to striping.
You got yer dead skunk in the middle of the road
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
Stinkin' to high heaven.
And, of course, if some motorist fails to see her car that's barely pulled over to the side and crashes into it, forcing the vehicle a few hundred feet, she could have two broken legs to snap her next picture with.
the only good coon is a dead one. Predators, disease carriers and all around uselss animal...
Removing dead animals isn’t the job of striping crews, it’s a sanitation job. Union work rules must be obeyed.
Dead skank in the middle of the road?
Doesn’t she look like *Kill Bill*...Daryl Hannah?
Scroll down under the story at the link. The recipes are a nice touch!
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