.. With a movie camera?
It was indeed worthy of 'Funniest Home Videos', and now that I am a couple of days past the actual event I even think it funny. For those who have not seen Jax, he is now a house dog/horse at 100# plus, who gets much less exercise than he would like. As we have squirrels and rabbits in the yard I seldom take him out without a leash. Thursday morning is trash day, and being the man of the house [I think Jax should take that over.] I needed to get the trash cans to the curb prior to the 6:50 AM trash pickup. The problems started the day before when I had gone through the front gate to the pool area and left the gate open a bit as I was planning to come back out that way and close it. For some reason I went out the back way and never did close the gate. Thursday morning I took Jax out, and we headed for the trash cans that are just inside the gate. Since the door was open several inches Jax went through the gate just about the time I had my hand on the handle to pull it open far enough so that I could enter. This would not have been a problem except for the rabbit in the pool area having its breakfast. Upon seeing said rabbit my calm house dog/horse became a single large muscle of rabbit starved action who was nothing but a blur of tail as he leapt into action. This should not have been a problem for anyone except for the rabbit. The difficulty came in that I was on the outside of a gate that opens out, and since I wrap the leash around my wrist [in case of squirrels when we walk] there was no way to let go of said leash as my arm was yanked straight out, with the rest of my body being hurled against the slightly open gate, slamming it closed. I guess I should be happy my face wasn't involved and the opening was slight enough that only the first half of my forearm got through before the gate slammed on it. I am also to be thought fortunate that after the gate slammed on my arm it only traveled about 5" before it stopped. The abrupt jerk pulled Jax nearly off his feet and my yell was loud and painful enough to make him forget about the rabbit and come back to see if his meal ticket was still alive. I think I got off pretty lucky, only losing a little blood and a relatively thin layer of skin, with only a slight gash from the middle of my forearm to my elbow. But why was no one there with a video camera? That could have been my big moment, and I could have used the $$ for medical care and repairs on my Benz. Some days I don't think it safe for me to be behind the wheel of a classic Mercedes. BillR Jacksonville FL 1981 300SD 289k miles, in the shop for a week getting a new right side ball joint and idler arm, AC compressor, rear door actuators, rf door handle and having various vacuum related issues addressed.
