What Did You Do With Your Kizashi Today?

[Sluggo]

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Out ran an Alien Spacecraft !!!

[paininthenuts]

Cleaned off another load of bird shit. I am a great animal lover, to the point I don't eat meat. Believe me, for a British truck driver that is very unusual. However, if I see another bird do that on my car again, it's going to end up in a pie

[KuroNekko]

I am a great animal lover, to the point I don't eat meat.

Interesting. That makes two of us. I even deliberately sought out cloth seats over leather for this reason. However, I'm not a British truck driver.
On bird shit: I have simply come to just accept bird shit as a part of car ownership. It's inevitable as my Kizashi is parked under a tree at home that's popular with the birds. I know bird shit can be detrimental to a car's finish, but it'll rain or I'll spot treat it before I can get around to washing the entire car.

Interestingly, in Japan, bird shit is actually a symbol of luck on a new car. It stems from the rather similar pronunciation of both the word "luck" and "turd" in Japanese.
Lucky shit, anyone?

[SamirD]

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Out ran an Alien Spacecraft !!!

Awesome! Where did you find that?

[SamirD]

Interestingly, in Japan, bird shit is actually a symbol of luck on a new car. It stems from the rather similar pronunciation of both the word "luck" and "turd" in Japanese.
Lucky shit, anyone?

Kinda like how wasp hives at the entrance door are good luck in Gujarati culture. All good unless you're deadly allergic to them. I would wait 30 minutes to find an 'opportune' time to ring the doorbell and go inside every day after school. I can't believe how stressful that was for a 3rd grader!

[KuroNekko]

Interestingly, in Japan, bird shit is actually a symbol of luck on a new car. It stems from the rather similar pronunciation of both the word "luck" and "turd" in Japanese.
Lucky shit, anyone?

Kinda like how wasp hives at the entrance door are good luck in Gujarati culture. All good unless you're deadly allergic to them. I would wait 30 minutes to find an 'opportune' time to ring the doorbell and go inside every day after school. I can't believe how stressful that was for a 3rd grader!

Is there a reason why wasp nests are good luck with Gujarati culture?
I have a cousin who is deathly allergic to even honey bees. He has to carry an EpiPen with him in case he gets stung as he can die from even a single sting. He says to imagine sharks flying around you and that's like what bees are to him.

[paininthenuts]

I am a great animal lover, to the point I don't eat meat.

Interesting. That makes two of us. I even deliberately sought out cloth seats over leather for this reason. However, I'm not a British truck driver.
On bird shit: I have simply come to just accept bird shit as a part of car ownership. It's inevitable as my Kizashi is parked under a tree at home that's popular with the birds. I know bird shit can be detrimental to a car's finish, but it'll rain or I'll spot treat it before I can get around to washing the entire car.

Interestingly, in Japan, bird shit is actually a symbol of luck on a new car. It stems from the rather similar pronunciation of both the word "luck" and "turd" in Japanese.
Lucky shit, anyone?

Interesting, we are both vegis (me for 50 years) both have a JRT, and both own a Kizi. This is far to spooky

[KuroNekko]

I am a great animal lover, to the point I don't eat meat.

Interesting. That makes two of us. I even deliberately sought out cloth seats over leather for this reason. However, I'm not a British truck driver.
On bird shit: I have simply come to just accept bird shit as a part of car ownership. It's inevitable as my Kizashi is parked under a tree at home that's popular with the birds. I know bird shit can be detrimental to a car's finish, but it'll rain or I'll spot treat it before I can get around to washing the entire car.

Interestingly, in Japan, bird shit is actually a symbol of luck on a new car. It stems from the rather similar pronunciation of both the word "luck" and "turd" in Japanese.
Lucky shit, anyone?

Interesting, we are both vegis (me for 50 years) both have a JRT, and both own a Kizi. This is far to spooky

Look in the mirror. I am there... standing behind your shoulder.
Feel the chill?

[SamirD]

Interestingly, in Japan, bird shit is actually a symbol of luck on a new car. It stems from the rather similar pronunciation of both the word "luck" and "turd" in Japanese.
Lucky shit, anyone?

Kinda like how wasp hives at the entrance door are good luck in Gujarati culture. All good unless you're deadly allergic to them. I would wait 30 minutes to find an 'opportune' time to ring the doorbell and go inside every day after school. I can't believe how stressful that was for a 3rd grader!

Is there a reason why wasp nests are good luck with Gujarati culture?
I have a cousin who is deathly allergic to even honey bees. He has to carry an EpiPen with him in case he gets stung as he can die from even a single sting. He says to imagine sharks flying around you and that's like what bees are to him.

That's a good question. And I'm sure that even my parents won't know the answer as it's been something handed down for millenia. Kinda like the 'burned cotton' technique for healing deep wounds. You burn a cotton ball and apply it directly to the would (no matter how deep) just after its completely charred and has stopped burning. Cover it with a bandaid and in a few days it's healing. I asked my mom where she learned that and she said her mom taught her.

I had a honey bee sting me once on the bottom of my foot after I accidentally stepped on it. It formed a welt on the bottom of my foot that had to be cut and drained two months later.

At my old place in HSV, I had two huge dogwood trees that bloomed like crazy during spring. And during spring, there were enough bees, wasps, and bumblebees flying around the trees to see them 10 feet away. And I parked my car outside in the driveway. Any time I had to go through this it was exactly like the 'sharks flying around you' feeling.

I actually would use the Indian Jones Last Crusade 'penitent man' chant that Indy used when going to get the Holy Grail to slowly make my way past the swarm. I would focus on the car, walk slowly, breathe slowly, hearing them buzzing oh so near to me, sometimes sounding like they're in my ear. And then once I got in my car I had to rest from the stress episode before going on my way. Many times I didn't go anywhere until well after dark just to avoid the stress.

[SamirD]

Interesting, we are both vegis (me for 50 years) both have a JRT, and both own a Kizi. This is far to spooky

I'm sure there is some psychological co-relation between the type of person someone is and the type of car they drive. It's why people with similar cars get along so well.

I've always wanted to write for a grant to fund some research to find out the real theories and truth behind this.