December 15, 2006: Reindeer race - Page 2

xoxoxoBruce · 12-15-2006, 07:56 PM

I think that truck is carrying a machine to groom ski slopes. Maybe they use Reindeer to keep the slopes from overgrowing in the off season.

tw · 12-15-2006, 09:40 PM

Is the picture photoshopped? Well there is a photographer behind that camera and he is not running for his life.

SPUCK · 12-16-2006, 04:57 AM

LOL!

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Additionally, I don't think it's a reindeer race, per se, just a truck that some reindeer happened to be in front of.

and then under...

pdaoust · 12-16-2006, 11:51 AM

dang! I saw this somewhere! Actually, I thought I'd seen it on IOTD a few days ago, but apparently not. I must have seen it in meatspace, in a local newspaper, but I can't seem to find it. Anyway, the story is that the reindeer just happened to get in the way of the truck, which is carrying snow grading equipment. (Being a Canuck I can tell you they'd probably just use that equipment on roads, not ski hills.)

xoxoxoBruce · 12-16-2006, 02:07 PM

I doubt if any equipment big enough to clear roads, would fit in that dump truck and be light enough to load/unload. Maybe parking lots.

Pretty healthy looking reindeer compared with real working stock, like Manny, Moe and Jack.

steppana · 12-17-2006, 12:33 AM

The photo with the truck was taken with a long telephoto lens which is why the truck and reindeer seem so close to the photographer as well as to each other. In reality, there was more than likely at least half a mile separating them.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-17-2006, 01:12 AM

Welcome to the Cellar, steppana.

Yes, it had to be a long less. If the photographer was as close as it first appears, the Reindeer would be veering off to the left or right.

pdaoust · 12-17-2006, 01:08 PM

You're probably right, xxoxoBruce. I've seen those little tractors being rented for Wal-Mart parking lots. The graders they use on the streets are these huge monsters that are about as big as the the truck in the photo. And their buckets are full of sand.

CaliforniaMama · 12-19-2006, 01:56 AM

On Dasher, on Prancer, on Comet and Vixen . . .

12-15-2006, 07:56 PM	#16
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I think that truck is carrying a machine to groom ski slopes. Maybe they use Reindeer to keep the slopes from overgrowing in the off season. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-16-2006, 02:07 PM	#20
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I doubt if any equipment big enough to clear roads, would fit in that dump truck and be light enough to load/unload. Maybe parking lots. Pretty healthy looking reindeer compared with real working stock, like Manny, Moe and Jack. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 04-07-2007 at 05:48 PM.

12-17-2006, 01:12 AM	#22
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Welcome to the Cellar, steppana. Yes, it had to be a long less. If the photographer was as close as it first appears, the Reindeer would be veering off to the left or right. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-19-2006, 01:56 AM	#24
CaliforniaMama I wonder . . . Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The Left Coast, a pretty good place to be. Posts: 1,278	On Dasher, on Prancer, on Comet and Vixen . . . __________________ Take time for silence. You never know what you might hear.

12-15-2006, 09:40 PM	#17
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	Is the picture photoshopped? Well there is a photographer behind that camera and he is not running for his life.

12-16-2006, 11:51 AM	#19
pdaoust Antagonistic Antagonist Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 22	dang! I saw this somewhere! Actually, I thought I'd seen it on IOTD a few days ago, but apparently not. I must have seen it in meatspace, in a local newspaper, but I can't seem to find it. Anyway, the story is that the reindeer just happened to get in the way of the truck, which is carrying snow grading equipment. (Being a Canuck I can tell you they'd probably just use that equipment on roads, not ski hills.)

12-17-2006, 12:33 AM	#21
steppana Spelling phreek Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Uusimaa, southern Finland Posts: 10	The photo with the truck was taken with a long telephoto lens which is why the truck and reindeer seem so close to the photographer as well as to each other. In reality, there was more than likely at least half a mile separating them.

12-17-2006, 01:08 PM	#23
pdaoust Antagonistic Antagonist Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 22	You're probably right, xxoxoBruce. I've seen those little tractors being rented for Wal-Mart parking lots. The graders they use on the streets are these huge monsters that are about as big as the the truck in the photo. And their buckets are full of sand.

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