Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.nk.ca!rocksolid2!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Joy of this, Joy of that Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2024 21:18:55 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: References: <68718613-d60f-a88a-4191-404acc1ed82d@example.net> <3a416c2c-ac2e-686b-3357-8a12c8b29181@example.net> <068213f4-0fe4-4fe0-c912-60d5a8d89c54@example.net> <7cd4f2b3-e9d0-17df-56f5-855d7a5ebcaf@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="8323328-392410933-1733257137=:3169" Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="1129905"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:61633 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --8323328-392410933-1733257137=:3169 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Tue, 3 Dec 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 02/12/2024 20:38, D wrote: >> >> >> On Mon, 2 Dec 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >> >>> On 02/12/2024 14:06, D wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, 2 Dec 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 01/12/2024 20:40, rbowman wrote: >>>>>> On Sun, 1 Dec 2024 10:42:05 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> The only poison in them was lead pellets and you spit those out. >>>>>> >>>>>> https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/toxic-montana-lakes-kills- >>>>>> hundreds-and-maybe-thousands-snow-geese-180961356/ >>>>>> >>>>>> You wouldn't want to dine on one of those geese. >>>>> >>>>> I think the fact that they were dead floating on a lake might be a clue. >>>>> >>>>> In London a woman was seriously injured by a dead duck falling on her >>>>> head >>>>> >>>>> I was standing by my car one day when a pigeons fell out of the sky. It >>>>> wasn't dead, but when I came back it had died. >>>>> >>>>> One tends to avoid eating such. >>>>> >>>>> Rabbits that are dying from myxomatosis happen in some years, and >>>>> apparently the meat is edible, but not much eats it >>>>> >>>> >>>> What about roadkill? Did you ever try? >>> >>> Not bunnies >>> Eaten pheasant and deer >>> >>> Both V good >> >> I guess the trick is to find fresh roadkill. > > Well yes. Technically you should not collect anything you have killed, but if > the car in front hits it, it is, so to speak, 'fair game'... Touché! > Pheasant must be what the person who invented the phrase 'bird brained' had > in mind. > > They get bred in captivity and released in the autumn to get a bit leery and > them shot around Christmas time, so you get a flood of avian retards waddling > round the roads at this time of year. This is the truth! They were bred in captivity close to my country side house, and one day either the farm closed, the birds escaped, or both. So now there are "wild" pheasants running around there from time to time. I have thought about getting out the old longbow, since they are not shy at all. Maybe a project for next summer! > Of course they always take off at the last minute and hit the front grille or > valance. Pigeons make it to the windscreen.. > > I hit one once stopped but couldn't find it. Until 6 weeks later, when I was > cleaning the car... --8323328-392410933-1733257137=:3169--