FLCC> Pigeon vs FA-18 Hornet

Tue Mar 18 21:50:11 EDT 2008

Jack, maybe you should consider writing for the ithaca
Journal. Wayne
--- Jack Rueckheim <jrueckheim at frontiernet.net> wrote:

> Eric,
> 
> That's right, I can't maintain 90 km/h on my own. 
> This is why I'm going to
> hatch an idea to arrange a WANTED interaction with a
> neighboring vehicle,
> one going the same way as me on ringwood.  Maybe its
> a featherbrained idea,
> but I've been brooding about it for a while and I
> think it can separate me
> from the flock.  I just need to find a driver who
> will come through in the
> clutch.  I tried to enlist the Asian guy who lives
> at the bottom of
> Ringwood, but he speaks only pidgin English.  If
> this is successful, we
> won't have to squabble over who is the fastest. 
> This idea dovetails with my
> plan to someday win a brown birkie.  If I can pull
> this off, it would be a
> real coo, and I can defecate all over my Statue of
> Limitations.
> 
> Jack
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: flcc-bounces at icycle.org
> [mailto:flcc-bounces at icycle.org]On Behalf
> Of eric smith
> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 5:21 PM
> To: jer45 at twcny.rr.com
> Cc: 'FLCC'
> Subject: Re: FLCC> Pigeon vs FA-18 Hornet
> 
> 
> Hi Jack,
> 
> But unlike the pigeon, you probably can't hang onto
> a 90 km/h (Mach .07)
> forward pace for an hour in the absence of unwanted
> interactions with
> neighboring vehicles.
> 
> Eric
> 
> Jack Rueckheim wrote:
> > On many Tuesday nights I've felt like I was at
> mach 1.3 on Ringwood Road.
> > But, just like the pigeon, it was in reverse.
> >
> > J.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: flcc-bounces at icycle.org
> [mailto:flcc-bounces at icycle.org] On Behalf
> Of
> > Mark Rishniw
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 10:33 AM
> > To: 'FLCC'
> > Subject: Re: FLCC> Pigeon vs FA-18 Hornet
> >
> > It's the drugs talkin', man... it's the drugs...
> >
> > Twisties are cheezy snacks :
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twisties
> > (I didn't even realize that connection)
> >
> > I was trying to point out that with a little
> dedication and committment, a
> > pigeon can achieve a Mach 1.3 velocity!
> >
> > Twinkie (or is that Twistie?).
> >
> > At 11:16 PM 3/17/2008, Wayne Gottlieb wrote:
> >> That's not it at all.  Mark is hoping someone
> will send him a box of
> >> twisties.  Wayne
> >> --- "M. E. McPhee" <mem247 at cornell.edu> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Though I don't know Mark, I think the connection
> is obvious.
> >>> I just wonder who in the club he thinks is the
> Hornet and who is the
> >>> pigeon.
> >>>
> >>> Misty
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
>
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>> M. Elsbeth (Misty) McPhee
> >>> Cornell University
> >>> 223 Uris Hall
> >>> Ithaca, NY 14853
> >>> http://people.psych.cornell.edu/~mem247/
> >>>
> >>
>
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> >>> On Mar 17, 2008, at 5:55 PM, Jack Rueckheim
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I'm wondering if Mark sent this to the wrong
> list
> >>> serve.  I've been
> >>>> pondering it for a half hour, looking for
> obvious
> >>> connections to
> >>>> cycling, which is (supposedly) what this list
> >>> serve is about, other
> >>>> than cheese (for a while I thought it was the
> >>> Finger Lakes Cheese
> >>>> Club).
> >>>>
> >>>> Seeing no obvious points of relevance,  I can
> only
> >>> guess:
> >>>>     Twisties must be kind if like Twinkies,
> which
> >>> have infrequently
> >>>> been seen on bikes.
> >>>> That's it--the only leap I can make.  Though I
> bet
> >>> someone else can
> >>>> add to it.
> >>>>
> >>>> Jack
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: flcc-bounces at icycle.org
> >>> [mailto:flcc-bounces at icycle.org]On
> >>>> Behalf Of Mark Rishniw
> >>>> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 5:04 PM
> >>>> To: FLCC
> >>>> Subject: FLCC> Pigeon vs FA-18 Hornet
> >>>>
> >>>> Mortal enemies - who wins the battle of pigeon
> vs
> >>> fighter plane?
> >>
>
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/03/17/1205602287680.html
> >>>>
> >>>> Mark Rishniw
> >>>>
> >>>> Good health is merely the slowest possible rate
> at
> >>> which one can die.
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