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"Mysterious Phenomenon Kills Millions Each Year"


http://www.theonion.com/content/node/50901

On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 15:30:53 -0400, FlipSide wrote in
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"Mysterious Phenomenon Kills Millions Each Year"


http://www.theonion.com/content/node/50901

"Howard R. Trojanowski, a Pierre-bound, 2-year-old field sparrow
who had been licensed to fly since two weeks after he was hatched
and had logged over 60,000 flying hours, departed from a ledge
near Sioux Falls Regional Airport at 11:04 a.m. CST. Trojanowski
never reached his intended tree branch, instead striking a
tempered-glass picture window 2.5 miles northwest of Mitchell 74
minutes after takeoff at an estimated speed of 39 mph."

Pleeezze. This attempt at humor is appropriate for Mr. Rogers or Cpt.
Kangaroo.

See Larry, it works!! "No child left behind"
:-))
DH
"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
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On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 15:30:53 -0400, FlipSide wrote in
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"Mysterious Phenomenon Kills Millions Each Year"


http://www.theonion.com/content/node/50901

"Howard R. Trojanowski, a Pierre-bound, 2-year-old field sparrow
who had been licensed to fly since two weeks after he was hatched
and had logged over 60,000 flying hours, departed from a ledge
near Sioux Falls Regional Airport at 11:04 a.m. CST. Trojanowski
never reached his intended tree branch, instead striking a
tempered-glass picture window 2.5 miles northwest of Mitchell 74
minutes after takeoff at an estimated speed of 39 mph."

Pleeezze. This attempt at humor is appropriate for Mr. Rogers or Cpt.
Kangaroo.

On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 19:45:23 GMT, Larry Dighera
wrote:

On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 15:30:53 -0400, FlipSide wrote in
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"Mysterious Phenomenon Kills Millions Each Year"


http://www.theonion.com/content/node/50901

"Howard R. Trojanowski, a Pierre-bound, 2-year-old field sparrow
who had been licensed to fly since two weeks after he was hatched
and had logged over 60,000 flying hours, departed from a ledge
near Sioux Falls Regional Airport at 11:04 a.m. CST. Trojanowski
never reached his intended tree branch, instead striking a
tempered-glass picture window 2.5 miles northwest of Mitchell 74
minutes after takeoff at an estimated speed of 39 mph."

Pleeezze. This attempt at humor is appropriate for Mr. Rogers or Cpt.
Kangaroo.

Whatever.

Larry Dighera wrote:
Pleeezze. This attempt at humor is appropriate for Mr. Rogers or Cpt.
Kangaroo.

Seems more along the lines of Soupy Sales or maybe Steve Allen. Anyway, I
found it amusing.

Larry Dighera wrote:

Pleeezze. This attempt at humor is appropriate for Mr. Rogers or Cpt.
Kangaroo.


Sometimes I don't know which is funnier: the Onion, or people who don't
realize the Onion is satire.

On 25 Jul 2006 16:32:50 -0700, "Brad" wrote in
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Larry Dighera wrote:

Pleeezze. This attempt at humor is appropriate for Mr. Rogers or Cpt.
Kangaroo.


Sometimes I don't know which is funnier: the Onion, or people who don't
realize the Onion is satire.


Silly me, I thought it was supposed to be entertaining, instead of
insipidly banal. I guess humor is like beauty...

On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 19:45:23 GMT, Larry Dighera
wrote:
"Howard R. Trojanowski, a Pierre-bound, 2-year-old field sparrow
who had been licensed to fly since two weeks after he was hatched
and had logged over 60,000 flying hours, departed from a ledge
near Sioux Falls Regional Airport at 11:04 a.m. CST. Trojanowski
never reached his intended tree branch, instead striking a
tempered-glass picture window 2.5 miles northwest of Mitchell 74
minutes after takeoff at an estimated speed of 39 mph."

Pleeezze. This attempt at humor is appropriate for Mr. Rogers or Cpt.
Kangaroo.

If they're going to do satire, at least they could get the hours
right... It's physically impossible to do 60,000 hours in 2 years
since there are only 17,520 hours in 2 years... Minus the first 2
weeks and thus the maxium is 17,184 hours... Damn news media can't get
anything right with respect to aviation... grin

It could as easily been a mid air collision with a hawk's
landing gear. Two years is a long time for a wild bird,
most live a single season and breed once.


"Grumman-581" wrote
in message
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| On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 19:45:23 GMT, Larry Dighera

| wrote:
| "Howard R. Trojanowski, a Pierre-bound, 2-year-old
field sparrow
| who had been licensed to fly since two weeks after
he was hatched
| and had logged over 60,000 flying hours, departed
from a ledge
| near Sioux Falls Regional Airport at 11:04 a.m. CST.
Trojanowski
| never reached his intended tree branch, instead
striking a
| tempered-glass picture window 2.5 miles northwest of
Mitchell 74
| minutes after takeoff at an estimated speed of 39
mph."
|
| Pleeezze. This attempt at humor is appropriate for Mr.
Rogers or Cpt.
| Kangaroo.
|
| If they're going to do satire, at least they could get the
hours
| right... It's physically impossible to do 60,000 hours in
2 years
| since there are only 17,520 hours in 2 years... Minus the
first 2
| weeks and thus the maxium is 17,184 hours... Damn news
media can't get
| anything right with respect to aviation... grin

"Jim Macklin" wrote in message
news:yUZxg.84299$ZW3.61152@dukeread04...
It could as easily been a mid air collision with a hawk's
landing gear. Two years is a long time for a wild bird,
most live a single season and breed once.

If your accuracy above is typical of your aviation related posts,
your credibility is sagging badly. Do you check things before you make broad
statements like that?

Here's a short list of a few North American wild birds:

Species Common Age
Number Name Yrs-Mos

3930 Hairy Woodpecker 15-11
3940 Downy Woodpecker 11-11
3950 Red-cockaded Woodpecker 16-01
3960 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 4-06
4020 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 6-09
4040 Williamson's Sapsucker 4-00
4050 Pileated Woodpecker 12-11
4060 Red-headed Woodpecker 9-11
4070 Acorn Woodpecker 9-06
4090 Red-bellied Woodpecker 12-01


You can find more at:
http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/BBL/homepage/longvlst.htm

The mated pair of Mockingbirds nesting in my acacia are back for their
eighth year.

The Artic Tern has an average life span exceeding thirty years.