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Bob Hoover wrote: Viola, spinning cat-bread generates a voltage. Jim --------------------------------------------- Dear Jim, You've confused the the aviation term with the French word. The proper spelling is 'wah-la' even though it is pronounced the same: However, when cats are involved, for correct usage the term is doubled, always followed by an automatic feline activity, and a geographic reference, e.g., "Walla Walla Wash and Kalamazoo!" Tis fast approaching the season to "Deck the Halls with Boston Charlie". |
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On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 22:28:22 +0000,
(Robert Bonomi) wrote: In article , Bob Hoover wrote: Viola, spinning cat-bread generates a voltage. Jim --------------------------------------------- Dear Jim, You've confused the the aviation term with the French word. The proper spelling is 'wah-la' even though it is pronounced the same: I always thought John Wayne said Wahhhh hahhhh Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member) (N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair) www.rogerhalstead.com However, when cats are involved, for correct usage the term is doubled, always followed by an automatic feline activity, and a geographic reference, e.g., "Walla Walla Wash and Kalamazoo!" Tis fast approaching the season to "Deck the Halls with Boston Charlie". |
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Also pernounced Wallah !!
Barnyard BOb - wrote: On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 10:58:34 -0800, Jim Weir wrote: It is also possible to use a cat as an emergency alternator/generator. It is a well known fact that a cat will always land feet-down. It is also true that a piece of buttered bread will land butter side down. Simply strap a piece of buttered bread to the cat's back, put a couple of magnets on the sides of the straps, and drop the cat into the center of a coil of wire. Viola, spinning cat-bread generates a voltage. Jim ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Viola 1. A stringed instrument of the violin family, slightly larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower, and having a deeper, more sonorous tone. 2. An organ stop usually of eight-foot or four-foot pitch yielding stringlike tones. -------------- Voila Used to call attention to or express satisfaction with a thing shown or accomplished Barnyard BOb - old phart ballbuster and pain in the ass g |
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![]() Barnyard BOb - wrote: On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 10:58:34 -0800, Jim Weir wrote: It is also possible to use a cat as an emergency alternator/generator. It is a well known fact that a cat will always land feet-down. It is also true that a piece of buttered bread will land butter side down. Simply strap a piece of buttered bread to the cat's back, put a couple of magnets on the sides of the straps, and drop the cat into the center of a coil of wire. Viola, spinning cat-bread generates a voltage. Jim ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Viola 1. A stringed instrument of the violin family, slightly larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower, and having a deeper, more sonorous tone. 2. An organ stop usually of eight-foot or four-foot pitch yielding stringlike tones. -------------- Voila Used to call attention to or express satisfaction with a thing shown or accomplished Barnyard BOb - old phart ballbuster and pain in the ass g --------------------- "Jerry J. Wass" wrote: Also pernounced Wallah !! Also PROnounced..... ' wa-la' Barnyard BOb -- |
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![]() Richard Bennett wrote: The Cat and Duck Method of Instrument Flying Here is the Duck method taken a step further.. http://centercomp.com/cgi-bin/dc3/gallery?14511 Dave |
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Dave S wrote in message link.net...
Richard Bennett wrote: The Cat and Duck Method of Instrument Flying Here is the Duck method taken a step further.. http://centercomp.com/cgi-bin/dc3/gallery?14511 Dave Wow Dave, I'm impressed. Bryan |
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