Vega as ballistic missile?

Damon Hill wrote:
"Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)" wrote:

But the reality is, North Dakota doesn't exist ...

I beg to differ. I spent the night in Bismark, ND in early November
of 1992. Apart from that, North Dakota along the stretch of Interstate
94 I traveled from west to east ...

Along that stretch I saw my first wild turkeys. I've since seen them in
several other states. They almost looked like emu with short legs at
first glance. ;^)

Along that stretch I also saw my first mule deer. Much bigger than the
white tails that live around me in Illinois.

I once knew a person online who claimed to be from North Dakota ...

That was the movie "Fargo". He was an actor. ;^)

Somewhere along the I-94 in a fairly flat region there's a sign that
says "Continental Divide". Was it in ND or MN? It took me a while to
figure out that it led to the north coast not the east or west coasts.

"Doug Freyburger" wrote in message
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Damon Hill wrote:
"Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)" wrote:

But the reality is, North Dakota doesn't exist ...

I beg to differ. I spent the night in Bismark, ND in early November
of 1992. Apart from that, North Dakota along the stretch of Interstate
94 I traveled from west to east ...

Along that stretch I saw my first wild turkeys. I've since seen them in
several other states. They almost looked like emu with short legs at
first glance. ;^)

I was hiking once, early spring and kept hearing what sounded like small
puppies or something.

Finally was able to pick out some young turkeys in the brush. Very weird
sound.


--
Greg Moore
Ask me about lily, an RPI based CMC.

Doug Freyburger wrote:
Along that stretch I saw my first wild turkeys. I've since seen them in
several other states. They almost looked like emu with short legs at
first glance. ;^)

Those would be the females, which are becoming increasingly common
around here.
I don't know if they are still doing it, but several years back some
farmers were actually raising emus in the state.


Along that stretch I also saw my first mule deer. Much bigger than the
white tails that live around me in Illinois.

I once knew a person online who claimed to be from North Dakota ...

That was the movie "Fargo". He was an actor. ;^)

Somewhere along the I-94 in a fairly flat region there's a sign that
says "Continental Divide". Was it in ND or MN? It took me a while to
figure out that it led to the north coast not the east or west coasts.

That's here in North Dakota; in fact it isn't that far from me.

Pat

Greg D. Moore (Strider) wrote:
I was hiking once, early spring and kept hearing what sounded like small
puppies or something.

Finally was able to pick out some young turkeys in the brush. Very weird
sound.

And no matter what Benjamin Franklin said, not a terribly bright animal.
I once saw one try to leap over a eighteen wheeler on the highway, only
to collide with the upper front edge of the trailer and come flying over
its roof as a completely unrecognizable cloud of guts and feathers.
What really surprised me though in regards to wildlife was the source of
the strange deep bellows that would sometimes come out of the northeast
when I was working nights at our airport. Apparently there are wild
moose wandering around just northeast of town, although I've never seen
one.

Pat

"Pat Flannery" wrote in message
dakotatelephone...
What really surprised me though in regards to wildlife was the source of
the strange deep bellows that would sometimes come out of the northeast
when I was working nights at our airport. Apparently there are wild moose
wandering around just northeast of town, although I've never seen one.


A friend of mine used to be a park ranger at Wind Cave National Park.

The stories he'd tell of the questions they were asked were too funny.

One pointed to a map of the cave and asked, "Has all this been explored?"

Another asked how much the cave weighed.

The best was the one who came in asking what "Dangaroos" were.

They couldn't figure out what she meant until she went outside and pointed
at the sign:

Warning: Moose are Dangerous




--
Greg Moore
Ask me about lily, an RPI based CMC.

Greg D. Moore (Strider) wrote:
"Pat Flannery" wrote in message
dakotatelephone...
What really surprised me though in regards to wildlife was the source of
the strange deep bellows that would sometimes come out of the northeast
when I was working nights at our airport. Apparently there are wild moose
wandering around just northeast of town, although I've never seen one.


A friend of mine used to be a park ranger at Wind Cave National Park.

The stories he'd tell of the questions they were asked were too funny.

One pointed to a map of the cave and asked, "Has all this been explored?"

Another asked how much the cave weighed.

The best was the one who came in asking what "Dangaroos" were.

They couldn't figure out what she meant until she went outside and pointed
at the sign:

Warning: Moose are Dangerous

I'm just trying to picture them hanging out in shelter belts, which are
only around 50 feet wide. That's about all the trees you find out on farms.
When I was young we went to Rushmore Cave in South Dakota:
http://www.beautifulrushmorecave.com/
We went into this building and waited till enough tourists had assembled
for a tour of the cave. I was expecting the next step would be hiking
over to the cave entrance, but the tour guide just walked over to the
wall, opened the door, and we were staring into the cave itself.
I couldn't have been more surprised if he had opened the door and there
had been a live lion behind it. :-)
North Dakota is pretty poor in the cave department:
https://www.dmr.nd.gov/ndgs/ndnotes/caves/caves_h.asp
I imagine the scraping action (as well as the weight) of the glaciers
that covered the eastern part of the state destroyed any that were near
the surface around here long ago, while they were busily grinding up all
the fossils as well.

Pat

Doug Freyburger writes:

Damon Hill wrote:
"Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)" wrote:

But the reality is, North Dakota doesn't exist ...

I beg to differ. I spent the night in Bismark, ND in early November
of 1992. Apart from that, North Dakota along the stretch of Interstate
94 I traveled from west to east ...

Along that stretch I saw my first wild turkeys. I've since seen them in
several other states. They almost looked like emu with short legs at
first glance. ;^)


They're a bit a a nuisance around here. I get 'em in my backyard.
Saw 6 2nd year I lived here, made the mistake of feeding them.
Next year I had 22.

It wasn't that the turkeys were so bad, it's that our Scottie dog (since
passed) at the time thought they left behind this wonderful perfume she
just *loved* to roll around in!

Turkey season is just about to close here....

;-)

Dave

David Spain wrote:
They're a bit a a nuisance around here. I get 'em in my backyard.
Saw 6 2nd year I lived here, made the mistake of feeding them.
Next year I had 22.

I've heard that they are quite friendly and will pretty much move in if fed.
A friend of mine has a Golden Retriever that got to be friends with one,
and they'd take turns chasing each other around his yard.

It wasn't that the turkeys were so bad, it's that our Scottie dog (since
passed) at the time thought they left behind this wonderful perfume she
just *loved* to roll around in!

Turkey season is just about to close here....

My plan was to get them really trusting of you and fatten them up by
giving them lots of food...then, one cold day, they are all invited into
your garage to stay warm, the garage door closes behind them, and they
never emerge again.
Hunting them with guns is wasteful in both time and ammunition.
All you really need is a machete. Hell, most of them will probably die
from cardiac arrest once they see the first heads starting to fly
around. :-)

Pat

David Spain wrote:
Doug Freyburger writes:

Along that stretch I saw my first wild turkeys. I've since seen them in
several other states. They almost looked like emu with short legs at
first glance. ;^)

They're a bit a a nuisance around here. I get 'em in my backyard.
Saw 6 2nd year I lived here, made the mistake of feeding them.
Next year I had 22.

When coyotes arrive in your geography you'll discover that they love the
flavor of turkey eggs and turkeys nest on the ground for the convenience
of the coyotes. Turkey overpopulation problems solved in a couple of
years.

Folks around here in Chicago metro like to claim there are no coyotes
here. I nod and laugh. Then I go out in the back yard at night and I
listen to them howling.

Space policy. Hmmm. Don't launch coyotes into space. Is that included
in any of the treaties so far?

Doug Freyburger writes:

Space policy. Hmmm. Don't launch coyotes into space. Is that included
in any of the treaties so far?

Well we've been launching turkeys into space for decades, seems like it
would be the only ecologically correct thing to do.

Since we're on the COTS path I suggest we contract Acme Rocket for the
job...

:-)

Dave