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Old Wed Apr 11, 2007, 09:54am
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I didn't want to start another off-topic thread, so I'll tell this story here. My wife and I were walking the dog Monday morning, when we saw 4 large birds circling overhead. We're used to seeing Peregrine Falcons around here, but these were not falcons. One landed in a tree near us and my wife thought it was a turkey vulture. We got home and looked it up online and, sure enough, it was a turkey vulture.

Why do I mention this here (other than to give "26 Year Gap" another reason to kid me about walking the dog)? Because in the article describing the turkey vultrue, we read the following:


They'll literally puke on your shoes!!! Are turkey vultures the ancient ancestors of basketball officials? Do turkey vultures also employ the dreaded "stare at their pants" defense? Inquiring minds want to know!
Wow, Chuck, sounds like you'll be taking your next PhD in paleo-ornithology. Cool!!
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Wow, Chuck, sounds like you'll be taking your next PhD in paleo-ornithology. Cool!!
C'mon, it's no big deal. In fact I hear these birds are so common they don't even count in undergrad ornithology class.
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C'mon, it's no big deal. In fact I hear these birds are so common they don't even count in undergrad ornithology class.
At least not in any college in Indiana...

Felix vs. Dice-K...could be interesting.
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Cubs-Astros game scheduled for this afternoon has already been postponed, due to "wintry conditions".

Yoo-hoo...Mr. Gore?...

This winter stuff is becoming inconvenient, true?
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Cubs-Astros game scheduled for this afternoon has already been postponed, due to "wintry conditions".
Maybe they'll move it to Milwaukee. Might have a little culture with their baseball too then.
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Old Wed Apr 11, 2007, 01:54pm
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Maybe they'll move it to Milwaukee. Might have a little culture with their baseball too then.
By "culture", I assume you mean cheeze?
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By "culture", I assume you mean cheeze?
Well, that and brats and beer.
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Cubs-Astros game scheduled for this afternoon has already been postponed, due to "wintry conditions".

Yoo-hoo...Mr. Gore?...

This winter stuff is becoming inconvenient, true?
Interesting article by an MIT weather guy. MIT is in Cambridge on Kendall Square, just across the river from Storrow Drive, which eventually takes you to Fenway Park, where the Red Sox play.

So enjoy this on-topic article!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17997788/site/newsweek/
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Old Wed Apr 11, 2007, 01:48pm
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Interesting article by an MIT weather guy. MIT is in Cambridge on Kendall Square, just across the river from Storrow Drive, which eventually takes you to Fenway Park, where the Red Sox play.

So enjoy this on-topic article!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17997788/site/newsweek/
MIT, eh?

This guy can't be very smart. He doesn't live in Washington, DC or Hollywood, CA.

And thanks for keeping things on-topic!
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Felix vs. Dice-K...could be interesting.
Naw....one sided.

Heckuva pitching job. A virtuoso performance.
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Old Wed Apr 11, 2007, 10:15pm
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Go Braves! 7-1 already.
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Old Thu Apr 12, 2007, 09:44am
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Go Braves! 7-1 already.
The cool thing about baseball that EVERY team, at some point in the season, goes 7-1. Even the Cubs.
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Old Thu Apr 12, 2007, 09:45am
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The cool thing about baseball that EVERY team, at some point in the season, goes 7-1. Even the Cubs.
It just that some teams do it more than once a season.
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Naw....one sided.

Heckuva pitching job. A virtuoso performance.
That's two straight fantastic games for Felix...could it be that the M's finally have a decent pitcher again??? Have to wait and see, but that was pretty impressive last night.
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Old Thu Apr 12, 2007, 09:39am
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That's two straight fantastic games for Felix...could it be that the M's finally have a decent pitcher again??? Have to wait and see, but that was pretty impressive last night.
Hey, that means they've got a shot to win most of 1/5 of their games.
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