From: andrew@tug.com (Andrew Beattie) Subject: Re: Kite funnies Organization: /usr/lib/news/organisation Date: Thu, 9 May 1996 20:11:51 -1000 Message-ID: "Jim (Don't Panic) Barber" writes: >A testmonial to the HardCorps. One of the hazards of kite flying in >Vermont is cow manure. Kiteflying is a cow field is easy. It's *buggying* in a cow field that really sorts out the men from the boys... Andrew -- The *real* bandwidth problem is the time it takes to ignore junk. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = From: kichiwa@eskimo.com (Mike Eason) Subject: Re: Kite funnies Message-ID: Organization: Not Much! Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 15:37:55 -1000 In article , andrew@tug.com says... > >"Jim (Don't Panic) Barber" writes: >>A testmonial to the HardCorps. One of the hazards of kite flying in >>Vermont is cow manure. > >Kiteflying is a cow field is easy. > >It's *buggying* in a cow field that really sorts out the men from the boys... > >Andrew Try buggying in a field full of Canadian Goose dung in the winter! Around here (Everett, Washington, USA) some of the locals like to feed the ducks and Canadian Geese. This only makes them hang around all winter rather than following their usual migratory habits. They almost totally cover our local kite field with their droppings. These geese are as big as most dogs and much meaner, so you can imagine the size of ... It makes the grass reeeeeaaaaaaaal slick, which is sort of fun untill you realize what your helmet is covered with. Luckily, our field also has some low spots in which water collects all winter. A quick run through the puddles cleans your wheels and everything else! :-) PS. I saw on the news a night or so ago where the state animal protection people are now spraying the goose eggs in the nests with vegetable oil to keep any more from hatching. They are also pleading with the public not to feed damn birds. -- Mike Eason Media Specialist: Everett Community College, Everett, WA voice H:206-334-0362 W:206-388-9117 fax:206-388-9144 Newsletter Editor and Past President, Snohomish County Incredible Flying Individuals, SCI-FI Event Organizer/Committee Chair, Washington State Sport Kite Championships, 9/28-29/96 Whidbey Island Kite Festival, 9/28-29/96 - Casey Conf. Center, Coupeville, Whidbey Is. WA, USA = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = From: coreykite@aol.com (Coreykite) Subject: Re: Kite funnies Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 08:23:04 -1000 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Message-ID: <4nfrq8$mii@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Over the weekend, we had an afternoon low tide and a favorable on-shor wind of about 10-12 mph. The only problem to mar an otherwise lovely buggy afternoon was the thousands of dead squids that had washed ashore. They were slippery to say the least. I did not slide my turns, I squidded them. The little buggers were about 6"-8" long and popped if you hit them right. All my buggy gear has dead squid stuff stuck everywhere. Washed it twice already. My plastic clothes smell like an abandoned fish factory. Being spattered with dead squid is not as cool as wet salt! Still.... Great Fun!!!! aoxomoxoa coreykite@aol.com = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = From: sc5@prism.gatech.edu (SPC) Subject: Re: Kite funnies Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 03:24:38 -1000 Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology Message-ID: <4nhumm$clp@acmey.gatech.edu> In article <4nfrq8$mii@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, Coreykite wrote: >The only problem to mar an otherwise lovely buggy afternoon was the >thousands of dead squids that had washed ashore. Does this mean we can now call you "Calamari Corey"? *giggle* Glad you had fun. Gentle breezes, Steve = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =