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[email protected], Sam
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]...> wrote:
>
Does it depend on which way the wind is blowing??? Or is it that
the
geese are paired... male/female and with one at the point there
are
always an odd number left over??..
>
> By the way.. we
went out today to a wide-open area where there are
many geese, swans,
herons, and typically Holland, lots of sheep to
see.. Saw some beautiful
geese that our little book identified as
Nijlgans, Nile Geese.. haven't
looked them up yet, but they were
beautiful, lovely markings... but it
was really cold and windy up on
the dyke so we cut our visit short and
went to a coffee shop for cake
and coffee...
>
> So here is
2005...
>
> Cheers from Sam
~~~
Cheers
indeed.
Drink coffee and nourish life.
With the first sip,
joy.
With the second, satisfaction.
With the third, Danish.
as
for the geese question ...
nice try buddy but ... ;)
if you ask a 10
yr old kid why one side is longer ...
i would hope s/he would tell you
that it is because
there are more geese on that side. ;) lol
so
the next time you and a friend see them winging ...
see if you can get
them to bite.
those who imagine themselves to have great knowledge
of
wildlife are always the easiest to get. ;)
the look on their face(s) when
you tell them is priceless. lol
sort of like the groans at the hearing of
a bad pun.
[btw ... no such thing as a bad pun in my book]
hmmmmm
....
might have to write this geese thing up as a nasrudin tale.
>
----- Original Message -----
> From: ts
> To:
[email protected] > Sent:
Saturday, January 01, 2005 4:46 PM
> Subject: [HolyGeek]
chickadees and geese >sam
>
>
>
>
> The chicadees arrived... then they departed..
> >
> >
sampas
>
> ~~~
>
>
;)
> migrated is all.
>
> sam
...
>
> i know you have seen flocks of geese
migrating ...
> certainly during your mispent youth in
michigan. ;)
> so i have a question:
>
perhaps some geek/technical type can reveal the reason.
>
> canadian geese like to fly in those V formations
...
> for reasons known perhaps only to themselves
...
> we speculate it has something to do with
areodynamics, etc.
> but who but the geese really
know?
> but i have noticed ...
> that at
times the line of geese on the right will be longer ...
>
yet at other times the left wing is stretches farthest.
>
i was puzzled by that for years.
> so i was wondering if
you are anyone here knew why one
> side or the other would
be longer/shorter?
> care to hazard a guess?
>
> i now know the answer, btw ...
> was
tipped off by a 10 year old. ;)
> just wondering if you
know.
>
>
-ts-
>
