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- From: ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright)
- Subject: Re: SSTO viability
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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 22:36:32 GMT
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- In <BxznD4.84I.1@cs.cmu.edu> roberts@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov (John Roberts) writes:
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- >What *I'd* like to know is why geese feel it necessary to honk frequently
- >as they fly along, and what perhaps 50% of them know about Canada, that
- >they refuse to go there even in the summer! :-)
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- Since you say geese are like bicycle riders, I'd guess they honk for the
- same reasons as most cyclists I've seen. To warn some hapless pedestrian
- that he's about to be run down from behind. :-)
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