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Jim Clipper
Social climber
from: forests to tree farms
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Jan 22, 2012 - 04:16pm PT
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Life imitates art or something like that ...
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I was really looking for a better music for the second one. Maybe a little more like the first...
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But seriously, take a look at glide ratios of flying animals, physiology, center of mass, etc.
I imagine Mr. Gill, arms perpendicular to his shoulders (forward attack?), with a bed sheet tied to his hands a feet might have given modern jumpers a run for their money. Finally, I would guess that some women could have done much the same, but rings aren't for girls ... (ummm, yeah! boys).
addendum: wing sweep, drag, angle of attack, golf ball divots on the ventral surface to increase laminar flow, well groomed chest hair?
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Jan 22, 2012 - 07:39pm PT
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You just knew a richard gere joke was going to appear...RJ
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perswig
climber
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Jan 22, 2012 - 08:36pm PT
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Hester on release day.
Dale
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perswig
climber
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Jan 22, 2012 - 08:51pm PT
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Apple.
When polled, the local osprey population overwhelmingly preferred it as their garnish for squirrel al fresco.
We aim to please.
Dale
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Jan 22, 2012 - 11:32pm PT
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Hankster, is that really one of your photos?
I thought squirrels are aggressive, and would f things up if touched by humans??
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
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Jan 23, 2012 - 01:07am PT
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Toadgas, couldn't ya burn their testicles out with a wood-burning pen when they are young? That may make them calm and people can enjoy them as pets. Or, you could also sell the wood-burning pens to your customers when the squirrels get a little older.
Sound business advice: Come up with an "upsell" item to increase each transaction. Looks like you've got a business partner.
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Jan 23, 2012 - 08:14am PT
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I'm with ya Hank.
Monkeys... Meh. Hate 'em.
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go-B
climber
Habakkuk 3:19 Sozo
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Jan 23, 2012 - 10:35am PT
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jan 23, 2012 - 11:19am PT
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My sharp-eyed electrician noticed the effing little bushy-tailed tree rats
have almost chewed through the neutral on my service! Yeah, as in #00 thick-azz wire!
"Mmmmm, this aluminum tastes sooooo gud!"
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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Feb 11, 2012 - 01:07pm PT
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I'm with ya Hank.
Monkeys... Meh. Hate 'em.
These white ones are the more noble ones... Still... today I'm approaching a bridge across the Ganges and his big white monkey jumps in front of me and pokes me in the chest.
I'm like WTF! But realize I have a carrot in my mind.
Ok Dude, if you insist, here's the carrot
Peace
Karl
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Feb 11, 2012 - 02:08pm PT
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Hate monkey and monkey type things. Got attacked by a foul Macaque years ago. Hate hate hate and it's not too strong a word.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Feb 11, 2012 - 02:30pm PT
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That fecker is in Florida somewhere last I heard Tim. It was mean and horrible. I'm glad it didn't attack you too (I wasn't the first). Thank goodness his teeth were ground down (he probably doesn't agree) - see the canines they have? I wouldn't have my calf if it weren't the case.
I still am angry about the attack and everyone's response. True, no skin was broken (hence my parents laughing at it as if it was nothing). No sharp teeth, but he had CRUSHING jaws. He mashed up my leg so good the doctor was concerned about blood clots getting me. It too a long time for my leg to heal.
The mom next door (who loved that spawn of satan so much she didn't care when it attached her own kids) died of pancreatic cancer a year or so after I was attacked. Months later, the dad was killed in a car wreck. So, the family is gone and the monkey was allegedly shipped to FL. Hopefully it's getting better care and nothing or no one else was ever attacked.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Feb 11, 2012 - 02:53pm PT
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Monkeys can't be trusted.
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part-time communist
climber
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Feb 11, 2012 - 02:55pm PT
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(I've also been working with possums, trying to make them less ornery.)
Ha!!
;)
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Feb 11, 2012 - 03:00pm PT
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Love squirrels. Some wander in the house here in the Spring. Pretty cute! No need for additional pets though.
Mom grew up with one - had him for years. An unfortunate slipping accident (ice) ended his life prematurely. :/
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Feb 11, 2012 - 03:07pm PT
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Full on attack. He'd gotten out and I was outside. They are very strong. He chewed up my leg, was clawing at me, bit my fingers - wanted me to pick it up and I wouldn't. Pulled me to the ground. I barely made it back into the house. Very ugly and super scary. Have you seen the stories where they eat off faces, fingers, testicles, etc? It was awful.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 11, 2012 - 03:28pm PT
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Monkeys suck as pets. Our friend rescued a pair of Capucins who were due to
be offed by the research lab at a certain prestigious university he was at.
Sometimes he wondered if he had erred in saving them after he was savaged
a few times. All this despite building them a huge and wonderful outdoor
enclosure with access to an inside enclosure during the frigid California
winters. But then gratitude is also a sentiment many a human finds unable to display.
Of course those poor things had good reason to distrust humans.
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