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Sir loin of leisure...
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Topic Author's Original Post - Dec 21, 2008 - 02:46pm PT
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But they sure as hell can swim,(these and other exiting animal facts brought to you by sir loin of leisure)...
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Dec 21, 2008 - 02:52pm PT
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I'm in an argumentative mood this morning...
Flight is the process by which any object achieves sustained movement either through the air (or movement beyond earth's atmosphere, in the case of spaceflight) by aerodynamically generating lift, propulsive thrust or aerostatically using buoyancy. From Wikipedia...
but I'd generalize it:
Flight is the process by which any object achieves sustained movement through a fluid by dynamically generating lift, propulsive thrust or statically using buoyancy.
in which case Penguins fly...
in my opinion, opening up the definition of flight to include space travel is totally stupid... it's done, but I suspect the motives.
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Sir loin of leisure...
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 21, 2008 - 03:03pm PT
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easy ED, flying in the water is called SWIMMING...
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Dec 21, 2008 - 03:07pm PT
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and a sail boat on a broad reach?
I know, it would be called "sailing"
what do flying, sailing and swimming all have in common?
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Captain...or Skully
Trad climber
The Idaho Riviera
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Dec 21, 2008 - 03:09pm PT
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They all require resistance....a medium with which to funtion.
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dirtbag
climber
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Dec 21, 2008 - 03:13pm PT
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I still blame Bush for this mess.
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John Moosie
climber
Beautiful California
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Dec 21, 2008 - 03:15pm PT
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Isn't there a difference between propulsion and lift? I think of flight as including lift.
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Captain...or Skully
Trad climber
The Idaho Riviera
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Dec 21, 2008 - 03:15pm PT
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G'head. Penguins still won't fly.
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Captain...or Skully
Trad climber
The Idaho Riviera
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Dec 21, 2008 - 03:22pm PT
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That's when they leave......
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Sir loin of leisure...
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 21, 2008 - 03:22pm PT
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I was lax,with my spelling..I knew ED was out there...waiting...
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Captain...or Skully
Big Wall climber
Perched atop the Black Cliffs
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Dec 21, 2008 - 03:25pm PT
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Well, you can't spell, but you're correct. Penguins can't fly.
Continue grooving about.....
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Dec 21, 2008 - 03:26pm PT
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i'm exiting while the exiting is good... just another fact about this animal
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Sir loin of leisure...
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 21, 2008 - 03:27pm PT
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unless of course you throw em ,or kick em real hard...
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Dec 21, 2008 - 03:30pm PT
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I leave you with this...
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Joe
Social climber
Santa Cruz Mountains/Los Gatos
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Dec 21, 2008 - 03:31pm PT
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what about at the penguin cafe?
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MH2
climber
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Dec 21, 2008 - 03:31pm PT
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But can they march? Will they buy trombones?
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Captain...or Skully
Big Wall climber
Perched atop the Black Cliffs
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Dec 21, 2008 - 03:32pm PT
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vare ees deees place?
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John Moosie
climber
Beautiful California
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Dec 21, 2008 - 03:44pm PT
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Its antarctica. Its upside down down there, which is why penguins can fly. Just look at a globe, then you will understand.
I still don't understand why they don't walk around on their heads down there.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Dec 21, 2008 - 04:07pm PT
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Does the fact that you haven't seen a penguin fly really prove that penguins can't fly? I bet that in the antarctic winter, when it's really really dark, and there are no people around to watch, the sky is just full of penguins.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Dec 21, 2008 - 05:17pm PT
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Lobsters aren't red. Anybody know what less-famous novel by a very-famous novelist, that fact formed a turning point in the plot?
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Captain...or Skully
Big Wall climber
Perched atop the Black Cliffs
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Dec 21, 2008 - 05:38pm PT
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Penguins don't eat lobsters....
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Joe
Social climber
Santa Cruz Mountains/Los Gatos
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Dec 21, 2008 - 06:10pm PT
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they do at murphy creek
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Dec 21, 2008 - 08:59pm PT
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I don't think that the TSA prohibits boarding a plane while wearing a tux.
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Captain...or Skully
Big Wall climber
Perched atop the Black Cliffs
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Dec 21, 2008 - 09:01pm PT
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They probably do prohibit boarding a plane while eating a lobster, though....
I don't fly(maybe I'm a penguin), so I wouldn't know.
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Sir loin of leisure...
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 21, 2008 - 09:38pm PT
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your a walrus skully..member,
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Captain...or Skully
Big Wall climber
Base of the Black Cliffs
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Dec 21, 2008 - 09:46pm PT
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gotcha.....Goo goo ga Choob!
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Captain...or Skully
Big Wall climber
Base of the Black Cliffs
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Dec 21, 2008 - 10:07pm PT
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Holy Shizz!
It's the ultra rare "Lockguin".....
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Dec 21, 2008 - 10:29pm PT
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Penquins can't fly - another exiting animal fact.
End Sir Loins kan't spel two goud.
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Sir loin of leisure...
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 21, 2008 - 10:31pm PT
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my book learnen ain't too shiny...
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Captain...or Skully
Big Wall climber
Base of the Black Cliffs
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Dec 21, 2008 - 10:34pm PT
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exiting...ya mean exciting?
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Captain...or Skully
Big Wall climber
Base of the Black Cliffs
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Dec 21, 2008 - 10:43pm PT
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Bad spelling is the norm around here....I've learned to just zip it, mostly.
There's the occasional misstep which really bugs me, however.
Guess I will always be the 'spelling nazi'.
Waaah!
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Captain...or Skully
Big Wall climber
Base of the Black Cliffs
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Dec 21, 2008 - 11:40pm PT
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I think a flock of penguins just flew by........
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Sir loin of leisure...
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 22, 2008 - 12:01am PT
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those were seagulls skully
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Dec 31, 2008 - 12:34am PT
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hey there, say, ed:
hmmm, i have found a bit of fun, here... :)
as to your quote:
"what do flying, sailing and swimming all have in common?"
simply put---they all end in "ing"
more complexly put (nice word, complexly)--they are:
1--all done for sport...
2--done by the rich and famouse...
3--done by the vacationers...
4--etc, etc... and on and on we go, if one so desires, :)
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Dec 31, 2008 - 12:37am PT
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hey there sir loin of leisure... say, why i RECKON they could, if they wanted... that is... at the CIRCUS:
AS IN:
he flys through the air, with the greatest of ease...
that daring young penguin, on the flying trapeze...
hmmm... well, you see... one must just substitute, "man", for penquin, i reckon...
:)
its a question of dynamics, ain't it...
quite dynamic, seeing a penquin on the trapeze, i'd say...
:)
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Dec 31, 2008 - 12:44am PT
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hey there all... say...
penquin commercial:
read "march of the wooden penguins" by neebeeshaabookway, from the JAKE SMITH RANCH SERIES...
*jake's penquin project, has near toppled his buddies stamina... thus---the penguins, must go... seems they mysteriously turn up in their small town... demanding: "feed me"...
all for a good cause, though... as one to be seen at the local rodeo--after the pig-chase...
will jake see his beloved project through? find out...
and see how unexpected endings, to penguin projects, can make a man's heart soar, no matter the dilema to be conquered...
note: i reckon, as sir loin of leisure said at first point:
penguins can't fly, i must concede here, that IS so...
but: "quite spiffy they march", and in quite hord, at that...
*commercial for head injury awareness books, is now over...
back to the penquins on hand, zoo... or on ice, or, at sea...
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Dr. Rock
Ice climber
http://tinyurl.com/4oa5br
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Dec 31, 2008 - 01:22am PT
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The Freak Bros can fly...
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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an '06 Freak Bros? Are they still with Us?
and, on T, I Have been on an airplane that also contained Nuns, just sayin'...
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