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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Natural Philosopher Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Joy of this, Joy of that Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2024 12:20:52 +0000 Organization: A little, after lunch Lines: 42 Message-ID: References: <68718613-d60f-a88a-4191-404acc1ed82d@example.net> <3a416c2c-ac2e-686b-3357-8a12c8b29181@example.net> <068213f4-0fe4-4fe0-c912-60d5a8d89c54@example.net> <7cd4f2b3-e9d0-17df-56f5-855d7a5ebcaf@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 13:20:52 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="6330b78a8744cb70020a49f87c433f0e"; logging-data="909208"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19YL626duOV8ZBhtNdcH+WfOh38A1jlqz8=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:4H58mllX9N6PzMX38Se4N0yGJFE= Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: Bytes: 3193 On 04/12/2024 09:25, D wrote: >> >> I shot one with a .22 air rifle. >> >> It didn't die. I tried to wring its neck. > > Too little energy I assume? Did you hit it dead center? > I shot it in the head actually., It got stuck in a fence. >> The head came off, and it still didn't die. > > Surely it must have been only reflexes? > *shrug* My late mother used to tell of her childhood experience when her mother cut the head of a chicken and it ran around in circles for a long time 'headless chicken' syndrome.... >> Eventually it died and I plucked it and emptied its insides and ate >> it. Quite good really. > > I can imagine! > >> Mostly they use 12 gauge on them. That seems to kill them ouright > > I think you can buy small mines made specifically for birds! 😉 > Dunno about that. -- “People believe certain stories because everyone important tells them, and people tell those stories because everyone important believes them. Indeed, when a conventional wisdom is at its fullest strength, one’s agreement with that conventional wisdom becomes almost a litmus test of one’s suitability to be taken seriously.” Paul Krugman