Path: ...!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 11:58:47 +0000 Organization: A little, after lunch Lines: 24 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: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 12:58:48 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="6330b78a8744cb70020a49f87c433f0e"; logging-data="909208"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19eDusAqRDxmCtHo6N2K+9vM6oEYKC1jXw=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:yf1y8RzQ4hiLvcWJJJ/CCJuOBfU= Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2856 On 04/12/2024 00:30, rbowman wrote: > On Tue, 3 Dec 2024 21:18:55 +0100, D wrote: > >> This is the truth! They were bred in captivity close to my country side >> house, and one day either the farm closed, the birds escaped, or both. >> So now there are "wild" pheasants running around there from time to >> time. I have thought about getting out the old longbow, since they are >> not shy at all. Maybe a project for next summer! > > That could be interesting. My father and I were rabbit hunting when a > pheasant provided a target of opportunity. My father managed to knock the > bird down and it landed in some brush about 50 yards away. The beagle ran > over but after a brief scuffle the pheasant flew off and the beagle > decided he wasn't a bird dog. LOL! -- "Women actually are capable of being far more than the feminists will let them."