On 14/02/23 05:41, whit3rd wrote:
> On Monday, February 13, 2023 at 3:22:59 AM UTC-8, Martin Brown wrote:
>> On 12/02/2023 06:48, Jan Panteltje wrote:
>
>>> Now the idea of making a balloon and putting a GPS in it that releases some alu foil chaff
>>> when over N 'merrica was the first thing that came up.
>>> Radar would see it (they likely miss out on hundreds of kids balloons).
>
>> Using expensive missiles to shoot them down seems overkill to me.
>
> True dat. If one wants to drop a balloon, it makes more sense to throw a bolas
> at its vertical instrument-package-tether, and either detonate or simply let the added mass
> reduce its altitude. Chain shot is the artillery term for a heavy munition of this type.

I was going to suggest this. Add a chute (which ballistic launch after
impact) to bring the payload down slowly, so you don't have to piece it
together again.

CH

On 2/13/2023 1:32 PM, Liz Tuddenham wrote:
> Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On 2/13/2023 12:20 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
>>> On 2023-02-13 19:44, Liz Tuddenham wrote:
>>>> Carlos E. R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> [...]
>>>>> Entering live plants or animals into a country is illegal on several
>>>>> countries.
>>>>
>>>> Entering animals is certainly illegal in the UK under the Sexual
>>>> Offences Act 2003..
>>>
>>> Sexual? What has sex got to do with it?  :-o
>>>
>>> It is normally the ministry of agriculture, farming, or health which are
>>> involved.
>>
>> Play on words -- bestiality ("entering")
>
> Entering means 'going into', not 'putting in'. The misunderstanding
> comes from incorrect phrases such as: "enter your name using the
> keyboard". That is impossible; it should be "type in your name using
> the keyboard"

Language evolves. "Silly" used to mean "blessed". "Dumb" meant
"mute/silent". A "dork" was the prominent male "member". "Nerd" was
someone "boorish/unsophisticated". A "Myriad" was "10,000".

And, many folks use/interpret words in improper ways. "Anxious" is
often used as "eager". "He's the guy WHAT gave me the book." etc.

And, "irregardless" always has me rolling my eyes!

[I've got a book, here, somewhere, of obsolete/archaic words.]

Plays on words can actually be quite amusing -- and clever.
None moreso than /Mots d'Heures Gousses Rames/ (gotta
wonder what sort of mind comes up with those things!)

On a sunny day (Mon, 13 Feb 2023 17:53:53 +0100) it happened "Carlos E. R."
<robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote in <k4v892FmoeaU4@mid.individual.net>:

>On 2023-02-13 16:17, Jan Panteltje wrote:
>> On a sunny day (Mon, 13 Feb 2023 15:52:59 +0100) it happened "Carlos E. R."
>> <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote in <k4v16bFmoeaU1@mid.individual.net>:
>>
>>> On 2023-02-12 07:48, Jan Panteltje wrote:
>>>> So, could put a card in it 'We come in peas' (add some peas, where dropped those would grow new plants, good
>>>> to feed the masses..)
>>>
>>> Do you know that doing that to the USA is an act of aggression?
>>
>> Everything is an act of aggression to that YOUESHAI
>> Countries making cheaper and better products, China Huawei one of many examples.
>> YOUESHAI is just a Mafia like club that wants to control the world by enslaving other countries..
>> It is however in decline, its IQ is dropping, its infrastructure is falling apart, it debt
>> is so enormous, they have not made a profit for 50 years, just losses.
>> A small part, its Military Industrial Complex made some money burning other countries people's
>> like in Vietnam, Laos, Afghanistan, Iraq, and now Ukrain, all often under false pretenses.
>
>LOL, it is nothing like that.
>
>Entering live plants or animals into a country is illegal on several
>countries. Some are more paranoid than others. But intentionally
>planting foreign plants would not be looked upon as "nice".

So was it legal when Europeans entered N 'merrica and next to totally eradicated the natives?
YOUESHAI makes their own laws..
enforced by violence
SeeEyeAAA looks for and exploits any tensions anywhere to create space for the YOUESHAI Military Complex to sell more weapons
Bad crap like F35 too.
That is the sole purpose of YOUESHAI's war in Europe.
And those weapon manufactures even stuff their own people so they can kill each other,
from 6 years old upwards,.

They created Covid and now the YOUESHAI Medical Industrial Complex makes money selling 'medicines'
that kill people who mostly have natural immunity, one sportsmen getting heart failure after the other
blood cloth, as crap a medicine as the F35 and some of their other planes are a weapon.
Snake oil sells, especially with a gun to somebody's head.
That is all it is, no moral but a big mouth YOUESHAI

Long ago one of its presidents warned against that,
LONG AGO
Long ago dollalr was coupled to gold.

On a sunny day (Mon, 13 Feb 2023 22:15:20 +0100) it happened "Carlos E. R."
<robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote in <k4vnj8Fmoe9U7@mid.individual.net>:

>Many travelers have experiences with food when arriving at an USA
>airport, even if on transit. The customs people go nuts when they find
>us with a chorizo. I have seen people eating their beloved food in the
>airport, so that it doesn't get burned in an incinerator by the authorities.

That was (is?)even so within that country
I remember traveling by bus from Portland Oregon to LA,
they came into the bus to see if you were carrying some fruits or something
I had bought something at the bus stop, but that was considered OK.

On a sunny day (Mon, 13 Feb 2023 13:25:58 -0800 (PST)) it happened Fred Bloggs
<bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com> wrote in
<d9cbf4fc-2fad-45f4-b42d-7aa74f2974c6n@googlegroups.com>:

>On Monday, February 13, 2023 at 6:38:58 AM UTC-5, Jan Panteltje wrote:
>
>> >of the right size give the maximum radar return for minimum weight.
>> Yes, that is a how some radar reflector for boats work too, there are also other models:
>> https://www.westmarine.com/west-advisor/Selecting-a-Radar-Reflector.html
>
>Those are mostly sized for marine x-band radar.
>
>>
>> Its all to easy??
>
>Not for you.

You are a disgusting babbler who has not in all the years I have seen your babbles here
posted ONE circuit or project you actually did.
So fuck off.

On 13/02/2023 23:23, Don Y wrote:

<snip>
>
> Plays on words can actually be quite amusing -- and clever.
> None moreso than /Mots d'Heures Gousses Rames/ (gotta
> wonder what sort of mind comes up with those things!)

And of course the motto of the French Navy - "A l'eau, c'est l'heure!".

--
Cheers
Clive

On 2/14/2023 3:14 AM, Clive Arthur wrote:
> On 13/02/2023 23:23, Don Y wrote:
>
> <snip>
>>
>> Plays on words can actually be quite amusing -- and clever.
>> None moreso than /Mots d'Heures Gousses Rames/ (gotta
>> wonder what sort of mind comes up with those things!)
>
> And of course the motto of the French Navy - "A l'eau, c'est l'heure!".

Now that's one I'd not heard! :>

On Tuesday, February 14, 2023 at 12:49:31 AM UTC-5, Jan Panteltje wrote:
> On a sunny day (Mon, 13 Feb 2023 13:25:58 -0800 (PST)) it happened Fred Bloggs
> <bloggs.fred...@gmail.com> wrote in
> <d9cbf4fc-2fad-45f4...@googlegroups.com>:
> >On Monday, February 13, 2023 at 6:38:58 AM UTC-5, Jan Panteltje wrote:
> >
> >> >of the right size give the maximum radar return for minimum weight.
> >> Yes, that is a how some radar reflector for boats work too, there are also other models:
> >> https://www.westmarine.com/west-advisor/Selecting-a-Radar-Reflector.html
> >
> >Those are mostly sized for marine x-band radar.
> >
> >>
> >> Its all to easy??
> >
> >Not for you.
> You are a disgusting babbler who has not in all the years I have seen your babbles here
> posted ONE circuit or project you actually did.

Yes, but your powers of observation and comprehension are lacking, to put it mildly.

> So fuck off.

No, I don't think I will. I'm free to comment on your consistently inane, ignorant, insane and useless posts. This thread is a case in point.