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HenHanna@NewsGrouper <user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:

Duck Landing on a Lake https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1945602812131344384/vid/avc1/720x722/FHOdcx2n9V8DfQxs.mp4

Did "Sully" Sullenberger watch this video in preparation for his Landing on the Hudson?
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On 21-07-2025 04:11 am, HenHanna@NewsGrouper wrote:

Duck Landing on a Lake https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1945602812131344384/vid/avc1/720x722/FHOdcx2n9V8DfQxs.mp4

This is a test. Pls respond.

Beeootiful!
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On 22/07/25 18:23, Pimpom wrote:

On 21-07-2025 04:11 am, HenHanna@NewsGrouper wrote:

Duck Landing on a Lake
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1945602812131344384/vid/avc1/720x722/FHOdcx2n9V8DfQxs.mp4

This is a test. Pls respond.

Beeootiful!

I suppose you've all heard of the Oomedoodle Bird. It has either no legs
or very short legs. (The experts can't agree.) It can be recognised by
the cry it makes when coming in for a landing. "Ooh me doodle! Ooh me
doodle!"

There are other solutions to this problem, but the Oomedoodle Bird isn't
smart enough to have thought of them. The obvious one is to land on
water rather than on a hard surface. Or they could just choose to stay
in the air.

There's a bird in Scotland like that. They call it the Donald Duck,
because it disnae land.
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Peter Moylan peter@pmoylan.org http://www.pmoylan.org
Newcastle, NSW
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On 2025-07-21 14:59, James Dow Allen wrote:

HenHanna@NewsGrouper <user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:

Duck Landing on a Lake
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1945602812131344384/vid/avc1/720x722/FHOdcx2n9V8DfQxs.mp4

Did "Sully" Sullenberger watch this video in preparation for his Landing on the Hudson?

That's a Loon.
--
I tried to put my horse into a Hubble Barn,
But it didn't fit.

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Op 22/07/2025 om 21:27 schreef lar3ryca:

On 2025-07-21 14:59, James Dow Allen wrote:

HenHanna@NewsGrouper <user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:

Duck Landing on a Lake
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1945602812131344384/vid/avc1/720x722/FHOdcx2n9V8DfQxs.mp4

Did "Sully" Sullenberger watch this video in preparation for his
Landing on the Hudson?

That's a Loon.

A loon and a loony landing video.
I thought for a moment, loony AI, but
Loon landing (!;) yields more nice videos like this one.
--
guido wugi
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On 2025-07-22 14:32, guido wugi wrote:

Op 22/07/2025 om 21:27 schreef lar3ryca:

On 2025-07-21 14:59, James Dow Allen wrote:

HenHanna@NewsGrouper <user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:

Duck Landing on a Lake
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1945602812131344384/vid/avc1/720x722/FHOdcx2n9V8DfQxs.mp4

Did "Sully" Sullenberger watch this video in preparation for his
Landing on the Hudson?

That's a Loon.

A loon and a loony landing video.
I thought for a moment, loony AI, but
Loon landing (!;) yields more nice videos like this one.

Loons have a wide variety of calls. Some are quite eerie.
Try looking for 'loon calls'.
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James Dow Allen <user4353@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

HenHanna@NewsGrouper <user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:

Duck Landing on a Lake https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1945602812131344384/vid/avc1/720x722/F

HOdcx2n9V8DfQxs.mp4

Did "Sully" Sullenberger watch this video in preparation for his Landing
on the Hudson?

Don't think so. Sully didn't put his wheels out,
he used engine braking,

Jan
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HenHanna@NewsGrouper <user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

Duck Landing on a Lake https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1945602812131344384/vid/avc1/720x722/FHO

dcx2n9V8DfQxs.mp4

This belly landing is not the way the ducks (and swans) I see do it.
The ones I see water ski on their feet until all speed is lost,
then they sink nearly straight down.
I guess this is some other kind of bird,

Jan
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On 21/07/2025 22:59, James Dow Allen wrote:

HenHanna@NewsGrouper <user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:

Duck Landing on a Lake
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1945602812131344384/vid/avc1/720x722/FHOdcx2n9V8DfQxs.mp4

Did "Sully" Sullenberger watch this video in preparation for his Landing on the Hudson?

No, but I think the space shuttle people should. This is more of less
how the shuttle lands.
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Le 23/07/2025 |a 08:42, J. J. Lodder a |-crit :

HenHanna@NewsGrouper wrote:

Duck Landing on a Lake
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1945602812131344384/vid/avc1/720x722/FHO

dcx2n9V8DfQxs.mp4

This belly landing is not the way the ducks (and swans) I see do it.
The ones I see water ski on their feet until all speed is lost,
then they sink nearly straight down.
I guess this is some other kind of bird,

Apparently it depends on the species of duck. Some think they're flying
boats, others that they're seaplanes.

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Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote:

Le 23/07/2025 a 08:42, J. J. Lodder a ocrit :

HenHanna@NewsGrouper wrote:

Duck Landing on a Lake
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1945602812131344384/vid/avc1/720x722/

FHO

dcx2n9V8DfQxs.mp4

This belly landing is not the way the ducks (and swans) I see do it.
The ones I see water ski on their feet until all speed is lost,
then they sink nearly straight down.
I guess this is some other kind of bird,

Apparently it depends on the species of duck. Some think they're flying boats, others that they're seaplanes.

On usage: In my English they are all seaplanes,
to be divided in floatplanes and flying boats.

Floatplanes are typically smaller, while flying boats can be huge,
up to Spruce Goose size.
AFAIK the flying boats have gone almost completely extinct,
(some dinosaurs from WWII excepted)
while small floatplanes still florish in special habitats,
like the Caraibean, or Alaska,

Jan



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On Wednesday, occam yelped out that:

On 21/07/2025 22:59, James Dow Allen wrote:

HenHanna@NewsGrouper <user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:

Duck Landing on a Lake
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1945602812131344384/vid/avc1/720x722/FHOdcx2n9V8DfQxs.mp4

Did "Sully" Sullenberger watch this video in preparation for his Landing on >> the Hudson?

No, but I think the space shuttle people should.

What space shuttle people? All the intact Space Shuttles are in
museums, and all the newer space planes glide much better.

This is more of less how the shuttle lands.

No space shuttle landed on its belly, which is where most of the
fragile tiles are. Also, the duck has a lower approach angle, and
doesn't need to do as much flare.

/dps "fowl up to AUE only"
--
"I am not given to exaggeration, and when I say a thing I mean it"
_Roughing It_, Mark Twain
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On 2025-07-23 01:42, J. J. Lodder wrote:

HenHanna@NewsGrouper <user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

Duck Landing on a Lake
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1945602812131344384/vid/avc1/720x722/FHO

dcx2n9V8DfQxs.mp4

This belly landing is not the way the ducks (and swans) I see do it.
The ones I see water ski on their feet until all speed is lost,
then they sink nearly straight down.
I guess this is some other kind of bird,

Am I in your killfile?

I already pointed out that it is a Loon.
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There was once an Empire, led by an Emperor.
There was once a Kingdom, led by a King.
Canada is a country...

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On 2025-07-23 01:42, J. J. Lodder wrote:

HenHanna@NewsGrouper <user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

Duck Landing on a Lake
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1945602812131344384/vid/avc1/720x722/FHO

dcx2n9V8DfQxs.mp4

This belly landing is not the way the ducks (and swans) I see do it.
The ones I see water ski on their feet until all speed is lost,
then they sink nearly straight down.
I guess this is some other kind of bird,

Am I in your killfile?

I already pointed out that it is a Loon.
--
There was once an Empire, led by an Emperor.
There was once a Kingdom, led by a King.
Canada is a country...

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J. J. Lodder suggested that ...

HenHanna@NewsGrouper <user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

Duck Landing on a Lake
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1945602812131344384/vid/avc1/720x722/FHO

dcx2n9V8DfQxs.mp4

This belly landing is not the way the ducks (and swans) I see do it.
The ones I see water ski on their feet until all speed is lost,
then they sink nearly straight down.
I guess this is some other kind of bird,

Jan

I agree with the loon diagnosis. Mallards have similar head markings
(but not colors) and land feet front. Frex, <URL:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3CVZYY8xS4&pp>

Here's another loon:
<URL:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0FGl3GiYJk>
Loons are not closely related to ducks, but are cousins of sorts to
petrels and pelicans, penguins and storks.

/dps "flock to AUE only"
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"I am not given to exaggeration, and when I say a thing I mean it"
_Roughing It_, Mark Twain
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lar3ryca <larry@invalid.ca> wrote:

On 2025-07-23 01:42, J. J. Lodder wrote:

HenHanna@NewsGrouper <user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

Duck Landing on a Lake
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1945602812131344384/vid/avc1/720x722/

FHO

dcx2n9V8DfQxs.mp4

This belly landing is not the way the ducks (and swans) I see do it.
The ones I see water ski on their feet until all speed is lost,
then they sink nearly straight down.
I guess this is some other kind of bird,

Am I in your killfile?

Of course not.
Don't be flattered, I don't have one.

I already pointed out that it is a Loon.

You may remember from the days of yore
that usenet is an asynchronous medium.
MacSoup is one of the last off-line newsclients.
Things I write in the evening
may not get posted until the next morning,
when I log into the server again,

Jan

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On 23/07/2025 22:23, lar3ryca wrote:

On 2025-07-23 01:42, J. J. Lodder wrote:

HenHanna@NewsGrouper <user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

Duck Landing on a Lake
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1945602812131344384/vid/
avc1/720x722/FHO

dcx2n9V8DfQxs.mp4

This belly landing is not the way the ducks (and swans) I see do it.
The ones I see water ski on their feet until all speed is lost,
then they sink nearly straight down.
I guess this is some other kind of bird,

Am I in your killfile?

I already pointed out that it is a Loon.

<smile> There are a lot of loons here Larry. He may have thought you
were just referring to one of the posters here (e.g. the OP, Hen Hanna).
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On 2025-07-24 02:42, occam wrote:

On 23/07/2025 22:23, lar3ryca wrote:

On 2025-07-23 01:42, J. J. Lodder wrote:

HenHanna@NewsGrouper <user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

Duck Landing on a Lake
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1945602812131344384/vid/
avc1/720x722/FHO

dcx2n9V8DfQxs.mp4

This belly landing is not the way the ducks (and swans) I see do it.
The ones I see water ski on their feet until all speed is lost,
then they sink nearly straight down.
I guess this is some other kind of bird,

Am I in your killfile?

I already pointed out that it is a Loon.

<smile> There are a lot of loons here Larry. He may have thought you
were just referring to one of the posters here (e.g. the OP, Hen Hanna).

Best Mr. Burns voice: ,rubbing hands together> "Excellent!"
--
Canada. Leading the world in being just north of the USA.

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occam <occam@nowhere.nix> wrote:

On 23/07/2025 22:23, lar3ryca wrote:

On 2025-07-23 01:42, J. J. Lodder wrote:

HenHanna@NewsGrouper <user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

Duck Landing on a Lake
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1945602812131344384/vid/
avc1/720x722/FHO

dcx2n9V8DfQxs.mp4

This belly landing is not the way the ducks (and swans) I see do it.
The ones I see water ski on their feet until all speed is lost,
then they sink nearly straight down.
I guess this is some other kind of bird,

Am I in your killfile?

I already pointed out that it is a Loon.

<smile> There are a lot of loons here Larry. He may have thought you
were just referring to one of the posters here (e.g. the OP, Hen Hanna).

Larry's Loons are a Canadian kind.
The birds are know as 'Divers' in BrE, and as 'Duikers' (or Zeeduikers)
in Dutch. French has the comparable 'Plongeons'.
(because capable of diving at speed to catch fish)

Being arctic birds they are seen only as winter guests in these parts,
(and I guess not at all in Luxembourg)

Jan




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Sun, 20 Jul 2025 22:41:01 GMT: HenHanna@NewsGrouper <user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid> scribeva:

Duck Landing on a Lake >https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1945602812131344384/vid/avc1/720x722/FHOdcx2n9V8DfQxs.mp4

This is a test. Pls respond.

My 2 posts from 2 (?) hours ago are NOT showing up at >https://alt.usage.english.narkive.com/

i think one had the SUBJ:
the proverbrCo"it's no use crying over spilt milk"rCooriginated in English.

the other one was about : Spill the tea

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