point taken. but it was so close to a legit story that it was credible.
On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 11:16 AM, Will Swain <[email protected]> wrote: > > > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1262778/April-Fool-Did-fall-flying-rocketman-cable-laying-ferrets-Queen-flying-easyJet.htm > < > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1262778/April-Fool-Did-fall-flying-rocketman-cable-laying-ferrets-Queen-flying-easyJet.html > > > > > On 2 August 2013 16:14, Will Swain <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Another example of dismissing evidence because of one's prejudices. > > > > I'm assuming this is humour? > > > > > > > > > > On 2 August 2013 15:53, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> So what, it has been a legit use of the animals for years. For instance, > >> in > >> the recent royal wedding ferrets were used to run cable - it was a non > >> destructive and non invasive way to run the telecom cables. A ferret > named > >> Felicia was used to clean the pipes at the National Accelerator > Laboratory > >> at Batavia in the 80's. Felicia went through a 300-foot-pipe dragging a > >> string. When she came out the other end, technicians tied a swab dipped > in > >> a chemical cleanser to the string. They pulled the tight-fitting swab > >> through and when it came out it was covered with dust and steel specks. > >> A ferret named Misty was used to help pull conduit at Peterson Air Force > >> Base. Additional wires had to be run through 40-foot-long narrow pipes, > >> called conduits, under the floor to connect computers. A piece of yarn > was > >> tied around the ferret's midsection. The animal crawled through the > >> conduit, towing the yarn behind her. Then the loose end was tied around > >> the > >> wires and they were pulled through the conduit. Misty made several > trips, > >> and her work was done in an hour. Similarly in Colorado Springs 5 years > >> ago > >> ferrets were used to pull new data cables to the wire conduits at the > >> NORAD > >> headquarters in Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado Springs. In the1960's, > >> Boeing > >> Aircraft Corporation used ferrets to lay guidewires that pull heavier > >> cables through conduits. > >> > >> So from knowing this it was most likely a legitimate article. > >> > >> Another example of dismissing evidence because of one's prejudices. > >> > >> > >> On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 10:28 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey < > [email protected] > >> >wrote: > >> > >> > > >> > 7:00AM BST 01 Apr 2010 > >> > > >> > Until Later! > >> > C. Hatton Humphrey > >> > http://www.eastcoastconservative.com > >> > > >> > Every cloud does have a silver lining. Sometimes you just have to do > >> some > >> > smelting to find it. > >> > > >> > > >> > On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 10:26 AM, Larry C. Lyons < > [email protected] > >> > >wrote: > >> > > >> > > > >> > > August 1. why? > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 6:18 AM, Will Swain <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > > > >> > > > > >> > > > Did you notice the date on the article? :) > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > On 30 July 2013 18:24, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > Ferrets key to bridging the digital divide between cities and > >> rural > >> > > > areas - > >> > > > > Telegraph > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7541455/Ferrets-key-to-bridging-the-digital-divide-between-cities-and-rural-areas.html > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:366202 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
