A moment of beauty

[Delmonico]

If I have to explain it...

Nope, you is one of the language police, you done told us that.  Got one on another board, caught him with a gross misuse of the language the other day. 

Delmonico walks away to check the goose he has roatin' in the oven, wonderin' what Whoopin' Crane would taste like.

[Daniel Nighteyes]

Nope, you is one of the language police, you done told us that.  Got one on another board, caught him with a gross misuse of the language the other day.  

Delmonico walks away to check the goose he has roatin' in the oven, wonderin' what Whoopin' Crane would taste like.

It was just a little humor and, judging from the thunderous lack of response, it was VERY little.

I don't know about Whoopers.  They look so bony to me that I'm guessing you could possibly pick your teeth with one...

[Delmonico]

It was just a little humor and, judging from the thunderous lack of response, it was VERY little.

I don't know about Whoopers.  They look so bony to me that I'm guessing you could possibly pick your teeth with one...

And that's where the trouble started, they don't want us to know, but the trouble started when my folks came to the east coast in the early 17th century, see you native folks could not understand English dry humor.

Well I ain't never ate one, but they say the smaller Sandhill Cranes are dang good eatin'.  So the bigger Whooper should be also, besides they have big enough wings to bother with.

[Russ T Chambers]

Waiting for Silver Creek Slim to chime in on the Crane taste issue.  He isn't far from the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge.  It's one end of a migratory router from Wisconsin to Florida.  They might look poorly on Slim cooking one of their birds for a taste test though!

[Delmonico]

Newbrassky is the only state on the flyway that don't have a season on the Sandhills.  FWS won't let us because were in the narrow part of that hourglass shaped flyway.  Right now I could go out 'tween North Platte and Grand Island and could most likely kill a dozen or more at a time in some of those fields with my 10 bore.

We could all meet here and have a crane roast.

[Daniel Nighteyes]

And that's where the trouble started... see you native folks could not understand English dry humor.

Nope. 'Twas the other way around entirely. Y'all didn't understand that we understood, and therefore you underestimated us.

Ya see, the Manhattan Purchase was actually a lease that expires on May 24th, 2010.  At that time the entire property, and all improvements thereunto, will revert to its original custodians, which is us.  The Notice to Vacate will be delivered to the White House on Thanksgiving Day, and the eviction papers are all drawn up, just in case...

[Delmonico]

Dan, you better check history, the original puchace for a few strings of beads was a trick by some folks who didn't live there, the poor Dutch had to pay far more for it at a later time, most folks don't know that.  Besides, if you folks want the dang place I don't give a hoot, the problems they will have won't bother me if yer dumb enough to take it back.

[Forty Rod]

Nope. 'Twas the other way around entirely. Y'all didn't understand that we understood, and therefore you underestimated us.

Ya see, the Manhattan Purchase was actually a lease that expires on May 24th, 2010.  At that time the entire property, and all improvements thereunto, will revert to its original custodians, which is us.  The Notice to Vacate will be delivered to the White House on Thanksgiving Day, and the eviction papers are all drawn up, just in case...

I hope your folks make better use of it than we did.  We screwed it up sumthin AWFUL!  Same thing with that useless swamp down there by Virginia.

The only cranes I've had any experience with would be oily and have a metallic taste, and stripping the paint and rust off would take forever.

[Leo Tanner]

We're fergettin 40's magic moment, I can't let that happen.  Check this out...

http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/93176?fp=1

[Delmonico]

I've worked around that kind of crane also, BTW I know where there are two 10 ton Ganrties that are over a 100 years old could most likely be bought resonable.

[litl rooster]

Waiting for Silver Creek Slim to chime in on the Crane taste issue.  He isn't far from the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge.  It's one end of a migratory router from Wisconsin to Florida.  They might look poorly on Slim cooking one of their birds for a taste test though!

them whooping cranes don't taste too bad, taste alot like spotted owl if prepared correctly.  They is much better than  canadian goose.

[Delmonico]

them whooping cranes don't taste too bad, taste alot like spotted owl if prepared correctly.  They is much better than  canadian goose.

Besides that both are dumber than Canada Geese, geese thrive, the other two ain't doin' so good and trust me, it ain't all that much man's fault, Charles Darwin calls them Dead End species cause the evolved to far the wrong way and can not adapt to change.

[litl rooster]

that's why I try not to harvest mo' then 2 of each, each season.  Comes to them damn geeses they can stay in their home country, then we'll talk adapting and surviving...

[Delmonico]

that's why I try not to harvest mo' then 2 of each, each season.  Comes to them damn geeses they can stay in their home country, then we'll talk adapting and surviving...

This is also their home country, some Canuck gave em that name cause the only other thing named after them was a thistle.     Might have been Hank Snow or Gorden Lightfoot.

[litl rooster]

heck Del even them 2 got doublewides in Florida

[Leo Tanner]

heck Del even them 2 got doublewides in Florida

From what I've seen just about anyone from Canada that makes it big in entertainment ends up here.  I think they farm comedians up there right next to the bad muscians ranch.

[litl rooster]

From what I've seen just about anyone from Canada that makes it big in entertainment ends up here.  I think they farm comedians up there right next to the bad muscians ranch.

Neil Young recruits them

[Silver Creek Slim]

Waiting for Silver Creek Slim to chime in on the Crane taste issue.  He isn't far from the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge.  It's one end of a migratory router from Wisconsin to Florida.  They might look poorly on Slim cooking one of their birds for a taste test though!

This is part of a family photo of my better-half's relatives in 1885. We live on the same property they did.

Slim

[Leo Tanner]

Neil Young recruits them

  It's a long list but I think you made the perfect pick. Just be carefull, that Morrisete chick may end up stalking you and write a whole album about it.

[Delmonico]

Well Ian stayed up there I think, but he has a ranch.