OT Things to ponder

[geofflambert]

What's this marketing BS about drinking or otherwise consuming protein for energy? First your body burns sugar, then starch and then fat for energy. Protein is for building cells and making hormones and stuff like that. If your body starts using protein for energy, you are in seriously deep do-do. You are dying of starvation.

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

What's this marketing BS about drinking or otherwise consuming protein for energy? First your body burns sugar, then starch and then fat for energy. Protein is for building cells and making hormones and stuff like that. If your body starts using protein for energy, you are in seriously deep do-do. You are dying of starvation.

I am pretty sure that this works brilliantly. For selling the product that is.

[geofflambert]

ORIGINAL: Orm

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

What's this marketing BS about drinking or otherwise consuming protein for energy? First your body burns sugar, then starch and then fat for energy. Protein is for building cells and making hormones and stuff like that. If your body starts using protein for energy, you are in seriously deep do-do. You are dying of starvation.

I am pretty sure that this works brilliantly. For selling the product that is.

You're clearly a marketing pro. How about you and I start selling testosterone pills to raise IQ? That could work, couldn't it? [:'(]

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

ORIGINAL: Orm

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

What's this marketing BS about drinking or otherwise consuming protein for energy? First your body burns sugar, then starch and then fat for energy. Protein is for building cells and making hormones and stuff like that. If your body starts using protein for energy, you are in seriously deep do-do. You are dying of starvation.

I am pretty sure that this works brilliantly. For selling the product that is.

You're clearly a marketing pro. How about you and I start selling testosterone pills to raise IQ? That could work, couldn't it? [:'(]

You need a better name so you should contact the marketing department before launching the campaign.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Orm

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

ORIGINAL: Orm



I am pretty sure that this works brilliantly. For selling the product that is.

You're clearly a marketing pro. How about you and I start selling testosterone pills to raise IQ? That could work, couldn't it? [:'(]

You need a better name so you should contact the marketing department before launching the campaign.

The product shall be "Gorny Ones" and the slogan shall be "Makes Your Little Head Think". [:'(]

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

What's this marketing BS about drinking or otherwise consuming protein for energy? First your body burns sugar, then starch and then fat for energy. Protein is for building cells and making hormones and stuff like that. If your body starts using protein for energy, you are in seriously deep do-do. You are dying of starvation.

The 'healthy' people who are concerned with their own weight might avoid products that contain carbohydrates. They definitely avoid things with sugar. And fat is not that popular either. And energy drinks are old news. Protein, on the other hand builds muscle, everyone knows that. Protein shake is a awesome name. And it is not our fault if people get sick by not eating enough other food. We just need to remember to call it a 'compliment'.


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[geofflambert]

I think this is another Cooper's Hawk in my backyard. I was trying as fast as I could to zoom in and focus when it flew off.

[rustysi]

I'm getting dizzy just watching that thing.[:(]

[geofflambert]

Here's the best frame I could pull. I think it's a Cooper's Hawk but it might be a Sharp-Shinned Hawk.

[dave sindel]

On a recent vacation to England / Wales, one of our stops was at an aviary outside York that featured Birds of Prey. During the demonstration, one of the handlers mentioned that Harris hawks were now being used to "police" Trafalgar Square. Apparently the local pigeons had covered Lord Nelson's statue with poop.. After cleaning the statue, they were using the hawks to prevent the pigeons from returning to the square.

[geofflambert]

I read somewhere that some sort of raptors (bald eagles, maybe) were being trained to take out drones. I wish the FAA would outlaw the danged things here unless you have special permits and licensing.

[pontiouspilot]

I'm damm sure your NRA thinks that infringes something 99% of people have never read!! o0ooops maybe political in the land of the cursed....outside just satirical

[geofflambert]

It's good to know that if things get any worse here I can come stay with you, pontiouspilot. [:D]

[geofflambert]

I want to say something to the lurkers out there, the people who haven't set up forum accounts so that they can make comments themselves. Some of you just come here for guilty pleasures, but never contribute your share. You know who you are, "Guest". At some point you'll give in and create a username and avatar. If you are a veteran pilot and have had a few too many servings of turkey stuffing w/gravy, select this username: PauncheousPilot

[Reg]

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

I read somewhere that some sort of raptors (bald eagles, maybe) were being trained to take out drones. I wish the FAA would outlaw the danged things here unless you have special permits and licensing.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/02/01/trained-eagle-destroys-drone-in-dutch-police-video/

Eagle vs Drone - 2m Wedge-Tailed Eagle takes down Drone

[geofflambert]

Thanks, Reg. Most of these birds are quite capable of inverting and capturing the drone from below, avoiding the props. Most raptors (and falcons, I believe) kill their prey by snipping the spinal cord at the neck with their beaks. The Cooper's Hawks I've been seeing in my backyard don't do that however. They simply squeeze the life out of them, be they birds or squirrels or rabbits.

[dave sindel]

At the Birds of Prey aviary we visited, I seem to recall one of the handlers saying that Falcons kill by blunt force. They fly so fast and ram their prey and the impact kills the prey.

[geofflambert]

That's right, I've seen video. The pigeon is dead before it hits the ground, though I think sometimes the falcon returns and grabs it out of the air. With pigeons in particular, breaking their necks is probably the easiest way. When you see video of such an attack, there's feathers flying everywhere.

[geofflambert]

I just stumbled into this: Boba Fett reimagined as a fallschirmjaeger.

[geofflambert]

Here is what they're converting those old M1 Abrams with the 105 into.