Paloma Paloma Balogna

bio:Born in a nest, from and egg. Much flying since then. Mostly for money, sometimes for fun (tho' the joy has gone out of it. *sigh*)

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Commented on About US Airways Flight 1549
I fear that the power of wonderful things has disturbed the unified field and activated the Infinite Irony Feeback Loop! God help us all!...
Commented on Soundwave wedding bands etch romantic whispers
I have one of these, as does my wife. I've encoded the waveform for: "This sound snags all of my angora sweaters", and it does. My wife, who is Angoran, recorded the same thing in her native language, and guess...
Commented on Square traffic lights
As a pidgeon, I have to say that this is the most wonderful invention I've ever seen. You don't know how many of my nests have been thwarted by the obscene roundness of traffic lights. A free dove bar to...

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AAndy commented on About US Airways Flight 1549
It must feel good to realize just how many people read AND REMEMBERED your post. Isn't random motion a funny thing..... Would people have remembered it if it happened tomorrow?...
tom_e_tech commented on About US Airways Flight 1549
AIRSHOWFAN, ARKIZZLE, BLACKBIRD, SCUBA, et. al... As earlier as 1956 engineers and lawyers filed patents on... RETRACTABLE GUARDS FOR AIR INTAKES http://www.google.com/patents?id=N-BMAAAAEBAJ&dq=bird+strike+intake SCREEN APPARATUS FOR AIR INLET http://www.google.com/patents?id=iWA6AAAAEBAJ&dq=bird+strike+screen Protective screen for jet-engine intake... http://www.google.com/patents?id=m0k8AAAAEBAJ&dq=turbine+intake+grill+bird+strike Guard for jet engine http://www.google.com/patents?id=4-sdAAAAEBAJ&dq=turbine+intake+grill+bird+strike Jet engine intake deflection guard http://www.google.com/patents?id=HbcGAAAAEBAJ&dq=Jet+engine+intake+deflection+guard Fan case with flexible conical ring http://www.google.com/patents?id=NMcFAAAAEBAJ&pg=PA2&dq=prevent+bird+strikes&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=1_1#PPA1,M1 And, there are many other pages and patents related to bird strike damage prevention....
tom_e_tech commented on About US Airways Flight 1549
in general i wish more posters did google and wikipedia searches first, e.g... http://news.google.com/news?oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&q=flight+1549+bird+strike&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&sa=X&oi=news_group&resnum=1&ct=title http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Airways_Flight_1549...
Takuan commented on About US Airways Flight 1549
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