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   Bobbie Sellers to Paul S Person   
   Re: SpaceX Faces More Pushback Over Plan   
   10 Jan 26 15:51:52   
   
   From: bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com   
      
   On 1/10/26 09:12, Paul S Person wrote:   
   > On Fri, 9 Jan 2026 17:16:42 -0000 (UTC), jdnicoll@panix.com (James   
   > Nicoll) wrote:   
   >   
   >> In article <10jr3pf$fj7$1@panix2.panix.com>,   
   >> Scott Dorsey  wrote:   
   >>> James Nicoll  wrote:   
   >>>> James Nicoll  wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> I suddenly wonder how my brother keeps his goats off his solar   
   >>>>> panels. Goats love to climb.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Asked and yeah, goats will if possible clamper onto any array that   
   >>>> offers foot holds. Esp young goats.   
   >>>   
   >>> I can't believe goats won't eat major parts of solar panels and systems.   
   >>> They ate my friend's toyota.   
   >>   
   >> My brother didn't mention that as a problem but I do remember a goat   
   >> I had as a kid occasionally ripping fur off the St Bernard to see if   
   >> it was edible. And once, eating the shift off another brother while he   
   >> slept.   
   >   
   > Goats in cartoons, of course, are infamous for eating tin cans. Among   
   > other unlikely things.   
      
   	Not the cans but the labels from the cans.   
   >   
   > Since most kids (I should think) see those cartoons, it can be (I   
   > would think) hard to distinguish cartoon goat behavior from real goat   
   > behavior. I certainly have no direct knowledge of real goats in   
   > proximity to tin cans.   
      
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