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   occam to All   
   Re: test --- Duck Landing on a Lake   
   24 Jul 25 10:42:40   
   
   XPost: alt.usage.english, rec.puzzles   
   From: occam@nowhere.nix   
      
   On 23/07/2025 22:23, lar3ryca wrote:   
   > On 2025-07-23 01:42, J. J. Lodder wrote:   
   >> HenHanna@NewsGrouper  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Duck Landing on a Lake   
   >>> https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1945602812131344384/vid/   
   >>> avc1/720x722/FHO   
   >> dcx2n9V8DfQxs.mp4   
   >>   
   >> This belly landing is not the way the ducks (and swans) I see do it.   
   >> The ones I see water ski on their feet until all speed is lost,   
   >> then they sink nearly straight down.   
   >> I guess this is some other kind of bird,   
   >   
   > Am I in your killfile?   
   >   
   > I already pointed out that it is a Loon.   
   >   
      
     There are a lot of loons here Larry.  He may have thought you   
   were just referring to one of the posters here (e.g. the OP, Hen Hanna).   
      
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