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Date: 06 Mar 2007 16:09:24
From: Michael Anselmo
Subject: I got a birdie!
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A yellow finch to be exact.
I was teeing off on a 366 yard par four. I hit a perfect drive straight and
high. The best in a month for me. At about 100 yards out from the tee box a
finch was traveling perpendicular to the ball flight. I hit it in mid
flight. It fell straight down and we lost sight of the ball. Now this was a
small bird, maybe 3.5 inches in length. It wasn't a heron or a Canadian
goose. We were all very surprised. Well, we get to the fairway and find,
first, the bird at about 100 yards out, then the ball about 160 yards from
the pin. Now a 200 yard drive is a very nice drive for me. This one probably
would have gone at least 220-230 had it not hit the bird. Well, it was
downhill from there. I knocked the next shot into the hazard and the next
was into the trap, over the green. So, I get a six, no help to the team.
Mike
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Date: 07 Mar 2007 23:46:30
From: rob classic
Subject: Re: I got a birdie!
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this came to mind when i read this
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3438477498211776396&q=bird+tennis&hl=en
"Michael Anselmo" <manselmo@NOEFFINGSPAMoptonline.net > wrote in message
news:1KOdnXt0iMnjRXDYnZ2dnUVZ_uCinZ2d@adelphia.com...
>A yellow finch to be exact.
>
> I was teeing off on a 366 yard par four. I hit a perfect drive straight
> and high. The best in a month for me. At about 100 yards out from the tee
> box a finch was traveling perpendicular to the ball flight. I hit it in
> mid flight. It fell straight down and we lost sight of the ball. Now this
> was a small bird, maybe 3.5 inches in length. It wasn't a heron or a
> Canadian goose. We were all very surprised. Well, we get to the fairway
> and find, first, the bird at about 100 yards out, then the ball about 160
> yards from the pin. Now a 200 yard drive is a very nice drive for me. This
> one probably would have gone at least 220-230 had it not hit the bird.
> Well, it was downhill from there. I knocked the next shot into the hazard
> and the next was into the trap, over the green. So, I get a six, no help
> to the team.
>
> Mike
>
>
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Date: 08 Mar 2007 09:39:22
From: Michael Anselmo
Subject: Re: I got a birdie!
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"rob classic" <1@1.com > wrote in message
news:45ef9527$0$28148$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
> this came to mind when i read this
>
> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3438477498211776396&q=bird+tennis&hl=en
>
>
Then there was the Dave Winfield seagull hit and the Randy Johnson dove.
I now hold the record for Absolute Distance and In Flight.
> "Michael Anselmo" <manselmo@NOEFFINGSPAMoptonline.net> wrote in message
> news:1KOdnXt0iMnjRXDYnZ2dnUVZ_uCinZ2d@adelphia.com...
>>A yellow finch to be exact.
>>
>> I was teeing off on a 366 yard par four. I hit a perfect drive straight
>> and high. The best in a month for me. At about 100 yards out from the tee
>> box a finch was traveling perpendicular to the ball flight. I hit it in
>> mid flight. It fell straight down and we lost sight of the ball. Now this
>> was a small bird, maybe 3.5 inches in length. It wasn't a heron or a
>> Canadian goose. We were all very surprised. Well, we get to the fairway
>> and find, first, the bird at about 100 yards out, then the ball about 160
>> yards from the pin. Now a 200 yard drive is a very nice drive for me.
>> This one probably would have gone at least 220-230 had it not hit the
>> bird. Well, it was downhill from there. I knocked the next shot into the
>> hazard and the next was into the trap, over the green. So, I get a six,
>> no help to the team.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>
>
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Date: 08 Mar 2007 09:04:50
From: John van der Pflum
Subject: Re: I got a birdie!
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On Wed, 7 2007 23:46:30 -0500, "rob classic" <1@1.com > wrote:
>this came to mind when i read this
>
>http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3438477498211776396&q=bird+tennis&hl=en
>
Then there is this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35DiRh_Zq0Q
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jvdp
RSG Cincinnati July 13-15, 2007
http://www.rsgcincinnati.com
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Date: 06 Mar 2007 16:27:27
From: 3Putt from South Carolina
Subject: Re: I got a birdie!
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"Michael Anselmo" <manselmo@NOEFFINGSPAMoptonline.net > wrote in message
news:1KOdnXt0iMnjRXDYnZ2dnUVZ_uCinZ2d@adelphia.com...
>A yellow finch to be exact.
>
> I was teeing off on a 366 yard par four. I hit a perfect drive straight
> and high. The best in a month for me. At about 100 yards out from the tee
> box a finch was traveling perpendicular to the ball flight. I hit it in
> mid flight. It fell straight down and we lost sight of the ball. Now this
> was a small bird, maybe 3.5 inches in length. It wasn't a heron or a
> Canadian goose. We were all very surprised. Well, we get to the fairway
> and find, first, the bird at about 100 yards out, then the ball about 160
> yards from the pin. Now a 200 yard drive is a very nice drive for me. This
> one probably would have gone at least 220-230 had it not hit the bird.
> Well, it was downhill from there. I knocked the next shot into the hazard
> and the next was into the trap, over the green. So, I get a six, no help
> to the team.
>
> Mike
>
More importantly, did the bird survive?
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Date: 06 Mar 2007 16:29:17
From: Michael Anselmo
Subject: Re: I got a birdie!
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"3Putt from South Carolina" <3putt@secoastofsc > wrote in message
news:45eddcb9$0$28119$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
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> "Michael Anselmo" <manselmo@NOEFFINGSPAMoptonline.net> wrote in message
> news:1KOdnXt0iMnjRXDYnZ2dnUVZ_uCinZ2d@adelphia.com...
>>A yellow finch to be exact.
>>
>> I was teeing off on a 366 yard par four. I hit a perfect drive straight
>> and high. The best in a month for me. At about 100 yards out from the tee
>> box a finch was traveling perpendicular to the ball flight. I hit it in
>> mid flight. It fell straight down and we lost sight of the ball. Now this
>> was a small bird, maybe 3.5 inches in length. It wasn't a heron or a
>> Canadian goose. We were all very surprised. Well, we get to the fairway
>> and find, first, the bird at about 100 yards out, then the ball about 160
>> yards from the pin. Now a 200 yard drive is a very nice drive for me.
>> This one probably would have gone at least 220-230 had it not hit the
>> bird. Well, it was downhill from there. I knocked the next shot into the
>> hazard and the next was into the trap, over the green. So, I get a six,
>> no help to the team.
>>
>> Mike
>>
> More importantly, did the bird survive?
>
The bird has passed on. If the ball didn't kill him, the fall did. ;-)
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Date: 06 Mar 2007 16:22:23
From: Tom Yost
Subject: Re: I got a birdie!
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On Tue, 6 2007 16:29:17 -0500, "Michael Anselmo"
<manselmo@NOEFFINGSPAMoptonline.net > wrote:
>
>"3Putt from South Carolina" <3putt@secoastofsc> wrote in message
>news:45eddcb9$0$28119$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
>>
>> "Michael Anselmo" <manselmo@NOEFFINGSPAMoptonline.net> wrote in message
>> news:1KOdnXt0iMnjRXDYnZ2dnUVZ_uCinZ2d@adelphia.com...
>>>A yellow finch to be exact.
>>>
>>> I was teeing off on a 366 yard par four. I hit a perfect drive straight
>>> and high. The best in a month for me. At about 100 yards out from the tee
>>> box a finch was traveling perpendicular to the ball flight. I hit it in
>>> mid flight. It fell straight down and we lost sight of the ball. Now this
>>> was a small bird, maybe 3.5 inches in length. It wasn't a heron or a
>>> Canadian goose. We were all very surprised. Well, we get to the fairway
>>> and find, first, the bird at about 100 yards out, then the ball about 160
>>> yards from the pin. Now a 200 yard drive is a very nice drive for me.
>>> This one probably would have gone at least 220-230 had it not hit the
>>> bird. Well, it was downhill from there. I knocked the next shot into the
>>> hazard and the next was into the trap, over the green. So, I get a six,
>>> no help to the team.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>> More importantly, did the bird survive?
>>
>
>The bird has passed on. If the ball didn't kill him, the fall did. ;-)
>
No, he's resting.
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Date: 07 Mar 2007 09:32:00
From: John van der Pflum
Subject: Re: I got a birdie!
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On Tue, 06 2007 16:22:23 -0700, Tom Yost <tom@nospamme.com > wrote:
>On Tue, 6 2007 16:29:17 -0500, "Michael Anselmo"
><manselmo@NOEFFINGSPAMoptonline.net> wrote:
>
>>
>>"3Putt from South Carolina" <3putt@secoastofsc> wrote in message
>>news:45eddcb9$0$28119$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
>>>
>>> "Michael Anselmo" <manselmo@NOEFFINGSPAMoptonline.net> wrote in message
>>> news:1KOdnXt0iMnjRXDYnZ2dnUVZ_uCinZ2d@adelphia.com...
>>>>A yellow finch to be exact.
>>>>
>>>> I was teeing off on a 366 yard par four. I hit a perfect drive straight
>>>> and high. The best in a month for me. At about 100 yards out from the tee
>>>> box a finch was traveling perpendicular to the ball flight. I hit it in
>>>> mid flight. It fell straight down and we lost sight of the ball. Now this
>>>> was a small bird, maybe 3.5 inches in length. It wasn't a heron or a
>>>> Canadian goose. We were all very surprised. Well, we get to the fairway
>>>> and find, first, the bird at about 100 yards out, then the ball about 160
>>>> yards from the pin. Now a 200 yard drive is a very nice drive for me.
>>>> This one probably would have gone at least 220-230 had it not hit the
>>>> bird. Well, it was downhill from there. I knocked the next shot into the
>>>> hazard and the next was into the trap, over the green. So, I get a six,
>>>> no help to the team.
>>>>
>>>> Mike
>>>>
>>> More importantly, did the bird survive?
>>>
>>
>>The bird has passed on. If the ball didn't kill him, the fall did. ;-)
>>
>
>No, he's resting.
>
Uh-oh -- I see a recitation of the Monty Python Dead "Finch" skit
coming on......
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jvdp
RSG Cincinnati July 13-15, 2007
http://www.rsgcincinnati.com
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Date: 06 Mar 2007 21:23:48
From: Watson deMeneux
Subject: Re: I got a birdie!
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Michael Anselmo wrote:
> A yellow finch to be exact.
>
It wasn't a heron or a Canadian
> goose.
It's *Canada Goose*, not Canadian Goose. And, by the way, if birds were
plants, Canada Geese would be thistles.
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Watson deMeneux
-Say it out loud next time you're in a restaurant.
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