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| 921.1 | | KAFS31::LACAILLE | Half-filled bottles of inspiration | Thu May 11 1995 14:29 | 2 |
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EH?
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| 921.2 | hatched | CTHU26::S_BURRIDGE | | Mon Jun 05 1995 09:46 | 36 |
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I N T E R O F F I C E M E M O R A N D U M
Date: 02-Jun-1995 01:27pm EDT
From: CTHRECEPTION @CTH
CTHRECEPTION AT A1 at OTOOA at OTO
Dept:
Tel No: DTN 640-5500
TO: See Below
Subject: WE'RE MOMMIES AND DADDIES/ON EST DES PAPA ET MAMAN
It seems that the stork came last night to visit our resident duck!
Mommy had 11 hatchlings.
Early this morning something spooked the duck and she fled with the
little ones behind her. When they crossed the shipping road one of the
baby's fell through the storm drain on the roadway. Thanks to Norm
Pirollo and quick thinking on the part of the Laidlaw driver they were
able to fish out the duckling with a hard-hat. They then went to search
for the Mother without any luck.
Derek Street made some calls and will take the duckling with him
tonight and it will be turned over to Ottawa Duck Club. It seems that
the duckling can feed and care for itself but needs to be with other
ducks.
If you get a chance then give these Hero's a big THANK YOU next time
you seem them.
Regards,
Facilities
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| 921.3 | | KAFS31::LACAILLE | Half-filled bottles of inspiration | Mon Jun 05 1995 16:38 | 4 |
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So there you go....Derek really does 'give a duck'.
Boo hiss...yeah yeah I know
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| 921.4 | Beijing Duck | POLAR::ROBINSONP | Liv'er on the edge | Tue Jun 06 1995 12:21 | 6 |
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Did someone say duck?
Where's my 12 guage...yum yum
Pat R.
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| 921.5 | | CSC32::BROOK | | Tue Jun 06 1995 13:17 | 8 |
| I dunno what a guage is ... You don't mean gauge do you ?
Ducks aren't measured by gauge ... that's for wire etc.
Ducks are measured by lbs or kilos ... and from all accounts these
guys are kind of scrawny.
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| 921.6 | | XAPPL::DEVRIES | Let your gentleness B evident 2 all | Tue Jun 06 1995 14:01 | 6 |
| > I dunno what a guage is ...
His guage is what tells how guold he is. You know -- in guyears?
I think 12 guage is pretty old for a duck.
- Mark
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| 921.7 | As Elmer would say... | POLAR::ROBINSONP | Liv'er on the edge | Tue Jun 06 1995 15:27 | 4 |
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youse guys quack me up.
Pat R.
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| 921.8 | | OTOOA::DUNCAN | | Tue Jun 06 1995 17:31 | 5 |
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The Ottawa Duck Club, I believe is a duck HUNTING club. I guess
they'll be fattening it up!
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| 921.9 | | TROOA::SOLEY | Fall down, go boom | Tue Jun 06 1995 17:47 | 3 |
| It's one of the more oxymoronic truths that Duck hunting clubs (of
which the largest is probably Ducks Unlimited) are major contributors
to efforts to preserve and restore wetland ecosystems.
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| 921.10 | re guage | KAFS31::LACAILLE | Half-filled bottles of inspiration | Wed Jun 07 1995 09:11 | 14 |
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12 gauge is a gun size but I believe Pat was referring to
the quality of the meat, 12 guage duck is very good duck.
Speaking of misspellling, was that suppose to be beijing
duck or being a duck. If it was being, then we'd all like
to hear your tale of a trip during the misspent high school
years.
Wasted minds want to know,
Mr. Leary
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| 921.11 | Bzzzzz | POLAR::ROBINSONP | Liv'er on the edge | Wed Jun 07 1995 10:09 | 8 |
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How did you find out about my misspent high-school years?!?!?!?!?!?
That paper airplane loaded with white phosphorus powder supposedly
destroyed all evidence (at least in Chemistry class).
Pat (who used to rule spelling bees before working to DEC standards)
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| 921.12 | Wrong Duck Club | KAOFS::D_STREET | | Wed Jun 07 1995 12:39 | 8 |
| OTOOA::DUNCAN
I doubt my mother and all the old fella's in the club do any hunting.
They manage a habitat, count eggs, build nests, maintain walking paths
through the habitat. You might be thinking of the already mentioned
DUCKS UNLIMITED.
Derek.
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| 921.13 | Two different clubs | OTOOA::KAP795::duncan | | Thu Jun 08 1995 13:22 | 6 |
| KAOFS::D_STREET,
My mistake. There is an Ottawa Duck Club and an Ottawa Duck Hunting Club,
each with their own agenda.
Steve
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| 921.14 | | XAPPL::DEVRIES | Let your gentleness B evident 2 all | Thu Jun 08 1995 15:08 | 4 |
| > My mistake. There is an Ottawa Duck Club and an Ottawa Duck Hunting Club,
> each with their own agenda.
Which one is which?
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| 921.15 | Duckling in good hands | KAOFS::N_PIROLLO | | Sun Jun 11 1995 15:33 | 26 |
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Correction to Internal Memo:
The duck was personally driven by myself to the Wild Bird Sanctuary
on Moodie Drive in Nepean.
It was Derek and Derek' moms idea, and a great one.
The folks at this small isolated bird refuge/hospital take in all
sorts of wild birds that have been abandoned in one way or another.
I really commend them for their humanitarian work....
I plan to contribute some bucks to this center on an annual basis.
Have since found out that the duckling has been adopted by another
duck family of 17 in the Dunrobin area, and is very happy.
If any of you are interested in visiting this duckling, its'
the 4th one from the left in the 2nd brood from the corner.
I still find it odd that the mother decided to have a nest in
the Digital courtyard in Hull.
Maybe the father works at Digital????????????????
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| 921.16 | no news too good not to nitpick :-) | XAPPL::DEVRIES | Let your gentleness B evident 2 all | Tue Jun 13 1995 15:25 | 9 |
| > I really commend them for their humanitarian work....
Just to keep things in perspective here, it sounds more like avian work
than humanitarian, doesn't it? That's a little too anthropomorphic. :-)
Quibbles aside, it's nice that there are folks who'll help keep these
things alive. Thanks for the happy ending.
-Mark
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