From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.glorb.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 07:50:00 -0600 From: Dennis Lee Bieber Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: The Owl - My Idea for the Ada mascot Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 08:49:28 -0500 Organization: IISS Elusive Unicorn Message-ID: <92vj6ad43r69ltjr3cqfkumj8lsc0ah6lj@4ax.com> References: <08a98d3a-0f72-491c-b024-3e09c0457c03@googlegroups.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 6.00/32.1186 X-No-Archive: YES MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 108.79.216.34 X-Trace: sv3-6faTd+MfwQ/4rGziKKKMuvZb5cI1i9VsFPZMLkKqTUteCBlywcDT8wFFELFe6hNPG6nOmjs4qnni7Sr!8d/M1j/5pPK+0t5Wjo92l41FjYVdRIQn4cXxnLhMOaIqkaqcTk9GulcnOFomn3/p3dqxHSlNk15f!a0TEiuqpee6p++1PAmxfeZH7EeA= X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 2205 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:23462 Date: 2014-11-17T08:49:28-05:00 List-Id: On Sun, 16 Nov 2014 15:09:13 -0800 (PST), Bruce Hennessy declaimed the following: >On Thursday, November 13, 2014 11:37:17 PM UTC-5, David Botton wrote: >> This owl picture I think sums up my idea of a base for an Ada Mascot >> >> http://devpress.com/demo/quiescent/files/2012/08/owl-50267-1200x900.jpg >> >> Powerful, sleek, precise. Every aspect of the owl is engineered. >> >> Thoughts? >> >> David Botton > >OK I've got it! SQUIRREL! Squirrels are wonderful. They do annoy my wife and I as they take from the birds food we leave - however you cannot help but love their: resilience, persistence, learning, strength, flexibility, agility. Ada is a SQUIRREL!!!!! English red, North American red, grey, or fox? {In my case, it's the birds taking the stuff I toss out for the squirrels -- had 14 turkeys in my back yard this morning, three of them on the 4x8 patio} -- Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber AF6VN wlfraed@ix.netcom.com HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/