[SOC] Good to Know

[Ian C. Purdie]

Bill Bailey, KG4NZR wrote:

> Good to Know


A good friend, maybe also a member of this list, sent this to me today:

The Buzzard

If you put a Buzzard in a pen that is 6 feet by 8 feet and yet is entirely open 
at the top, the bird, in spite of its ability to fly, will be an absolute 
prisoner. The reason is that a Buzzard always begins a flight from the ground 
with a run of 10 to 12 feet. Without space to run, as is its habit, it will not 
even attempt to fly, but will remain a prisoner for life in a small jail with no 
top.

The Bat

The ordinary Bat that flies around at night, a remarkably nimble creature in the 
air, can not take off from a level place. If it is placed on the floor or flat 
ground, all it can do is shuffle about helplessly and, no doubt painfully, until 
it reaches some slight elevation from which it can throw itself into the air. 
Then, at once, it takes off like a flash.

The Bumble Bee

A Bumble Bee, if dropped into an open tumbler, will be there until it dies, 
unless it is taken out. It never sees the means of escape at the top, but 
persists in trying to find some way out through the sides near the bottom. It 
will seek a way where none exists, until it completely destroys itself.

People

In many ways, we are like the Buzzard, the Bat, and the Bumble Bee. We struggle 
about with all our problems and frustrations, never realizing that all we have 
to do is look up.



72/73's

Ian C. Purdie
Budgewoi N.S.W. Australia - Co-ords S33°14', E151°34'
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