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 Post subject: Where's the Roadrunner?
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Can you see it? ;-)

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He's a little easier to spot while on the PBY wings.......

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And to my surprise, roadrunners aren't purple, with yellow beaks, and I've yet to see one eating a pile of yellow bird seed, even though I leave a sign in it that says, "Free Bird Seed." And once, just once, I would like to hear one go, "BEEP BEEP!!!" ;-)

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They only eat the bird seed if you buy it at the Acme Bird Seed Store. Thats what makes them go beep-beep.
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Gary,
Keep an eye on it, they have regular routes they travel. We had one at DVT that would come by everyday at about the same time. It would go down the ramp checking out the planes in the covered tiedowns looking for for something to eat.

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I once saw a road runner at the ACME seed plant in Walla-Walla, Washington : )


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I saw a lot of them at a Dodge/Plymouth car dealership many years ago....
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Tulio wrote:
I once saw a road runner at the ACME seed plant in Walla-Walla, Washington : )


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No thats the little giant vacuum company of Walla Walla Washington. ACME is some where else. BEEP BEEP!

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They used to cruise the back lot at the car dealership in Yuma. That was my first contact with a non-purple roadrunner, and they are fun to watch. They did seem to follow the same route every day.
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I saw a lot of them at a Dodge/Plymouth car dealership many years ago....


those are the best kind. Verooom-verooom! :D

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retroaviation wrote:
Can you see it? ;-)

And to my surprise, roadrunners aren't purple, with yellow beaks, and I've yet to see one eating a pile of yellow bird seed, even though I leave a sign in it that says, "Free Bird Seed." And once, just once, I would like to hear one go, "BEEP BEEP!!!" ;-)

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Oh Crap, now I'll have that stupid theme song stuck in my head all night :shock:

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Matt Gunsch wrote:
Gary,
Keep an eye on it, they have regular routes they travel. We had one at DVT that would come by everyday at about the same time. It would go down the ramp checking out the planes in the covered tiedowns looking for for something to eat.


You're right, Matt. They are neat creatures. There's a family of them living out at my place. What's cool is that they have an appetite for rattlesnakes. I saw one two summers ago, with a dead snake hanging out both sides of his beak, as he was carrying it home. I understand that the way they kill the rattlers is they use their quickness to grab the snake's tail and quickly swing it around in order to bash it's head on the ground, killing it. Personally, I think that's pretty dang cool, and I'd love to see one do that sometime.

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262crew wrote:
Tulio wrote:
I once saw a road runner at the ACME seed plant in Walla-Walla, Washington : )


Saludos,


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No thats the little giant vacuum company of Walla Walla Washington. ACME is some where else. BEEP BEEP!


Mannnnn! They don't even let you lie here anymore! :lol: :lol:

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Tulio wrote:
262crew wrote:
Tulio wrote:
I once saw a road runner at the ACME seed plant in Walla-Walla, Washington : )


Saludos,


Tulio


No thats the little giant vacuum company of Walla Walla Washington. ACME is some where else. BEEP BEEP!


Mannnnn! They don't even let you lie here anymore! :lol: :lol:

Saludos,


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Its cool! You were in the ball park!

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If the roadrunner kills the rattlesnakes, what do your cats do for fun?
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262crew wrote:
Tulio wrote:
262crew wrote:
Tulio wrote:
I once saw a road runner at the ACME seed plant in Walla-Walla, Washington : )


Saludos,


Tulio


No thats the little giant vacuum company of Walla Walla Washington. ACME is some where else. BEEP BEEP!


Mannnnn! They don't even let you lie here anymore! :lol: :lol:

Saludos,


Tulio


Its cool! You were in the ball park!


You do not understand.... I bought the "ACME" Seed factory in Walla-Walla Washington! [Wallawallawashington as Daffy Duck would say]... would you happen to have a bridge for sale?


:lol: :lol:

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