| Author | Message | ||
| Einar Berg (Grainbeer)
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The lives of those who aided them were not spared. However, some of those who failed to aid them, saved their lives | ||
| Benjamin Moore (Zenith)
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Saved their own lives, or the lives of the 'them' originally stated? | ||
| Tony (E20)
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True story? Which of the following statements are correct? Group A aided Group B. Group A lost their lives. Group C failed to aid Group D. Some of Group C's lives were saved. Some of Group D's lives were saved. Are Group B and Group D the same? Did all of Group A lose their lives? As a direct consequence of trying to aid Group B? How many in each group? Are all members of the groups human? adult? | ||
| Sudesh Kumar (Sudesh)
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They who aided them originally did so because they wanted to? those who failed to aid them wanted to aid them but failed? those who failed to aid them did so intentionally? | ||
| Einar Berg (Grainbeer)
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Benjamin: Saved their own lives, or the lives of the 'them' originally stated? Saved the lives of 'them', not their own Tony: True story? Yes Which of the following statements are correct? Group A aided Group B. correct Group A lost their lives. correct Group C failed to aid Group D. correct. just to make it not too confusing, group D = group B Sudesh: They who aided them originally did so because they wanted to? No those who failed to aid them wanted to aid them but failed? No those who failed to aid them did so intentionally? No Some of Group C's lives were saved. Yes. At least, I think so... Some of Group D's lives were saved. Irrelevant. But yes, some of the lives of this group were saved Are Group B and Group D the same? yes, as stated above Did all of Group A lose their lives? Nearly all, probably. I do not know the exact details of this incident As a direct consequence of trying to aid Group B? No. They did not try to aid them intentionally How many in each group? I don´t know. My guess is around 100 - 200 in group A, and 1000- 2000 in group B. But this is mid between a wild guess and a calculated guess Are all members of the groups human? No adult? Yes | ||
| Tony (E20)
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Are any of the members of the any of the groups human? Are all groups of the same species? Mammals? Insects? Birds? Reptiles? Amphibians? Extra-terrestrials? Fish? | ||
| Einar Berg (Grainbeer)
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Are any of the members of the any of the groups human? yes Are all groups of the same species? no - and of those not human: Mammals? Insects? Birds? yes Reptiles? Amphibians? Extra-terrestrials? Fish? and no to the rest | ||
| Tony (E20)
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Group A: birds? human? other? Group B: birds? human? other? Group C: birds? human? other? | ||
| Einar Berg (Grainbeer)
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Group A: birds? human? other? birds Group B: birds? human? other? human Group C: birds? human? other? birds | ||
| Mosquito (Mosquito)
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Did the humans eat any of the birds? | ||
| Einar Berg (Grainbeer)
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Did the humans eat any of the birds? yes | ||
| Tony (E20)
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So, about 150 birds aided about 1500 humans, and lost their lives. Did the humans kill them? and eat them? Was it the being eaten that provided the aid? Did the birds do something else to aid the humans? Another group of birds (how many in this group?) did not aid the same group of humans, but some of these birds were spared. Were both bird groups the same species? Wild birds? sea birds? poultry? fowl? game birds? canaries? Did these events happen within the last year? decade? century? millenium? | ||
| Einar Berg (Grainbeer)
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So, about 150 birds aided about 1500 humans, and lost their lives. Did the humans kill them? Yes and eat them? Yes Was it the being eaten that provided the aid? No Did the birds do something else to aid the humans? Yes Another group of birds (how many in this group?) I don´t know the exact figure here either. But my guess would be maybe 50 did not aid the same group of humans, but some of these birds were spared. Yes - they did not aid that group of humans, and yes, some of the lives of these birds were (probably) spared Were both bird groups the same species? Yes Wild birds? sea birds? poultry? fowl? game birds? canaries? Domestic birds, but none of these Did these events happen within the last year? decade? century? this is it millenium? | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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Homing pigeons? Carrier pigeons? | ||
| Einar Berg (Grainbeer)
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Homing pigeons? No Carrier pigeons? No This sparked my interest in the culinary of pigeons, by the way. Wild pigeons are quite tasty. And no one I know would want to eat pigeons living in the city because of all unhealthy food they are thought to consume. But what about carrier pigeons? Since they are being trained for racing, they probably are very skinny. Not much meat there, is my guess. Anyone who can enlighten me on this? | ||
| Barbara Johannessen Bailey (Rabrab)
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Most food pigeons are sold as squabs (young birds) There's not much meat on any pigeon (or dove, for that matter), it's pretty much the breast meat and that's it. Carrier pigeons would have large, strong breast muscles, since that's where half of the wing muscles are anchored, but they'd also tend to the tough end of the spectrum. I suppose that you could eat carrier pigeon, but it wouldn't be a first choice. Domestic birds commonly kept as pets? Parrots? budgies? swans? | ||
| Einar Berg (Grainbeer)
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Thanks for broadening my pidgeonic knowledge base  Domestic birds commonly kept as pets? No Parrots? budgies? swans? None of these | ||
| Barbara Johannessen Bailey (Rabrab)
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Domestic birds commonly kept as meat providers? as egg providers? as watch-birds? (geese or guineas?) Wild birds that are also widely farmed (like pheasant and quail?) peafowl? | ||
| Einar Berg (Grainbeer)
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Domestic birds commonly kept as meat providers? yes as egg providers? as watch-birds? (geese or guineas?) Wild birds that are also widely farmed (like pheasant and quail?) peafowl? no to the rest, as far as I know | ||
| Barbara Johannessen Bailey (Rabrab)
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Hmmm. You said not poultry or fowl? Anyway, turkeys? geese? ducks? | ||
| Einar Berg (Grainbeer)
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Hmmm. You said not poultry or fowl? Anyway, turkeys? Yes, turkeys geese? ducks? Sorry, my English language ability may have some flaws. I thought 'poultry' only applied to chicken, and 'fowl' only applied to hunted wild birds ('game'). But I was probably wrong here... awfully sorry | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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The word "poultry" does indeed come from "poule", the French word for a hen. The diminutive, "poulet", meant a chicken; the English word "pullet" is a technical term for a hen that has begun to lay eggs, but has not yet moulted. A man who bred chickens was known as a "pouletier" in old French, and that became "poulter" in English. As other birds were bred for food, eggs, or feathers, the term "poulter" acquired a more general significance, The word "fowl" comes from the German "Vogel", which simply means a bird; the terms "fowl" and "bird" are practically synonymous in English. And don't worry, Grainbeer. Your English is not only fine, but a sight better than my Norwegian Did the turkeys save the lives of these people by giving them some kind of warning? by providing them with food? |
