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- From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
- Subject: Re: R/C Glider crashing!
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- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 17:37:12 GMT
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- In article <19268@optima.cs.arizona.edu> sham@cs.arizona.edu (Shamim Zvonko Mohamed) writes:
- >In article <BrJJCB.5M@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib) writes:
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- >Yes, that's the one. It's strange how it has become the quintessential cactus,
- >even though it only grows in a relatively small part of the country. No doubt
- >the Roadrunner cartoons have something to do with it.
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- >And these things are very large and strong, and usually the larger ones don't
- >have any spines on the lower reaches.
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- Hmmm.. is it also true that if you poke a hole near the base
- you'd get drinkable water? Wonder if that harms the cactus in
- any great way though. The stories I've read suggest that the
- barrel cactus was the one to look for if one needs water bad...
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- >(And about "holes in the covering", ask me about when I fell while riding my
- >mountain bike and landed on a cholla! Now that's a vicious plant.)
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- Heheheh... Makes one want a pair of kevlar overalls doesn't
- it.. I remember using a rock hammer on a sample once and
- didn't notice that prickly pear right where my hand ended up....
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