Prince_Alarming
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Found a feather I'm pretty sure is from a red kite. Gonna glue it into my sketchbook
Tell me something good...
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Wing Woo Gar
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Picture?
Xue Sheng
All weight is underside
Had a nice big bowl of Raman with sliced chicken. In Tokyo near the 三社祭, Sanja Matsuri shine… just happened to be there for day 2 of the Sanja Matsuri festival
Prince_Alarming
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I'm not 100% sure
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Wing Woo Gar
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Do you have owls near? That looks very owlish.
Wing Woo Gar
Grandmaster
Kites will typically have clean sharp edges on the secondaries, whereas owls have “ feathered” edges to dampen the sound of flight.
Wing Woo Gar
Grandmaster
It’s why you can hear a crow or a raven flying by. It’s also why owls are not good flyers.
Wing Woo Gar
Grandmaster
I dearly want to go there for this! All the tattoos are on display during this!Had a nice big bowl of Raman with sliced chicken. In Tokyo near the 三社祭, Sanja Matsuri shine… just happened to be there for day 2 of the Sanja Matsuri festival
Prince_Alarming
Master Black Belt
Oh we have tons of owls, it's just that I did see a kite go by, but thanks for the information
Wing Woo Gar
Grandmaster
I could be wrong. I’m not an expert.
Xue Sheng
All weight is underside
We were there totally by accident. But i am am glad we were there, even though it was during a torrential downpour
Wing Woo Gar
Grandmaster
AHA! I’m better than I thought!
Wing Woo Gar
Grandmaster
I was a zookeeper after all, raptors and falconry are an interest of mine. I am not a falconer, you need to be wealthy, full of free time, and live in a rural area. I only have the rural area part. I would pick a Harris hawk if I were a falconer. Falconry is a huge commitment, similar, but even more demanding than owning a horse.
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windwalker099
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We've all been there...
windwalker099
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.Back in Taiwan, I’d ride my scooter up into the mountains around Hsinchu.
Miss those times...
HighKick
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We have a lot of farm equipment and several OTR trucks. I have to say that is a first for me being pulled out of a tire. Did it happen in your own garage (something you owned)?
We've all been there...
windwalker099
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It didn't happen, riding a scooter in Taiwan.Lots of other things could have happened but did not, luckly
it reminded me of a an old Chinese story, where something totally unexpected considered unlucky turns out to be luck after all. .
Finding something embedded in ones tire might be unlucky.
Finding a Buddha embedded in one's tire might be lucky. A sign, one should consider.
There’s an old Chinese saying: 塞翁失马，焉知非福 (Sàiwēng shīmǎ, yān zhī fēi fú) “The old man lost his horse, who knows if it’s not a blessing?”
" During the Han Dynasty—in the third century B.C.—an old man living on China’s border one day lost his horse. His neighbors all said what terrible luck that was, and sympathized with the old man. But Sai Weng said: “Maybe losing my horse is not a bad thing after all.”
Lo and behold, the next day the old man’s horse returned, together with a beautiful female horse alongside him. All the neighbors exclaimed: “What great luck!” But the old man responded: “Maybe this is not such good luck after all.”
The old man had a strong young son. The boy fell in love with the new horse and rode her every day. One day the new horse got spooked by a wild animal and threw the boy from her back. He broke his leg very badly and was permanently crippled.
All Sai Weng’s neighbors said: “What a tragedy, your strong son will never walk without pain again.” But the old man again said: “Maybe this is not such a bad thing after all.”
And so it went that when the New Year came, the emperor’s army passed through the border region and recruited all able young men to fight in the frontier war. Because the old man’s son was crippled he could not fight and was left in the village to farm with his father. Sai Weng said to his neighbors: “You see, it all turned out okay in the end. Being thrown from the horse and breaking his leg saved my son from fighting in the war and almost certain death. So it was in the end a lucky thing after all.”
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