Loose Cannon Alchemy - 9/23

[Mako]

With that tirade infront of Smelly, Scobee has just transformed himself from loose cannon to cannon fodder. Cool

CYa!
Mako

[ZOMBIE USER 10430]

Whether he's lept to a conclusion because he wanted it to be true, or has simply selected the most a convenient scapefox, Scoobi has certainly let his feelings obstruct his objectivity and that's not very professional. After all, if you're going to lay the blame at someone's feet, you should first make sure that they can't just walk all over you with a better explanation.

[Daniel Cougar]

Hey, Scott,
Do you have intelligent avians in your world? I think a certain Scobee is about to eat some crow.

[Baxtrr]

Hey, Scott,
Do you have intelligent avians in your world? I think a certain Scobee is about to eat some crow.

Is true, is true. However, this does not mean Jack's problems are over. If he were as vicious as a truly (politically) effective onsite engineer needs to be in defending his territory, he'd move in for the kill after this obvious exposure of throatlike real estate by Herr Colonel Psychopath.

Unfortunately, Jack made Jenny a promise, and is going to have to quietly sit back and (silently) hope Barb and Beth have the authority and the will to take Scobee's accusations to their logical stopping point. Which may be difficult, as Scobee hadn't had much time to ramp up before he was stopped, so his temper hasn't got much inertia....

And then we still have the problem of communicating with Lindbergh before the deadline. A critical question here is, where is Jupiter with respect to the Earth right now? If they're in opposition, transit time is a hair over a half hour, allowing time for two message round trips--barely. A longer distance means more time and less margin for error.

Of course, they might be able to use the technique developed by the mother of the space scientist in that story by (Asimov??), where they continually broadcast instruction codes in a carefully chosen if-then hierarchy, allowing them to get a lot accomplished IF it works while waiting to hear back WHETHER it works. "Darling, when I talk to a friend on the phone, we both talk at once. When I hang up, I have time to put it all together."

bax

[Kellogg]

Yup. Intelligent birds.

Mrs. Tweedy's Chicken Pot Pies... Yum!

As for Scobee, well, Smelly Johnson is actually a pretty darn good
manager. He likes to have his team working smoothly, and so far
they have. Skunks are often nearsighted, but corrective laser
surgery is not a rarity in 2066. And Smelly is certainly not deaf.

He's aware of the problem.

And, if he has to... he'll raise a stink about it...

Scott

[ZOMBIE USER 6611]

Yup. Intelligent birds.
Mrs. Tweedy's Chicken Pot Pies... Yum!

I'd have thought you'd approach this topic, ah, Gingerly.

As for Scobee, well, Smelly Johnson is actually a pretty darn good manager. He likes to have his team working smoothly, and so far they have.

It seems to me that Scobee's effectiveness is too geared for environments based on "What I say, goes."

He is not being smooth in this environment; he's as blatant as Saddam Hussein on his own TV show.

I would speculate that Barb's voice, resonating through several feet of throat, would be impressive when she wants it to be -- and this was in Scobee's ear. Scobee's planetoid-sized chip on his shoulder is now painfully obvious to the Boss Skunk -- from what I have learned, this will not be ignored.

And, if he has to... he'll raise a stink about it...

MUST he?

[Mako]

And, if he has to... he'll raise a stink about it...

MUST he?

The pain! Augh the pain!

CYa!
Mako

[ZOMBIE USER 6611]

The pain! Augh the pain!

Thank you, friend Mako. I was afraid that this one might be mist.

[LaserBeams]

The pain! Augh the pain!

Thank you, friend Mako. I was afraid that this one might be mist.

SHIELDS FAILING!

lol... I hate bad puns...

[ZOMBIE USER 6611]

lol... I hate bad puns...

I am curious as to how you can tell.

[Quill]

Mrs. Tweedy's Chicken Pot Pies... Yum!

Scott

[The plane reels as Mrs. Tweedy hangs on to it.]
Fowler: Great Scott, what was that?
Mac: A cling-on, Cap'n, and the engines can't take it!

[Baxtrr]

Yup. Intelligent birds.
Mrs. Tweedy's Chicken Pot Pies... Yum!

I'd have thought you'd approach this topic, ah, Gingerly.

Why? He's in for a Rocky time no matter how he brings it up.

And, if he has to... he'll raise a stink about it...

MUST he?

Please, LH, there's a solar flare about to eat the Lindbergh and here you are making skunk jokes. We must maintain a sunny disposition, no matter how much it burns up Herr Col. Psycho, and always look on the bright side. That way, Mr. Johnson will see no need to turn tail on behalf of his team, and everyone will remain in good odour with the powers that be.

8)

bax

[ZOMBIE USER 8834]

You guys crack me up!

The atmosphere was getting rather thick in here, in need of some light'ning. Hehe.

I mean, the solar storms can get pretty heady.

And we wouldn't want all of that going to Scobee's head... LOL!

And as for Scobee eating crow, the engineers have bigger fish to fry right now.

-=TK

[ZOMBIE USER 10430]

I would speculate that Barb's voice, resonating through several feet of throat, would be impressive when she wants it to be -- and this was in Scobee's ear.

I dunno. Have you heard an actual girraffe? While it surprises many that they have voices, impressive they are not. (Least ways, not within the range of human hearing. I dunno about wolf.)

[Quill]

Well, the voice box would be up at the top, wouldn't it?

[Kellogg]

Remember:

Speak Softly and carry a great big monstrous hoof the size of a steering wheel. 8)

[ZOMBIE USER 6611]

I would speculate that Barb's voice, resonating through several feet of throat, would be impressive when she wants it to be -- and this was in Scobee's ear.

I dunno. Have you heard an actual girraffe?

In fact, I have. In the absense of human-style vocal cords, there was a limited range of expression, and it did not seem particularly loud.

But, it was plainly audible, and seemed scaled to the giraffe's head, if not his neck. Put vocal cords on one end of that amplification tube, and you'll have something.

[Kellogg]

I remember a scene in a movie where a Giraffe was braying.
But you can't tell anything from that really while the sound man
is in control of how loud or soft anything is.

Scott

[ZOMBIE USER 6611]

I remember a scene in a movie where a Giraffe was braying.
But you can't tell anything from that really while the sound man
is in control of how loud or soft anything is.

Scott

In Hatari, perhaps, where the gang has managed to lasso a relatively young giraffe and is getting ready to put it into a truck? He didn't sound happy, but was not strident about it.

I noticed that there was no tendency to try to bite his captors; such an attack from above would not have been easily defensible.

[Kellogg]

In Hatari, perhaps, where the gang has managed to lasso a relatively young giraffe and is getting ready to put it into a truck? He didn't sound happy, but was not strident about it.

I noticed that there was no tendency to try to bite his captors; such an attack from above would not have been easily defensible.

That's the one!

Hatari, is a fun film. Wildlife hunters in Kenya, capturing animals for zoos. Lots of fun with the animals, and chase scenes across the veldt in land rovers. 8)

One giraffe is captured after a long chase. He seems pretty winded, but does bray in protest as they're holding him. A fairly short specimen: Only about 10-12 feet tall.