If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#11
|
|||
|
|||
Antarctic Expedition
Sundance and/or Rebecca wrote in rec.pets.cats.community:
Hareballz iz furz dat kitteez hurkz up. Yoo purrobly alreddy knowz dat kitteez groomz dere furz by likkin. In da process, we swallowz sum furz. If we swallowz too much, den sumtimez we haz to hurk dem bak up, an dey kumz up wif da varyuss flooidz frum owrown stummickz. Dere muss be sumfing in dat combinashun dat can power dat fyool cell. We apurrsheate dat d*ggiez mite wat to hewp, but I fingk we kitteez haz dis mor dan cuvvered! Rebecca Ok! Daisy-chan doenst hurk up eny so wez got none to ****ribute. Cash seys he's only see her do it twiced in 10 years. -- |
#12
|
|||
|
|||
Antarctic Expedition
[Francesca quietly disappears. Nothing much happens for a while, then a
noise can be heard approaching. A distant humming sound, accompanied by a soft "thwap, thwap, thwap" noise. Moments later a very large chopper appears. It find a clear space to land and settles gently to the ground. As the engine stops and the rotors coast to a stop, the side doors slide open. Francesca steps out wearing a pilot's helmet, followed by Ranger. Aed and Morgana approach cautiously.] Aed: What kind of catacopter is dis? Why is it so big? Morgana: An what is it used for? FtF: Dis is a Katkorski KatterHauler. Iz da biggest caticopter dat Katkorski makes, an dis one has a bunch of special features designed by da late Harri Roadcat. First, you prolly noticed dat it isn't furry loud.Da engine and rotors are special designed for quietude. An take a look inside. [Francesca leads them inside the craft.] See deze seats? Dey's specially designed fur kitties. You can sit in it like a hoomin seat. Or you can press dis button (paw shaped, of course) and da seat back retracts, leaving you wif a nice comfy kitty basket. An dis one is made special fur arctic work. When da seat is in basket position, if it gets really cold in da cabin (like if da catacopter doors are open), you press dis yellow button on da edge of da seat, and ... [Francesa pushes the button. The retracted seat back reappears, rises a little bit then folds forward, making a roof over the cat basket. Once the roof is in place, a transparent shield extends from what had been the top of the seat back and folds down, forming a completely enclosed kitty space.] An da seat is temperature controlled. It has a cooler an a heater in it, to keep da occupant comfy at all times. Aed: Wow! That is very cool! But with all of these special kitty seats, running cooling or heating for all of those seats must use an awful lot of power. If the engine isn't running, how long can the seats continue to heat or cool? FtF: Dat's one of da coolest parts! Come back here, to da back of da cargo area. [Francesca leads them through the spacious cargo hold, back to a closet set into a side wall. She pops open a maintenace hatch, revealing a gleaming silver donut-shaped device with a steel access hatch over the middle.] Dis is a special fuel cell designed by Miss Amelia. I dun't know why it never went into full production - it's furry useful. DIs fuel cell runs on hairballs, and a single hairball can keep all da seats fully powered for a week. Give it a dozen hairballs and it could run a small city fur a munth! Even a hoomin city. Even a city wif goggies. [As the kitties look around the catacpter, they hear a loud humming sound approaching. They look out the doors and see Sammy driving a forklift loaded up with a pallet of supplies. They stand to the side to leave room for the forklift, but Sammy waves to them and drives to the very read of the coptor. A cargo door opens and a ramp deploys, so that Sammy is able to drive the forklift right into the cargo area. He drops his pallet and backs out, then Ranger appears driving another forklift. Sammy and Ranger make a few trips each filling the cargo section of the copter with pallets of supplies. Before Sammy is able to leave after dropping his last pallet, Starr da Dogg stops him and asks what he and Ranger just loaded onto the copter.] We'z loaded lots of stuffz! We'z got cold weather gear, tents, and stuff like dat. And we'z got pallets full of food fur kitties an goggies an penguins an sea birdies. An we gots some compact construction equipment. You never can tell what we'z will need to do once we get dere! |
#13
|
|||
|
|||
Antarctic Expedition
Community Kitties wrote in rec.pets.cats.community:
[Francesca quietly disappears. Nothing much happens for a while, then a noise can be heard approaching. A distant humming sound, accompanied by a soft "thwap, thwap, thwap" noise. Moments later a very large chopper appears. It find a clear space to land and settles gently to the ground. As the engine stops and the rotors coast to a stop, the side doors slide open. Francesca steps out wearing a pilot's helmet, followed by Ranger. Aed and Morgana approach cautiously.] Aed: What kind of catacopter is dis? Why is it so big? Morgana: An what is it used for? FtF: Dis is a Katkorski KatterHauler. Iz da biggest caticopter dat Katkorski makes, an dis one has a bunch of special features designed by da late Harri Roadcat. First, you prolly noticed dat it isn't furry loud.Da engine and rotors are special designed for quietude. An take a look inside. [Francesca leads them inside the craft.] See deze seats? Dey's specially designed fur kitties. You can sit in it like a hoomin seat. Or you can press dis button (paw shaped, of course) and da seat back retracts, leaving you wif a nice comfy kitty basket. An dis one is made special fur arctic work. When da seat is in basket position, if it gets really cold in da cabin (like if da catacopter doors are open), you press dis yellow button on da edge of da seat, and ... [Francesa pushes the button. The retracted seat back reappears, rises a little bit then folds forward, making a roof over the cat basket. Once the roof is in place, a transparent shield extends from what had been the top of the seat back and folds down, forming a completely enclosed kitty space.] An da seat is temperature controlled. It has a cooler an a heater in it, to keep da occupant comfy at all times. Aed: Wow! That is very cool! But with all of these special kitty seats, running cooling or heating for all of those seats must use an awful lot of power. If the engine isn't running, how long can the seats continue to heat or cool? FtF: Dat's one of da coolest parts! Come back here, to da back of da cargo area. [Francesca leads them through the spacious cargo hold, back to a closet set into a side wall. She pops open a maintenace hatch, revealing a gleaming silver donut-shaped device with a steel access hatch over the middle.] Dis is a special fuel cell designed by Miss Amelia. I dun't know why it never went into full production - it's furry useful. DIs fuel cell runs on hairballs, and a single hairball can keep all da seats fully powered for a week. Give it a dozen hairballs and it could run a small city fur a munth! Even a hoomin city. Even a city wif goggies. [As the kitties look around the catacpter, they hear a loud humming sound approaching. They look out the doors and see Sammy driving a forklift loaded up with a pallet of supplies. They stand to the side to leave room for the forklift, but Sammy waves to them and drives to the very read of the coptor. A cargo door opens and a ramp deploys, so that Sammy is able to drive the forklift right into the cargo area. He drops his pallet and backs out, then Ranger appears driving another forklift. Sammy and Ranger make a few trips each filling the cargo section of the copter with pallets of supplies. Before Sammy is able to leave after dropping his last pallet, Starr da Dogg stops him and asks what he and Ranger just loaded onto the copter.] We'z loaded lots of stuffz! We'z got cold weather gear, tents, and stuff like dat. And we'z got pallets full of food fur kitties an goggies an penguins an sea birdies. An we gots some compact construction equipment. You never can tell what we'z will need to do once we get dere! Iowna finds a kitty seat just her size and makes it into a basket. An elder kittah not sure if it will stay heated asks to join her and happily they curl in a warm puddle of snore/purr after all the excitement of the loading is done. Cash finds one big enough for him and a few more and sees a mommie kittah with a few littles and asks her to join him just to be sure all stay warm and she curls in. Daisy-chan finds one by the window so she can watch the fishies jump if they are close enough, and chat with the others. -- |
#14
|
|||
|
|||
Antarctic Expedition
Now dis iz weerd. We can see da cshenk post OK, but we sees da Community Kitties post only cuz it'z quoted in da cshenk post.
Sundance and Rebecca |
#15
|
|||
|
|||
Antarctic Expedition
[Rebecca brings some paperwork to Francesca]
OK, heer iz da cargo mannyfest an da passinjer mannyfest. We haz kleerance frum da FAA (Feline Aviation Administration). We has an inishul supply of hareball fyool, an kitties arown da whirled is reddy to 'port ussez sum mor whenebber we needz it. Is yoo reddy to do yurown preflight chekz? Rebecca |
#16
|
|||
|
|||
Antarctic Expedition
On 2017-08-20 03:00:04 +0000, Sundance and/or Rebecca said:
[Rebecca brings some paperwork to Francesca] OK, heer iz da cargo mannyfest an da passinjer mannyfest. We haz kleerance frum da FAA (Feline Aviation Administration). We has an inishul supply of hareball fyool, an kitties arown da whirled is reddy to 'port ussez sum mor whenebber we needz it. Is yoo reddy to do yurown preflight chekz? Rebecca I iz ready! In fact, I'z been reviewing my preflight checklist for a little while now. [Francesca climbs all over the catacopter, checking fluid levels and fastener tightness, then she visually checks that the flight control surfaces respond appropriately to control stick movements. She checks that everykitty is clear of the tail rotor, then fires up the engine.] Is efurrybody strapped in and ready to go? |
#17
|
|||
|
|||
Antarctic Expedition
I iz ready! In fact, I'z been reviewing my preflight checklist for a
little while now. [Francesca climbs all over the catacopter, checking fluid levels and fastener tightness, then she visually checks that the flight control surfaces respond appropriately to control stick movements. She checks that everykitty is clear of the tail rotor, then fires up the engine.] Is efurrybody strapped in and ready to go? [As the rotors get up to speed, Francesca gets on the intercom to address everybody on board.] Hi, efurrybody. We'z gonna lift off in just a minute. Doze of you who have used a teleporter before will be comforrable wif our transition. If any of you (especially you goggies) hafn't used a 'porter before, don't worry bout it. We'z just gonna fly into dis sort of glowy shimmery fing, and den we will instantly be somewhere else. It can be a bit of a surprise if you isn't used to it. So I'll let youz all know when we'z about to do so. [Francesca turns back to the controls, and the catacopter lifts off the ground. Francy keeps her maneuvers gentle, so as to not upset tummys. The copter climbs to a comfortable altitude, then Francesca instructs Ranger (who is sitting in the right-hand seat) to activate the teleporter. He reaches out a paw and types on a paw-sized keyboard, and soon a patch of shimmering light appears ahead of the copter.] Ok, efurrybody, we'z flying into da 'porter now. In just a moment we will be in da air over Antarctica! [The copter does fly into the shimmering light, and the copter emerges on the other side in the air over the Antarctic.] Ok, kitties and offurs, we'z real close! If you will look out da windows on da left side of the copter youz will see Antarctica. Da ice dat you see dere is the Ronne Ice Shelf, an da ice ahead of us is da Antarctic Peninsula. We'z headed towards the northern tip of da peninsula. Ok, kitties, we'z just about over da Palmer Station. Da Larsen Ice Shelf is right below us. Da broken glacier we'z looking for is somewhere really close. Efurrybody please help me find where it is. |
#18
|
|||
|
|||
Antarctic Expedition
[The copter does fly into the shimmering light, and the copter emerges on the other side in the air over the Antarctic.] Ok, kitties and offurs, we'z real close! If you will look out da windows on da left side of the copter youz will see Antarctica. Da ice dat you see dere is the Ronne Ice Shelf, an da ice ahead of us is da Antarctic Peninsula. We'z headed towards the northern tip of da peninsula. Ok, kitties, we'z just about over da Palmer Station. Da Larsen Ice Shelf is right below us. Da broken glacier we'z looking for is somewhere really close. Efurrybody please help me find where it is. [After the copter has been flying a few minutes, Sammy meows over the intercom] Sammy: Dere, dere! Look, dere's a great big hyuje glacier dat's real close to the ice shelf! I'll bet dat's it. Ranger: I'll set up the GPS controller to fly us up the gap and look for tunnels or heat sources. [Francesca loops the capacopter back to the southern end of the gap between the glacier and the Larsen C ice shelf, drops to an altitude ust below the surface of the glacier, and starts the chopper cruising slowly along the gap. The FLIR monitor beeps occasionally, prompting Ranger to record the coordinates at which the beeps occurred. When the chopper gets about 3/4 of the way along the gap the FLIR monitor starts sounding a continuous tone - on both sides of the chopper. Daisy-chan points out a big tunnel to the chopper's left (the ice shelf side), while Sundance reports seeing another tunnel on the chopper's right (on the glacier side). ] Morgana: Look on the right, up on top of the glacier - is that cats? [Sure enouth, a group of perhaps a dozen kitties and a few penguins is standing on the surface of the glacier. They're waving and meowing and jumping up and down. Francesca increases the choppers altitude and swings over near where the kitties are. ] Ranger: Da sonar shows solid ice below us, os it ought to be ok to land. [Francy sets the chopper down carefully, finally shutting off the engines when it appears that the glacier surface is indeed strong enough to support the chopper. Morgana and Aed immediately open the chopper's door and dash over the kitties.] Aed: Hi! We were looking for the colony of cats we heard lived around here. I assume you must be part of that catmunnity. Oh, let me introduce myself. I'm Aed, this is Morgana, and the other kitties arriving behind us will introduce themselves. [A Norwegian Forest Cat cat steps up to Aed and offers a head butt] Hihi! I'z Lars, an we iz indeed part of da catmunity you'z looking for. At least we were, until dis happened! We'z was caught off guard - we didn't expect dis to happen fur a few more years, so dere was a dozen of usses on dis side of the break when it finally broke free. We'z been in trouble! We din't haf much food stored on dis side, or much fuel fur our heaters, so we'z been relying on our penguin buddies here to keep us alive. Zoot, could you come over here, please? Aed, dis is Zoot. He's da head of da penguins. Dey's been bringing us fishes efurry day to keep usses from starving. (whispering) and we'z getting purrty tired of eating fishies. Zoot: Hewwo, Aed. Pweased to meet you. Are you hewe to hewp deze kitties? Aed: Yes, we are! We'z got food and cold weather gear, and we can help get you back to the main community if you want. Lars! Yes, pleeze! [Francesca takes what looks like a really large, clumsy rifle out of the catacopter cargo bay and walks over to the edge of the glacier. Lying down on the ice she identifies the opening of the kitty tunnel on the ice shelf itself, then she takes careful aim for the left side of the tunnel and squeezes the trigger. A soft "pop" sounds, and a big dart flies out the barrel of the rifle and sticks in the ice just left of the tunnel mouth. She sights and fires again, and another dart sticks on the ice just to the right of the tunnel mouth.] Francesca: We wazn't able to teleport directly here, since we din't know the exact coordinates fur da 'porter. An since da ice shelf moves, da coordinates change wif time. But wif doze 2 beacons I just installed, we can set da 'porter to go right between dem, and dat will get us dere. Lars, Zoot, duz you guys want to 'port back to da main tunnel now? [Lars and Zoot both shout 'Yes!' Ranger programs the portable teleporter for the coordinates right between the 2 beacons, then iondicates that everything is ready.] Francesca: Ok, guys, we'z set. If you step through dat shimmering light, you should step out da other side on da main tunnel. [Lars and Zoot both look kind of uncertain, not being familiar with teleporters.] Francesca: Here, watch. [She steps into the 'porter and disappears. The kitties on the ice immediately hear a loud whistle from the ice shelf side of the tunnel. They run to the edge of the iceberg and see Francesca waving to them from the main tunnel. As soon as they see it works Lars runs off to gather the rest of the stranded kitties and Zoot waddles off to gather the rest of the penguins. They all walk through the 'porter, and a steady procession of kitties and penguins emerges in the main tunnel through the ice shelf.] |
#19
|
|||
|
|||
Antarctic Expedition
Community Kitties wrote in rec.pets.cats.community:
[The copter does fly into the shimmering light, and the copter emerges on the other side in the air over the Antarctic.] Ok, kitties and offurs, we'z real close! If you will look out da windows on da left side of the copter youz will see Antarctica. Da ice dat you see dere is the Ronne Ice Shelf, an da ice ahead of us is da Antarctic Peninsula. We'z headed towards the northern tip of da peninsula. Ok, kitties, we'z just about over da Palmer Station. Da Larsen Ice Shelf is right below us. Da broken glacier we'z looking for is somewhere really close. Efurrybody please help me find where it is. [After the copter has been flying a few minutes, Sammy meows over the intercom] Sammy: Dere, dere! Look, dere's a great big hyuje glacier dat's real close to the ice shelf! I'll bet dat's it. Ranger: I'll set up the GPS controller to fly us up the gap and look for tunnels or heat sources. [Francesca loops the capacopter back to the southern end of the gap between the glacier and the Larsen C ice shelf, drops to an altitude ust below the surface of the glacier, and starts the chopper cruising slowly along the gap. The FLIR monitor beeps occasionally, prompting Ranger to record the coordinates at which the beeps occurred. When the chopper gets about 3/4 of the way along the gap the FLIR monitor starts sounding a continuous tone - on both sides of the chopper. Daisy-chan points out a big tunnel to the chopper's left (the ice shelf side), while Sundance reports seeing another tunnel on the chopper's right (on the glacier side). ] Morgana: Look on the right, up on top of the glacier - is that cats? [Sure enouth, a group of perhaps a dozen kitties and a few penguins is standing on the surface of the glacier. They're waving and meowing and jumping up and down. Francesca increases the choppers altitude and swings over near where the kitties are. ] Ranger: Da sonar shows solid ice below us, os it ought to be ok to land. [Francy sets the chopper down carefully, finally shutting off the engines when it appears that the glacier surface is indeed strong enough to support the chopper. Morgana and Aed immediately open the chopper's door and dash over the kitties.] Aed: Hi! We were looking for the colony of cats we heard lived around here. I assume you must be part of that catmunnity. Oh, let me introduce myself. I'm Aed, this is Morgana, and the other kitties arriving behind us will introduce themselves. [A Norwegian Forest Cat cat steps up to Aed and offers a head butt] Hihi! I'z Lars, an we iz indeed part of da catmunity you'z looking for. At least we were, until dis happened! We'z was caught off guard - we didn't expect dis to happen fur a few more years, so dere was a dozen of usses on dis side of the break when it finally broke free. We'z been in trouble! We din't haf much food stored on dis side, or much fuel fur our heaters, so we'z been relying on our penguin buddies here to keep us alive. Zoot, could you come over here, please? Aed, dis is Zoot. He's da head of da penguins. Dey's been bringing us fishes efurry day to keep usses from starving. (whispering) and we'z getting purrty tired of eating fishies. Zoot: Hewwo, Aed. Pweased to meet you. Are you hewe to hewp deze kitties? Aed: Yes, we are! We'z got food and cold weather gear, and we can help get you back to the main community if you want. Lars! Yes, pleeze! [Francesca takes what looks like a really large, clumsy rifle out of the catacopter cargo bay and walks over to the edge of the glacier. Lying down on the ice she identifies the opening of the kitty tunnel on the ice shelf itself, then she takes careful aim for the left side of the tunnel and squeezes the trigger. A soft "pop" sounds, and a big dart flies out the barrel of the rifle and sticks in the ice just left of the tunnel mouth. She sights and fires again, and another dart sticks on the ice just to the right of the tunnel mouth.] Francesca: We wazn't able to teleport directly here, since we din't know the exact coordinates fur da 'porter. An since da ice shelf moves, da coordinates change wif time. But wif doze 2 beacons I just installed, we can set da 'porter to go right between dem, and dat will get us dere. Lars, Zoot, duz you guys want to 'port back to da main tunnel now? [Lars and Zoot both shout 'Yes!' Ranger programs the portable teleporter for the coordinates right between the 2 beacons, then iondicates that everything is ready.] Francesca: Ok, guys, we'z set. If you step through dat shimmering light, you should step out da other side on da main tunnel. [Lars and Zoot both look kind of uncertain, not being familiar with teleporters.] Francesca: Here, watch. [She steps into the 'porter and disappears. The kitties on the ice immediately hear a loud whistle from the ice shelf side of the tunnel. They run to the edge of the iceberg and see Francesca waving to them from the main tunnel. As soon as they see it works Lars runs off to gather the rest of the stranded kitties and Zoot waddles off to gather the rest of the penguins. They all walk through the 'porter, and a steady procession of kitties and penguins emerges in the main tunnel through the ice shelf.] (apologies for delay but it took a bit to unfuzzle this. I suspect the copter landed and we are debarking now?) -- |
#20
|
|||
|
|||
Antarctic Expedition
(apologies for delay but it took a bit to unfuzzle this. I suspect the copter landed and we are debarking now?) Yep. Da copter flew into the 'porter, emerged in Antarctica, searched until they found the huge glacier, landed, and have begun to interact with the glacier kitties. |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
OT - Our Sunburning Canoe Expedition (long) | Magic Mood Jeep© | Cat anecdotes | 4 | April 19th 05 04:42 PM |