Pigeons!

[swaghauler]

"You see rats with wings. I see the internet. It can't be hacked, it can't be shut down."

UNLESS... they fly the wrong way or get hit with a shotgun blast of birdshot.

"You're flying the wrong way! BLOODY TRAITORS!"


bonus points if you identify the two movies these lines come from.

Swag.

[Questerr]

Even Morse code from a spark gap generator radio is going to be more effective than pigeons.

[swaghauler]

Originally Posted by Questerr

Even Morse code from a spark gap generator radio is going to be more effective than pigeons.

We actually had a thread in this forum started by Olefin about telegraphs and telephones. I don't think most people realize just how easy it is to restore ANALOG phone systems. Indeed NATO's whole wired communications systems were DESIGNED to easily integrate into or replace the civilian ANALOG phone system.

[swaghauler]

No guesses on my quotes?

The first is from a very recent movie

The second is from a Classic war movie about WWII.

Swag.

[.45cultist]

Pigeons will most likely be sought as a food instead of a message system. During the depression pigeons replaced the more valuable hen in a pot or two.

[Ursus Maior]

Originally Posted by .45cultist

Pigeons will most likely be sought as a food instead of a message system. During the depression pigeons replaced the more valuable hen in a pot or two.

Where I come from in Germay, pigeons were reared by many working class men as both: hobby and food supply until quite recently, i. e. at least the 1990s. Recreational rearing is still a thing with older blue collar type people, but the food aspect is largely gone. There were whole social clubs formed around pigeon rearing as many of these people had small plots of land which was used for vegetable growing, rearing pigeons and chicken as well as recreational gardening and of course parties.

Obviously, chicken were valuable for their eggs, so you didn't slaughter them very often. But a prized pigeon was worth a lot, too, so they weren't exactly a daily addition to menus.

[pmulcahy11b]

Hmmm...do I have pigeons on my Animals page...

[Vespers War]

Originally Posted by .45cultist

Pigeons will most likely be sought as a food instead of a message system. During the depression pigeons replaced the more valuable hen in a pot or two.

We can't have people eating our bomb guidance systems!

There is a great pigeon museum in Oklahoma City that has a good collection of military history about their use in the Signal Corps.