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When John and Donna Pflueger moved from Flagstaff, Ariz., to a remote national forest homestead outside the city last fall, their rustic life amid the ponderosa pine soon took on shades of vintage Hitchcock. "I have lived in remote areas all my life," said John. "But I've never seen anything like this before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For the Birds | 1/10/1983 | See Source »

...started when the Pfluegers' water supply turned an unsavory purple, and later black. John found that woodpeckers had drilled holes in the water tank's wooden top and dropped in acorn after acorn. After he drained the tank and shoveled out their stash, about 100 Ibs. of acorns, scores of angry birds began slamming against the windows. "The birds did not seem afraid of anything," said Donna. "I'd scare them away but it didn't work." Not long thereafter, a meter reader noticed that the living-room window was smashed and called the police. Guns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For the Birds | 1/10/1983 | See Source »

Against the champions of the other 47 states (and Cuba), Florida's Joan Pflueger of North Miami handled her 12-gauge gun with the ease of an old infantryman. From a 16-yd. handicap mark, blonde, self-contained Joan "smoked" (shattered to dust) 100 straight clay pigeons. That gave her a tie with four others. In a 75-bird shoot-off, Joan tightened up a bit: she missed one. The others missed more. Joan won by one shot from sharpshooting Texas Champion Dean Blank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Long Shot | 9/4/1950 | See Source »

Died. Timothy Ludwig Pflueger, 54, famed San Francisco architect, outspoken proponent of "Pacific Architecture," who designed such well-known San Francisco landmarks as the underground Union Square Garage and Nob Hill's Top of the Mark; of a heart attack; in San Francisco...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 2, 1946 | 12/2/1946 | See Source »

When luck has been good, the boat churns back to dock about 5 p.m., flying a white flag from an outrigger, denoting that a sailfish has been landed. The first shore stop is usually Pflueger's taxidermist, whose charge for mounting sailfish is up from $10 to $12 a foot. The small-fry albacore, kingfish, bonito, dolphin and snappers (averaging from 6 to 12 Ibs.) are mostly extra gravy for the skipper-to sell, filleted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Landlubber's Luck | 1/14/1946 | See Source »

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