1988, Mark Andre Peter Loranc, “Acknowledgements”, in A Study of the Ionospheric Signature of Ion Supply from the Ionosphere to the Magnetosphere (PhD dissertation), University of Texas at Dallas, page iv:
I have learned far more from them about how to be a scientist than they realize. Above all else, they taught me the virtues of proper waterfowl alignment.
2004 June 12, Les Cargill, “Lucas: Shame on the redistributionists”, in sci.econ[1] (Usenet):
*Right now*, you can get VC in a half a hearbeat - so long as you have your ducks in a row. You just have to spend considerable time in waterfowl alignment, and you won't keep as much of it as ten years ago.
2004 November 5, Karl Strieby [TNO], “NOF removing pages”, in netobjects.fusion8.gen-discussion[2] (Usenet):
So for me, FTP tools (even the command line ones) are long-familiar friends that I know I can trust without question as long as I have no waterfowl alignment problems on my end :-).
2013 June 16, DGoodale [username], “80% Forged AR15 Lowers [reply]”, in Calguns.net[3]:
Material certs are good and all but I doubt that would satisfy the ATF. Letter of determination from your submission included w/ order? I'm sure they meet the characteristics required but I like to avoid waterfowl alignment issues.
2015 September 29, Jayne Osborne, “Poetry by the Sea Conference”, in Eratosphere[4]:
I seriously want to start planning a trip next May/June, but I need some waterfowl alignment first - in other words, I need to get my ducks in a row, as we say over here!
[2019 August 21, The_Deep [username], “BW LEGAL performed credit search on my file [comment]”, in Money Saving Expert[5]:
Perhaps Paul you should take a course in waterfowl alignment.]
[2021 October 4, “Customer Account Specialist (CAS)”, in Signarama[6]:
So what is so fancy pants about a CAS (sea ay es) anyway? Well SO many things: º Master Marketing Consultant (help customers design their signs). º Chief of Waterfowl Alignment (keeping all the ducks in a row...these are metaphorical ducks by the way, not real ones, that would be weird).]
