since I'm probably the only USA resident onlist, I thought I'd ask...just out of curiosity... How do you feel about July 4? How does your country (officially...
... Erm... I think that the US Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution (the only one in the world with a capital C ;-) ) are, historically, _very_...
David Marjanovic
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Jul 1, 2005 11:16 pm
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... Dyslexia is fun. I first read that as "USA president" :P ... Well, I don't feel anything, really. How do you feel about December 6? Most countries that...
... Very strongly! It's St Nicholas' Day! Sweets for children! Yippee!!! :-) Too bad it's not a holiday over here....
David Marjanovic
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Jul 2, 2005 10:22 am
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hi all well, since i'm a representative from a country that technically hasn't had an independance day, i'll just rant on about vaguely relevant stuff. Well,...
... KilledThreads@yahoogroups.com, "piatnitskysaurus" <tdmorris@c...> ... hullo. ... okay. that's good too. ... discovered ... what about when you were given...
... Democracy, yes, because the elected parliament makes the laws. Republic, no, because the head of state is still the Queen of Great Britain and Northern ...
David Marjanovic
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Jul 2, 2005 8:08 pm
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Are we on summer break or something? I can't remember when we last had a serious conversation (involving cladistics, ecology, biogeography and all that fun ...
... I'm on the opposite of a summer break. One big exam 2 days ago, a smaller one tomorrow, and one of honestly unknown size the day after. And then I'm ...
David Marjanovic
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Jul 3, 2005 3:59 pm
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just a thought...maybe have a South American Tyrannosaurid(ae) species, out in the Falklands or Galapagos or somewhere, that is predominantly a fish-eater. ...
I know I'm not supposed to do this.... ...ama.... on a nature program the other day, I learned that civets are able to eat animals/plants that no other animal...
... Erm... how do you suppose a tyrannosaur would evolve piscivory on an island? Or in the case of Galapagos, even get there? ... I've never heard of this,...
... an island? Or ... well, we do have a piscivorous Cadazin, and i've got an unfinished sketch of a fish-errosaur, the idea should be resolved sometime. ... ...
... I should add here, some palm civet niches are taken by pokemures, but the more carnivorous genets and linsangs should be descended from some sort of...
... Of course you did! Years ago!!! They're alive, well & uploaded. As for fishing tyrannosaurs... (how old are the Falklands, BTW?...) I'd say this depends on...
David Marjanovic
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Jul 5, 2005 3:22 pm
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... but ... some ... civet ... be ... cimolestans ... not sure. ... very true. *thinks* well, the Cadzins(sp) are considerably smaller than K-T ...
... KilledThreads@yahoogroups.com, "piatnitskysaurus" <tdmorris@c...> ... I learned a few months ago, and have let the idea simmer in my brain, that cheetahs...
... What would drive tyrannosaurs into shrinking and then becoming piscivorous? I don't think it's a good idea to try and shoehorn something into a niche that...
... Cheetahs can trip their prey, thanks to quadrapedality. The speediest predators in Spec are bipedal (in a very literal sense, their arms are practically ...
... speed, ... speediest predators ... practically ... than feet. agreed. ... prey, they'd try ... and it is a *very* good idea. what I'd asked - or rather,...
... the ... well, yes, we are independant. ... the ... in ... i'd rather have the ureka symbol instead, ... wars ... didn't know that. ... whenever ... it ... ...
... Sorry, but... it's so strange how 90 % of the native speakers wrongly always spell "independant" even though they celebrate "Independ_e_nce Day"... ... As...
David Marjanovic
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Jul 6, 2005 3:36 pm
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{They, too, are largely a democracy because Congress is largely democratically elected (I say "largely" because, for example, Senator Saxby Chambliss of...
{They, too, are largely a democracy because Congress is largely democratically elected (I say "largely" because, for example, Senator Saxby Chambliss of...
David Marjanovic
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Jul 6, 2005 11:26 pm
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... That's not true! I bet a good deal of Europeans know that Georgia is wedged between Russia and Turkey, and is the place where Stalin was born. :P -- T....
... I guess not too many would find that one fast, but I'm sure more Europeans know where that Georgia is than the other one!...
David Marjanovic
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Jul 7, 2005 11:56 am
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Well as someone who actually lives here and knows FIRST-HAND what went on, I think I'll base my knowledge what I personally saw and heard. If you would...
