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Those photos above with people next to paintings. Are they actually known ancestors or just punters that look like them?
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Slick wrote: ↑Tue May 25, 2021 8:28 am Those photos above with people next to paintings. Are they actually known ancestors or just punters that look like them?
The latter
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Amazing that this escaped my attention all the years I was into trivia and working with kids who loved dinos!

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thagomizer
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Niegs wrote: ↑Fri May 28, 2021 2:13 pm Amazing that this escaped my attention all the years I was into trivia and working with kids who loved dinos!

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thagomizer
Legendary :grin:
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Strigiphilus garylarsoni is a species of chewing louse found only on owls. The species has no common name.

The species was first described by biologist Dale H. Clayton in 1990.
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Remember that famous picture of a bunch of construction workers sitting on a girder way up in the sky and having lunch? Well, here's the photographer who took that picture: Charles C. Ebbets.
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mat the expat wrote: ↑Sun May 30, 2021 4:38 am
Remember that famous picture of a bunch of construction workers sitting on a girder way up in the sky and having lunch? Well, here's the photographer who took that picture: Charles C. Ebbets.
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...and who took that pic of him :wtf:
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Mr Bubble Gum wrote: ↑Sun May 30, 2021 6:28 am
mat the expat wrote: ↑Sun May 30, 2021 4:38 am
Remember that famous picture of a bunch of construction workers sitting on a girder way up in the sky and having lunch? Well, here's the photographer who took that picture: Charles C. Ebbets.
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...and who took that pic of him :wtf:
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Mr Bubble Gum wrote: ↑Sun May 30, 2021 6:28 am
mat the expat wrote: ↑Sun May 30, 2021 4:38 am
Remember that famous picture of a bunch of construction workers sitting on a girder way up in the sky and having lunch? Well, here's the photographer who took that picture: Charles C. Ebbets.
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...and who took that pic of him :wtf:
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Why I don't like cats.

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You'll spill your coffee when you see it.


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MacDonalds in 1973

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Kiwias wrote: ↑Sun Jun 06, 2021 10:52 pm You'll spill your coffee when you see it.


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North Island is on the move
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Jambanja wrote: ↑Tue Jun 08, 2021 6:21 am
Kiwias wrote: ↑Sun Jun 06, 2021 10:52 pm You'll spill your coffee when you see it.


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North Island is on the move
It is north of Papua New Guinea. The Cook Island ferry companies are going to need bigger boats.
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Kiwias wrote: ↑Tue Jun 08, 2021 6:41 am
Jambanja wrote: ↑Tue Jun 08, 2021 6:21 am
Kiwias wrote: ↑Sun Jun 06, 2021 10:52 pm You'll spill your coffee when you see it.


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North Island is on the move
It is north of Papua New Guinea. The Cook Island ferry companies are going to need bigger boats.
Heading for warmer climates
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Jambanja wrote: ↑Tue Jun 08, 2021 7:45 am
Kiwias wrote: ↑Tue Jun 08, 2021 6:41 am
Jambanja wrote: ↑Tue Jun 08, 2021 6:21 am

North Island is on the move
It is north of Papua New Guinea. The Cook Island ferry companies are going to need bigger boats.
Heading for warmer climates
Ooops. Didn't realize cutting the cable would have such a dramatic effect.
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Saw this sign while on a road trip. Name checks out!

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Meanwhile...in west Texas, storm chaser Laura Rowe captured the picture of a lifetime last night (May 17, 2021), with this fantastic shot of a mature supercell thunderstorm, illuminated at varying heights from the setting sun.
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Enzedder wrote: ↑Mon Jun 14, 2021 7:40 am Image

Meanwhile...in west Texas, storm chaser Laura Rowe captured the picture of a lifetime last night (May 17, 2021), with this fantastic shot of a mature supercell thunderstorm, illuminated at varying heights from the setting sun.
very Independance Day
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On the same theme Earlier this year:

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taken by a french storm watcher
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He's insane,

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That is what I call a tackle.

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I'd move aside really quickly.

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mat the expat wrote: ↑Wed Jun 16, 2021 6:21 am Image
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Not much more to say really, what a catch
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