Re: 7 Words That Dogs Can Understand (And 4 That No Dog Can)

On 14/03/25 15:28, Ross Clark wrote:

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A little crossroads called Tirau (NZ) has a Big Dog (the tourist
information office) and a couple of Big Sheep (a souvenir shop), all
in corrugated iron. There's also a Shepherd, but he's not to scale,
and not in typical NZ costume. (He's in front of a church.)
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https://www.dreamstime.com/photos-images/tirau-town.html

Nicely done.
When I visited Fiji I noticed that corrugated iron is a highly valued
construction material. I guess the native wood is unsuitable for
building, and maybe the clay is not the right sort for bricks. Importing
timber and bricks would be hellishly expensive, I guess.
Anyway, the result is that when any building is demolished, the
corrugated iron is grabbed and immediately reused. But there's not
enough of it, so the country is full of half-finished buildings.
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Newcastle, NSW