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

On 3/14/2025 6:05 AM, J. J. Lodder wrote:

Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> wrote:
 

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

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Nicely done.
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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.

 Guess they don't have any.
You need glaciers for grinding rock to sand and clay.
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Plenty of sandy beaches in the tropics, even on volcanic islands.
Erosion continues without glaciers, and coral nibbling fish poop
out plenty of sand, given time.
Ditto, try searching 'polynesian ceramics'. They were making pots
out of something, even (again) on relatively new, never glaciated
volcanic islands.
pt
Cla