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

Ross Clark <benlizro@ihug.co.nz> wrote:

On 14/03/2025 11:05 p.m., 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.

 
This can't be right. There is clay suitable for pottery in Fiji and many
other Pacific islands where there have never been glaciers.

Mud is probably a more appropriate description.
I doubt the suitability for good bricks and ceramics.
(probably more appropriately called earthenware)

Importing timber and bricks would be hellishly expensive, I guess.

 
They've got timber. Wood and leaves were traditional house-building
materials, after all.

Of a kind. Anything better than palm trees?
AFAIK quality timber needs to be importd.

Corrugated-iron houses are built on a timber frame.
Bricks? Really no point. People who can afford a fancier European-style
house will move up to concrete (with a corrugated-iron roof).

Which must be imported in bulk too.
(and be 'hellishly expensive')

Jan