I was chatting with Gordy in the topic next door about lizards etc.

I honestly don't get why guys think they're awesome likeable creatures.

To me (and every girl I know)... they're creepy and scary.

Awesome likeable (and cute) animals IMO are golden retrievers and canaries.

So I don't understand why our perceptions are so different. Could this be something else which demonstrates what makes men different to women ?

What is your favourite dinosaur, Lisa?

UnSubRocky wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2022 at 4:25pm:

What is your favourite dinosaur, Lisa?

If I was forced to provide an answer it would have to be Dorothy the Dinosaur. Even then she didn't look like a dinosaur. She looked more like a hippo.

UnSubRocky wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2022 at 4:25pm:

What is your favourite dinosaur, Lisa?

What's yours?

I bet it's a T Rex!

The Australovenator.

UnSubRocky wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2022 at 4:34pm:

The Ozraptor.

The what?

I've never heard of that one.

Edit : You made that one up didn't you lol?

I was watching The Dinosaur Train this afternoon on ABC Kids with a few of the kids in my neighbourhood (we baby sit each other's kids from time to time).

Oh man the girls weren't as interested as the boys who were ready to jump into the screen lol. Anyway there's a dinosaur for every letter of the alphabet in the Opening Song. Check this out : I love the very last bit where the dinosaur eats up the entire screen as it roars lol.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HkMCYae7ua4

UnSubRocky wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2022 at 4:34pm:

The Australovenator.

😂🤣😆

The ABC song according to dinosaurs (your favs are not there lol)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=g1O_pZClyrc

I have a 5 year old boy, I win this thread 

This is just what was within reach in 10 seconds

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My favourite Dino fact.

The T. rex actually existed closer in history to humans than to the Stegosaurus

Crocodiles and certain sharks are the only species of dinosaurs still left from millions of years ago.

Gordon wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2022 at 4:46pm:

I have a 5 year old boy, I win this thread  This is just what was within reach in 10 seconds

Bingo! Gordy could you ask him ( as he's only just a tender aged 5 kid) .... if he finds dinosaurs scary or awesome.

He'll no doubt look at you and say "awesome" with a huge grin.

I recall the very first animal book we bought our kids. It was made of plastic so it could be used whilst they sat in their high chair eating away making a huge mess with their fingers and food OR in their bath.

The animals were all cute and cuddly as we turned each page going from 1 letter to the next. The second the page turned to T for T Rex everything stopped. But only for our boys. It was as though they had seen Santa Claus on his sleigh.

"Awwww T REX I love you too many" <--- invariably followed.

A few times in fact. And we couldn't continue on with the rest of the alphabet. The book had to stay right there at that page.

The fascination with dinosaurs was something only our boys were ever able to understand and display.

The girls? It was always L for Lamb for P for Puppy etc.

Lisa Jones was banned from the sewer due to doxing, be very careful about information shared with this person, as Bobby found out.

UnSubRocky wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2022 at 4:52pm:

Crocodiles and certain sharks are the only species of dinosaurs still left from millions of years ago.

Sharks are fish, they have no bones and use cartilage instead. No relation to dinosaurs (Reptiles.)

How long did you keep that book for?

UnSubRocky wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2022 at 4:52pm:

Crocodiles and certain sharks are the only species of dinosaurs still left from millions of years ago.

Interesting you should say that. That's what I was basically taught back in the day (Uni).

It's all changed now and apparently our current day birds were once prehistoric dinosaurs. 

In fact that's why we bought a bird. It's the descendant of a dinosaur.

Aussie wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2022 at 5:05pm:

How long did you keep that book for?

Still here.

Birds are dinosaurs.

This thread belongs in the Critters and Gardens MRB.

Jovial Monk wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2022 at 5:05pm:

UnSubRocky wrote on Apr 22nd, 2022 at 4:52pm: Crocodiles and certain sharks are the only species of dinosaurs still left from millions of years ago. Sharks are fish, they have no bones and use cartilage instead. No relation to dinosaurs (Reptiles.)

Dinosaurs aren't reptiles. They're birds.

Well, the only species notable for being in the era of the dinosaurs that are still around today are crocodiles and sharks.

Jovial Monk wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2022 at 5:07pm:

This thread belongs in the Critters and Gardens MRB.

BS it does! It's my topic and I want my topic here in Chat where everyone can access it. Also you can easily start your own topic down there if you like. Those who you've banned plus myself will stay here where we can just talk freely.

Lisa Jones wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2022 at 5:01pm:

Gordon wrote on Apr 22nd, 2022 at 4:46pm: I have a 5 year old boy, I win this thread  This is just what was within reach in 10 seconds Bingo! Gordy could you ask him ( as he's only just a tender aged 5 kid) .... if he finds dinosaurs scary or awesome. He'll no doubt look at you and say "awesome" with a huge grin. I recall the very first animal book we bought our kids. It was made of plastic so it could be used whilst they sat in their high chair eating away making a huge mess with their fingers and food OR in their bath. The animals were all cute and cuddly as we turned each page going from 1 letter to the next. The second the page turned to T for T Rex everything stopped. But only for our boys. It was as though they had seen Santa Claus on his sleigh. "Awwww T REX I love you too many" <--- invariably followed. A few times in fact. And we couldn't continue on with the rest of the alphabet. The book had to stay right there at that page. The fascination with dinosaurs was something only our boys were ever able to understand and display. The girls? It was always L for Lamb for P for Puppy etc.

I'll answer that with a photo

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(Yes it's an old play at home tshirt)

UnSubRocky wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2022 at 5:10pm:

Well, the only species notable for being in the era of the dinosaurs that are still around today are crocodiles and sharks.

That's what I was basically taught.

But as you know scientific theories change over time and it's because of our kids that I'm now learning that well .... the official line has changed. Dinosaurs have evolved and our modern day birds were once dinosaurs.

Who knows what they'll say about dinosaurs in another 20 years? It's all very interesting though....how science knowledge changes just within a single generation.

Lisa Jones was banned from the sewer due to doxing, be very careful about information shared with this person, as Bobby found out.

Gordon wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2022 at 5:10pm:

Lisa Jones wrote on Apr 22nd, 2022 at 5:01pm: Gordon wrote on Apr 22nd, 2022 at 4:46pm: I have a 5 year old boy, I win this thread  This is just what was within reach in 10 seconds Bingo! Gordy could you ask him ( as he's only just a tender aged 5 kid) .... if he finds dinosaurs scary or awesome. He'll no doubt look at you and say "awesome" with a huge grin. I recall the very first animal book we bought our kids. It was made of plastic so it could be used whilst they sat in their high chair eating away making a huge mess with their fingers and food OR in their bath. The animals were all cute and cuddly as we turned each page going from 1 letter to the next. The second the page turned to T for T Rex everything stopped. But only for our boys. It was as though they had seen Santa Claus on his sleigh. "Awwww T REX I love you too many" <--- invariably followed. A few times in fact. And we couldn't continue on with the rest of the alphabet. The book had to stay right there at that page. The fascination with dinosaurs was something only our boys were ever able to understand and display. The girls? It was always L for Lamb for P for Puppy etc. I'll answer that with a photo

Gordon that's it!

You definitely OWN this topic. If it gets moved take it to YOUR sub forum please. 👌

Gordon wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2022 at 5:12pm:

(Yes it's an old play at home tshirt)

It looks comfy. I bet it's the go to T Shirt too lol.

Lisa Jones wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2022 at 5:06pm:

UnSubRocky wrote on Apr 22nd, 2022 at 4:52pm: Crocodiles and certain sharks are the only species of dinosaurs still left from millions of years ago. Interesting you should say that. That's what I was basically taught back in the day (Uni). It's all changed now and apparently our current day birds were once prehistoric dinosaurs.  In fact that's why we bought a bird. It's the descendant of a dinosaur.

You would NOT have been told sharks are dinosaurs! Sharks are Pisces, dinosaurs were reptiles! E.g. sharks have gills, dinosaurs had lungs.

Lisa Jones is a lizard.

Also banned from the sewer LOL

Just to show i am right:


Quote:

Most scientists believe that sharks came into existence around 400 million years ago. That's 200 million years before the dinosaurs! It's thought that they descended from a small leaf-shaped fish that had no eyes, fins or bones. These fish then evolved into the 2 main groups of fish seen today.7 Nov 2018 Shark Evolution › shark-evolution

fish > amphibians > reptiles

Lisa Jones wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2022 at 5:14pm:

UnSubRocky wrote on Apr 22nd, 2022 at 5:10pm: Well, the only species notable for being in the era of the dinosaurs that are still around today are crocodiles and sharks. That's what I was basically taught. But as you know scientific theories change over time and it's because of our kids that I'm now learning that well .... the official line has changed. Dinosaurs have evolved and our modern day birds were once dinosaurs. Who knows what they'll say about dinosaurs in another 20 years? It's all very interesting though....how science knowledge changes just within a single generation.

I heard chickens are closest to dinosaurs than any other animal

All birds are dinosaurs, not just the backyard chook!

Warmblooded dinosaurs covered with feathers—as were some of the later dinosaurs. Feathers are just fancy scales—all reptiles have scales.

Crocodiles and alligators appeared towards the end of the era of dinosaurs—they are close to dinosaurs. Snakes also arose near the end of the dinosaur era.

Lisa Jones wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2022 at 5:06pm:

Aussie wrote on Apr 22nd, 2022 at 5:05pm: How long did you keep that book for? Still here.

What for?  When is the last time it was used?

Aussie wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2022 at 5:55pm:

Lisa Jones wrote on Apr 22nd, 2022 at 5:06pm: Aussie wrote on Apr 22nd, 2022 at 5:05pm: How long did you keep that book for? Still here. What for?  When is the last time it was used?

What for? For when it's needed.

When was the last time it was used? I'll have a look in my diary and let you know. Would you like the date and the time also?

You planning on more kids?

Lisa Jones wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2022 at 5:14pm:

UnSubRocky wrote on Apr 22nd, 2022 at 5:10pm: Well, the only species notable for being in the era of the dinosaurs that are still around today are crocodiles and sharks. That's what I was basically taught. But as you know scientific theories change over time and it's because of our kids that I'm now learning that well .... the official line has changed. Dinosaurs have evolved and our modern day birds were once dinosaurs. Who knows what they'll say about dinosaurs in another 20 years? It's all very interesting though....how science knowledge changes just within a single generation.

Update :

Yep. Over dinner tonight hubby and the kids were going on about birds, chooks and how their ancestors were dinosaurs.

UnSub, hubby was also taught at Uni as I was... that dinosaurs were reptile affiliated. It all apparently changed in the mid 90's.

Our kids can't believe how silly we were to think dinosaurs were linked to reptiles <--- the little $hits have been making fun of us lol

Aussie wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2022 at 8:25pm:

You planning on more kids?

I beg your pardon?

At age 69 or maybe 71??? Be the eighth wonder of the world if so!

Of course dinosaurs were reptiles!

They didn’t live in water so weren’t fish!

They did not have to lay their eggs in water so they weren’t amphibians!

Crocodiles and alligators rose out of the dinosaur “family” and they are reptiles.

Look at the fossilised skin imprints of dinosaur skins and the skin of alligators—all have skin made from scales as do snakes and as do turtles and tortoises.

Lisa Jones wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2022 at 8:30pm:

Aussie wrote on Apr 22nd, 2022 at 8:25pm: You planning on more kids? I beg your pardon?

Aussie? Why are you asking me that question? What have you heard? And from who?

Aussie thinks there should be more major wonders in the world.

Jovial Monk wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2022 at 8:43pm:

Of course dinosaurs were reptiles! They didn’t live in water so weren’t fish! They did not have to lay their eggs in water so they weren’t amphibians! Crocodiles and alligators rose out of the dinosaur “family” and they are reptiles. Look at the fossilised skin imprints of dinosaur skins and the skin of alligators—all have skin made from scales as do snakes and as do turtles and tortoises.

I am laughing at the old, fat idiot trying to cover for linking sharks (fish) and dinosaurs (reptiles.)

Yeah, this looks like a fish

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Brontosaurus_by_Tom_Parker.png/220px-Brontosaurus_by_Tom_Parker.png


;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

http://www.ozpolitic.com/album/forum-attachments/images__1__046.jpeg

This is a reptile, the scaly skin is just like the skin of dinosaurs.


Oh I know! I know! Dinosaurs were little green men from Mars!

Lisa Jones wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2022 at 8:27pm:

Lisa Jones wrote on Apr 22nd, 2022 at 5:14pm: UnSubRocky wrote on Apr 22nd, 2022 at 5:10pm: Well, the only species notable for being in the era of the dinosaurs that are still around today are crocodiles and sharks. That's what I was basically taught. But as you know scientific theories change over time and it's because of our kids that I'm now learning that well .... the official line has changed. Dinosaurs have evolved and our modern day birds were once dinosaurs. Who knows what they'll say about dinosaurs in another 20 years? It's all very interesting though....how science knowledge changes just within a single generation. Update : Yep. Over dinner tonight hubby and the kids were going on about birds, chooks and how their ancestors were dinosaurs. UnSub, hubby was also taught at Uni as I was... that dinosaurs were reptile affiliated. It all apparently changed in the mid 90's. Our kids can't believe how silly we were to think dinosaurs were linked to reptiles <--- the little $hits have been making fun of us lol

Dinosaurs were indeed a class of reptile.

Once again, another of Larry's lies busted.

Lisa Jones wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2022 at 8:27pm:

Yep. Over dinner tonight hubby and the kids were going on about birds, chooks and how their ancestors were dinosaurs.

were they?  ::) ::)


Quote:

Modern birds originated a hundred million years ago—long before the demise of dinosaurs, according to new research. In searching for the first ancestors of modern birds, studies have shown discrepancies between results from fossils and genetic analyses. Fossil records suggest that modern birds originated 60 million years ago, after the end of the Cretaceous period about 65 million years ago when dinosaurs died off. But molecular studies suggest that the genetic divergences between many lineages of birds occurred during the Cretaceous period. Now a new study based on molecular evidence suggests that avian ancestors were flapping their wings some 40 million years earlier than thought. In the new study researchers applied a new method of research that looks at mutation rates across lineages. "My goal for this study was to once and for all reconcile divergence estimates from these two sources of information," said lead study author Joseph Brown, a graduate student at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/modern-birds-existed-before-dinosaur-die-off

Lisa Jones wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2022 at 5:08pm:

Jovial Monk wrote on Apr 22nd, 2022 at 5:05pm: UnSubRocky wrote on Apr 22nd, 2022 at 4:52pm: Crocodiles and certain sharks are the only species of dinosaurs still left from millions of years ago. Sharks are fish, they have no bones and use cartilage instead. No relation to dinosaurs (Reptiles.) Dinosaurs aren't reptiles. They're birds.

;D ;D ;D ;D

says the bird brain

Birds are the last of the dinosaurs.

Come on, does this look like a bird?

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Brontosaurus_Yale_Peabody_cropped.jpg/1200px-Brontosaurus_Yale_Peabody_cropped.jpg

Wings the size of jumbo jet wings wouldn’t get a brontosaurus off the ground  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Lisa Jones wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2022 at 8:27pm:

Lisa Jones wrote on Apr 22nd, 2022 at 5:14pm: UnSubRocky wrote on Apr 22nd, 2022 at 5:10pm: Well, the only species notable for being in the era of the dinosaurs that are still around today are crocodiles and sharks. That's what I was basically taught. But as you know scientific theories change over time and it's because of our kids that I'm now learning that well .... the official line has changed. Dinosaurs have evolved and our modern day birds were once dinosaurs. Who knows what they'll say about dinosaurs in another 20 years? It's all very interesting though....how science knowledge changes just within a single generation. Update : Yep. Over dinner tonight hubby and the kids were going on about birds, chooks and how their ancestors were dinosaurs. UnSub, hubby was also taught at Uni as I was... that dinosaurs were reptile affiliated. It all apparently changed in the mid 90's. Our kids can't believe how silly we were to think dinosaurs were linked to reptiles <--- the little $hits have been making fun of us lol

Here we see Larry trying to twist the conversation so that it does not look like the idiot said dinosaurs weren’t reptiles  ;D
Hmmm “. . .saurs” shows they were reptiles.

Clever of Larry but not clever enough! LOL!

John Smith wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2022 at 9:03pm:

Lisa Jones wrote on Apr 22nd, 2022 at 5:08pm: Jovial Monk wrote on Apr 22nd, 2022 at 5:05pm: UnSubRocky wrote on Apr 22nd, 2022 at 4:52pm: Crocodiles and certain sharks are the only species of dinosaurs still left from millions of years ago. Sharks are fish, they have no bones and use cartilage instead. No relation to dinosaurs (Reptiles.) Dinosaurs aren't reptiles. They're birds. ;D ;D ;D ;D says the bird brain

fat whores don't need brains

Lisa Jones wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2022 at 4:24pm:

I was chatting with Gordy in the topic next door about lizards etc. I honestly don't get why guys think they're awesome likeable creatures. To me (and every girl I know)... they're creepy and scary. Awesome likeable (and cute) animals IMO are golden retrievers and canaries. So I don't understand why our perceptions are so different. Could this be something else which demonstrates what makes men different to women ?

Christ! This was outdated 40 years ago!

mothra wrote on Apr 23^rd, 2022 at 1:11am:

Lisa Jones wrote on Apr 22nd, 2022 at 4:24pm: I was chatting with Gordy in the topic next door about lizards etc. I honestly don't get why guys think they're awesome likeable creatures. To me (and every girl I know)... they're creepy and scary. Awesome likeable (and cute) animals IMO are golden retrievers and canaries. So I don't understand why our perceptions are so different. Could this be something else which demonstrates what makes men different to women ? Christ! This was outdated 40 years ago!

and what is creepy is that Larry is a man chatting with Gordon while pretending to be a woman. Yuk.

AiA wrote on Apr 23^rd, 2022 at 1:25am:

mothra wrote on Apr 23rd, 2022 at 1:11am: Lisa Jones wrote on Apr 22nd, 2022 at 4:24pm: I was chatting with Gordy in the topic next door about lizards etc. I honestly don't get why guys think they're awesome likeable creatures. To me (and every girl I know)... they're creepy and scary. Awesome likeable (and cute) animals IMO are golden retrievers and canaries. So I don't understand why our perceptions are so different. Could this be something else which demonstrates what makes men different to women ? Christ! This was outdated 40 years ago! and what is creepy is that Larry is a man chatting with Gordon while pretending to be a woman. Yuk.

Larry's whole MO is to flirt outrageously with anyone who will respond to them. And indeed some who don't.

Like, outrageous flirting. It's shameless.

It's tres amusing to watch to old fellas on here lap it up.

Lisa Jones was banned from the sewer due to doxing, be very careful about information shared with this person, as Bobby found out.

Lisa Jones wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2022 at 4:39pm:

UnSubRocky wrote on Apr 22nd, 2022 at 4:34pm: The Ozraptor. The what? I've never heard of that one.

What Lisa doesn't know - or never heard of - could fill Sydney harbour, three times over





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Lisa Jones wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2022 at 4:24pm:

Could this be something else which demonstrates what makes men different to women ?

Men get fired up discussing politics

Women get fired up discussing shoes and handbags





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