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Physically incapable of resisting posting about a bad apostrophe? Now, that has to be painful.
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I'm not physically incapable! I resisted pointing out the misspelling of "wondrous" in Taalcon's thread title, didn't I?
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HEY! This thread was meant to be a place for people to discuss their love for Dinosaurs! A sanctuary if you like.
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HEY! This thread was meant to be a place for people to discuss their love for Dinosaurs! A sanctuary if you like.
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Our Science Museum has a huge robotic T-rex skeleton in the lobby you can play with. It's fun making it roar.
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You can make it whip its tail back and forth, rear up, move its arms. . . um, turn its head back and forth. I don't remember what else, but there are lots of buttons. And there's a little recorded lecture going as you're playing with it.
And you're welcome any time, Jake. I don't know about an official gathering, I think I've met my organizing quota for this year between the wedding, the henna party, and helping corral people for the Madison thing. But I was kinda thinking about 4th of July weekend next year, for the raspberry harvest.
Added: In the summer, the Science Museum also as a mini-golf course where each hole demonstrates a different scientific principle. I haven't played it yet, so I don't know how neat it is, but it sounds like a cool idea. Posts: 7954 | Registered: Mar 2004
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You know ElJay, I may take you up on that one of these days. That sounds like all sorts of fun. And if I don't get to it this year, a raspberry harvest gathering sounds great.
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Nifty. It could still be at least a mini-gathering. . . I've got six Hatrack members in my family, after all. Posts: 7954 | Registered: Mar 2004
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I once wrote a limerick about the Dadaist Movement:
Da da da da da da da da Da da da da da da da da. Da da da da da, Da da da da da, Da da da da da da da da!
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And after I restrainted myself yesterday from posting the story about how Enigmatic was weened, too. Posts: 7954 | Registered: Mar 2004
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At what age do you think it's inappropriate for a child to still be nursing? I mean, I realize that there is some variation based on the child, and that it isn't exactly a one-size-fits-all type of question, but there has to be an upper limit. I knew a woman once whose 8 year old son still nursed on a fairly regular basis, and my gut reaction was "Ew."
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Worldwide average weaning age is ridiculously late compared to America... something like seven...
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This is the best data I've been able to google on weaning ages. Not the cross cultural data I was looking for, but interesting nonetheless.
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True for the Philippines as well. I don't think 7 is the average, but it isn't uncommon for it to go on that long.
And a lot of these women have a lot of children. I wonder if such a mother tends to nurse several of varying ages, or if only the youngest gets the extended nursing time?
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Most of the way down the page, this site provides a table with the following data:
quote: Ancient Egypt 3 years Early 1900s China and Japan 4-5 years 1940s Burma 3-4 years 1950s Kenya up to 5 years 1950s Siniono (Bolivia) 3-5 years 1950s Inuit around 7 years Chimps/gorillas 5-6 years
There isn't a clear indication of where this data came from, though, so there's no good way to judge its accuracy.
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