Velociraptors in real life were about 3 ft tall. Basically they were prehistoric turkeys.
The velociraptors in Jurassic Park are actually a cross between Deinonychus and a Utahraptor. And while all three had a large talon on their foot, and are definitely the coolest of the theropods, (I have a velociraptor fossil tattoo, so yes, I do love them), none of them had a freaking MACE for a tail.[DOUBLEPOST=1344101014][/DOUBLEPOST]This comedian agrees with me:
The velociraptors in Jurassic Park are actually a cross between Deinonychus and a Utahraptor. And while all three had a large talon on their foot, and are definitely the coolest of the theropods, (I have a velociraptor fossil tattoo, so yes, I do love them), none of them had a freaking MACE for a tail.[DOUBLEPOST=1344101014][/DOUBLEPOST]This comedian agrees with me:
I think just about everyone currently over the age of 20 grew up obsessed with dinosaurs. I remember getting a "Dinosaurs!" magazine in a convenience store and begging my mom to get me a subscription. It was pretty expensive, but my mom caved and I got my subscription. They sent me a huge dinosaur binder to keep them in, a bunch of dinosaur stickers, an inflatable stegosaurus, and each new issue came with a plastic piece of a T-Rex skeleton. Also the first issue came with 3D glasses and each issue had a couple pages of 3D images. It was freaking AWESOME. The set was supposed to have like 25 issues or something, but they stopped sending me new ones after issue 17. This was the only thing my parents ever let me subscribe to when I was little.
For some reason it doesn't seem to have that same level of interest with kids nowadays.
I'm always trying to increase my nephew's interest in dinosaurs but he's so obsessed with cars its difficult. He knows T-Rex, velociraptor and triceratops though. He's already seen Jurassic Park and he liked it too.
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Also I'm going to watch the hell out of this when I get back from the post office:
Velociraptor vs Ankylosaurus. They're analyzing both, building anamatronics and pinning the two against eachother.
For some reason it doesn't seem to have that same level of interest with kids nowadays.
I'm always trying to increase my nephew's interest in dinosaurs but he's so obsessed with cars its difficult. He knows T-Rex, velociraptor and triceratops though. He's already seen Jurassic Park and he liked it too.
Edit:
Also I'm going to watch the hell out of this when I get back from the post office:
Velociraptor vs Ankylosaurus. They're analyzing both, building anamatronics and pinning the two against eachother.
I used to have a subscription to the same magazine! I got my first one through the Scholastic book club and then mom subscribed for me.I think just about everyone currently over the age of 20 grew up obsessed with dinosaurs. I remember getting a "Dinosaurs!" magazine in a convenience store and begging my mom to get me a subscription. It was pretty expensive, but my mom caved and I got my subscription. They sent me a huge dinosaur binder to keep them in, a bunch od dinosaur stickers, an inflatable stegosaurus, and each new issue came with a plastic piece of a T-Rex skeleton. Also the first issue came with 3D glasses and each issue had a couple pages of 3D images. It was freaking AWESOME. The set was supposed to have like 25 issues or something, but they stopped sending me new ones after issue 17. This was the only thing my parents ever let me subscribe to when I was little.
For some reason it doesn't seem to have that same level of interest with kids nowadays.
I'm always trying to increase my nephew's interest in dinosaurs but he's so obsessed with cars its difficult. He knows T-Rex, velociraptor and triceratops though. He's already seen Jurassic Park and he liked it too.
Except I finished the skeleton so....Jet used to be all about cars as well..but after showing him Godzilla he's now all about two things: Monsters and superheroes. Dinosaurs fill the former pretty good, Netflix and my comic collection the latter.
I actually did finish the skeleton, but the later issues came with "skin" to place over the skeleton and my subscription stopped arriving after the two feet.
Yeah there was snap together plastic that fit over the skeleton. The feet just kind of slipped over, I never received the rest. And then the skeleton (Which, if I recall also glowed in the dark, which makes it extra cool!) fell down the stairs when my mom was vaccuming my bookshelf and broke...
I wonder if I still have those magazine in the parents' attic. I could give those to my nephew when he's a little older.
I wonder if I still have those magazine in the parents' attic. I could give those to my nephew when he's a little older.
Both of my kids love dinosaurs. If that magazine still exists I would subscribe to it immediately! My son would go nuts for it. I recently let him have a pop up book about dinosaurs that had been mine when I was his age. Most kids I know would have looked at it like I handed them a stone tablet written in cuneiform. He can't believe I liked dinos, too, and have such a cool book about them. He knows more about dinos, and more types of dinos, than I ever did. Then again, he can rattle off the geologic time periods in order, too. But he has had a deep interest in the subject (he's starting on birds now though and told me yesterday that he might want to be an ornithologist - his word, not mine - instead of a paleontologist) and we encourage any interest in science. Not all kids like the same things despite adult influence though.
I'm thinking that dude might be a (very) distant relative of Dill.
Or maybe has a nasty run in with Dr. De-Evolution?
So once you explained about the birds, he wanted to be an ornithologist? Wait 'till you explain about the bees, too - he'll want to be a gynaecologist
Or maybe he'll want to be an apiarist!
Speaking of my kids...here's my second grader! Today was his first day back to school after summer break.
First day of school?
But...it's only the beginning of August!
But...it's only the beginning of August!
Some kids here started last week. They get a week of vacation in the fall with another week off at Christmas and a third week off in the spring. Plus schools are closed for a few state holidays through the year. They get done by the end of May.
That dog looks like he was hiding under the porch because he loved you. SQUIRREL!
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OK, I'll buy him a cone of shame. Then take him to a Cosplay Convention.
But he does not like the Cone of Shame.
Nice to see you too! Hope all is well!Well bloody hell! Andi ! Good to see ya!
Now where the hell have you been? And what have you been up to... besides squeezing out a rugrat, that is?
Oh my, I had quite a ride the last year or so... Had a few ups, a few downs (one of those downs was excessive use of the internet at work which almost got me into deep trouble... But's sorted out now)... But most of all, I blame the iPad for my not-writing in forums when I'm at home... It made the internet to an almost exclusive "consumer" experience, instead of producing something myself (even if it's just some text...) Ah, yeah, and I got addicted to shoot em ups (*lol* shmups...) which redirected my meager online-output almost exclusively to the shmups.system11.org forums...
And oh boy, this little girl (she's six and a half months now), she brought life in our lives in a way I could have never dreamed of.
I hope to participate more on these shores. You're (mostly) good albeit a bit crazy folks here.
Ugh. Part of me doesn't really want to post these pictures because I feel like I look like a whale. Still, maybe we can consider these the "before" pictures? Plus, seeing me getting buried is kinda fun, ain't it?
So these were taken a day or two ago at Rainbow Haven Beach in Nova Scotia. The two little girls are my nieces, ages 10 and 2.
So these were taken a day or two ago at Rainbow Haven Beach in Nova Scotia. The two little girls are my nieces, ages 10 and 2.
Dude, not a whale. You may not be particularly skinny, but you're well and truly into the "medium sized" by now. Look at those pictures lying down - stomach's pretty much flat. A bit of a cushion is fun at night for whoever else happens to be in your bed (at least I think so
).That aside, putting all pictures up thrice might be a bit overkill
OOOOOOOOOh this confused me until JUST now. Instead of thinking of your detective character, I thought you meant dill616 and was just like "Uh.... yeah. Okay, Nick. Whatever you say. (WTF is he talking about?)"I'm thinking that dude might be a (very) distant relative of Dill.
That's why I didn't respond.
Now I get it.
I am not a clever person.
Aw, ThatNickGuy, you're not a whale at all!!
Whoops. Fixed. I was in a rush to leave earlier for lunch with Mom and my niece.