Re: coconuts & oysters

From: Lee Olsen (paleocity_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/25/04 

Date: 25 Jul 2004 09:05:35 -0700

Su Solomon <susol@zemail.com> wrote in message news:<41037FE9.6882@zemail.com>...
> Lee Olsen wrote:
> >
> > Philip Deitiker <Donevenask@worlnet.att.net> wrote in message news:<nzjMc.312666$Gx4.14085@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>...
> > > paleocity@hotmail.com (Lee Olsen) says in
> > > news:40a73547.0407231630.4c8c3e79@posting.google.com:
> > >
> > > >> And .......... seeings you are BIG into aquatcia-mania,
> > > >> explain why the Tasmanias gave up eating fish from 3,000
> > > >> BP.
> > > >
> > > > Since they didn't give up eating fish, your question might
> > > > be kind of hard to answer.
> > >
> > > What is a Tasmanias?
> >
> > It's anthrocia down-under jargon, verly few us us are able to translate.
>
> Like "verly"?

It's a typo. I meant to write verlee, like in Lee—me.
>
> Or, does this refer to: the number of Americans it takes to change a
> light bulb?

Or the number of down-under anthros it takes to read a paper?

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