Re: A China-Sumer connection?

From: Comm (tjsrno_at_spampost.com)
Date: 03/06/05 

Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2005 02:25:17 GMT

"Alaca" <P.Alaca@is.fake> wrote in message
news:4224dd97$0$27496$dbd4f001@news.wanadoo.nl...
> Peter T. Daniels wrote in: 4224C879.2B59@worldnet.att.net,
>
>> Alaca wrote:
>>> Peter T. Daniels wrote
>>>> Lee Sau Dan wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> "John" == John Atkinson writes:
>>>>> John> "Lee Sau Dan" wrote...
>>>>>
>>>>> >> Were there cats in New Zealand before the European
>>>>> "discovered" >> it?
>>>>>
>>>>> John> No. The only native land-mammals there are a couple of
>>>>> John> species of bat.
>>>>>
>>>>> 1) I find it interesting that you consider bats "land"-mammals.
>>>>> I hope I know what you mean. You don't want to exclude
>>>>> sea-mammals like dolphins and whales. So, you say
>>>>> land-mammals, dividing mammals into land- vs. sea- subgroups.
>>>>> But I was wondering whether one should then consider bats to be
>>>>> "sky"/"air"-mammals. :)
>>>>
>>>> Have you ever considered looking in a dictionary before engaging in
>>>> etymological speculation? Or, in this case, in a source on bats?
>>>> They don't live in the air, but underground or in trees. And they
>>>> fly.
>>>
>>> I don't think LSD's remark deserves a comment like that.
>>> For landbound mammals it is very difficult to exploit
>>> new lands, but for bats it is possible.
>>> And an important part of their life bats do live in the air
>>> and many species migrate hundreds of miles.
>>
>> You're new here. You don't know LSD's incredibly fanatical literalism.
>
> Your comments are showing ignorance on more than one subject.

He's not a human being.

And your comment about me being someone's sock shows ignorance about reading
headers.

Cheers. Or better yet, no cheers.
>
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> P.A.
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