The Czickness LIII….CZing into the summer with friends near and far.

[mcapo]

And I don't blame her one bit!

A carrot and a mushroom walk into a bar.

Bartender looks at the mushroom and says, "we don't serve your kind here".

Startled, the mushroom replies, "Why not? I am a fun guy".

 

[bcannon]

A carrot and a mushroom walk into a bar.

Bartender looks at the mushroom and says, "we don't serve your kind here".

Startled, the mushroom replies, "Why not? I am a fun guy".

<Badomp, tish>

Good dad joke though

 

[MindfulMan]

I've read that it's theorized predatory dinosaurs like the one that tooth belongs to had very highly developed olfactory senses. Would have made for a challenging hunt.

I've read that they had to eat 300 lbs. of meat / per day, just to maintain their metabolism.

 

[Leadeye]

I've read that they had to eat 300 lbs. of meat / per day, just to maintain their metabolism.

A question about dinosaurs and eating I've often wondered about is if the plant eaters could digest cellulose or if primitive plants had more starch in them as opposed to cellulose. Meat eaters could survive if there were a lot of plant eaters to eat, but how many plant eaters could an area sustain if starch/cellulose/lignin in primitive plants was near the plants we have today.

In Africa elephants have to keep moving as it does not take many of them to strip an area down, but there are not a lot of them. The meat requirements to sustain animals like the ones belonging to your tooth being high would lead me to believe that there were a lot of plant eaters, more than could be sustained with flora similar to our own. Hence my hypothesis about higher starch ratios or different digestion.

 

[mcapo]

A question about dinosaurs and eating I've often wondered about is if the plant eaters could digest cellulose or if primitive plants had more starch in them as opposed to cellulose. Meat eaters could survive if there were a lot of plant eaters to eat, but how many plant eaters could an area sustain if starch/cellulose/lignin in primitive plants was near the plants we have today.

In Africa elephants have to keep moving as it does not take many of them to strip an area down, but there are not a lot of them. The meat requirements to sustain animals like the ones belonging to your tooth being high would lead me to believe that there were a lot of plant eaters, more than could be sustained with flora similar to our own. Hence my hypothesis about higher starch ratios or different digestion.

A warmer wetter climate with potentially more diverse and substantial flora?

Natures ceaseless attempt to balance the equation.

 

[MindfulMan]

A question about dinosaurs and eating I've often wondered about is if the plant eaters could digest cellulose or if primitive plants had more starch in them as opposed to cellulose. Meat eaters could survive if there were a lot of plant eaters to eat, but how many plant eaters could an area sustain if starch/cellulose/lignin in primitive plants was near the plants we have today.

In Africa elephants have to keep moving as it does not take many of them to strip an area down, but there are not a lot of them. The meat requirements to sustain animals like the ones belonging to your tooth being high would lead me to believe that there were a lot of plant eaters, more than could be sustained with flora similar to our own. Hence my hypothesis about higher starch ratios or different digestion.

There are a subset of paleontologists who are interested in dinosaur diets.
We can only speculate on the ecosystem at that time. It was evidently lush, based on preserved plant material.

 

[ChrisK]

At the orthopedic doctor. Left knee is causing more problems. Everything has to be sent to the VA.

 

[ditcherman]

A question about dinosaurs and eating I've often wondered about is if the plant eaters could digest cellulose or if primitive plants had more starch in them as opposed to cellulose. Meat eaters could survive if there were a lot of plant eaters to eat, but how many plant eaters could an area sustain if starch/cellulose/lignin in primitive plants was near the plants we have today.

In Africa elephants have to keep moving as it does not take many of them to strip an area down, but there are not a lot of them. The meat requirements to sustain animals like the ones belonging to your tooth being high would lead me to believe that there were a lot of plant eaters, more than could be sustained with flora similar to our own. Hence my hypothesis about higher starch ratios or different digestion.

Cool thing to think about!
So we know dinosaurs exist because they had bones.
Now what in all that that once was, used to be that we can not have any idea ever existed?
More starch etc in plants could just be the tip of the iceberg. Or glacier.

 

[ditcherman]

@Born2vette time to get back in the game!

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2019-chevrolet-corvette-zr1-coupe-91/?utm_source=dm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2024-09-18

Bust out that spare quarter mil and that might just get it.

I’m not that much of a car guy (I keep telling myself that) but this was a really fun read.

When the comments state that the manual 7 speed will add 75-100k to the final hammer price, well let’s just say our friend Dave Ramsey doesn’t approve.

 

[wtburnette]

At the orthopedic doctor. Left knee is causing more problems. Everything has to be sent to the VA.

Good luck

 

[ChrisK]

Good luck

Doc said that where I fractured the knee is now developed moderate arthritis. More meds to take now.

 

[Leadeye]

Doc said that where I fractured the knee is now developed moderate arthritis. More meds to take now.

Been lucky recently to be on the downside of the med curve. Docs have reduced mine twice and now say they only need to see me yearly.

 

[Born2vette]

<Badomp, tish>

Good dad joke though

Don’t encourage him!

 

[Born2vette]

@Born2vette time to get back in the game!

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2019-chevrolet-corvette-zr1-coupe-91/?utm_source=dm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2024-09-18

Bust out that spare quarter mil and that might just get it.

I’m not that much of a car guy (I keep telling myself that) but this was a really fun read.

When the comments state that the manual 7 speed will add 75-100k to the final hammer price, well let’s just say our friend Dave Ramsey doesn’t approve.

Maybe if I had @mcapo $$. I am waiting for the C7 to drop to around $25k.

 

[mcapo]

Maybe if I had @mcapo $$. I am waiting for the C7 to drop to around $25k.

That car sold for $252K? wow.....

 

[Born2vette]

That car sold for $252K? wow.....

I remember when that kind of money is what it took to get a nice 67 with stinger hood and 427 tri-power.

 

[mcapo]

I remember when that kind of money is what it took to get a nice 67 with stinger hood and 427 tri-power.

Pfft. You remember when it took 25k to get a nice 67 with stinger hood and 427 tri-power

 

[DadSmith]

Timer dinged on the oven this morning. Bun is almost ready.

Grandbaby number 6 maybe today....

Congratulations.

 

[Born2vette]

Pfft. You remember when it took 25k to get a nice 67 with stinger hood and 427 tri-power

One of the rich kids that went to my high school drove a 1969 427 tri-power convertible. Fastest thing between gas stations.

One of the Simon girls (Simon Malls/development) was 2 years older than me and drove a Jaguar XKE convertible to school. I had a 1960 Impala.

 

[ditcherman]

That car sold for $252K? wow.....

I know, cheap, right?