1997 Prelude for sale

Post by **Donald** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 9:57 pm

More trivia/error pointing if you care:

I've no idea why they called it Pleo. The only dinosaur-like creatures with a name close to that are pliosaurs, a type of plesiosaur. But they're not even a dinosaur, more like a scaley seal. Or a crocodile.

Post by **Doggo** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 10:03 pm

Why not. I'm not doing anything more useful.

Post by **paul bristol uk** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 10:35 pm

Doggo wrote:No. It's definitely not tomato. It starts with a "D".

AND WHAT THE EFFING HELL IS THIS THREAD ALL ABOUT NOW?
(I knew that people in asylums should not be given computers bring back the old days when you could visit them on a Sunday and poke them with a stick!)

Post by **Donald** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 10:43 pm

If you want a really stimulating read, I suggest:

Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast

Well worth your time. Half an hour or so from start to finish. Interesting concept of identity.

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 10:48 pm

Donald wrote:More trivia/error pointing if you care:

I've no idea why they called it Pleo. The only dinosaur-like creatures with a name close to that are pliosaurs, a type of plesiosaur. But they're not even a dinosaur, more like a scaley seal. Or a crocodile.

who ever said plesiosaurs were scaly???? and I thought they had 4 fins 2 on either side of the body not like a flipper like the seal

Post by **Donald** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 12:29 am

Not much is known about their skin, the one species they've found soft tissue prints from apparently had skin described as smooth, but it is by no means definitive of the entire order nor means that it couldn't have been something akin to sea snakes, very smooth but still scaled

But to help relate the fact that their skin is fundamentally different to mammalian but they most likely swam like one, I said scaley seal. Like a crocodile because they're toothed and a reptile, but not a dinosaur. Although crocodiles and dinosaurs (same infraclass) are closer than plesiosaurs and crocodiles (same subclass), and all three are in a different subclass to turtles. But they (plesiosaurs) are in the same infraclass as lizards and snakes, which typically have quite smooth skin (but scaled).

Also, pentadactyl limb - not a fin in the fishy sense, but I suppose you could class flippers/fins as the same thing in a reptilian/mammalian sense.

Is that better?

Post by **Doggo** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 2:22 am

paul bristol uk wrote:
Doggo wrote:No. It's definitely not tomato. It starts with a "D".
AND WHAT THE EFFING HELL IS THIS THREAD ALL ABOUT NOW?
(I knew that people in asylums should not be given computers bring back the old days when you could visit them on a Sunday and poke them with a stick!)

We're helping him sell his Prelude

Donald's last post is clearly an advanced (if somewhat metaphorical) description of the bodywork.

Post by **Doggo** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 2:25 am

And just out of interest, where exactly did they find the thing in that picture? (Donald, I mean).

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 5:32 pm

Doggo wrote:And just out of interest, where exactly did they find the thing in that picture? (Donald, I mean).

in a case in the museum!!!

Post by **paul bristol uk** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 7:15 pm

Where did they find Donald?
Most amusing answer please
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