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eppur_se_muova

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8. Ouch. Glad I didn't have to deal with that.

Reply to NNadir (Reply #7)

Sat Aug 8, 2020, 01:09 PM

Aug 2020

My father didn't do a lot of things right, but that was one of them. And he was the son of a church organist.

He also grew up with a really racist father (seriously, a Southern version of Archie Bunker who knew ethnic slurs for ethnic groups I didn't know existed) and didn't pass that on.

Sometimes it's good not to be influenced too much by your parents. Of course, my kids will find me perfect ... but then they only exist in my imagination.

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The Genome of the Last Surviving Member of an Order from which Dinosaurs, Birds, Mammals... [View all] NNadir Aug 2020 OP

K&R and thanks! nt tblue37 Aug 2020 #1

Thank you, that's a fascinating article. wendyb-NC Aug 2020 #2

Thanks. Had to bookmark it... abqtommy Aug 2020 #3

No Archosaurs in their chart ?!? eppur_se_muova Aug 2020 #4

I didn't notice that. The authors are obviously... NNadir Aug 2020 #7

Ouch. Glad I didn't have to deal with that. eppur_se_muova Aug 2020 #8

I loved my father very much, and miss him still. He quit school in the 8th grade... NNadir Aug 2020 #9

Well, everyone has their flaws ... your Dad sounds like one of the good guys ... eppur_se_muova Aug 2020 #10

They've only shown living genera in the chart muriel_volestrangler Aug 2020 #11

Aha! I did note the crocodiles, and thought that made it doubly odd, but if it's only living genera eppur_se_muova Aug 2020 #12

KNR and bookmarking niyad Aug 2020 #5

Kick burrowowl Aug 2020 #6