Seriously OT: Tal is not for all

[talasiga]

thanks for that Denny. However to understand that sentence one needs to read the whole of it. Now if someone gets to the part that says "tal" and gets stuck there, they won't get it.
That's what this topic is about...........

[Denny]

s'why I made it a link, innit

[talasiga]

WARNING FOR THE CHRONOLOGICALLY CHALLENGED
this is a serious revival of an otherwise humourous topic

just thought i would link this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiji
if you go to the culture section you will see a nice picture.
Those grassy slopes on the mountains are , for me , my best association for
"talasiga".

[Clarinetcat]

WARNING FOR THE CHRONOLOGICALLY CHALLENGED
this is a serious revival of an otherwise humourous topic

It must be a slow morning in Eastern Australia.

[Denny]

more of a life style choice...

[hans]

just thought i would link this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiji
if you go to the culture section you will see a nice picture.
Those grassy slopes on the mountains are , for me , my best association for
"talasiga".

In the botanical sense talasiga, a Fijian word pronounced “talasinga” and literally meaning “sunburnt land,” refers to Fiji's pyrophytic grasslands and shrub lands, most of which resulted from burning of the original forest cover by man. The resulting soil erosion is thought to be responsible for the poor soils [*] of the talasiga

(Latham M, 1979. The natural environment of Lakeba. In: Lakeba: environmental change, population dynamics and resource use (Brookfield HC, ed). UNESCO/UNFPA–Island Report no. 5. Canberra: Australian National University; 17–55. )

I think you said this before, but since this is a revival thread I might as well repeat it, for the benefit of the newcomer.

* in this context this may be of interest:
http://www.fao.org/docrep/010/ag120e/AG120E20.htm

[Denny]

I think you said this before

yep

[hans]

I think you said this before

yep

Maybe I should say it more explicitely:
The talasiga is the product and testimony of human ecological plunder. The word literally means "sun burnt", but it is the result of humans burning vintage forests.

[weedie]

14 whole pages of comment.....just because a person takes offence at his name being shortened .. AND ... mostly done in a friendly, harmless manner......
Well....... I'd like to tell you what I think about it all..
On second thought....I think I'll go and play my Flute for a while...

[Denny]

ah, Wee flutes?

[weedie]

But DEN again.......maybe I WILL write something else..
Ooops,parDEN me....I just did

[Denny]

I deny everything...

[talasiga]

.......
It must be a slow morning in Eastern Australia.

I think all I am doing is sharing a nice picture that I saw on my inetrnet search while I was eating the other day, a picture that touched a part in me that is in a remembrance corner.

[talasiga]

14 whole pages of comment.....just because a person takes offence at his name being shortened .. AND ... mostly done in a friendly, harmless manner......
Well....... I'd like to tell you what I think about it all..
On second thought....I think I'll go and play my Flute for a while...

Oh oh wee is back and with a boggle in his post to boot.

Nothing to be confused about if you understand these things/words/ideas:

pub topic
OT
humour
light interaction
ostensible
laterally informative

[weedie]

I'm not confused about anything......oh,the meaning of life maybe !
To adress the following :-
pub topic .............so,do you ever go to a Pub
OT ........OK,I'll give yer that.
humour............ no-one gets it.
light interaction............no-one cares.
ostensible .... insert a boggle here.
laterally informative .... Some folks feel a need to let the whole world know how clever they are.
Dat's all folks......weedie.........over and out ..