OT - Alaskan Rain Forest - spec. aired for dbu ;-P

Jun 28, 2007 6 Replies

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Cathy F. 19 years ago

On PBS, there's a program called "Bear Island" airing right now; here, at least... prob. varies depending on local PBS station. It takes place in rain forest up in Alaska (the panhandle part - "Chichagof Island") - vs. a tropical rain forest. ;-)

I happened to catch it because I'd been watching the tribute concert for Paul Simon - winner of first Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for popular music, which was on from 9 - 11:00. (Paul S. with James Taylor, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Stevie Wonder, Buckwheat Zydeco, Jessy Dixon Singers, Art Garfunkel....) Anyone else catch it? - I think it was on all PBS stations at the same time. Was incredibly good! Hope it shows up on DVD...

Cathy

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dbu,. 19 years ago

It's a swamp or marsh, a bog with some trees on the periphery. I didn't watch it.

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Cathy F. 19 years ago

Right. Uh-huh... *I* didn't say it's a rain forest, they did. It's a

*forest* - you know, lots of trees... With a lot of rain. Hence, (a temperate) rain forest.

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Or do your own Googling if you still don't believe it.

Or look it up on Google Maps or Google Earth. It's mountainous. A bog covering a slew of mountains??

Cathy

I didn't

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tak 19 years ago

Cathy-- you're dealing with Dbu at his wittiest, this is high humor for him. Tedious at best, but he enjoys it.

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Cathy F. 19 years ago

Ueah... you're probably right. Sigh... Tedious.

Cathy

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mack 19 years ago

What? You have the temerity to challenge the word of dbu, "The World's Foremost Authority"? (He bought the title from Prof. Irwin Corey.)

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tak 19 years ago

Moi? Challenge the second most urbane wit on the group? Not I. I subscribe (for the most part) to a policy of letting him and his close associates flap in their own breeze.

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