[Hoplite]

What made the original voyages rewarding was the rape and pillage they anticipated.

And the cameraderie of men at sea, singing Nordic shanties/sagas:

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[AU72]

And the cameraderie of men at sea, singing Nordic shanties/sagas:

And my favorite boyhood movie, "The Vikings" starring Kirk Douglas and Tony Curtis was on the RETRO channel last night.

The best scene was Douglas throwing an axe trying to cut off an adultresses pigtails.