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Archaeologists find legendary Icelandic home
Quad-City Times ^
| 9/15/2002
| Quad-City Times Wire Services
Posted on 09/16/2002 8:27:11 AM PDT by SteveH
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To: SteveH
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posted on
09/16/2002 9:36:59 AM PDT
by
lepton
To: mgstarr
It's a Monty Python reference.
To: Eric in the Ozarks
Swedes discovered America?
Iceland and Sweden are entirely different countries, each with its own unique culture. As with each of the Scandinavian countries (except maybe the Faroe Islands and Finland) there are similarities, sure, but they are quite different.
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posted on
09/16/2002 9:43:44 AM PDT
by
Neckbone
To: Shooter 2.5
My big complaint with the "experts" is there were numerous voyages with hundreds of people over hundreds of years and they're claiming that a single family just had to have lived in a specific house. Sure.
I think it's just an example of the whole "Washington slept here" syndrome where people are always eager to assign historical signifigance to any given noun.
I've found in my travels in Iceland that, for the architectural reasons cited in the article, you really have to squint to see what's being references at various ancient sites throughout the country. One exception is a really cool dig that's in progress right in downtown Reykjavik where they've discovered a Viking compound (under about 2 meters of earth).
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posted on
09/16/2002 9:50:05 AM PDT
by
Neckbone
To: Constitution Day
Lovely plumage, the Norwegian Blue.
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posted on
09/16/2002 9:50:53 AM PDT
by
Neckbone
To: Neckbone
Remarkable bird, itn'it, squire?
To: mgstarr
Sorry, I hadn't eaten lunch when I posted my 1st response.
Now I remember that part of the sketch... my bad!
CD
To: SteveH
Where I live there is the Virginia Dare Winery named for supposedly the first European born in America (1587). I wonder if the Winery will change it's name to Snorri Thorfinnsson Wines.
To: Mike Darancette
Where I live there is the Virginia Dare Winery named for supposedly the first European born in America (1587). I wonder if the Winery will change it's name to Snorri Thorfinnsson Wines. Well, if it doesn't, then it sounds like an opportunity knocking (at least if one is in Newfoundland and has or can start a winery :-)
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posted on
09/16/2002 10:52:51 AM PDT
by
SteveH
To: dts32041
Davenport was settled by Norwegians ?
To: xJones
Beo, don't look now, but I think you're in trouble. :) Neighbor envy...what are ya gonna do? First they didn't like the indoor plumbimg, said I was being 'uppity'...now this!-)
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posted on
09/16/2002 11:09:41 AM PDT
by
beowolf
To: beowolf
Well, you can forget the property taxes now, you're toast.
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posted on
09/16/2002 11:22:11 AM PDT
by
xJones
To: dfwgator
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12/01/2018 8:00:20 PM PST
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Beowulf9
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