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World's Oldest Leather Shoe Found—Stunningly Preserved
nationalgeographic.com ^
| June 9, 2010
| Kate Ravilious
Posted on 06/09/2010 8:34:42 PM PDT by GonzoII
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posted on
06/09/2010 8:34:42 PM PDT
by
GonzoII
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
06/09/2010 8:35:00 PM PDT
by
GonzoII
("That they may be one...Father")
To: GonzoII
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posted on
06/09/2010 8:37:32 PM PDT
by
Rembrandt
(.. AND the donkey you rode in on.)
To: GonzoII
It fell off Helen Thomas as she left the White House for the last time.
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posted on
06/09/2010 8:37:43 PM PDT
by
Arthur McGowan
(In Edward Kennedy's America, federal funding of brothels is a right, not a privilege.)
To: GonzoII
Upon closer examination, they discovered it was NOT a 5,500 year old leather shoe.
It was actually Helen Thomas.
(Easy mistake, yeah?)
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posted on
06/09/2010 8:38:48 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(PALIN/MCCAIN IN 2012 - barf alert? sarc tag? -- can't decide)
To: GonzoII
I’ll bet they were wondering what happened to it. Who thinks to look in the sheep dung? They had to have had a 2-year-old.
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posted on
06/09/2010 8:38:53 PM PDT
by
refreshed
To: GonzoII
Imelda Marcos has the mate.
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posted on
06/09/2010 8:42:22 PM PDT
by
shibumi
(Pablo (the Wily One) signed up for the "Hippo Attack" ping list!)
To: GonzoII
Note to self:
Sheep dung might make my shoes last longer.
.....
And reduce my dating expenses too.
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posted on
06/09/2010 8:43:29 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: GonzoII
Modern my Az. Its well preserved, but it looks like what I would suspect a 5000 y.o. shoe would look like.
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posted on
06/09/2010 8:46:54 PM PDT
by
Lockbar
(March toward the sound of the guns.)
To: Arthur McGowan; shibumi
This thread just cries out for Helen Thomas and Imelda Marcos jokes.
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posted on
06/09/2010 8:48:21 PM PDT
by
rdl6989
(January 20, 2013- The end of an error.)
To: GonzoII
From the article:
"Protecting the foot was probably one of the main reasons people started wearing shoes,"
Astonishing!!!
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posted on
06/09/2010 8:54:34 PM PDT
by
AndrewB
(FUBO)
To: GonzoII
If they find a cave of socks, we’ll finally solve the mystery of where lost socks wind up.
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posted on
06/09/2010 8:54:44 PM PDT
by
Kirkwood
To: Rembrandt
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posted on
06/09/2010 8:55:21 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Political Correctness Kills)
To: shibumi
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posted on
06/09/2010 8:56:11 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: AndrewB
That is an awesome guess isn’t it?
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posted on
06/09/2010 8:56:35 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Political Correctness Kills)
To: GonzoII
So that’s where I lost it. “It was a cold and rainy night back in 5,500 BC”.
To: GonzoII
Oh, I loved the “scholarly” speculation around the shoe. “Why was the shoe made?” Duh....
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posted on
06/09/2010 8:58:38 PM PDT
by
WVNan
To: GonzoII
Looks like it was sewn “skinny side out and wooly side in!”
To: GonzoII
Also found in the cave was the shoe repair claim ticket, which said that the shoe will be ready for pick up next Tuesday.
To: GonzoII
“Last of the Breed” by Louis L’Amour
Chapter 8
That evening, spreading out the reindeer hide, he drew a
tracing of each foot.
Allowing for the sides, he carefully cut out the selected
sections.
Bringing up the two sides, he used thin strips to stitch
them together at the heel and then at the toe.
After trying them on, he made holes for the laces of rawhide.
A hide such as he had before him would easily make nine
pair of moccasins.
He made only four pair, knowing they would quickly wear
out but needing the remainder of the hide for rawhide
strings.
For cold weather he would need much better footwear,
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posted on
06/09/2010 9:04:18 PM PDT
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
((B.?) Hussein (Obama?Soetoro?Dunham?) Change America Will Die From.)
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