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Girl, 8, pulls a 1,500-year-old sword from a lake in Sweden
BBC ^
| 4 Oct 2018
Posted on 10/04/2018 7:10:29 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
Saga Vanecek found the relic in the Vidöstern lake while at her family's holiday home in Jönköping County.
The sword was initially reported to be 1,000 years old, but experts at the local museum now believe it may date to around 1,500 years ago.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History
KEYWORDS: ggg; godsgravesglyphs; jonkopingcounty; middleages; minnesota; minnesotavikings; nfl; renaissance; romanempire; sagavanecek; sweden; vidosternlake
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To: Red Badger
It was obviously lost in a tragic boating accident.......................
Must be the rainy season?
A lot of that going around.
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posted on
10/05/2018 7:17:47 AM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
(So what!)
To: DUMBGRUNT
It seems that the King of the time was into Sword Control..................
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posted on
10/05/2018 7:23:32 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Q............PREPARE FOR 'SKY IS FALLING' WEEK...........................)
To: Salamander
I saw it for the first time when I was about 10 or so...loved that Arthurian stuff (liberal parents lol) on cable...I was a little too advanced for my age (born in 72; I'd already read 1984 and got most of it by then)...shoot I still rant about how good "The Emerald Kingdom" was 😎 Boorman was a savage 😀
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posted on
10/05/2018 7:43:25 AM PDT
by
SirLurkedalot
(10/10/51-7/7/16 RIP Dad, I'll be missing you until I cross over to Eternity)
To: SirLurkedalot
I named a pair of Dobermans Arthur and Merlin and a pair of Hog Island Boas Uther and Igrayne.
:D
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posted on
10/05/2018 8:07:16 AM PDT
by
Salamander
(My Soul's On Fire... [I miss you, Shibumi])
To: SirLurkedalot
Uther and Igrayne
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posted on
10/05/2018 8:09:17 AM PDT
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Salamander
(My Soul's On Fire... [I miss you, Shibumi])
To: DUMBGRUNT
Very cool.
And of course, the Lady of the Lake references. She would be the youngest Lady it seems.
Don’t mix up the Lady with the rightful king (Arthur) - Lady is in the lake where the sword comes from, Arthur pulled it from a stone it was placed in, so this is perfectly fitting actually.
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posted on
10/05/2018 10:25:45 AM PDT
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the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
To: GrandJediMasterYoda
Well, it did corrode (interesting usage, “dissolve”) as in the pix.
They WILL corrode, it just depends on the material and the environment.
This one at least is very discernible.
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10/05/2018 10:27:06 AM PDT
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the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
To: SunkenCiv
Wow, so she’s actually “American”, though apparently is in for citizenship in Sweden, so I guess she’d be “American-Swedish”! (Yes, she has Swedish blood.)
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posted on
10/05/2018 10:33:09 AM PDT
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the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
To: Salamander
😁
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10/05/2018 5:06:15 PM PDT
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SirLurkedalot
(10/10/51-7/7/16 RIP Dad, I'll be missing you until I cross over to Eternity)
To: SunkenCiv
OMG! I’ve been posting all these years to a mere child. A brilliant child, but still....
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posted on
10/07/2018 2:26:44 PM PDT
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wildbill
(Quis Custodiet ipsos custodes? Who watches the watchmen?)
To: wildbill
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posted on
10/07/2018 2:40:54 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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