Rare medieval sword and artefacts from first Piast Dynasty found fully intact at bottom of lake

The First News ^ | August 11, 2020 | Joanna Jasinska

[DoodleBob]

[Tailback]

LOL! Thanks for the laugh and confirmation.

[centurion316]

The Romans practiced votive offerings, as did the Anglo Saxons. I don’t know what the Poles did, but the site appears to be in the right timeframe for that behavior.

[centurion316]

not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.

But much better than the current scheme being advanced by the Democrats.

[Monkey Face]

If I could read it...

:o|

‘Face

[centurion316]

Unless bark is present, the radiocarbon date doesn’t and can’t show anything of the kind (apart from an unverifiable coincidence).

Dedrochronolgy. I wish those databases had been available when I was struggling to date glacial deposits.

[Redcitizen]

Its always good to take some time off. I hope you are feeling refreshed and ready to go.

[Redcitizen]

swords, lakes, pings...

[DoodleBob]

If I'm honest, a few rare but notable times at work over my career I've uncorked Python lines and a co-worker finished the line. Most of the other people in the room had no idea what just happened. Things like "I'm invincible" may be met with "you're a loony."

Once when I was presenting at a conference, I asked if anyone knew what was the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow. Someone replied "African or European?" and my day was made.

Lately, I've taken to saying on conference calls "I don't want to go on the cart." Maybe that's too fresh for people. But hope springs eternal.

[dayglored]

> swords, lakes, pings...

Excellent, thanks!

[Tailback]

I like the way you think. Their movies are very quotable, except sometimes the context takes a bit longer than a non fan would put up with.

“Other than that, what have the Romans ever done for us?”

[DoodleBob]

Now THAT is a great quote to say at a meeting where a few people are whining that the company's only paying for 80% of the premium for full-benefits healthcare, down from 82% while everyone got a 5% raise and a 20% bonus.

And you'll be stared at by colleagues who think you've lost your mind. But you're one laughing.

One of the more frequent lines I've heard uttered on large-scale conference calls is "don't sell yourself short, Judge...you're a tremendous slouch."

[null and void]

I get maybe one in thirty to fifty who says “African or European?”

[SunkenCiv]

Of course it is radiocarbon dating. Modern dendrochronology is reliant on radiocarbon dating.

[GreenLanternCorps]

[TFG]

This thread delivered. Thank you!

[SunkenCiv]

If they're casting votive offerings in the river, that sounds pagan, so, a little earlier than this. Mieszko got the population baptized.

[centurion316]

Good point, but some of those pagan practices continued in the Christian era. Hedging their bets, like Halloween.

[SunkenCiv]

Heh... y’know, just yesterday as I crossed the bridge I thought I heard the stream say, “trick or treat”. ;^) I wholeheartedly agree, a lot of overlap.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3286058/posts

[Red Badger]

Sword in a lake?..................Where have I heard that one before?.................