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1 posted on 01/18/2023 10:50:17 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Take a scan of the bones and print a replica and then honour the wishes and promises.


2 posted on 01/18/2023 10:57:35 PM PST by Jonty30 (THE URGE TO SAVE THE WORLD IS ALMOST ALWAYS AN URGE TO RULE IT)
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I first came across the character of Charles Byrne several years ago in a book of fiction titled "The Dead Shall Not Rest: A Dr. Thomas Silkstone Mystery" by Tessa Harris.

The Dead Shall Not Rest

3 posted on 01/18/2023 11:26:29 PM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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He must have found it hard to walk with that pole up his butt.


6 posted on 01/19/2023 12:54:11 AM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: BenLurkin

Related?

https://scienceinfo.net/the-truth-about-the-mysterious-redhaired-giant-at-lovelock-cave.html


11 posted on 01/19/2023 2:41:15 AM PST by mad_as_he$$ (Don't rush to your death.)
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Q: What do the Pyramids, the Parthenon and the Eiffel Tower all have in common?
A: They were all too big to put in the British Museum.
Unbelievable history is stored there!


12 posted on 01/19/2023 4:30:45 AM PST by Zathras
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Bury the poor man .
There is nothing to learn .
Evil researchers.


13 posted on 01/19/2023 4:54:44 AM PST by ncalburt ( Gop DC Globalists are the evil)
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To: BenLurkin

One heck of a Shillelagh ya get there...


15 posted on 01/19/2023 5:37:26 AM PST by Chauncey Gardiner
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Irishman Charles Byrne reached a staggering height of 7-foot-7, earning the nickname of the “Irish Giant.”

Given that the original Irish were a fairly short people, this must have been amazing to his contemporaries. An old joke:

Q. What's five feet tall and a mile long?

A. An Irish parade.

16 posted on 01/19/2023 8:21:27 AM PST by Albion Wilde ("There is no good government at all & none possible."--Mark Twain)
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