Number One, I thought a similar article had been posted. Didn't find it. If it has, my apologies.
Number Two, an entirely different apology for all the messages which follow, I wanted to ping for something from a lot of different categories. I'm done for today. Please don't run screaming, this is unusual, although on average, GGG generates perhaps four topics a day. :')
Number Three, Have a great holiday weekend. I am going to miss summer.
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1 posted on
09/03/2005 9:02:03 AM PDT by
SunkenCiv
To: blam; FairOpinion; Ernest_at_the_Beach; StayAt HomeMother; 24Karet; 3AngelaD; asp1; ...
2 posted on
09/03/2005 9:02:37 AM PDT by
SunkenCiv
(Down with Dhimmicrats! I last updated by FR profile on Sunday, August 14, 2005.)
To: SunkenCiv
3 posted on
09/03/2005 9:16:30 AM PDT by
mtbopfuyn
(Legality does not dictate morality... Lavin)
To: SunkenCiv
I believe that grapes were the first human cultivated plant and vineyards/wineries were the first impetus leading towards permanently settled civilizations. The astrological geometry which provided the basis for the earliest stone cities and the invention of the solar/lunar calender were direct results of grape cultivation. Irrigation, fortification, and pottery were all inventions of necessity for maintaining the vineyard. Ceremonial priests praying for the magical yeast to do their work was probably the origin of organized religion and hierarchy. The making and transporting of wine led to the origin of developed trade. Jared Diamond's fertile crescent grain cultivation and animal domestication were most likely a later invention of necessity that used variations of the same techniques to feed the growing communities that developed based on the wine trade.
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5 posted on
09/03/2005 1:08:34 PM PDT by
quantim
(Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
To: SunkenCiv
I think I'll go get some TBC at Trader Joe's. That stuff sounds like it's past its prime.
7 posted on
09/03/2005 1:11:13 PM PDT by
stboz
To: SunkenCiv
If it were a 1st growth Bordeaux it would still need a few more years.
8 posted on
09/03/2005 1:18:27 PM PDT by
Sthitch
To: SunkenCiv
Very interesting. Thanks for the ping.
I'm enjoying my homemade Dandelion Wine as I type. 2005 was a superb year for Dandelions in my (untreated) lawn. :)
9 posted on
09/03/2005 2:11:47 PM PDT by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
To: SunkenCiv
I've had "Chang" in Nepal, which is rice beer, with the rice left in it. It is a gloppy frizzante tart mess.
But getting buzzed on the side of Bodnath Stupa in a fall sunbeam can't be beat.
13 posted on
09/05/2005 7:39:58 PM PDT by
Uncle Miltie
("Avoid novelties, for every novelty is an innovation, and every innovation is an error. " - Mohammed)
14 posted on
05/18/2009 6:36:14 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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