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101-Year-Old Message in a Bottle Surfaces
ABC News ^ | April 8, 2014 | Jaime Lutz

Posted on 04/09/2014 3:23:30 PM PDT by EveningStar

A message in a bottle that was thrown into the ocean in 1913 and recently found by a fisherman off the coast of Germany was returned to the sender's granddaughter.

"It was very surprising," said Angela Erdmann, 62, to The Guardian. "A man stood in front of my door and told me he had post from my grandfather. He then told me that a message in a bottle was found and that the name that was on the card was that of my grandfather."

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History; Travel
KEYWORDS: 1913; angelaerdmann; germany; godsgravesglyphs; messageinabottle
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To: StormEye

I don’t know, but they might be pretty common.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germania_(stamp)


21 posted on 04/09/2014 5:20:32 PM PDT by deks (Sent from my BlackBerry Q10 smartphone :)
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To: EveningStar

The note said, “I’m here alone on a desert island in the South Pacific a thousand miles from the shipping lanes with nothing to eat but raw fish and nothing to drink but coconut milk; I’m living in a shack made of leaves and twigs, and yesterday a guy in a three-piece suit and briefcase showed up from the IRS and confiscated the shack for non-payment of taxes. Send attorney!”


22 posted on 04/09/2014 5:29:34 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: StormEye
Link was incomplete...please add a parenthesis after "stamp". I can't get it to post as clickable with the whole URL, as it wants to omit the last parenthesis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germania_(stamp)

23 posted on 04/09/2014 5:34:17 PM PDT by deks (Sent from my BlackBerry Q10 smartphone :)
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To: beaversmom

Thank you for that beautiful video.
It is further affirmation that, Music is a Sacred Melodic Continuum provided by the Creator to all souls to aid them in their search for the purpose and meaning of their existence and the path to find love and peace in God’s Heaven.


24 posted on 04/09/2014 7:27:28 PM PDT by late bloomer ( Neglegere homo pone aulaeum. semi-retired warlord)
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To: late bloomer

Beautiful sentiment, late bloomer.


25 posted on 04/09/2014 8:03:14 PM PDT by beaversmom
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