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DNA Shows Celtic Hero Somerled's Viking Roots
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| 4-26-2005
| Ian Johnson
Posted on 04/26/2005 10:52:12 AM PDT by blam
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To: blam
"a number only bettered by Genghis Khan, who, among historical figures studied to date, has an estimated 16 million living descendants. "
Uhhh, could we BORROW just ONE of those 16 million and run him or her for President as a Republican?? I bet he would beat the opposition - literally. Reid, Hillery, Pelosi, Kennedy et al would be toast.
Ah Genghis - what a man!!
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posted on
04/26/2005 12:07:21 PM PDT
by
ZULU
(Fear the government which fears your guns. God, guts, and guns made America great.)
To: MacDorcha
I woulda said "Campbell" on first guess.
My Gaelic teacher told me there are still MacDonalds who won't sit on a school board with a Campbell.
Can't say I blame them, really.
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posted on
04/26/2005 12:08:06 PM PDT
by
AnAmericanMother
(. . . Ministrix of ye Chace (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
To: yarddog
I knew a girl named McDonald. She was ditzy as anything (cheerleader stereotype)
I also knew a Campbell. Pretty, but very "free spirited" (read: liberal hippie)
The two never really knew each other well.
I beat the snot out a kid named "Hlavity" once though. It turned out his mother was 100% Irish :)
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posted on
04/26/2005 12:14:04 PM PDT
by
MacDorcha
(Where Rush dares not tread, there are the Freepers!)
To: MacDorcha
Except for the part about them not knowing each other you could be describing the two I knew, except the Campbell was also a good student.
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posted on
04/26/2005 12:16:03 PM PDT
by
yarddog
To: yarddog
Oh, they knew each other. They just didn't fit into the same "cliques"
And since when does a liberal outlook mean they did poorly in a Puwblik Skewl? She had a 4.2 GPA.
They both gradutated in '02.
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posted on
04/26/2005 12:18:09 PM PDT
by
MacDorcha
(Where Rush dares not tread, there are the Freepers!)
To: MacDorcha
your husband and I would be after each other's heads." There can be only one.
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posted on
04/26/2005 12:24:35 PM PDT
by
ASA Vet
(Those who know don't talk, those who talk don't know.)
To: ASA Vet
All time favorite series and movies. Followed immediately by Stargate and Stargate SG-1
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posted on
04/26/2005 12:26:29 PM PDT
by
MacDorcha
(Where Rush dares not tread, there are the Freepers!)
To: MacDorcha
Well the ditzy one was probably just as smart as the other one, she just wasn't as interested in scholastics. She was also much more likeable.
They were both cheerleaders but this was 40 years ago.
I remember once in Biology class, the teacher asked the first one, "what do you get when a sperm and egg unite"? The answer she was looking for was a zygote but her answer was "a baby?".
It made the teacher mad but I always thought it was a perfectly good answer.
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posted on
04/26/2005 12:28:24 PM PDT
by
yarddog
To: MacDorcha
Amanda was my favorite of Duncans girls until I found out she'd been defiled by X-42.
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posted on
04/26/2005 12:37:39 PM PDT
by
ASA Vet
(Those who know don't talk, those who talk don't know.)
To: Cogadh na Siths Girl
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posted on
04/26/2005 12:46:45 PM PDT
by
Cogadh na Sith
(Steel Bonnets Over the Border)
To: inkling
"The easiest way to defeat Vikings is to face them in the playoffs."
HEY!! Not after this offseason. They loaded the barn for a Superbowl run.
To: oldcomputerguy; monday
I'm a life-long Packer backer and my wife's a heavy-duty Vikes fan. I need to take my hits when I can :-)
I do think getting rid of Moss was the best thing you could have done. Didn't get enough for him in return, but he really had to go.
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posted on
04/26/2005 1:45:25 PM PDT
by
inkling
To: DJ MacWoW
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posted on
04/26/2005 2:56:58 PM PDT
by
Darkchylde
(The Crazed Unknown Hermit)
To: MacDorcha
And most people don't realize that the Irish and Danes were fierce "Vikings" in their own right.
["Scot" is Irish for "raider"]
My mom is hulking great Danish Valkyrie and my Dad is a 6 foot Ulsterman.
Alas, I am a genetic throwback to my paternal grandmother's Welsh roots, body-wise.....:)
The fiery runt of the litter,
SalHilda
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posted on
04/26/2005 5:49:48 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(Hee hee hee, indeed)
To: Salamander
Cool background info: but I thought "Scotti" meant "Irish dancer"
Just wonderin' :p
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posted on
04/26/2005 9:56:59 PM PDT
by
MacDorcha
(Where Rush dares not tread, there are the Freepers!)
To: blam; FairOpinion; Ernest_at_the_Beach; StayAt HomeMother; 24Karet; 3AngelaD; ...
Blam's gettin' medieval on us. ;') Thanks Blam, I was thinking of posting this (saw it on Dienekes' blog) and you'd already put it up. Please FREEPMAIL me if you want on, off, or alter the "Gods, Graves, Glyphs" PING list --
Archaeology/Anthropology/Ancient Cultures/Artifacts/Antiquities, etc.
The GGG Digest -- Gods, Graves, Glyphs (alpha order)
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posted on
04/26/2005 10:28:02 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(FR profiled updated Monday, April 11, 2005. Fewer graphics, faster loading.)
To: inkling
"I do think getting rid of Moss was the best thing you could have done. Didn't get enough for him in return, but he really had to go."
I agree. Moss was such a waste of talent, he could have been the greatest of all time. The worst part is that next season he will be tremendous again due to proving himself, then he will backslide.
The Vikings got the receiver they rated as the 2nd player in the entire draft after Ronnie Brown, Troy Williamson. This guy promises to be everything Moss was to the team and more with a lot less baggage. EVAL-unbelievable upside, 4.32- 40, former running back, 2nd,3rd, maybe 4th gear.
Tice said the receivers coach was drooling when he came back from working him out. And the most unusual thing was that everyone in the organization agreed on him. Should be interesting.
To: MacDorcha
To: blam
Without testing Somerled's DNA, it is naught but supposition.
To: Salamander
? Why "LOL"?
That's a translation I'ev heard.
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posted on
04/27/2005 12:42:46 PM PDT
by
MacDorcha
(Where Rush dares not tread, there are the Freepers!)
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