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Archaeologists start Stonehenge dig
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| March 31, 2008
| GREGORY KATZ
Posted on 03/31/2008 10:37:19 PM PDT by bamahead
click here to read article
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posted on
03/31/2008 10:37:20 PM PDT
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bamahead
To: SunkenCiv; blam
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posted on
03/31/2008 10:37:48 PM PDT
by
bamahead
(Avoid self-righteousness like the devil- nothing is so self-blinding. -- B.H. Liddell Hart)
To: bamahead
We need a picture of this magnificent structure:
![](http://www.stonehendgeworkingdogs.com/files/stonehedge.jpg)
It is amazing to drive to, when you mount the last hill and there it is. Words don't describe the feeling of being with the folks who constructed it. Walking amongst the stones is a life long memory for this typist.
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posted on
03/31/2008 10:48:15 PM PDT
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jws3sticks
(Hillary can take a very long walk on a very short pier, anytime, and the sooner the better!)
To: jws3sticks
They were set up to attract Spanish tourists. At least the site was full of them the day I visited.
To: bamahead
I thought Chevy Chase knocked those things over a few years back.
To: bamahead
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posted on
03/31/2008 10:57:40 PM PDT
by
Mike Darancette
(Obama: America is the greatest country on the earth, Help me bring change.)
To: Verginius Rufus
IIRC, I recently read an article written by a Brit lamenting the lack of respect they receive in the UK. That locally they've become regarded as little more than a tourist draw. Like a roadside giant ball of twine or a Mystery Hill. The author also mentioned that wandering amongst is no longer permitted.
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To: bamahead
"establish a firm date for when the first mysterious set of bluestones" In my case it was when I was 13, after the spring dance.
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To: jws3sticks
I’ll bet that is surreal.
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posted on
03/31/2008 11:20:11 PM PDT
by
Gator113
(Obama has "changed" me. I am now "a Typical White Person”.)
To: bamahead
...there remains great debate about the actual purpose of the structure. It was the first merry-go-round, but still had a few engineering hurdles to be worked out.
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posted on
03/31/2008 11:34:25 PM PDT
by
william clark
(Ecclesiastes 10:2)
To: bamahead
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posted on
03/31/2008 11:40:01 PM PDT
by
blam
(Secure the border and enforce the law)
To: bamahead
Let me see those bones.
You don't need to see those bones, these are not the Druids you're looking for.
These are not the Druids were looking for.
They can be on their way.
You can be on your way...
Move along..
To: jws3sticks
I too visited them years ago and yes it is an incredible sight. A tip I give everyone is to look up the website where they actually give you a pass to go see them. If you don’t do this, you will have to be behind a fence like the rest of the public and view them. I was able to go in and walk around and actually touch them. Years ago some punks that were celebrating spray painted them and spoiled it for the rest of the world.
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posted on
04/01/2008 12:54:07 AM PDT
by
FreeManWhoCan
(An American in Miami)
To: bamahead
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posted on
04/01/2008 4:01:40 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_____________________Profile updated Saturday, March 29, 2008)
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posted on
04/01/2008 4:02:16 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_____________________Profile updated Saturday, March 29, 2008)
stonehenge site:freerepublic.com
Google
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posted on
04/01/2008 4:03:21 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_____________________Profile updated Saturday, March 29, 2008)
To: bamahead
Even the Druids are happy with this project, we’ve spoken to them and they don’t object.”
^^^
Good grief! Who cares what a bunch of dunderhead pagans think about the dig?
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posted on
04/01/2008 12:34:27 PM PDT
by
Bigg Red
(Position Wanted: Expd Rep voter looking for a party that is actually conservative.)
To: FreeManWhoCan
I didn't know there were passes...I just took the bus from Salisbury, moseyed along the boardwalk behind the other tourists, and got back on the bus. I've heard Avebury is a better experience but didn't manage to go there.
Hadrian's Wall isn't as old or spectacular but parts of it are worth visiting, especially around Housesteads...nice walking trails along the wall.
To: Verginius Rufus
Don't look for it, Darvill! You may not like what you find!!!
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posted on
04/02/2008 10:07:42 PM PDT
by
BushMeister
("We are a nation that has a government - not the other way around." --Ronald Reagan)
To: bamahead
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posted on
04/21/2008 4:29:42 PM PDT
by
Between the Lines
(I am very cognizant of my fallibility, sinfulness, and other limitations.)
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