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Pigeon message found over a century after sent by German soldier
BBC ^
| 11/9/2020
Posted on 11/10/2020 7:26:30 PM PST by MAGA2017
In September, a couple out for a stroll in the eastern French Alsace region, came across a tiny aluminium capsule in a field.
Inside was the message, written in barely legible German on a kind of tracing paper.
The message appears to carry the date 1910, or 1916.
Dominique Jardy, curator of the Linge Museum, near where the discovery was made, thinks 1910 is more likely, Le Parisien reports (in French) .
Describing the find as "super-rare", he told the paper the capsule was likely to have come to the surface of the soil over time as have many military remains from the First World War.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: german; message; pigeon; wwi
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To: Pollard
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posted on
11/10/2020 8:44:03 PM PST
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: MAGA2017
I wonder if the pigeon was tasty
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posted on
11/10/2020 8:47:13 PM PST
by
Gasshog
To: Pollard
[Look, another ballot and it’s for Biden.]
Discovered in the trunk. From a steamer.
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posted on
11/10/2020 8:48:31 PM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: Pollard
[Look, another ballot and it’s for Biden.]
Discovered in the trunk. From a steamer.
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posted on
11/10/2020 8:48:31 PM PST
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SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: central_va; dfwgator
[What happened to the pigeon?]
E’s pining for the fjords!
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posted on
11/10/2020 8:49:57 PM PST
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SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: BenLurkin
I needed another one of those! Thanks!
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posted on
11/10/2020 8:50:56 PM PST
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SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: central_va; Chode
Pidgy Ping.
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posted on
11/10/2020 8:52:10 PM PST
by
mabarker1
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To: Doctor DNA; Bayard; null and void; dfwgator
Adolph: My dog has no nose!
Crowd: How does he smell?
Adolph: Terrible!
Fortunately, we have put our hope in the Walker Brigade.
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posted on
11/10/2020 8:53:51 PM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: SaveFerris
Wenn ist das Nunstück git und Slotermeyer? Ja! Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput!
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posted on
11/10/2020 9:02:34 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
I’m totally lost!
Google Translate here we come!
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posted on
11/10/2020 9:04:48 PM PST
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SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
11/10/2020 9:09:38 PM PST
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SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
11/10/2020 9:09:38 PM PST
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SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: Repeal The 17th
“This guy, Adolf in my unit is a real nutjob”.
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posted on
11/10/2020 9:09:39 PM PST
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MAGA2017
To: MAGA2017
There was NO WW1 in 1910. I’ll take “1916” for $1,000, Alex.
Alex Trebek - RIP. Always a gentleman and a scholar.
To: dfwgator; SaveFerris
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posted on
11/10/2020 9:31:51 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
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To: MAGA2017
Damned pigeons. You could never trust them...
LOL
It was a German soldier, so I guess it was a good bird, doing
his/her part for the effort.
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posted on
11/10/2020 9:39:05 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(I'm calling for terrorist and criminal reform. Defund them now!)
To: MAGA2017
,,Senden Sie mehr Bier, bitte!’’
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posted on
11/10/2020 9:52:20 PM PST
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: MAGA2017
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posted on
11/10/2020 10:31:26 PM PST
by
PghBaldy
(12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
11/10/2020 10:38:05 PM PST
by
TXBlair
(We will not forget Benghazi.)
To: MAGA2017
Wow, that's amazing that it was written in 1910, right in the middle of the Great War of 1914 to 1918!
Just like one of those 35,000 ballots received in the County Clerk's offices in Philadelphia days before they were mailed!
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posted on
11/10/2020 10:56:52 PM PST
by
CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC
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