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To: Restorer
Vikings had a compass before

Vikings had everything everybody else had. If it wasn't nailed down. And sometimes even if it was.

19 posted on 07/14/2002 6:35:52 PM PDT by RightWhale
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To: RightWhale

Vikings had everything everybody else had. If it wasn't nailed down. And sometimes even if it was.

hehe...I read Stephen Lawhead's Byzantium a couple of months ago and those Vikings were quite the rascals. Supposedly the Viks had to go on those pillaging tours in order to raise enough cash to pay their taxes back home. Getting way off track here, but Byzantium is a good read if you're into epic historical fiction.

41 posted on 01/15/2004 10:43:42 AM PST by elli1
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Vikings had everything everybody else had. If it wasn't nailed down. And sometimes even if it was.

Thanks for provoking the best chuckle I've had this evening.

There are neo-Vikings in our midst: they are usually most active around April 15th.

71 posted on 02/06/2004 6:12:58 PM PST by ngc6656 (Freepaholic Anonymous advisory: Don't freep and drive.)
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