[Tax-chick]

Oh. I think that's a later date than the Vasa

Textiles don't last, unfortunately, except under very unusual conditions.

[Rockpile]

Looked up the Vasa-—1628.

Well, at least the Swedes got some actual use out of Kronan.

There must be some spectacular stuff sitting on the bottom in the Baltic with that cold brackish water. If I was a bazillionaire like Paul Allen I would have my own research ship and crew as a hobby.

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Something that has made me nuts for years is how the drab, pathetic, ugly, colorless cretins in Hollyweird make drab, pathetic, ugly, colorless films now. Just look at the blue dress upthread or the wreck find as an example of reality.