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blackrams
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OCT 11, 08:45 AM
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Some things are just way over my head, I don't understand why we give Columbus credit for discovering the new world, the Americas.
Leif Erikson was here long before Christopher Columbus was even a twinkle in his great great granddaddy's eye.
| quote | | Leif Erikson. Definition. Leif Erikson (also spelled Leif Eriksson, Old Norse Leifr Eiríksson), nicknamed Leif ‘the Lucky’, was a Norse Viking who is best known for arguably being the first European to have set foot on North American soil along with his crew c. 1000 CE. |
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Honestly, banks being closed today kind of pisses me off........... It is, what it is. 
Rams
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olejoedad
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OCT 11, 10:49 AM
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The Europeans weren't real fond of the Vikings, and everyone loves the Italians, right?
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sourmash
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OCT 11, 10:52 AM
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I've got partial Danish ancestry. [This message has been edited by sourmash (edited 10-11-2021).]
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williegoat
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OCT 11, 12:30 PM
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America was discovered by the Chinese, the French were next.
Columbus came to North America about 500 years ago, Leif Ericson, about 1,000 years ago. As I mentioned in another recent thread, there was a thriving civilization here in Arizona over 1,500 years ago.
There have been people on this continent since the last ice age.[This message has been edited by williegoat (edited 10-11-2021).]
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blackrams
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OCT 11, 12:45 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by williegoat:
America was discovered by the Chinese, the French were next. |
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Without Pics, it never happened. 
Rams
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blackrams
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OCT 11, 12:48 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by olejoedad:
everyone loves the Italians, right? |
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Well, I did go to college with an Italian girl who's phone number was listed on several phone booths.
Apparently, she was fun to be with. Can't swear to that but, she was cute as heck.
Rams
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williegoat
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OCT 11, 01:21 PM
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Does anyone remember the work of Thor Heyerdahl?
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williegoat
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OCT 11, 01:36 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by blackrams:
Without Pics, it never happened.
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Mongolian or Inuit? Take a guess.
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maryjane
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OCT 11, 01:53 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by williegoat:
Does anyone remember the work of Thor Heyerdahl? |
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Sure. He's the guy with the big hammer... (which he invented, yeah, that's the ticket, he invented the hammer)
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sourmash
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OCT 11, 01:53 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by williegoat:
Leif Ericson, about 1,000 years ago. As I mentioned in another recent thread, there was a thriving civilization here in Arizona over 1,500 years ago. |
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Who?
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