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eppur_se_muova

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13. Thanks for the explanation ...

Reply to dipsydoodle (Reply #12)

Mon Apr 22, 2013, 05:20 PM

Apr 2013

I figured there was some kind of "sea donkey" or something, but couldn't imagine what it was.

(I don't know what a "coarse" is either, BTW .. )

There's a reason it's known as Angle-land.

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Four-thousand year old gold-adorned skeleton found near Windsor [View all] Ichingcarpenter Apr 2013 OP

From Wessex Archaeology ... eppur_se_muova Apr 2013 #1

added the photos in the link thanks N/t Ichingcarpenter Apr 2013 #5

Interesting. I wonder what that society was like. /nt Ash_F Apr 2013 #2

This article is slightly out of archaeological date. Stonehenge has been pushed back 5k yrs earlier. DRoseDARs Apr 2013 #3

I think they are referring to Ichingcarpenter Apr 2013 #4

No; they just found a settlement 2km from Stonehenge that was 5000 years older than it muriel_volestrangler Apr 2013 #6

Why do non-Scientists insist on writing science articles? Goddamn it that's obnoxious. nt DRoseDARs Apr 2013 #9

Maybe there aren't enough scientists writing for the average reader FiveGoodMen Apr 2013 #10

For those who can't easily relate to that area dipsydoodle Apr 2013 #7

Or, perhaps for those not British, in the middle of the reservoirs under the Heathrow flight path muriel_volestrangler Apr 2013 #8

Angling for donkeys ? Peculiar behavior for a Democrat. nt eppur_se_muova Apr 2013 #11

Its what we call dipsydoodle Apr 2013 #12

Thanks for the explanation ... eppur_se_muova Apr 2013 #13

Coarse fishing dipsydoodle Apr 2013 #14

The origin of the name is not as clear-cut as I thought ... eppur_se_muova Apr 2013 #15

Interesting dipsydoodle Apr 2013 #16

Donkeys years Boudica the Lyoness Apr 2013 #17

Way cool. I love British history. HooptieWagon Apr 2013 #18