While I was at Uni there was a scandal involving the Chemistry Society's annual dinner - about a week later it was discovered that a four gallon container of absolute alcohol had gone missing from the department's (locked) bonded store. (Possibly grew in the telling, may have only been one gallon)
By all accounts it was the most festive dinner ever.
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Originally Posted by ramblingboy42
Or flavouring, if the Chemist buggered up the recipe. [bighmmm] [bigsad]
If you give a Capt Cook? Chris found America- we all know that right? Or perhaps he knew what he was looking for[biggrin]
Mysterious Text Suggests Europeans Knew of America Long Before Columbus Set Sail
"A document written by a Milanese friar, dated to around 1345, has been found to contain what looks like a reference to the Atlantic coast of North America – suggesting Italian sailors were already aware of the continent some 150 years before Christopher Columbus set sail for it."
The plate on Dirk Hart Hog Island WA proved james was not the first here as well[bigrolf]
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Originally Posted by NavyDiver
No, Trouty was there long before any furriners, with his Cray Pots & ****.[bigrolf]
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I have never heard of "YouTube comedian FriendlyJordies" before. The he may need to give the police a cut of the money he makes from the exposure they gave him[biggrin]
Sadly I have to get back to work so have yet to see him myself. A link incase you have time [thumbsupbig]
friendlyjordies - YouTube
If you ever get a chance, read 'Cod, by Mark Kurlansky' about the history of the North Atlantic Cod Fishery. There are records of Vikings and also Basque fisherman who found the continental USA centuries before Columbus.
And did their best to make sure none of their competitors knew about it - but there is considerable evidence that other countries' fishermen were visiting the cod fisheries well before Columbus, and occasionally landing in Newfoundland and possibly further south.Quote:
Originally Posted by cripesamighty
IIRC a in doco I saw about the Vikings they found a gourd/s (type of pumpkin) in a Viking village that only comes from Nth America.Quote:
Originally Posted by JDNSW
So the Vikings didn't like pumpkin either, eh? [bighmmm]Quote:
Originally Posted by RANDLOVER
Was an Irish monk the first European to reach America?
St brendan
Was an Irish monk the first European to reach America? | HowStuffWorks
Brendan - Wikipedia